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re: Next Xbox Console Will Play Xbox and PC Games - Confirmed
Posted on 3/7/26 at 6:30 pm to Easye921
Posted on 3/7/26 at 6:30 pm to Easye921
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I play pretty much everything on my ps5.
I’ve never been a fan of the ps controller or any of their exclusive games. I’ve always been a fan of the Xbox layout but man they’re not putting out enough games to justify four figures just to get in
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Posted on 3/7/26 at 6:47 pm to St Augustine
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but man they’re not putting out enough games to justify four figures just to get in
That’s why the PC games aspect of this is so big. You now have access to the largest library of games out of any system by virtue of it being able to play PC titles. Not to mention the possibility of also being able to emulate previous gen games at high FPS/resolution (all for free).
Posted on 3/7/26 at 7:27 pm to LSUGent
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That’s why the PC games aspect of this is so big. You now have access to the largest library of games out of any system by virtue of it being able to play PC titles
I can’t imagine most people like me care about this at all. I don’t think I’ve played a PC game since the old commandos series or baldurs gate 1 25 years ago
I’d bet a lot that not a single person/family I know is buying their kids a gaming PC/ or a console equivalent and I’m in a fairly affluent area of South Florida. A switch or PlayStation sure but even last year a few parents at soccer were bitching about the kids wanting a NEW switch when they had one that works. For most parents 500 bucks is already bordering on ridiculous for video games.
Hell my kids are pretty savvy about what would even be worth asking for. If they saw something over a thousand bucks they’d be like well that ain’t happening for a video game.
This post was edited on 3/7/26 at 7:41 pm
Posted on 3/8/26 at 6:12 am to St Augustine
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I’d bet a lot that not a single person/family I know is buying their kids a gaming PC/ or a console equivalent and I’m in a fairly affluent area of South Florida.
You don't have kids riding electric dirt bikes in your area? Those start out around $1200.
Picked a random electric dirt bike on Amazon
Personally I bought my son a gaming PC this past Xmas, granted I had the grandparents chipping in on it but the justification was that it could also be used for homework.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 8:33 am to bad93ex
There are kids on e bikes. It’s not the money just more the view on video games I think most people have. By most parents I know they’re seen as a distraction/hinderance to their kids actual activities.
So sure maybe you guys get a switch to mess around with but I’m definitely not spending 3x that kinda mindset.
So sure maybe you guys get a switch to mess around with but I’m definitely not spending 3x that kinda mindset.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 11:34 am to St Augustine
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For most parents 500 bucks is already bordering on ridiculous for video games.
Is it really that ridiculous when the purchase is supposed to last 7-8 years?
But also another consideration that people overlook about the new Xbox, is that it will also be the end for a monthly subscription needed to simply play online.
PlayStation and Xbox both currently charge $10 a month for basic online play capabilities, and it wouldn’t be shocking if they increased that price… this isn’t a thing on PC. So depending on how long you kept the new console, you could actually end up saving money over the new PlayStation in the long term.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 12:13 pm to LSUGent
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PlayStation and Xbox both currently charge $10 a month for basic online play capabilities, and it wouldn’t be shocking if they increased that price… this isn’t a thing on PC. So depending on how long you kept the new console, you could actually end up saving money over the new PlayStation in the long term.
The price point is going to be a sticker shock. They're definitely going to have to sell it.
I imagine they'll expand the Game Pass on PC offerings. That's a whole new library of games they can add to the service. I bet they come up with some sort of partnership with steam.
One thing they did by just announcing this is remove all previous PlayStation "console exclusives" that had a release on PC from the playing field. Anything Sony previously released on PC is now an XBox game. This is why Sony panic-announced they'll no longer be releasing "exclusives" on PC. Clearly, XBox's only competition recognizes this is a game changer. This will also severely limit Sony's ability to attract third party "console exclusives," as many of these won't release without a PC release. I see this as another step down the road of solving the console exclusivity "problem" that Microsoft said was one of the primary drivers behind the ABK purchase. This is a move that casts the "everything is an XBox" push in a totally different light. The end goal was to push Playstation into an isolated corner and make XBox a console/PC hybrid that plays everything except the increasingly small library of Sony-produced exclusives.
If they can figure out a way to get this system to run older games they couldn't include in the backwards compatible push (looking at my copy of THE SABATEUR over here), I'll be happy.
