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@GeeEssEff I find the same when comparing, Series X usually considerably faster and both have the same wired fibre connection with the same CAT 8 ethernet cables

I get about 300-350mbps from a 350mbps wired virgin fibre connection on the series x, faster than my switch and ps5 (freshly laid fibre cables last year)

I voted Sunset Overdrive as Insomniac are one of PS top studios now. Sad to see it all the way down in 17th. It's the one game that just feels right to go onto PS aswell with them being purchased

@FraserG

You can see the response to the FTCs letter here.

https://gamesfray.com/microsoft-to-appeals-court-activision-blizzard-was-planning-significant-job-cuts-even-as-independent-company/

@themightyant funny one of points they mentioned is the job cuts in the wider industry and that Activision were planning cuts as an independant company like you said, if true or not.

@Ken_Kaniff you could be right, but it's more than just game sales they make 30% from, even microtransactions etc on FTP games. Its alot of money.

How many gamepass subs would you need to replace 30% of everything on their platform, I guess it would be an absolutely crazy number

@Titntin thanks for clarifying, as you say it's been increasingly difficult to distinguish fact from fiction in all of this. But who knows you could be right!

This is a far bigger discussion than childish chest beating over whether you prefer a blue or green toy?
This could change the course of gaming, for better or worse, in a way that transcends ridiculous brand loyalties.

This has been one of the most frustrating things in the whole discussion. I wish more people would understand this and see the bigger picture

Here is a question that I do not have the information to answer with 100% guarantee, which is integral to the whole topic. Maybe somebody else does and could chime in?

Would the increase in 1st party game sales on other platforms like PS and Nintendo, offset the potential loss of 3rd party game sales, dlc and microtransactions on their store if less people purchased stuff from the xbox store and xbox consoles in general. Microsoft make 30% on everything.

If I was to guess I would say no, not at all.

I think its something Jaffe and most other people completely miss in their calculations

@Titntin Is it a Microsoft event? Where was that confirmed? I have read the rumours but could not find anything official, and just presumed that was people guessing/rationalising it in their minds.

If it is MS going over the heads of Xbox, surely we will see resignations from Xbox leadership next week.

Next week should be interesting.

@somnambulance @Widey85 Since the 1970s, no verticle merger has been unwound in the USA. The government has lost all 3 verticle merger challenges in the modern age with those cases being:

UnitedHealth/Change
Illumina/Grail
AT&T/Time Warner

And most of those had the support of the DoJ as well, which they do no in the MS/ATVI case

Honestly this is even worse from the FTC than before, as if last year was not embarsssing enough.

They still do not understand their statutory purview, it's quite extraordinary.

It's like they have literally lost their collective minds.

What they are saying is not how Antitrust laws operate

Is that not normal for everyone to not know....Other wise leaks happen....I would only expect senior management to know until the information is public. These discussions will only involve senior management. Why do people think that is weird?

The more interesting part of his post is that he is also insinuating that a lot of the people who started the rumours last week/weekend are backtracking on them as they did not have a clue?

Only Microsoft knows, but they are slowly destroying all their good over the next week

@Gemini73 I am not sure that is entirely accurate but an enjoyable conspiracy theory nonetheless mate

@themightyant right back at you mate, you can have a good brag if you are correct, it's all just guess work at the minute.

If the rumours are true, it will be worse than Don Mattricks E3 for Xbox in my opinion. A completely insane decision for a 3 trillion dollar company to chase a quick buck and not see the big picture

@themightyant i did not say anything remotely like that mate. it's not about the game coming to another platform, it's the fact it will be the death of xbox, and competition in the gaming industry for the reasons I have already mentioned.

You already have devs comming out questioning if its even worth making a port for xbox now. This is only going to get worse and worse. Just so we are on the same page, nowhere did i complain about more people playing games. I am complaining about xbox kneecapping their own system and providing no competition.

They have death spiralled their own console and brand to make a few quick bucks from game sales, it's insane.

