@NeoRatt the record vinyl sales and uptick in blu ray movie sales says that it’s not digital only sooo

@abe_hikura as is the nature of Xbox’s stupid track record of physical releases.

@Daniel1221 it’s a half measure at best. Yes it’s better then nothing but Xbox and Halo do not deserve the credit they are obviously trying to get.

This is like getting kicked in one nut instead of two. Xbox taking a dig at PlayStation about physical games is ironic cause while Sony maybe stoping physical releases in a year and a half at least PlayStation does actual proper physical releases for their games instead of the bs that Xbox does.

lol poor dawnwalker

Xbox really doesn’t give a F anymore.

Oh yeah Xbox studios are about to get shafted hard today cause Xbox like too follow Sonys bad news with worse news

@Lightbubulz Deathloop sold like 4 or 5 million copies and was a GOTY caliber game.

@lacerz one single example instead of how many we are looking at with Xbox?

Man what a terrible company Xbox is. Studios get bought out do as they’re told and then get shut down. Yes Sony shuts down studios too but they didn’t spend over $90 billion on studios only to shut down ones that released well reviewed games that seemingly performed well like tango and Arkane Lyon have done. Mean crap they want too focus more on AAA exclusives, a AAA big budget marvel ip is a good bet.🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

@fatpunkslim lol cause Xbox is the most trustworthy company and deserves the benefit from the doubt

I get that this might not have been the best game to publish but I swear Xbox seems incapable of making smart 2nd party deals. Xbox has problems buying studios that have no prior connection with them and they have problems with starting their own studios, and now they are too scare of making bets with potential new 2nd party teams even though that’s literally how we got playground. This is the area where Xbox should be making bets.

@Wilshiire way too make excuses for horrible management.

Insane. I still will give Matt Booty hate and smoke cause this is mostly on him. At this point selfishly I just want the bigger AAA studios to be maintained selfishly. I would have wished that Xbox would have elevated some of these teams to higher levels but that didn’t happen. In reality these AA teams if the want to continue to make games at the levels they have been they would be better off being independent as sad as that is.

@fatpunkslim you’re right about the pro, which is why the base ps5 is still the best console too have

@J_Mo_Money I call it how I see it. You are saying Gears E day isn’t a live service game when it’s going to have mtx and is a full multiplayer game. You act like gears reloaded is a good indicator of ps5 sales when it was a middling remaster of a 10 year old remaster. Reality is that these price hikes are another rake that Xbox stepped on. Xbox messed more then PlayStation does, that’s the reality of things.

@Millionski gears reloaded failed cause it was a middling remaster of a 10 year old remaster. A brand new gears game if it reviewed well could do very well on ps5.

@MinervaX76 they didn’t buy gears reloaded cause it was a remaster of a remaster.

@J_Mo_Money lol

@Schonks can you not read?? The prices increase comes in August…

@Schonks the disc drive ps5 is $650. The disc drive Xbox series x is going to be $800…. But go on and lie too yourself bud.

@BacklogBrad probably wait a year or two and it’ll come to ps5 cause Xbox won’t make their money back.

@shiny-enzo this one puts Xbox ahead smart one….

@MidnightDragonDX ironic that Microsoft is one of the main drivers behind it

@Questionable_Duck maybe. But for right now Xbox keep stepping on rakes.

It’s impressive how Xbox can outshine PlayStation with bad news. Anyways good luck trying to get that $400 million back and try to sell consoles with this.

@J_Mo_Money lol

Unfortunately but not shocking. Very selfish to say but I hope the rumor of ninja theory, compulsion, double fine, worlds edge and the flight sim team being the ones to shut down is right and the others are left,

@Banjo- lol it’s not a bad game but with wasn’t great either. Also yes of course it sold like crap on ps5 and switch 2 cause it’s a middling to average game and it released a full year later.

I do wonder if the expansive and unique single player mode could end up giving this game the edge over Forza Horizon 6, at least in terms of awards season. Playground is without question one of the best studios working today but it’s very fair to say that their single player offerings with 6 is easily its worst part. Not bad but it is its weak aspect. Either way new games in genres that do well is always good and Playgorund can definitely use some more competition in the arcade side of racing.

Not shocking but it’s also not my biggest issue with GTA 6. $80 for a code in a box is nasty work. But at least it helps my gaming schedule by freeing up November.

@BacklogBrad those games aren’t bad but they are more of the same form their developers and series and like I said good isn’t really good enough nowadays.

@J_Mo_Money yes from a consumer side it’s great but from a business side it’s not.

@BacklogBrad I am talking about making big AAA games. Not everything needs to be full AAA but Xbox didn’t have enough. Yes clockwork isn’t out yet but everything about it has been looking great. So take that out and I’ll still hold up the prime example of what a new ip/ experiences that more of Xbox’s teams should be doing like Indiana jones.

@somnambulance think ideally game pass would work like the big streamers handle movies. Have the big game launch where you make most of your money and then 6-12 months later after the game made most of its sales then you put it on game pass.

@J_Mo_Money those games being on game pass is where the “slop” allegations are coming from. with those games being 1st party and being given so long to be made they need to be better. I don’t blame those studios entirely cause it’s mainly on Xbox for doing a ***** job of managing their teams

@BacklogBrad I’m all for making new ip, but it needs to be done in a smart way. The way Xbox was doing it isn’t it. South of Midnight is a great idea in premise but it took 6+ years for a 10 hour game with middling combat that took $100 million to make. I’m all for new ip and game ideas that are actual games and at that price point they need to be great AAA games. Games like Indiana Jones and Clockwork revolution are what more Xbox teams should be doing.

@J_Mo_Money 8’s aren’t good enough when they take 6+ years or development and $100 million to make for a sub 10 hour experience with either middling combat or hardly any combat.

@BacklogBrad it’s the truth. Most games nowadays are good but there’s so many good games where good isn’t good enough. Especially if games like South of midnight and hellblade 2 take 6+ years and almost $100 million budgets too make:

@BacklogBrad yes. Those scores are not good enough for most games to find success, especially when you are apart of a 1st party ecosystem.

@J_Mo_Money game pass is doing so well they took cod off of it day one. Game pass is the reason why studios like compulsion and ninja theory are in trouble. Phil’s idea of game pass was and isn’t sustainable.

@somnambulance rereading your comment actually think we are closer in sentiment too game pass then not. I’m more so just trying to say that while Netflix is one of the few companies in streaming that is making it work it’s still isn’t the best comparison too game pass cause subscription models just are not it for gaming.

@BacklogBrad those games are not the slop he’s talking about, and slop is too harsh of a word in most cases. He’s talking about average games from Xbox first party like avowed, south of midnight, and hellblade 2 the last two of which took too much time and money to make for as middling as they are. Xbox has had few GOTY caliber hit games. I’m talking about Indiana jones and Forza horizon levels.

@J_Mo_Money the fact that most of their recent output for 1st party hasn’t met expectations says otherwise

@J_Mo_Money gamers want high quality games and for the most part Xbox’s first party output has been just decent.

@BacklogBrad cause it would lead to a more healthy business for Xbox. Subscription services are a race too the bottom, that’s the moon ceo’s main point. From a consumer yes of course it’s a great deal but it’s more short term gain and long term losses.