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.
If the digital Series X came with 2TB storage option I feel it would have been a better option since it would have made more sense. As it is it feels like they are flooding the market with too many slightly confusing variations for most people while also keeping the older models on the market at the same time. Most people will go for the cheapest model of each and just delete games to make way for newer ones.
I'm kind of tired of football games or sports games that put all the emphasis on the live service modes where you have to essentially play constantly or you fall behind. I'd just like one that purely focuses on a single player career mode that is challenging but fair. All the fun seems to get sucked out of games that push you towards competitive modes that suck the enjoyment out of games.
@demian then you misunderstood I didn't say they were releasing everything and my whole point was about the existing stuff that was already established by Activision-Blizzard so yes my entire comment was about existing stuff by then and if Toys for Bob made a Crash/Spyro game it would be multiplatform but an original game stands more chance of being exclusive.
Halo on PlayStation is like that age old thing in the 90s saying you would never see a Sonic game on a Nintendo console and vice virca. Well we will wait and see but will definitely show where Microsoft is heading if it turns out to be true.
I stopped visiting Game once my local one went into a Sports Direct and is crammed in the very top corner with more toys and merch on display than anything else. I can imagine they won't be doing this either as hardly anyone is probably buying a new Xbox this way now.
I kind of like the last three kind of wishful thinking picks but I would also be concerned that if any of them did get announced they wouldn't even have started development yet and they would end up in a situation like Perfect Dark where there is no direction on the projects. If anything id like that to be shown off before any announcements of other potential revivals get made.
I remember rushing out to get the smaller controller when it came out as I always found the original way too large and uncomfortable for extended play. Even crazier since it was designed presumably at the same since it launched in Japan with the system. I can't really think of too many people even with larger hands that actually preferred the duke, well unless you had freakishly large hands I suppose and were in fact a giant. I would consider picking this up if it was wireless though or if it was compatible with the OG Xbox but it is neither.
@demian That is so far and none of them are exactly from the recent ActivisionBlizzard purchase. Not sure why people think they have brought one of the largest third party publishers to keep the big sellers to themselves that is the whole reason they were put under scrutiny to begin with because people didn't want them doing that. So as I have said previously unless it's original games that aren't attached to existing ips then there is a chance they will remain exclusive but they haven't purchased ActivisionBlizzard so they can get to work on new original games it was for existing ips.
@RIghteousNixon It's not simply my stance though it is there own words and the fact they have been releasing games on other platforms and based on recent developments they will keep doing so. They won't suddenly change that new direction and keep all these expensive new ips to themselves in the hope they sell consoles. They have came to the realisation that unless there is a huge shift they will be behind their competitors. Trust me I would love a world where each platform had loads of exclusives still that made you want to get the system I don't think buying a huge publisher and then keep all their stuff to yourself if the way to do it though. That has to be done by making your own original stuff or having developers and publisher just want to make a game for your system because they want to because they feel it will sell well and get noticed.
@RIghteousNixon Just because they can make them exclusives doesn't mean they will. Since games that were third party only held value because they sold a lot over multiple systems. Suddenly keeping them exclusive on your system that will sell less the the competitors will decrease that value as the games themselves are not systems sellers. That has been proven with any of the Zenimax games that have been exclusive up until this point their games aren't system sellers but have more value like they were when originally purchased in being on as many platforms as possible.
As much as anyone wants to think it will happen Microsoft won't be keeping any of these games exclusive anymore. It would be nice if they did will all of these extra studios at their disposal and make a load of great new exclusives but the fact seems to be they only purchased these publishers for the stuff they already know that will make them money by continuing to publish them the same way they used to.
@RIghteousNixon You have named games that were original ones not owned by someone else prior Crash and Spyro being part of what was one of the largest third party publishers all but guarantees they will remain multiplatform as a result. It isn't so much the developer but the game they are working on. If it is an original one which I doubt but then it may have an exclusivity period however if it is something to do with Crash, Spyro or even both which given their recent development history it will be then much like Call of Duty it will remain on as many systems as possible.
@RIghteousNixon but seeing as it was part of ActivisionBlizzard to begin with and those games were already multiplatform they will more than likely stay that way. They also don't seem to want anything to be exclusive these days anyway.
@RIghteousNixon it's more than likely going to be a third party game to do with either Crash or Spyro still. The studio themselves actually gain more from this since they don't risk getting shut down by them in the future I can't see whatever game it is being exclusive from a studio they recently let go.
