@RZ-Atom you very much are criticising them for not showing an interest in how the gameplay is. They are your words. That isn't their focus. It is solely about the tech power the games. You can want full representation on everything about the game but you are obviously going into watching their videos knowing you won't get that. I read the context of what you wrote perfectly fine you just don't seem to realise that what you said is what would be considered criticism of it for some reason.
@GameOverScreen they aren't biased at all they simply report their findings on how it runs on particular hardware. If it runs better on an Xbox they will say and they have done many many times in the past. Just because you ignore those times and are for some on reason annoyed that they dare point out a game runs better on something other than Xbox hardware doesn't make it true. You are the one that comes across as a fanboy hoping they get shut down because the information they have gathered doesn't say what you want it to.
@RZ-Atom they aren't reviewing the gameplay and the game itself though that isn't their purpose they are doing tech analysis that is literally why they were set up. You are criticising them for not doing something that they aren't aiming to do in the first place.
It feels like longer. I forgot they existed since they stopped having them on the Xbox store under the hardware section. Admittedly I don't check it often and only used it to redeem some points for a new controller.
I don't see this as great. Wasn't a fan of the latest Motorsport as it felt lacking any kind of personality almost like it had it's identity ripped out from it. But it was always a good rival the Gran Turismo and was definitely a reason to get an Xbox is you like racing games. I can understand that the Horizon series has probably started to overtake it in terms of sales over the past several years but for the studio that made the series to be turned into support for an offshoot of that series seems like it would be hard for anyone left there to not struggle with that. That's if these is anyone senior left.
It seems like every game that has been announced as being in development now has to have some kind of confirmation it is still a thing. I would say there are probably many games that Microsoft has in development that haven't been announced that get cancelled but then they also have a tendency to announce them so many years in advance now it's hard to tell.
I imagine the amount of time the game has been in development has been good for her and other voice actors too probably getting more money each time they have asked them to record new stuff with no potential release date on the horizon. If that were me I would want that job to keep going too. I know that may sound negative but I am sure it is a common thing with voice actors especially if they have been used since the early days of the development of a game they will usually have a good amount of dates booked for work.
So he is saying it was fake but it wasn't extra super fake? By the sounds of that he is admitting what they did have was barely fit to be shown off to begin with. This is why I am against showing trailers years in advance of a game even possibly being released as there is a high chance that what they are showing isn't actually a game
So if that one was a fake trailer and the original teaser years ago was also just a mock up and had nothing to do with any kind of actual work done all I would say is a game with that little progress in 7 or so years deserved to be cancelled. What could two separate studios have been doing all that time to show such little progress?
This one really is sad. I can kind of get it since the game has been in development for several years now and progress seemed to never move past the very early stages. Saying that though it seemed like there was finally direction after the big gameplay reveal and now nothing.
This is the problem they have switched their focus so many times in the last 4 years it's hard to know what they want. First they started by buying publishers expecting everyone to flock to Xbox and Gamepass because they own all these Bethesda and Activision-Blizzard games. Then it's just countless different things with the play anywhere stuff and everything being an Xbox, third party releases and all the rumours around their next consoles also having access to PC storefronts. They are confusing their customers as to why they actually need an Xbox at this point.
I get that this will give greater choice but I can't see how this won't impact Microsoft's sales even further when it comes to software considering those PC centric store fronts often offer games at far cheaper prices. When I buy games on my PC the Microsoft store or Xbox app are probably the last place I go to buy the game and it is often only something I use for Gamepass games.
It's not really a surprise. But then many big games on subscription services probably have much lower completion rates now because people will often try stuff they normally wouldn't and if they don't like what they see then they will simply stop and uninstall it.
The seem to be up and down in revenue in all different sectors of their business. Since they started running TNT sports in the UK they have apparently suffered huge losses on that too. Although from what I have read the reason BT wanted to get rid of it was because they were losing money every year due to the huge amounts of money they were spending and not getting the number of subscribers they needed to match it.
WB is one of those that has themselves spread way to thin by trying to do everything related to media in some way and they are suffering with all of it.
