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@Stormcloudlive I do frequent Pure Xbox regularly so I understand your point tbh. Ah well, even though we can't agree, I appreciate that you still provided a relatively respectful response, even though you don't want to see my posts anymore.

@Stormcloudlive No it wouldn't. Do you seriously think the industry would be a better place if Sony was the only high-end console manufacturer in the industry? Especially after all the crap we have seen Sony pull this gen?

As much as you may not want to admit it, Sony views Xbox as way more of a direct competitor than they ever have Nintendo (excluding in Japan). Hence why they continue to sign exclusivity deals left and right to keep games specifically off Xbox. Not PC. Not Nintendo. Just Xbox. Case in point, just look at games like Phantom Blade Zero, Honkai: Star Rail, Nioh 3, and Where Winds Meet. All of these are titles that Sony signed exclusivity deals for, but they all released/will release on PS5/PC simultaneously.

For Sony, Nintendo is the console for little kids. After they grow up with Nintendo, those kids "graduate" to getting a PlayStation. I don't exactly remember where I heard that quote, but I'm pretty sure this was something that a Sony exec said verbatim a few years ago.

And, I mean, if you don't believe me, just look at what Shuhei Yoshida said about Sony's view of Nintendo and Xbox back in June 2025:

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/06/shuhei-yoshida-says-sony-doesnt-really-consider-nintendo-as-competition

Also, you're ignoring the fact that Microsoft abandoning their platform would lead to 30+ million people losing access to their entire libraries of digital games, myself included. There is no way you can honestly say that Microsoft going full third-party and getting rid of Xbox consoles would be in "everyone's best interests."

@AG_Awesome Well, I guess that's a fair point

@AG_Awesome Why would you get a Switch for Master Chief Collection when you could just get a Steam Deck if you really wanted to play Halo on the go? Or an Xbox One, of course. Those get sold for like $60-100 used

@OrtadragoonX I think the reason why Master Chief Collection hasn't been ported anywhere yet is because the game basically runs on spaghetti code, and it's very difficult to deal with. Remember, it actually took several years for 343 to bring MCC to PC. They had to release the game in parts.

@Nao120 Even when they were at their peak during the 360 gen, Xbox wasn't particularly popular in non-English speaking European countries and regions like Asia and Japan. They had such a massive advantage over PlayStation in the US and other English-speaking countries, though, that it was enough to make up for their losses everywhere else.

@Shmoo Oh okay, that makes sense. Yeah, by then, surely these consoles will be cheaper to some extent

@Shmoo I don't know if that will be the best move, if there's anything this hardware gen has taught us, it's that consoles will go up in price the longer you wait to buy them

@PeterTomlan86 I'd be interested in some recommendations. Thank you for taking the time to respond about this!

@sdelfin That's pretty cool! If I had the room to store them, I'd probably collect old movies physically too, but sadly I don't. That being said, I actually used to watch movies on VHS tapes a lot with my family when I was young. But we didn't just rent movies, we also recorded them on the TV if there was something worth watching that aired.

I had a collection of movie DVDs in a binder (mostly old films, nothing really new), but I unfortunately had to sell it a few years ago.

@PeterTomlan86 Sounds good! I think I'll do that soon

@PeterTomlan86 For sure! I used to watch MeTV every now and then in the afternoon and/or midnight when I had nothing to do and there wasn't much else on TV. Yeah, old movies and shows aren't the most appealing to everyone, but I like them. And I'm not even that old! A lot of the stuff on MeTV originally aired before I was born.

Never thought I'd see Nintendo Life bring up MeTV in an article. Haven't heard anyone talk about them before.

For those who don't know, like @EvenStephen7, MeTV is one of those broadcast TV channels that only shows old movies/TV series from the 20th century. Nothing from recent years. It's only available in the US, tho.

@Lone_Beagle Why do Nintendo fans always act willfully ignorant on any topic related to Xbox?

@Zuljaras You don't even own a Steam Machine yet, and it's weaker than a PS5

@Gryffin That's fair, I suppose

@Kiz3000 No problem! I expect to see Rebirth on Switch 2 this year, too. Maybe Part 3 will be 2028, tho, but I at least think Square will formally unveil it this year.

