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Seems like a mode to ensure everybody who plays the game is eligible to purchase a sequel.
Which is fine I guess, I won't be using it, but if you are just interested in a streamlined experience, wish to follow the story without hustle of actually playing.. now you can. There is also YouTube as an option, it's cheaper.

What do I want from year three...
I want Bethesda to stop new development outside of critical bugfixes, and move team over to a hopefully better next game.

Haven't gotten around to it yet, I'll buy it down the line.
But I'm not sure how much of a big deal it is/was for Game Pass, they underpriced the game to really be a factor for any service (cost's about the same as a service month, if you like it you'll spend more then a month in it, and if you buy the game you get to keep it)

7/10 IGN, not quite low enough (that would be 6/10) to guarantee an excellent game, but I'll eventually give it a go. High hopes

@Ricky-Spanish I'm just saying that it's way more probable that one forgot to write their homework, rather than dog eating it.

What a world we live in, it's easier to believe in some grand conspiracy theory then just regular old human incompetence.

@DennisReynolds for the most part I agree. It took a very long time for them to "properly" optimize PS5 version (at least set usable framerate targets), and even then it's barely passable.
That said, this is whole new level of lazy, but there is a good game in there somewhere.

These comments are dripping with so much positivity and excitement for Series consoles.. meanwhile MS takes it out the back with the gun.
Honestly, I understand hardware side was good, but last generation was such a failure for MS they pivoted the business model 180.

It's not her leaving I'm worried about..

@ChopperCampbell it's hard to clearly explain your plans to the masses if you happen to have none. And I'll have to be proven otherwise before I change my stance on that.
@JayJ agreed, most of new stuff they tried to introduce just wasn't very good and got rejected by the community fairly quickly. Not ideal, but they made like 7 successful iterations before, Turn 10 should be allowed a dud.

Definitely disappointed with what happened to the team. Latest FM was/is not as great as GT7, but competition is a healthy thing and I believe Turn 10 was keeping Sony in check.
Hopefully they recover and there is a next competitive FM.

While these might not have as wide appeal as FH5, personally I prefer simcades.

2026. - the year of the Xbox.
All jokes aside, I feel like this generation has come and gone, and it has not stroke out because of use compute power, rather due to lack of imagination and innovation. And nothing in the upcoming lineup actually sticks out as if it will change that.

@Kaloudz in theory, most people don't think that far ahead
For a while, most luxurious position in companies was being "AI enthusiast", training your own replacement. And it was also most wanted.

@AccessibleDaydream if I'm honest, I'd say there is a decent chance whomever was forced to use AI in MS graphic design department has done this on purpose. There is no other explanation. Every designer I ever collaborated with would see that mistake from mile away, and it would take a visible effort and internal struggle to push it forward without fixing

@Kaloudz I'll risk stating the obvious, but maybe because AI is gonna mess it up and embarrass you in front of the fans/internet..
I get AI generating slope, but is there anyone with healthy pair of eyes validating this?

@Sol4ris I agree services are not the only cause, absolutely. Although, it would seem $70 price tag did not turn around as many people as I would expect. But $80 is backfiring quickly at least I hope it does.

@Sol4ris I'd agree Astro bot was a masterpiece too, but admittedly that game never could have had a reach Expedition 33 should. It's a kids/family platformer on a platform that for the most part has abandoned that audience for the last 15-20 years. Knack excluded ofc.
All that is to say, yes, I am implying games released on GP sell worse compared to games not offered day 1 on any services. Especially single player games you will play through once (and revisit during nostalgia trip 10-15 years later).

@Lup mmm, I'd argue Expedition 33 would have sold far better if it wasn't on GP. That game is a masterpiece that should have sold tens of millions.

Can't help myself...

2026. is going to be year of the Xbox.

Fake trailers have become industry standard. People might need reminding that even Hellblade 2 didn't truly exist when that giant trailer was released, and instead sequence was backported into the actual game after the fact.
It's disappointing but not unusual.

Only way this makes sense if is that gameplay trailer was completely fake. As if not, nobody in their right mind would cancel a game looking like that in late development stage.
Either way, I'm disappointed as I believed it would be a fun experience.

How Phil chose to address this is baffling to me. It's just sad, especially as MS is going multiplatform I would have expected them to need more workforce not less.

@Isolte played is a relative term, and I wouldn't say I have. However, I did try Arc for a few hours and it was not my cup of tea.

I couldn't care less about this game, so perfectly fine. There is so much other, better, things to play.

@Kaloudz while I don't wanna protect other large corporations that surely are just as greedy as MS, it does seem to happen more often and at a larger scale there.
And, assuming public numbers are correct, while at the same time producing some of the highest profit numbers.
Hard to advocat such behavior.

Not sure what to think about this. Gaming on Windows is 100% a reason why I've switched to consoles exclusively, but at the same time if MS can back up creating a streamlined console-like experience.. why not?
I'll just have to see it to believe it (and I'll drop out of it the first time my drivers cause a game crash, etc..)

Series S version I believe is mandatory, but 30 FPS might be ok. I'm a bit hesitant about 60/30 targets though, given previous experiences with CDPR.

