Quote:They say thereundefineds no smoke without fire. I will say that it has been suggested to me from very trusted, proven sources that Microsoft has been exploring bringing some of its back catalog to other platforms, although some of the details remain vague and unconfirmed. We undefinedve reached out to Microsoft to comment and clarify its position on this stuff.

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xb...-the-truth

What do you think? Rumors are Microsoft is going 3rd party like Sega did, will it happen? I think most likely they will bring older games that are 2-3 years old rather than full 3rd party

I think it would be insane to see a halo game on ps5 or switch at some point but I felt the same way when sonic came to a nintendo system.

Why would they do this? What would be the point of Xbox if they put their games on other consoles?

Well it's true! Microsoft is bringing Star field to PS5.

https://xboxera.com/2024/02/04/exclusive...station-5/

Seeing halo on a PlayStation will be as crazy as when Sonic went to Nintendo but I still don't know about that one.

Yeah, I saw this. Honestly, it's not surprising to me. Microsoft has never really been able to compete with Sony in the hardware race, outside of the Xbox 360. Wonder how long it will be until everyone in the business ditches hardware altogether and goes to streaming and cloud gaming. As someone who has spent almost their whole life collecting physical games for a ton of systems, it's sad to see the console race dying, but time marches on I guess.

(02-05-2024, 03:19 PM)Blue Voltage Wrote: Well it's true! Microsoft is bringing Star field to PS5.

https://xboxera.com/2024/02/04/exclusive...station-5/

Wow, I never expected that considering they cancelled the PS5 version after acquiring Zenimax.

(02-10-2024, 10:05 AM)BurningBlaze Wrote: Yeah, I saw this. Honestly, it's not surprising to me. Microsoft has never really been able to compete with Sony in the hardware race, outside of the Xbox 360. Wonder how long it will be until everyone in the business ditches hardware altogether and goes to streaming and cloud gaming. As someone who has spent almost their whole life collecting physical games for a ton of systems, it's sad to see the console race dying, but time marches on I guess.

I don't think it's dying. PS5 and Switch are doing better than ever. When gaming becomes streaming only, that's when I stop modern gaming and just completely stick to retro gaming.

(02-10-2024, 10:22 AM)NeoMetallix Wrote: I don't think it's dying. PS5 and Switch are doing better than ever. When gaming becomes streaming only, that's when I stop modern gaming and just completely stick to retro gaming.

Yeah but for how long was more what I was getting at. I don't expect Sony or Nintendo to abandon hardware this or even next generation, but hardware is expensive to produce, and if companies see streaming as a more profitable option, they'll make a shift toward that. I don't think we'll have to worry about it for at least a little while longer, but when it comes, it will catch a lot of people by surprise, and I'm in same camp. Once it goes to all streaming, I'm diving even further into my back catalog.

(02-10-2024, 10:38 AM)BurningBlaze Wrote: Yeah but for how long was more what I was getting at. I don't expect Sony or Nintendo to abandon hardware this or even next generation, but hardware is expensive to produce, and if companies see streaming as a more profitable option, they'll make a shift toward that. I don't think we'll have to worry about it for at least a little while longer, but when it comes, it will catch a lot of people by surprise, and I'm in same camp. Once it goes to all streaming, I'm diving even further into my back catalog.

I do not expect Microsoft to abandon hardware either at least not yet. If they do not start selling better I could see them considering it later like 2027 or 28. This year will be hard on them with a rumored ps5 pro and switch 2.