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‘Is this the week we finally hear about Oblivion Remastered?‘

Well, we’ve been hearing about it for ages imho

But is all data included on the disc though?

I don’t see a reason why people would buy into the PS5 closed infrastructure anymore, other than to keep the library they might have built over the years accessible.

Nintendo is more feature rich, xbox is way cheaper and more versatile (via adding xbox play anywhere on pc, mobile), and both will provide more gaming experiences in upcoming years.

Also, i think xbox is making a profit on their services, they don’t have to increase prices on their box.

I literally can’t wait to go on berserk mode in to a T!

Strong opinion which we’re becoming accustomed to from Americans these days.

Apart from splinter cell and maybe rayman, i don’t really see an ip that is worth it for Microsoft.

The franchises will bite each other too much.

Just wait a week or two and the game will receive a large discount

We can assume an exclusivity deal for a year.

Even though they say they haven’t got one.

Mario vs Rabbits.

I don’t see anything else happening

It should be Xbox ‘randomizer word’ X and Xbox ‘randomizer word’ S to keep it aligned with previous names

@RZ-Atom if microsoft was allowed to buy steam we would have had that feature

Not seeing the Starcraft logo at Blizzard’s Ongoing projects makes my Aiur hurt 😢

@IOI I think it’s a decline compared to FY25Q1 only? Apparently Microsoft made 468 million revenue, which is down 7% compared to the quarter before that. That’s amazing revenue, most likely much more than FY24Q1 and FY24Q2, but cant really find exact numbers tbh.

This figure means they ‘only’ need roughly 160 months to recoup actiblizz purchase. (And that’s revenue)

@LX_FENIX well, tbh, there are almost no games on PS only currently that I’m missing on other platforms.

Just FFVII rebirth (which actually just got a Pc release) and Astrobot.

@DennisReynolds they just want more money. And they can via becoming the biggest publisher around.

I don’t think it’s a bad thing, as a consumer we can play xbox’s games however we want, we’re not tethered to a box.

Well, the handheld becomes kind of obsolete if Microsoft puts all games on Switch and Steamdeck? Am I in the wrong?

Curious which unique features they’ll try to sell the handheld with.

Oh my god a new Ice Climbers!

Can’t wait!

@Krzzystuff lol. oh, I messed up, well, can’t wait for the Indy Series to show up! Will take a while though.

@Krzzystuff oh my god indiana jones 2!

Can’t wait!

It’s very new to me that there are so many xbox games in development that we have no idea which 4th studio/game they’ll show in a showcase about 1st party releases this year.

Could be Oblivion, Halo CE, Fable, Everwild, Avowed, the Outer Worlds 2, Clockwork Revolution, Replaced, or even Blade, Contraband, Perfect Dark….

Or 3d party. They promised us Hollow Knight Silksong on gamepass day one years ago.

Microsoft Gaming / Xbox has finally entered wild times so it seems.

@Sol4ris fully agreed

@ryu_niiyama Yes, indeed. I also applaud Nintendo’s philosophy. They are masters at crafting intense games that still look amazing with just bitesized specced hardware (Zelda, Mario, Mario Kart, Luigi’s Mansion, Metroid Prime, Xenoblade chronicles 3). Switch only has 4 GB Ram total. Can’t wait for a little more beefier Nintendo console though. Especially to get rid of the 3d party discussion all the time: ‘but how does it run.’

But yeah, Iwata predicted the current better hardware / lesser software cycle in 2002, hope his spirit will linger on next console generation: https://www.neogaf.com/threads/iwata-predicted-the-current-state-of-xbox-and-playstation%E2%80%A6.1671003/

@dskatter @Ryu_Niiyama thanks for the explanations, honestly helpful!

Still, I’m blabbered by the fact that these game developers developed a game that is in no way a little scalable in this day and age. More than half of all current Steam users has less than 10 GB vRAM. https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam.

I’m no game developer and I therefore should not make this comment.

But how in the world is it possible that 10GB of RAM is too few to optimize your game.

Could it be a new MMO from Rare?

Merry Christmas and thank you for all the hard work of last year! 😊

But do they count phones, tablets and pc’s as xbox-es, since everything’s an xbox?

Xbox becomes too complicated for me as an oldie

Nintendo already owns gaming on the go with the Switch.

Well… playstation has Champions League sponsorship.

Xbox has… darts. Guess who’ll win the ‘console war’.

Is there even a dart game on the consoles?

@Titntin well, you can’t keep on postponing, the developer also needs money.

So I don’t agree with you, I think the game released in this state because of the war and the toll it took, and therefore should be viewed as such when reviewing. (Or as I suggested, don’t give it a number but give that number later on - there’s no way you can compare this development process with other development processes).