It is still worth doing it all if you want to essentially get gamepass free for a month since you are more than likely playing daily anyway at that point. I know people complained that the amount per month has reduced by half but if I am correct it has been opened up to way more countries now so that same pot of money they were using is now potentially available to a larger audience and they didn't increase it.
Well it's my Series X by default as it is still working. My OG Xbox stopped working as it would overheat after extended play and cause graphical glitches. I then went through three 360's and by the time the third one died I didn't go back to an Xbox console until this generation as I had nothing but bad experiences with the hardware and the lack of games last generation kind of put me off even considering it for a long time.
Well back when the first Xbox came out I wanted to own all three systems because they all had exclusive games that made me want to own each one. I got an early 360 too because of the generational leap it offered at the time however by the end of the generation after three failed on me I kind of gave up with Xbox completely and skipped the Xbox one and only re-joined at the start of this gen but even now I am hardly using it and it is mainly just for gamepass when a game I want to play comes out.
It is fairly obvious that even used the demand for PS5 is high as if you go to somewhere like CEX the price is much lower for a used Series X than a PS5. The further we get into this generation the more it repeats the previous one.
Well when they say they still want to make smaller games that win them awards and then close down the one studio that actually manages that then apparently no it's not enough.
It would have been better to let them go independent or see if there was another publisher who wanted to buy them rather just shut them down and let the games they made just sit there to die forever.
Booty man here says one thing and does the opposite it seems. Surely the more small studios you have the greater amount of smaller games can be made. It's starting to look like the only games they want are first person RPGs or shooters that have massive budgets everything else is deemed unable to make them money.
That's really sad of it's true but then Microsoft only seems to want to fund huge projects now that they can make money from that way smaller ones don't seem to stand a chance now.
A gaming subscription service is fine but if it's your primary focus of essentially selling new games to customers then it's going to cause issues down the line unless your subscribers goes up at a steady pace. Sony new this and refused to adopt the model of putting all first party games on at launch. I'm not saying they are bad value especially for offering a range of games you may not have purchased to or missed from years gone by. However, if you as a publisher are relying on it to get all of your latest games being played then you will start needing a drastic increase in subscriptions to make up for even more games being added day one to make up for the potential loss in sales. If it's a game that you have already made all or most of the development costs back from game sales then it's not as much of a risk.
I said last year they should never have announced this game since it wasn't even in the concept phase and the teaser was made by people who weren't even set to be working on the project. Since then it seems progress has been nearly non existent yet they continue to be funded over studios that actually produce content and good stuff at that. If it ever comes out then it has better be a masterpiece because you would hope the higher ups have seen something to continue funding.
What makes little sense is buying up all of these studios and publishers with a high back catalog of games and ips and then having them only concentrate on two or three games that are currently guaranteed to make them the most money by being multi platform. All this talk of them wanting all games to be multi platform even from Sony isn't so there are no longer exclusive games it's simply because they will no longer be making original exclusive games for Xbox.
Anyone who previously thought this would increase the amount of exclusives for Xbox while having the bigger games still be multi platform are probably no longer thinking that and I would seriously doubt that very few people are interested in Xbox hardware going forward as a result.
Buying two publishers was never going to end well Bethesda alone was fine but when you buy one of the largest ones in Activision-Blizzard then the previous acquisition becomes less valuable unless it only produces big sellers. You would think with all these extra studios they could have dozens of games in development all at once but instead they somehow will be making less. No wonder they seem to think all games should be multiple platform it's because they don't plan on making any exclusives themselves anymore.
Well I tend to only have a few games at a time downloaded anyway as I used to find I would download games and they would sit there for months until I eventually just deleted them anyway and speed is never an issue for me as I have a 1GB download speed.
Well I have been using it since I have returned to Xbox a couple of years back and when I realised it could be used for getting Gamepass for nothing I pretty much went all in on using it. So it has paid for itself and I just got to a 100 week streak last week so I guess there is nice way to round out it's closure for me. Still I earn about half of what I used to a month which used to be between 23 and 26K so it is still about enough get Gamepass ultimate every month. Anything else I currently have saved is a bonus and some people seem overly entitled to the older amounts which is crazy when you consider it was free. Still more may be added when they fully switch over in the next week of so.
Surely actually buying the game is the tip in and of itself especially at full price never have I thought to myself "I just payed for and beat this game and enjoyed it so I'll give them even more money for nothing in return".
That's like going to the cinema and after watching the movie they ask you if you liked the movie enough you should consider leaving a tip. No one is going to do that.
