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@el_pieablo I can only speak for GameStop but in general most of the non corporate positions are at will. I’ve seen store managers seemingly let go with no notice. So I would expect that if GI did have unions when they were bought out then they are just as at will. Most companies try not to do this to positions that are more likely to sue or report them to the labor board due to the headaches involved but if GS needs that money or is thinking about chapter 11, they may not care.

@Fiendish-Beaver Yep, I have honestly been surprised at how quickly the prices fall on these ultimate editions.

100 dollar edition will be 40 bucks in a year and a half past release.

Just waiting for TES6.

I just wish timed exclusives would go extinct. I bought this on PS5 already and as I am not a fan of the controller I like to only buy exclusives on that platform. So Now I have buyer’s remorse. Oh well i just know to wait several years and for a deep discount before buying from this dev again.

I hope they can finish out the story.

@themightyant plus many of the games I might buy are BC and still available. But most are just oh I could get this so I can retire my discs.

The game was an indie darling but it isn’t a classic and was already widely available before this rerelease. The game hasn’t really been in conversations since.

? Isn’t it selling poorly there? I am sure there is a tariff reason behind this but are they sure they will recoup the money?

Since xbox/gaming isn’t their primary business I am wondering how the gamepass push is going to go.

I sorta realized there is no point in digging out my 360 for this. If I haven’t bought and played a game by now, I didn’t have enough interest.

I’m gonna say this as politely as I can. Consumers are stupid and lazy. I worked for gamestop and apple for years and people were confused all the time. (And I worked during the WiiU era as well, was straight up ready to hurt myself over the customer idiocy). This includes supposed enthusiasts as well. Some person reads a rumor or a fake mock up or a biased games publication article online and they swarm the stores with their false information like the CEO of the company gave them a hot tip. That’s why I hate console wars so much. And I am gonna say it, in the games and tech industry some men will argue you down incorrectly if you are a woman/girl (started gamestop as a teenager). It got to the point when I got in management I just had my “I told you so” ready.

Consumers get insulted when companies market to them like they are toddlers but honestly that is the best way to get easy sales. Make product names iterative or easy to remember. Period. Saves all involved a headache.

Thanks for the clarification. Still debating if I wanted to hook up my 360 or not.

@Titntin Humble is a Publisher not a dev. They aren’t the ones the gamepass investments are aimed at. All the various dev companies are still functioning.

Since the work was outsourced, I suspect the parent company of Humble felt they were not getting a decent enough ROI. Everyone wants to publish the next stardew valley.

I’m just glad I can retire my original. They keep this up and I can free up some space under the tv.

Not for me. Pinning my hopes on Fable and Avowed. And waiting on TES6.

@Rodimusprime13 No need to export American jobs.

Just waiting on 5PM!

What's so frustrating is there is so much overlap this gen and as such Microsoft should have a larger mindshare than they do...but they don't. If it wasn't for purexbox I wouldn't know what was coming out on xbox, (I just assume what is coming to Playstation with the exception of anime games will show up on xbox eventually). I don't even like playstation. I can keep up with their new games more easily.

But one issue imo is time exclusives. MS has enough money to combat that on the sony side. I get why Nintendo doesn't bother and takes what it can get, but MS should really not be getting games a year or two late. That being said, the practice has trained me to not buy games new for either Playstation or Xbox until at least a year and a half later, so mission accomplished?

That being said the lack of marketing budget does make sense. MS isn’t an entertainment company. Xbox is les about games and more about spreading MS products to homes after windows.

I feel like games still don't feel "next gen" so I think that console makers are gonna extend this one out. The switch successor is on the way in the next year or two but since MS and Sony tend to ignore Nintendo (despite the market share Nintendo eats up) neither are going to see a reason to push new hardware (they may borrow something from Nintendo again but that's about it). As they have costs to recoup.

I'm still sorta feeling buyers remorse for both PS5 and Series X right now so I hope they do extend so that we can really see what these systems can do. As of right now though? I'm going back to PC next gen.

@Rodimusprime13 As a Janeway/Voyager fan...I'm still mad about that.

It's Paramount...what do you expect?

Just in time for the school year to start. Nice.

I am loving the demo. Excited for the full game.

I would have been really into this during my broke college days. Buying consoles and games then was like squeezing blood from a turnip. I wish MS well with this.

Yes! Glad it’s good. Had a busy weekend but will try later tonight.

Edit: Loved the demo. Capcom is on fire and I love it. Will pick up a full copy soon.

@Yousef- I don’t like to play online (too many sore loser messages from randos) and no one in my fighting game group plays VF but me. However VF is my bread and butter. The reason I bought a 360 was for VF 5 Ver C. I also split time between the versions (I still play Ver C because I feel Vanessa got nerfed too much), and I play Ultimate Showdown sometimes (FS is my main though).

