Friday, January 31, 2020

Xbox Ace in the Hole for the 2020 Console Wars


I feel like I’m back in 2013 when all the consoles were going head to head.  The console wars are heating up, and I forgot to mention the one advantage Xbox might have over playstation. 

The biggest card up Microsoft’s sleeve is Xbox Game Pass. There is simply no other service like it in the video game industry right now, or at least none that offer the same level of value and functionality. With Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, gamers get access to tons of games each month on both Xbox One and PC, and access to Xbox Live With Gold. 

This service will continue with Xbox Series X and it gives Xbox gamers something truly unique and valuable that Sony simply can’t match. What’s more, the “Series” part in the Xbox Series X moniker means that we should expect more than just one Xbox sku this coming generation. We can almost guarantee there will be a more expensive, more powerful Xbox Series X as well as a cheaper, less powerful Xbox Series S. 

But there could also be an even cheaper unit that foregoes a physical disc drive and comes as part of a Game Pass contract deal.

If Microsoft is willing to essentially give these cheaper units away as part of a two-year Game Pass Ultimate subscription, that would be yet another huge advantage over Sony, bring tons of budget-conscious gamers into the Xbox fold.

So that’s clearly a point in Microsoft’s court, though I still maintain that Sony has an edge with generation-specific exclusives. Sony also has a better track record with exclusive content than Microsoft, and that’s only more true with Microsoft’s generous Play Anywhere policy.

Even better than that, we’re entering a new era of cross-play for many of the most popular games, so even if you go with an Xbox Series X and your buddy buys a PS5, in Fortnite and Call of Duty and hopefully many, many other games you’ll still be able to play together.

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