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@cburg The point was I was correcting you.

@WhiteRabbit They had the 1st release date set but not the second one they also relocated to Prague when the war broke out so the game hasn't been developed in a warzone either.

@cburg Except the game isn't being made in Ukraine. Almost all of them relocated to Prague when war broke out and opened their new studio there.

This reeks of desperation.

😂 This news is priceless. Well it definitely gave me a good laugh at least. 🤣

@Sifi Yeah and it's good job their whole business model hasn't just devolved into pushing Gamepass... oh, wait.

@101Force Aren't those all games that can be bought for about $20 each in the sales anyway? At least that way you'd own them.

And how long until the next inevitable price increase?

Well it failed to crack the top 20 most played on Xbox as well so people can't say it doesn't matter if it flopped in sales because of gamepass because it flopped on there as well.

@rustyduck I was just told Obsidian said it would be a very short RPG and yeah I've just read the article myself and they did say it would be about the same length as the outer worlds which isn't short at all, I actually hate games that overstay their welcome but I'm not sure where you're getting 300 hours from? I'm sorry but replays don't count.

Outer worlds main story is about 13 hours and it is only double that with side missions.

@Sifi @Sifi Not sure what you're actually talking about?

Do you need me to post more links to loads of different games and some other sites because I will?

No mention of how they said this game is going to be very short by RPG standards?

Typical gamepass fodder.

Some of you guys are hilarious. What exactly do you expect Xbox to say?

Xbox: It's the Series Potato's fault.

Yeah right as if they'd admit that, it's obvious Jez is just running his usual damage control.

@Jireland92 @Stoned_Patrol If it is on PS4 then it is on PS5 but yeah there's no actual native PS5 version simply because of money. They'd have to make more improvements for the PS5 version so it's simply a cost saving measure.

Is it me or does this feel like PX just rubbed some salt into the wound. 😁

@cburg Games like High on life, Scorn and the Medium would like a word.

Xbox still does it but they do it with low quality games.

I seem to have ruffled some feathers last night when I was drunk before I went to bed lol. Either way even if I was miss remembering some stuff I was still right about Sony's revenue being more then ABK & Xbox combined and the higher revenue from them is nothing more than a fanboy prediction.

@Banjo- Yep I remember reading they were in the red for one of the quarters, actually I think it may have been with integration costs of ABK or something I can also remember Xbox revenue being down 4% without ABK and console sales being down 30% and like I said before if you add ABK and Xbox full fiscal year revenue together then it was still less than Sony's.

Yep Sony has some long term debt lol. Big deal, that's actually pretty normal and maybe you haven't been paying attention but this Gen is already Sony's most profitable generation ever.

I'm off to bed now anyway but I'll source that for you tomorrow.

@Banjo- Nope, not because of the $69b they just didn't turn a profit without ABK and what I said still stands.

If you add ABK's and Xbox total fiscal revenue for 2023 together it was still less than Sony's.

8:26 of the IGN interview

Phil: you are going to see more of our games on other platforms and we just see that as a benefit to the franchises we're building.

I guess it's just a matter of time until more ports are announced.

@Banjo- Except Sony still had more revenue at their Q4 fiscal even with ABK it was still less than Sony's $30 billion also Xbox didn't make any money at all, without ABK they were actually in the red.

@Rmg0731 I think you mean Series Potato

So I guess Rare is all in on live service. Such a shame I'll probably never see anything I want to play from them ever again.

@Sol4ris You could argue that it means it sucked as a long term method of milking fans dry but the actual game was probably good, especially if it was just more factions.

@NEStalgia Except Bungie never said it sucked they were worried about long term engagement, anyone who played the original factions multiplayer knows it was good but there is just not enough their to keep most people coming back for years on end.

@K1LLEGAL Yeah I enjoyed stellar blade but that's a completely different situation. That's actually a decent game with good gameplay that got some harsh criticism because of fanservice but Hellblade is just some artsy fartsy crap that can barely even be considered a game and yet some sites like Eurogamer are blowing smoke up its ass because of the mental health aspect.

