r/videogames • u/Seraphayel • 11h ago

News / Trailers / Articles Microsoft is gauging interest in Fallout, Elder Scrolls, and Minecraft becoming Xbox exclusives — yes, really

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/microsoft-is-considering-making-fallout-the-elder-scrolls-and-even-minecraft-xbox-console-exclusive-surveys-detailed
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u/FanBladeFleshlight 8h ago

That doesn't make sense tho. They have less market share, console.prices have gone UP, and we're far enough into the gen that people have mostly already bought a console if they want it.

It's very, very infrequent that a single game causes a person to buy a console just for it, and with XB not really having the loyalty, trust, or interest of most gamers, they'd basically be cutting off a good 60% of their sales all in hopes of selling a handful of consoles.

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u/pinpoint_aim 7h ago

Next Fallout and Elder Scrolls games are next gen games

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u/FanBladeFleshlight 7h ago

And with how XB has gone in terms of console sales, and with people generally staying with whatever brand they already have, we'll be in the same situation, just with a different console.

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u/geaux124 6h ago edited 6h ago

Do you think that maybe the quality of the PlayStation exclusive games compared to Xbox may have played some role in gamer's decisions regarding which console to buy? Do you think it's just a coincidence that Sony began to pull away from Xbox when their exclusives were really taking off while simultaneously the Xbox exclusives fell off a cliff? If the next Fallout and Elder scrolls are not very good or just average, then no it probably won't sell a lot of consoles. But what if they turn out to live up to the hype? What if the next Elder Scrolls and Fallout are the next gen equivalent of Witcher 3 or Baldur's Gate 3?