The console war is officially over. So...now what do we do?

Let's take a look at that list of forbidden /v/ gamer words...

>>714445201
I don't have that list, so I couldn't take a look at it anyway.

play old games and argue about which consoles had the best library.

>>714444778 (OP)
Never stop dunking on Xbots

>>714444778 (OP)
>The console war is officially over.
Who won?

>>714446029
nobody

>>714444778 (OP)
Wait... what? I've been busy with Fishtank for the past two weeks.. what happened?

>>714446029
Fortnite apparently

>>714446029
The gamers lost

>>714446104
Sony and Microsoft basically quit pretending they aren't just making PCs now. PS6 is running on some custom Linux-based OS with full mod support, and Xbox announced day-one Steam integration. Nintendo dropped a trailer teasing yet another Switch that’s somehow even weaker and still $400. Everyone just shrugged and subscribed to all their game passes. Console war died not with a bang, but a bored sigh.

>>714444778 (OP)
>Consolewars
Consolewars with PCfags are even worse than console faggots
Infinity times worse

>Playstation is old and a shell of its former self.
>Xbox is dead, finished.
>Nintendo is now just a cashgrab machine

A war... with no victor...

>>714444778 (OP)
Nothing. We all lost. All we can do now is migrate to PC for games. SONY spent too much money on duds, Microsoft has lost their minds, and Nintendo wants to charge your newborn son for a Switch with sub-par sequels on it.

>>714446029
"High End" console market: PlayStation (ended itself after winning)
Console market in general: Nintendo
Video games market as a whole: PC, Mobile and "newcomer" Cloud gaming

>>714446314
>Console war died not with a bang, but a bored sigh.
This.

>>714444778 (OP)
Nintendo 64 > playstation 1

>tfw you realize some retards still buy consoles

>>714445201
N

>>714446314
>>714446438
What about loyalty to Playstation? I've had a playstation since the original 1... I'm not abandoning her, not now.

>>714446831
wah

>>714446029
I did

>>714446851
Don't be loyal to a brand. Be loyal to your enjoyment of games.

>>714444778 (OP)
Console War Crimes Tribunal?

>>714444778 (OP)
The war isn’t over until the entire industry goes down in flames

>>714444778 (OP)
Play on PC like everyone else. All my friends of all kinds like normies and weebs play on their computers nowadays. There's a reason why every major game company is porting their games to PC and have given up on exclusivity for consoles, everyone is seeing the signs that the market has shifted and it's over.

>>714446851
a lot of loyalty for a hired gun

>>714446029
The sneed community

>>714447448
There used to be an argument for consoles. Exclusivity and hardware optimization. Now, every game eventually comes out for the PC (like a year later) and optimization is crap everywhere even on consoles, but at least PC has modders willing to put in the hard work.

It's the video game equivalent of the dust bowl in this medium. I can only hope the big companies go under and everyone's hungry again to win the players favor for games.

>>714446029
Nintendo

>>714444778 (OP)
>total Sony console domination
>total Nintendo handheld domination
We play on PC, like we have for the past decade.

>>714446029
women with iphones and hubby's credit card

>>714444778 (OP)
Xbox never once has had good games on any of their consoles. I don't know how you retards pushed this "war" for 20 years.

>>714447963
>like a year later
Not even this anymore. Most games come out on PC day 1 now. The only ones that don't are Sony first parties and those barely exist. Squeenix was the only third party company still holding out because they were taking the Sony bribes for timed exclusivity but even they kneeled and said they're moving towards multiplat. FF7R Part 3 might still be timed exclusive if they signed a deal with Sony for all three parts but I imagine that's the final game that'll be like that.

>>714448213
Xbox and Xbox 360 were great

>>714446029
No one, all three console manufacturers shat the bed hard this decade. If you have to choose a "winner" then I guess it'd be PC since it ended up being the platform with the most players and games.

>>714446029
GabeN

>>714448542
for shit eating subhumans who buy every generic sports game and FPS.

