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minus-squarerafoix@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down6·15 hours agoXbox was never meant to make anything of quality. Xbox was just a Trojan horse to trap customers into a Microsoft walled garden. A bunch of greedy no talent monopolists whose only skill is using a lot of money to buy out competitors are running Microsoft.
minus-squarePycorax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-27 hours agoYou’re not wrong but is that not the entire console business in a nutshell? Getting a console is essentially signing up for a closed platform
minus-squareKatana314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 hours agoI think the difference is, Sony and Nintendo build their exclusives through close support, while Microsoft and Epic have just tried buying them in. Amazon and Google have essentially tried the same thing, and gave up because pouring money in isn’t a full business plan.
minus-squarezikzak025@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 minutes agoNintendo maybe. Sony likes buyouts too, just not on the scale of Microsoft. Ask Destiny fans how well Sony’s buyout of Bungie is going.
minus-squarerafoix@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoNintendo has a very reliable and steady amount of high quality AAA and AA games that they make for their console. Sony used to have a very reliable quality AAA and indie games on their console. Microsoft had Halo and Forza.
minus-squareacosmichippo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·14 hours agohow are you supposed to trap customers without quality bait?
minus-squarerafoix@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·13 hours agoMicrosoft sees quality that someone else made and it buys it. It works for a bit but they don’t know how to perpetuate quality.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 hours agoYou’re describing the entire AAA gaming industry. It was like that before Xbox, and it will be like that after.
Xbox was never meant to make anything of quality. Xbox was just a Trojan horse to trap customers into a Microsoft walled garden.
A bunch of greedy no talent monopolists whose only skill is using a lot of money to buy out competitors are running Microsoft.
You’re not wrong but is that not the entire console business in a nutshell? Getting a console is essentially signing up for a closed platform
I think the difference is, Sony and Nintendo build their exclusives through close support, while Microsoft and Epic have just tried buying them in.
Amazon and Google have essentially tried the same thing, and gave up because pouring money in isn’t a full business plan.
Nintendo maybe. Sony likes buyouts too, just not on the scale of Microsoft. Ask Destiny fans how well Sony’s buyout of Bungie is going.
Nintendo has a very reliable and steady amount of high quality AAA and AA games that they make for their console.
Sony used to have a very reliable quality AAA and indie games on their console.
Microsoft had Halo and Forza.
how are you supposed to trap customers without quality bait?
Microsoft sees quality that someone else made and it buys it. It works for a bit but they don’t know how to perpetuate quality.
You’re describing the entire AAA gaming industry. It was like that before Xbox, and it will be like that after.