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Alright, Sony. Time to get your house in order. The exodus of Jim Ryan/Connie Booth, Media Molecule, the non-existence of Factions and the continued sh#tstorm at Bungie. I think backroom politics are starting to bleed out into these studios, full stop.

@heyalright sorry but gamers complain about everything these days, so it’s hard to take the “community” seriously. Jacking up prices on things? Sure. An ad that randomly pops up that is now gone? Not worth my time to rage over.

So basically disproportionate outrage from the gaming community that, once again, is a nothing burger. Good. People can move on with their lives now.

What comes out first, this, or Abandoned?

Titanfall was AWESOME and one of the main games i remember from the early years of the Xbox One. Now, with game pass and both an xbox series X and S i have plenty to keep me fed and in 2024 I'll have even more.

Excited for the future.

Its because Sony’s policy is to have on disc dlc be classified as its own product i believe so there is reclassification and expenses on CDPR side to get that done. It’s a Sony policy that maybe needs to be changed since it isnt required on other platforms i believe.

Just goes to show that most people dont spend their time on twitter/internet or look at metacritic and just the games. Now we can see why ABK was such a golden egg for Xbox. Can’t wait to have the resources funded into other games within ABK, hopefully. StarCraft 3 in the future.

@Markatron84 exactly. Persistent multiplayer games with skins, battle passes, lobbies needing to be fed is way different than a single player game.

More revenue, more games, more value for game pass. I already have a hard time keeping up with these games and once more start flooding in? So much value. Can't wait to see what awesome content is coming next year!

@Kaloudz it's game pass i tell you! spend full price on a game because i said so!

Interesting finger-pointing about Game Pass in an article that clearly states it didn't chart in the top 150 on either platform. It's snowing out today, must be game pass's fault too.

Starcraft BroodWar is my most played game in history, hundreds of hours on MP 2v2 zero clutter infinite resources on user map settings.

Lots of great memories and team Zerg still reigns supreme. A good lurker front with hydra with dark swarm to cover. Memories.

@ZYDIO i question whether anyone is really "effected" by this, though. I click the B button and its gone forever.

I don't even look at ads on my xbox. I start my console up and play the game almost immediately. I always know what i'm looking for so there's no need to do endless scrolling to find any of these ads.

I have no problem ignoring them entirely. They don't effect me in the slightest.

@Zochmenos when sony raised prices to $70 at the beginning of the generation did they take a stand? Nope. When Nintendo closed the virtual console and nickel dimed for lazy ports of older games did they take a stand? Nope. When someone charges you $30 for a stand that used to be included did they take a stand? Nope. But an ad for a new product that takes 1 second to click away is the final straw.

I needed a good laugh, today, man.

@Zochmenos indeed. Makes you wonder if any of these people could have survived even 20-30 years ago. It's the participation trophy era where people just want to complain about the most trivial things because they're bored with home life. They probably don't even play games, really.

I wonder how long before companies will start putting commercials on cable and marketing on food products ... oh my God ... IT'S HAPPENING!

@Zochmenos I say we all make a support group and meet up. Maybe we can go to every company that does advertising and protest outside said company. That could take a while ...

@Zochmenos be sure to clutch your pearls with one hand and shake your fist at the sky with the other when you do it.

@Banjo- Yeah the boss fights for the castle at each level are pretty much the same each time. In fact, even with Super Mario Odyssey i felt the boss fights underwhelming.

That's one area i'd say I want mario to improve.

@theduckofdeath it's almost like the people that complain that xbox doesn't have any marketing and needs to do better are complaining that xbox is marketing there stuff lol I was happy they promoted Starfield, happy about Forza, and happy about this. I saw it, clicked a button, and it was gone.

Love seeing the marketing at work. It ain't the boogeyman, here.

Dead Space for sure. About half way through the remake and really enjoying it so far!

@cburg back when i was growing up we had to actually rewind our movies on a cassette tape! It was horrific. Isn't that MIND BLOWING? lol

Yeah, its never a good look when a bunch of top people at a company are "leaving" aka fired or let go. First Jim Ryan "retires," then Connie Booth is gone, her team is upset, Media Molecule, Fire Sprite, and now this? All in a short amount of time.

Get your house in order, Sony. Good grief.

@InvaderFromSpace This really is the era of fake outrage and "look at me!" talk. I swear a lot of these dudes probably never even go outside the home ...

I drove down the road the other day and BOOM, a billboard popped out of nowhere trying to sell me a big mac. I had to pull over and compose myself. The absolute horror it introduced to my day was astounding!

@JayJ Ah, a man of taste.

Glad to see. Currently playing Dead Space on game pass and excited on the massive wealth of IPs that Microsoft now has.

Of course it's great, it was always gonna be great. Great for gamers, great for employees to unionize, and great for the industry.

@RetroMan71 of course I'm also leery of the madden syndrome with those types of games where it feels too "samey" and is it worth the money compared to the last one.