@Kiz3000 Naoki Hamaguchi explicitly said in an interview with Easy Allies last October that Square Enix has a dedicated team working on each platform for FF7 Remake Part 3, so that their multiplatform strategy won't impact the game's release schedule.

I think it's pretty apparent that FF7 Remake Part 3 won't be a PS5 exclusive. If there was an exclusivity deal for the game, Square Enix wouldn't be repeatedly confirming that it's coming to Xbox and Switch 2, and FF7 Remake probably wouldn't be on non-PlayStation consoles right now.

I don't think Sony really cares that much either, since FF7 Rebirth didn't really do much to push PS5 sales. Everyone who wanted to buy a PS5 for a Final Fantasy game already bought it for FF16 and FF7 Remake Intergrade.

Link to the interview in question: https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/final-fantasy-7-remake-part-3-will-have-a-multiplatform-launch/

@Sonicka FF7 Remake Part 3 won't release on PS5 first, it will be a fully multiplatform game that will launch simultaneously on PS5, Xbox, Switch 2, and PC. Naoki Hamaguchi has already confirmed on Twitter that the game will be coming to Switch 2.

@Gryffin Why are you ethically opposed to buying video games on sale?

@Johnny_Arthur Yes, I'm not sure if there was a contract between Silicon Knights and Microsoft regarding IP ownership, but even if it was indefinite, Microsoft could theoretically sell the IP to Denis Dyack and his new studio someday

@Johnny_Arthur I'm pretty sure he can't do that because Microsoft owns the rights to Too Human. And, from what I recall, Epic Games basically made it illegal for anyone to profit off of the game on Xbox 360. This is why it's free on the Xbox store.

So it essentially can't be ported to any other platforms without it either being completely free or rebuilt on a new engine. It's probably not worth the hassle for anyone to do that, financially speaking.

@JJtheTexan To be fair, there does need to be some level of regulation from platforms themselves, so that they can get rid of dangerous social media groups.

Yes, parents should monitor their children, but not every parent has the ability to keep a watchful eye on their kids 24/7. So it would be ideal if companies could at least prevent them from being exposed to predators, groomers, scammers, etc.

Their impact may be relatively minor in the grand scheme of things, but there are actual terror groups like 764 and The Order of the Nine Angles, which operate through Discord, Telegram, Roblox, Minecraft, etc. and force kids to harm themselves and others. And the crazy part is that these organizations are largely run by teens and young adults themselves. Look it up on Wikipedia, it's some pretty crazy stuff.

@KayFiOS No offense, but the joke just seemed like weak ragebait to me

@PinderSchloss Sure...

@PinderSchloss All the money they made from Pokemon has given them the opportunity to put some budget into this game.

@Samalik @rvcolem1 He unfortunately died because he was driving too quickly while exiting a tunnel in the San Gabriel Mountains. There was an unidentified passenger beside him, whose seat was ejected during the crash. He was apparently a friend of Zampella's, and he also sadly died in the hospital due to his injuries.

There were some motorcyclists who were recording themselves driving around near the exit of the tunnel at the time, and they caught the crash on camera. They tried to get them out, but there wasn't much they could do.

While, obviously, Vince shouldn't have been driving that fast, this particular tunnel is kinda tricky to navigate. Looking through it, you'd think it moves in a straight line, but in reality, the exit of the tunnel is slanted, so you need to be careful when driving out of it in order to stay on the road.

@Erigen This isn't even a Japanese game, I think it's Italian or something

@FrenchVaniIIuxe You must not have played a single Western-made game in the last 20 years.

Also odd of you to single out Western-made games specifically, as if Japanese and Asian games don't have (usually the same) English voice actors, as well.

@UpsideDownRowlet This won't give competition to PlayStation and Nintendo in the slightest lol

@Megas75 To be fair, according to Does it play?, around 60% of Xbox physical games are complete on-disc. Microsoft themselves couldn't care in the slightest for physical media, hence why their games are mostly just download codes on discs, but at least most Xbox games that get physical releases do work without internet.

