Earlier this week in the world of Nintendo, Doom Slayer was announced as a Mii Fighter Costume for the all-star brawler Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Now, just days later, id Software and Bethesda have congratulated Nintendo and MercurySteam on the latest Switch exclusive, Metroid Dread. To celebrate, it's recreated the latest Metroid box art with Doom Slayer on the front of it. Here's a look:
While Metroid might not be accessible on the Xbox Series X|S (well, in most cases), DOOM and DOOM Eternal are - in fact, you can even play them via Xbox Game Pass. Some other series like Quake and Wolfenstein are also on this service.
As previously noted, id Software also acknowledged Doom Slayer's costume with the following tweet:
Will you be playing Nintendo's new game this weekend? Going back for some more Doom action any time soon? Leave a comment down below.
[source twitter.com]
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Would be cool if we got this as a DLC
It’s all so nice, they all need to get a room now a days 😊
Not making a dig here, but has or does Sony ever congratulate other companies success? I love the fact Xbox does. It's wholesome and much needed in a community ripe with a toxic minority 😊
Ranting again, the mistake Microsoft have made with the series s. Come buy me fifa 22 is free.
Hundreds of them sitting on shelf’s in the UKs biggest toy store.
An 11 month old next generation that no one wants.
Switch OLED hundreds sold and all sold out yesterday.
Microsoft replace those few series s purchased for series x.
Ditch the series s make a disc less series x £350 and you will have better consoles sales.
A simple single production line.
Also moving forward your developers won’t be tied to a weaker console games wise.
It’s sad maybe like me, but it brings the whole Xbox brand down as they gather dust and give the overall impression to general gaming public no wants Xbox.
Kill the dam thing off now.
@Dezzy70 I agree. they could have been used for Series X consoles. Surely the chips inside them? Can't they get them now? Off the shelves I mean, re-use the parts? Or give them away as a game pass machine haha. It's not a good look, and I suspect they're trying to hold out for Christmas but they shouldn't. Series X is doing incredibly well, the series S is almost a stain on that success 🤦 it's quite annoying to see.
@FriendlyOctopus
I’m expecting grief for my post. But thank you.
Also when you think you can’t buy series x or PS5 or even switch OLED. They give fifa 22 away for free and it still doesn’t sell.
Good words “A stain on that success” that’s what it feels like to me.
Microsoft are probably the only main gaming company that can take this sort of hit.
Imagine the development, setting up manufacturing costs etc and not really selling.
Should not say this. But at this particular store chain and after the fifa 2022 give a way not selling. They have classed it as a hard sell, with staff letting customers know it is in stock and readily available to take away. 🤦🏼
Shame Microsoft.
And lets not take it lightly Microsoft
UK is Xbox second biggest market after the USA.
Get your act together.
@Dezzy70 You're not wrong 😊
It's lucky MS can afford the hit. Just gotta hope their reputation doesn't. I know gamepass seems to be their main focus but series S is depressing. It's a huge shame because I think it's a nice introductory console but at the same time nobody wants a weaker system. Let's hope they do a digital version of the X.
@FriendlyOctopus
Game pass is great I have GPU of course with FH5 and Halo just round the corner.
Playing far cry 6, really enjoying it, like exploring games.
True the UK in general want the series x the most powerful console of the 2. They fly of the shelves without touching them. No one really wants a weaker next generation console. Same with the PS5. The switch is Nintendo and grabs that market also with lots of nostalgia, because they haven’t produced new AAA in house studio game for ages, was a great start that has fizzled out for me.
I was a little surprised at OLED sales, it took all day but they sold off the shelves in no time.
Shameless gamepass plug halfway through the article. I love this xbox>nintendo bromance. I even thought the bunny in Eternal was from Animal Crossing 😅
A real shame this doesn't really lead anywhere.
Maybe we'll see the Doomguy in the next smash bros
@Dezzy70 Mind sharing the store information? I have about a dozen friends that can't find the Series S in the UK.
@InterceptorAlpha
You are joking me right in the UK.
Shall I list all the sites with stock for fun in nearly all stores and delivery on line.
Here’s 3 starters.
GAME UK
Smyths Toys
Argos.
I think you having me on 😂😂😂
@Dezzy70 Called 2 Argos yesterday and they were sold out. So....unless they're just straight up lying on the phone.
