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@PaulTassi You don’t have to own a PS5 to have the pony mentality.

It's 2026 and people still think I own a PS5 and nothing else and want it to "win." Quite literally nothing I talk about with Xbox exclusivity or lack thereof affects me personally

@NTobey_ @JezCorden @PaulTassi @Forbes 1-I play on PC so I know I’ll still be able to play those games, but LOL when fanboys cry they can’t. Oh how the turn tables. 2-Steam Machine is more akin to a PS5/XSS based on specs yet will likely be priced higher due to Valve not having the same purchasing power as Sony/MS.

@FATE_NYC @JezCorden @PaulTassi @Forbes microsoft is completely unwilling to keep their games off steam. the logic isnt “Exclusives for me, but not for thee”, it's xbox has no real exclusives anyways, so they might as well go all out already. steam machine is a direct competitor to helix

Why Xbox Won’t Make ‘Elder Scrolls VI’ And ‘Fallout 5’ Exclusive via @forbes forbes.com/sites/paultass…

@JezCorden @PaulTassi @Forbes “Exclusives for me, but not for thee” is the vibes I get from many of these articles. What works for their preferred platform shouldn’t even be attempted by others, is another. They want Xbox to thrive, but only if their brand gets the games as well.

@PaulTassi @Forbes 🤐

@VGiMarc @PaulTassi @Forbes I could argue there’d be more articles in favor of it than against.

@FATE_NYC @PaulTassi @Forbes Bs. There would be countless articles about it.

@OhNoItsAlexx Take Legacy of Kain as an example. I loved that series, but in reality it only sold less than 4M for the series in total. Even with a low $50m budget, a new one likely needs to sell 2-3M @$60 to be profitable. The remaster seems to have been a fart in the wind.

@OhNoItsAlexx Many of those IP’s aren’t relatable to the demographic they’re looking for. Gen X like myself carried them through the 90’s-2K’s, and while I’d love to see some of those great IP come back, they’re likely to bomb with newer audiences.

The amount of IP that game companies are sitting on and doing nothing with, is astounding We could be in another renaissance of video games like we had from 1998-2010 and instead we’re being forced live service garbage and millennial writing at 70-80$ This industry is cooked

@TykhoMoon8 @PaulTassi Was just about to post the same.

@PaulTassi 007 Skyfall & No Country for old men?

Watching Cape Fear. Who knew Javier Bardem could play such a great villain??

@PaulTassi Want to play Wolverine? Just buy a PS5. Flip the script. Copy pasta. Done. Sprinkle some PC in there. Et Voila.

I’m telling you, no matter what they may think now, they are not making Elder Scrolls and Fallout exclusive. Also a “faster” Fallout is still probably six years away unless it’s drastically reduced in scale

@JezCorden So many variables to think of, but yes. There would still have to be some short term dependencies though. I have to assume at least 51% MS owned with the rest through IPO.

Would you feel good about Microsoft spinning off Xbox into a separate company?

@tomwarren Had I waited a year to upgrade from my old watch I would have just made it. Not even 4 years old. Dumb.

@PaulTassi @Forbes Destiny 2 players looking at Crimson Desert updates.

New ‘Crimson Desert’ Patch Adds A Dragon Alternative, Better Battles via @forbes forbes.com/sites/paultass…

@JezCorden PS, I’m not interested in it myself.

@JezCorden My guess is $999/1199 USD for the 2 models, no controller included…and will still sell out due to low stock. Resale market going to be bonkers.

4 figures?

@tomwarren My guess now is $999 USD for the 512 GB model and $1199 for the 2 TB. Both without controllers. The worst part is that it will sell out and people will call it a win.

Valve says it’s ready to launch the Steam Machine this summer. Still no price though. The Steam Frame VR headset is also shipping in the summer theverge.com/games/943657/v…

@JezCorden What, if any, plans do they have to improve the Xbox experience for PC users in usability, feature set, performance, etc.

I am heading to the Xbox Showcase and SGF in Los Angeles. 🛬 Anything you want me to ask Xbox higher ups? 🤔

@JezCorden Pulling for you. Hope you have friends/family doing the same.

Gonna gun for 300 lbs by the end of the summer.

I call this the Jez Weight Loss Rollercoaster. 😭

@speranzahoarder @tomwarren The other way to look at this re-release is perhaps building a new and cheaper PC. This costing just as much as a more performant CPU kind of defeats the purpose. Especially when DDR4 RAM is still quite expensive and MB’s aren’t drastically cheaper than AM5.

@FATE_NYC @tomwarren Which doesnt matter for people on AM4…

AMD is relaunching a “10th Anniversary” edition of the Ryzen 7 5800X3D to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the AM4 platform. It will be priced at $349 when it launches on June 25th theverge.com/tech/940524/am…

@JezCorden What year is this? Have you seen the towels they give you in hotels? They’re tiny patches of sand paper.

Random q. Have you ever intentionally stolen towels or other incidentals from a hotel?