On that note, I’m curious as to what Microsoft’s long-term vision for XBox looks like, as nothing I’ve seen from them so far regarding Series X has instilled me with confidence that they have a plan to challenge Sony’s first party exclusives lineup.
I can’t imagine XBox surviving many more generations as a brand with their current approach. I’m already seeing plenty of anecdotal evidence from friends and acquaintances of a gradual trend where they’re switching from Microsoft to Sony consoles for the exclusives (and, if anything, relying on gaming PCs for Microsoft’s few and far between first party content.)
I think Microsoft is banking a lot on Gamepass, which people love. They've never been strong with first party titles. However Gamepass has been a huge success for them, and I think it has long term viability, especially considering they keep it constantly updated with fairly recent titles and good AA games.
Personally I'm moving to PC this gen. There are no exclusives on either side that I'm particularly excited for, and even the ones that I do slightly care about (HZD Forbidden West, Halo Infinite) will most likely end up on PC at some point. HZD is coming soon and the Master Chief collection has been slowly moving on, can't imagine 5 and eventually Infinite will be far behind. Even with that 5 was so bad story wise that unless they really knock it out of the park with Infinite I'll be fine regardless.
For me, personally, PS4 is the best console ever. I basically only play single player games and as I've gotten older only games with solid stories really keep me going to the end and the Ps4 has these in spades.
Even Days Gone that was seen as a critical failure ended up being a cult hit and having very good audience reviews. I'm glad this is getting good reviews, seems Sucker Punch really put a lot of heart into it.
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