I do feel like MS are making a mistake here. Just put the games on Xbox.
Well PC game pass doesnât receive all the games either.
I think in a sense it is fair that Xbox doesnât get all the games too. Also strategy games are always better on PC anyways and each attempt to bring them on consoles usually led to somehow nerfing UI or something.
In fact parity with PC is almost impossible to achieve unless MS purchases Steam.
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if youâre all talking about AoE, just plaster the game page that you need KB&M and release it on at least the series S/X
unless there are issues with UI/Accessibility/Stuff on screen, i canât see why take the âbad PRâ for nothing
Civilization is great on Xbox. It can be done.
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Bruh
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Itâs fanart.
C&D in 3, 2, 1âŚ
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I know
Personally, I think they should port over AOE 2 DE & 3 DE to console, and AOE 4 a period after PC release. They could figure out a control scheme that works, itâs been done previously on AOE2 on Playstation, and in other RTS or strategy games. Is controller the ideal way to play the game? No, but I also donât think console players expect it to be ideal. They just want the chance to play the game. They could also support keyboard and mouse on the console version so people have choice.
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Was that a Crackdown Countdown?
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At the moment itâs complicated. The games that show up in Gamepass PC are UWP versions of those games. And since the services (Console, PC and Streaming) are all considered separate, that means different deals have to be made for each game. It partially explains the discrepancy.
As far as AoE goes, theyâve contracted another studio to make that game and the focus is and always has been on making it a great PC game since thatâs where the legacy is (they did the same with Flight Sim and Gears Tactics). I think going forward MS will definitely try to make sure games are made for a simultaneous release across every portion of the Xbox ecosystem, but AoE was likely greenlit years ago before the great shift in strategy.
Doesnât mean you shouldnât voice your displeasure, but just remember shit takes time. 
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Iâm huge Adam Isgreen fan âthe creative directorâ he comments to this question beforeâŚ
Porting the game is not issue, but console version needs a completely new way to control the game, including the UI, more like building new game.
Straight from the horseâs mouth.
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Fucking fan art 
Social media really a bubble where Sony fans somehow think the ps5 is blowing the Series X out of the water in terms of performance when thats absolutely not the case lol.
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Playing RTS games in PS2,PS1 generation was different story from today, it was different from PC version, in control, tech side, no online, no cross-play which are main features.
Some wrong argument still exist nowadays.
Sure, but the point is, itâs still doable. I wouldnât say itâs a wrong argument. Controller support isnât an insurmountable barrier to porting RTS games to console. It doesnât need to be perfect, especially if they also support K&M as an option, it just needs to be good enough.
I believe 100% on maximum parity between all aspects of console and PC Game Pass. There are games that clearly are PC-focused, I get that. But I donât want Xbox to have first and second grade customers. Only first grade customers across both platforms. That is, if they believe on their own âPlay anywhereâ mantra. To this effect, in my opinion Xbox will need to achieve the following in the future:
- parity between first-party releases on PC, console (and hell, even cloud now);
- remove the freaking online paywall on console.
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Hardly possible for third parties. First party are day one on Game Pass no? Aside special games that I technically require some adaptation to consoles - like strategy games or flight simulator. Considering how much time it takes for Xbox version of Flight Simulator, they would have to delay the game on PC also for a year.
On paper, yeah. On practice, Gears Tactics released 7 months after on console. Flight Simulator is still yet to release, and thereâs no word on a console version for AoE IV or even the Definitive Editions for older games. It just creates this weird disparity between the message Xbox is sending (play anywhere, blah blah) and what they are actually doing with their releases.