But surprise surprise, looks like DF will still be in business... at least for now
Ya know, you might have hit in something here. As I previously said I think the Microsoft conspiracy stuff makes no sense in this case, however...
You run the most famous game comparison site on the internets. Your bread and butter are the clicks from fanboys the world over.
Thing is, these two new consoles came out with an obvious gulf in GPU capability. You don't include PCs in your comparisons as a general rule because the difference in power would make comparisons pointless.
So what do you do when the two lead consoles have a large gap in power? How do you retain those clicks from people who get off on arguing this stuff?
That could be what we are seeing here. I don't buy that Microsoft is involved with this at all, but a compelling argument could be made that it's an act of self preservation by DF to prop up the XBO versions of crappy games to keep people interested in your next comparison.
It''s similar to the rumor that the bottom market, nobody cares, zero viewership NFL games are fixed. Fixing the large market games would draw too much attention, so the rumor is that they fix some of the low rated games for gambling, etc purposes.
It's a shady way to add more value to your product, while drawing the minimum amount of attention.
Disclaimer: I don't actually believe any of this. But it's far more plausible than Microsoft paying off some website for some garbage game that isn't going to move the needle for them in any measurable way.
