The next cod is rumoured to be another cross gen game aswell code named 'cerberus' makes sense not moving on to 'next gen' if once the acquisition goes through they'll be legally required to do native versions of cod on Nintendos hardware with the same release date as other platforms
@S1ayeR74 they can have it on ps plus if they're willing to pay an enormous fee for it to be included which would be moronic as it would just cannibalise sales (as Activision themselves have said lol)
@Jarobusa they wouldn't cut cod off playstation , it makes the most money on that console sure they could do it out of spite so Sony doesn't get the 30% from sales made on the ps store but then they'd be losing the 70% they get they wouldn't gain anything by cutting off playstation I doubt it would sell many more Xbox consoles since it will be on gamepass , geforce now & Nintendo eventually
@Moonglow & if it is as powerful as a series S like I said they wouldn't need a 10 year contract Activision would be developing them for the Nintendo anyway since there'd be absolutely no reason not to
@NEStalgia if 'switch 2' or whatever nintendos next console is is powerful enough to run new cod games without putting too much money into developing a separate switch version then cod would be releasing on Nintendo anyway they wouldn't need a 10 year contract lol
@JayJ I've never been riled up over cod I've consistently said its spyro & crash bandicoot games that I care about & the only game being mentioned is cod
So crash bandicoot , spyro , Tony hawk's etc could very well still be on the chopping block for Nintendo & playstation but hey Nintendo will get gimped versions / cloud versions of call of duty so they can gouge Nintendo players with their MTX ... What a great deal
@cburg it's Xbox related news how is it 'stirring the pot' idve commented on the article addressing what I mentioned except pure Xbox hasn't done one perhaps they just haven't seen this news & after seeing my comment they could look into it & do an article.
Apparently both Xbox series X & S are getting a price increase in Sweden are they just rolling out price increases to different countries gradually 🤷♂️
@cragis0001 yeah just checked you're right it was initially coming to Xbox & last gen consoles but they obviously changed that & with it being published by Sony I'd say they probably provided alot of money to get the game finished
@Gamingforlife theres a big difference between a years timed exclusivity & buying a publisher & completely cancelling a release on another platform & project eve or stellar blade as it is now called was funded by Sony that's why they're the publisher of the game
@cragis0001 & you've seen documents showing that Sony was asking for timed exclusivity of this highly anticipated game that would cost a fortune to get have you ?
@Friendly because they bought starfield while it was in active development for Xbox pc & playstation then shut down development of the playstation version as soon as they acquired them , Spider-Man was offered to Microsoft who declined then offered to insomniac who agreed , 2 completely different scenarios
@xxk7xx I hadn't even heard of EA play pro before had to look it up & it's only on pc where alot of EA games get cracked anyway & it's £90 a year as opposed to standard EA play which is £20 a year lol
@Snake_V5 I don't do mobile gaming so I don't know but I thought Activisions mobile division (King I think it's called) dwarves cod for consoles so that would be what they'd mainly want then they could extend their subscription service to mobile for people that are addicted to games like candy crush lol
@Azathoth I think they should be required to hand over all that information in their court case over the acquisition then regulators can say weather or not Sony & other companies that aren't as big could compete
@Sakisa have you boycotted gamepass because Microsoft paid for high on life to launch on it & Justin Roiland is a POS or are you just being a hypocrite
The Simpsons is way past it's prime as a TV show I think the franchise could really shine with more video game adaptations though aslong as they use classic episodes as inspiration
@Green-Bandit I'm looking forward to gears 6 & hellblade 2 didn't really like fallout 4 despite liking fallout 3 same with Skyrim despite liking oblivion , if they finally get rid of the outdated engine & the games don't run like crap then I'll check the new ones out when they finally come
