AgentGuapo

Another reason for people to hate Microsoft.

@BlueOcean their artistic vision called for first person. Love it or hate it. I chose to love it.

Mario. Sorry, Xbox.

I would not touch this game with a 10 foot pole if that nut job makes money from it.

Sony paid for console exclusivity again. Or they just bought From Software. 🥴

@Marvel_Ham I wonder if we’ll have a mid cycle refresh this gen. We sort of had a 4K problem that couldn’t have been resolved by the base PS4 and One/S, leading to the need for a PS4 Pro and One X. I highly doubt 8K will be a thing in 3-4 years. Even if it is— modern high end GPUs barely hit max settings at 4K/60.

@__jamiie likely, we’ll just see the series S get 1080p/60 rasterized games where as the series X will get 4K/60 RT games. Not sure why capcom even offered the RT version for the series S here.

@Axlroselm that’s a good point. To be honest, both machines handle loading extremely well. That said, I’ve been spoiled by the basically non existent load times in Demons Souls and Returnal… such an amazing quality of life issue I’m glad is basically 99% resolved this gen.

@Dezzy70 I have an LG CX so…. Come on, Sony! Microsoft has had this for years!

@Dezzy70 that’s a shame, but to be expected from a multi-plat title I guess. Too bad… Returnal is the only game that has rivaled Astros Playroom so far. But I also prefer the feel of the dualsense over the Xbox controller. Slightly prefer. I’m really annoyed Sony hasn’t implemented VRR yet on the PS5… would make this decision easier.

I have a series X and PS5 and really struggling to decide which to pick it up on. So far this gen, the Dualsense controller has been the deciding factor. Best controller ever made, in my opinion.

@KonstantTrouble hyperbole much?

Something is definitely happening with Nintendo. But what could it be…

@lokozar gonna have to disagree with you there. Devs will likely target the lowest common denominator, then up res from there. Will this be a big deal? Now? No. In 5 years? Maybe. We’ll see.

@Nightcrawler71 I fear you may be right on this. Fortunately I got a Series X and PS5 on launch day. Sucks that a lot of people haven’t been able to snag one though.

Suggestion to those who haven’t gotten one yet: find a tracker. I use one called nowinstock that has served me well over the years.

@Alan_Payne yes. Stealing. Microsoft stole Rare from Nintendo and I will never forgive them for what they did to that studio.

Ok you don’t like the term steal? What is it then in that situation. Whatever it is, I don’t like it.

Microsoft is pushing its weight and checkbook around and pouring money all over everything to acquire studios, and it’s starting to look ugly. They built up a lot of good will in the Xbox one generation, and I’d hate to see that go up in flames.

Competition is good for everybody and monopolization is good for. Well. Only the monopoly holder.

@Alan_Payne no. Microsoft doesn’t need to be stealing any more games, studios. Multi platform will be aok with me.

@Grumblevolcano 100% not happening.

I like the new game-specific Playststion studios opening. Would have been funny if MLB’s opening highlighted general Sony games like Miles Morales’ does! Either way. Fanboyism has got to go. I own a PS5, XSX, Switch, and RTX 2080 Ti and I love them all.

Conker’s Bad Fur Day?

But… lime skittles…

@uptownsoul yeah. Microsoft screwed up and this is them trying to throw us a bone. I already have 3 years of game pass ultimate under my belt, so it doesn’t affect me, but I guess it’s good. I think they just need to do away with requiring Gold for MP. That’s so… 2001.

Let me rebrand Xbox live in a way that will generate more revenue, be a value-add for the consumer, and. You know. Not be a complete joke in the naming department:

Xbox Live Silver: Free - includes online multiplayer
Xbox Live Gold: $9.99 - Silver + 1 XS game, 1 XBO game, and access to two game pass games per month
Xbox Live Platinum: $14.99 - Gold plus console game pass
Xbox Live Ultimate: $19.99 - Platinum plus PC game pass, EA play

You’re welcome; Microsoft. How may I collect my salary?

@UltimateOtaku91 I doubt professionals who get on news outlets like IGN claiming it is a problem (um. Who would be better to ask, then literally the people making games?) are being lazy. We should be listening to them. I think people who bought a series S are going to regret it sooner rather than later.

@Trmn8r are you a software developer? Or are you pulling things out of… because we literally just had a software developer say, yes. This is a problem. Being a denialist to the actual developers and an apologist for Microsoft isn’t going to help anybody.

@JayJ Let’s play a game here. Let’s say a game costs $10 million to make for Xbox. And $1 million to port to PlayStation. Xbox has 50,000,000 users. PlayStation has 100,000,000 users. To make things simple; let’s say these two groups are mutually exclusive.

Scenario 1) The game is console exclusive ends up being great. 20% of the user base on Xbox decides to buy the game. So 10 million copies sold. 2% of the competitor’s console decides to buy an Xbox for this killer app. So. Another 2 million sold for 12 million units total. Sounds great. But most of the converters will either get rid of their Xbox when done with the game; or continue to buy games on the competitors platform.

Scenario 2) the game is multi platform. 20% of each console base buys the game. 30 million units sold. 18 million more units sold for a small investment of $1 m.

I know this example is grossly oversimplified, but 30 million units sold is a heck of a lot more than 12 million units sold.

Console exclusives and console fanboyism doesn’t help anybody. It only hurts everybody.

@Medic_Alert I really don’t understand fanboyism. I get all the consoles and I enjoy the unique features that each one provides me.