ShadowofTwilight

Playing Stellar Blade with a touch of Xenoblade Chronicles X on the WiiU.

@TheSimulator

Or they could've utilised the talent they already had but Microsoft seem to be incapable of that and just wants to buy up everything to get by.

@HonestHick

You lot are desperate for the "consoles are on life support" nonsense to be true I swear.

Just because one of them is severely struggling doesn't mean that consoles are magically on their way out.

This article seems to have triggered certain people.

I was told that consoles are an irrelevant market so why are people so upset that these games are now playable on PlayStation?

@Kezelpaso

I'm sad they never added it to VII. I don't like first person games so avoided it.

As long as it's not first person, I'm curious about what they do.

Woah, when you take away the largest third party publisher your revenue goes up, what a shocker!

@NEStalgia

Nope, I'd rather Microsoft did deals and have stated this more than once. The leadership is too inept and opts to consolidate instead.

@NEStalgia

I forgot that doing deals and financing games is only bad when Sony does it. Least they don't have to buyout massive publishers just to tout a win like a certain other company.

@Sifi

I'm struggling to see your point. It's an exclusive PS5 release so why does it matter?

Oh right, Sony didn't buy out the company like a certain other console maker does so it doesn't count.

@VoidPunk

Stellar Blade is out in 2 days and is getting good reviews so no.

@OnlyGaming

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeah, that must be it.

B...but I thought Digital Foundry was biased against Xbox and Sony fanboys? You telling me that they're...actually reporting facts instead of being fanboys?

@OnlyGaming

Um no, all of last gen was them confirming the One X trounced the PS4 Pro.

Hopefully it's new announcements and not repeats from the Nintendo Direct.

@Skedaddle

Maybe if Microsoft did more moves that I like, made more games that appeal to me and didn't remove features that appeal to me I'd have more positive things to say.

I'll add something positive since it seems to bother you. I like the backwards compatibilty and the controller is good.

@Skedaddle

I own a Series X that's why?
I will get this on Switch though because that's my main platform of choice, don't see the issue.

@LX_FENIX because they're reporting advantages on PS5?

They have always done this despite how minuscule the differences were.

How did I know there's be comments about MS buying up more and more of the industry?

@JonBoyJ

Never.

@Ver

I'm sure Sony didn't expect Microsoft to go scorched earth and consolidate the industry because they're bad at it. Should've known better.

We'll still keep seeing these deals from them though so oh well.

@Ver

Like how the biggest publishers chose Spencer's money over most of their consumers.

I never believed that nonsense that they reached the end of what was feasible for backwards compatible titles.

You're seriously telling me that they couldn't get the rest of the Sonic games on Series X despite people touting how wonderful SEGA and Microsoft get along?

Yeah, cause I totally need intrusive pinging after I finish a game asking for more money.

Not a chance of this happening.

@Ralizah

If you say so dude, I thought it was a genuinely terrible game. The combat wasn't fun to me and the dreary visuals made the actual areas look bad in my opinion.

Um....sure, if you say so. I have turned my Series X on more this year than the past two years and that was solely for Rare Replay.

I just wish that they'd make something that looks interesting to me again instead of first person games or tech demo's like Hellblade 2.

I honestly don't get how people can be excited for this game. It just looks like a technical showcase game and if it plays anything like the original game, it's going to be a terrible game.

Like if you are genuinely excited for it then great, more power to you but it just sounds terrible in my opinion.

Have this on PC, PS5 and Xbox but still need to play it.

@Ver

You're seriously comparing a deal that was made when Microsoft was anti-cross play to them being given full reign to consolidate the industry?

I'll play your game though. When can I get all the Dead Rising games and all the Tomb Raider DLC on PS as well?

@__jamiie None of which are console makers and will pull publishers games away from other platforms.

I stand by that I'd rather have Amazon or Tencent buy any publisher over Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo.

@__jamiie

I should be happy that a trillion dollar company is getting free reign to buy up everything?

Not angry, just concerned.

A whole year since the CMA had a functioning brain and knew that a platform holder (all 3 of them, not just Microsoft) shouldn't be allowed to buy the biggest publishers in the industry, shame it didn't last.

"We all love Game Pass here at PureXbox"

Well...not all of us. I'd much rather buy my games and not worry about a subscription.

@Feffster Shouldn't be tricky to realise that Sony will block their games being playable on their competitors console as well then.

@GeeForce

They fully blocked God of War being playable on Xbox through Nvidia and will do the same here.

It will not happen, need to accept that.

@Sol4ris

I mean, you got defensive so that says it all.

I forgot that the Xbox community seems to be full of armchair analysts and businessmen nowadays that know more than these massive companies do.

@GamingFan4Lyf

Irrelevant, Microsoft can not put their competitors games on their console without their consent.

Sony is fully within their right to block their games and games they have deals for to be playable on their competition and will do so.

@NEStalgia lol, the Xbox community is an absolute riot.

Yes, Sony would find themselves in court for assuring their own games don't appear on the competition or that games they have deals for remain honoured.

Absolutely incredible.

@Feffster

And as I said, Sony will block the games they make or have deals with from appearing on the competitions console.

@ZYDIO

God of War is on Nvidia and yet Sony blocked it from being playable on the Internet Browser on Xbox.

They will absolutely block the games being played on Xbox, deal with it.

@Feffster

This nonsense again? Sony will just block their games and the games they have deals with.

Microsoft can not put games from Sony on their systems no matter how desperate you are for them.

@TheLastHarbinger

1. Read above, I clearly stated that they are contractually obligated to bring Call of Duty for a decade and imagine thinking they'd take one of the biggest games away from the biggest audience.

2. Imagine thinking Microsoft can just bail out of a contract over Sony not porting their games to Xbox.

Sony and Nintendo do not owe Microsoft a thing and just because Microsoft are porting games, the other two will not be porting their games to Xbox.

Uh huh, when they're removing the disc drives, this rings hollow as all heck.