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As far as game it looks like gamepass will do great. I don't think it will do well beyond that. It just seems like people are rejecting the sub services in general. Both MS and Sony don't even want to announce their numbers anymore.
Xbox made a huge move as a publisher with Ninja Gaiden 4. Publishing it and having it multiplatform is brilliant. What it's most brilliant for is for GamePass. Getting publishing deals like this means they get to avoid brokering deals with other publishers and work directly with devs and get guaranteed day 1 GP titles. Smart as hell This deal reinvigorated my faith in Phil Spencer as a leader and the future of the Xbox brand. Just really good business
@@maizeman90 right?! I've been very disappointed with Xbox on certain things(ESPECIALLY the requirements for devs like not having "male stereotypes" or having certain quotas or not having sexy characters, I think those mandates are HORRIBLE for creatives making entertainment of any form). But this decision, and NG4, AND having NG:B2 be a stealth drop AND be amazing, omg, I am Soo happy.
In the space of what, 6 months game pass will have dropped Black ops 6 Stalker 2 Indiana Jones Ninja Gaiden 2 Avowed Atomfall South or Midnight Expedition 33 Doom the dark ages Incredible
@@cholo1990 just imagine if we can add Outer Worlds 2, Fable, Oblivion remake/remaster/whatever it is lol, GoW E:Day, Replaced, Silksong, and I’m sure there’s others I’m missing. Tom Warren’s been saying it’s going to be a huge year for Xbox
As a Southerner, it makes me happy to see our weird folklore monsters get a little shine in South of Midnight. Definitely seems like a game that leads with its narrative and art design, though the combat looked better in this presentation.
I'm super excited about it. I love New Orleans and have a few friends that live there. I'm expecting a crazy bluesy New Orleans style jazz soundtrack, which has me hyped. The folklore is also very interesting. I've been playing Doom since getting a copy on a 3.5 disk and Ninja Gaiden is Ninja Gaiden so South of Midnight and Expedition 33 are tied for first in my book.
Sony just lost 400 million on Concord, a lot of money and resources on wasted numerous cancelled games and has had failed acquisitions (Bungie, Firewalk studios, etc) and their games are not selling enough to make a substantial profit. As a result, they've been porting their games onto Xbox (Death Stranding, Marathon, etc) and have been pushing into the PvP space for the chance to make quicker microtransaction money/releasing on PC sooner. These are not the actions of a company comfortable in their profit margins, these are the actions of a company struggling to get by on what was their modus operandi. In the long run I think it is Microsoft that'll have less of a need to be desperate for profits and it will be Sony who'll be having to grind it out. Which isn't good when you need money to fund expensive single player games that don't bring in money beyond the initial sale.
I don’t think Sony is really in any trouble, I think they will straighten things out. But Xbox is making a case for themselves with a strong gamepass lineup in a post-exclusive era. I think if we could just get back to Xbox and PlayStation being competitive with each other like they were in the 7th gen, I think that’d be great for gamers.
Ninja Gaiden is back, baby! Ninja Gaiden II Black got shadow dropped, Ninja Gaiden Ragebound is set for this summer, and Ninja Gaiden 4 this Fall. You add Ghost of Yotei and Assassin's Creed Shadows in the mix and that's a ton of Ninja action.
@ dude it’s not 2002 anymore bro exclusives don’t exist lol 😂 pc has all your games , switch has at least one with more on the way , 3rd party’s are leaving your mUH exClUsiVe deals in the dust cause no one is buying games over there , PlayStation has canceled 10 games lol 😂 Xbox is out here holding you up and eventually when a casual ps5 fan plays 10 Xbox games they will realise it’s cheaper not to spend £700 on those games and just buy an xbox with 1 years gamepass lol
Microsoft is on fire with these bangers on Game Pass. South of Midnight, Doom Dark Ages, Ninja Gaiden 4, Indiana Jones, Black Ops 6, Forza 5, and more coming.
5:00 but xbox games releasing on ps5 must be a massive relief on sony. I wont be surprised if the close a studio or two because they have Xbox first party. I mean, ps5 gamers are spoilt right now. The pressure is off.
@@mikevgw I did too and it even says it is when you google it, but I think it’s a mistake. They’d definitely say on the store pages or their social media accounts if it was coming to game pass. Considering Atomfall is launching on game pass the exact same day I doubt they’re both on there
Not you too, Destin do you remember when Sony said in 2024 that they would not have any first party games until 2025? Why do you guys conveniently forget about that and spit the rhetoric of why they don’t have first party games when they already told you, whyI thought you was a fair guy guess not
They are very likely to have a developer direct soon after the June showcase. Theyve still got to have an in depth showcase for Fable, Outer Worlds 2, Forza Horizon 6 (most likely) and CoD (hopefully it doesn't get a full direct this time)
RIght now I have zero reason to buy a PS5 Pro and I was a Sony guy when Xbox One came out, i switched and loved Sony but they got greedy. Their Game Pass w/o Day one releases doesnt have value to me. The game i bought a PS for ? MLB the show ? has looked exactly the same for 5 years. NO exclusives in awhlle, to me Sony is just a mess
*South of Midnight* is the stand-out game for me. Only to be matched by Fable later on this year. Yeah This is going to be my most favorite year in gaming since the late 80's. And I am going to enjoy every square inch of it!
