Dave 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Concord is still the biggest flop in gaming history.

Honestly, I’m getting tired of the constant doom and gloom surrounding XBOX and Microsoft. Every announcement, every business decision, every game release somehow becomes another opportunity for people to declare that XBOX is collapsing, that its games aren’t selling, or that its future is in danger. And now we’re already seeing people writing Gears of War: E-Day’s financial obituary before the game has even had the chance to prove itself. Let’s be realistic for a moment. None of us has access to Microsoft’s internal financial data, development budgets, Game Pass economics, long-term revenue projections or the strategic reasoning behind its decisions. We don’t know what the actual business case for E-Day looks like. So how can anyone confidently claim that the game has little chance of being profitable? A game’s value cannot always be measured by traditional sales figures alone. Game Pass engagement, subscriptions, player retention, franchise growth, merchandise, future releases and the long-term value of an established IP all contribute to a much bigger picture. And making Gears of War: E-Day an XBOX exclusive is not automatically a financial mistake. Gears is one of the defining franchises of the XBOX brand. Investing in it, protecting its identity and giving The Coalition the opportunity to deliver something exceptional is exactly the kind of commitment people have been asking Microsoft to show. I have absolutely no problem with criticism. XBOX deserves scrutiny, just like every other platform holder. But there’s a massive difference between constructive criticism and constantly pushing a narrative that everything Microsoft touches is doomed to fail. At some point, it becomes exhausting. Not every decision is a disaster , not every game is a failure and NOT every business strategy needs to be declared dead by people who don’t have any clue.. I’m tired of speculation being presented as fact, gamers being treated like they need to justify their choices, and “reviewers”acting as if they have all the answers. You can criticize the decisions, question the strategy, discuss the numbers. But stop lecturing gamers, stop pretending speculation is financial analysis, and stop trying to turn every XBOX conversation into another funeral.

Je ne comprendrai jamais certains joueurs… 😂 Vous critiquez Xbox à longueur de journée, ses jeux, sa stratégie, son business… Mais dès qu’un Gears of War est annoncé, vous réclamez sa sortie sur PlayStation ! Les gars, si vous voulez jouer aux jeux Xbox… ACHETEZ UNE XBOX !

You can’t fathom how poor Europeans are

The sheer volume of people who expect Game Pass subscribers to also then buy the games at full price day one is fucking insane bro lmao You can really tell who doesn’t use the platform and doesn’t give a fuck about it

"Gears should have been multiplat to make more sales!" I'm down for that, so lets also make Yotei, Wolverine, Saros, Astro Bot multiplat as well, since they should also make more sales Or are we not being consistent?

He's flexing with Steam numbers... Desperately trying to hype up their favorite plastic box, even though Sony (paying for timed console exclusive) has almost nothing to do with the game. #zerogames

Cancelled the PS5 version just to sell 400k copies on Xbox 🤣💀 Gears E-Day went console exclusive and was left to die.

Come correct pussy. Xbox gave everyone the DLC included today. PlayStation didn't until later. What don't you understand? Not only that it's a better price right now on Gamepass.

Recent headline recap: -Switch 2 is no longer the fastest selling console of all time. -Nintendo denies 3rd parties the ability to put games they released on GKC onto a real card. -Switch 2 is hacked. -Switch 2 lost the US to six year old hardware. That's rough.