@InterceptorAlpha
With respect tell me you area and I will find you a Series s in stock not far from you or for delivery to you.
Stop being a Xbox fan boy.
I’ve been with Xbox from the beginning, but I’m man enough to admit in the UK they can’t give series s away let alone sell them.
And it’s just my opinion, well and a few others in here that the series s was a mistake.
In fact it’s a joke it’s not selling being only 11 months old and getting out sold yesterday by the Switch OLED.
@Dezzy70 Ah yes. I'm clearly the illusive Xbox fan boy you've heard of.
The same one that maintains a gaming PC, Switch, and PS4(because I haven't gotten the 5 yet). While primarily playing on PC. You found me out. Golly gee goodness.
@FriendlyOctopus Yes. Sony congratulated Microsoft when the Series X was released. But right, team blue generally is rather quiet in that regard. :/
@FriendlyOctopus the series a uses chips that don't make the grade for series X, so they aren't in any way hurting the series x production.
The a is also very popular in NA Ave I'd imagine it's going to be going great in Asia due to the form factor.
Just out of curiosity why do you think people don't want the s in the UK? Is unlimited internet readily available and affordable? Is it the disk drive?
@Dezzy70 while I also wish Xbox had a discless series x, I disagree the Series S is a mistake. In the UK and some territories I agree that there are too many, MS clearly got their ratios wrong here, but I know loads of people very happy with their series S.
I also know several PS owners that wouldn’t have considered another £450 console but the series S and game pass is what is making them dip their toes in the Microsoft waters. Smart business.
Lastly in some other territories Series S is super popular especially where the Series X is priced far more unfavourably (e.g. £700/$650+)
@InterceptorAlpha
Ok I will try and help you find a series s
What area you from in the UK and I will look for you.
@FriendlyOctopus yes Sony has congratulated the launch of the Xbox Series consoles and the launch of the Nintendo Switch. Xbox did the same for PlayStation and also Switch. And Nintendo has congratulated both Sony and Microsoft on launching their newer consoles
@themightyant
I just think development time etc and money could have been spent better else where.
Also developers will have to cater for a less power console in the series s when making games for the series x, also developers time is focused on one platform, but I guess catering for the pc market as well sort of rules that out.
Xbox series x will suffer in some way for this.
In say 2 years time for example Sonys developers will show what is capable when developing for a single power full console platform only
I just wish Xbox studios had that opportunity.
Even though the UK is the second largest Xbox market after the USA, the fact that series s is not even coming of the shops shelf’s at all now is not great for Xbox. It’s a bad perception to the casual and general public gamers, that no one is interested in Xbox.
Had I personally invested money in series s in a business way I would be very disappointed and probably in the negative.
Maybe I’m just a crazy Xbox head, and the brand overall is not as popular as I thought in the UK, but an 11 month old next generation has already hit its sale saturation point in the UK is very poor however you polish it up.
Especially as people can’t buy the series x or PS5, it’s like the rotten apple left on the shop shelf’s no one wants.
I would bet a million Xbox heads are discussing this situation, if they are not then power and big money has gone to companies head.
Then again the fact Microsoft can afford to make and have thousands of consoles sitting on shelf’s not selling, shows the power of their money.
@anoyonmus @Lando_ that's good to know 😊 I like it when they promote a unified front. It helps me tune out the console war rubbish 😀
@Dezzy70 I’m not sure why you felt the need to bring the Series S in this thread.
From what I’ve seen the UK is the worse market for the S; however other markets are fine with it. As it’s been mentioned it’s easier to produce and it regularly out sells PS5DE in Japan; Xbox’s worse market:
https://www.gematsu.com/2021/10/famitsu-sales-9-27-21-10-3-21
It’s like the Switch Lite; it has a purpose to exist and honestly I doubt it took much away from the X production. As for games; MS can just make the S a streaming box if games get too complicated for it. It’s not like it leaves homes and being digital only to begin with you need internet.
My Metroid Dread CE arrived Saturday, but sadly I'm too busy this weekend to play it. 😭😅
@Dezzy70
The thing is Series S is selling out in the US and in some lower income markets such as Brazil.
It's also doing very well in Japan, a market that didn't really exist for Xbox One.
