Games Inbox: Is it true Xbox has never been more healthy?

The Thursday letters leafage isn’t definite PS5 owners privation to play Halo and Gears Of War, arsenic 1 scholar suggests an alternate to the Steam Deck 2.

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Delusions of grandeur
I don’t deliberation I’m the lone 1 that’s sick of proceeding from Phil Spencer astatine this point, but I deliberation it’s evident from the photograph successful this new interview that the accent of his occupation is starting to instrumentality its toll. I can’t accidental I’m each that sympathetic though. Given however overmuch clip and wealth he’s had entree to I don’t spot that he’s done thing to amended either Xbox oregon video games successful general.

The comments astir nary reddish lines was interesting, but nary little than is expected astatine this point, portion his different comments were the accustomed guff astir needing manufacture maturation and mobiles being the mode to bash that – adjacent though much caller quality suggests that bottommost is falling retired of that market.

Spencer conscionable seems washed up astatine this constituent and, frankly, truthful does Xbox. I don’t adjacent cognize what it’s expected to beryllium anymore. It’s hardly a console and streaming is conscionable a sideshow for now, truthful that doesn’t marque it immoderate much than a 3rd enactment steadfast with delusions of grandeur.

And I bash deliberation that has ever been Spencer’s problem. ‘The Xbox concern has ne'er been much healthy,’ helium says. But however bash you fig that? Activision Blizzard has ne'er been much steadfast but Xbox itself seems to person outlived its usefulness and arsenic an Xbox Series X proprietor that makes maine bitter and angry.
Coldsbane

Long wait
I’m definite that I’m not the lone 1 that got immoderate second-hand cringe from that caller Phil Spencer Xbox interview. The feline seems progressively disconnected his rocker, particularly if helium thinks Xbox is doing amended than ever. I besides deliberation he’s fooling himself if helium thinks anyone inactive cares astir Gears Of War or, especially, Halo.

The astir absorbing happening was confirmation of a handheld console but the informing that it wouldn’t beryllium retired for a while. Now this could conscionable beryllium a lie, similar overmuch of what Spencer says, but if it’s going to beryllium aboriginal than 2026 what happens to Xbox successful the meantime?

I truly don’t spot thing connected its existent slate becoming immoderate benignant of a large deal, unless Fable is some incredibly bully and connected PlayStation 5 from the start. 2026 seemed believable due to the fact that it was evident the Xbox Series X/S had failed but leaving it to fend for itself for overmuch longer is going to origin adjacent much problems.
84Colbat

No much secrets
I spot we’re backmost to imaging that Sony has immoderate concealed store of caller single-player games it’s abruptly going to denote retired of the blue, present rumoured to beryllium successful aboriginal December. I’m going to marque my ain prediction, not based connected manufacture contacts but elemental logic and observation: Sony ain’t going to denote anything.

Maybe you’ll get a PlayStation Blog station astir caller enactment figures oregon something, which seems to person been partially leaked, but that’s it. There’s not going to beryllium immoderate State of Play for the 30th anniversary, you’ll beryllium fortunate if you get a caller trailer.

Sony mightiness beryllium acting unusual but not truthful unusual that they’d support tons of announcements successful their pouch for a random rainy day. The much games they denote the much appealing their console looks, and they privation it to look arsenic appealing arsenic imaginable up of Christmas truthful they tin really merchantability immoderate for once.
Kikibomb

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Unsexy news
Very bittersweet to spot Tequila Works filing for insolvency, arsenic I thoroughly enjoyed the crippled The Sexy Brutale. It is simply a small gem and 1 of my favourite games of each time, which I deliberation they published or/and assistance make. It is precise akin to Gregory Horror Show, with a precise bully communicative and absorbing gameplay, which I person got the platinum for.

Tequila Works besides made the beauteous looking RiME, which I person connected carnal successful my backlog to play and they besides created Gylt, which was a Stadia exclusive for a portion and past got released connected different platforms and it is connected my wishlist to play.
Andrew J.

GC: Tequila Works did people The Sexy Brutale, and helped with development, but the pb creator was Cavalier Game Studios, who inactive look to beryllium going but haven’t announced immoderate caller crippled successful immoderate clip now.

Unequal terms
As a PlayStation 5 proprietor I can’t hold to play each those astonishing Xbox classics I’ve been denied for each these years like, erm… Microsoft Flight Simulator, maybe? I shouldn’t beryllium mean but I’m conscionable not definite what Microsoft thinks it has to connection the PlayStation 5, beyond Activision Blizzard games that were ever multiformat anyway.

I’m not funny successful Halo 8 and Gears Of War 7, oregon immoderate we’re connected now. Those bid are good past their champion and I truly can’t spot immoderate of the announcements truthful acold turning retired to beryllium thing peculiarly interesting.

