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Re: Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy Is 'Finding An Audience' Thanks To Xbox Game Pass

Stocksy

@BAMozzy you are wrong for several reasons.

Those of us old enough remember when pretty much all licensed games didn’t have likeness of “famous actors”

You are being pedantic to say this isn’t linked to the movies with its extremely close ties. It’s more of a stretch to say GPU is good for games like this than it is to say this is nothing to do with the MCU.

People are obsessed with what’s cannon and what’s not.

It’s all a bit sad.

The reviews were quite clear what was and wasn’t in this game.

Avengers suffered the same “bUt He DoESnT lOoK lIKe tHaT fAmOuS acTor!” Out cry. Sad.

Avengers as a solo player game was pretty decent and far better than the commentary from people that never played it.

I don’t need or like GaaS and so happily ignored all that grind and nonsense. The free story expansions were most welcome too.

Gamepass doesn’t make games compete for your valuable time it makes you ignore good games you would have bought.

This is a prime example. People didn’t buy it and now are enjoying it A LOT.

All games ever you pay £50 to try it. That’s gaming.

Your whole argument flies in the face of the official line that GPU is good for gaming. You are having your cake and eating it.

I have GPU and think it’s a good service but the PR spin and hype around it is massively overblown (correctly) by a very good MS marketing department… they have learnt from the 360 PR disasters.

It doesn’t mean we have to believe every word.

Re read my statement and it’s spot on.

The games audience here suffered because of its own PR - which included not distancing itself clearly enough from the PR disaster which was Avengers.

Me myself - will continue to form my own opinions - buy game I want to play and not be outraged that Hollywood superstars aren’t in a game or it’s not “official cannon” (boo hoo) I’ll enjoy it as you know….

A game….

Re: Xbox Reportedly Paid '$5-10 Million' For Guardians Of The Galaxy On Game Pass

Stocksy

@RedShirtRod you genuinely believe the majority of people are paying 10.99????

I paid £3.40 a month for 3 years. I know people that paid as little as £2…. The Gold upgrade is a legit way to get GPU. I’d wager barely anyone is paying 10.99….. with third party sellers selling gold off cheap on the regular I would wager even MS themselves don’t know what the average people are paying for gold. I paid MS £1 direct for three years.

Surely people here aren’t paying 10.99 a month. When Xbox are offering a far better deal themselves?

Re: Xbox Becomes Official Gaming Partner Of French Football Federation

Stocksy

“Official ____ Partner” for football clubs make me laugh….

Official Coffee partner, official watch partner, official airline partner, official car maker….
As a big football fan…. And specifically of a club that has more official partners than good players…. I have NEVER been swayed into buying a product because they are an official partner. I have however been put off a product because the TV was full of adverts of rival players telling me they are the official partner of that club.

So from a small sample of one… partner deals do more damage than good

Re: Phil Spencer Says Xbox Is 'About The Diversity Of Business Models', Not Just Game Pass

Stocksy

Gamepass only on Xbox SX that and BC titles most that I already owned and not adding new ones really.

PS5 I buy the games I want but mostly snag bargains. Even for new games bargains are possible.

Switch I have a meaty physical collection but do buy games digital in the sale.

GPU basically forces you to wait for games. Even digital sales - you always think…. Hmmm… this will be on GPU next month.

GPU has probably actually made me play less game on XBOX and not more. It’s the Netflix effect…. You have too much choice and none of it you personally selected that being said Forza Horizon is best game in last 12 months on any console.

Re: Marvel's Avengers Has Delayed Its Next Update

Stocksy

@Bobobiwan agree 100% - as a solo player campaign it really is good. For the £10 you can pick it up for now it’s a great option. Unfortunately all the noise around the silly GaaS part drowns out the great campaign. That and people saying “ BuT tHeY DonT loOK liKe theY do in ThA MoViEZ”

Re: Xbox Wants To Provide A 'Steady Flow Of Great Games' Moving Forward

Stocksy

@lokozar halo was a flag ship game and campaign was 8 hours. Netflix shows are longer. Unfortunately the poster was spot on with their analysis and Xbox themselves here agree. They need a constant stream of games. Good games. With the occasional monster
Game mixed in. They want to appeal to all gamers. Not just ones that like 30 plus hours on a game. They’ve moved so people can play on devices whilst they sit and watch TV. Competing with the mobile games. THey know times have changed. They are doing the right things IMHO. We just need to see how good they are at seeing more and more good games in a continual stream. Not a continual stream of big named games that disappoint. We haven’t see disappointing games yet. But who knows when the volume cranks up

Re: Soapbox: Live Service Expectations Are The Issue, Not Halo Infinite

Stocksy

I have GPU. I have a XSX and I like others have said would rather pay for Halo. Get more content and a “beefier” experience and not have the F2P model that is being called GaaS here. That’s the issue with GPU getting ALL the games I’d rather a balance that some bigger hitters can still sell themselves and not have to have all the extra mechanics to get more money from me.

