Submitted 1 day ago by ampersandrew@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
https://www.dualshockers.com/next-xbox-rumors-surface-no-devkits-available-developers-yet/
From Jez Corden. Further supporting the idea that the next Xbox is just a PC with a custom shell, which is about the only way a new Xbox makes sense anyway.
What the fuck we’re 5 years into this console gen? They didn’t even start releasing the real games yet. I can’t think of a single Xbox exclusive titles and ps5 has what, astro bot and the friggin 17th FF7 remake?
PS5 had Spider-Man 2.
For Xbox Series X there’s Starfield.
For the generation as a whole, it was worth upgrading for Baldur’s Gate 3.
A windows PC with a custom shell is surprisingly good for gaming. I modified my gaming machine to skip sign in, windows explorer, and a multitude of other services so it boots straight into steam big picture. My Epic, EA, and gamepass games are automatically added to Steam with proper artwork. Feels like SteamOS but with some nice things from windows like working anricheat and lossless scaling support.
How do you skip sign in? That’s the single worst feature in windows.
Xbox lost the console wars and is retreating to PC. This makes sense
No love lost with Xbox/m$ but this is going to make Sony even more insufferable lol
Sony’s not doing great right now either. They’re either matching or several million units behind where they were with the PS4 at the same point in the console generation; given that their closest competition has been decimated, that’s not great for them. They don’t make games as quickly as they used to, which means they don’t make as many as they used to, and their margins are slimmer on their successes while the failures like Concord and PSVR2 hurt more. Both of those consoles are rapidly headed toward a future that only looks like personal computers for high-end gaming. Nintendo is at least mostly immune to this for at least the Switch 2 generation.
Retreating to PC makes sense, because PC won the console war.
PC will never “win” a console war because it lacks the plug and play convenience of consoles.
Not sure why people are acting surprised about this. The generations usually have been between 5-7 years. It will already have been five years this upcoming November. So 2027 sounds about right.
Sounds like I'm never going to have a reason to buy a current generation console.
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Why do they want Microsoft to overhaul the controller? There’s literally no reason to, and the way they’re writing it really does just read as “because I want something different.“They’ve stuck with the same design since 360 more or less with small changes for a reason. It’s a fantastically designed controller
shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I just fucking want HE joysticks.
uniquethrowagay@feddit.org 1 day ago
Gyroscope and back buttons would be nice. Maybe even a touch sensitive stick like the steam deck has. I like the shape and layout of the Xbox controllers, but they really lag behind feature wise.
Katana314@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
If we got a Gyroscope on Xbox, then all major controllers would have it - allowing for the possibility of cross platform games where people can use gyro ironsights to aim. That would be awesome.
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I just don’t miss those features I guess!
moakley@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
The elite controller has customizable back buttons, which are awesome.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Gyro support wouldn’t hurt.
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Love that for others but I never use it except for Mario Galaxy with my kid lol
LiveLM@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
IKR???
Xbox execs run from Gyro like it personally killed their mother
njm1314@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Well I’ve had three of thier controllers die due to stick shift so there seems to be a fucking reason to me.
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Well that’s bizarre. Frankly you’re the only person I’ve heard ever complain about this with the stock controllers (which I assume you’re talking about). Unfortunately I’ve had a few friends who had trouble with the “elite” controllers