Just seems to be the UK and some parts of Europe where Series S sits on store shelves.
@blinx01
I guess it’s each country to its own.
I think the UK and parts of Europe we prefer the top specification models of most things.
Well Microsoft best get making and shipping over some more series x as they are missing opportunities to be the top seller in UK and gain on sales in Europe a big PlayStation territory.
On topic: Clever and classy advertisement. The hobby feels better with some mutual respect in the industry, rather than mirroring the garbage fanboy sniping in the forums.
Also, Metroid Dread is sick. Highly recommended.
@Dezzy70 I’d say the Xbox brand is stronger than it has been here in the UK since the X360 days. That’s what i see both in my friends, friends of friends and online.
A lot of causal gamers I know have asked me what to get and I’ve said unless they are tied to PlayStation through 1) existing digital library, 2) Friends they play with or 3) games and series they love on PS then get an Xbox Series S and 1 year of game pass. Most don’t have 4K TVs and don’t really care about having the latest and greatest tech.
Obviously there are plenty that fit into those first 3 caveats and want to stick with PS but several have thanked me and are raving about game pass and some of the games they’re playing.
I’m not concerned about the Series S holding back the Series X. As I understand it the series S was essentially designed to run the games exactly the same but at a lower resolution with MINIMAL work required by devs as most things are.
I know DF and a few others have potential concerns about the memory bandwidth but I think it’ll be fine. At worst the Series S May run at an even lower res or worse frame rate than planned but Series X will be fine
@themightyant
Definitely seems strong in the UK series x wise.
They just need to make more of them and get them over here in the UK, missing opportunities at the minute there.
Don’t think it’s the Xbox360 days yet I used to know a lot of people with Xbox360 male, female, gamers and casuals. Also general public that would see Gears on mine and go buy one.
Think it will a couple of years yet and same top end AAA games. The 360 was for me the glory Xbox days.
I still remember the E3 when they announced the 360 slim out of the blue and all audience members got one to take home and it almost immediately went on sale. Big 360 moments.
Of course I got one 😂
@Dezzy70 I agree we’re not at X360 levels, nowhere near in fact, I said SINCE deliberately. It absolutely was the Xbox glory days. But what you have to remember about the 360 in particular is it was more of an outlier, a perfect storm of events led to its rampant success.
Launching (in the uk at least) a whole 15 months before PS3, it had two whole Christmases to get a lead. Add to that the PS3 was £425 at launch over TWICE the base X360 at £209.
Then there were games. By the time the PS3 released the 360 had a great list of diverse games like Gears of War, ES IV: Oblivion, GRAW, Project Gotham 3, F.E.A.R., Viva Piñata, Rainbow Six Vegas and many more. These were a HUGE step up from PS2 as were 360 v PS2 multi platform titles. (I also remember seeing my first “roadie run” in Gears, I’d been waiting patiently for PS3, but went and bought a 360 the very next day!)
Meanwhile PS3 was hard to develop for and devs didn’t get the most out of it for several years, most multi platforms ran better on 360 v PS3.
They’d also solved online properly for the first time, other consoles like Dreamcast, Xbox, PS2 had it but not done nearly as effortlessly. Much like Lebowski’s rug it really tied the room together
ALL these factors, and many more, led to the X360 getting a HUGE head start that Sony never caught up to. Except in final console sales, just, but that number is pretty irrelevant considering how much of a failure PS3 was for Sony, it almost put them under.
Only a late rethink and surge led by some truly great games kept Sony afloat and gave them momentum going into PS4. This combined with RROD (Xbox’s punishment for launching too soon with not enough R&D) and Microsoft’s disastrous anti-consumer Xbox One launch put things back as they were before.
My point is that excerpt for that one instance of Sony screwing it up in almost every way possible Xbox hasn’t really ever come close to them. Xbox had one chance to make it stick at XO launch but royally screwed that up themselves. It’s a LONG road back especially in these days of feeling locked to a platform with large digital libraries etc. PlayStation’s brand loyalty is so high too. It’s a really tough sell when hardware specs, prices and launch dates are close enough to be virtually identical.
Microsoft clearly realised all this a long time ago and their only real valid strategy was to do a Nintendo and try something truly different, hence Game Pass. They’re making all the right moves and Sony is dropping the ball a little. But it’s still a long road back.
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