EXCLUSIVE | Microsoft plans Starfield launch for PlayStation 5 - XboxEra

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Submitted ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨simple@lemm.ee⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

https://xboxera.com/2024/02/04/exclusive-microsoft-plans-starfield-launch-for-playstation-5/

It seems that Microsoft may be becoming more open to releasing their games on other platforms

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squirrelwithnut@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
How nice of Microsoft to let the PS community be as disappointed in Bethesda as the rest of us.

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BudgieMania@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It didn't end up being the system seller quality game they might have wished for, so why not get some more sales out of it. Nobody is gonna base their choice between Series X or PS5 on Starfield, but a lot of PS5 owners would indulge in purchasing the game out of curiosity. The maths make sense.

The problem is, you can extend this sentiment to most if not all of the XBox console exclusives that have been released for a good while now. They have unfortunately failed at producing a killer app for far too long at this point. Ever since Mattrick killed the momentum of the brand, they have never been able to recover it.

As much as I don't want a future in which PS5 is uncontested in the console space (Nintendo is too much its own thing to count as direct competition imo), it is starting to look like, from all angles, it just makes sense for Microsoft to focus on expanding Gamepass and their games as much as possible across all platforms because there's more money in that than in salvaging the XBox hardware brand.

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- slimerancher@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  As a PS5 owner, if Xbox stops giving them competition, that would be very bad for all of us.
  
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  - BudgieMania@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yeah, at the very least it would result in a brutal deterioration of the value proposition of future Playstation hardware. The harsh truth is that a large majority of Playstation players would not consider moving to PC or Switch 2 as a viable alternative, and Sony knows that, and would price accordingly. We all saw what happened the last time they felt they were uncontested in the market when they unveiled the PS3 and its pricing, but this time there would not be a 360 to punish them for it.
    There is not a world in which a hypothetical PS6 isn't at least 599 ( without the hardware to make up for it) if it doesn't have a direct competitor. And that would have its own domino effect on Switch and PC hardware pricing... what are you gonna do, go to the overpriced PS6? Pleaaaaase.
    
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Eggyhead@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I'll pick it up if it comes to PS5. I hope they'll be inclined to do the same for ES6.

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slaacaa@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
No, thanks

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Computerchairgeneral@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Honestly, I'm curious to see if this rumor turns out to be true. If it does then I'm not really sure what that means for Xbox in the long-term. Putting just Starfield out on PS5 is one thing, but it sounds like they are thinking of putting most if not all of their first-party games on other platforms. If you're releasing your first-party games on other consoles then what exactly is the point of the Xbox? Is it just going to become a Game Pass box or are they planning on pulling out of the hardware business entirely like Sega?

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pgetsos@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
This move makes me believe the rumors of them wanting out of the console buriness are true. May be bad for consumers initially, but at the end of the day, it's just a glorified PC at this point with better optimization from the developers. I'm not too worried for the future

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Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’d be really happy to play some Xbox exclusives on my ps5! I don’t see any downside to it as long as Sony still has some competition on the console market.

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- samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  In this case, the downside is that it’s not a very good game.
  
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  - Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yeah from what I understand it’s clearly a disappointment. But it’d be a symbol of more to come if it’s released on ps5.
    
    I don’t care if we have to wait a few years after xbox exclusivity, it’d still be nice.
    
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