Maybe there are a lot of Sony employees here. Would explain a lot lol
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Xbox reaction to PS Classic: "Play 500+ Classic titles on your Xbox One today ... Totally for free"
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Maybe there are a lot of Sony employees here. Would explain a lot lol
People asked for a decent library/VC service for Switch since it was announced.
If anything it's good for everyone that MS calls the other two out over this.
Microsoft has a console for people who want to play classic games...its called Xbox One.
Because going to the next store and buy a system for $100 is easier than hunting down a Playstation 1 with games - it also comes with a HDMI output so you can connect it to a modern tv easily.
These classic consoles aren't for me, but I can see the appeal in having an easy to plug in nostalgia machine. I'm not upset about the tweet, other than it kinda cheapens just how awesome the BC program is. 20 games vs 400+ and growing. It's not even comparable IMO.
Market leader vs competitor playing catch-up. It's always the "what have you done for me lately?" scenario with gamers. The sentiment plainly ignores the reality of the hole that Microsoft dug for itself in the beginning of this generation. You know, when they "got greedy" coming off of the 360 and pulled a massive digital only overreach and Sony's PS4 was the "gamer's console" and the golden child for the gaming community. Competition is the best source of innovation and Microsoft being humbled led to their current gamer-centric focus and the BC initiative that folks love. No more TV TV TV TV.
What's my point? All of these companies have varying degrees of greed bubbling underneath so the tribalism for each is just weird. They are, after all corporate entities who have as responsibility to make money. Whether it was Microsoft's overreach with the original Xbox One design, Nintendo basically dumping Wii U ports on the Switch for full price and people eating it up or Sony selling a $100 box full of games that you may already own and can't play on the PS4. None of them are innocent.
Just wait and watch .they will announce it .they won't pass up on the money and this is a good way to get some funds from core fans . A small oroginal Xbox with 20 games .if they can sort out the lincensing issues that is
Anyone who claims advertising and marketing a product is a "desperate move" should get a one day ban for being an idiot or fanboy. Like what the fuck do you expect companies to do.
But were you actually confused at all by the tweet? Like did you actually think it meant what you're saying it was misleading you to think?
Microsoft is not in a position to translate their past library and systems into a simple and high profit system like the classic consoles.
PSX video output is limited to S-Video unless you want to invest in something like the Framemeister or OSSC and use a SCART connection to provide RGB. A better option would be a PS2 which has component video support and gets you mostly there. How many TV's have component video anymore though? So the PS Classic gives you the games in question, a quick and easy method of connecting them to modern TV's and you do get a significant improvement in clarity if your only experience was playing PSX games back in the day on a CRT.
A PS3 is also an option if you have a substantial disc/digital library.
True, unless my preferred entertainment company is behind it, it must be bad.
I would have it read it the same way as many people on Twitter if I didn't know how the BC feature on the Xbox works.
Another interesting thing to think about: The NES, SNES, and PS1 Classic are mainly aimed at casual or lapsed gamers who don't already own current-gen consoles but have nostalgia for older systems. I imagine Microsoft doesn't really have that kind of audience on hand.
The old Nintendo systems and the original PlayStation penetrated the mass market to a huge degree and are old enough to where original owners probably dropped out of gaming and see this as an opportunity to relive some memories. I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out most people who bought an Xbox in 2001 or 2002 are still playing Xbox today and don't need a mini console to relive the memories. The thing is, I'd say the same for NEOGEO fans. Maybe there's a larger population of lapsed NEOGEO fans in Asian countries, but in the west I imagine the people who bought NEOGEOs in the 90's are passionate enough to have bought those games when they showed up on the Switch, PS4, or PC.
The old Nintendo systems and the original PlayStation penetrated the mass market to a huge degree and are old enough to where original owners probably dropped out of gaming and see this as an opportunity to relive some memories. I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out most people who bought an Xbox in 2001 or 2002 are still playing Xbox today and don't need a mini console to relive the memories. The thing is, I'd say the same for NEOGEO fans. Maybe there's a larger population of lapsed NEOGEO fans in Asian countries, but in the west I imagine the people who bought NEOGEOs in the 90's are passionate enough to have bought those games when they showed up on the Switch, PS4, or PC.
And why would they need to when such libraries exist on Xbox One, most seeing performance benefits, and some even with enhancements.
Why would they do this when BC is their main draw? Ninja Gaiden Black I bought nearly a decade ago digitally, I can play on X1 now. Every PS1 and PS2 I bought on PS3 I can't touch on PS4. Some of them they've put back on the store and want me to buy them again.
because there is an audience for simple, cheap and retro style classic systems. It isn't that complicated why Nintendo and Sony are doing this.
They're doing it and are able to do it because they dont have a valid solution for BC. It wouldn't make much sense at all for MS to release an Xbox classic.
You can tell this is an excellent burn cuz some of the fanboys are getting upset hahah!
Instead of backwards compatibility they're releasing a $100 stand alone console, that's stupid. Do both or just do bc on ps4.
Sony's leadership has really been making some questionable decisions lately. Anti consumer even.
Something tells me that the ps5 is going to be a train wreck shit show on the level of the Xbox one and Wii U. We'll see.
Instead of backwards compatibility they're releasing a $100 stand alone console, that's stupid. Do both or just do bc on ps4.
Sony's leadership has really been making some questionable decisions lately. Anti consumer even.
Something tells me that the ps5 is going to be a train wreck shit show on the level of the Xbox one and Wii U. We'll see.
Don't even make it a functional console, just release mini OG Xbox and 360 figurines for collectors. The Xbox One serves at the classic consoles.
No one in that Twitter thread thought that tweet meant free games. It's filled with sarcasm, fanboyism, and nonsence.
Nintendo releases classic consoles and no one bats an eye.
Sony does it and everyone loses their minds.
Then what other purpose would there be behind your statement:
Because you're right, in a sense, that they're not in a position to do so, seeing as how they ALREADY have a competent BC program on their systems.
Unless you mean to say that Xbox couldn't get away with a collectible mini version of their original console, regardless BC. Which is bonkers, considering how much influence that console has had on modern systems.
Wild Arms alone is a quarter of the price of the PlayStation classic.
Those responses on Twitter are being facetious. The tweet posted on here with the Xbox UK reply, that dude has Xbox Backwards Compatibility games retweeted in his timeline, as well as The PS1 Mini... dude is probably on Reset or gaf.
The games themselves are not free, but the feature is offered at no additional cost to you.
The Nintendo classic microconsoles are running on SoC which cost not even a few dollars. It isn't possible doing the same for a Xbox microconsole, and there is the plain fact that the Xbox only sold 25m consoles so we are talking about a way smaller nostalgia market.
I refuse to believe that some people on a site such as ERA where we call ourselves hardcore can be this one dimensional. It's literally boggling my mind right now.
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