@Green-Bandit I dunno , they've said he'll stick around for a while after the acquisition & report to Phil Spencer so I know they won't immediately fire him I reckon he'll have something in the terms for buying them that he has to stay their for atleast 10 years (10 years is just a joke because of the proposed deal with playstation & nintendo lol) & I dunno about smaller titles the cod campaigns are already really short & I'm not really attracted to any gamepass titles
@S1ayeR74 'and regularly create deals to forcefully keep games or features off other platforms' you do realise that Microsoft has had every opportunity to do that it's not like they don't have the money they're a trillion dollar company they've just decided over the past few years to start competing again & to a trillion dollar corporation that means buying the biggest publishers to get a head start
@Green-Bandit we all know Activision is greedy so it's not much of a surprise that they'll be saving content for their new 'premium' game this year that will just be another modern warfare (I wanted more of the campaign I loved it but the multiplayer is extremely light on content considering the price increase the rumours of a 2 year development cycle etc) if Activision becomes a more consumer friendly company after the acquisition then I'll welcome it I doubt they'll change much though because why change what makes alot of money & they darent say a bad word about Bobby so I doubt they fire him
@Banjo- 'after literally involving the whole world in legal procedures' I'm not being a fanboy but tbf Phil Spencer was the one that started the putting stuff out to the public when they offered that 10 years deal he made it a public forum
@Green-Bandit it's fair to have differing opinions the campaign I'm probably saulty about them killing off cortana out of the game & starting again (I liked 4 & 5) the multiplayer however I think was terrible way less content than they were hyping with the millions of customization options or whatever it was they said & that's no where near as important as having a good amount of maps & there's very few , I feel the same about mwII for £70 I was expecting more
@Moonglow whenever I criticize an Xbox game on this site I get labelled as a Sony fanboy , you mentioned the multiplexer getting players choice award which is a very good indication of the fanboyism this game had , it wasn't 'the halo infinite multiplayer beta' that won the players choice award it was just halo infinite when it wasn't out & the multiplayer had been out for like 2 weeks & extremely bare bones , if you want to talk about gears 5 I'll happily tell you that was a goty contender when it came out but halo infinite was just a huge disappointment especially with the huge budget it was allocated & it was marketed as 'the biggest halo yet'
@Banjo- the campaign was very generic & copy paste environments not what you'd expect from the budget they used , the multiplayer was bare bones & unfinished , the graphics are almost Xbox 360 era , forge & online co-op didn't come until a year later & local multiplayer was cancelled after they promised it would be in the game....
@old-dad I have no doubt that both playstation & Xbox do shady deals behind the scenes so I think it would only be right that they both be required to air their dirty laundry
@Banjo- you're the one saying Nintendo & playstation games get higher praise than they deserve , I gave you an example of an Xbox game that got inflated review scores
If they're demanding Sony share all this information then shouldn't they also share all the same information in court (I don't know if they are I'm just curious)
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Re: Report: Resident Evil Creator Shinji Mikami Is Leaving Xbox Studio Tango Gameworks
Hope he goes to capcom to work on another resident evil
Re: Elden Ring Reaches Incredible Sales Milestone Ahead Of One Year Anniversary
It's not a new IP it's open world dark souls lol
Re: Here's What Might Be Leaving Xbox Game Pass In March 2023
https://www.trueachievements.com/n52956/shinji-mikami-leaving-tango-gameworks
Re: Microsoft Signs Binding Contract To Bring Call Of Duty To Nintendo
The next cod is rumoured to be another cross gen game aswell code named 'cerberus' makes sense not moving on to 'next gen' if once the acquisition goes through they'll be legally required to do native versions of cod on Nintendos hardware with the same release date as other platforms
Re: Xbox 360 Era Gears Of War Director Teases Return To Franchise
