64bithero
@64bithero@lemmy.world
Like a fart in the wind
- Comment on Xbox as a platform is officially dead 3 days ago:
There is more than just that when it comes to PC games
System requirements: RAM , CPU clock speed , GPU. And even if your requirements match there is no guarantee the game will work well. MW 2019 has stutters on my machine. No explanation to why ! I can play Indiana Jones at High settings no problem.
- Comment on Xbox as a platform is officially dead 3 days ago:
Let’s agree to disagree then.
It’s not a like for like experience no matter how you slice it.
I know this is going out to an audience who regularly self hosts and runs Linux.
But not everyone has the same technical skill level and the experiences are not ideal for everyone.
- Comment on Xbox as a platform is officially dead 3 days ago:
Consoles aren’t going anywhere. I understand this crowd isn’t going to understand why. As half of you this morning for funsies decided to self host an instance of a discord clone on a toaster you found on the side of the road. Using Arch Linux of course !!
But the majority of people that aren’t on here the majority of people you know Microsoft is actually salivating to take money from aren’t. And I can tell from Xbox one to Kinnect those are the people they want !!
Steam deck over its 4 years has sold roughly around 5 million world wide. Switch 2 in less than a year has sold nearly 17 million !
The goal of this “new” Xbox is to get Windows for more normies into their living room. And Microsoft going to recoup share they lost overtime to smartphones and others. And to me I don’t see that working like at all …
Xbox is dead as a platform and this new strategy will be dead on arrival.
- Comment on Xbox as a platform is officially dead 3 days ago:
I’m not sure if you understand the point of my post. Yes PC is not just Windows. But the whole point of this product will be the “Xbox experience” which is installed on WINDOWS. Sure you can buy this box and then just install Bazzite or whatever. But why wait for this “box” to do it ? Just build a custom PC which is guaranteed to be better value and something you can do right now ?
I’m not attacking PC gaming. I love PC gaming. But this is in the context of an dedicated gaming console. Which for Xbox is going away.
My point is I see little value in the move. My point is I believe it’s the wrong approach. Valves approach with their baked in software is much better.
- Comment on Xbox as a platform is officially dead 3 days ago:
I wouldn’t worry to much about that. Microsoft can build out additional emulation to support those games. Now how much of they can pull from what’s been done with Xbox One / Series that remains unclear.
They can always “borrow” from the foss community and just use their emulators.
I wouldn’t expect the same upgrades you saw with the old back compat catalogue. But hopefully it’s as functional as it was on its OG hardware.
But whatever they do I know the community will be able to improve upon for the whole PC space to utilize without needing to pay Shitsoft for it …
- Comment on Xbox as a platform is officially dead 3 days ago:
Your thinking about this to literally with the name “Xbox” which is a part of my concern. Modern traditional consoles use customized hardware , usually offshoots of existing PC parts. They run by custom firmware and software that makes them purpose built devices. Xbox’s to this point had a kernel level Windows implementation with most of what we hate about windows left out.
With this new “Xbox” your getting a Windows PC. There is no “sideloading”. You just close the Xbox interface and install Steam. Your “Xbox” games will just be windows games. And if your OG xbox games play , it will be through emulation.
If this sounds exciting to you, great. But you don’t have to wait for Microsoft to release anything. You can go buy or build your own gaming PC right now and get all the same things !
- Comment on Xbox as a platform is officially dead 3 days ago:
If this is what people truly wanted steam Decks would of sold over 30 million or so. They’ve sold around 5 million.
There is a place for dedicated game consoles. If there wasn’t the Nintendo Switch wouldn’t have sold 150 million units …
- Comment on Xbox as a platform is officially dead 3 days ago:
You’re not missing much bud …
- Comment on Xbox as a platform is officially dead 3 days ago:
Microsoft was already releasing games on PC. All this does is removes any dedicated hardware. Officially forcing windows down Xbox gamers throats. One less option in the space not really one more.
Windows is not the future for gaming. Windows shouldn’t be anyone’s future
- Comment on Xbox as a platform is officially dead 4 days ago:
Death of the “platform” as in dedicated hardware designed purely to play games.
Going forward “Xbox” games will just be Windows games.
So yes by my definition, it’s dead as dead as Elvis …
- Comment on Xbox as a platform is officially dead 4 days ago:
That sadly maybe a requirement. Let’s hope not haha
- Comment on Xbox as a platform is officially dead 4 days ago:
There is a huge difference between waiting for an update and installing a game that may not work. It’s a huge difference then fiddling with settings and configs to get it to run smoothly or not crash
- Comment on Xbox as a platform is officially dead 4 days ago:
They can gate it , and still have you install it. Doesn’t mean they have to modulate it out. If sub === home disable things
- Comment on NextFest Thoughts 4 days ago:
You are correct and I’m amped for it !