Is it surprising when in general they are struggling to shift consoles? They even purchased Bethesda and at first chose to keep those games recently as exclusive under the hope that something like Starfield would get more people buying a console but that didn't work. The reason third party publishers are usually successful is their games sell well even across all platforms on their own they usually aren't system sellers. You are essentially removing half of the value of what you paid for. Rather than making new games and marketing your system to get people to buy it they went the route of relying on a subscription service and relying on the work of others in the past to get new users. It wouldn't have been so bad if last generation they had a larger marketshare. So these persistent rumours don't surprise me and I can imagine many publishers even larger ones are struggling for sales on Xbox due to most of the focus being on gamepass.
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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.
Re: Talking Point: Are You Interested In Any Of The New Xbox Series X|S Models?
If the digital Series X came with 2TB storage option I feel it would have been a better option since it would have made more sense. As it is it feels like they are flooding the market with too many slightly confusing variations for most people while also keeping the older models on the market at the same time. Most people will go for the cheapest model of each and just delete games to make way for newer ones.
Re: UFL Open Beta Review (Xbox): A Surprisingly Fun Football Game With A Lot Of Potential
I'm kind of tired of football games or sports games that put all the emphasis on the live service modes where you have to essentially play constantly or you fall behind. I'd just like one that purely focuses on a single player career mode that is challenging but fair. All the fun seems to get sucked out of games that push you towards competitive modes that suck the enjoyment out of games.
Re: Xbox Has Entered An Agreement To Publish The Next Game From Toys For Bob
@demian then you misunderstood I didn't say they were releasing everything and my whole point was about the existing stuff that was already established by Activision-Blizzard so yes my entire comment was about existing stuff by then and if Toys for Bob made a Crash/Spyro game it would be multiplatform but an original game stands more chance of being exclusive.
Re: Report: Xbox Is Working On A Halo Remaster, Also 'Considering' PS5 Release
Halo on PlayStation is like that age old thing in the 90s saying you would never see a Sonic game on a Nintendo console and vice virca. Well we will wait and see but will definitely show where Microsoft is heading if it turns out to be true.
Re: Remember Xbox All Access? Major UK Retailer Is Abandoning The Program This Month
I stopped visiting Game once my local one went into a Sports Direct and is crammed in the very top corner with more toys and merch on display than anything else. I can imagine they won't be doing this either as hardly anyone is probably buying a new Xbox this way now.
Re: Our Predictions For The 2024 Xbox Games Showcase
I kind of like the last three kind of wishful thinking picks but I would also be concerned that if any of them did get announced they wouldn't even have started development yet and they would end up in a situation like Perfect Dark where there is no direction on the projects. If anything id like that to be shown off before any announcements of other potential revivals get made.
Re: Original 'S Model' Xbox Controller Returns For Series X|S This August
I remember rushing out to get the smaller controller when it came out as I always found the original way too large and uncomfortable for extended play. Even crazier since it was designed presumably at the same since it launched in Japan with the system. I can't really think of too many people even with larger hands that actually preferred the duke, well unless you had freakishly large hands I suppose and were in fact a giant. I would consider picking this up if it was wireless though or if it was compatible with the OG Xbox but it is neither.
Re: Xbox Has Entered An Agreement To Publish The Next Game From Toys For Bob
@demian That is so far and none of them are exactly from the recent ActivisionBlizzard purchase. Not sure why people think they have brought one of the largest third party publishers to keep the big sellers to themselves that is the whole reason they were put under scrutiny to begin with because people didn't want them doing that. So as I have said previously unless it's original games that aren't attached to existing ips then there is a chance they will remain exclusive but they haven't purchased ActivisionBlizzard so they can get to work on new original games it was for existing ips.
Re: Xbox Has Entered An Agreement To Publish The Next Game From Toys For Bob
@RIghteousNixon It's not simply my stance though it is there own words and the fact they have been releasing games on other platforms and based on recent developments they will keep doing so. They won't suddenly change that new direction and keep all these expensive new ips to themselves in the hope they sell consoles. They have came to the realisation that unless there is a huge shift they will be behind their competitors. Trust me I would love a world where each platform had loads of exclusives still that made you want to get the system I don't think buying a huge publisher and then keep all their stuff to yourself if the way to do it though. That has to be done by making your own original stuff or having developers and publisher just want to make a game for your system because they want to because they feel it will sell well and get noticed.