Bring back dom as one of the swarm elite
Re: Xbox Says It's Offering 'Better Deal' Than Sony's Current COD Contract, Which Expires In 2024
@S1ayeR74 they can have it on ps plus if they're willing to pay an enormous fee for it to be included which would be moronic as it would just cannibalise sales (as Activision themselves have said lol)
Re: Xbox Says It's Offering 'Better Deal' Than Sony's Current COD Contract, Which Expires In 2024
@Jarobusa they wouldn't cut cod off playstation , it makes the most money on that console sure they could do it out of spite so Sony doesn't get the 30% from sales made on the ps store but then they'd be losing the 70% they get they wouldn't gain anything by cutting off playstation I doubt it would sell many more Xbox consoles since it will be on gamepass , geforce now & Nintendo eventually
Re: Microsoft Signs Binding Contract To Bring Call Of Duty To Nintendo
@Martsmall we know they won't remove cod from playstation though it makes far too much money through its £70 price tag & then all MTX on top of it
Re: Microsoft Signs Binding Contract To Bring Call Of Duty To Nintendo
@Moonglow move what goalposts there never was a 'goalpost' to begin with my god you guys are like a cult
Re: Microsoft Signs Binding Contract To Bring Call Of Duty To Nintendo
@Moonglow & if it is as powerful as a series S like I said they wouldn't need a 10 year contract Activision would be developing them for the Nintendo anyway since there'd be absolutely no reason not to
Re: Microsoft Signs Binding Contract To Bring Call Of Duty To Nintendo
@NEStalgia if 'switch 2' or whatever nintendos next console is is powerful enough to run new cod games without putting too much money into developing a separate switch version then cod would be releasing on Nintendo anyway they wouldn't need a 10 year contract lol
Re: Microsoft Signs Binding Contract To Bring Call Of Duty To Nintendo
@JayJ I've never been riled up over cod I've consistently said its spyro & crash bandicoot games that I care about & the only game being mentioned is cod
Re: Microsoft Signs Binding Contract To Bring Call Of Duty To Nintendo
So crash bandicoot , spyro , Tony hawk's etc could very well still be on the chopping block for Nintendo & playstation but hey Nintendo will get gimped versions / cloud versions of call of duty so they can gouge Nintendo players with their MTX ... What a great deal
Re: Microsoft Agrees Deal With Nvidia To Bring Xbox & ActiBlizz Games To GeForce Now
@Kaloudz if you're using Nvidia geforce to stream games you'd be able to just stream them using Xbox game pass it's pretty pointless lol
Re: Here Are The Patch Notes For The Final Assassin's Creed Valhalla Update On Xbox
@cburg it's Xbox related news how is it 'stirring the pot' idve commented on the article addressing what I mentioned except pure Xbox hasn't done one perhaps they just haven't seen this news & after seeing my comment they could look into it & do an article.
Re: Here Are The Patch Notes For The Final Assassin's Creed Valhalla Update On Xbox
Apparently both Xbox series X & S are getting a price increase in Sweden are they just rolling out price increases to different countries gradually 🤷♂️
Re: Three Rivals Feel Microsoft's ActiBlizz Deal Would Have 'Negative Impact On Competition'
@cragis0001 yeah just checked you're right it was initially coming to Xbox & last gen consoles but they obviously changed that & with it being published by Sony I'd say they probably provided alot of money to get the game finished
Re: Three Rivals Feel Microsoft's ActiBlizz Deal Would Have 'Negative Impact On Competition'
@cragis0001 stellar blade was never multiplatform...
Re: Working With Xbox Was 'Positive Experience', Says Team Behind Hi-Fi RUSH
@Green-Bandit well yeah it's not exclusive to this one I was just saying that they weren't going to say anything bad about they're bosses lol
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Re: Three Rivals Feel Microsoft's ActiBlizz Deal Would Have 'Negative Impact On Competition'
@Gamingforlife theres a big difference between a years timed exclusivity & buying a publisher & completely cancelling a release on another platform & project eve or stellar blade as it is now called was funded by Sony that's why they're the publisher of the game
Re: Three Rivals Feel Microsoft's ActiBlizz Deal Would Have 'Negative Impact On Competition'
@cragis0001 & you've seen documents showing that Sony was asking for timed exclusivity of this highly anticipated game that would cost a fortune to get have you ?