I remember a time when consoles always dropped in price multiple times during their lifespan and were a fraction of the price the were when they launched by the end of their life. Now have been seeing them not only maintaining their price throughout their life but now going up.
I stopped my Gamepass subscription last year but that was because I went back to PS Plus. I didn't see the point in having two similar services at the same time. It's the same as subscribing to steaming services I don't really subscribe to multiple ones at the same time because then I won't use one and waste money.
At the same time I don't rely on subscription services as the only way I play games more of an addition to what games I buy or to play stuff I would probably never buy normally.
@FraserG I did see the update just saying at the time I checked it last night it was still the same. I will be curious if they extend the time period due to the error as we are only several hours from the time it's due to end.
The problem is that it has been so long since a Banjo game came out that many people have no nostalgia for it. When something has been gone that long you would have to release a pretty special game for it get peoples attention. I'm not saying it can't be done but the expectation from the guy expecting it to do Mario kind of numbers wasn't being realistic. Microsoft is sitting on loads of long dormant once popular game series though and they seem reluctant to try and use many.
Personally I can't see any Xbox handheld being anything more than a Gamepass streaming device. I don't see why they would invest it making a device that can play games locally when their main aim now seems to be getting any and all devices that can stream Xbox games to do that. I wouldn't be surprised if an Xbox app comes out on Switch 2 now as they seem to want to have a strong relationship with Nintendo going forward.
In order for it to be a bigger technological leap over what is currently on the market it would have to be considerably more powerful than the PS5 Pro and I can't see that happening at an affordable price not any time soon anyway. Making that kind of claim is pure hyperbole though as there have been some pretty huge leaps in technology from generations to generation and that gap is getting smaller and smaller each time. So they have dug a hole with that claim as it is.
The very fact that you simply want new hardware just because others have released or announced it says more about you expecting them to feel obligated to release things on others schedules than their own. That why Nintendo does things when they want and not what others in the market are doing.
A decade or so ago Microsoft just started buying developers in the hope they would just make amazing games they had done previously and that it would just work out. The problem with that method is you need someone who has a vision of what studios are doing what and not just let them get on with it. Obviously they expected people to flock to buying an Xbox simply on the previous games the studios they were acquiring made and it just didn't work like that.
They pretty much now have no choice with acquiring publishers to make themselves more of a third party publisher themselves. It just doesn't give me much hope that the next Xbox will even be worth investing it as I can imagine by that point a large majority of there games will also be coming to Playstation either the same day or within several months.
I can understand it from someone's point of view that they either do it that way or essentially lose their job because the division you are in charge of will stop existing.
This is Phil essentially admitting defeat as far as consoles go. I am not surprised since as far back as the released of the Kinect they lost any momentum they had managed to build early with the 360 and they have never been able to get it back. Most people could see this coming when they started to realise simply buying large third party publishers wasn't boosting sales as far as consoles go. Those games from the likes of Bethesda and Activision only hold value because they were multi-platform to begin with they weren't valuable as system sellers for the most part.
Does this surprise anyone when they literally advertise that you don't need an Xbox to play Xbox games any more? I get that their early idea was to buy all of these publishers and simply make everyone buy an Xbox because all of the games would be on Gamepass day one. As it turns out a subscription service alone didn't entice people over to the platform much to their surprise. The amount of people who figured those who just played third party games from the likes of Activision and Bethesda grossly overstated their value. If all or most of those games are still coming out on Playstation and that platform has plenty of games that aren't on yours even from third parties most people are still going to choose the one that has more to choose from.
If anything the should make the interface just like the XBox one so it is fully controller friendly for the big screen. At least that is what I would do especially if you want a more living room friendly PC gaming experience. Just like Steams big picture mode is a far better user experience only with a controller.
Bragging that you had to buy successful franchises comes across as they would rather buy other people's success than create it themselves. Yes they had success with Halo, Gears and Forza but they have completely dried up from a creative standpoint in the past decade or so and even the stuff they have created seems to be a one and done game with moderate success but no attempt to follow up on that.
