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Baldur’s Gate 3 just made the future of Xbox Series S a bit more uncertain (www.polygon.com)

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Larian’s RPG may have set a tricky precedent for future chats with Microsoft

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah but not everyone is going to be in Larian’s position, and those with that kind of clout also stand to lose out a lot of revenue they clearly wanted in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So they’ll most likely decide to completely remove features from the Xbox releases rather than try to get them to work on S, which will lead to worse gaming options on the Xbox. Which Sony will absolutely love.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The strength of consoles as a development target is that there is only a single hardware configuration you need to support.

Microsoft squandering that advantage in order to hit a lower price point was a gift to Sony that will keep on giving.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Which isn't to say that Sony hasn't been actively trying to ruin their reputation all by themselves over the last 1-2 years. This whole console generation has mostly been about both companies getting just a little too comfortable and screwing over their customers in the process.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Oh trust, I’m complete aware of how badly Sony has been effing it up, so much that I’ve gone from being a strictly PS console gamer to a PC gamer.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They could have cheaped on the soc, reduced some minor detail rendering.

Screwing with ram size is moronic.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

RAM feels like it’s the one thing they really shouldn’t have skimped out on, because that’s the one that’s going to affect longevity the most.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

While also being one of the least expensive components, if the trend for consoles follows the price patterns for pc parts.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

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