- Comment on Xbox as a platform is officially dead 4 days ago:
Microsoft has no interest in scaling back windows especially for the sake of user experience. The want Ai in your face they want ads for you to upgrade to office 365.
So while they could do all of this even with a modified version of Windows 11 , they won’t.
- Comment on Xbox as a platform is officially dead 4 days ago:
To me there is some value in having a true console experience. Put a disc in you know it works. Download a game and it plays as good as you can.
Even with Steam Deck you can download games that won’t work or won’t work well.
A lot of people don’t have the patience for that. And so long as consoles can stay under the PC equivalent price I think there will be value.
- Comment on Xbox as a platform is officially dead 4 days ago:
No matter how you slice it, it’s going to be emulation. And people will and already can emulate without Microsoft’s “experience”. I doubt it will even have an optical drive!
In fact I’d argue there is no reason to wait for their hardware. Buy or build something now. You can play all the same games. Get an emulator and do the same …
- Comment on Xbox as a platform is officially dead 4 days ago:
Yeah it can be , and Steam already did it and better. But it’s still not a console experience. It’s closer but it’s not equivalent. And for what Xbox has represented this isn’t it …
- Comment on Xbox as a platform is officially dead 4 days ago:
If your going Pc pre built route to me Valve built is the answer.
But to me this more lies with concerns with a true blue console experience.
Most people believe Microsoft will have little no success with this strategy either. Outside of hopes to “disrupt” steam machines market share I can’t see this going anywhere.
No matter how you slice it , I think it’s over.
- Submitted 4 days ago to games@lemmy.world | 177 comments
- Comment on NextFest Thoughts 4 days ago:
Everytime a nextfest comes along I am reminded with how over saturated the market can be. How many online survival games do we need ? How many moba rouguelike hero shooters do we need ? You make a drinking game out of It, you may die of alcohol poisoning.
Most of it is trash and some at best is mediocre. The only standout to me was WildBlue being a fun StarFox clone. And the best okish ones were Far Far West and Dark Haven. Honorable mention to Toxic Commando. But none of them super original or something I don’t already own something exactly like it …
- Comment on Sony Pulls Back From PlayStation Games on PC 5 days ago:
It’s a catch22. After that generation things became a lot easier to develop for across the board. At the same time I believe became easier to develop the console. Rather than build chipsets entirely in house you just contract a chip manufacturer. And shockingly when your competitor uses the same company things get samey.
I don’t know if this was ever avoidable. The capabilities of modern day processors would be hard to fathom console companies building their own unique variants on. I’d argue if they did consoles would cost even more now than they already do.
It’s interesting to think what could have been. Definitely would have made console reveals more interesting. And even ports more interesting. But I can’t sure for sure better …
- Comment on Sony Pulls Back From PlayStation Games on PC 5 days ago:
I called those “soft exclusives” and I argue it killed Sony in the 7th console generation. Metal Gear , Final Fantasy, Grand Theft Auto, Devil May Cry, Ridge Racer were all exclusive because the publisher made enough money on one console. Then the Xbox had its small time to shine. And boy did Sony regret it…
(GTA and MGS eventually had releases but much later on)
- Comment on Sony Pulls Back From PlayStation Games on PC 5 days ago:
Gamers are being shown more then ever their buying older games not newest ones. Part of this is the eshitification of the industry.
The problem is the ports a lot of the time are awful.
- Comment on Sony Pulls Back From PlayStation Games on PC 5 days ago:
Putting games on PC works for third party publishers because it works perfectly with their business model. It works for Microsoft because they whole sale lost the console market and are slowly slinking their way out. Sony is still a huge contender in the console space and has no plans to cede any share. While it’s great for the consumer to have PC releases it hurts the console business. Regardless if you have a small sect of people who would never buy a console to begin with. For me I own a ps5 as well as a PC. I am more likely to buy the game on PC. Sony from there loses out on the maximum cut they could get from the game. They lose out on me needed to have ps plus to play online. Not to mention if the ps6 does cost close to the same as a PC having games on both leaves little incentive to buy the console.
I am to mad about it, I rarely play my PS5 now I’ll have more incentive to buy the games knowing I won’t get a PC release.
- Comment on New Game Stage Tour 1 week ago:
I’ve always wanted to try that. But something always stopped me
- Submitted 1 week ago to games@lemmy.world | 4 comments
- Comment on Xbox Co-founder Says Microsoft is Quietly Sunsetting the Platform 1 week ago:
He’s aged so much he looks like a prospector who has been struggling to find any gold at all …
- Comment on I’m going to tell my kids this was Heated Rivalry 2 weeks ago:
I watched Girls Gone Wild for the story
- Submitted 2 weeks ago to [deleted] | 4 comments