It's not a great experience for watching streamed content for more than a one off and you would be better off getting a dedicated streaming device that has easy to navigate apps. Not only that but they used a fraction of the power to run and I find consoles consume way too much power to stream on in comparison they may use less than they used to but still more than something like a fire stick or Roku device. The two services you even mention in the article; Triller TV and the NHL both have much more useable experiences on every dedicated streaming device so why you would torture yourself and use a web browser on a console I have no idea.
I will say the visuals and presentation are a bit basic but it's good to have sports games that aren't made by EA and 2K and it will take time to get anywhere near the level of polish those games now have. The only thing for me is it looks dated all around from what I have seen and is playing it fairly safe with all of the options I am not saying it's a bad thing if the game is fun but it is definitely something will benefit from the developers making sequels rather than be a one and done.
While I have a 1GB connection I often find consoles don't ever get anywhere near that speed when downloading so about 50% of that at best and even the biggest games at over 100GB takes around 30 minutes or so. I also find Xbox consoles to download slower than Playstations and that is with both a wired and wireless connection.
@NEStalgia I am not saying it makes sense in the general way but in the fact that it seems like the only logical way they have went about it for some reason. The whole thing just makes them look bad for costing people jobs from a studio that they went on to sell not to long after. Even if it is an internal dispute it makes no one involved look good in how it was handled. Phil saying it is not about PR was only saying that because he knew it made him look bad and this actually makes him look worse.
@NEStalgia They probably shut them down and then sold off the assets so they could stop paying anyone that was let go while they found a buyer. which would be a pretty scummy thing to do as it seems no one at the studio was aware they were going to sell the Studio and all the IPs after. I can't think of anything else that would make sense in this instance. I can't really imagine after closing the studio they suddenly decided "we might as well sell them" since it's still so soon after they had to have planned to do it that way.
They have had pringles adds in the past that I noticed that wanted you to watch the add so you were in with a chance of winning something like £5 store credit or something so it's hardly the first time they have had ads for things like that on the dashboard. I would be more concerned that the person still has Christmas ornaments under their TV in August.
@Runex2121 I am not disagreeing it wouldn't surprise me if they are loosing a lot of potential money through free subscribers although I would be interested in finding out just how many people actually don't pay for Gamepass as a result of rewards because they made it way too easy for people to stack up huge amounts of points at one stage. They have caused themselves to devalue their own subscription service though by having it be given away for free for way too long not only through rewards but at one point they were doing promotions with way too many other things giving 3 month subscriptions away now they find themselves in a situation where they have had little to no growth for some time despite the expectation that customers would flock to them upon buying Activision-Blizzard.
It seems like they are slowly nerfing it now so it will be near enough impossible at one point to get the highest tier of Gamepass each month with points. I can actually understand why if that's the case as I imagine there many who have years stacked up for free. I myself had two years worth at one point before I finally let it expire last month more because I realised how little I was using the service any more and it was just a subscription ticking down and since I still have over 300,000 points and I worked it out that now with all the nerfs I would be able to save up more points by not using it to auto renew every month then I may as well do that until I am ready to use the points again.
If you are relying on sales of a remaster of a game to keep your studio going then that is really on them for not trying to come up with something new. People aren't simply going to buy a game that has very little changed except for some new levels no matter how much critics still praise it. That is more on you for assuming people want to buy the same game again the blaming the platforms it's been released on as the answer accept that you misjudged the demand for an updated version of the game.
How can investors believe that the consoles are being focused on when they aren't even advertising them to increase sales? That to me would sound like you have decided to give up for yet another generation and start again on the next one which seems like how they regularly do things.
Well when they openly and proudly advertise you don't need a console anymore to play their games is it any wonder consumers are confused by what little marketing they do? They are also putting everything on a subscription service that hasn't shown any real growth in some time and hoping that Samsung TV users as well as people that own a fire stick suddenly decide they want to game on those devices and that would be a tiny minority as most people that want to play games on a TV would probably get a dedicated device more suited to the task.
