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It's like all we heard about the PS5 was that it was super hard to get when it came out and then it kind of disappeared from our collective consciousness
And it's still out selling the Xbox...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2024/05/15/analysts-ps5-outsold-xbox-almost-5-to-1-this-past-quarter/?sh=7b1813f72539
XBox has always been a weird console. It never really competes with Nintendo because NIntendo always does its own general thing and also slides neatly into the kids and family market. So it competes with Playstation by default. Except Playstation actually has contracts with good studios to make exclusive games. What's a non-Halo exclusive for the XBox? Back in the day, you'd play games like Gears of War, Halo (obviously), Fallout 3, Psychonauts, KOTOR, COD, etc. I can't think of a single meaningful game on the most recent generation for the XBox.
One of my favorites was Project Gotham, but they shuttered that studio in favor of Forza which just isn't as good.
Fuck exclusives.