It'll be in June. Its always been in June but they might have another developer direct soon after because games like fable and Outer Worlds 2 won't have an in depth look otherwise
Great video Destin. I’m excited as a PS player to have Indy on my playlist soon, and have earmarked some budget for MS flight sim. Hellblade 2 and Doom….if more comes then GREAT! I’ve high expectations for Ghost of Yotei, Death Stranding 2, hell is us and Phantom blade too, but I’ll be supporting MS gaming as we have this hobby for the games, and I hope PS sorts its self out to be back to the level of the PS4 era….maybe for PS6 lol….but I just want good games with amazing stories
Great video destin. Hope your new journey is going as well as possible. Just a reminder don't forget to ask Phil about black myth wukong! 😂 thanks! Hopefully he gives you some indication that it will come to xbox.
@@bauer9101 same here! Even after the nerfs to the rewards last year you can still rack up enough points to keep the subscription going every month. I wish they would’ve keep the conversion rates at 3:2 instead of 2:1 for converting Core to Ultimate though but I still can’t complain
I believe this is a sound strategy for Xbox to act as a publisher by publishing second-party games. By publishing the game, Xbox can include it on Game Pass or, in some cases, even own the intellectual property. This approach is less disruptive than outright purchasing the studio. Sony, in fact, employed this strategy extensively during the PS1, PS2, PS3, and PS4 eras. I appreciate that the studio remains independent and is contracted to develop a game for a publisher. Additionally, I think Xbox should have published games like 'Lies of P' and 'Atomic Heart,' which are from AA studios with significant potential. The games they publish and partially fund should remain on Game Pass indefinitely, rather than being removed at some point.
@@tencheenian yeah they helped publish the game with Team Ninja and Platinum. So that also means it’ll never leave game pass since it’s a first party publishing
I still can't help but think how much more Xbox consoles would've been sold over this past Holiday season if Microsoft just held off announcing that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is coming to PS5. At that time, Stalker 2 had just released. If people thought for the time being that Indiana Jones was an Xbox exclusive, more people might have bought an Xbox. Microsoft should've done that experiment. And now here we are with Ninja Gaiden 4. Microsoft, for the time being, should've kept it Xbox Exclusive and bundle it over the Holiday 2025 season with Ryu Hyabusa and the Ninja Gaiden 4 logo on the box and see how many people would buy the Xbox this upcoming Holiday season. I bet you sales would skyrocket for the Xbox. And that would just give Xbox another win even though that is no longer their metric. But that's only because they've been getting demolished in sales. And I'm an Xbox guy since 2001.
I was surprised Clair Obscur looks to only be a $50 game and has a couple of reasonable editions. A deluxe for $70 with some reasonable additions. But it looks like the editions are only in PS5 and at Gamestop in the US. And i am sad to see so many live services being canceled. I dont want every game to be like they were doing though. I cant believe they had almost every main studio on a live service. But to cancel so manyninstead of pivoting to a single player version or a smaller scale game. They need to do the old Sony route and put out a $30/$40 game.
Agree mostly but Xbox is doing the multiplat approach because they need to recover from the heavy operating cost they have with first party studios. You’re going to see poor results in their next qtr financials comparing YoY periods that include ABK. As for competition. You mentioned that you’d like to see more quality games from ps first party in the essence of competition. But Xbox going multiplat essentially degrades the competitive nature of that. Platform holder exclusives were meant to drive sales of the platform, that’s why they get bigger funding and support. Now that Xbox games are on ps, what real incentive is there for ps to make better games. I’m sure they still will but don’t be fooled this is less competition not more. Ps failed their live service approach but their console and gaming division on a whole is just too successful now. Their financials clearly show this (most profitable gen ever 11B, 1B last quarter alone) and will continue to show this. You all seem to forget that console sales lead to storefront sales. And ps simply has more which means they collect more of 30% from every single game that comes to the platform which will now include Xbox games as well. Xbox is degrading their storefront. While they will sell more of their first party games elsewhere, their storefront will lose more sales of all the other games. Time will tell which strategy will work.
It's a great deal if you're like me and beat the system with the conversion trick. I'd never stay subbed at full price. After being subbed for over 5 years you start to realize it kind of sucks not owning games. I think a lot of people feel the same way and that's why it topped out around 65 million subs short of their predictions and then started losing subscribers (down 3 million last report).
I still dont get this obsession on console sales as the metric for success when they make basically no profit or a loss at times. Services has always been the money maker.
@Destin - Here's a Free Idea for the Title and Theme for your next video..... Microsoft / Xbox Saves Sony / Playstation this Gen !! Basically, without Microsoft giving them their games this generation, Playstation players wouldn't have anything to play and you know full well that Sony would NEVER have done the same if it were the other way around, they would've made most of the games Exclusive to the Playstation since they've done all they can to stop Xbox from becoming a thing !! So to put it simply, Xbox is Winning on Every Level this Gen.....Just as I've been saying they would do, also..... The Future is Bright, Bright and Green - The Future IS Xbox !! Keep Up the Great Work Destin, Good Luck with your Solo Venture !!
I think we all have to really appreciate what Gamepass brings to the table. Being able to see a new game and already know you can play it at launch with no extra money is crazy. Who cares if PlayStation gamers are willing to pay $70. Doesn’t impact my enjoyment one bit.
Shoot they’ve been giving is what we want. I played easily $500 worth of games for free last year and it’ll be closer to $1000 worth of games this year
@ I feel you. But I mean all of the consistent 1st party games. All of the acquisitions they’ve made over the last few years are starting to show. That’s what I’m excited for.
@@FireSoloHD I agree with that. They’ve been keeping us fed with solid 3rd party additions, but you’re right it’s been a slow drip on 1st party. Flood gates are finally opening. I’m very curious of the impact to game pass subscribers this year has if all or most of these games are hits. They really need to market the value of the subscription hard. Feel like they could grow so much with the cloud side(firesticks, tv, mobile)
@@JDwall9192 yeah it’s funny I just gave my buddy at work a 1month gamepass subscription I had. He didn’t even really know about it and played and beat Indiana jones on the cloud and just bought 3 more months, he had no clue he could play on his Samsung or computer via cloud. But I agree they definitely need to market it more. In the long run the more they promote it the more good consistent games we get for $20 a month.