When did they start marketing it? It's barely been marketed in most countries anyway last time I recall seeing an Xbox add was when Starfield launched last year. Unless their marketing is mainly on gaming specific platforms that gamers are already watching anyway then that is probably why the vast majority of the public doesn't notice it. As far as I can tell they have only been promoting their products to the people that more than likely already are interested in it rather than to a wider audience.
Timing wise my subscription ended yesterday I had returned to Xbox after years away and skipping the Xbox One generation. As of now I have little motivation to renew as the whole appeal of Gamepass was day one exclusives included in the price now you actually have to pay extra for those. In all honesty I expected it sooner rather than later but the fact they claimed only several months ago that this exact case wouldn't happen then it really shows they really over estimated the growth they would get by including all Bethesda and Activision-Blizzard games at that same price point. Eventually all of the developments of those games will be costing more than the revenue that Gamepass brings in if they don't already. They don't seem to have had a long term business plan on this other than hope they some how get millions of more subscribers just because they have all of the games.
@Dimey A £5 card at it's non reduced value is 6,250 points and at level 2 is 5,935. A £25 card is 31,250 points not reduced but 29,685 at level 2. Still and odd 10 points more but your two values aren't for the same reduction level.
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Re: Xbox Takes Action After WipeOut For PS1 Gets Ported To Series X|S
@RZ-Atom you very much are criticising them for not showing an interest in how the gameplay is. They are your words. That isn't their focus. It is solely about the tech power the games. You can want full representation on everything about the game but you are obviously going into watching their videos knowing you won't get that. I read the context of what you wrote perfectly fine you just don't seem to realise that what you said is what would be considered criticism of it for some reason.
Re: Xbox Takes Action After WipeOut For PS1 Gets Ported To Series X|S
@GameOverScreen they aren't biased at all they simply report their findings on how it runs on particular hardware. If it runs better on an Xbox they will say and they have done many many times in the past. Just because you ignore those times and are for some on reason annoyed that they dare point out a game runs better on something other than Xbox hardware doesn't make it true. You are the one that comes across as a fanboy hoping they get shut down because the information they have gathered doesn't say what you want it to.
@RZ-Atom they aren't reviewing the gameplay and the game itself though that isn't their purpose they are doing tech analysis that is literally why they were set up. You are criticising them for not doing something that they aren't aiming to do in the first place.
Re: Talking Point: What's Your Favourite Backwards Compatible Xbox Game?
From the OG Xbox both of the KOTR games from the 360 Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon and GTA 4.
Re: Sci-Fi Horror Game 'Routine' Returns After Three Years, Coming To Xbox Game Pass
Just curious but have the studio released anything else in the 13 years this game has been in development?
Re: Random: Xbox Is Giving Away A Highly Valuable Beavis & Butt-Head Controller
@Balie3000 They have had a revival in recent years with not only a new movie but a new series on Paramount+ so there is a good chance some do.
Re: Xbox Design Lab Has Now Been 'Temporarily On Hold' For Six Months
It feels like longer. I forgot they existed since they stopped having them on the Xbox store under the hardware section. Admittedly I don't check it often and only used it to redeem some points for a new controller.
Re: Former Xbox Dev Claims Turn 10's Forza Motorsport Team 'Is No More'
I don't see this as great. Wasn't a fan of the latest Motorsport as it felt lacking any kind of personality almost like it had it's identity ripped out from it. But it was always a good rival the Gran Turismo and was definitely a reason to get an Xbox is you like racing games. I can understand that the Horizon series has probably started to overtake it in terms of sales over the past several years but for the studio that made the series to be turned into support for an offshoot of that series seems like it would be hard for anyone left there to not struggle with that. That's if these is anyone senior left.
Re: Poll: Helldivers 2 Isn't On Xbox Game Pass, So Will You Be Buying It?
It's not my kind of game so no.
Re: Kojima's Xbox Game 'OD' Hasn't Been Affected By Microsoft Layoffs, Says Report
It seems like every game that has been announced as being in development now has to have some kind of confirmation it is still a thing. I would say there are probably many games that Microsoft has in development that haven't been announced that get cancelled but then they also have a tendency to announce them so many years in advance now it's hard to tell.
