r/videogames • u/TheDuckClock • Sep 10 '26

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This is just wild. PlayStation wanted to end their partnership with Hideo Kojima. So Xbox was like: "Your loss."

This year is really starting to feel like an inverse of 2014 when Xbox ruined their public image with some insane Always Online DRM requirements and PlayStation capitalized on that.

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u/theinfernumflame Sep 10 '26

They clearly think they're too big to fail, and it's up to consumers to show them otherwise.

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u/Andromeda-OC Sep 10 '26

Granted, Microsoft and Xbox are almost equally shit at the moment. It’s a real would you rather get slapped in the face or kicked in the nuts type situation. PC is definitely the favored platform but building one has unfortunately ballooned a lot in price.

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u/OokamiTheRonin Sep 10 '26

"Ballooned a lot in price" is the understatement of the decade. lol

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u/Chaotic_Genobreaker Sep 10 '26

More like uhhhh blimped a lot in price.

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u/SplendidEmber Sep 10 '26

Zeppelin-ed, if you will

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u/Antricluc Sep 10 '26

I like it. Ballooned then blew and burned