Xbox's Exclusive Problem: Destin Reacts to Ardrid 

this video is about more xbox tax existence evidence? 😁

Thanks a lot for your video! You could react to more Videos about the history of video games and Game franchises!

I think an IGN employee with front-row seats to Xbox’s many failures over the years shouldn’t be so acutely biased.

You think that Ardid did a great and thoughtful job? All I heard was more misleading information and more Xbox hate simply regurgitated and rewrapped in a new shiny package from yet another bias content creator. It's absolutely frustrating the tactics and lengths these fanboys will go to when it comes to Xbox. Gamepass is making hundreds of millions a month to offer its customer more games at better value but that's considered unsustainable? I actually wanna play more then just FIFA, CoD, 2K and Fortnite. In other words I don't consider myself a casual gamer. I actually like having a backlog of games to play, especially during a gaming draught. Playstation burns through hundreds of millions for one niche game with low replayability then scrambles to break even and that's a better strategy then what Xbox is doing? I don't care about graphics as much as I care about having fun on any game and Playstation isn't the place that focuses on fun first outside of third-party games. No, I won't be checking his channel out. It's obvious who he made that video for. The Xbox Tax is real Destin.

Its amazing how the media and ponys cant handle xbox having all these exclusives 🤣😂😂🤣😂🤣

Why release a AAA sequel when you can re-re-re-remaster a game? 😢

Starfield fiasco took 7 years LOL, Very "AAA"

@@psychopoison and you people can't stop talking about it. mission accomplished.

​@@p.ukem0n327No cap. Even without Mods and dlc (so vanilla Skyrim released on the 360), it's the most talked about game, its top 10 in sales, over 80 score in reviews, and boosted GP greatly. Definitely a success

The insomniac leak costs and profits really shows this a lot. This is a content problem in general. We see it in Netflix and streaming and even in movies now. All the top producing companies are only able to pump money into big budget content but that's really hurting margins. Everything is given a shorter production amount of episodes, wait times between movies and shows are getting longer, most of what we see are franchise and ideas people are tired of, and so on. There aren't many new quality ideas anymore. It's the same issue in gaming. Insomniac has gone from Ratchet and Clank (my favorite PS game) and sunset overdrive to being a Marvel dev studio. AAA publishers are only able to make licensed games and established franchises. And deadlines keep getting tighter forcing rushed games. Sony still produces great high quality games but not nearly as many anymore in terms of first party. I'd really love someone to list all the first party Xbox games vs Playstation games this year. Xbox has a MUCH better mix already of AA and AAA games and live service and traditional games. As well as all the studios and publishers to really advance this strategy. Sony's going to have to really revisit their strategy soon. They were supposed to get out a lot of live service games to take the pressure off their high quality AAA games which take longer and have razor thin margins. Now with Jim Ryan leaving they look to be doing a LOT of downsizing which mort of the industry is right now, but doesn't bode well if they don't change strategies because game development costs and time is still rising.

To be fair anything over a 70 is generous for starfield

​​@@Youraveragegamer_97that's like your opinion man

Not to start anything but I don't think anyone was calling Ghost of Tsushima the game of the generation before it released. Starfield had so much hype behind it that it suffered from not meeting such crazy expectations. People were anticipating Tsushima but nowhere on the level of Starfield. You can tell from the user scores on metacritic that Starfield was propped up to a level it couldn't reach and caused disappointment even though I think it is a good game

​@@Sand_1995that's actually the majority's problem.

Starfield 7.0 user score Ghost 9.1 user score Sounds like the users are the ones saying Starfield don’t deserve to be treated like an 83…then you also have to ignore the Steam user scores and the XBox store user scores…oh that’s right those are just haters bombing the game

Loved my Dreamcast & sending saves to my email account etc (have the broadband adapter). I always thought of the original Xbox as the Dreamcast successor. Love seeing them work together.

Thats dope you got to experience that.

That died 😂

@@fabolousjada5070thanks captain obvious. That’s usually what “ahead of its time” implies… jackass

@@lilpimp994 I remember the Sega Channel. Blew my mind at the time, and there was no way I could even explain what it was to my Mom.

Also spreading blantant misinformation, like how they said the OG xbox came in 3rd place whenn it outsold the gamecube.