Re: Perfect Dark Actor Calls On Fans To 'Speak Up' And Help The Game Survive
I imagine the amount of time the game has been in development has been good for her and other voice actors too probably getting more money each time they have asked them to record new stuff with no potential release date on the horizon. If that were me I would want that job to keep going too. I know that may sound negative but I am sure it is a common thing with voice actors especially if they have been used since the early days of the development of a game they will usually have a good amount of dates booked for work.
Re: Perfect Dark Developer Responds To 'Big Controversy' Over 2024 Gameplay Trailer
So he is saying it was fake but it wasn't extra super fake? By the sounds of that he is admitting what they did have was barely fit to be shown off to begin with. This is why I am against showing trailers years in advance of a game even possibly being released as there is a high chance that what they are showing isn't actually a game
Re: Perfect Dark Gameplay Trailer Wasn't 'Indicative' Of Its Progress, Claims Reporter
So if that one was a fake trailer and the original teaser years ago was also just a mock up and had nothing to do with any kind of actual work done all I would say is a game with that little progress in 7 or so years deserved to be cancelled. What could two separate studios have been doing all that time to show such little progress?
Re: Two More Xbox Games Are Being Cancelled, Including Perfect Dark
This one really is sad. I can kind of get it since the game has been in development for several years now and progress seemed to never move past the very early stages. Saying that though it seemed like there was finally direction after the big gameplay reveal and now nothing.
Re: Ex Blizzard Boss Thinks Microsoft Should Pick Its Xbox Strategy And 'Stick To It'
This is the problem they have switched their focus so many times in the last 4 years it's hard to know what they want. First they started by buying publishers expecting everyone to flock to Xbox and Gamepass because they own all these Bethesda and Activision-Blizzard games. Then it's just countless different things with the play anywhere stuff and everything being an Xbox, third party releases and all the rumours around their next consoles also having access to PC storefronts. They are confusing their customers as to why they actually need an Xbox at this point.
Re: Xbox Emphasises That Its Next-Gen Devices 'Aren't Locked To A Single Store'
I get that this will give greater choice but I can't see how this won't impact Microsoft's sales even further when it comes to software considering those PC centric store fronts often offer games at far cheaper prices. When I buy games on my PC the Microsoft store or Xbox app are probably the last place I go to buy the game and it is often only something I use for Gamepass games.
Re: One Month On, Oblivion Remastered Has A Pretty Low Completion Rate On Xbox
It's not really a surprise. But then many big games on subscription services probably have much lower completion rates now because people will often try stuff they normally wouldn't and if they don't like what they see then they will simply stop and uninstall it.
Re: Warner Bros Games Revenue Declines By Almost 50% At The Start Of 2025
The seem to be up and down in revenue in all different sectors of their business. Since they started running TNT sports in the UK they have apparently suffered huge losses on that too. Although from what I have read the reason BT wanted to get rid of it was because they were losing money every year due to the huge amounts of money they were spending and not getting the number of subscribers they needed to match it.
WB is one of those that has themselves spread way to thin by trying to do everything related to media in some way and they are suffering with all of it.
Re: Xbox Is Raising The Price Of Consoles, Games And Accessories
I remember a time when consoles always dropped in price multiple times during their lifespan and were a fraction of the price the were when they launched by the end of their life. Now have been seeing them not only maintaining their price throughout their life but now going up.
Re: Phil Spencer Discusses Why Xbox Game Pass Isn't For Everyone These Days
I stopped my Gamepass subscription last year but that was because I went back to PS Plus. I didn't see the point in having two similar services at the same time. It's the same as subscribing to steaming services I don't really subscribe to multiple ones at the same time because then I won't use one and waste money.
At the same time I don't rely on subscription services as the only way I play games more of an addition to what games I buy or to play stuff I would probably never buy normally.
Re: Metro 2033 Redux Gets 100% Discount On Xbox To Celebrate Anniversary
@FraserG I did see the update just saying at the time I checked it last night it was still the same. I will be curious if they extend the time period due to the error as we are only several hours from the time it's due to end.