Vanessa is my main but I do play Kage or Aoi for oldtimes sake (started with VF 2 so Kage was my main until VF4). I am mostly a Ryu main for SF, but will switch to Makoto or Elena if they are in game. I like all rounder fighters or tech fighters (Vanessa is pretty much all I have ever wanted in a fighting game character) but try to play a woman when I can (even with the Capcom life problem). So grateful that SF6 has a character creator.

Virtua Fighter 5 FS, Coral Island, TES6.

This is assuming that Coral Island is complete, same with TE6. Starfield if I can’t have TE6. I could possibly swap out VF for Yakuza/LAD/RGG 6 as it has VF5FS in it and some other games (plus being a full game by itself). But I have to have VF.

In general no. But AC:Shadows is the first game I have preordered in years for xbox (wait. Forgot about Dragon’s Dogma 2). I usually just wait for price drops. I still preorder on Switch but only for games that i know have low print runs. Never preorder on PS5.

I have a pride lapel pin and the mini fridge (the small one).

Oh, Yuke's is behind this? OK I will try it.

I enjoyed Neon so this will be interesting.

I get that licenses cost money and that profit needs to be made, but after being a subscription customer (so the prime sucker because I found out about all the conversion tricks too late and didn't use Xbox Live anyway) I'm out once the price hike hits. I wanted to set it and forget it for at least 12 months...but it keeps changing. Might as well as go get netflix subscription (or actually it would pay for my Kadon subscription). I'll just stick with Nintendo and maybe sub game pass on a month of a good game coming out.

I will cancel once the increase goes into effect and resub when shattered space drops. I don’t play enough to pay extra to let it ride.

Now I am trying to remember if i own this game. Guess I better go digging through my boxes.

Not a GTA fan but it always hurts to see a single player franchise get decimated for online multiplayer. Nothing wrong with having teams that support both. One of the things i love about Zenimax. They lifted the TES and Bethesda Fallout franchises to make multiplayer worlds but Bethesda still focuses on single player. Multiplayer folks get a game and single player folks don’t lose their game or franchise. Or have to have multiplayer shoehorned into a single player game.

I mean. If people wanna play TES they will play TES games. And there are projects like skyblivion that already are working on the “merge TES into one world” angle. And then there is the online game which is slowly becoming all of tamriel in one game. Shoehorning TES into Starfield was just square peg, round hole. Not everyone is gonna buy into an idea just because someone has an idea.

https://skyblivion.com/

MS didn’t pay for it. The end.

Is it me or does Frank look different? Admittedly a lot of these protagonists run together in my brain after a point but I really thought he looked different.

I feel like it varies for me. While I game for fun, I sorta also game to "self medicate" when I am depressed or stressed. When I was younger I was working a lot and managing stress poorly, so I would binge game more. I work just as much now and juggle even more responsibilities, but my ability to manage stress has improved so I game as a hobby now which means it is somewhat more scheduled (unless tired I usually play about 30minutes to an hour a day on weekdays and 2-4 on Saturday). I don't like to binge game anymore because I have other things and hobbies to do (I play several musical instruments and gotta get in that daily practice), plus grad school and work are ramping up, so my focus is on those things. I'm also trying to get my business off the ground so yeah gaming is less of the instant go to.

I probably played more as a young child as it was my primary hobby outside of reading and there were very few kids in my neighborhood (and no other girls my age which super sucked) but I would say if I average it out I have played about the same rate for the past 20 years. Just it is more evenly spread now instead of crazy binges. My reflexes are still good for fighting games and that's my only concern...well that and going blind but that is gonna happen so it is what it is.

Personally it looks so far from BG&E that I don’t see the point. This feels like one of those games with the name but not the soul of its namesake. I will need amazing reviews and to see extensive gameplay in order to buy this game. I also think the full prequel route is a bad idea unless that is the first half of the game. The original ended on a cliffhanger. Get back to that.

Will probably double dip on a few physical games so I can put the discs away.

Can I just buy KITT by itself?

I miss TES, Bethesda.

Shattered Space is the main thing I am looking forward to, but I am glad there is more in the pipeline. Once the game is finished I will pick up for PC and mods.

Looking forward to the game, baffled by all the dudes whining about the appearance of the female characters. It’s so creepy.

Looks great. I still play the original so I have no issues with redoing the campaign with the new graphics. So excited!

Nope don’t need one unless my current one breaks.

@Deemo37 Agreed.

@GhanaViking that actually really sucks. I actually enjoyed the set sexualities in the earlier games. Inquisition especially, even if it wasn’t in my favor. It’s erasure and terribly reductive to make everyone Bi. That isn’t how sexuality works in real life. But homosexuals tend to get shouted down when we point this out.

I just want Theresa’s story wrapped up.