DenchDeckard
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Now that's out the way, let's get back to our regularly scheduled programming in time for the weekend.
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You're welcome.
Now that's out the way, let's get back to our regularly scheduled programming in time for the weekend.
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Exactly.As somebody who bought HiFi Rush on Steam, you are not missing annything, unless you are a big fan of Sega type games. Of all the games discussed, FH5 is old AF and will face licensing issues sooner than later. Flight Simulator will sell as well as Pentiment did on PS5. HB2 is such a failure that inspite of being on sale right now on Steam, there hasn't been an appreciable bump in player numbers. It will do well on PS5 if they release it at 20$, otherwise they might as well burn the port money for all the good it will do to their bottom line.
The only port I can see being successful is Starfield if released as GoTY edition for 70$.
So true.Sometimes it's hard because they pretend to be "neutral" but more often than not, you can see through the BS especially if you've been here long enough.
And yet we have multiple threads for multiple games that might come with lots of thirsty bitches.
Except it's own fans of the platform. Hence, why they went third party.Everyone wants to play games from the biggest and best publisher, it's understandable.
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Everyone wants to play games from the biggest and best publisher, it's understandable.
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Hellblade 2's price on steam is absolutely ridiculous. Nobody is about to drop 4399 Indian Rupees on a glorified walking simulator. Even the discounted price of 3519 INR is too high. I can pre-order Space marine 2 for 2799 INR, why will I purchase this PoS 'game'? It should have released at 20$ and discounted to 10$. Why they let a team of 120 people in an expensive city like Cambridge work on this turd for 5-6 years is a blooming mystery. Also, in what universe is NT worth 120 M$, when a 2 studio company like Insomniac cost only around 200 M$? I do not know why the shareholders do not rake Satya and Phil over the coals and demand concrete profit statements about the Xbox division. The Xbox division is run by a bunch of degenerate gamblers that seem to have zero knowledge of game dev.Exactly.
Hi-Fi Rush went into my Steam Wishlist nearly 16 months ago. It's currently on sale as well. But I don't think the game is worth $10. I may buy it if it ever goes to sale for $2, but that's about it.
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By that point, though, it will have been given away on PS Plus.
The only XGS games that were ever worth full price were Ori 1 and Ori 2.
My man leaves the easiest layups in history!Except it's own fans of the platform. Hence, why they went third party.
Exactly.
Hi-Fi Rush went into my Steam Wishlist nearly 16 months ago. It's currently on sale as well. But I don't think the game is worth $10. I may buy it if it ever goes to sale for $2, but that's about it.
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By that point, though, it will have been given away on PS Plus.
The only XGS games that were ever worth full price were Ori 1 and Ori 2.
Get a PC then - this new narrative "everyone should play all the games!" and "exclusives don't matter" is just a coping mechanism and bullshit PR started by you know whom since every other plan they had failed and now they're trying to put the usual bullshit spin to it...You know. I've seen this whole shit about they say xbox sucks but they want their games shit. I can't speak for everyone but fuck I said on a former offshoot at the beginning of this gen I'm sick and tired of buying multiple consoles every gen. I honestly just wanna play games. So I've been for consoles being more like light pcs for years now. Give me God of Wars, Spider-Mans, Halo's, Gears of Wars, Twisted Metals, Mario's etc all on a console together. Hell I'd spend up to 500 bucks every 5 or so years just for all that.
I know I know. I'm the minority cause everyone has to champion their companies they support. Not me. These assholes ultimately don't give two shits about us. They just want our money.
Do you really believe that the entire reason for the Zenimax acquisition was predicated on Starfield?It was big enough to drive Microsoft to spend 8 billion on Zenimax in order to prevent it from going timed exclusive to the competition.
Looks like era deleted the thread and shinobi edited out all his posts regarding this. MS ninjas got to him?
That is one reason that's confirmed.Do you really believe that the entire reason for the Zenimax acquisition was predicated on Starfield?
Nah. Guaranteed a lot more went into it and behind it than that. Certainly BGS future output in general was a big get for them, but even at the time during the approval process and even before, they'd already left the door open to not necessarily make everything an automatic Xbox/PC exclusive. Not including games that already had existing agreements.
You can already play Hellblade 2 on your PS5.Sir, i just want to play Hellblade 2 and Indiana Jones on my PS5
You can already play Hellblade 2 on your PS5.
