MechaShadow84

I guess I'll get DMC5: Special Edition. This will be the first Xbox console generation without a single first party exclusive (Gears Tactics doesn't count, as it was released on PC months ago) game available at launch. In terms of first party exclusives, this is the weakest Xbox launch ever. I remember back when console launches were exciting. Now it seems like Microsoft is more interested in Game Pass subscriptions than having killer exclusives available at launch.

Yeah. The hate for this is a bit much. Nintendo has never been a company that really listens to its fans, for better and for worse. This release really shouldn't be a surprise for anyone who's been following Nintendo for a while.

My main beef with this collection is the "All Stars" moniker. Super Mario All Stars was great on the SNES. All of the games were updated with modern (at the time) graphics and sound. Back when this collection was rumored, I thought Nintendo would have gone all out and recreated Super Mario 64. Instead, none of the games were really improved outside of basic things. I don't really consider this an "All Stars" collection. It's just a basic collection, in my opinion.

@navster15: In my opinion, Xbox's first party offerings are mediocre. It's just my opinion. I've been an Xbox fan since the beginning. I'm not saying I'm important. I just think that it's not good if a game company is disappointing its core fans like Xbox has been doing ever since Xbox One launched. Regarding Sony, I'm not waving their flag. I'm primarily an Xbox fan. I buy Sony and Nintendo games if they interest me.

@imhungry: I'll be honest with you. I have next to no faith in Xbox anymore. They screwed the pooch with Xbox One. Their track record in terms of first-party games hasn't been stellar in many years. I can't even name a major new franchise that Xbox came out with during this generation. Seeing how bad Crackdown 3 and Bleeding Edge were really opened my eyes. I'll be happy if I'm wrong, but I seriously expect Xbox's first-party games to nosedive in quality over the next 5 years. I remember when a console lived or died based on the exclusive games you could play on it. Seeing Xbox tout Game Pass as a reason to purchase their new consoles is baffling to me. Game Pass will be great for new Xbox fans, but I doubt it's that interesting for hardcore fans. Who knows?

@imhungry: To date, I personally haven't seen the quality of their First Party games go up since Game Pass debuted. The two biggest examples I can mention are Crackdown 3 and Bleeding Edge. Without Game Pass, I wonder how many purchases both games would have had? If anything, I believe Xbox may release more lower quality games, since they can explain them away with the low entry cost of Game Pass.

@navster15: I've supported Xbox since the beginning. In my opinion, the Xbox One console generation has been the weakest one by far. I'll put it this way. The last First Party exclusive that I purchased for Xbox One was Halo 5. That was released for the platform in 2015. I was really looking forward to Scalebound and Phantom Dust 2, but they were cancelled. I used to like the Forza series until Xbox milked it dry. How many Forza games released for Xbox One? 6. I would have rather seen the PGR series revived instead of yet another Forza. Let me think of some other First Party games. Crackdown 3, State of Decay 2, and Sea of Thieves are all mediocre in my opinion. It took years for the Halo Master Chief Collection to be considered good. Flight Sim and Gears Tactics debuted on PC. Gears came out months ago, and who knows when Flight Sim will actually release on Series X/S. It feels like the Xbox of today is simply a shadow of what they were years ago, in terms of their First Party lineup. It's great that there are fans of their newer efforts. I just can't justify paying for a subscription service when the main driving force behind it (great exclusive games) is nonexistent for me.

I refuse to support Game Pass. I personally feel that Microsoft puts far more energy into Game Pass than in their mediocre First Party studios (purchased studios don't count). If they would have spent actually resources developing their own First Party studios, 2020 would be very different for Xbox. I also feel that Game Pass will lead to gradually worse First Party games. Why put in the effort when most gamers won't be purchasing games on Xbox?

I don't think we'll see console launches like the Dreamcast and Xbox 360 ever again. I specifically remember those launches to be pretty exciting, due to the variety of games available either at launch or soon thereafter. With Dreamcast, I was a sucker for Sonic Adventure, Soul Calibur, and Marvel vs Capcom. With 360, it was Condemned: Criminal Origins, and Perfect Dark Zero. Soon after, DOA 4 was spinning in my 360's disc drive.

I have zero excitement for next gen. Nothing on PS5 or Series X blew me away so far.

I could care less about the new Spider-Man game on PS5. I played all the Spider-Man games that I cared about more than 15 years ago. Ratchet and Clank isn't a launch game. Neither is Demon's Souls Remake. There are no other games on PS5 (that are known to the public, at least) that interest me.

For Xbox, I am a Halo fan, but Halo Infinite is an Xbox One game. Despite all of Microsoft's claims to the contrary, it was primarily designed for Xbox One. It will be held back by the limits of the same Xbox One that launched in 2013, since it has to be able to run on it. The Medium is the only Series X game I'm somewhat interested in. I personally think the Series X launch feels too much like the Xbox One X launch. It just feels hollow. Nothing from first party will be exclusive to the Series X at launch, so what's the point of buying it at launch? I really feel like Microsoft is shooting themselves in the foot again. Sure, they'll have the most powerful console. Who cares if all it's going to run at launch is backward compatible games and mildly upgraded games that launch on Xbox One at the same time?