I do have to acknowledge the hypocrisy towards Xbox. All the discussion about Blade being an exclusive. Why wouldn’t it be an Xbox exclusive? How incompetent would they be to not make this exclusive? Xbox should make all their shit exclusive. Forget what anybody thinks or what articles are written. Nonsense.

@@mistadopeman Nice idea, but you'll alienate a lot of developers by restricting their games to a single platform. Ideally developers like to release on PC, PS and Xbox to maximize sales. Maybe Nintendo as well, but the extra cost involved in could make that unrealistic to profit from. It would be a big failure for Microsoft with few title available for it. Developers don't like to be controlled to that extent. They prefer options. You're not an Xbox fanboy by any chance?

​@louiepikmin3184 that video had so much wrong info. It was beating the GameCube and I own a GameCube

@@Roger-ic7sf I have an Xbox, PS5 and a PC that destroys both of them put together. I’m not very impressed with the consoles so far. I’ve been a bigger PlayStation fan than an Xbox fan my entire life pretty much. But the hypocrisy is insane. If Sony were the ones buying Activision, none of that stuff would’ve happened and the CMA wouldn’t have been up in arms like they were towards Xbox. I wholeheartedly believe that to be true at this point. They literally ran defense for Sony. I understand the profitability point you’re making. You are correct.

wow you said a bunch of things wrong lol@silverjoystix4696

⁠@silverjoystix4696no he’s right. In 2013 there was this narrative in the industry that console gaming was dying with the rise of Mobile/Tablet gaming and had a lot of publishers and CEOs weary about the future of the console market. It’s the reason why Xbox tried to pivot more towards a media device in the first place since they didn’t have faith in console gaming like Sony and Nintendo which led to XBones reveal being all about TV first, games second. Shawn Layden from PlayStation even talked about during an interview saying they had to convince publishers and developers that console gaming was here to stay. Turned out he was right on.

Yeah back compat imho saved MS/XBOX in a big way It kept a lot of xbox gamers from jumping ship - keep playing your existing huge library. Keep on the eco system. It was mega publicised at the time that Sony were reticent to do it..yet buckled under pressure.

I have a ps5… its dry. Im on gamepass way more

@@b3at2and I have an series X and play more on the PS5 FF15 and GOW rn

​@@damiannicholas3413 Wow props, I play on PC normally Warframe and any Gamepass exclusive release and an indie here or there. It must be sad only having 2 titles.

Yup same and 3rd party games looked better on Xbox compared to the PlayStation 2. That’s why I bought it, plus you could actually watch dvd’s on the Xbox and the disc drive didn’t fail on you. Man… I can’t describe how awful it was at the time to buy new games for my PS2 at the time only to discover my new game won’t run in the console. I had two PS2 consoles that encountered faulty disc drives. The original Xbox was vastly superior hardware wise and in my opinion software wise to the PS2.

same. I'v become bored of the third person open world formulae. Every game (nearly) is following that now. I nearly got Spider-man 2 but decided to upgrade 1 for a fiver instead and am glad i did as it reminded me that i am so bored of the format. No denying the quality but it is so tired.@@b3at2

I know right. You think only Microsoft but any kind of exclusives!! Just a long winded video to say Xbox paid for games and game pass isn't that great. Same arguments we always hear. For Xbox to be in last place Playstation fan boys love talking about Xbox. Nintendo fans talk about Nintendo games, Xbox fans talk about Xbox games, Playstation fans talk about everything but Playstation games!! Especially in 2023!!

Yeah I would have torn the guy a new asshole because he sounds like he was born yesterday and wasn't even alive until this last generation.

Ummm that was half movie, half game, it was just ok lmaooo now Mass Effect trilogy, THAT was something.

keep That same energy.

It’s on pc too.

Yes a bit of a blunder but tbf it was his job to sell the new console at the time (Xbox one) so he was just trying to push ppl into the next generation

Wouldn’t be surprised if it was funded by Sony either 😂

To be fair though every generation Microsoft has been 3rd place 🤷‍♂️

@@llfallen0nell884 Do some homework.

You’re right, but I don’t think it will take 3-5 years. I think it will start in 2024. 2024 is stacked for Xbox, with the amount of games that have been in the pipeline, I’m sure 2025 and 2026 will be too, although only time will tell

Correct … what I find hilarious though is people keep asking where the games are at without doing their homework as to why it’s taking Xbox so long and also forget it takes years to make games these days 🤦 Xbox has pretty much had to start rebuilding from the ground up. They had hardly any studios and were ready to call it a day at one point. I feel like the engines have been fired up though and the train won’t take too much longer to hit full speed.

