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This has been evident for anyone following the gaming industry, but now Phil Spencer basically admits it. Good for them, actually.

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[โ€“] Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

This kinda sucks to see. Less competition is a bad thing for everyone. Maybe it's just me hanging onto every bit of nostalgia I have, but the Xbox generations were special.

I know that it can't like...physically remove any of the good times I had with the systems over the years. But these consoles have been part of my life since 2001. So many friends and memories were created with these systems. In a way, it feels like your friend is dying, LOL. I know that's extremely over dramatic, but like damn.

Some of the exclusives that came to the system were really special. It's sad to see that over the past decade, there were really only a small handful of exclusives that were notable. Especially when early on we had some absolutely amazing stuff.

On a more serious note, I am extremely curious what this means going forward and how they will handle digital purchases a decade from now.

[โ€“] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 3 points 12 hours ago

They'll still make the Xbox consoles as long as they are selling. They'll hopefully just ease off the "Exclusives" going forward.

It was a shitty way of trying to move consoles anyway.

Although they are late to the party, Sony is also trying to sell on PC and other storefronts. So my guess is that the console market isn't treating either of them super well atm.