December 2025 will be great lol When everything is out and I can pay for just 1 month for what is essentially a demo period and then cherry pick what I like and don’t like and then cancel
("DEATH2SONY"😂) I voted "yes" on your poll, that Gamepass will see an increase. But MS has to get outta this idea of instant overnight results. CONSISTENCY is what matters! Series X has had momentum since Stalker 2! Indiana Jones, Mechwarrior 5 Clans, good reviews, steamrolling pony negativity 😂 They now have the portfolio of devs to pump out kick ass games all year around! I'd have waited at least until the end of Series X's cycle, before I made any decision about porting games to "Insomniac" Playstation 5! That's what it takes to see any kind of significant change in Gamepass subs, and console marketshare. I get what theyre doing, theyre invented a new "party". They won't be fully a Sony third party, they'll still be an Xbox first party. I call it a "1.3rd" party 😂. Xbox/Gamepass owners will be like the "first class citizens", getting the games "free", and "Square Enix" Playstation players pay the full $70 fees for the games. I just wish MS had more patience in seeing results over time.
I'm not keen on the business model. Its not for me as i like to own the games coming out this year rather than being forced to stay subbed to play them. But i will be buying alot of 'xbox' games this year.
Sucks that Sony made a lot of mistakes. If you are a true gamer and not a fanboy, you want ALL companies to do amazingly well and pump out incredible games. I am an Xbox guy, love Xbox and have since the first year as a kid. But PlayStation is great too, we need them both pushing each other, and we need Nintendo to keep smashing it out of the park too
@Rogue_Agent-s4w yeah, but Sony doesn't. They may not always make the most customer friendly decisions, but no company does. And the better stuff they make, the better stuff Xbox and Nintendo make, the better it is for all gamers.
@@Rogue_Agent-s4w it's a business, and unfortunately that's what they do nowadays. I didn't say it was good, but then making good games in the future is good. Good for PS and, and good to push Microsoft and Nintendo to make better games
You talk to Phil Spencer can you talk to him about making the evil within three at least pass it off to tango game works can you talk to him I really want a part 3 bad I will even pay it doesn't even have to be on gamepass
"more gamers getting to play is a good thing" I still absolutely think they should 1,000% keep the main titles. But I also think it's absolutely trash that they get a better tested version of the games. AND it sucks that they get PS5 Pro enhanced versions and we don't have one of those.
I personally don't care about playing on a PlayStation I don't want to buy one but yes I also want Sony to succeed but it's fun to make fun of the PlayStation fanboys but I don't want PlayStation to go away competition is good
I do agree with other people that say Xbox gamers are getting less. The way I look at it, Playstation gamers receive Sony and MS 1st party titles, but Xbox gamers only receive MS 1st party titles. I would be less annoyed if MS didn't push the exclusive strategy for Xbox for the first 2-3 years following the release of the Xbox Series consoles, or even if they mandated say, a 12-month exclusivity period for Xbox when they changed their strategy. Releasing all your games on PS5 with the goal to eventually release day and date with Xbox has made Xbox console owners feel cheated out of their money. Because those who bought an Xbox Series console in the first 2-3 years believed they needed to buy an Xbox if they wanted to play MS 1st party titles on a console. While now everybody knows you could've just bought a PS5 and played everything. What is the hook that will make you buy an Xbox in 2025? Game Pass? No. If that was the hook then Xbox console sales wouldn't be as flat as they are with Phil Spencer admitting they lost the console war. There's now literally nothing left that would make someone want to buy an Xbox any more. If you want a high performing console, it's PS5 only or consider making the jump to PC.
Microsoft would not care where you play the game. To xbox owners with gamepass, they get to play the games at no additional cost. All the games shown at the direct would have a combined retail price of 350 dollars. This is almost the price of a full console and what playstation players would be paying. With that money saved, an xbox player can decide to buy a ps5 or save just a fraction of that money for GTA5. There is way too much value in Gamepass on xbox.
@@TylerD6309 - To add to that, If the game prices increase to say.. $100 per game that would be around $700 + tax. Who's going to spend money like that just to play a few games ? Thanks goodness for GamePass.
@TylerD6309 I agree there's a lot of value with Game Pass. But it doesn't matter if you and I see the value, what matters is if other people also see this value. From that perspective, and with growth being the metric that determines success, there aren't enough gamers out there that see this value, otherwise their console would be selling extremely well. PC Game Pass isn't also seeing that growth. The entire gaming market hasn't been seeing that growth either, but from MS's perspective that isn't due to saturation because there are many millions of gamers that are choosing PC, PlayStation, and Nintendo over Xbox.
@@Jagosix When the game prices rise, Game Pass prices will also rise. Then people won't be just choosing to spend less on games, but less on subscription services as well.
20 a month is still steep. I'd rather wait for a sale. Usually games on day 1 are pretty buggy, and needs a lot of patches. Waiting 1 year, means a fully patched game, and half the price if not more. Plus games come, and go.
You can get gpu off cdkeys and other third party sites for around 10 bucks. I've been doing it for years and sometimes they have even better deals so I stack them.
3rd party games come and go. 1st party games don't. $20 is not steep at all. I have way more fun paying $20 a month for gamepass than I do paying $25 a month for netflix
Anyone with sense would just sign up to gamepass for a month or two, play everything decent and then quit. There is little to no sense being subscribed all year. I joined gamepass for two months in 2024 and that was more than enough.
