Grindlefly
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I don't know if this has been asked but for all the PS4 and PS4 Pro owners...
What exactly should Microsoft do to get you to buy their console as well. I know people want exclusives, but what type of exclusives will make you dig into your wallet and shell out money for an X-Box?
If I remember correctly, when X-Box 360 launched, I was still primarily a PlayStation guy. But games such as Gears of War, Mass Effect, Crackdown and Alan Wake, all of them really persuaded me to get myself an X-Box. I did eventually trade it in for a PS3 after I got my 3rd RROD in a span of 6 months.
But what I'm saying is, Microsoft had brand new, original IP when they launched the 360. I didn't see anything too compelling with the X-Box One yet. So when the Scorpio launches, I want more unique/original/new AAA exclusives and not just a sequel to Gears or Halo or Forza or Crackdown.Maybe then I'd chip in.
What about the rest of you?
For me I just want a variety of games. If I'm going to buy another console it will be games I can't play anywhere else. Proper exclusives. Show me 4 or 5 of these with more in the pipeline and I would be sold. I just wish in the end of the 360 era they had taken some chances on some new IP. They don't have to be a blockbuster, I think I saw a thread recently where Nier Automata was celebrating 1 million sales. That is not a lot but get a few of those, Nioh being another one and you suddenly not only have more variety but a base for a sequel which over time may grow. It's such a shame as the early 360 days they killed it. From my limited perspective it feels like MS is a corporate outfit wanting profit where as in Sony and Nintendo are corporate outfits wanting profit but with a passion for games.
The decision to buy a ps4 at the console launch was total confidence that the unique exclusive games would come. It's only ever a matter of time in my experience. That was the sole reason, not price, not power but the promise of games. Probably why I will purchase a ps5 too.
I just want MS to get back to their best. Not arrogant or chest beating, not giving spin, just release a stream of decent games with no gimmicks, cloud computing or microtransactions, that to play I need the console. Rinse and repeat. Get back to basics and im a customer again.
All opinion obviously, but I love gaming and have done for a lot of years. I don't want any of the three doing badly because ultimately we lose