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Thank you Microsoft, for taking pressure off Nintendo. ๐
this post was submitted on 01 May 2025
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The difference is: Microsoft and Sony 1st party titles go on sale and eventually come down in price over time.
Nintendo first party titles are always full price, even for 5 year old games.
Try 10 years! I went on the Wii-U shop right before it shut down. Zelda et al still $50. Insane.
Yup. The reality, while shitty, Microsoft still publishes games on multiple platforms (2 at minimum - PC and xbox). On PC, the games are sold on multiple storefronts with varying discounts and sales. Oblivion remastered just launched with a 17% discount on another store on PC for example.
Nintendo has a complete monopoly on the platform they publish for and completely control the prices.
For me, all these price increases are doing is moving me more towards PC. And to a larger degree off AAA titles all together.
Every game that has a physical release (and even some that don't) does get sold by other retailers, and those retailers do regularly have sales.
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ARGGGGHH ya filthy vermin ๐ Fuck your subscriptions. 10tb checking in.
There has always been an inherent value to consoles but if that goes away then I can genuinely see them dying off. Personally I thinks the current gen is a huge disappointment anyway and this news just makes it even more ridiculous.
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Steam can't release a "console" soon enough.
You can connect the deck to your tv if you want a "console" experience.
I did that at my friends place: Worked very good. Screen was turned off and connected my xbox controller.
Minor nitpick: If it's connected via a powered dock they should circumvent the battery.
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A 2TB Xbox Series X now costs more than a PS5 Pro (in the US at least).
That is mental. Xbox hardware division must be bleeding money hand over fist. I honestly doubt they'll do another generation, and stick to trying to monetise GamePass through PC and streaming. Maybe you'll even see GamePass for PS6 since they own so many studios now.
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And the amount of money I spend on Xbox consoles, controllers, and games will be unchanged this year.