@@retrogamesroom3746 that’s the exact opposite of what Bean87 is saying. There are so many good releases a year that it would take longer than the whole year to complete them
@ I hope it is as good as it looks to you, the only game I’m iffy on is expedition 33 as I’m not a fan of turn based combat, but i will give it a shot anyways.
One negative that Xbox players will lose out on is Playstation is going to use that money 💰 gained from Xbox games to money hat more games like a Black Myth Wukong,Silent Hill,Stellar Blade,Phantom Blade Zero and more.
@BTMaverick707 - And that's the reason Sony is in the situation that they're in right now. They're not re-investing into themselves and spending money on 3rd party companies trying to secure exclusives. How does any company expect to do better without investing into their own?
@TheZaman_ but they will still lose money Hats to playstation... and playstation will get to have Xbox's games as well... though they have to buy every game. Phil Spencer said this in court that playstation will use their games to make Xbox even more irrelevant, which can cause less companies to want to port to the smaller market
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As far as game it looks like gamepass will do great. I don't think it will do well beyond that. It just seems like people are rejecting the sub services in general. Both MS and Sony don't even want to announce their numbers anymore.
I think it will hold steady
Well we know Xbox is propping up Sonys corpse right now like weekend at Bernie’s
Xbox made a huge move as a publisher with Ninja Gaiden 4. Publishing it and having it multiplatform is brilliant. What it's most brilliant for is for GamePass. Getting publishing deals like this means they get to avoid brokering deals with other publishers and work directly with devs and get guaranteed day 1 GP titles. Smart as hell
This deal reinvigorated my faith in Phil Spencer as a leader and the future of the Xbox brand. Just really good business
This is because of the ceo of Microsoft not phil.
@@maizeman90 right?! I've been very disappointed with Xbox on certain things(ESPECIALLY the requirements for devs like not having "male stereotypes" or having certain quotas or not having sexy characters, I think those mandates are HORRIBLE for creatives making entertainment of any form). But this decision, and NG4, AND having NG:B2 be a stealth drop AND be amazing, omg, I am Soo happy.
@@chasejackson7248 Satya had nothing to do with this deal lmao
@@chasejackson7248 Phil made the deal for Ninja Gaiden back in 2014....
@@chasejackson7248 No, check your facts, it's Phil.
In the space of what, 6 months game pass will have dropped
Black ops 6
Stalker 2
Indiana Jones
Ninja Gaiden 2
Avowed
Atomfall
South or Midnight
Expedition 33
Doom the dark ages
Incredible
Oh damn I completely forgot about atomfall. Thanks for reminding me
Also, Eternal Strands and Sniper Elite: Resistance.
@@Th3Highlander i already got sniper elite predownloaded. Have loved that series since V2
@@cholo1990 just imagine if we can add Outer Worlds 2, Fable, Oblivion remake/remaster/whatever it is lol, GoW E:Day, Replaced, Silksong, and I’m sure there’s others I’m missing. Tom Warren’s been saying it’s going to be a huge year for Xbox
@@Spitfire_1940 So have I, it's going to be a busy few months.
As a Southerner, it makes me happy to see our weird folklore monsters get a little shine in South of Midnight. Definitely seems like a game that leads with its narrative and art design, though the combat looked better in this presentation.
I'm super excited about it. I love New Orleans and have a few friends that live there. I'm expecting a crazy bluesy New Orleans style jazz soundtrack, which has me hyped. The folklore is also very interesting. I've been playing Doom since getting a copy on a 3.5 disk and Ninja Gaiden is Ninja Gaiden so South of Midnight and Expedition 33 are tied for first in my book.
So freaking glad I gave Xbox a chance. Gamepass is the way forward. Played Ninja Gaiden for like 3 hours yesterday
You can get Gamepass on PC too
No just no 😂
Already on act 4!! lol! Love this series! Glad it's back with a vengeance!
I cant wait for Doom the Dark Ages. Im also looking forward to Expedition 33 and South of Midnight.
Sony just lost 400 million on Concord, a lot of money and resources on wasted numerous cancelled games and has had failed acquisitions (Bungie, Firewalk studios, etc) and their games are not selling enough to make a substantial profit.
As a result, they've been porting their games onto Xbox (Death Stranding, Marathon, etc) and have been pushing into the PvP space for the chance to make quicker microtransaction money/releasing on PC sooner.
These are not the actions of a company comfortable in their profit margins, these are the actions of a company struggling to get by on what was their modus operandi.
In the long run I think it is Microsoft that'll have less of a need to be desperate for profits and it will be Sony who'll be having to grind it out. Which isn't good when you need money to fund expensive single player games that don't bring in money beyond the initial sale.
All Sony acquisitions were and are desparate grab for money. They're greediest company ever existed
Sony bought the game before that so they didn't lose the whole 400 million.
@@Rogue_Agent-s4wMicrosoft got a big as It did because Bill was greedy, Microsoft has always been that way
@@chasejackson7248 Spny is much greedier and that's a fact
sony does not own death stranding kojima now owns it and he is the one porting the game to xbox..
I don’t think Sony is really in any trouble, I think they will straighten things out. But Xbox is making a case for themselves with a strong gamepass lineup in a post-exclusive era. I think if we could just get back to Xbox and PlayStation being competitive with each other like they were in the 7th gen, I think that’d be great for gamers.
The format for those Xbox showcases is very good
Love your N7 helmet back there!
Man if Xbox still did exclusives, this year would be the strongest case in years to get one.
Definitely glad I’ve got gamepass
They've exclusive games coming this year. Not that it should matter.
@ yeah, exclusive in the same way ff16 is a PlayStation exclusive lol
When Phil interview?
