In recent days, rumors have begun to circulate that Microsoft is thinking of bringing the Xbox exclusives on consoles PlayStation And Nintendofollowing the Game Pass strategy on every screen that has characterized the approach of the Redmond house for some years now.
There has been talk of the fact that Hi-Fi RUSH could arrive on Nintendo Switch, while the well-known analyst Mat Piscatella wrote a post in which he says that sooner or later Xbox users will have to understand that selling consoles is secondary for Microsoft, thus expressing an insider's opinion with an eye always turned to the market and its dynamics.
From the players' point of view, however, the perspective is inevitably different and on social media tempers have warmed up a bit with respect to the topic, so much so that the famous insider Klobrille felt it was his duty to express his opinion on an issue which in his opinion was troublesome and divisive.
“A brand, an investment, an ecosystem, is defined by its games, its library,” Klobrille wrote. “As you bring experiences to the competition, you give up some of that identity and potentially, piece by piece, they actively take away value and reasons to enter that ecosystem.”
“If you take away reasons to enter the ecosystem, that ecosystem will potentially shrink, will receive less third-party support, and suddenly you, as Xbox players, will find yourself directly affected by these decisions. And as a result you will generate fierce discussions when the first party game XY arrives on the competition.”
“The value of the brand will inevitably be damaged, because moves like these directly contradict some of the statements the company has made in the past. Yet something is already happening today.”
“'But it's great that more players can play Hi-Fi RUSH!' you say, reiterating that you don't understand the reasons for my concerns. It's clear that making more titles accessible to more users would be great, anyone he would agree. What is this? It would also be great if more players could play Helldivers, Splatoon, God of War or Mario.”
“This is a truism that applies to literally every game ever made, big or small; but there are good reasons why none of these games are on Xbox. The point is, we're on a one-way street unique: you won't see Nintendo or Sony experiences on an Xbox device or servicepoint.”
“In short, we will go to cannibalizing something that is unique to Xbox in order to get more sales. By making more money in the short term, sure, but by losing fundamental values, which cannot be easily associated with numbers.”
“There are too many chefs in the kitchen for Xbox, and these days Xbox wants to cook everywhere. I get the impression that the company itself doesn't really know what it wants to be, so obviously it can't communicate it properly to its audience. I'm an Xbox user hardcore e there are days when I no longer understand their strategytheir decisions.”
“If I don't understand them, how can they expect 'two billion' players to understand them? Xbox is already both a first and third party publisher today, but I think people will have to get used to the fact that this last sector will become even more important. 'If you try to serve everyone, you will end up serving no one'.”
“At the end of the day, it's just a rumor. Xbox hasn't done anything yet all these discussions are only theoretical, but it's good to keep this in mind. I know Xbox users will see some truly amazing things this year, including a big surprise. The biggest challenge that Xbox faces is therefore the one with itself.”
Let's go back to the basics
The concept of exclusivity is not something new in the gaming market, on the contrary. If it is true that it is the software that sells the hardware, because clearly excellent components and a functional interface are nothing without valid contents, we can say with reasonable certainty that exclusives are the factor that pushes the purchase of a rather than another.
In this sense the PC acts a bit like a free zone, for a whole series of reasons, but it is merely the proverbial exception that proves the rule: if I love Mario games, I have to buy a Nintendo system; if I'm a fan of God of War and The Last of Us, I have to opt for PlayStation; if I go crazy for Halo and Forza Motorsport, the choice to make is Xbox. Nowadays, what is a console without exclusives, exactly?
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