I know, a bit of a drastic title, but hear me out.
I know they should, but the conference yesterday just struck me as incredibly odd. I stated as much in another thread, but it was the strongest argument by far for anyone to not get the Series X. At least at launch or in the foreseeable future.
I understand they want to launch in the fall so as not to give the PS5 a leg up, but they seem to have conflicting messages on why consumers should choose them over the PS5. Hell, even over the current XBO systems. Obviously cross gen games won't be a thing forever and they usually decrease a year or so into a new generation, but if it'll take months to see XSX ground up games, and months after those reveals till they're actually released, then what will have been the benefit of this fall launch?
Instead of launching with a bang and a compelling case to go with MS for this next generation, it seems like it'll be a somewhat middling launch where the value of the system (in terms of the new power and features it brings) won't even start being realized till way later
I know they should, but the conference yesterday just struck me as incredibly odd. I stated as much in another thread, but it was the strongest argument by far for anyone to not get the Series X. At least at launch or in the foreseeable future.
- The emphasis was on Gamepass, which isn't necessarily a bad thing as that's the direction MS has been going in. However, if you're a consumer thinking of spending money this fall, this conference basically said "If you have gamepass already, you don't need to spend ANY additional money to play (most of) these games"
- If you were someone enticed by owning the strongest HW they didn't really show off what that would entail. The Gears 5 demo back in May did a good job of showing off what that extra power would bring, but again, that's pretty much been the only solid example so far
I understand they want to launch in the fall so as not to give the PS5 a leg up, but they seem to have conflicting messages on why consumers should choose them over the PS5. Hell, even over the current XBO systems. Obviously cross gen games won't be a thing forever and they usually decrease a year or so into a new generation, but if it'll take months to see XSX ground up games, and months after those reveals till they're actually released, then what will have been the benefit of this fall launch?
Instead of launching with a bang and a compelling case to go with MS for this next generation, it seems like it'll be a somewhat middling launch where the value of the system (in terms of the new power and features it brings) won't even start being realized till way later