Wait, there’s a Phil interview coming up!!!? 👀
Ninja Gaiden is back, baby! Ninja Gaiden II Black got shadow dropped, Ninja Gaiden Ragebound is set for this summer, and Ninja Gaiden 4 this Fall.
You add Ghost of Yotei and Assassin's Creed Shadows in the mix and that's a ton of Ninja action.
REMEMBER PLAYSTATION HAVE NO GAMES
Apart from every game mentioned in this video
@@DaRkLoRd-rc5yuexcept south of midnight I suppose
All Xbox Games are Ps5 Ports! Xbox has No Games pathetic 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣All Xbox Games are Ps5 Ports! Xbox has No Games pathetic 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@ dude it’s not 2002 anymore bro exclusives don’t exist lol 😂 pc has all your games , switch has at least one with more on the way , 3rd party’s are leaving your mUH exClUsiVe deals in the dust cause no one is buying games over there , PlayStation has canceled 10 games lol 😂 Xbox is out here holding you up and eventually when a casual ps5 fan plays 10 Xbox games they will realise it’s cheaper not to spend £700 on those games and just buy an xbox with 1 years gamepass lol
Already forgot which game won most GOTY awards of 2024?
Last year was awesone on Xbox and Game Pass.
This year looks frikking epic!!
💪😃👍
Microsoft is on fire with these bangers on Game Pass. South of Midnight, Doom Dark Ages, Ninja Gaiden 4, Indiana Jones, Black Ops 6, Forza 5, and more coming.
5:00 but xbox games releasing on ps5 must be a massive relief on sony. I wont be surprised if the close a studio or two because they have Xbox first party. I mean, ps5 gamers are spoilt right now. The pressure is off.
Looking forward to seeing Phil Spencer. Woot woot!! 🎉
People keep forgetting that last of the berserker is coming out in March on gamepass which is going to be amazing too . Please play the demo
I’ve been trying to find something on it coming to game pass, but I don’t see anything. They’re saying it’s not game pass on Reddit
@ I thought it was
@@mikevgw I did too and it even says it is when you google it, but I think it’s a mistake. They’d definitely say on the store pages or their social media accounts if it was coming to game pass. Considering Atomfall is launching on game pass the exact same day I doubt they’re both on there
The console sales for Xbox is a direct effect of Gamepass and PC, of course they accounted for this.
I pre-pay for Game Pass Ultimate.
I wipe my bottom with 3-ply quilted paper.
@@mikerochburns4104with all these GP savings you’ll have $100 bill Shit Ticket rolls before you know it!
The “THESE GAMES ARE COMING TO PS TOO” is soo stupid. Like yes Pony’s PAY UP and give Microsoft money 💸
+ Sniper elite resistance launching straight into gamepass this week.
Destin is the man!
This is the year of Xbox that we've been waiting for!
Not you too, Destin do you remember when Sony said in 2024 that they would not have any first party games until 2025? Why do you guys conveniently forget about that and spit the rhetoric of why they don’t have first party games when they already told you, whyI thought you was a fair guy guess not
They are very likely to have a developer direct soon after the June showcase. Theyve still got to have an in depth showcase for Fable, Outer Worlds 2, Forza Horizon 6 (most likely) and CoD (hopefully it doesn't get a full direct this time)
For the intro, don't forget xbox 2024 big Show
“Console sales aren’t working!”
*Switch 2 enters the chat*
Dude shit sounds GREAT for Xbox gamers. I dont have one (i mean, i have older x-boxes but not current), but I believe in competition.
Such a great time for gamers. I don't have gamepass but I will fully support all these titles on PS.
It was a really good show. I figured now that you were independent, you would watch events like this live.
Every night after a long night of gaming I unplug my Series X and take it to bed with me… my wife thinks it’s weird and wants a divorce but whateva!
RIght now I have zero reason to buy a PS5 Pro and I was a Sony guy when Xbox One came out, i switched and loved Sony but they got greedy. Their Game Pass w/o Day one releases doesnt have value to me. The game i bought a PS for ? MLB the show ? has looked exactly the same for 5 years. NO exclusives in awhlle, to me Sony is just a mess
All Xbox Games are Ps5 Ports! Xbox has No Games pathetic 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
*South of Midnight* is the stand-out game for me. Only to be matched by Fable later on this year.
Yeah
This is going to be my most favorite year in gaming since the late 80's. And I am going to enjoy every square inch of it!
worst game shown it gives many gamers forspoken vibes
i stayed up all night for the show and now we have to wait for the Xbox Showcase i think it could be in August or maybe September
It'll be in June. Its always been in June but they might have another developer direct soon after because games like fable and Outer Worlds 2 won't have an in depth look otherwise
Great video Destin.
I’m excited as a PS player to have Indy on my playlist soon, and have earmarked some budget for MS flight sim. Hellblade 2 and Doom….if more comes then GREAT!
I’ve high expectations for Ghost of Yotei, Death Stranding 2, hell is us and Phantom blade too, but I’ll be supporting MS gaming as we have this hobby for the games, and I hope PS sorts its self out to be back to the level of the PS4 era….maybe for PS6 lol….but I just want good games with amazing stories
Dont worry, Sony is like weed you wont get rid of it
@@gilator. sativa or indica? Lol
Oh destin. I recognize those tired Dad eyes . 😂
Great video destin. Hope your new journey is going as well as possible. Just a reminder don't forget to ask Phil about black myth wukong! 😂 thanks! Hopefully he gives you some indication that it will come to xbox.
Better not have to be on the S.
Platinum games is making Ninja Garden? I'm in.
I basically get PC Gamepass for free by doing Microsoft rewards. Feels like I’m stealing but oh well.
It's a good deal.
