Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eigenmagic.net/@vampiress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vampiress</span></a></span> yeah...</p><p>For the most part <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> refused to adapt to the market and unlike <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sony</span></a> didn't really get that well along with local <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Developers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Developers</span></a> (Studios like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cave</span></a> are an exception from the norm!), so there isn't much <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/incentive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incentive</span></a> to make <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Games</span></a> for the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XboxSeries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XboxSeries</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XboxOne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XboxOne</span></a> and even before that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Xbox360" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xbox360</span></a> & OG <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Xbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xbox</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XboxClassic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XboxClassic</span></a>...</p><ul><li>Add to that lack of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/support" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>support</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/localization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>localization</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/marketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marketing</span></a> and it's clear they can only beat the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PlayStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlayStation</span></a> in places Sony can't compete with them <em>or</em> where they have entrenched themselves well enough due to (in the past) vastly superior <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OnlineMultiplayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineMultiplayer</span></a> (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/xboxLive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xboxLive</span></a>) compared to the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PSN</span></a>.</li></ul><p>That's why there's a production plant for Xboxes since the 360 Slim in Brazil where the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PS3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PS3</span></a> launched at a whopping $4k (exchange rate, not local purchasing power adjusted!!!) price tag due to extreme <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> being put on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/imported" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imported</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a>.</p>