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@Banjo- Seeing how enthusiastic you are about the Fatal Frame series, and this game in particular, makes me want to play it.

@ScalenePowers Legends is the only Mega Man subseries left, I think, but there are a bunch of miscellaneous Mega Man games that could get bundled in a collection, as well.

The collection was actually announced in the Japanese version of the Nintendo Direct today, but it strangely was omitted from the English one. Not sure why.

@andrewsqual I agree with you on one thing. FF7 Remake is an amazing game, and despite what some people say, it's easily the best FF game Square Enix has released in the last decade.

However, there is no reason to believe that FF7 Remake's quality is due to its exclusivity. Something tells me you will call FF7 Remake Part 3 a trash game just because it'll launch on Xbox day-one.

@Lup Kinda agreed. I mean no disrespect to the man, cuz he was clearly a great artist, but I'm not a big fan of Akira Toriyama's art style. Not sure why, maybe it's just too cartoonish for me?

Still interested in checking out the Dragon Quest games, though.

@TrollOfWar They never had a deal for the entire trilogy, that was something that people on the internet made up for some reason.

If there was an exclusivity deal for the entire trilogy, it would have made no sense for FF7 Remake and FF7 Rebirth to have exclusivity deals with different lengths. Remake was a 1-year exclusive (with Intergrade being exclusive for an extra 3 or so months), while Rebirth was a 3-month exclusive.

@masofdas If there was an exclusivity deal for the third FF7 Remake installment, they wouldn't be announcing Xbox, PC, and Switch 2 ports of the game beforehand. That defeats the entire purpose of making it PS-exclusive in the first place.

@InterceptorAlpha Not necessarily, since the Xbox version will most likely launch on the same day as the PlayStation version.

Also, it's likely that Nintendo paid for exclusivity for this game.

I assume FF7 Remake Part 3 will be on all platforms day one

Give me a Trails in the Sky Xbox port announcement, as well as Atelier Ryza trilogy on Game Pass.

I know this will never happen, but I wish Persona 5 Strikers would get an Xbox port, as well.

@johnedwin @Trmn8r That's not the cost of the DLC, that's the cost of the Digital Premium Edition upgrade. That includes/included the DLC, along with the 3-day early access, art book, etc.

The DLC should be less than $35.

@SMJ Yes, it is free if you got the Premium Edition. I got the upgrade at launch to play three days early and, because of it, I don't have to pay extra for the DLC.

@vrubayka Wukong uses frame gen on PS5, but it surprisingly doesn't use the feature on Xbox

@Weebleman Yes, but they never commented on the exclusivity deal rumors. All they have to do is answer a simple "yes or no" question, but to this day, they still haven't responded.

Also, technically speaking, both things can be true at the same time. Game Science struggling to get Wukong running on Xbox could be the reason why they took a deal with Sony at the last minute. This is all just speculation, of course, but still.

@Weebleman If there was no exclusivity deal, the devs at Game Science could have simply just come out and said, "no, we didn't sign an exclusivity deal with Sony." But, in spite of the fact that many outlets have repeatedly asked them this question, they have refused to respond.

Whether they actually signed a deal or not, Game Science is to blame for not shedding light on the matter.

@RegnumSolipsi Child of Eden is already available on Xbox without Kinect support, and it plays fine with a regular controller. Not as good as with a Kinect, of course, but still good.

@Markatron84 Slightly off topic but your Helldivers pfp is great btw

So many games that interest me in both this week and last.

I've already pre-ordered Helldivers 2 (and I got a free code for Gears of War: Reloaded), but I'll sadly be waiting for a sale for both Shinobi and MGS Delta.

Believe it or not, I've never actually played Gears of War 1 or MGS 3, so when I do eventually check those games out, they'll be new experiences for me.

@TheCrafter1578 It's not a Soulslike, but from what I can tell, it's an RPG with extraction shooter elements. Without the shooting part, of course.

Don't know if it can be played offline or in singleplayer

Two shadowdrops - both this and Triangle Strategy - is pretty awesome

What's really surprising is that they brought this game to Xbox before PlayStation. From what I can tell, it hasn't been announced or released for PS5 yet.

Square Enix did a similar thing with the first Octopath Traveler.

EDIT: It's out on PS5 now, as well, it turns out.

@Sindayl Ehhh... Sony porting at least one of their AAA single-player first-party titles to Xbox is a matter of when, not if, at this point.

@TrollOfWar The Fire Emblem games are also all developed by a third-party company: Intelligent Systems. Yet, no one ever considers the Fire Emblem games as second-party or third-party exclusives (even though second-party would probably be the more proper term), because Nintendo owns the Fire Emblem IP.

Also, Intelligent Systems has, to my knowledge, never developed a game for a non-Nintendo platform before, despite not even being owned by Nintendo.

@Kaloudz Yeah, you could listen to music discs and (I think) MP3s on the OG Xbox. Not sure if you could do that at the same time as playing a video game, though.