@K1LLEGAL Sure except it is reviewing worse than the first one. 79 on PC and I just watched a review from a hardcore Xbox fanboy who likes the first game but he said it is worse and he almost fell asleep because it was boring. 😂

@K1LLEGAL Loads of people are posting their full game play throughs now as well and the game is only 5 hours long instead of the 8 hours they claimed.

@JoyfulFire 5/10 from Metro and a lot of 6/10's

It seems most of the high scores are from Xbox centric sites like SonosXbox, MondoXbox and Generation Xbox, Xbox Tavern etc.

At least PureXbox has some integrity.

Are people still pretending Jez Corden has any credibility?

As others have said Heavenly Sword was my favourite also and it actually saved Ninja Theory from bankruptcy but Enslaved was pretty good so I'd pick that.

Ninja Theory doesn't own the IP's for Heavenly Sword, Enslaved or DMC though.

It's going to be hilarious when this plan blows up in their face lol.

@Sifi Except you can buy digital codes for Playstation games from 3rd party vendors as well.

https://www.cdkeys.com/god-of-war-ragnarok-ps5-eu?__currency=gbp&irclickid=2WCRDWXBOxyPTpjWPA2F1TK1UkHQLlypGSoPzU0&utm_source=impact&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=Booncy%20srl&irgwc=1

@somnambulance I actually scored it a 6/10 on the poll but when I was typing my comment it made me realise that the game was probably worse than that and yeah I've never played Alan Wake 2 because it is digital only so I'm waiting for a deep sale. I wasn't actually comparing them based on quality just on sales performance.

Boring combat and puzzles and a forgettable story, actually did it even have a story? I've forgot. Great sound design and good graphics though but that's about it. 5/10 feels generous but that's what I'd give it.

Hellblade 2 is going to flop worse than Alan Wake 2.

@BAMozzy Your mental gymnastics make no difference. As I said you can try and spin it anyway you want but at the end of the day they are included in your paid subscription, stop paying and you no longer have access so no they are not free and the same goes for playstation plus games.

@BAMozzy @MaccaMUFC You can both try and spin it anyway you want but the fact remains they are not free but included with your paid subscription.

So Rare's just a bunch of hippies.

@Sifi That's cute 😘

This is no different than the medium or high on life going to playstation lol.

Well they need to make sure all their ports will be compatible with the PS6 so it makes sense.

@Beetlebum91 I would say Summer GameFest is the E3 replacement and it'll be on the 7th of June two days before this one.

@cragis0001 Sure in an alternate timeline it is a possibility but I'm talking about the one where in, well at least I was but I've got better things to do at the moment and plus I can't be bothered to keep responding to everyone who keeps messaging me. I'm sure I'll muster enough enthusiasm to celebrate if Microsoft's plans fail again though. 👍

@HonestHick @cragis0001 That was just to get rid of the expensive UMD's which never really reduced in cost to produce, it had nothing to do with home consoles and Blu-ray disks also that second hand fee was to access the online multiplayer portion because back then Singleplayer campaigns were almost always paired with online multiplayer, it would never have destroyed the second hand market, actually it would have just reduced the price of second hand games.

@HonestHick Yeah they are not the main reason traditional console gaming is dying but they do have a hand in it (as do Sony) but the worst part of it is that it is clear that it is actually what Microsoft wants and it is the reason they've been trying to accelerate it every chance they get.

Yeah Sony released an all digital but from the numbers we've seen over the years from different markets it is clear a PS5 with the disc drive still vastly outsold the digital version, especially in Japan so it's clear Sony's fanbase at least prefers to have that option.

I know the digital future is inevitable and Console gaming as we know it will change with the times but I still take issue with Microsoft's obvious attempts to speed up the process.

@cragis0001 The difference is those weren't intended to replace the traditional home console model, they were just additional to it.
Every move Xbox is making is a move to destroy the traditional model.

@HonestHick I talking about Microsoft now trying to kill traditional console gaming, I didn't blame them for the cost of Sony's singleplayer so I'm not sure where you got that from.

@cragis0001 Xbox has been pushing an all digital future since the launch of Xbox one. They wanted to kill the second hand market and they've been manipulating and conditioning their customers with those 50gb discs for years now.