@@bauer9101 same here! Even after the nerfs to the rewards last year you can still rack up enough points to keep the subscription going every month. I wish they would’ve keep the conversion rates at 3:2 instead of 2:1 for converting Core to Ultimate though but I still can’t complain
I haven't played any of the rebooted Doom games yet. I think I will use the upcoming Doom game as my entry point being it is a prequel.
You don't know what you're missing. Doom and Doom Eternal are masterpieces.
It wasn't even a "showcase", just a Developer Direct.
I will pass on WellFare Pass
I believe this is a sound strategy for Xbox to act as a publisher by publishing second-party games. By publishing the game, Xbox can include it on Game Pass or, in some cases, even own the intellectual property. This approach is less disruptive than outright purchasing the studio. Sony, in fact, employed this strategy extensively during the PS1, PS2, PS3, and PS4 eras. I appreciate that the studio remains independent and is contracted to develop a game for a publisher. Additionally, I think Xbox should have published games like 'Lies of P' and 'Atomic Heart,' which are from AA studios with significant potential. The games they publish and partially fund should remain on Game Pass indefinitely, rather than being removed at some point.
I need a ssd expansion card damn it
just curious, xbox game studio publishing means ninja gaiden 4 is fully published by Xbox even for the version on PS5 ?
Microsoft corporation is Publisher for NG 4 on PS5.
@@CrashBashLlol 😊
@@tencheenian yeah they helped publish the game with Team Ninja and Platinum. So that also means it’ll never leave game pass since it’s a first party publishing
Yup and it should stay on gamepass permanently
I still can't help but think how much more Xbox consoles would've been sold over this past Holiday season if Microsoft just held off announcing that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is coming to PS5. At that time, Stalker 2 had just released. If people thought for the time being that Indiana Jones was an Xbox exclusive, more people might have bought an Xbox. Microsoft should've done that experiment. And now here we are with Ninja Gaiden 4. Microsoft, for the time being, should've kept it Xbox Exclusive and bundle it over the Holiday 2025 season with Ryu Hyabusa and the Ninja Gaiden 4 logo on the box and see how many people would buy the Xbox this upcoming Holiday season. I bet you sales would skyrocket for the Xbox. And that would just give Xbox another win even though that is no longer their metric. But that's only because they've been getting demolished in sales. And I'm an Xbox guy since 2001.
Bro if you’re on pc and you don’t have pc gamepass you’re just losing money at this point lol
I was surprised Clair Obscur looks to only be a $50 game and has a couple of reasonable editions. A deluxe for $70 with some reasonable additions. But it looks like the editions are only in PS5 and at Gamestop in the US.
And i am sad to see so many live services being canceled. I dont want every game to be like they were doing though. I cant believe they had almost every main studio on a live service. But to cancel so manyninstead of pivoting to a single player version or a smaller scale game. They need to do the old Sony route and put out a $30/$40 game.
Agree mostly but Xbox is doing the multiplat approach because they need to recover from the heavy operating cost they have with first party studios. You’re going to see poor results in their next qtr financials comparing YoY periods that include ABK.
As for competition. You mentioned that you’d like to see more quality games from ps first party in the essence of competition. But Xbox going multiplat essentially degrades the competitive nature of that.
Platform holder exclusives were meant to drive sales of the platform, that’s why they get bigger funding and support. Now that Xbox games are on ps, what real incentive is there for ps to make better games. I’m sure they still will but don’t be fooled this is less competition not more.
Ps failed their live service approach but their console and gaming division on a whole is just too successful now. Their financials clearly show this (most profitable gen ever 11B, 1B last quarter alone) and will continue to show this.
You all seem to forget that console sales lead to storefront sales. And ps simply has more which means they collect more of 30% from every single game that comes to the platform which will now include Xbox games as well.
Xbox is degrading their storefront. While they will sell more of their first party games elsewhere, their storefront will lose more sales of all the other games.
Time will tell which strategy will work.
It's a great deal if you're like me and beat the system with the conversion trick. I'd never stay subbed at full price. After being subbed for over 5 years you start to realize it kind of sucks not owning games. I think a lot of people feel the same way and that's why it topped out around 65 million subs short of their predictions and then started losing subscribers (down 3 million last report).
I have a feeling south of midnight could be meh, the rest look good though
Weird. I’m not getting those vibes at all. It looks fantastic to me.
It kinda screams SBI. But, time will tell.
Honestly that game looks the most interesting to me
Expedition 33
South of Midnight
Ninja Gaiden 4
Doom TDA
Hype in that order
Cant wait for South of midnight
I still dont get this obsession on console sales as the metric for success when they make basically no profit or a loss at times. Services has always been the money maker.
xbox as a console has failed..for good..
Yeah, I heard that before.
Crash bandicoot 4 and madden 25 is coming to gamepass in February 😊
Dogdamned Chills.🔥Please XBox, Restore the Balance of The Force🙏 You’re Our Only Hope.🙅🏽♂️
@Destin - Here's a Free Idea for the Title and Theme for your next video.....
Microsoft / Xbox Saves Sony / Playstation this Gen !!
Basically, without Microsoft giving them their games this generation, Playstation players wouldn't have anything to play and you know full well that Sony would NEVER have done the same if it were the other way around, they would've made most of the games Exclusive to the Playstation since they've done all they can to stop Xbox from becoming a thing !!
So to put it simply, Xbox is Winning on Every Level this Gen.....Just as I've been saying they would do, also.....
The Future is Bright, Bright and Green - The Future IS Xbox !!
Keep Up the Great Work Destin,
Good Luck with your Solo Venture !!