And this is exactly what I said in the other thread.

If they put any exclusives onto rival platforms without it being reciprocated, it is the beginning of the end for the ecosystem.

Nobody is going to waste their time porting games to a dieing platform that made itself irrelevant.

Even if its only a handful of games, every game announcement and every xbox direct, people will not be discussing the games, they will be asking what platforms or how long its exclusive. They will have effectively killed every single drop of hype on their platform.

Next week could make Don Mattricks E3 look like a fun family vacation

And if it is only a handful of games like some are hoping, that just means every game announcement, every bit of information, will be followed not by excitement, but constant questions of if its comming to PS/Nintendo, or that it will eventually go there anyway. Xbox hype will be dead. Its death by a thousand cuts and the writing will be on the wall.

It will be just the start of a death spiral if they put any of their exclusives on rival platforms, even after a year or two. Less reason to own an xbox, even less people buy xbox, less 3rd party games come to xbox, xbox slowly dies. Don't fall for the PR speak, if they follow through on the rumours, this is the beginning of the end for xbox.

As a multiplatform gamer I supported the ABK aquisition as I believed it would increase competition in the industry and we the consumers would benefit. For MS to run away and wave the white flag is a disgrace.

There is a reason nobody else would be stupid enough to give their exclusives away, as it would destroy their ecosystem

I wonder if they plan on renaming it the ex-box. If the rumours are true they will become little more than Sega 2.0

If they put their exclusives on ps and Nintendo there is no reason to own an xbox at all, not even gamepass will save the ecosystem. Even less people will spend money on or even purchase the platform in the first place and honestly I will have very little sympathy for them, as they did it to themselfs.

They may not plan to be the next Sega, but if they do this, they will. The xbox ecosystem will be deader than a dead thing from deadland

Why would anyone waste their time playing on the xbox ecosystem if all games are available on PlayStation. You may sell a few more games, but the ecosystem will be in the bin and won't exist for much longer

Ninja Gaiden 3 Razers Edge. NG still has the best combat in video games and I play one of the games each year

@InterceptorAlpha everyone has their own preferences but we survived for decades with wired controllers, I am sure you will get along fine with it mate, it is 3m so you kind of forget its there to be honest.

@MaccaMUFC make sure you buy the SE as that is the one with hall effect sticks. I have had mine for a while now and find it a really great controller. The sticks are way more accurate than those found in the standard controller aswell, so you get precision and reliability.
Makes you wonder why the standard controller does not have back buttons or hall effect sticks, if gamesir can do it at a reasonable price point.

I know I sound like a broken record, but you can get the Gamesir G7 SE for £49.99 on Amazon and it has almost all of the features of a pro controller for a fraction of the price. It has instant triggers, programmable back buttons etc but best of all it has hall effect sticks and triggers, so stick drift is a thing of the past. I would strongly recommend it to anyone who is not allergic to a wire. 10/10 controller.

Seems kinda pointless when you have devices like the ROG Ally that already act as a handheld xbox and offer far more flexibility at the same time.

New Vegas for me, its a really great rpg

I still think the Gamesir G7 SE is the best controller currently available for xbox. Programmable back buttons and hall effect sticks/triggers is a killer combo.

I tried P5 on gamepass and found it dull and tedious, but I always hear a lot of people enjoy the series, so I am happy to give P3 a shot on gamepass once I finish up with Skyrim

EG and DF have both been weird about this game, very condescending and frankly unnecessarily rude, all the while giving a free passes to almost every other game. I commented this on their YouTube video as well, and this is from somebody who has never even played the game. The quality over there is getting way worse than what it used to be, by a long long way, and they seem to be more interested in jumping on bandwagons than anything else

Skyrim, just finished the Aetherium forge quest and made the crown. Trying to get smithing up to 100, currently 96, so I can upgrade my dawnbreaker further.

I am no expert on copyright law, but from the little I do know, I have not seen anything that the Pokémon company will succeed in.

