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Server up keep is not cheap. There a reason companies are quick to down game if they don’t sell or making enough revenue.

@Sol4ris Unfortunately it probably doesn’t look like Rocksteady is going back to what they’re know for. WB wants all their game to “Always online” so the studio is essentially dead if you don’t like this stuff. Rocksteady founder did create a new studio named, Hundred Star Games, so I would keep a lookout on what they’re making.

@Bionic-Spencer @CharlieChooChoo What is with this idea that Microsoft will rebrand Xbox gamepass to Microsoft gamepass? Nothing is getting rebranded cause no one wants a Microsoft branded product. Plus what are they going to do? Rebrand Xbox games studios back to Microsoft Game Studio? The Xbox will likely continue to stay around even after the death of the console unless some new CEO comes in and mess everything up.

@JokerBoy422 “ I'm not a Blizzard fan but people always spoke of this guy as some sort of mastermind wizard. ”

Who spoke of him as some mastermind wizard? He was only at blizzard since 2019, and was only in he current role since 2021. He was hired along with Jen Oneal just please people during the sexual harassment lawsuit. Jen O’Neal left 3 months later… But now has her own studio.

@BacklogBrad "I was hoping it was going to be the big leap forward that the long dev cycle suggested."

This is why you shouldn't base a games quality off of how long it was in development for. I'm pretty sure the only reason it was in development for so long was cause of UE5 (this is only the second year the engine official been on the market in terms of game releases) and the fact they were developing for next (current) gen console.

@InterceptorAlpha My only experience with people who still think Microsoft as the "butt of most jokes on PC" are people who has an overall issue with Micrsoft/Windows, and not particularly Xbox Games Studio & Friends themselves; or still hold a grudge about GFWL. There was bit a disinterest when they originally came to PC because everything was locked to the Microsoft store. But that went away once they started putting their games on steam. But Xbox has garnered a lot of praise from the PC side due to bringing back AoE, and Flight Sim. The quality releases of the newer Gears and Forza Horizon. Games like Sea of Thieves and Grounded player base probably skews more PC now.

@CharlieChooChoo I'm pretty sure it was leak or announced long time ago that it was going to be first person. So it's whatever for me...

@InterceptorAlpha I don’t know any PC players that aren’t watching this event when they know all the games are launching day and date with PC, myself included.

Unless you’re talking about the kind of PC player that has potato PC and stick to nothing but low budget Early Access games or LoL/WoW/Dota… etc.

@OldGamer999 TC was busy updating Gears 5 for next gen consoles, released new story DLC, was working on The Matrix Awakens, was working on a new IP (canceled), and had to wait for UE5 to release officially... They haven't just been sitting there twiddling their thumbs.

EDIT: They also had to deal with the lost of Rod which was kind important since he was the guy who in charge of Gears, so moving forward with Gears 6 isn't an easy task without him.

@SacredPYRO It probably going to have a bigger open world. Gears is a franchise that is used to show the advancement of UE, and with UE5 big thing being larger open environment with incredible detail. Open world is not going anywhere. TC is also the studio that helped with The Matrix Awakens, so everything they learned to big that open world to life will probably in the Gears 6.

The crew had it services up for almost 10 years... We're on the 3rd game. Anyone who is still playing it is far and few between. I could understand had the game been taken offline 5 years ago. But that game offers nothing that sequels didn't improve unless you want to play the boring story line they had.

Xbox really just need to do a premiant price cut. Neither console is worth their current price. Xbox need to realize they aren't a premiere console brand and need to target a lower price bracket. Drop the Series X under $400 and be done with it.

@Sol4ris TBH... Wait longer than 6th months. I said wait until ultimate edition releases with all the DLC, and the removed content that they'll add back.

@Savage_Joe idk… While Doom campaigns have been interesting. ID has struggled on the multiplayer side… Halo multiplayer is just as important as it campaigns.

We better hope that Satya Nadella stay CEO for another couple of decades and doesn't leave in the next couple years. Cause who ever come after him, may not be kind to Xbox and it years of failures.