>>714446000
the digits don't lie.
Of the drunk hip?
PS2=SNES
psx
NES
Dreamcast=Saturn=360
PS4
Gamecube
Neo Geo
Xbox=PS3
Wii U
Genesis
Wii
N64
Handhelds and PC left out obviously

>>714444778 (OP)
just kneel before pc master race

>>714446029
Nintendo
>Out of the top 10 best selling consoles/handhelds of all time, 5 of them are from Nintendo
>The Switch is on track to surpass the PS2 by the end of the year if not early next year
>Nintendo still produces exclusives

In terms of ranking:
1. Nintendo
2. Sony
3. Microsoft
4. Sega
5. Atari
Adjusted for % of total population, the Atari 2600 is actually the 4th best selling console of all time, so you could argue Atari deserves to be 3rd place

>>714444778 (OP)
>King lost 20% of staff
>Zenimax lost 200 workers
>Turn10 lost 50% of staff
>Call Of Zoomer studios, Raven and Sledgehammer, have been hit and also lost staff.
>High Moon Studios lost staff
>The Initiative has been closed
>Perfect Dark has been cancelled
>Everwild has been cancelled
>Project Blackbird (Zenimax MMORPG) has been cancelled
>Zenimax CEO has resigned
> Banjo-Kazooie and Sea of Thieves director Gregg Mayles has resigned
>Blizzard's QA staff has been sent to work from home to avoid suicides within the facility, they will be replaced by outsourcing.
>Halo Studios (formerly 343i) is being hit by layoffs.
>Unknown number of workers are being replaced by AI including Quality Analysts, Artists and Designers.
>Halo Studios' new project is in a critical state and despite having been fixed, the product is still unplayable and in terrible quality.
>Microsoft is directing all its assets to outsourcing in Europe and Asia to accelerate the production of the next Halo game.
>Kojima Productions has reportedly cancelled OD's publishing deal with Xbox.
>Rumor has it that they are looking for another publisher since the IP belongs to Kojima.
>Compulsion Games and Ninja Theory hit by layoffs although to a lesser extent
>Xbox has cancelled funding for John Romero's game
>Xbox has removed the trailer for CONTRABAND, their exclusive game being developed by AvalancheStudio
>Jason Schrier says PROJECT BLACKBIRD was a game that would have pleased gamers and that the cancellation took Zenimax by surprise
>John Romero announced that Xbox has cut funding to him and other third-party studios, reinforcing the news of the cancellation of KojiPro's game OD.

PC will be the champ until all genres are possible on all platforms . The fact that there are games that only exist on PC is a conversation starter. They're not exclusives, it's whole genres. no other exclusivity exists at that level

Conversation non starter, FUCK
>>714449174

>>714444778 (OP)
Play games on pc?

>>714446029
Pc and Nintendo.

>>714444778 (OP)
This entire "console war" was the shittist thing ever and should have been declared over generations ago.

>>714446029
>Who won?
Nintendo, but it was so anticlimatic that feels like nobody "won" (which is the actual truth unless you're referring to PC)

>>714451891
emulation exists

>>714444778 (OP)
Who won

>>714444778 (OP)
Only you Xrats and Snoyroaches still gave a shit about your gay ass little dick measuring contest.

>>714446029
Nintendo and Valve, they eating good

>>714448213
OG Xbox and early 360 were great, it all went to shit when Peter Moore left.

You can finally play video games

The console war isn't over, Microsoft just placed a field spell card to buff PC gaming and are making a PC console which will compete against Valve's PC console, and also handhelds obviously. Sony lost the platform race, they can't even compete with Nintendo anymore and Nintendo are small fish compared to what we're about to witness from MS and Valve going head to head.

>>714444778 (OP)
>tfw Geoff knows what the industry's problem is

>>714446029
Unironically Nintendo.
As always (since 1889)

>>714456680
It's over, it's been leaked that the next Xbox will sell in less regions and will cost well over $1000+. Also, the whole Steam integration will be a complete mess along with BC if it even gets that. It's just Nintendo and Valve going forward.

>>714456517
What was great about them? The hardware was bad, the library of games was a joke, and you even had to pay to use your own internet on it.
I have never once found a fan of Xbox who owned consoles before Microsoft entered the race.

>>714457097
They had a lot of great games that got ignored because of Halo and then Gears. It's a shame that Microsoft Corp. killed it, but it was always going to happen.

>>714456960
No it hasn't. We don't know shit about where it will release or the scope of it. We don't know the price either, conplete fanfiction. What we do know is that PC console is the future and Valve and MS are going head first into that future. Sony can't compete in handhelds or console anymore, not unless they allow for dual booting Linux. They'll be the most expensive platform for games but the worst platform for freedom of usage.

