So if Halo had 40m players it would be fine?
After over 2 years for a main halo game that’s F2P? Not really no, that would still be bad imo
Yeah, you arent going to see many Pc+ Xbox only games go higher than that.
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Tell that to LoL or WoW, with pc the issue is not the size of userbase, but the margin of profits they want to reach. This move of porting “some” games won’t result in millions and millions copies sold, it’s a test I presume (they can’t possibly know exactly how it will do). The issue is only doing a test, you’ll destroy users confidence.
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So the expectation for Halo infinites success is somewhere between 60-200 million players? That was never going to happen. Overwatch 2 has managed 50 million across 5 platforms. It won’t beat fortnite. But most games never will.
The good news is Nothing Nintendo and especially Sony will make will either.
Obviously. Late ports never really sell. The only ways Xbox makes it work is with game pass.
I am mad as hell with this move too, but I doubt it will stop people buying Xboxs any more than Playstation games showing up on PC after a couple of years cannibalises PS5 sales.
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I don’t know exactly what Phil will announce next week, but for the rest of this generation I think I’ll stick with Xbox. If I were to get a PS5 it wouldn’t change me much in the end. If I got Xbox it’s precisely because I’m not interested in games like God of War, The Last of us or Horizon. If I got a PS5 now it would just be to play the exact same games. The only thing I envied PlayStation was Spider-Man and Final Fantasy. Different story for the next generation, but it is still early to decide or make assumptions…
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Definitely early, but if the point was to make very clear “hey, our consoles aren’t going anywhere - Xbox “whatever bad name we came up with” - coming 2026”. I could see it happening, an early tease maybe.
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One thing tho I haven’t really seen mention much is I see Microsoft suing Sony and Nintendo in a few years after putting their games there for a while. Kind of like the Epic case with Apple and Google. Trying to make game consoles open systems where they would be able to sell games on ps and Nintendo thru their own storefront. I think that’s the end goal
As a PC gamer, I always wait 6-12 months for sales and bug fixing. But many people would change consoles for a month delay (see COD marketing advantages that Sony had).
I just want to thank everyone for contributing to this thread and posting. I enjoy reading them all. Helps ease the disappointment.
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Xbox consoles are not selling and the solution is to announce another console ?
Wii U wasn’t selling and Nintendo announced Switch just 4 years after release 
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For sure, and I would absolutely say the comments here are the most grown up, most level headed. Compared to Twitter and I haven’t visited ResetEea in ages, and GAF barely anymore either, so no idea but I can only imagine.
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Yeah, I love to see everyones opinion in my favorite place to talk about xbox 
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From NateDrake on OtherEra.
MS needs to make the line clear; but it’s far from all their games. MS will have exclusives. People need to stop pushing the narrative that Xbox will not house exclusives.
Replying to a list of possible games released to other platforms.
Do these have backing or just random games mentioned? I know I played a role a in Starfield (which may have been bad info or good info gone bad).
I’m not sure how that plays into this sites article about Starfield.
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Redfall exclusive 
And every game will have a fat asterisks because we don’t know if game XY is exclusive till 6-12 month have past.
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imo the expectation for a Halo success is the game to make a lot of noise, sell many copies and to be considered the best or one of the best games of the console, just like in the old days.
For H:I we won’t know sales data, but the general opinion of the game is that it was a good game but nothing else, and i agree, i can tell they nailed gameplay, i liked bosses a lot too, but the campaign? that was not fine, you could tell it was rushed and unfinished just a couple hours after you finish the first mission and go to the open world part.
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Worked for the Switch. People are talking as if releasing SOME games on other consoles means they are going third party - announcing their next major hardware, even just a small tease, makes clear that is not happening.
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I don’t think anyone is thinking next week they say “Halo, Gears, Forza, Fable, all on PS.” But I’m expecting these methods they’re testing like timed and whatnot to not pan out and MS to push for day and date and less exclusives.
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