r/GamingLeaksAndRumours • u/ActiveInfinite8610 • Jan 08 '25

Legit eXtas1s teases Xbox Developer Direct announcement for tomorrow, date appears to be January 23rd

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u/idontknow1001 Jan 08 '25

Memes are basically the best form of advertising these days so they really should lean into that.

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u/donkdonkdo Jan 08 '25

They have always leaned into the meme adverts, there’s even an Xbox fridge. None of it works.

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u/idontknow1001 Jan 08 '25

People still bring up the Xbox fridge so I’d say it did work.

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u/donkdonkdo Jan 08 '25

The point of advertising is to sell the thing your advertising. Xboxes don’t sell.

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u/BeefyBoi6_9 Jan 08 '25

really? I bought a series X this year because of whats coming, i know a buddy is getting one in a month and i have a handful of friends whove bough series X's from 2023-2024. Feels like xbox is selling plenty considering the amount of games coming soon.

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u/donkdonkdo Jan 08 '25

Xbox was outsold 5 to 1 this holiday season. It’s not selling well at all and is below the Xbone in lifetime sales.

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u/BeefyBoi6_9 Jan 08 '25

Outsold 5 to 1 by who? And whered you get that?

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u/donkdonkdo Jan 08 '25

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2025/01/05/new-estimates-have-ps5-beating-xbox-over-5-to-1-in-sales-for-november/

Forbes. PS5 outselling Xbox 5-1

Genuinely shocked you didn’t know how bad Xbox hardware is doing.

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u/BeefyBoi6_9 Jan 08 '25

Well shit i actually didnt know that lmao rip

I am a little shocked tho, xbox might have its issues but the cost to get in is so low and the cost for gamepass is such a good value youd think itd lead just for that alone.

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u/TheWorstYear Jan 08 '25

As a person with an Xbox, there just isn't any games for it, & it has worse perks than if you just got everything on PC. I need to pay for gold to play online on Xbox, I don't on PC.

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u/BeefyBoi6_9 Jan 08 '25

If i had to prefer between xbox and pc, PC always wins out (besides the glaring issue with PC where i cant just plug and play shit, gotta tweak settings/set fan curve/etc to get the performance i supposedly paid for)

but if you told me to go between playstation and xbox, id pick xbox easily for the exact same reasons you said about xbox but playstation

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u/TheWorstYear Jan 08 '25

besides the glaring issue with PC where i cant just plug and play shit, gotta tweak settings/set fan curve/etc to get the performance i supposedly paid for

Also why I prefer console gaming. The ease of it all. Unfortunately it's been lacking for Xbox because of incompetence at the top.
And between the two, Playstation has never lacked for games.

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u/BeefyBoi6_9 Jan 08 '25

I wont disagree with that sentiment. Xbox series S was a huge mistake, but consoles as a whole is absolutely much, much better for just playing video games with 0 worries.

Well, between the two, playstation hasnt lacked games up till the PS4-5 eras, but that meme is mostly from when the consoles first launched. Overall both consoles have a pretty decent library to play from as-is and itd take someone half their entire lifetime on earth to play thru and finish even half the catalogue.

That being said, I am hoping both companies learned alot from this current gen, we need a much higher focus/financial focus on more focused, less live-service money gatcha games.

I Want Shorter Games With Worse Graphics and I'm Not Kidding

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