Re: Working With Xbox Was 'Positive Experience', Says Team Behind Hi-Fi RUSH
I highly doubt they'd say anything bad about the company that owns them lol
Re: Three Rivals Feel Microsoft's ActiBlizz Deal Would Have 'Negative Impact On Competition'
@Friendly because they bought starfield while it was in active development for Xbox pc & playstation then shut down development of the playstation version as soon as they acquired them , Spider-Man was offered to Microsoft who declined then offered to insomniac who agreed , 2 completely different scenarios
Re: Saints Row's Disappointing Reboot 'Underperformed' For Embracer Group
Unsurprising I'm sure a proper remake of the original with some qol improvements would've done much better
Re: Xbox Game Pass Launches Enable 'Secure Success', Says Indie Publisher
@xxk7xx I hadn't even heard of EA play pro before had to look it up & it's only on pc where alot of EA games get cracked anyway & it's £90 a year as opposed to standard EA play which is £20 a year lol
Re: Bethesda Is 'Still Sorting Stuff Out' For Xbox's Upcoming Starfield Showcase
Probably trying to get a decent amount of gameplay footage without running into a bug / glitch lol
Re: Microsoft Will Defend Its Xbox Activision Blizzard Deal In EU Court Hearing Next Week
@Snake_V5 I don't do mobile gaming so I don't know but I thought Activisions mobile division (King I think it's called) dwarves cod for consoles so that would be what they'd mainly want then they could extend their subscription service to mobile for people that are addicted to games like candy crush lol
Re: Xbox Game Pass Launches Enable 'Secure Success', Says Indie Publisher
@Azathoth I think they should be required to hand over all that information in their court case over the acquisition then regulators can say weather or not Sony & other companies that aren't as big could compete
Re: Xbox Game Pass Launches Enable 'Secure Success', Says Indie Publisher
The subscription model does work for indie games (aslong as there's enough people willing to subscribe for Indies)
Re: Microsoft Says Xbox Game Pass 'Creates Another Option' For Devs To Make Money
@uptownsoul we know they're looking into adding ads into games
Re: Hogwarts Legacy Sells 80% More Copies At UK Launch Than Elden Ring
@Sakisa have you boycotted gamepass because Microsoft paid for high on life to launch on it & Justin Roiland is a POS or are you just being a hypocrite
Re: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Season 2 Trailer Showcases Free Maps & Modes For Multiplayer
@themightyant brave of you to say it on this site lol
Re: Pick One: Which Of These Xbox Classics Would You Remaster?
The Simpsons is way past it's prime as a TV show I think the franchise could really shine with more video game adaptations though aslong as they use classic episodes as inspiration
Re: 2023 Has Already Treated Us To Multiple GOTY Candidates On Xbox
@Green-Bandit I'm looking forward to gears 6 & hellblade 2 didn't really like fallout 4 despite liking fallout 3 same with Skyrim despite liking oblivion , if they finally get rid of the outdated engine & the games don't run like crap then I'll check the new ones out when they finally come
Re: Sony Feels Microsoft Is Committing 'Obvious Harassment' In Relation To ActiBlizz Deal
@S1ayeR74 the comment I was replying to said only Sony makes themselves out to be victims
Re: 2023 Has Already Treated Us To Multiple GOTY Candidates On Xbox
@Green-Bandit I dunno , they've said he'll stick around for a while after the acquisition & report to Phil Spencer so I know they won't immediately fire him I reckon he'll have something in the terms for buying them that he has to stay their for atleast 10 years (10 years is just a joke because of the proposed deal with playstation & nintendo lol) & I dunno about smaller titles the cod campaigns are already really short & I'm not really attracted to any gamepass titles
Re: Sony Feels Microsoft Is Committing 'Obvious Harassment' In Relation To ActiBlizz Deal
@JayJ so you're saying I'm wrong & Bobby kotick isn't making himself & Activision out to be a victim ?