They are not copies, more inspired by, and from a legal standpoint, that will be OK.

And if I was to guess, this will have already been investigated and settled pre-launch.

The statement from the Pokémon company reads more like "stop messaging us" than "we are going to sue them"

It's a completely separate thing to the games at least, where Chief keeps his helmet firmly fastened on at all times.

This is not true and its one of the weirdest things in all of this is. At the end of Halo 4, if you complete it on legendary, Chief already takes his helmet off for a brief moment, so this is not a new thing, even for the games.

There has also been other flashbacks/glimpses of his appearance for example Fall of Reach and during the animations/comics we get a glimpse of what he looks like as well.

Also if any of you have read any of the books, Spartans regularly take off their armour, including Master Chief on the original Halo ring during Halo CE.

It seems the hardcore complainers online don't actually know much about Spartans or Master Chief at all, what a suprise

Looks much better than last time we were shown the game that's for sure

I said on Monday the thing I was hoping for most this year was ID to reveal their new game. Quake is awesome and I got the full 1000G for the recent remaster of quake 2.

I have started playing Skyrim again. I have the special addition with all the dlc's etc, which I have never actually played, so I can see Skyrim taking over my gaming life for the next few weeks at least.

My only real complaint was that I think everygame should have had an exact release date when it's in the developer direct for this year.

In general I prefer first person games like skyrim, cyberpunk etc as I prefer the camera not zoomed all the way out like in third person. First person just feels more personal and you can appreciate the details better. I liked how the game looks so far but will have to judge it properly when it releases and I get to try it out.

Indy was the highlight for me. Avowed looks much better than last time we got to see it

@DennisReynolds it's Troy Baker and personally think he's nailed Harrison Ford

@Sol4ris was going to say the same lol. Well played

The next game from ID please

Maybe its just me but I really dislike these twitter barrel scraping articles with a bunch of embedded randomer tweets with absolutely no substance

@Fishticon this is the way

I think we should be expecting release dates for all of them, or do not include it in the Developer Direct. Keep games that are further away for E3 (RIP) and similar

@Kaloudz I watched it with the wife on Disney + and we both thought it was worse than crystal skull

The new Indiana Jones film was absolute garbage, so hopefully the game is better

@J_Mo_Money yep, they sure like to have their cake and eat it, and its as transparent as anything

@J_Mo_Money got to agree, even though its a pretty sad thing to admit.

2023 was a real eye opener for me, and probably the first year I have looked back and thought "wow, the internet really sucks doesn't it"

@PsBoxSwitchOwner a quick look through my comment history clearly shows I do not defend everything Microsoft does, even the most basic check. Did you not check before making baseless accusations? And he @ me first, why would I ignore him?

@Kevw2006 I made my opinion clearly obvious the first time, I don't think its constructive to repeat it to you again. People are welcome to share their opinions, but regurgitating it in every article over several months is not needed, no.

@themightyant Your thoughts on Starfield were interesting the first 5 times, but the next 100 times not so much, and that goes for everyone.

Like I said if I don't like a game, I don't go around every single article spamming it with the same comments over and over again, because that is selfish and honestly a total waste of my time.

If you find that enjoyable then more power to you, I just think its not a good look, and wanted to call it out.

Its not adding anything new to the discussion, its just a dunking contest. I dont think we will ever see eye to eye on this, so I will just leave it there mate

@themightyant I still don't understand why you feel the need to mock the game. Why not just disagree and move on? There are plenty of games I do not like, but I don't go around telling everyone in every single article on the game, because that would just be a bit sad and selfish.

What is it about this game specifically that you and the others can't just do that. You actively mock it, and it just comes across a bit desperate that you want everyone to agree with you, when alot of people dont.

We have all read the same comments from the same posters for months ad nauseum, what exactly is it bringing to the conversation that is interesting or worthwhile or new? It is just another dunking contest like the last few months