Re: Xbox Has Entered An Agreement To Publish The Next Game From Toys For Bob
@RIghteousNixon Just because they can make them exclusives doesn't mean they will. Since games that were third party only held value because they sold a lot over multiple systems. Suddenly keeping them exclusive on your system that will sell less the the competitors will decrease that value as the games themselves are not systems sellers. That has been proven with any of the Zenimax games that have been exclusive up until this point their games aren't system sellers but have more value like they were when originally purchased in being on as many platforms as possible.
As much as anyone wants to think it will happen Microsoft won't be keeping any of these games exclusive anymore. It would be nice if they did will all of these extra studios at their disposal and make a load of great new exclusives but the fact seems to be they only purchased these publishers for the stuff they already know that will make them money by continuing to publish them the same way they used to.
Re: Xbox Has Entered An Agreement To Publish The Next Game From Toys For Bob
@RIghteousNixon You have named games that were original ones not owned by someone else prior Crash and Spyro being part of what was one of the largest third party publishers all but guarantees they will remain multiplatform as a result. It isn't so much the developer but the game they are working on. If it is an original one which I doubt but then it may have an exclusivity period however if it is something to do with Crash, Spyro or even both which given their recent development history it will be then much like Call of Duty it will remain on as many systems as possible.
Re: Xbox Has Entered An Agreement To Publish The Next Game From Toys For Bob
@RIghteousNixon but seeing as it was part of ActivisionBlizzard to begin with and those games were already multiplatform they will more than likely stay that way. They also don't seem to want anything to be exclusive these days anyway.
Re: Xbox Has Entered An Agreement To Publish The Next Game From Toys For Bob
@RIghteousNixon it's more than likely going to be a third party game to do with either Crash or Spyro still. The studio themselves actually gain more from this since they don't risk getting shut down by them in the future I can't see whatever game it is being exclusive from a studio they recently let go.
Re: Microsoft Rewards & Xbox: How To Make 10,000 Points Per-Month
It is still worth doing it all if you want to essentially get gamepass free for a month since you are more than likely playing daily anyway at that point. I know people complained that the amount per month has reduced by half but if I am correct it has been opened up to way more countries now so that same pot of money they were using is now potentially available to a larger audience and they didn't increase it.
Re: Talking Point: Which Has Been The Most Reliable Xbox Console For You?
Well it's my Series X by default as it is still working. My OG Xbox stopped working as it would overheat after extended play and cause graphical glitches. I then went through three 360's and by the time the third one died I didn't go back to an Xbox console until this generation as I had nothing but bad experiences with the hardware and the lack of games last generation kind of put me off even considering it for a long time.
Re: Talking Point: What Convinced You To Pick Xbox In The First Place?
Well back when the first Xbox came out I wanted to own all three systems because they all had exclusive games that made me want to own each one. I got an early 360 too because of the generational leap it offered at the time however by the end of the generation after three failed on me I kind of gave up with Xbox completely and skipped the Xbox one and only re-joined at the start of this gen but even now I am hardly using it and it is mainly just for gamepass when a game I want to play comes out.
Re: Analyst Claims PS5 Outsold Xbox Series X|S Almost 5:1 Last Quarter
It is fairly obvious that even used the demand for PS5 is high as if you go to somewhere like CEX the price is much lower for a used Series X than a PS5. The further we get into this generation the more it repeats the previous one.
Re: Talking Point: 10 Years On, Have You Ever Played The Elder Scrolls Online?
I played it to get reward points one time because it was one of the games you had to play at the time to earn them, does that count?
Re: Talking Point: Is Sarah Bond Hinting At Eventually Moving Away From Xbox Hardware?
@abe_hikura they have been in a transition period since they lost momentum with the 360
Re: Tango Gameworks Manager Proudly Displays Hi-Fi RUSH Awards Following Studio Shutdown
Well when they say they still want to make smaller games that win them awards and then close down the one studio that actually manages that then apparently no it's not enough.
Re: Recent Studio Closures Tied To 'Long Term' Health Of The Business, Claims Xbox President
It would have been better to let them go independent or see if there was another publisher who wanted to buy them rather just shut them down and let the games they made just sit there to die forever.
Re: Xbox Apparently Still Needs Smaller Games For 'Prestige And Awards'
Booty man here says one thing and does the opposite it seems. Surely the more small studios you have the greater amount of smaller games can be made. It's starting to look like the only games they want are first person RPGs or shooters that have massive budgets everything else is deemed unable to make them money.
