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[–] [email protected] 19 points 23 hours ago

Microsoft sucks and I don't want their shit. They'll probably cram AI into it or otherwise shit it up.

[–] k1ck455kc 21 points 1 day ago

I think i speak for most gamers when i say i have a steam game library, but would not touch the Microsoft PC game store with a 10ft pole.

I am an xbox user, i have a vast digital(and physical) xbox library that can almost drink alcohol. This is the library and store i want on an Xbox handheld. Xbox not pursuing compatibility with that library is what will kill the brand IMO.

Xbox Play Anywhere was a nice program that gave people some double purchases on the MS game store for no extra cost... But it was too sparse to make the barebones MS game store seem worthwhile compared to steam.

If people bother to buy this generic PC handheld with an Xbox sticker on it, they might be slightly more inclined to buy games on the MS same store, but im certain the majority will just use Steam and Gamepass.

They can already do this on all other PC handhelds though, so why would anyone buy this one?!?

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Microsoft has tried and failed a few times with mobile devices. I doubt this will be any different.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago

This is their pattern. Way Kate to the market with some half baked ideas that has all these aspirations but never does everything right. Plus required Microsoft account, Cortana/copilot/gimmick of the week forced in there.

  • windows phone
  • surface
  • hololens (didn't even make it to market)
  • mixed reality

... Many more

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Xbox anything is DOA at this point.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Hardware, yes. Software? idk. Game Pass is pretty awesome value atm

[–] [email protected] 25 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Game pass is obviously the first stage of classic enshittification. They're trying to be good to users to get them into the ecosystem. Abuse comes later. Don't let them change games into a subscription service where you have to keep paying forever. Think longer term.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 20 hours ago

sure, I totally agree. but it's not "DOA" as per the patent comment I replied to

[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

I can’t say I’m excited at all about somebody else’s curated rotating library I pay a premium for. I could easily just go to the library and check out the game there for free.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 20 hours ago

Valve, is it time to launch the HL3 bomb?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago

They might have the dustbin of Microsoft innovations in their sights actually.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Didn't they just announce last week that the entire project is on pause?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Microsoft designed handheld is on pause (and probably cancelled because AMD is not going to provide Series S level performance anytime soon and ARM+Nvidia is no go after whole W11 ARM fiasco). They’re pivoting to what Valve is doing with specialised gaming OS for OEMs.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

I mean they just announced the Xbox Ally today at a presentation, so it certainly doesn't seem like it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago

No thanks lmao

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Isn't this a bit like saying that NASA has Mars in its sights, not New Jersey? Sure there are more people in NJ, but arriving in NJ isn't really an accomplishment. Likewise, being able to beat a piece of hardware that was out of date when it was first announced over a year ago (switch 2) obviously isn't their goal. Additionally, Valve already has superior hardware and distribution, so they are clearly the competitor to beat.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

Nintendo aren't in the console war anymore and have't been since the gamecube. Nintendo consoles sell on the strength of Nintendo's first party titles, of which they have many. Nobody else can use their IPs, so that's their USP and as a result they don't need to compete with anyone on graphical capability or processing power. It's its own market.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

Nintendo made a very smart business move that is extremely anti-consumer:

They removed themselves from competing with Sony and Microsoft.

People don't think "Should I buy Xbox, Nintendo, or PlayStation?" They think "Should I buy Xbox or PlayStation, in addition to Nintendo?"

Great business move, because consumers are buying Nintendo up more than before. Extremely bad for consumers because now we are seeing how Sony acts when they have only one real competitor: keeping console exclusives, raising prices, and enforcing PS Accounts for offlline singleplayer games.

If Microsoft drops Xbox hardware, PlayStation will have zero competition and gain a monopoly on the console hardware market. Then they can raise the prices to be whatever they want. What are you gonna do, buy an Xbox that doesn't exist?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 19 hours ago

That makes absolutely no sense. Nintendo does enough shit that you don't need to invent some.

Console wars have never been about doing the exact same shit. Game boy Vs Game Gear? N64 Vs Playstation Vs Saturn? Even SNES and Megadrive/Genesis had very different designs, and that's enough to be noticeable in the games if you are familiar enough with them.

They sell video game systems and games, they're competitors. So is Valve. So was freaking Ouya.

The fact they're doing thing differently enough that they're not completely interchangeable is the competition.