>>714457389
They literally just pulled out of multiple regions and they don't plan on reopening those regions either. Microsoft's future in gaming is in limbo and maybe you should check on a guy named SneakersSO, maybe then your terrible shilling campaign would end. It's over for both Microsoft and Sony. The Gaming landscape is about to change and it's changing without Sony or Microsoft in the mix.

>>714457557
No they didn't. Show me where Windows pulled out of multiple regions. I'll wait. Or did the concept of PC console go completely over your head?

>>714446029
playstation, but it's a very predictable pyrrhic victory

>>714446029
>Who won?
no one but only xbox lost

>>714446029
Sega, for getting out early when it was still good.

>>714458178
jeez, like none of those games are good

>>714446029
Playstation considering everyone else is already making next gen plans in an ever evolving market whereas Playstation don't even know if there'll be a PS6 yet

>>714446851
You have a mental illness: brand loyalty.

>>714458219
I misread the question as who lost

>>714458206
>jeez

>>714458206
>>714457097
>>714448768
jeez, so what games does /v/ like?

>>714457795
>Windows
Xbox pulled out of multiple regions, the next Xbox console, in-house one won't sell in those regions and they'll rely on OEMs which also won't do well.

>>714458178
I'm still mad

>>714446029
>Who won?

>>714458491
since when is jeez zoomer shit

>>714458665
No they didn't. Even if they hypothetically did, it doesn't change the fact that the entire platform is windows desktop based. The era of closed box hardware like a playstation is over. Valve and Microsoft are extending PC gaming to the console casuals on top of already being dominant in desktop PC gaming. Nobody wants a playstation when you can get the exact same type of device but with access to all of PC gaming, multiple store fronts and a wide range of hardware options as we're already seeing with Steam OS.

>>714444778 (OP)
play games on pc

>>714459061
Oh, will you shut up Xbox PC will be a wet fart and Valve has already won this war, with Steam Deck, SteamOS, and the upcoming Steam Deck 2. There will be no war, not battle, just Microsoft putting their shit on Steam with the devs at Xbox hoping that Microsoft doesn't randomly bring the axe one day for more AI. PlayStation will also die and put what they can on Steam before Sony drops the hammer on SIE.

>>714446029
more like xbox died first

>>714458968
>xboxbro ken
>nintendo being shiv
the accuracy hurts

>>714459225
>no COD, FIFA or Fortnite
Until Valve fixes this they are just fucked with normalfags

>>714458762
Don't be mad their consoles died, be glad they went out on a high note.

>>714459547
Who cares

>>714459638
True, I'm glad Sega died so they wouldn't have to suffer with the hell gaming turned into after they left.

>>714459225
People only use steam os because Windows doesn't have an alternative yet which they'd much prefer to use. There's no bullshit when it comes to windows, everything just works. Steam os still has major issues with anti cheat software and also non-steam launchers. Xbox os is supposed to be providing full support for 3rd party launchers including steam itself. Valve will have its niche but windows based handhelds and consoles are pretty much guaranteed to dominate just because of windows compete dominance in gaming already.

>>714459825
People will always use Steam, shill, no one's ever using anything else.
>Steam os still has major issues with anti cheat software and also non-steam launchers
Oh no, muh mulitplayer games
> Xbox os is supposed to be providing full support for 3rd party launchers including steam itself
It's Windows, the Xbox OS is getting discontinued, and no, from what people who have used this new Windows, it's janky.
>windows based handhelds and consoles are pretty much guaranteed to dominate just because of windows compete dominance in gaming already.
lmao delusions of grandeur. Valve owns PC gaming as a whole, the Steam Store, the Steam Deck for PC handhelds, the SteamOS will own PC handhelds, in general, Steam Deck 2 will solidify Valve's dominance in the PC market. Microsoft lost this battle in 2006, they're never getting PC gaming back.

>>714458968
Sony has real games and are the cheap alternative to PC
Nintendo has their bing bing wahoo
Microsoft just fucking died

>>714460481
Can't tell if trolling or retarded. Steam is popular because of Windows. Without Windows, steam is irrelevant. Devs all build their games around Windows support hence why despite valve promoting Linux gaming for decades, Windows is still the biggest platform for steam. People use steam because of Windows, not the other way round.

