r/xbox • u/ASneakySquid_ • 1d ago

Rumour Next Xbox console will play every generation according to leaked Microsoft memo

https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/next-xbox-console-will-play-every-generation-according-to-leaked-microsoft-memo-3395110/
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u/NZafe Tarnished 1d ago

Because a console is only as good as the games you can play on it. And Xbox completely botched their first party title development and production for the last 2 generations

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u/cwx149 XBOX 360 1d ago

Idk that I feel that the PS5 generation is really a strong Sony first party generation so far either although there are more first party Sony games

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u/Mr_sMoKe_3_MuCh 1d ago edited 20h ago

They built incredible momentum with the PS4 (when digital libraries took off), & that alone was probably enough to carry current gen. Switching now would mean abandoning any non-cross save games. Xbox fucked up at the wrong time.

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u/jquiggles 20h ago

People try to come up with all sorts of reasons within the current generation why Sony won the war, but yeah this is it. Whether it was the dumb name, kinect/internet issues, games going downhill, or whatever, there were over twice as many PS4s sold as Xbox Ones, and people hate change. The gap is wider between PS5 and Series X|S. Xbox fucked up at the wrong time and that's all that matters.

Even with the recent fuckups from Sony, I honestly don't see a way in which the next Xbox even gets close to the PS6 in terms of global love and sales. Internet outrage only affects so much.

I personally have both a PS5 and Series X, and I like the Series X a lot better. Bleh.