Re: Xbox Reportedly Considering Game Pass Price Hike To Accommodate Call Of Duty
It should be called the COD tax
Re: Tango Gameworks Had Hopes For Hi-Fi RUSH 2 Before Xbox Closure, Says Report
That's really sad of it's true but then Microsoft only seems to want to fund huge projects now that they can make money from that way smaller ones don't seem to stand a chance now.
Re: Subscription Services Like Xbox Game Pass Appear To Have 'Stalled' In The US
A gaming subscription service is fine but if it's your primary focus of essentially selling new games to customers then it's going to cause issues down the line unless your subscribers goes up at a steady pace. Sony new this and refused to adopt the model of putting all first party games on at launch. I'm not saying they are bad value especially for offering a range of games you may not have purchased to or missed from years gone by. However, if you as a publisher are relying on it to get all of your latest games being played then you will start needing a drastic increase in subscriptions to make up for even more games being added day one to make up for the potential loss in sales. If it's a game that you have already made all or most of the development costs back from game sales then it's not as much of a risk.
Re: Latest Rumours Suggest Perfect Dark Reboot Isn't Going Smoothly At Xbox
I said last year they should never have announced this game since it wasn't even in the concept phase and the teaser was made by people who weren't even set to be working on the project. Since then it seems progress has been nearly non existent yet they continue to be funded over studios that actually produce content and good stuff at that. If it ever comes out then it has better be a masterpiece because you would hope the higher ups have seen something to continue funding.
Re: Reaction: Xbox's Push Towards 'Microsoft Gaming' Looks More Drastic Than We First Thought
What makes little sense is buying up all of these studios and publishers with a high back catalog of games and ips and then having them only concentrate on two or three games that are currently guaranteed to make them the most money by being multi platform. All this talk of them wanting all games to be multi platform even from Sony isn't so there are no longer exclusive games it's simply because they will no longer be making original exclusive games for Xbox.
Anyone who previously thought this would increase the amount of exclusives for Xbox while having the bigger games still be multi platform are probably no longer thinking that and I would seriously doubt that very few people are interested in Xbox hardware going forward as a result.
Re: Xbox Exec Provides Reasoning Behind Bethesda Studio Closures
Buying two publishers was never going to end well Bethesda alone was fine but when you buy one of the largest ones in Activision-Blizzard then the previous acquisition becomes less valuable unless it only produces big sellers. You would think with all these extra studios they could have dozens of games in development all at once but instead they somehow will be making less. No wonder they seem to think all games should be multiple platform it's because they don't plan on making any exclusives themselves anymore.
Re: Talking Point: Do You Actively Avoid Xbox Games With Massive Download Sizes?
Well I tend to only have a few games at a time downloaded anyway as I used to find I would download games and they would sit there for months until I eventually just deleted them anyway and speed is never an issue for me as I have a 1GB download speed.
Re: Microsoft Rewards Fans Are Preparing For A New Era On Xbox This Week
Well I have been using it since I have returned to Xbox a couple of years back and when I realised it could be used for getting Gamepass for nothing I pretty much went all in on using it. So it has paid for itself and I just got to a 100 week streak last week so I guess there is nice way to round out it's closure for me. Still I earn about half of what I used to a month which used to be between 23 and 26K so it is still about enough get Gamepass ultimate every month. Anything else I currently have saved is a bonus and some people seem overly entitled to the older amounts which is crazy when you consider it was free. Still more may be added when they fully switch over in the next week of so.
Re: Former Xbox Exec Likes The Idea Of 'Tipping' Developers After Beating Their Games
Surely actually buying the game is the tip in and of itself especially at full price never have I thought to myself "I just payed for and beat this game and enjoyed it so I'll give them even more money for nothing in return".
That's like going to the cinema and after watching the movie they ask you if you liked the movie enough you should consider leaving a tip. No one is going to do that.
Re: Major Game Maker Reportedly Questioning Xbox Support Amidst 'Falling Sales'
Is it surprising when in general they are struggling to shift consoles? They even purchased Bethesda and at first chose to keep those games recently as exclusive under the hope that something like Starfield would get more people buying a console but that didn't work. The reason third party publishers are usually successful is their games sell well even across all platforms on their own they usually aren't system sellers. You are essentially removing half of the value of what you paid for. Rather than making new games and marketing your system to get people to buy it they went the route of relying on a subscription service and relying on the work of others in the past to get new users. It wouldn't have been so bad if last generation they had a larger marketshare. So these persistent rumours don't surprise me and I can imagine many publishers even larger ones are struggling for sales on Xbox due to most of the focus being on gamepass.