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Yet somehow, the PC releases scale lower and no one says a word...

Oooh, nice sizzle from Phil. Sony is in no position to say anything.

@Sol4ris I want Valhalla back.

Guardians of the Galaxy was better than I thought it would be. Everyone needs to play Tunic. The game is spectacular!

Microsoft getting Nintendo to sign it is the nail in the coffin to Sony's absurd argument.

@Romans12 you clearly didn't read GamingTrend's review then lol! "2023 has already been strong with Game of the Year contenders, and Atomic Heart is another one of them."
There wasn't even a shooter nominated for Game of the Year this last year. The year before's Game of the Year (Deathloop) is on Game Pass.

@Nintendo4Sonic Cuz Game Pass is awesome that's why. Most people don't replay the same game multiple times, so physical ownership doesn't mean much when you can save a ton of money with Game Pass. You are still free to pay more money and own the disc if you want. I like knowing what's coming down the pipe for Game Pass and most others do as well. Be dumb not to mention it when it's happening.

I mean the picture above told me enough that this game would suck...

@AdamCorela Yeah, they have to pretend they won't so that they can feign all this outrage about the Activision purchase. Then after it goes through, I could totally see them be like "Xbox forced us to do this". They are the masters of spin.

@Banjo- Prepare to wait a long time. Squeenix is essentially, a Sony company now...

@grumpypotato No, they really aren't. KS is (supposed to be) for indie devs that are self-publishing and need the money upfront. Big difference vs a large publisher incentivizing pre-orders. However, KS is complete garbage when it comes to monitoring that the project follows through, and they won't give you a penny if the project creators are scammers. I got burned big time on KS and will never use it again. Absolutely zero protections and KS won't even refund their cut from the funding. So, they are scammers too.

In some ways, this could also sound like it'll be shadow dropping on Game Pass. Here's hoping.

What a bunch of dorks. This is just a game to CMA and FTC...

This game has fallen off soo much in the last couple seasons.

@InterceptorAlpha To be fair, most people hate Big Team Battle lol! I do it as a warm-up but it gets old quick.

FINALLY! This is the only way to save Halo Infinite since the devs are seemingly incapable of making maps. Blow this open and let the community save Halo.

@UltimateOtaku91 Being part of Game Pass automatically makes EA Access a better value.

@ironcrow86 Danks gamma not see

If it ain't on Game Pass, I couldn't care less. Ubisoft is so boring and so terribly run at this point. They literally just re-release the same crap every year. Ives is terrible at his job.

That review was probably written by UltimateOtaku

@jordan1992 Yeah I'm done... Can't help willful stupidity...

Lol, they are shutting down the single-player? Wow, can they suck any harder?

@jordan1992 https://www.theicon.com/5-aaa-games-and-their-budgets-how-much-was-spent-how-much-was-made-and-was-it-worth-it There you go pal. Now run along to English class.

@jordan1992 Wow dude, you do realize that words can have different meanings based on how they are used in a sentence right? Like when someone says they are buying a "budget item", that is short speech for saying they are buying a "low budget item". The term "budget" does not always mean cheap. When a corporation announces it's annual "budget", it doesn't announce it's annual "cheap".
And wow, you literally defined the term "budget" with "limited budget"!!! Seriously, how do you function in a society without this understanding? I am honestly amazed that you have. You are mocking me for your complete lack of understanding basic language. Keep facepalming and digging that hole though...

Safe to say this game is Undead on Arrival... Someone should've actually watched this The Day Before and told them not to release it.

@jordan1992 Is language your first language?
"Budget - an estimate of income and expenditure for a set period of time"
AAA budget means: "an estimate of income and expenditure for a set period of time" for "a huge game being made for years".
It's very sad that I am explaining this right now...

@BRT15 I played on Game Pass. Yeah, I'd be more salty had I paid full price.

@BRT15 It wasn't crap, but it didn't quite live up to Left 4 Dead's level. Was fun for a little bit, then lost interest as it got fairly repetitive... Turtle Rock can't seem to get over that hump and find a long-lasting hook to their games as they venture on their own.