I think we all have to really appreciate what Gamepass brings to the table. Being able to see a new game and already know you can play it at launch with no extra money is crazy. Who cares if PlayStation gamers are willing to pay $70. Doesn’t impact my enjoyment one bit.
All Xbox Games are Ps5 Ports! Xbox has No Games pathetic 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@MojaveKnight17 where’s avowed or south of midnight? Imagine acting like Xbox producing so many games is somehow a negative haha
"These games are coming to playstation 2"
Wow that is impressive 😂
There first needs to be games I want to play.
Who know later on xbox will release Gamepass Exclusive game.
Phil-san, I love you!
I'm happy for xbox games to go to playstation, if playstation games come to xbox
They are giving us what we’ve been waiting for with gamepass finally. Worth the wait!
Shoot they’ve been giving is what we want. I played easily $500 worth of games for free last year and it’ll be closer to $1000 worth of games this year
@ I feel you. But I mean all of the consistent 1st party games. All of the acquisitions they’ve made over the last few years are starting to show. That’s what I’m excited for.
I have gotten my moneys worth for 6 years with gamepass. It’s just incredible
@@FireSoloHD I agree with that. They’ve been keeping us fed with solid 3rd party additions, but you’re right it’s been a slow drip on 1st party. Flood gates are finally opening. I’m very curious of the impact to game pass subscribers this year has if all or most of these games are hits. They really need to market the value of the subscription hard. Feel like they could grow so much with the cloud side(firesticks, tv, mobile)
@@JDwall9192 yeah it’s funny I just gave my buddy at work a 1month gamepass subscription I had. He didn’t even really know about it and played and beat Indiana jones on the cloud and just bought 3 more months, he had no clue he could play on his Samsung or computer via cloud. But I agree they definitely need to market it more. In the long run the more they promote it the more good consistent games we get for $20 a month.
Nah ill just buy them on playstation
If Game Pass doesn't grow in 2025 in a big way, I don't know it ever will.
It's been growing. it never stopped growing. Maybe not as fast as some people think it should be, but it's still growing.
December 2025 will be great lol
When everything is out and I can pay for just 1 month for what is essentially a demo period and then cherry pick what I like and don’t like and then cancel
@@jchannelty hey whatever you need to do, I’ll play every game I can through the year.
("DEATH2SONY"😂) I voted "yes" on your poll, that Gamepass will see an increase.
But MS has to get outta this idea of instant overnight results. CONSISTENCY is what matters!
Series X has had momentum since Stalker 2! Indiana Jones, Mechwarrior 5 Clans, good reviews, steamrolling pony negativity 😂
They now have the portfolio of devs to pump out kick ass games all year around!
I'd have waited at least until the end of Series X's cycle, before I made any decision about porting games to "Insomniac" Playstation 5!
That's what it takes to see any kind of significant change in Gamepass subs, and console marketshare.
I get what theyre doing, theyre invented a new "party". They won't be fully a Sony third party, they'll still be an Xbox first party. I call it a "1.3rd" party 😂.
Xbox/Gamepass owners will be like the "first class citizens", getting the games "free", and "Square Enix" Playstation players pay the full $70 fees for the games.
I just wish MS had more patience in seeing results over time.
You can all throw away your Xbox consoles, they are no longer necessary! Glory to Sony, long may they reign!
I'm not keen on the business model. Its not for me as i like to own the games coming out this year rather than being forced to stay subbed to play them. But i will be buying alot of 'xbox' games this year.
I don't think Fable will be released in 2025. Early 2026 seems more likely.
Sucks that Sony made a lot of mistakes. If you are a true gamer and not a fanboy, you want ALL companies to do amazingly well and pump out incredible games.
I am an Xbox guy, love Xbox and have since the first year as a kid. But PlayStation is great too, we need them both pushing each other, and we need Nintendo to keep smashing it out of the park too
If company suck really bad. Y can wish them the worst
@Rogue_Agent-s4w yeah, but Sony doesn't. They may not always make the most customer friendly decisions, but no company does. And the better stuff they make, the better stuff Xbox and Nintendo make, the better it is for all gamers.
@addidaswguy And how Sony and Bungie greed is good for anybody
@@Rogue_Agent-s4w it's a business, and unfortunately that's what they do nowadays. I didn't say it was good, but then making good games in the future is good. Good for PS and, and good to push Microsoft and Nintendo to make better games
With Avowed in there, that would be a good year, but to be just the first half of the year… whoa.
Then we will get a summer showcase to cover second half the year can't wait
Truly spending Sony out of business.. ...and they cant do a dam thing about it
You talk to Phil Spencer can you talk to him about making the evil within three at least pass it off to tango game works can you talk to him I really want a part 3 bad I will even pay it doesn't even have to be on gamepass
"more gamers getting to play is a good thing"
I still absolutely think they should 1,000% keep the main titles. But I also think it's absolutely trash that they get a better tested version of the games. AND it sucks that they get PS5 Pro enhanced versions and we don't have one of those.
Tell Microsoft to give you a pro
@@chasejackson7248 why have a pro when next gen is coming early?