@WildConcept6 FF7 Remake is only five years old (it came out in early 2020), but it was announced five years before it was officially released. And yes, it was always intended to be a trilogy, even back when it was first revealed at E3 2015.

@FraserG No problem!

@WildConcept6 It's funny that Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Shenmue 3, two of the most hyped PlayStation-exclusive games at Sony's E3 2015 press conference, were both finally announced for Xbox exactly a decade later.

@TrollOfWar Exactly, but people were still denying this.

@Kaloudz This and Death Stranding are basically the perfect games to play while listening to a podcast imo.

Also, in ETS2, you can actually listen to the real-life radio in-game, which is a nice bonus. Not sure if that feature will make it into the console ports, but hopefully it does.

@Godot25 I remember when people were insisting that PlayStation put Helldivers 2 on Xbox in order to appease Arrowhead or something lol

@FraserG Although Xbox One is listed as one of the platforms for the game, it says in the description that it's only coming to Xbox Series X/S.

@Eejay American Truck Simulator has an Xbox and PlayStation store page, too!

@Fiendish-Beaver Bubsy 3D is technically the first Bend Studio game to be released on an Xbox console lol

@JayJ Yeah, it must have been hard to get an Atari Jaguar game running on modern hardware. This is one of the only times I can think of where a Jaguar game is included in a retro collection.

By the way, Fractured Furry Tales sold less than 9,000 copies, according to Atari.

I'll go against the grain and say yes. Even though I'm not fond of how Game Science handled the Xbox port, I've already pre-ordered the game because it was on discount, and it seems like it won't go on sale again anytime soon.

@FraserG Thanks for the info!

@FraserG Unrelated to the article at hand, but I've been meaning to ask, is Pure Xbox gonna do a review for Helldivers 2? I think if there's any game that deserves a review from you guys, it's that one.

Crazy to see we are getting Halo content in a PlayStation-published game lol

@kelomaniack I think that rumored 2.5D God of War Metroidvania will be announced here, and it will come to at least Nintendo Switch and PC at launch. Maybe Xbox later on.

@Balaam_ That's a good one lol

@TrollOfWar Since it runs on Unreal Engine 4, Days Gone should be pretty easy to port to Xbox, I reckon

@Kezelpaso @FraserG This may be a bit off topic, but I'm curious, are you guys gonna do a review for Helldivers 2? I feel like the first PlayStation game on Xbox is deserving of a review, and I like reading this site's reviews.

How have I never heard of this game? Looks pretty great

@Weebleman That's fair, appreciate the explanations of the quotes btw.

@Weebleman Even if the "moving away from a hardware-centric business model" quote was referring to Sony as a whole, I think it's safe to say that PlayStation is not exempt from this, as well.

You can already see, just by the moves that Sony has been making lately, that console sales are no longer their biggest metric for success. The pursuit of live service games, the multiplatform pivot, etc. All this suggests that Sony is prioritizing software engagement and platform building with PlayStation rather than just relying on console sales. At least, that's my opinion.

@Fiendish-Beaver Yes, that's what I was getting at. Sorry if I confused you lol.

@Fiendish-Beaver I agree, I don't think in the slightest that Sony will stop making consoles or abandon hardware altogether.

But again, he isn't saying "moving away from hardware," he said "moving away from a hardware-centric business." That has a completely different meaning. From what I can gather, he was basically saying that Sony is no longer going to use hardware sales as their primary metric to determine success. Rather, they're going to use software sales and platform growth instead.

@Weebleman I'm not sure that changes much. He is still saying "in gaming business," no? If the "and moving away from a hardware centric business" part wasn't referring to PlayStation whatsoever, then why would he be saying "in gaming business?"

@Fiendish-Beaver @Weebleman It's not completely being taken out of context, though. While, yes, Sony isn't saying they're gonna leave the hardware business and move away from making PlayStation consoles, the quote here is specifically referring to Sony's gaming business, not Sony as a whole.

Quote: "In the gaming business, we are moving away from a hardware centric business model more to a platform business that expands the community and increases engagement."

Note the use of the words, "in the gaming business."

@Fiendish-Beaver We'll see soon enough! Lol

@Fiendish-Beaver "Today, I've asked people to nail their colours to the mast and say what games they expect to come over, and when they expect them to come, and no one has given me any definitive responses."

I can't say anything with 100% certainty since I obviously don't have any insider sources at Sony, but I expect Sony to port at least one major singleplayer game to Xbox consoles before the end of 2026.

My guess is that Days Gone, Spider-Man 2018, or Horizon: Zero Dawn will be the first singleplayer game to make the jump.

I also expect the rumored 2D God of War Metroidvania to launch day-one on at least Nintendo Switch. Not so sure about Xbox on that one. Because maybe releasing a God of War game, even a small one, day-and-date on Xbox would be too much.