Matt Booty discusses Xbox exclusives and Sea of Thieves PS5 success

Yeah "launch exclusives" is super weasely corporate jargon! 😅 Honestly it's starting to feel a bit disrespectful that they refuse to nail down a more concrete strategy than 'case-by-case basis', given they know how negative this has been taken so far. I suspect a lot of us stuck around, particularly through the early Xbox One days, on the promise that "the games are coming" (implicit assumption - not to PlayStation) so I think they need to be very careful not to make this look like a decade long bait-and-switch. I really hope they can, because I want to keep Xbox as my main platform if at all possible. 🙏

weLtaLLcLoud said:The PlayStation has been around much longer than the XBox so that goes without saying. The issue is, if you are buying a console today, which offers you the better library, the PS5 or the Series X?

Both are exceptional consoles with exceptional libraries. The answer is not clear cut and depend’s on the buyer’s individual circumstances.

If one has a hankering for VR games, the PS5 is the obvious choice. On the other hand, if one is budget constrained and relies on subscription services and cloud gaming, the obvious choice is the Series X.

If one wants to play older games, the Series X would similarly be the obvious choice since the PS5 only offers backwards compatibility with 8th gen titles where the Series X goes back to 7th and even 6th gen titles. On the other hand, if one’s tastes run to ownership of new titles, the PS5 offers the larger library of current gen titles.

Game selection aside, one might make one’s decision based on hardware, user interface, achievement/trophy system, and so on. There are more similarities than differences especially when contrasted with the Nintendo Switch. Still, the differences might play into the buyer’s particular preferences.

The bottom line is, if one is limited to buying only one console & has to choose between the Series X & the PS5, regardless of the decision, the buyer ends up with a fantastic gaming machine supported by an incredible library of games.

One of the worst "successful" games ever made. Banjo got the boot for this????

Some articles on here, without even opening them, you just know they are going to be a toxic wasteland 🙈😂

SprinkyDink said:You’re quite right. The XBox isn’t dead and is not about to die.

As I’ve stated in more detail elsewhere, the XBox (under the project name DirectXbox) came into existence to further Microsoft’s system software strategies. To that end, it has been wildly successful. The Xbox compelled Sony to design the PS4 & PS5 with the architectures Microsoft wanted. This was after the PS3 strayed from the path Microsoft desired.

The takeaway is that although Sony has won more video game industry battles than Microsoft, the XBox has won the 8th & 9th gen console wars. From Microsoft’s perspective, the PS4 & PS5 could not have been better even if they’d been designed by the XBox team.

unnerving probe said:It was a live exclusive game that’s been out for years. Calm down bud. You’re still getting your exclusives to Xbox.