This post was edited on 3/8/26 at 12:57 pm
Posted on 3/8/26 at 12:36 pm to hg
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But I already have a PC that can play Xbox games
Not College Football 25.
Why it wasn't released on PC, like nearly everything else, is a mystery.
The XBox has made itself irrelevant to me. I don't even need it as a BluRay player anymore, since I just rip them on my desktop and play them through Plex. My PC (GPU-$300 6070XT) will be able to play everything I want for the next seven years until I upgrade again.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 3:47 pm to LemmyLives
Supposedly it may be coming to PC this year, fingers crossed.
This post was edited on 3/9/26 at 11:16 am
Posted on 3/9/26 at 2:44 pm to imjustafatkid
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I see this as another step down the road of solving the console exclusivity "problem" that Microsoft said was one of the primary drivers behind the ABK purchase. This is a move that casts the "everything is an XBox" push in a totally different light. The end goal was to push Playstation into an isolated corner and make XBox a console/PC hybrid that plays everything except the increasingly small library of Sony-produced exclusives.
Posted on 3/9/26 at 7:08 pm to Carson123987
What a strange response. That's clearly the play here. Sony clearly doesn't think it's a laughing matter.
This post was edited on 3/9/26 at 7:22 pm
Posted on 3/10/26 at 8:42 am to imjustafatkid
Nah, what's strange is you trying to paint this as some master plan by MS Ah yes, it was all in their master plan to spend $70B on ABK, continue to get bodied by Nintendo/Sony, abandon exclusives altogether, run off their senior leadership, and abandon the traditional console market altogether to target a new niche. They're playing chess and everyone else is playing checkers
Ah yes, it was all in their master plan to spend $70B on ABK, continue to get bodied by Nintendo/Sony, abandon exclusives altogether, run off their senior leadership, and abandon the traditional console market altogether to target a new niche. They're playing chess and everyone else is playing checkers
Posted on 3/10/26 at 9:20 am to Carson123987
Posted on 3/10/26 at 10:58 am to Carson123987
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Nah, what's strange is you trying to paint this as some master plan by MS Ah yes, it was all in their master plan to spend $70B on ABK, continue to get bodied by Nintendo/Sony, abandon exclusives altogether, run off their senior leadership, and abandon the traditional console market altogether to target a new niche. They're playing chess and everyone else is playing checkers
Not everyone, Nintendo isn't shocked by this news and has changed nothing for this news. It's true that they outplayed Sony here, as is clear by the way Sony panicked and changed course immediately before this news went public.
But hey, just ignore the obvious evidence in front of your face. You definitely know better than Sony.
Posted on 3/10/26 at 11:49 am to imjustafatkid
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Nintendo isn't shocked by this news and has changed nothing for this news.
What do you suppose they would've changed? Go from not releasing their games on PC to....not releasing games on PC?
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It's true that they outplayed Sony here
There's no outplaying even being attempted. MS isn't trying to compete anymore bro, they've thrown in the towel. They're making this move from a position of necessity. They've accepted that they can't compete in the standard console landscape and are pivoting to something else.
Posted on 3/10/26 at 11:57 am to Carson123987
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There's no outplaying even being attempted. MS isn't trying to compete anymore bro, they've thrown in the towel. They're making this move from a position of necessity. They've accepted that they can't compete in the standard console landscape and are pivoting to something else.
Whatever you say.
Posted on 3/10/26 at 1:51 pm to imjustafatkid
80 million ps5 sales to 30 million xbox sales....
You cant delude yourself out of the actual numbers.
You cant delude yourself out of the actual numbers.
Posted on 3/10/26 at 2:59 pm to sgallo3
“Nah bruh, sales figures don’t mean anything. Microsoft is setting up for the kill shot!” - just a MS shill, probably.
Posted on 3/11/26 at 8:06 am to CornDogCologne
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“Nah bruh, sales figures don’t mean anything. Microsoft is setting up for the kill shot!” - just a MS shill, probably.
As was released during the ABK merger trial, XBox is more profitable for Microsoft than PlayStation is for Sony. That's what actually matters.
Posted on 3/11/26 at 8:29 am to imjustafatkid
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XBox is more profitable for Microsoft than PlayStation is for Sony.
Xbox is aiming for a higher profit margin, that isnt the same as more profit. They are aiming for 30% margin.
A 30% margin on 30% of the market is still less profit than a smaller margin on 70% of the market. They still haven't hit that 30% mark either.
This post was edited on 3/11/26 at 8:33 am
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