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@NeutronBomb these days almost no game is sadly

@fizban3332 you’re absolutely correct. Microsoft needs to market their games better though. Make some sequels, choose their main characters, do cross-marketing (like super smash bros did, or make skins in halo ultimate for their other games, i would love a red or black redfall skin with the teeth on my helmet, or decoration or an event for other games in forza), make yourself and the games you stand for known better.

Or do some marketing áfter the game has released. It’s so weird we see a reception trailer on their xbox youtube for high on life TODAY. After months of that game being available. Where is the after-market hi-fi rush? That game should get attention every week for a month at least. It’s a game that could thrive on hype.

It’s also weird: IGN’s xbox podcast made the comment that ‘Microsoft managed to build a great streaming infrastructure, and for that, they’re now punished, which is really odd.’

It’s correct. They have the best cloud gaming service out there. Google tried it, failed, mainly due to a bad business model. Amazon is still there with Luna. Facebook has a very bad service laying around somewhere. Nvidia has the best competition for Microsoft. Am I missing a player here?

Microsoft is the only one actually investing much in cloud gaming. Actually building the infrastructure. And now they’re not allowed this deal which would benefit a lot of services, but also cloud gaming as a whole.

I agree with Nvidia on this.

Cloud gaming needs a player like Microsoft to build and mange the infrastructure, but also a game that appeals to the masses and for which all these investments are worth it.

Otherwise, cloud gaming stays as lukewarm as it is now. I only used it for jrpg’s (final fantasy series) on my phone when those games were on Gamepass.

I really liked this trailer, now I’m very much looking forward playing this game next week!

I’d buy a portable system with game pass that can play the games well without cloud streaming anytime.

@NEStalgia thank you for your comment, i didn’t know all that, very informative!

SE has been at war with other console manufacturers for decades. They just had to find a new target after making up with Nintendo.

Maybe it has something to do with the NFT shop that Sony has been working at, and Xbox saying to SE they don’t want to develop such a thing…?

@themightyant they also had a few showings already with playable demos at game shows such as Pax Australia in 2019. They are indeed not helping themselves… or other indie devs for that matter.

@Kramlar i agree with you. Yes, hollow knight is a great game, but there are tons of other great games in these directs as well. So petty to not pay attention to those that should be in the spotlight too.

Wow, impressive one! I like it a lot.

And it makes me looking forward to Starfield’s showcase. I hope the UI and the art of Starfield will be equally impressive.

They could have just changed the top lightning/shade from green to red. I would probably have bought that.

Xbox also misses FF pixel remasters 1-6 and the upcoming FF 16 and 7 Remake pt 2.

Sony is probably making plans to gobble up SE.

@Tharsman who does get along with Sony nowadays?

Capcom, EA, Square Enix and Bandai Namco and that’s more or less about it from the big guns.

How trustworthy is the source, does anyone know? I haven't bought Shin Megami Tensei IV yet and would like to know whether I will buy it digitally on the 3ds or whether I will wait for a physical version on the Switch.

I think the owner was playing the game Scorn and accidentally left it on standby during the night.

@KaijuKaiser game sales say absolutely nothing when the game releases day one on a subscription service.

@Nintendo4Sonic yeh, but i see the same games mentioned multiple times in a lot of articles.

I’d say these articles are a bit too often. I think this is the third or maybe fourth time I see that FFXIII is leaving.

Feels as if a ton is leaving Game Pass every day while there’s only a handful being cycled through every month.

@Titntin I’d say just try out Soul Hackers 2 for yourself for an hour and see what you think yourself

That’s the beauty of Game Pass!

Cammy is so cool, love the redesign.

All fighting games seem to get a sequel this year, MK 12, Tekken 8, Street Fighter 6 (btw you didn’t report on what was shown by Capcom yesterday, Pure Xbox, that Cammy trailer was great. ), am I missing one?

@Savage_Joe i didn’t know… pity. Edit: just read the article, apparently the co-founders of Moon started bullying other Xbox teams? Uncool…

And yeah… acti-blizz should be purged. I actually stopped playing their games after I read the news a couple of years back, with the workers even striking in front of the office. I’m hoping for the better after that deal…

I really thought Moon Studios was a Microsoft owned studio?

They should be to be honest! Such a talented group of developers, artists, managers etc. over there. Loved the ori games!

With gyro please! Make it possible that having the option will be the industry wide standard in fps games from now on.

Well, guess the deal will go through.

Can’t wait to play Candy Crush on my Xbox Series X with glorious 4k graphics and 120 efpus.

Lies of P is on Game Pass?

Wow, I didn’t know.