Re: Metro 2033 Redux Gets 100% Discount On Xbox To Celebrate Anniversary
It seems to be letting people install the game but not actually purchase it. It will be interesting to see if this gets fixed by tomorrow.
Re: Banjo-Kazooie Revival Would Be 'Instantly Hated' By Some Fans, Says Original Composer
The problem is that it has been so long since a Banjo game came out that many people have no nostalgia for it. When something has been gone that long you would have to release a pretty special game for it get peoples attention. I'm not saying it can't be done but the expectation from the guy expecting it to do Mario kind of numbers wasn't being realistic. Microsoft is sitting on loads of long dormant once popular game series though and they seem reluctant to try and use many.
Re: Xbox Handheld: Everything We Know So Far, Including The Latest Rumours
Personally I can't see any Xbox handheld being anything more than a Gamepass streaming device. I don't see why they would invest it making a device that can play games locally when their main aim now seems to be getting any and all devices that can stream Xbox games to do that. I wouldn't be surprised if an Xbox app comes out on Switch 2 now as they seem to want to have a strong relationship with Nintendo going forward.
Re: Talking Point: Will Microsoft Fully Reveal Its Next-Gen Xbox This Year?
In order for it to be a bigger technological leap over what is currently on the market it would have to be considerably more powerful than the PS5 Pro and I can't see that happening at an affordable price not any time soon anyway. Making that kind of claim is pure hyperbole though as there have been some pretty huge leaps in technology from generations to generation and that gap is getting smaller and smaller each time. So they have dug a hole with that claim as it is.
The very fact that you simply want new hardware just because others have released or announced it says more about you expecting them to feel obligated to release things on others schedules than their own. That why Nintendo does things when they want and not what others in the market are doing.
Re: Rumour: Microsoft Reportedly Chose Buying Studios Over 'Winding Down' Xbox In 2021
A decade or so ago Microsoft just started buying developers in the hope they would just make amazing games they had done previously and that it would just work out. The problem with that method is you need someone who has a vision of what studios are doing what and not just let them get on with it. Obviously they expected people to flock to buying an Xbox simply on the previous games the studios they were acquiring made and it just didn't work like that.
They pretty much now have no choice with acquiring publishers to make themselves more of a third party publisher themselves. It just doesn't give me much hope that the next Xbox will even be worth investing it as I can imagine by that point a large majority of there games will also be coming to Playstation either the same day or within several months.
I can understand it from someone's point of view that they either do it that way or essentially lose their job because the division you are in charge of will stop existing.
Re: Phil Spencer Explains Why 'This Is An Xbox' Will Be Beneficial To Console Owners
This is Phil essentially admitting defeat as far as consoles go. I am not surprised since as far back as the released of the Kinect they lost any momentum they had managed to build early with the 360 and they have never been able to get it back. Most people could see this coming when they started to realise simply buying large third party publishers wasn't boosting sales as far as consoles go. Those games from the likes of Bethesda and Activision only hold value because they were multi-platform to begin with they weren't valuable as system sellers for the most part.
Re: Reaction: Like It Or Not, Xbox Has Gone Full Throttle On Multiplatform
@RetroMan71 I am relieved at this possibility of playing Forza while my crumpets toast.
Re: Reaction: Like It Or Not, Xbox Has Gone Full Throttle On Multiplatform
I'm confused is my toaster and X-Box or not? Everything seems to be an X-Box except for and actual X-Box it seems.
Re: Xbox Hardware Revenues Down Again Despite Content & Services Growth
Does this surprise anyone when they literally advertise that you don't need an Xbox to play Xbox games any more? I get that their early idea was to buy all of these publishers and simply make everyone buy an Xbox because all of the games would be on Gamepass day one. As it turns out a subscription service alone didn't entice people over to the platform much to their surprise. The amount of people who figured those who just played third party games from the likes of Activision and Bethesda grossly overstated their value. If all or most of those games are still coming out on Playstation and that platform has plenty of games that aren't on yours even from third parties most people are still going to choose the one that has more to choose from.
