They never actually finished that Dudebro game IIRC, you could legit propose that as your studio's first title and Phil would buy it
that was only 6 years agopretty crazy that they went from like 5 studios during the bone era.
now all those studios are great BUT they really need someone to manage those studios as there is no reason to have a single drought period.
Age of Empires 4 Xbox - 83 MC - "effluent".For me it's hilarious
Ghost of Tsushima - 84 on OpenCritic - "See, that's PlayStation Studios Quality"
Starfield - 86 on OpenCritic - "See, Xbox can't manage their studios"
Ah, the "PS3 has no games" fallacy all over again…Yet they have yet to release a good game in decades.
Haha, awesome
I don't know about this analogy. Disney theme parks are without peer.Disney of videogames - No quality but a lot of quantity
I tend to use OC more because it groups reviews for different platforms into one overall score.
Because on Metacritic Starfield is 83. And also 86So which one is it?
My point was that people who thinks that publisher who released three games with OC scores 86, 84 and 89 (Starfield, Forza Motorsport and Hi-Fi Rush) is bad maybe needs their brain checked. And I'm saying that with full realisation how bad Redfall was.
Like really. Since start of this gen Xbox has same amount of 90+ rated games on OpenCritic as Sony. But I guess then conversation shifts towards "it's just racing or niche games." But it's always like that. Just move goalposts.
Xbox since start of this gen:
2 games with 90+
9 games with 85+
4 games with 80+
1 game with 75+
1 game with 70+
Redfall with 57
If you can with straight face tell me that this is bad resume for 3 years, then you are probably insane. Or you can use "BuT tHeY aRe NoT tHiRd PaRtY sToRy GaMeS" excuse.
But I guess that's a pipe dream because the Game Pass machine must be fed and they seem 100% dedicated to this business model.
Whatre you even talking about?? company just bought the biggest publisher on the block for $70 billion and my guy is literally talking like they just entered the games industry three weeks ago. WTF?So much fanfare and still so little substance.
How many years has that logo flaunting been going on now and how many more years will it need to go on before we actually see results?
I'm just surprised people don't seem to learn and still fall for that pr nonsense...
If MS was smart they would experiment with the insane amount if IPs and devs at their disposal. Make some smaller low budget games. They have done a bit of this with Hi Fi Rush and Pentiment but they could be releasing way more games.
The problem is, it doesn't mean much. Those games have not helped move needle much perception wise and there no real evidence that the needle will move in any significant way anytime soon. You can have plenty of critically acclaimed games, but if that's not what the average Joe wants to play then where is the win? The real issue imo is they just have no soul.....and I'm not sure if deep pockets will ever buy them one.
Phil said it best himself, they lost the worst generation you could loose when people were building their digital libraries. Now even with the so called equal number of games with similar metacritic as Sony, they are still on the verge of being outsold 3-1, with every third party title selling > 60-70% on PS. So the same crap is happening again. MS knows this and is throwing money at the problem, trying to "spend" Sony out of business, but will that really work?
I feel like they need to stop buying, build from within and create a better identity for themselves. But I guess that's a pipe dream because the Game Pass machine must be fed and they seem 100% dedicated to this business model.
Age of Empires 4 Xbox - 83 MC - "effluent".
Hi-Fi Rush - 89 OpenCritic - "Xbox games are trash".
Horizon Call of the Mountain - 80 OpenCritic - "tHeY cAnT mISs!"
At least we get Call of Duty on Steam again. I hope the buying ends here though.
Now the only thing left for them to make a 90+ in metacritic is to change the game box case color from green to blue.
Neah, the jerking off is on metacritic score.Do you guys play games or just jerk off to the list of companies another company owns?
There are like 10 mixed reviews, the rest are positive. There is no pumping up any score to the moon with stats like that unless you think the majority of outlets are "green".Looking at Starfield's vastly overrated metacritic score that is deserving of something far less, that's simply not true.
Plenty of green outlets that pumped it to the moon despite the audience score reality
There are like 10 mixed reviews, the rest are positive. There is no pumping up any score to the moon with stats like that unless you think the majority of outlets are "green".
Personally I think you should try accepting that people can like different things and can see past the issues you and a few critics don't like.
86 on PC and 83 on Xbox is quite possibly the most spot on score I've seen lately. I'd rate it 9/10 on PC, 86 means 9/10 on a 1-10 scale. And I'd rate it 8/10 on Xbox because of the lower framerate, 83 means 8/10 on a 1-10 scale.
Compared to games like BoTW, ToTK, GOW 2018, TLOU2, Spiderman, Mario Odyssey etc., Microsoft hasn't cultivated much if any industry-leading or genre-defining games, and that isn't really going to change with buying ABK. It's a problem of bad leadership and upper-level management; they have no creatives or visionaries at those levels and it shows.
You were talking about Metacritic and green outlet critics pumping up the score. And yeah most critics are positive. If you look at Opencritic where all 173 reviews for all platforms are combined it has a mighty status, 85% critics recommended.Have you seen the steam reviews...? It's simply not true that "most are positive". It is a huge disappointment for the overwhelming majority of those playing it. The ones that love it are few and far inbetween. They're certainly free to have their opinion, but it's not going to turn the game into the critical darling that everyone was expecting and hoping it was going to be to really start ushering in a new era of high quality xbox exclusives. 2023 has been a major disappointment from Microsoft.
It's no doubt a divisive game but you shouldn't think everyone who like it is "green" and put up some fake score to boost a review score.
Not if they force it on Gamepass Day 1 and eviscerate it's revenue base
Bobby himself took the stand at that FTC trial and testified that he didn't like Gamepass and it was bad for ABK properties and their revenue models
We can call them reactionary if you want to be real about what it is. Somebody is pissed or excited about something big or minor or barely even related and give it a thumbs down or up.How are user reviews fake scores? A divide between press scores and user scores will more accurately highlight that the press got it wrong.
And I was replying to a person who somehow thinks Xbox games are unfairly reviewed by the press, which is false…which was my entire point
It's incredible. With the exception ofBack to persecution complex.
That was probably true before they are owned by ms. Now that they are though, could be a different story because ms calculates things differently.
Can we all agree that there are excellent 1st party games on each platform ?Who can?
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LOL. Oh, the blockbusters like Grounded, Quake 1 remaster (from the DOS era), also Pentiment! And don't forget about Quake 2 remaster! And the rest... Oh god.. Halo Infinite, Redfall... I mean..Who can?
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Yeah concern trolling gets pretty old pretty fast.There's more salt in each of the comment of this thread, than in the Dead Sea.
Who can?
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Could be double. Their problem is management and a lack of vision. Even worse, once they aquaire quality seems to suffer in order to fit the series S and GP.
The response and release of Forza, Redfall, and Starfield speak volumes and a slick info graphics doesn't change the lack of quality, management, or vision.
Dead game, dying game, dead game, dying game.
What an image.
Sea of Thieves is beyond crap there is not even a game there. Hi Fi is an indie.
That's what you need for Gamepass.Quantity over quality.
All i see is a bunch of studios that are going down the shitter.
Poor souls.
Yeah, those people are happy because they know they don't have to worry about their salaries for a few years even if they don't do anything.this deal certainly shouldn't bother you, then.
The Devs themselves seem quite happy to join Xbox. Pretty upbeat reactions from folks 'going down the shitter'.