$499/€499 wouldn't be terrible. It is similarly powerful to Switch 2, which is priced at €450. But the one I would really like is just too expensive. That's desktop PC territory.
Hopefully this leak is proven wrong, as they often are.

That is quite an asking price on a more powerful model. If this was local market I'd say, sure, we can start bargaining from that, everybody knows that's unreasonable.. but I guess it's not.
Lower speced one is basically in Steam Deck class, so I'll be rooting for Xbox app on Switch 😁 or my TV. Whatever, I just can't cash out a thousand dollars for another console.

@CaptainSquirrelPants yes and no. Different companies, different aims.
Asus is a hardware company and it's expected for their customers to be interested in thought process behind configuration/setup.
Nintendo has always been open about providing fun/experiences first, and their communication has always been centered around what new entertainment new hardware can support. Never ever have they dissected the hardware, it was considered an enablement tool.

I don't care if MS is going to produce their own first party device or not, but I would love for them to create OS for handhelds. Totally fine owning one if the experience becomes console/Switch comparable.

@FraserG oh, apologies, my comment was 100% aimed at the comments section and not at staff. Sorry if it read differently.

How PX has turned on this studio.. I remember their game being received very positively through trailers and release.
Dev just spoke their opinion, and it's probably true (I don't think I ever bought a game that went straight into any service).

Although literally the same decision made on Switch 2 was criticized by many, I believe for both it was a right call. VRR is a life-saver on handhelds which are bound to have wobbly performance, vs. OLED which can produce better colors but most people won't notice the difference on the move (where you should play your handheld, if you only use it in bed or docked you are doing it wrong).

@Kaloudz well, that depends on what it means to be FF
It's not turn-based, and in general combat is closer to DMC than other FF games. However, if you like larger than life setpieces, with behemoths fighting and effects going all over the place, it has you covered. Stakes are high all the time. Story is also different and interesting as it plays on some real life topics often avoided. Ending is a bit meh, but it was hard to close out the narrative and make all players happy.

In just to say FF16 is not as bad as internet would let you believe
Story and set pieces are genuinely awesome.

I enjoyed the first one, but for some reason couldn't stand the second. No idea what it was, as they are essentially the same. Anyway, couldn't make it pass hour 3 or something like that.
Maybe next one gel's better with me..

Not gonna rate it as I dropped out half way through (around Dune) when it became unbearably boring, but by the rest of announcements this morning I can see it at least picked up some. Anyway, definitely didn't start good.

Looking forward to it. Seems like Switch release has put the pressure, Sony delivered with SoP, I expect a decent Game show today, and big MS is probably bringing the big guns too. Good times!

Seems like a good decision to make, but I'm not sure why MS expected things to go differently.. supporting your endorsed handheld for just a year and a half before making it obsolete with first party device would have been terrible customer treatment.
At the same time, technology will not be there by 2027. to do what they want (migrate existing libraries in a truly usable way).
It'll be great once it actually matures, I just feel like the goal was too aggressive.

Time for PX to setup a timer until GP price increase in their header..

Played through the Tales of Kenzera: ZAU before, and it's a decent game. Had the misfortune of being released around the same time as new Prince of Persia which was realistically a more imaginative game, but even if it is by the numbers metroidvania, setting was refreshing.

I've played through Quantum Break recently, still a decent fun game.. ironically, my PC wasn't able to run it back when it was released.

Maybe they could start doing what Netflix did (given it's similarly a subscription model), and instead present hours played?
Might be a more accurate metric regarding how a game did, if engagement is what they are going for.

@MrMagic I'm constantly trying to use AI, but damn it today it hallucinated existence of a parameter in the API spec, and then based the full implementation plan around that non-existent value.
I'd like to meet people using this rubbish to actually make their job easier and quicker, not different type of challenging and usually slower.

What is wrong with MS. First time in many years they were having an opportunity to turn their image around, and they do something like this.
Similar to Tango once, it seems like success does not correlate with job security at Microsoft.

@OldGamer999 you do understand Nintendo will likely release cheaper handheld only version afterwards (Lite).
I don't oppose the idea of a purely home console version, but I would need to be presented with a final price (270 is uninformed guess I wouldn't estimate too differently, but if it's 320 or more I don't believe it makes sense to target another SKU).

First of all, leaks might not end up being true.
But if they are, I'm not sure where this fits in a world where Switch 2 exists. It's an GP machine, sure. But it's clunkier, less slick, does not "Switch", and is marginally stronger (not a generational leap, if you are targeting one platform, you'll likely target the other too). Even stronger is debatable as it wouldn't have DLSS and other Nvidia tricks we might not know as of now.
However, if I remember correctly MS is looking at this as a test to learn from, and future proper handheld Xbox might be far better.

Kind of don't care, it's MS version of TLOU Part 1. Second remaster of an old game, except Gears is even older and it only bumps resolution compared to first remaster. Naughty dog at least actually remade the game on their second try

Well, I kind of get it. Me myself took a long break after an exceptionally long and demanding (consuming) project. If anything, it's fair to yourself and the world, recharging before dedicating to the next thing..