@Ktsjay187 I hope you're right, but I'm not holding my breath. I figure it'll be a good few years before we see a new Doom, Wolfenstein, Fallout, Halo, Xbox-exclusive Call of Duty, or any other established IP hit the shelves. In the meantime, I'm just going to try and enjoy the what comes out and maybe nab a PS5 on the cheap, when the opportunity presents itself.

@Captain-Chats yeah, it's actually very disappointing the way that they seemingly mismanaged their portfolio of IPs (Halo, in particular) and squandered so much of the momentum they had, coming out of the Xbox 360 era. I sincerely hope they don't mismanage the goldmine of IPs they now own, much the way Disney has, over the last decade.

@@TheUballe yeah those games will take a while to come out, but in the meantime we will have plenty of new ip, then those already established games will start to roll out

This guy reacting also had numerus factual errors.

I've watched that video. No way lol.

Games take six years to make now.

@@neilwilson5785 true but I'm actually liking what I'm seeing including the games that will come to Game Pass including third party.

⁠@@jurassictyrantkingYTbro stop it senua is not hyped it got like 70k views in that first week. And what else ya got ? Lol

@@jurassictyrantkingYTrelax STARFIELD AND REDFALL HAVE LET ME DOWN Im not getting my hopes up no more

@@fabolousjada5070hellblade, avowed, stalker 2, towerborne, clockwork revolution, south of midnight, flight sim 24, forza horizon 6? + starfield expansion since ponies like to include dlc

Yes Xbox tax is a real thing. I’m disappointed how Destin is afraid to admit it. I know that he knows it’s real, but it’s a conflict of interest regarding his career. I get it.

​@@OcarinaHero93what game deserved a high score but didnt get it from xbox?

@@PervySage723 it’s not just about review scores for games you know. It’s regarding anything positive about Xbox. The media twists the news into their own narrative. The recent controversy surrounding Marvel’s Blade is a perfect example.

​@@PervySage723 Hi Fi Rush score was openly admitted to being reduced because it is an Xbox game. The newest Forza was just given a lower score. Said in the same reviews that it was better than the last one and given a lower score than said game.

@@OcarinaHero93 not anything different then xbox players complaining about spiderman exclusivity endlessly. The fact you dont have 1 example for game scores tells there isnt a bias

Just like construction. You do a good job few people hear about it You do a bad job everybody knows it .😮

Nobody outside of the very small portion of the gaming community on Twitter.

It's not so much brand association, it's the entitlement from Sony fans. If it's not released on PlayStation its instantly a flop and crap game. If it is released on PlayStation its a L for Xbox because it's now not exclusive. Xbox has a damned if you do, damned if you don't scenario.

If you buy a Nintendo console it's to buy first part games.

@@saintlugia I own only a handfull of first party games on my switch Astral Chain, Metroid, Fire Emblem, Pokémon and xenoblade the rest are 3rd and indie. Actually idk if Pokémon can be considered first party since they only own 40% of the ip.

@AnarickTheDevil okay you are still in the minority. Also Nintendo owns 30 percent of pokemon by all metrics that really matter pokemon is basically a first party game.

So phil spencer saying that the service is stagnating and loosing subs means nothing to you? I fail to see how that equates to bigger and better.

Most Xbox exclusive were on pc too. Not a real exclusive.

19:22 again my point stands this guy acting like the Wii was a failure when it was one of Nintendos biggest successes of all time is a joke.

Guess when your early console models shit the bed frequently it helps boost your sales numbers, Witch is rather sad when you think about how people will still buy a product despite how poorly it's made.

I don't think Xbox are poorly made, I had more issues with my PS1, ps2 ps3

My first time seeing one of His vids. Seams like just the usual fanboy to me, Doesn't listen to point's just jumps to conclusions.

The Wii was a failure by Nintendo as they wanted to get the hardcore gamer audience playing their games. The Wii was a success to the casual family audience and once everyone got a Wii, the same causal audience weren’t invested into playing Nintendo exclusive games. It sold well but Nintendo didn’t get the target audience they were hoping for