@CenturianShark It is still being used... somewhat. Hunt Showdown uses the engine. CryEngine just isn't an easy engine to work with; and the last thing i heard is that there barely any documentation and effectively no support from Crytek. So, it a very risky time investment for any studio that may want to use it.

I didn't even realize developers could reply to steam reviews. Then i was like why would a billion-dollar company waste their time doing this? We only see stuff like this from a small indie companies... My conclusion is that someone hacked their steam account and is doing this, or a disgruntled developer who is about to get layed off.

@Cherip-the-Ripper If i remember correctly he led the team that ported the original DOOM to window 95. It was him doing that is what made Windows a viable game platform.

@Maddie47 Normal people also don’t spend their time entering competitions for a console theme after a blue dog from a “children” cartoon…

It really funny how both Ybarra and Fergusson are back at Microsoft after both leaving around the same time. The conspiracy theorist in me think them joining blizzard was Microsoft laying the groundwork for a buyout long before it was even announced.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner Why you assuming I’m talking about Sony buying EA?

I’m talking about game marketing right. Sony just lost their biggest marketing partner with this purchase. CoD marketing was a major help with pushing consoles during the holidays months. Sony will be looking for something to replace that (even tho they have their own game to market).

EA can easily step in an offer Sony marketing exclusivity for Battlefield now. Meaning that Battlefield will get the premium ad space on PSN store instead of CoD, console bundles… etc.

Of course EA thinks it great. Microsoft just gobbled up their biggest competitor. Sony will be looking for a CoD replacement, and EA has a well known franchise called Battlefield.

@JokerBoy422 Given how bad HDR has been on PC… PC HDR don’t get benefit from HGiG like consoles do. So I’m glad they’re testing it and taking player feedback instead before pushing it out.

@InterceptorAlpha “ Hopefully Microsoft learned their lesson.”

They probably didn’t… Microsoft is incapable of launching a console without shooting themselves in the leg, and the sales number the Series S are too good. There will probably some form of a S model next generation.

@TheRealPaperKut Hyenas is a completely different studio and publisher.

Pillars of Eternity was his baby, so it not surprising he would pick that before even thinking about Fallout New Vegas.

@old-dad Unfortunately there no turning this around… The game is basically on live support at the moment. The developers have already started development on the next game.

@ZuneTattooGuy But that is extremely pricey to the point it just vastly cheaper to just buy outright buy the company.

@BRT15 “ this washed out look of the game which is clearly an artistic choice. GT on the other hand has more contrast and punchy colours.”

The funny part is that it used to GT with the washed out realistic look while Forza had the more contrast and punchy colors… but people complained about Forza. Now they switched.

@Titntin Well, yeah, but I’m talking about the fact they wanted to do more actual detailed planet, and not just stuff you go to during the story. Even their original plans for Earth was more of a fallout style planet instead the barren dessert planet we got. For all we know, they was probably planning on going back over the procedurally generated worlds and making them more detailed and handcrafted.

@JayJ Star Citizen is just a massive money scam at this point.

It sad that Phil has to question if it ok to sign a plastic shell. Fan boys are so revenge that you have to tip toe around everything incase to not offend them.

@Titntin “ Wandering around on these soulless empty planets is not much fun imo, and would have been worse if it were punishing too.”

The more I hear about the game… The more is sounds like these planets wasn’t going to be as empty as they were in the final game. This game sounds like another CP2077 situation where they had to cut so much content or else the game would be in development hell.

If they been able to ship the game with everything they wanted. The environment suits would have been a pretty cool addition.,

@BacklogBrad Phones had the ability to run new AAA games natively for years. The issue had nothing to do with hardware, but the cost of port said game to an entirely new environment. No developer is going to port games to phone cause mobile gamers have been conditioned for years to only expect freemium.

Most likely the only reason we’re seeing all these AAA ports being announced is cause Apple is footing the bill. But once that money runs out, you’ll be back to relying on cloud gaming.