But that’s my opinion, of course.

@Titntin even if you’re safe, doesn’t mean all your relatives, friends or others in your direct surroundings are also safe.

Which means there’s ton you will still take with you every day during the war. Not even counting the memories of the war you might have already endured before fleeing to Prague.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner a war is more than ‘an issue’

Those don’t happen very often fortunately, so i think it’s possible to keep integrity up

@pjoreilly Imo: you could have chosen to not rate the game considering the horrible times the developers have gone through, even losing colleagues to the war.

Now the number will go into metacritic and it will affect sales forever. Even if the devs fix every issue you have with the game.

Therefore, this rating just feels too brutal to me.

@DEATH2SONY yes, I agree. This whole show feels Sony-owned.

There’s a reason Nintendo backed down from it.

Final Fantasy XVI and Resident Evil 9?… 🤔

@RiverGenie they released prince of persia though this year which is an absolute gem of a game!

I just want a finished game at launch.

Nintendo is good at that (apart from the pokemon company). Why can’t any of the xbox teams?

@BacklogBrad but Brad, you already have a backlog?

Most games are way cheaper than 20 dollar after a few months anyway. A comparison with 70 dollar day 1 games isn’t a fair one imo.

But sure. You get to pay more for more games on gamepass now that Xbox is a larger publisher. As long as you’re paying for the subscription, though.

@BacklogBrad which in turn becomes more expensive. 2 price hikes within a year.

@BacklogBrad the publishers Xbox gobbled up were already publishing. You gain nothing from Xbox becoming a bigger publisher.

@BacklogBrad @electrolite77 i see, thank you for elaborating. I get my hopes up a little. Would’ve bought a handheld gamepass machine in a heartbeat.

@BacklogBrad it should, i agree. But the twitter message states ‘add-on’. Doesn’t feel like a standalone version of the console to me.

@NEStalgia the quote is ‘add-on’, which means you need the main console too. That’s not a misinterpretation, right?

We’ll see though, it’s all just speculation. I have lost a lot of faith into corporate Microsoft delivering fun games. It all feels way too businessy for my taste.

@BacklogBrad it’s not a two tier approach though. You apparently need the main console in order to play anything on the handheld. Just as is the case with the Sony Portal.

Rubbish if true.

@NEStalgia that can be said though about a lot of franchises. People that play everything Pokémon, everything Fifa or everything Madden for instance? Live service games disguised as yearly releases. With micro transactions.

Not as big as CoD though.

Xbox is dead, long live Microsoft Gaming. Where they don’t care about top-notch exclusives on the box, but ok-ish games on every platform.

Indy getting delayed would be a shame (might be a great 3d metroidvania) but I expect it to happen at this point. It’s a game that doesn’t fit the new Microsoft Gaming mantra, so why should it release?

I’m also awaiting the upcoming Microsoft Marketing Mess where they’ll tell the game runs only at 1080p and does not support feature X on the xbox series S. (Or that they forget to advertise it at all). Or that a report leaks out where it’s said that the game has 3 months of exclusivity and then comes to PS5. Or that you’re able to buy a super suit or 3 additional story levels for more money.

No I’m not salty at all 😅

Yes, still the worst. There’s no way to explain the name to parents or little kids. And you should be able to do both easily if you want to sell an entertainment product. What does ‘xbox’ mean? What does ‘series’ mean and what does the X and S stand for? Still no idea. We also saw it with the Wii U. (What does the U even mean and is it an upgrade or an addon?!)

Playstation is easy. And 5 > 4. Marketing done. Also, Nintendo Switch is perfect. Brand + feature as one name.

Why didn’t they name it Xbox Two X and Xbox Two S? Would’ve been way easier.

Well, to be honest, the marketing of Microsoft is bad in general. I’m missing their ‘story’. Playstation is sports, super heroes and adult arpg’s, Nintendo is family friendly and a boat load of nostalgia. What is Microsoft selling? Just feels to me they’re making ‘corporate games’ without that bit of a soul currently. Just feels they want to get the games out the door without any shbam or hearth.

Also: What would make me buy a console when there’s an add for the firestick ‘play without a console’? And what would make me want to buy a game when it’s in development for years, being shown for years, but the final product is not marketed in the last months and does not hold any secrets anymore?

Microsoft is horrible at marketing, and i don’t see that as a budget issue only.

The holy trinity:

• super metroid
• the legend of zelda: a link to the past
• super mario world

Oh wait, wrong forum!
Although: You can emulate still on an xbox series S, right?

In that case: Lufia II: Rise of the Sinestrals. i’ll hide it somewhere in the roms folder and nobody will notice I’ll bring a 4th game.