Re: Sony Feels Microsoft Is Committing 'Obvious Harassment' In Relation To ActiBlizz Deal
@S1ayeR74 'and regularly create deals to forcefully keep games or features off other platforms' you do realise that Microsoft has had every opportunity to do that it's not like they don't have the money they're a trillion dollar company they've just decided over the past few years to start competing again & to a trillion dollar corporation that means buying the biggest publishers to get a head start
Re: 2023 Has Already Treated Us To Multiple GOTY Candidates On Xbox
@Green-Bandit we all know Activision is greedy so it's not much of a surprise that they'll be saving content for their new 'premium' game this year that will just be another modern warfare (I wanted more of the campaign I loved it but the multiplayer is extremely light on content considering the price increase the rumours of a 2 year development cycle etc) if Activision becomes a more consumer friendly company after the acquisition then I'll welcome it I doubt they'll change much though because why change what makes alot of money & they darent say a bad word about Bobby so I doubt they fire him
Re: Sony Feels Microsoft Is Committing 'Obvious Harassment' In Relation To ActiBlizz Deal
@Banjo- 'after literally involving the whole world in legal procedures' I'm not being a fanboy but tbf Phil Spencer was the one that started the putting stuff out to the public when they offered that 10 years deal he made it a public forum
Re: Sony Feels Microsoft Is Committing 'Obvious Harassment' In Relation To ActiBlizz Deal
@JayJ at least all the other bad companies don't try to act like they are some kind of victim, Bobby kotick begs to differ lol
Re: 2023 Has Already Treated Us To Multiple GOTY Candidates On Xbox
@Green-Bandit it's fair to have differing opinions the campaign I'm probably saulty about them killing off cortana out of the game & starting again (I liked 4 & 5) the multiplayer however I think was terrible way less content than they were hyping with the millions of customization options or whatever it was they said & that's no where near as important as having a good amount of maps & there's very few , I feel the same about mwII for £70 I was expecting more
Re: 2023 Has Already Treated Us To Multiple GOTY Candidates On Xbox
@Moonglow whenever I criticize an Xbox game on this site I get labelled as a Sony fanboy , you mentioned the multiplexer getting players choice award which is a very good indication of the fanboyism this game had , it wasn't 'the halo infinite multiplayer beta' that won the players choice award it was just halo infinite when it wasn't out & the multiplayer had been out for like 2 weeks & extremely bare bones , if you want to talk about gears 5 I'll happily tell you that was a goty contender when it came out but halo infinite was just a huge disappointment especially with the huge budget it was allocated & it was marketed as 'the biggest halo yet'
Re: 2023 Has Already Treated Us To Multiple GOTY Candidates On Xbox
@Banjo- the campaign was very generic & copy paste environments not what you'd expect from the budget they used , the multiplayer was bare bones & unfinished , the graphics are almost Xbox 360 era , forge & online co-op didn't come until a year later & local multiplayer was cancelled after they promised it would be in the game....
Re: Sony Feels Microsoft Is Committing 'Obvious Harassment' In Relation To ActiBlizz Deal
@old-dad I have no doubt that both playstation & Xbox do shady deals behind the scenes so I think it would only be right that they both be required to air their dirty laundry
Re: 2023 Has Already Treated Us To Multiple GOTY Candidates On Xbox
@Banjo- you're the one saying Nintendo & playstation games get higher praise than they deserve , I gave you an example of an Xbox game that got inflated review scores
Re: 2023 Has Already Treated Us To Multiple GOTY Candidates On Xbox
@Banjo- I disagree , halo infinite is a great example of a very mediocre game getting glowing reviews because it's Xbox & halo
Re: Sony Feels Microsoft Is Committing 'Obvious Harassment' In Relation To ActiBlizz Deal
If they're demanding Sony share all this information then shouldn't they also share all the same information in court (I don't know if they are I'm just curious)