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The reason Nintendo were left off is because the cma and ftc have both argued in their investigations that nintendo is not part of the "high spec console market" This definition of the market has been pushed by them. If anyone actually agrees with that, is another story entirely

Lulu has been pretty entertaining throughout and managed to bring a little laughter to a boring topic

This is the first "big game" this year for me. If its anywhere close to nioh or ninja gaiden we are in for a treat

As some of you may know by now I'm a ninja gaiden fanatic, so I have my eye on wanted dead. Not sure if il play it before or after wo long. Could be a great few weeks for me

Personally I was kinda dissapointed with Monster Hunter Rise if I was honest. Gave it a good go but came away underwhelmed after World.

The most obvious and cost effective solution for all parties involved would of been to settle this with some multiplayer COD. 6v6 MS/ABK v EU/CMA/FTC on Terminal. Top execs from each. Could have been part of the Developer Direct

Microsoft have also subpoenaed Google and ABK have subpoenaed Nintendo for the discovery stage.

The FTC also subpoenaed Sony, which Sony is also fighting against separately to this one with MS.

Very interesting times ahead

@Would_you_kindly they still have an ongoing marketing contract with ABK for a start

@stvevan kotick confirmed in his interview they are not talking to MS or ABK.

"It's funny, Sony is not on the phone to us. In fact, they are not returning our phone calls. And so... I think one of the things that are surprising to us is, this is the time ordinarily we would be talking about the future and new opportunities together for partnership, and they just haven't been returning our phone calls. And so, I don't know that we're as valuable as they maybe have represented to the regulators that we are."

It's up to Microsoft now. They have the EU and UKs concerns, now it's all on them to come up with an agreement that suits the EU and CMA, whether that's structural or behavioural. If they do that, they can present the concessions to the FTC and close in the summer. Or they could close anyway without the FTC, as I think they have mentioned. Fail to reach an agreement with the eu/cma before the end of April and it's pretty much dead in my opinion. But I could be wrong

@ABNJ because it says so in the cmas report. The 10year offer will only be considered at the next stage

An important detail is that the 10year offer to steam/nintendo was not considered at the phase 2 stage, and the cma states that would be considered in the next remedies phase which begins now.

I have tried reading the report and it's just really confusing. They list 3 structural remedies, but then mention that behavioural remedies may also be possible later in the report.

I think it's just a 'wait until the end of April and see' kind of situation as MS statement doesn't seem to indicate they are dropping the deal just yet

Goldeneye. Finished it on 00 agent, only aztec/egyptian left to complete. Got all the speedrun cheats done aswell so far. Facility took a while due to bad rng and archives was surprisingly easier than I remembered.

Made it up to Statue last night, had a good time. Amazing how well I remember some of the levels. Alot of memories flooding back. Il be playing some more campaign later and enjoying the nostalgia

I liked the format but in my opinion they really need a firm release date for every game shown or don't show it at developer direct yet. That's what E3 is for, the bigger, looser announcements

Got some jet set radio/sunset overdrive/sega dreamcast vibes from this. Man I loved the dreamcast

The times me and my friends would play goldeneye and later perfect dark huddled around a small TV are some of my most favourite gaming memories from that period. Even the music just brings it all flooding back. I look forward to the nostalgia trip

@Dezzy70 last year in the UK less than 60,000 units separated the nintendo switch in 1st place and the xbox series consoles in 3rd place

Just like me and a few others were saying in the previous threads. It's crazy the expectations people still have when they announced what they would be doing from the very start. Its the developers showing off the games, it's not a state of play or an e3, and was never meant to be. They already announced the games up until the summer, so I fully expect their next big show or announcements to be around E3, same as always

I do not agree with the price rise, just like I don't with other publishers. The only thing softening the blow is gamepass, offering people a choice, but I still don't think it completely shields them from critisism. As a father of 2 children I just can't justify £70 games, and will just wait for price drops or the games to drop on subscription. On a personal level I would prefer they drop some of the needless production values and lower the cost of making the games. Gameplay is king

@lechugajr people are setting themselves up for major dissapointment in my opinion. This is not an e3 style show and was never meant to be, it's a developer direct focused on those 4 games, like they announced. People's imagination is going wild, despite MS telling them what to expect. It's quite literally in the name

I wouldn't expect much apart from deeper looks at the 4 games announced with the show. I think it's supposed to be the developer showing off those games as they release soon and a couple of release dates. I don't think it's going to be like a Nintendo direct or similar.

I'm just glad ID will continue to make their own games like Doom and Quake and not shoehorned onto Halo. I really like their games and it would suck to loose them. But maybe they could support studio with 343 or something, a bit like the coalition helping undead labs maybe?

People have been relentlessly calling out MS for restructure at MS game studios, and now it's happened, alot of the same people are very angry about it. I'm starting to think some of you may just have an irrational hatred of MS and Phil Spencer or something.

Looking from the outside in I personally would lay more blame towards Matt Booty, for the problems at MS game studios. Its more his job. But I could be wrong as I do not know the inner workings of MS.