Re: Xbox App's New Home UI Update Available Now To Xbox Insiders
If anything the should make the interface just like the XBox one so it is fully controller friendly for the big screen. At least that is what I would do especially if you want a more living room friendly PC gaming experience. Just like Steams big picture mode is a far better user experience only with a controller.
Re: Microsoft Boasts About Owning '20 Franchises That Have Generated Over $1 Billion'
@armondo36 until these ones stop selling and they have to find another publisher to milk dry then shelf them
Re: Microsoft Boasts About Owning '20 Franchises That Have Generated Over $1 Billion'
Bragging that you had to buy successful franchises comes across as they would rather buy other people's success than create it themselves. Yes they had success with Halo, Gears and Forza but they have completely dried up from a creative standpoint in the past decade or so and even the stuff they have created seems to be a one and done game with moderate success but no attempt to follow up on that.
Re: Xbox's Internet Browser Is So Good, It's Changed The Way I Watch TV
It's not a great experience for watching streamed content for more than a one off and you would be better off getting a dedicated streaming device that has easy to navigate apps. Not only that but they used a fraction of the power to run and I find consoles consume way too much power to stream on in comparison they may use less than they used to but still more than something like a fire stick or Roku device. The two services you even mention in the article; Triller TV and the NHL both have much more useable experiences on every dedicated streaming device so why you would torture yourself and use a web browser on a console I have no idea.
Re: Review: Undisputed (Xbox) - Finally, The Wait For A New Boxing Game Is Over
I will say the visuals and presentation are a bit basic but it's good to have sports games that aren't made by EA and 2K and it will take time to get anywhere near the level of polish those games now have. The only thing for me is it looks dated all around from what I have seen and is playing it fairly safe with all of the options I am not saying it's a bad thing if the game is fun but it is definitely something will benefit from the developers making sequels rather than be a one and done.
Re: Talking Point: What Is Your Download Speed On Xbox These Days?
While I have a 1GB connection I often find consoles don't ever get anywhere near that speed when downloading so about 50% of that at best and even the biggest games at over 100GB takes around 30 minutes or so. I also find Xbox consoles to download slower than Playstations and that is with both a wired and wireless connection.
Re: 'Reynatis' Dev Explains Lack Of Xbox Version, Says There's Not Enough Demand In Japan
@dskatter their games sell massive numbers in the west though no matter what they are released on. A game like this not so much.
Re: 'Rugrats: Adventures In Gameland' Brings Its NES-Inspired Platformer To Xbox This Week
@jesse_dylan Honestly I seen it was free on Epic on Thursday to and didn't realise it was a new game so I will be getting it on there.
Re: Xbox's Hi-Fi RUSH Studio Tango Gameworks Revived, Acquired By PUBG Publisher
@NEStalgia I am not saying it makes sense in the general way but in the fact that it seems like the only logical way they have went about it for some reason. The whole thing just makes them look bad for costing people jobs from a studio that they went on to sell not to long after. Even if it is an internal dispute it makes no one involved look good in how it was handled. Phil saying it is not about PR was only saying that because he knew it made him look bad and this actually makes him look worse.
Re: Xbox's Hi-Fi RUSH Studio Tango Gameworks Revived, Acquired By PUBG Publisher
@NEStalgia They probably shut them down and then sold off the assets so they could stop paying anyone that was let go while they found a buyer. which would be a pretty scummy thing to do as it seems no one at the studio was aware they were going to sell the Studio and all the IPs after. I can't think of anything else that would make sense in this instance. I can't really imagine after closing the studio they suddenly decided "we might as well sell them" since it's still so soon after they had to have planned to do it that way.
Re: Xbox Attracts Controversy Over New McDonald's Ad On The Dashboard
@NEStalgia it was a tongue in cheek comment I wasn't being serious
Re: Xbox Attracts Controversy Over New McDonald's Ad On The Dashboard
They have had pringles adds in the past that I noticed that wanted you to watch the add so you were in with a chance of winning something like £5 store credit or something so it's hardly the first time they have had ads for things like that on the dashboard. I would be more concerned that the person still has Christmas ornaments under their TV in August.
