• stankmut@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      What does killing the Series S look like? A very large chunk of the Xbox Series install base are Series Ss. Microsoft is not going to be telling them they aren’t getting games anymore, it’s too large of a crowd for them to alienate. What incentive could Microsoft give them to upgrade when they could just buy a PS5?

      Microsoft also has an incentive to keep selling the Series S to keep the pressure on game developers to develop for it. It’s a lot easier for them to demand feature parity when half of their install base is using the weaker console.

      • Jordan Lund@lemmy.one
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        1 year ago

        They’ll still get games, it just won’t be allowed to roadblock titles like Baldur’s Gate 3.

        If someone wants to make a game for an underpowered system, they absolutely can, but it’s time for it to be left behind. It was never a good idea.