It'll have significance if the service ever has enough exclusive games for people to pay for it, but so far that's exactly where Microsoft has been failing the most. It's a very long term strategy which makes it very risky.
No, xbox is a brand, like playstation, series x is the box, like ps5; if I boot up the xbox app on my pc, I'm playing on xbox, just not via my series x "box".
MS going 3rd party can be good for MS and also good for Sony and Nintendo. There's no reason to try and sell this as a loss for Playstation. It's ok to admit that.
MasterCornholio
? He is saying the same thing.
Shhhhh! Destroys the narrative!
If that is such a "brave" statement then why are you arguing with
Time to touch grass? Its a looong reach when you start trying to alter physics.
Not sure if this is a joke post?
Me too! I don't want to make another account to play. I quit game, then delete it.
And that’s not even a joke, I just quit the game and move on to something else as soon as a separate account is required. Make your games work on the platforms they’re on.
I can't believe you think you've so confidently proven your point. Literally none of those things prove you are playing on xbox. They show you are within the ecosystem and nothing else. Just because, for example, I can unlock Ubisoft nonsense on my PS5, I don't say I'm playing on Ubisoft Connect. I'm accessing services on software that's running natively on my PS5, but I'm still running the software on my PS5. Some of y'all have lost the plot. Listening to too much of these companies' corporate narratives.You're unlocking Xbox achievements and accumulating play time on Xbox.
You're using PS5 hardware to play an Xbox game on Xbox services.
I unlocked two Xbox achievements not on Xbox hardware yesterday and clocked 12 hours of playtime in an Xbox game not running on Xbox hardware.
What makes Microsoft different from any other third party with their own points system? You keep ignoring this question.
The problem here is people equating the brand with hardware, as I mentioned xbox is not the hardware, the OP didn't mention xbox hardware either, yet people are comparing xbox to ps5, while one is a brand and the other hardware.
Yes? MS is planning/banking (praying) on a hardware agnostic future.
But why is this distinction important? Sony gets paid when you play a game on their box, regardless of what brand is attached to that game. So Playstation as a brand still benefits from every game sold on its box.
Proper communication is important in a discussion to avoid misunderstandings, whatever conclusion you come to afterwards is its own thing.
It's spin because MS doesn't want to flat out say they're acting as a third party. I guess they think it makes them look weak or something. It's the opposite of proper communication.
I'm not sure what you are referring to now, but it's not something I was discussing.
