Over the past few weeks, the topic of preservation and games ownership has been at the forefront of the industry, reignited by controversial comments from Ubisoft's director of subscriptions who claimed gamers need to get used to "not ꧅owning [their] games". Fears over game ownership then worsened following 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Microsoft's recent layoffs, which reportedly shut down Xbox's entire physicꦡal game release 💝divisions.
Unfortunately, the bad news doesn't stop there either. It's now being reported that certain retailers across Europe are choosing not to list Xbox games anymore, with the system considered a "digital console" by a lot of people. This according to gamesindustry.bi꧒z head Cꦜhristopher Dring (), who claims in a recent YouTube video that a "major publisher" recently told him that "several retailers" have stopped stocking Xbox games.
Dring𝔉 goes on to explain that while he couldn't corroborate that claim, it was told to him by a substantial senior European publisher, so he doesn't really doubt its legitimacy all that much. He also doesn't really think retailers will care all that much or be too impacted by the decision, given that Xbox is beginning to cultivate a reputation for being digital dom🔜inant, similar to PC and mobile.
“So, they’ve just stopped stocking Xbox games because Xbox is such a digital console now that the physical performance of Xbox games is ꩵreally low, and ultimately, when you’re selling a console that most people are just downloading games for, it doesn🅰’t really benefit the retailer very much.
If you've been paying close attention to the games industry these past couple of years, none of this should really surprise you. It's become quite clear that Xbox doesn't put as much effort into its hardware as PlayStation and Nintendo do, instead choosing to get people integrated into the Xbox ecosystem with Game Pass, regardless of platform. Xbox's most popular title of 2023, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Hi-Fi Rush, was a digital exclusive, as is its next big upcoming title, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2.
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Alan Wake 2 and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Baldur's Gate 3, two titles that swept The Game Awards last year, are also currently digital-only titles, albeit Baldur's Gate 3 is getting a fancy physical copy in it♕s upcoming Deluxe Editions. It's clear that big publishers and developers aren't too bothered about the risks of not having a physical presence on the high street, and it seem🐟s as though Xbox is doing its best to try and push us all into the all-digital future as soon as possible.
PlayStation and Nintendo obviously still have a reason to keep on going with physical games for now, since that's how a significant chunk of their audience get their games, but Xbox owners may need to get used to buying digitally from here on 🍸out.
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