I'll wait for it to arrive on Game Pass like it's predecessor did. I enjoyed Deliver Us the Moon, but I got enough of a backlog to where I can wait for Mars.

@jordan1992 I have no idea what you just said...

@uptownsoul Compulsion games is not Naught Dog. Same number of studios is a meaningless comparison when different studios produce different levels of games. Not every studio makes AAA budget games and not all should. I shouldn't have to be explaining this...

@uptownsoul Yes, but not at the same level. There are multiple ways for them to try to get at the same level. They could go a different path, but this is one path.

@theGoodChap I can agree with you there. It is getting pretty crazy overall with gaming. Lot of rugs being pulled out from under established IPs and fanbases on both sides. I will say that I do believe most of Activision's games will remain cross-platform. Some of them are too big of a cash cow to pull exclusive. But, you'll get the whole "buy it on PS5 or get it on Game Pass" comparison.

@jordan1992 this isn't sports. Business doesn't function with equal cap space and draft picks. If companies want to dump more capital into "buying itself to the top" they can. They are risking more capital by doing so. And the fact that this doesn't even put them over Sony, negates that point. This merely makes them a legitimate competitor again with the dominate Sony. If Xbox then proceeds to buy EA and Ubisoft, then I'd be getting concerned about that.

@uptownsoul why is every company required to follow the same blueprint? They aren't. The fact that all these Sony fans are constantly on here freaking out about Xbox becoming actually formidable again just shows how entitled you all are to having the dominate console and Sony reflects that same attitude.

@theGoodChap you sure attributed a lot of things I never said from your high horse. I'm rooting for a closer parity. Sony has dominated the market and will still lead it after the acquisition. It'll just be closer now and that's healthier for competition. Sure, It'd be nice if just everything was utopia cross-platform. But then everyone would just buy the stronger console, which is Xbox. If I am calling them hypocrites, am I not by definition, saying both companies are doing the same things in this area? But yeah, that's somehow "unadultered fanboyism"... Oh please...

@Kaloudz Asset transferring has become more and more accessible than it used to be. So, I'm sure they can for a starting point.

It's the right decision though, so that's good at least.

Watch Ubi + join Game Pass right after this lol!

@Microbius You nailed it. A lot of hypocrisy from Sony that is reflected in their users.

@uptownsoul Ok... And???

@themightyant Your point is totally meaningless to the topic though. I'm completely aware as to why Last of Us TV show is bigger than Halo. The games reflect a similar market though.

@UltimateOtaku91 I like how you keep saying it's unrelated, then proceed to talk about how little involvement and money (you think) Sony will get. The show will most definitely boost sales of the game. The fact that Microsoft has needed to make all these purchases to just be a formidable competitor shows how far ahead Sony is right now. Didn't see the FTC saying anything about Sony's huge lead before Microsoft bought Bethesda. Just shows how ridiculous this all is. But I get it. You are a Sony person and you want your exclusive CoD DLC and XP Boosters...

@UltimateOtaku91 It's jointly produced by Sony and co-written by Druckmann, so you are wrong. And the fact that they both have shows (and The Last of Us is clearly much larger than Halo), proves the point that there is competition in the market and Sony still will remain on top this generation, after the Activision acquisition.

No lies told. FTC is a joke

I bet it just eats at Sony that MLB has them do this lol!

@kihaennem Think you are confusing enhanced with a remake. This was intended to be true to the original and they don't have as much control over the assets to reskin it like they did with Perfect Dark. With the insane licensing and shared rights involved, it was a miracle we even got this! Assets remain, just resolution scaling and lighting changes for the most part as well as controller scheming.

Why on earth would you announce a game before you file a trademark for it? This makes no sense at all...

@dreadful No evidence that they knew he was a domestic violence offender when they made the game. Why should Squanch be punished for something someone else did?

@Lup Cancel culture at it's worst on display here. Let's punish people completely unrelated to the offender. Guilty by association. A terrible display of modern society...