The problem with Xbox is, that a lot of games do not get physical releases on the platform. There are so many titles that get physical releases on PS5 and Switch, but not Xbox, since Series X owners are the only ones that can use discs. So if you want the best physical support around, you should get a PS5. At least Sony doesn't put download codes on their discs.

Crazy part is that this is seemingly going to be a game-key card, even in the US. This is especially bad for Switch 2 exclusives, as there will be no other way to play the games.

@Anti-Matter PS5 is not even close to being underrated

@dew12333 Square Enix: "Hahaha... No."

@SalvorHardin Daedelic Entertainment already did do that for The Lord of the Rings: Gollum

I am firmly against Nintendo buying up established third-party developers, like MercurySteam, because you just know that if they do, all their games will be Nintendo-exclusive going forward. At least with Sony and Microsoft, they are putting the games from their newly-acquired studios on multiple platforms (even Bungie is still bringing games to Xbox despite being a PlayStation subsidiary), but with Nintendo, there's no chance of that happening.

The only way Nintendo will release games on PS/Xbox/PC is if they buy a massive third-party publisher, such as Square Enix, Take-Two, or Sega, and decide that it makes more business sense to keep their games multiplatform than suddenly make all of them exclusive to Switch forever.

@metaphysician I think it's the latter. Microsoft saw that Activision had a 30% profit margin in 2021 at one point, so they decided to make their entire gaming business more like Activision.

@Anti-Matter They don't care about Xbox sales, isn't that obvious? Microsoft's goal is to make as much money as possible and get a 30% profit margin on Xbox, and that can't be done by selling Xbox consoles.

Since PlayStation and Nintendo don't even come close to having 30% profit margins, despite their dominance in the console space, Microsoft concluded that the only way to reach such an insanely high threshold is by going multiplatform and raising the price of everything. And, so far, they probably are making more profit than ever before, at the detriment of consumers.

@Haruki_NLI Honestly, you should blame Nintendo for this, they're the ones that are not giving Switch 2 dev kits to most third-party developers. That is probably the primary reason as to why they aren't releasing games on Switch 2 yet.

@gwyntendo Hi-Fi Rush isn't an Xbox game anymore, you'll have to ask Krafton for a Switch 2 port.

@WhiteTrashGuy It's literally impossible for Rare Replay to run on anything other than an Xbox console, since it uses the Xbox 360 emulator used for backwards compatibility. So it likely won't come to any other platforms ever.

@darkswabber FH5 outselling the PC and XSX lifetime sales on Ps5 in 3 months? Where is the source for that? I know it sold well on PlayStation (seemingly around 3 million copies according to unofficial sales data), but I doubt that the game didn't already sell more than 3 million copies across Xbox and PC in the years since its launch.

@JohnnyMind That's insane, if only I could focus as much on learning new languages as you lol

@JohnnyMind You can read Japanese? Because, if so, it's impressive that you know three languages.

@GoombaJMR Awesome, hope to play it on Xbox soon!

@GoombaJMR Are you planning to bring the game to Xbox in the future? Would love to buy it there.

@nessisonett On the contrary, I hope the video game adaptation trend continues; maybe it's just me, but I actually like the idea of my favorite game franchises getting adapted into movies/anime/TV shows. I just want them to be good, and not something like the Borderlands movie.

@Orwellian87 Have you ever considered that something being "mediocre and lazy" is your subjective opinion? Sure, the Minecraft movie isn't some cinematic masterpiece, but a lot of people enjoyed it way more than you did, especially kids.

@TiMMay333 In their pursuit for eternal growth, just like any corporation, Nintendo will make theme parks, movies, TV shows, and books before they put their games on other platforms.

Then, once they've capped out their growth in those industries, they'll start to put Mario and Zelda on PC and maybe other consoles. Which will be 25-50 years from now lol.

This literally looks like a Pixar short film, not at all what you'd expect from a Japanese company like Nintendo.

And the even weirder part is that the video itself has no overt references to anything Nintendo-related. If it had a Switch or Mario products or something, this would make sense, but it doesn't.

@hisownsidekick Nintendo hasn't sided against AI in a legal manner, though. They haven't spoken that positively about it, but they haven't actually taken action against AI.