Re: Xbox Series X|S Outsold PS5 In February, Lost Top Spot To Switch

Stocksy

Genuinely always surprised when people celebrate sales figures of a product they own like a sports team winning. Especially when it’s clear this is about supply. But YEAH GO XBOX. Back of the shed. (Niche joke).

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Re: Samurai Adventure Trek To Yomi Is Coming To Xbox Game Pass Day One

Stocksy

I’m not being funny but Xbox do the same and only advertise a game as coming to Xbox. Why is everything a console war. They are bits of plastic. Buy it or don’t buy it. Don’t be silly enough to feel like it’s a team activity. They a massive multinationals they just want your money.

On topic. This looks great. Really decent looking game.

Re: Halo Infinite's Multiplayer Lead Has Left 343 Industries

Stocksy

@InterceptorAlpha exactly. Nail on head. Focusing on delivering a rich Halo that players that want to play halo would keep playing should have been key. F2P market is companies constantly chasing that Fortnite gold which no one else gets close to. Especially in a similar game.

Re: Halo Infinite's Multiplayer Lead Has Left 343 Industries

Stocksy

Whilst some may “take time to recharge batteries” between jobs reality is most people don’t leave one job without another in place. We have bills and mortgages - I suspect even higher paid guys like this - it would suggest he may have been politely shown the door. Allowed to keep his dignity and own narrative and avoid bad PR for all but yeah you don’t just walk out of jobs. Anyone reading this disagreeing is either very privileged or very young.

Re: Kenny Omega Provides An Update On The New AEW Console Game

Stocksy

None of these comments make me feel confident really. I remember the TNA game. 20 or so wrestlers and so so limited. It obviously didn’t play brilliant either. Even if this plays brilliant if it doesn’t have replayability and certain features it will be disappointing. With the roster AEW has and the legends it now has feature regularly the roster itself should be amazing.

It sounds more like they are aiming for a NO mercy tech demo for the first game.

Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Has Everyone Praising Xbox Smart Delivery Again

Stocksy

@Would_you_kindly I know. I smashed my ps5 up early after reading comments here and the replies telling me I’m doing my hobby wrong.

Shameful the way I’ve acted I should only buy one plastic box and worship it.

Just liking gaming is so uncool…. You have to like one games console producer.

Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Has Everyone Praising Xbox Smart Delivery Again

Stocksy

@Medic_Alert I play a lot of driving and sports games and with storage as a premium I’d rather have the option to have more games installed than less. You are kidding yourself if you think the leap for PS4 pro to ps5 for many games is massive. Same with xb1x and XSX and I’d wager on some blind tests not knowing which was which you’d struggle to tell them apart

Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Has Everyone Praising Xbox Smart Delivery Again

Stocksy

I think it’s far better to have the choice of versions. With space being a premium having last gen versions for some games on external drive is brilliant. Much better than being forced to have a version and the physical disks have issues offline. I own a ps5 and XSX and have had zero issues with ps5 system. It’s a few mins and a few clicks to Copy save data and chose ps5/ps4 version and you get the power to decide. Lots of people amused by this seem to be Xbox only people that haven’t used both systems and are just reading people on stupid street having issues relishing the fake console wars. Honestly you picked Xbox only well done. Don’t hate on another plastic box.

Re: Talking Point: 10 Days Later, How Are You Feeling About The Activision Blizzard Acquisition?

Stocksy

Didn’t like it then and don’t like it now but I’m not blindly loyal to one bit of plastic and cables over another bit of plastic and cables. I just want good cinematic first player games, deep sports games and fun racers with a smattering of platformers and collectathons and competition - less 3rd parties games is bad for all of us. Nothing was stopping MS releasing more games and more IPs. They don’t need to keep buying companies.