@InterceptorAlpha @InfamousOrange More like 5.2 million… The game had already sold 2.5 million before it ever left early access.

@Kaloudz @themightyant I wouldn’t count ad of starfield and stuff on YouTube. That ad content is personalized. It based on the video your viewing, search history, age… and a ton of factors that Google are taking from us. So of course y’all are going to see a ton of Xbox ads… I haven’t seen one Xbox ad cause gaming has taken a back seat to other hobby which is cars particularly Mustangs, so I get a lot of personalized ad content based off that.

@InterceptorAlpha 4K TVs is only a minority to the amount of 1080P set already on the market. But they have controlled over half of sales over the last 4 years. The increase in sales is due to the massive price cut 4K TV have seen... aka you can buy a 4k TCL TV for less than $200 in walmart.

$600 even for a sale price is still extreme amount of money to spend on a TV. VRR TV would have to be sub $400 before most normal people to even start considering one to buy.

About as you say, 4k is a minority, so why support a feature that a minority of a minority is going to be able to use.

@InterceptorAlpha "By that logic, why push 4K when the majority of screens are 1080p?"

Cause you can buy a 4k TV for $5 and a stick of bubble gum down at the local Walmart. It makes more sense to push something vastly more obtainable. VRR TVs are not as obtainable.

@Titntin I’ve been reading your comments about how the game been making you ill the last couple of days. I don’t know what you have tried so far… But you can just play the game in 3rd person if it the 1st person mode is making you ill.

@trev666 I feel like we will be seeing elder scrolls and Fallout 5 far earlier than the dates you put. They probably don't have to ramp down their production teams due to Microsoft funding, and they only have to focus on a few platforms.

@Kienda More like just think about how great The Outer Worlds 2 is going to be

I see that Bethesda is putting that Microsoft money to go use.

@InterceptorAlpha Even on my PC with a 4090 and an i7 11700k it sees dips easily into the low 60s. The Xbox Series X could hit 60FPS, but it definitely won't run consistently at 60FPS, and will have massive drops. So, it was definitely a good choice to just lock the game to 30FPS and call it a day. Unfortunately, which would suck for people who have VRR displays and wouldn't mind the inconsistent 60FPS, but you can't design a game around a TV/Montior feature that 10% of console players have.

@Kaloudz That probably won’t happen unless Xbox brings on another studio entirely to do that… As I don’t see playground games dropping their bread and butter to attempt something new.

@BrilliantBill ES6 is already stated to be using creation engine 2 the same as Starfield.

@Cherip-the-Ripper From the sound of it The Chinese room is rebooting the entire development. So it going to have an entirely new code base with 'different gameplay mechanics and RPG systems' then what was originally announced and was promised. They are just tacking on the name Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 for marketing purposes and to wash their hands of the IP.

@InterceptorAlpha I can easily give Forza a pass on limited maps. Given the massive engine overhaul we are seeing with this game… and the painstaking amount of work that goes laser scanning tracks to capture every detail down to a rock. Halo maps aren’t created same way, and they could have easily put up more maps for launch.

But there was no they was going to get a “large” amount of tracks into the game. We literally go through this at the start of every generation with Forza. The first true Forza of the generation is basically a clean slate scraping everything done from the previous generation.

@RedShirtRod “ it seems like everything they tried to do has been done better somewhere else”

Yeah… At this point in gaming, there nothing you can really come up with that innovative that hasn’t already been done in another game, and probably better. Being able to build and fly your own ship, space engineers. Space exploration, space combat, mining… etc; No Man Sky/Elite Dangerous/Star Citizen/CoD: Infinite Warfare.

What this game really does is it taking all of those aspects and add them on top of an engaging universe that BGS can only make.

@InterceptorAlpha It will probably get added after release

I wouldn’t exactly say $100… This is PC gaming after all, you would be stupid to pay day 1 Steam prices. I got my premium edition for $70 with $5 cash back. 🤣