BTW.
People is not ready to talk yet but Xbox made way more mistakes with Series than Xbox One (and yes I pointed that in 2020 in GAF).
Xbox One launch to mid gen today looks like a champion compared with Series launch to mid gen.
I agree that Microsoft has made more mistakes in the first three years of the Xbox Series consoles than they did Xbox One but none of them were or are bigger than Microsoft revealing Xbox One in 2013. I know most will probably disagree but if you watch the 2013/2014/2015 E3 Xbox Showcases, games wise, they were better than Sony's but it didn't matter because they completely fucked up their entire brand by going with TV TV TV as the focus followed by Kinect which had it's little run during the Xbox 360 generation but should have ended with that generation, a $500 price tag and weaker hardware despite costing $100 more. In my opinion, they still haven't recovered and quite honestly, they never will console wise. Will Microsoft make a shit ton of money? Absolutely but that's nothing new. But will their consoles ever succeed and thrive? My guess is no.
With that all said, game wise and im sure majority will disagree with me here as well but Xbox Series has given me the following -
1. Starfield - 9.5/10 (my current game of the generation, I know most will laugh but I loved this game because it's the type of sci-fi open world RPG I have wanted for a long time, especially the ship combat and unlike many others, this was my first true Bethesda Game Studios game so nothing for me to compare it to)
2. Halo Infinite - 9.5/10 (my 2021 game of the year, campaign only, like with Starfield, Infinite won me over in regards to being a fan of the studio. I don't care about their past or the online multi-player stuff. 2021 was also a weak year in my opinion so it was an easy decision for me)
3. Hi Fi Rush - 8.5/10 (loved the game for the most)
4. Gears Tactics - 8.0/10 (great strategy turn based RPG with several issues. enjoyed it for the most part but the mandatory side missions was fucking horrible)
5. Redfall - 6.0/10 (literally, my lowest ranked game of the generation. tied with Saints Row (2022) rating wise but it's a spot higher than Redfall because the variety in the main story missions were pretty good and the standout)
Xbox One in the same 3 year period -
1. Gears of War 4 - 8.5/10
2. Quantum Break - 8.0/10
3. Ryse: Son of Rome - 7.0/10
4. Dead Rising 3 - 7.0/10
Game wise for me, it's not even close. This is why I don't care what they do. Consoles can live forever or die tomorrow. Can't do anything about any of it so fuck it. All I care about is if the games im interested in are great for me personally. Excluding Redfall, no complaints. Game wise, better than Xbox One for me and Xbox 360. So in this aspect, I honestly can't complain. Everything else that they're doing in regards to their consoles and brand is just a fucking horrible joke that I wish was a nightmare but it's reality so at this point, I play their games via Game Pass and call it a generation.
. Xbox as a console is dying, and C&S was only up because of ABK. Without them they would have been statistically flat or even negative.
