An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Microsoft's revenue from Xbox console sales was down a whopping 42 percent on a year-over-year basis for the quarter ending in June, the company announced in its latest earnings report. The massive drop continues a long, pronounced slide for sal...
    • SiegeRhino@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago
      • I bought the newest console to play the most recent Halo. It truly sucked
      • The first Bethesda exclusive game was Starfield. It truly sucked
      • The recent focus has been towards online multiplayer and GAAS. Toxic games and toxic service models.
      • The ads are insane. Sometimes I’ll turn the console on to a full screen ad about Diablo or Game Pass I have to acknowledge before actually using the console. Beyond that there is designated space on the home menu for 3 different banner ads.

      Just my opinions as someone that’s enjoyed that xbox brand since the first one, and stuck with it out of convenience and from making friends on the network there. Next “console” is a proper gaming computer

      • yeehaw@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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        3 months ago

        The last console other than the switch that I owned was the PS3. I loved that UI. A buddy was like “let’s play some Halo” and I loved halo 1 and 2 but the rest just don’t do it for me. Once he booted up his Xbox and I was driving the UI trying to launch the game I just wanted to hurl. Such a garbage UI. Littered with ads etc.

        No idea what PS5 UI looks like but they’re just PCs with a custom UI at this point so I’ll stick with my PC.

        • B0NK3RS@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          3 months ago

          PS5 ui is actually quite bland but at least it isn’t crammed full of useless shit like the Xbox dashboard.

          I find the aesthetics of Xbox are actually nice but again they fill the dash with so much stuff it’s a mess and intrusive.

    • datavoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I was a heavy Xbox user up until last year when they redesigned the Xbox home screen.

      Instead of being able to pin multiple groups of custom apps/games wherever you want, you now only get one group pinned about halfway down the page past several rows of ads. There are generally at least 5 separate rows of ads on the homescreen at all times.

      I have a series x (also had an original, 360, and one), and will 100% not be buying another console from Microsoft. The joy of using my expensive console was ruined by ads.

      I need to finish Elden Ring, after which my Xbox will be used as a steaming device for videos from my PC or Kodi exclusively.