>>714460984
In what universe is playstation a cheap alternative to PC? For a start playstation has the highest prices of any ecosystem from consoles to controllers to game and to paid online/subs. Secondly some locked down console where you have to pay for cloud saves isn't an alternative. It's a straight downgrade. A different kind of pc is an alternative to a PC. Consoles aren't alternatives to PC gaming.

>>714461253
Cope Microjeet, Valve won

>>714460984
>Sony has real games and are the cheap alternative to PC
You're going to be singing a different tune in either 2027 or 2028 when it comes to PlayStation still being a cheap alternative to PC, lol.

>>714457097
Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Halo, Splinter Cell, Fable, Crackdown, Saint's Row, Dead or Alive 4, Gears of War, Infinite Undiscovery (okay this one kinda sucked but it was a big budget jrpg when I was big on jrpgs), Jet Set Radio Future, fucking Steel Battalion

Fuck you

>>714462562
You know things are shit when a chinese knockoff GTA is one of your go-to games to name drop when praising a console. Like imagine if I said the PS2 was the bestest console ever because it had True Crime

>>714461385
When just buying a fucking GPU is as expensive as the cost of the console + more than five years of whatever service stuff comes on the side, it's cheaper, yes.

>>714462768
Saint's Row is good, True Crime is good, Sleeping Dogs is good. Retard.

>>714462876
The other two are alright, Saint's Row is shovelware-tier

>>714462909
It absolutely isn't, it was far more technically impressive that GTA at the time with shooting that didn't suck complete balls and far shorter loading screens

>>714446029
>Xbox is dead
>Sony gave up on game exclusivity and is putting everything on PC
>Nintendo is becoming yet another 'toy company, turned luxury brand' where they raise prices on literally everything to cash in on their aging fanbase

Game Pass was suppose to be the Hail Mary moment for xbox. Phil bet everything on Netflix style subscription based gaming being the next big thing, and Xbox being at the forefront of it. But instead it completely backfired with Xbox's core install base buying less games overall and not changing the spending habits of anyone outside Xbox's ecosystem. MS is going back to Windows being the focus of it's gaming foray with PC.

Sony can survive as a 3rd party studio publisher, but having all of Playstation's exclusives being multiplat won't be good long term for the console itself.

Nintendo's in a hard spot where they understand they have to adapt to the current market by having many of it's newer entries have elements of modern gaming trends with seasonal updates and rotating content, but they handle it the worse out of any other game developer. Key Cards are also a sign that even they know physical games's days are numbered and will eventually be fully regulated into limited print, collector bait and not something the regular person buys.

>>714463025
Stop doing this, it's over, Helldivers 2 was put on the Xbox by PlayStation, neither Xbox or PlayStation are surviving this, gaming is now Nintendo and Steam.

>>714462823
There are literally millions of guides online on how to build a PC on a budget. This argument that the only viable PC contains a 5090 is retarded. I built an entire PC for the price of a PS5 pro and it's way more powerful in both CPU and GPU.

>>714446029
X-box had already died well before this generation.
Sony has absolutely no idea what the fuck its doing and has basically devolved into full retardation.
Nintendo have gone completely up their own ass and have done all sorts of "fuck you" shit.

But judging by how PS5 that's been out for years and has a grand total of 1 game worth owning that isn't multiplat, and Switch 2 has the same amount despite being a few months old.....Yeah Nintendo's kinda winning solely out of incompetence from its competitors.

>>714463551
At this point, it doesn't matter how shit Nintendo or Valve can be, their competition is just that much more retarded that most would rather stick with them over going to anyone else. This is how seriously bad both Sony and Microsoft fucked up. Nintendo and Valve took Sony's and Microsoft's 5th-early 7th gen audience.

>>714447963
There was another argument: consoles were the affordable option. But now PCs are close enough that it's hard to justify buying a machine that does so much less.

>>714446029
Nobody. But the closest is Playstation since Nintendo took themselves out of the running.

>>714444778 (OP)
find something else to bitch about. how's the eternal culture war going? has the EYE of Terror become woke?

>>714446029
PC.

Nintendo was smart enough to abandon the console market 8 years ago.

>>714445201
nintendrοne