Open Youtube
Search Hellbalde 2
Push play
Push and hold up on your Dualsense
"Jump in" ?Everyone wants to play games from the biggest and best publisher, it's understandable.
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70% of a lot of sales is better than 100% of hardly any.And they'll lose a 30% cut from both first party and third party games.
Make it make sense.
Starfield was a reason to get Bethesda.That is one reason that's confirmed.
Maybe there's more, but it's hard to decouple the overall strategy they had since 2020ish from the outcome that Starfield had (decent initial sales on PC, nonexistent impact on Xbox's fortunes). If Starfield moved units back then we wouldn't even be in this thread.
From his FTC testimony:
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Phil Spencer Admits Xbox Was Worried About Losing Starfield to PlayStation
Phil Spencer confirms that he was worried PlayStation could have grabbed the exclusive rights to Xbox’s biggest title of the year, Starfield.gamerant.com
Rubicon was crossed when they released day and date on PC. That was the warning.I just don't think that rubicon is being crossed just yet nor will it be every Xbox game that ever existed.
The sales numbers won't increase in a meaningful way with the delays. FH5 came out in 2021. Are they going sell it for $60? $50?70% of a lot of sales is better than 100% of hardly any.
Rubicon was crossed when they released day and date on PC. That was the warning.
Very simple, console manufacturers: Actual Exclusive Games is the only thing you really have to legitimize your platform.
We know Indiana Jones is on PS5 but isn't the announcement on an already released game?Jez Corden has updated his article to now say there is a "large chance" rather than just "a chance" that Indiana Jones is the game.
Whether that's worth paying attention to is another matter.
Source?We know Indiana Jones is on PS5.
His UncleSource?
Jez Corden has updated his article to now say there is a "large chance" rather than just "a chance" that Indiana Jones is the game.
Whether that's worth paying attention to is another matter.
A lot of the more corporate aligned xbox influencers are onboard with the ports and are trying to calm them down. That's after spamming "just buy an xbox" pics of "exclusive" games trying to make it a meme prior. I guess it was the last marketing push before realising xbox console sales just aren't working.A lot of Xbox users seem to be pissed about these news, they are threatening to go PC or PS.
Dark and convulsed times at Xbox.
We really need to discuss the extremely online advertising of Xbox.A lot of the more corporate aligned xbox influencers are onboard with the ports and are trying to calm them down. That's after spamming "just buy an xbox" pics of "exclusive" games trying to make it a meme prior. I guess it was the last marketing push before realising xbox console sales just aren't working.
Highly unlikely, if I have to guess.Jez Corden has updated his article to now say there is a "large chance" rather than just "a chance" that Indiana Jones is the game.
Whether that's worth paying attention to is another matter.
Do you not understand the difference between 'waiting for a game' and 'making fun of fanboys who were enjoying when Bethesda games briefly went exclusive'?
Case in point: Still hasn't bought Hi-Fi Rush on PS5. Haven't bought Hi-Fi Rush since its launch, which I could have day one on Steam.
If Jez said it, it's probably not true.Jez Corden has updated his article to now say there is a "large chance" rather than just "a chance" that Indiana Jones is the game.
Whether that's worth paying attention to is another matter.
Highly unlikely, if I have to guess.
It'd be a PR disaster if they revealed the game as an Xbox/PC exclusive, only to announce it's also coming to PS5 a few months before its release. It'd be extremely hilarious though, so I'm all for it.![]()
There won't be an ecosystem to hook into in a few years. All their games are on Steam and people already know that's where the best versions are, plus mods, and nobody likes the Microsoft Store launcher. And the games that gets ported to Playstation will run better on PS5 Pro than Xbox Series X from this year forward. If all they have is timed exclusive inferior versions for console-only gamers then things will go south fast.the moment you see Forza, Halo, or Gears, to a lesser extent, on PlayStation, that's the moment the more casual Xbox fans and the super hardcore holdouts finally get the message. I don't think Xbox is ready to do that yet. I think they still want a few more years to launch new hardware first. Hook people into the eco a while longer.
Yes because price and convenience isn't a reason to buy anything.Dosnt mean jack.
All sony's triple A games are coming to PC + GP = no point to buy a console anymore.
Who doesnt love waiting an extra 2 years to play half of every years GOTY nominees, am i right?Dosnt mean jack.
All sony's triple A games are coming to PC + GP = no point to buy a console anymore.