Re: Microsoft Rewards Is Nerfing Its 'Weekly Console Bonus' In The UK
@Runex2121 I am not disagreeing it wouldn't surprise me if they are loosing a lot of potential money through free subscribers although I would be interested in finding out just how many people actually don't pay for Gamepass as a result of rewards because they made it way too easy for people to stack up huge amounts of points at one stage. They have caused themselves to devalue their own subscription service though by having it be given away for free for way too long not only through rewards but at one point they were doing promotions with way too many other things giving 3 month subscriptions away now they find themselves in a situation where they have had little to no growth for some time despite the expectation that customers would flock to them upon buying Activision-Blizzard.
Re: Microsoft Rewards Is Nerfing Its 'Weekly Console Bonus' In The UK
It seems like they are slowly nerfing it now so it will be near enough impossible at one point to get the highest tier of Gamepass each month with points. I can actually understand why if that's the case as I imagine there many who have years stacked up for free. I myself had two years worth at one point before I finally let it expire last month more because I realised how little I was using the service any more and it was just a subscription ticking down and since I still have over 300,000 points and I worked it out that now with all the nerfs I would be able to save up more points by not using it to auto renew every month then I may as well do that until I am ready to use the points again.
Re: Braid: Anniversary Edition 'Sold Like Dogs**t', Says Creator
If you are relying on sales of a remaster of a game to keep your studio going then that is really on them for not trying to come up with something new. People aren't simply going to buy a game that has very little changed except for some new levels no matter how much critics still praise it. That is more on you for assuming people want to buy the same game again the blaming the platforms it's been released on as the answer accept that you misjudged the demand for an updated version of the game.
Re: Microsoft CEO Reassures Investors That Xbox Is Focused On Console, PC And Mobile
How can investors believe that the consoles are being focused on when they aren't even advertising them to increase sales? That to me would sound like you have decided to give up for yet another generation and start again on the next one which seems like how they regularly do things.
Re: Xbox Console Sales Struggling As Hardware Revenue Nosedives At Microsoft
Well when they openly and proudly advertise you don't need a console anymore to play their games is it any wonder consumers are confused by what little marketing they do? They are also putting everything on a subscription service that hasn't shown any real growth in some time and hoping that Samsung TV users as well as people that own a fire stick suddenly decide they want to game on those devices and that would be a tiny minority as most people that want to play games on a TV would probably get a dedicated device more suited to the task.
Re: Rumour: GTA 5 Is Coming To PC Game Pass For The Very First Time
@Ricky-Spanish How are they freeloaders if they pay for a subscription service?
Re: 'Tipster' Suggests Xbox Will Stop Marketing Consoles In Certain Markets
When did they start marketing it? It's barely been marketed in most countries anyway last time I recall seeing an Xbox add was when Starfield launched last year. Unless their marketing is mainly on gaming specific platforms that gamers are already watching anyway then that is probably why the vast majority of the public doesn't notice it. As far as I can tell they have only been promoting their products to the people that more than likely already are interested in it rather than to a wider audience.
Re: Reaction: Microsoft's Constant Tweaking Of Xbox Game Pass Is Becoming Exhausting
Timing wise my subscription ended yesterday I had returned to Xbox after years away and skipping the Xbox One generation. As of now I have little motivation to renew as the whole appeal of Gamepass was day one exclusives included in the price now you actually have to pay extra for those. In all honesty I expected it sooner rather than later but the fact they claimed only several months ago that this exact case wouldn't happen then it really shows they really over estimated the growth they would get by including all Bethesda and Activision-Blizzard games at that same price point. Eventually all of the developments of those games will be costing more than the revenue that Gamepass brings in if they don't already. They don't seem to have had a long term business plan on this other than hope they some how get millions of more subscribers just because they have all of the games.
Re: Microsoft Rewards Is Getting A Couple Of New Features On Xbox
@Dimey A £5 card at it's non reduced value is 6,250 points and at level 2 is 5,935. A £25 card is 31,250 points not reduced but 29,685 at level 2. Still and odd 10 points more but your two values aren't for the same reduction level.