Xbox 3rd Party publishing definitely got my $50 😂
all games are coming to PS5 as well lol. how is that a good year for xbox? you buy PS5 and have the games available
anyone that voted C/D is just a troll
😂 "This will be the year of Xbox!"😂
I personally don't care about playing on a PlayStation I don't want to buy one but yes I also want Sony to succeed but it's fun to make fun of the PlayStation fanboys but I don't want PlayStation to go away competition is good
I do agree with other people that say Xbox gamers are getting less. The way I look at it, Playstation gamers receive Sony and MS 1st party titles, but Xbox gamers only receive MS 1st party titles. I would be less annoyed if MS didn't push the exclusive strategy for Xbox for the first 2-3 years following the release of the Xbox Series consoles, or even if they mandated say, a 12-month exclusivity period for Xbox when they changed their strategy. Releasing all your games on PS5 with the goal to eventually release day and date with Xbox has made Xbox console owners feel cheated out of their money. Because those who bought an Xbox Series console in the first 2-3 years believed they needed to buy an Xbox if they wanted to play MS 1st party titles on a console. While now everybody knows you could've just bought a PS5 and played everything. What is the hook that will make you buy an Xbox in 2025? Game Pass? No. If that was the hook then Xbox console sales wouldn't be as flat as they are with Phil Spencer admitting they lost the console war. There's now literally nothing left that would make someone want to buy an Xbox any more. If you want a high performing console, it's PS5 only or consider making the jump to PC.
Microsoft would not care where you play the game. To xbox owners with gamepass, they get to play the games at no additional cost. All the games shown at the direct would have a combined retail price of 350 dollars. This is almost the price of a full console and what playstation players would be paying. With that money saved, an xbox player can decide to buy a ps5 or save just a fraction of that money for GTA5.
There is way too much value in Gamepass on xbox.
@@TylerD6309 - To add to that, If the game prices increase to say.. $100 per game that would be around $700 + tax. Who's going to spend money like that just to play a few games ? Thanks goodness for GamePass.
@TylerD6309 I agree there's a lot of value with Game Pass. But it doesn't matter if you and I see the value, what matters is if other people also see this value. From that perspective, and with growth being the metric that determines success, there aren't enough gamers out there that see this value, otherwise their console would be selling extremely well. PC Game Pass isn't also seeing that growth. The entire gaming market hasn't been seeing that growth either, but from MS's perspective that isn't due to saturation because there are many millions of gamers that are choosing PC, PlayStation, and Nintendo over Xbox.
@@Jagosix When the game prices rise, Game Pass prices will also rise. Then people won't be just choosing to spend less on games, but less on subscription services as well.
Nah Id rather you know own my games that way they cant be taken away when licensing expires.
20 a month is still steep. I'd rather wait for a sale. Usually games on day 1 are pretty buggy, and needs a lot of patches. Waiting 1 year, means a fully patched game, and half the price if not more.
Plus games come, and go.
That's not steep when games are causing $70 and up
You can get gpu off cdkeys and other third party sites for around 10 bucks. I've been doing it for years and sometimes they have even better deals so I stack them.
@@LvUpRED Have you read my post?
3rd party games come and go. 1st party games don't. $20 is not steep at all. I have way more fun paying $20 a month for gamepass than I do paying $25 a month for netflix
I pay $10 a month for ultimate and most games I have played don't have any game breaking bugs.
every game I've run on PC game pass has run like crap.. my PC is fine
Play Station, play TV
Still dont no why they put the new doom on Playstation day 1 ...🤷
@@sebastienmeunier4421 because more money equals more games.
Business is not for u my guy
Big destin solo act guy
Sony should stick to making movies 😂
Seeing how bad their movies are flopping(not their animation ones) I don’t think they can
Mbg saying he’s going Xbox 😂😂😂
Anyone with sense would just sign up to gamepass for a month or two, play everything decent and then quit. There is little to no sense being subscribed all year. I joined gamepass for two months in 2024 and that was more than enough.
Unless you’re a kid or teenager without any responsibilities playing all the decent games they release in a year will take longer than a year.
@ if you play that few games in a year then you’d be better off buying the games rather than renting through gamepass.
Nobody has that much free time lol
@@retrogamesroom3746 few games? Buddy if I play 3 day one games in a year that pays for my subscription. I played 70 last year….
@@retrogamesroom3746 that’s the exact opposite of what Bean87 is saying. There are so many good releases a year that it would take longer than the whole year to complete them
......... P O N I E S have no clue! They bought COD more than their own 1st party games....YOU KILLING PLAYSTATION to play XBOX GAMES...fools 🤣🙂😂🤣
I don't want game pass! I want my games physical and all on the disc. I want ownership of if I im paying for a product. I'm sick of Microsoft DRM!
The show in it self I like it.
Phantom blade >>>>>>
South of Midnight looks so incredibly mid it’s unreal, why is ANYBODY hype for this, the rest was pretty cool though
Because it looks great, not that hard to see.
@@RobNemeth because it has amazing art style and environments, and there are tons of awesome stories in southern folklore. Simple as that
@@TheBean87
Facts.
That was the standout game for me. I'm definitely playing this one day one.
@ I hope it is as good as it looks to you, the only game I’m iffy on is expedition 33 as I’m not a fan of turn based combat, but i will give it a shot anyways.
it was bad of showcase they changed females .
Ninja game
Yeah I personally don't care of these games go to PlayStation at all
One negative that Xbox players will lose out on is Playstation is going to use that money 💰 gained from Xbox games to money hat more games like a Black Myth Wukong,Silent Hill,Stellar Blade,Phantom Blade Zero and more.
@BTMaverick707 - And that's the reason Sony is in the situation that they're in right now. They're not re-investing into themselves and spending money on 3rd party companies trying to secure exclusives. How does any company expect to do better without investing into their own?
money got from game come to PS will help xbox fund next, day one gamepass game..that a win-win situation.
@TheZaman_ but they will still lose money Hats to playstation... and playstation will get to have Xbox's games as well... though they have to buy every game. Phil Spencer said this in court that playstation will use their games to make Xbox even more irrelevant, which can cause less companies to want to port to the smaller market
@Jagosix I'm just bringing up this argument in reference to when people say Xbox gamers don't lose anything... but that is not the case.
@BTMaverick707 so what? If Xbox can use PS user to make more money to make day one game for gamepass im happy..