@RetroMan71 How's the new WRC game compare to the other ones? Might get it for my brother for Christmas since he likes those types of games.

@JayJ EXACTLY. I mean, if I listened to the people that told me pineapple doesn't belong on a pizza, then i would have missed out on that awesomeness.

We'd have problems 'round here!

@TheGrizMan mighty fine avatar you got there.

@Banjo- super mario world is my favorite mario game of all time, remember getting the snes in 1991 with it. While this definitely has tropes to that i wouldnt say its a HUGE inspiration to it or anything. I’m half way id say and its a great game, but one thing i still miss that they just dont do anymore it seems is the koopa kids.

They defined mario world (and 3) for me and i wish they were in this one.

@GeeEssEff i’m not sure what you having a full time job has to do with forming your own opinion? I have all of those things too, and i was gaming WAY before metacritic existed. High on Life was one of my favorite games last year and it has a 67 on metacritic because reviewers “didn’t like the writing.” Gaming journalism from big sites has gone way down hill these days, and i dont need someone like the jimquisition telling me if i should like a game or not. Takes minimal time to watch some videos and read up on a game, and i know if I’m gonna like something or not these days. I’m not gonna choose one game over another because something might be an 8.5 and another is an 8.7. That, frankly, is asinine to me.

@Banjo- currently enjoying super Mario wonder and dead space remake (which just got into game pass so i can use the money i saved on xbox to get super mario). Great time to be a gamer.

@JayJ hell, xbox just won publisher of the year a few years back. Now having doom, diablo, cod ect first party? I dont have the TIME to play all this amazing stuff …

@OldGamer999 i stopped caring about metacritic years ago, i dont need someone to tell me how my food tastes and need a 95 to enjoy a game. Starfield was epic for me, hifi rush a nice surprise, both did well for xbox. Forza has the foundation to be incredible long term, and ABK will add even more value to the service i cant see myself cancelling Not to mention the content coming to halo has given it new life. Excited for the future of xbox.

@Darude84 yeah, Starfield is already one of Bethesda’s most successful launches, reached 11 million players already, and dominated headlines all month. Xbox also saw the biggest game pass sub jump that day than at any other point in game pass history, and also was top of npd last month while also being on game pass and will have a huge tail to it that people will come back to. HiFi rush was also incredible, Halo is seeing a comeback, and we got age of empires on console and closed abk.

Sometimes the things people say just make no sense. Aside from Redfall 2023 has been incredible for xbox and game pass!

@LoquaciousB yeah Sony is having some MAJOR happenings going on. Jim Ryan (leaving) Connie Booth fired, her team basically wanting to quit, Factions on ice, Firesprite in extreme mismanagement, now this? Sony’s future is simply not that rosie right now and their future roadmap is anyones guess. Meanwhile, xbox has a clear roadmap of what they want to do and how they want to achieve it.

I think Sony has been hiding the trouble of long term sustainability with console sales. Not to mention PSVR2 is going the way of the Vita at this point.

No idea what is going on but it ain’t good over there right now.

This is an absolute steal of a deal, i use my series S almost as much as my X and love it. $300 dollars out the door for hundreds of games and recent releases? Meanwhile, the new playstation digital is $150 more AND $70 per games? Insane difference in price both short and long term. With the recent ***** going on at sony with layoffs, firings, cancellation ect (especially with the abk deal done) the future of gaming at Xbox looks brighter than bright.

Starfield has been an unmitigated success (especially with having 11mil players already) and im excited to see what the dlc will be in the future.

I mean, it only took a year and a half for this “big update” so i’m curious where Forza will be in a year and a half …

@swagbag7 Activision published it, FS developed it.

And Jim Ryan is MIA. Fitting.

Never a doubt. When the FTC blocked i said never a doubt. When the cma blocked i said never a doubt. And now, here we are. Greatest acquisition in gaming, and like i said @Kaloudz … NEVER A DOUBT!

This is crazy value when you realize Sony is dropping their “slim” all digital for $450 with a stand sold separately. I already have an X and S since launch so hopefully others enjoy it!

@awp69 i think people just want to point to the low-hanging fruit and use the same tires narratives all the time. Glad MS has been putting out some great first party content this year and great game pass drops for me not to care about stuff like this. When the ABK deal closes just more stuff for me to play!

This is why im glad MS just continues to purchase studios so they dont have to worry about this kinda stuff. If devs want to play favorites then i’ll play favorites and not buy their products. When it underperforms i wont feel sorry for em. Glad gamepass is keeping me WELL FED this year with banger after banger most months. Can’t complain.

@FatalBubbles Didn't Guitar Hero follow in Rock Band's shoes and release other instruments at some point? Coulda sworn they did.

Never. A. Doubt. And by the way, Star Craft Broodwar is probably my most played game of all time. Zerg for the absolute WIN!