The occupation for Microsoft is that Xbox needs PlayStation but PlayStation does not request Xbox, arsenic we spot with Lego Horizon Adventures being connected Switch but not Xbox Series X/S. Sony doesn’t attraction if Halo is connected PlayStation 5 oregon not and I’m not definite galore gamers bash either.
Roller

True sequel
RE: Shahzaib Sadiq getting upset astir nary Steam Deck 2 yet. Check retired this nonfiction from Reviews.org Australia with 2 of the Steam Decks designers. The Steam Deck is astir to released successful Australia (19th November).

They speech astir their thoughts for Steam Deck 2 and the handheld PC abstraction successful general, wherever they don’t spot themselves arsenic a 1 halt shop. One punctuation from it astir the Steam Deck 2 is this:

‘So we truly bash privation to hold for a generational leap successful compute without sacrificing artillery beingness earlier we vessel the existent 2nd procreation of Steam Deck. But it is thing that we’re excited astir and we’re moving on.’

As the scholar said these things successful an Inbox letter, astir the PS5 Pro, I deliberation he’ll spot their point: ‘The PS5 Pro is simply a paperweight,’ ‘A minimal update, reflections that volition hardly adjacent beryllium noticed, erstwhile moving done the adjacent acceptable of levels and puddles successful Spider-Man 2. That is genuinely phenomenally mystifying and it wholly justifies the ludicrous terms tag? No, it ne'er has and ne'er will.’

Being overly melodramatic seems to beryllium the MO but nary request successful this case, astir the Steam Deck 2. As the scholar mentions, there’s fundamentally the Steam Deck Pro successful the market, successful the signifier of the Pro priced £800 Rog Ally X.
Simundo

Impulse purchase
I’m inactive not wide connected wherefore Microsoft has had to hold its large caller mobile app. According to Phil Spencer it’s due to the fact that they request to bash much probe into the industry. But did they not person a program for each this earlier they paid aggregate billions for Activision Blizzard?

I thought getting power of King was 1 of the main reasons for doing it but now, a twelvemonth later, they’re inactive looking into it? I cautiously probe a crippled earlier I walk £70 connected it, I would’ve thought a institution similar Microsoft would’ve been a spot much cautious earlier spending truthful overmuch wealth connected thing they seemingly didn’t adjacent cognize what they were going to bash with it.
Korbie

Non sequitur gaming
Cute reappraisal of the caller Lego game. Agree that doing 1 for Horizon seemingly makes nary sense, it’s not similar they person a movie, TV amusement oregon adjacent kids cartoon of it successful circulation. Though erstwhile they had decided to bash it, I thought it’d crook retired reasonably well; Horizon would transplant to the Lego video crippled look beauteous well.

Noted you reviewed it connected the PlayStation 5, I’d beryllium funny to spot however it performs connected the importantly little susceptible Switch. Putting it connected Nintendo’s level is simply a no-brainer though, fixed the demographics, conscionable anticipation it’s not a phoned-in job. Sonic games merchantability the champion connected Switch yet adjacent the caller Generations remake is simply a noticeable downgrade from the Xbox and PlayStation versions.

As for Xbox, I person a feeling the crushed it isn’t connected Microsoft’s instrumentality has much to bash with axenic concern than immoderate benignant of level exclusivity oregon loyalty. Xbox has evidently struggled this generation, shifting little than fractional of Sony’s 60 cardinal unusual units. Also, looking astatine precocious released accusation astir subordinate stats and sales, astir of those console owners are either conscionable playing Fortnite and different unrecorded work titles oregon subscribe to Game Pass and play immoderate is connected there. So it astir apt conscionable wasn’t worthy the outgo and improvement to bring implicit to Xbox; Sony were astir apt close to presume that cipher would bargain it.

Pretty bittersweet truly that it’s ended up similar this for Microsoft, Sony surely request the contention to support them connected way but that adjacent financing ports to Xbox isn’t financially viable for publishers unless they chopped a lucrative Game Pass deal… doesn’t look bully for the aboriginal of the hardware.
Marc

GC: The tiny representation areas and deficiency of destructible scenery is intelligibly a regulation introduced for the Switch, truthful we ideate it works okay. It’s not a atrocious game, it’s conscionable weird that it exists.

Inbox also-rans
So erstwhile tin we accidental definitively that the Switch 2 isn’t going to beryllium announced this year? It’s the mediate of November connected Thursday and I cannot judge for a 2nd it’s going to hap present – it’s got to beryllium January.
Ryan

GC: It’s not New Year’s Eve yet.

I saw immoderate Resident Evil 9 rumours saying that the crippled stars Leon S. Kennedy and Jill Valentine connected an land warring thing called Goat-Man. I announcement you didn’t study connected this, does that mean it’s not true?
Layu

GC: There’s thing to suggest those rumours are accurate, no.

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