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Forza Horizon 5 will be coming to PS5. Likely other xbox exclusives will too. (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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What are your thoughts on this? Are you happy? Sad?

I'm extremely curious. If you asked me this as a kid, I would have been celebrating. I always thought games should be accessible to everyone. But now I'm questioning if Microsoft plans to keep the Xbox ecosystem alive.

Exclusive titles are/were the incentive to keep people on certain consoles. Currently, I think only gamepass and digital libraries would be the only reason to stay with Microsoft if they continue to make systems in the future.

Additionally, I'm curious as to how this could destabilize the market. With no direct competition for high end hardware (other than pc/the steam deck), Sony can kinda do whatever they please.

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[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I own Forza 5 on the Xbox, and GT7 on my PS5. Historically, I've preferred the Xbox over the Playstation, but my experience on GT7 with VR on the PS5 basically killed Forza 5 and the Xbox for me.

So if Forza 5 comes to PS5 with VR support, for me, this will be good news. But if it doesn't come with VR support, I won't bother.

And I guess, ultimately, it's bad news either way, because I probably won't be going back to the Xbox whatever they do.

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Microsoft said in the past (around launch of Xbox Series) that they are not interested into VR. And given that the VR2 headset didn't sell too much on the PS5, I don't think that Microsoft goes the extra mile to implement this feature to a game that is not even build around it. Not saying it won't happen, but its unlikely. Hope I am wrong though, for people who enjoy VR. Maybe this could be used as a "training vehicle" to port to VR, then port it to other VR platforms as well on PC.

I personally wait until Valve makes a VR headset for cheap price that can be used without cables, something like the Meta Quest but for the Steam eco system and by my trusted Valve.

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For the most part, VR is a toy at this point. Interesting, but not compelling. The single exception I would say though, where it is genuinely transformational to gameplay rather than just gimmicky, is car/racing simulators and games. Most things, I can take or leave VR. But I can never play a racing sim again if it doesn't have VR. But, even if it doesn't come to Forza, it's no big loss, as there are plenty of VR enabled alternatives out there (though mostly on PC to be fair)

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 3 points 1 day ago

I'm more interested into single player games like the Batman and Half-Life games. Otherwise there is not a lot to me.