Such an awesome service

Why is it a problem that Starfield is exclusive?

Afaik Spiderman is Exclusive, right? And so is Wolverine? And other games made by studios gobbled up by Sony?…

When looking at the impact game trials have on switch sales, I think that impact is pretty big.

Uno for instance was on the top of the sellers list for over a week right after the game trial ran out. And that happens more often. The game trial was combined with a discount though.

I do not often make use of the free trials Xbox provides though… probably because it is on a weekly schedule. I just forget it exists due to that.

@Tharsman ah, learning something new every day. Thanks!

And Astral Chain IS owned by Nintendo, am I right?

@Neverwild From what I know the IP Cuphead is owned by Microsoft, just as Bayonetta is owned by Nintendo.

Also, weird line to draw. Following your reasoning Sony didn’t make Ratchet n Clank or Spiderman.

Also, Ori is a game series made and released on other platforms afterwards.

@Arkantos2990 Atomic heart is a new game.

And so will S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 be. Oh, and MLB the show is.

Day one on any platform, 3d party.

@UltimateOtaku91 @pip_muzz atomic heart releases on day one on game pass. And so did the monster hunter rise and persona ports.

@StonyKL I’m sure Microsoft has a quality check before putting a game on game pass.

There’s as good as zero shovelware on the service.

@StonyKL you’re missing one bit here I think, that Microsoft releases multiplatform games (minecraft, cuphead, …) and you can also still buy a game for pc, cloud, console instead of playing it on game pass.

So Game Pass is just an extra option in the whole lineup of ways to play. Unlike netflix movies.

@Lavalera it is a shame, indeed. Especially because I discovered playing turn-based jrpg’s with xcloud gaming is absolutely great on my iphone. I replayed Octopath Traveler on the daily train to work that way.

@Lavalera yeah, I don’t think there are many games made by Japanese developers left on game pass tbh. No Konami, Square Enix, Capcom or Bandai Namco afaik. Mainly Sega/Atlus left.

It’s about time they get the Actiblizz deal sorted out so Xbox is able to give Game Pass more appeal again (instead of keeping it relatively small) with renewed contracts with developers / publishers. Or just flood it with indie releases.

Well, if CoD is dying might as well hand it over to Xbox, right ps-ers?

@stvevan please read my comment again and then try again.

In their mind Microsoft is a bigger company because they mail with outlook and they write reports in windows.

In entertainment it’s absolutely the contrary though. And it would be wise to let a company like microsoft be able to compete with sony…

Prettier than the Metroid Prime 4 reveal. 💜

Much, much better than I anticipated. Good job, XBOX! A big game day one release every month from april and onwards. And a shadow drop, which might be a first afaik and which looks great!

@Would_you_kindly seriously wondering why you are commenting on this forum and not on pushsquare.

@Mince Ghostwire Tokyo has a 77% grade on metacritic. It’s much better than a Meh….

I’d say a bigger problem for Xbox is that Sony is buying small bonusses for games, such as timed exclusives, exclusive promotions or advertising options, exclusive features, weapons or characters in the game.

Something like the street fighter 2 inclusion in street fighter 6 if you have street fighter 5 on your playstation. It is very small, but it makes the game on playstation feel like the superior version. Xbox needs a couple of long term series to feel superior on Xbox without the need to actually make them.

They could do something with the Dragon Quest series, with GTA, with all EA sports, Mass effect, Star Wars series, Soul Calibur, etc. So those games also say ‘this is what you need an Xbox for’.

@UltimateOtaku91 it’s the revenue for last year for the companies, as pointed out in each of the respective company’s last year results. Those reports are all online to see for everybody.

@UltimateOtaku91 sony has incredibly deep pockets too. ~90.000 billion (total, complete company) vs microsofts ~160.000 billion. Compare that to Nintendo’s ~15.000 billion and by FTC’s logic both Sony and Microsoft shouldn’t be allowed to even buy a hotdog-stand in front of their main headquarters anymore.

@UltimateOtaku91 it’s game publishing revenue, indeed.

I also didn’t take Sony’s hardware sales other than the PS5 into account.

@Trmn8r they probably all have a playstation at home, or received one recently.

What if the deal doesn’t go through?

Xbox might buy EA and pull all sports games from Sony’s platform out of spite. Or even Take Two for GTA, Capcom for RE or Street Fighter, or Square Enix for Final Fantasy…

And Activision Blizzard might not close any deal with Sony afterwards out of spite since they will probably lose a lot of value on the stock market.

Btw… microsoft and AB game publishing revenue combined doesn’t even reach Sony’s revenue. Seriously… what is Sony smoking….? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_publisher