It's a sad day for everyone involved, and I wish them and their families all the best for the future.

I kind of like the idea of ID doing the next Halo, but I also don't want to see them stop making their own games like Doom and Quake. Looks like MS are not being so "hands off" anymore, like some people were asking for. Shame for all those involved. I wish them the best of luck for the future and hope they find employment very soon

Been so hyped for this game since I first seen it at last e3. I really can't wait. Love team ninja

Waste of time as they still play great BC

Jet Set Radio Future

I buy only phyiscal for playstation and ninetendo but have been download only on xbox since the one, its pretty wierd when I think about it

Me and the wife watched it on the free trial over Christmas. We actually enjoyed it and she doesn't even like the Halo games. Its different to the games, but it's enjoyable for what it is. I did have to explain a few things to her at times

My understanding is that MS are waiting on the CMA and EU, and if they approve it with concessions, those concessions will be offered to the FTC and likely accepted without a trial, by the wording used at the pretrial. It's all eyes on the cma and eu for the next step

I want to know what ID are up to next

1. Wo long
2. Zelda
3. Starfield
4. Diablo 4
5. Final fantasy 16

First party: C - 2021 was very good, 2022 was very bad. So a C seems fair.
Hardware: A - silent and have had no faults.
Gamepass: A - too many games to play and 2023 looks even better so far

Overall a B with a slight hint of C so far

Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe only Elden Ring and CoD were not on Gamepass of the top 10 games. It was a poor year for first party, but gamepass was pretty brilliant in all honesty.

Elden Ring was my Goty, what a brilliant game

Merry Christmas everyone!

I would prefer Squanch to stay independent. With their style of humour/game, i would hate someone to buy them and dilute what makes them unique. We need more originality, congratulations to them

I'm about an hour and a half in so far. I find it very funny and it's pretty refreshing playing something a bit more unique. We need more originality in the industry, so congratulations to them.

@Dezzy70 ive been a big fan of Bethesda rpgs since Morrowind, but I can appreciate you may not feel the same.

@Dezzy70 with Final Fantasy 16, Zelda and Starfield all out next year. Hopefully it's going to be a good year for gaming no matter which console you play

@Dezzy70 I liked the old god of war games and 2018. Looking forward to Ragnarok, but wanted to finish a bit of the backlog first. Hit the Platinum for Forbidden West last nite. I'm hyped for a few microsoft games, nintendo games and sony games personally, but everyone has different tastes. Hopefully microsoft release some stuff more to your liking soon.

@Dezzy70 I'm pretty happy with my ps5, my main issue is the audio support. I have a 7.2.2 atmos home theater system, and I'm stuck using uncompressed pcm 7.1 surround sound as they still do not support 3d audio for home theater after 2 years, only with TV speakers and headphones.

I'm picking up GoW in the new year sometime. How did you find it? Good HDR implementation? I would not want to play in performance mode without vrr, that's for sure!

@Dezzy70 resolution is a factor for sure. But also a problem with the ps5 is the hdmi ports. They support lower bandwidth than the series x. When playing 4k at 120hz, the ps5 will drop to 4.2.2 subsampling, whereas the series x does not. If you click the green button on TV remote a few times quickly when playing a game, it will bring up the picture details including hdmi bandwidth, so you can see the consoles display different.

I use dolby vision sometimes, but on games not mastered for it, it can lead to a loss of detail in bright areas. A bit like dynamic tone mapping on a TV. But some games do actually look better in Dolby Vision, but some look worse. When using dolby vision HGiG and dynamic tone mapping are not available, as dolby vision is its own dynamic tone mapping that can be adjusted on a.per frame basis. It's why movies look great in it

I just finished up Forbidden West at the weekend, the Hdr was nice using HGiG and I played in the 40fps/120hz mode.

@Dezzy70 I use HGiG on series x and ps5. Dynamic tone mapping makes everything inaccurate as the TV is adjusting the hdr a second time. I really would recommend HGiG and a properly adjusted hdr slider. 0nits for black and 1000nits for white is what our TV should be I believe. Great TV by the way hope you are enjoying it!

@Dezzy70 with your lg c2 you should use HGiG and not dynamic tone mapping for HDR content on Series X. This is confirmed by HDTV test and using dynamic tone mapping leads to an inaccurate picture. I have the same 65inch tv

One of my most anticipated games next year!

I like the big e3 style show once a year personally. Really glad it's back next year!

It would be nice if CoD was on ps plus, gamepass and Nintendo online. Then the customer could decide the platform that is best for them, and not feel like that have had a worse deal than anyone else on a competing platform.

Il be giving it a go when I'm finished with Forbidden West. Think I will enjoy it and will be a perfect palate cleanser between forbidden west and monster hunter

It was always a strange comment by the FTC and its going to be very easy to prove to be a false acusation

Seems Microsoft have been playing 4D chess the whole time. Great for Nintendo owners, really bad for the ftc etc. If they oppose the takeover now, they will be taking Call of Duty away from gamers.