@Tharsman and I tell people all the time (before they accuse me of being jealous, lol) that as good as those games are from Sony, they generally aren't for me. My gaming time is quite limited at this point of my life, so i simply can't get into games that rely so heavily on cutscenes and try so hard to be movies. i tend to lean heavily on games that just kind of get out of the way and let you play them. I remember when God of War came out in 2018, Conan O'Brien did a Clueless Gamer episode for it. There's a cutscene playing, and he turns to the camera and says, "I haven't touched a button in 45 minutes". He was exaggerating, of course, but only kind of. They're great games, but not my thing anymore.

At this point, I'm ok with this and FF7 Remake never coming. It's fine. What isn't ok, and what is just patently wrong, is Square refusing to simply SAY that they aren't coming. If Sony wrote some gigantic checks, fair enough, that's the business, but to refuse to openly state that the games aren't coming seems like an underhanded way to avoid making gamers angry by trying to give them hope that maybe someday...

@mcdreamer Tunic is FANTASTIC. Can't recommend it enough.

The Gunk is SO underappreciated. There really isn't anything like it, and it's really fun. Almost certainly will never get a sequel. It has "cult classic" written all over it.

That really should be the new slogan for Xbox.

"Xbox....just Wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and See!"

The kings of promises strike again lol

@Fenbops I mean, to be fair......

......what is there to look forward TO?
the games they swear they're going to release someday?

Ok seriously, I'll be the one to ask I guess....

What have they actually gotten done with this game?

I'm starting to question whether ANY of the 700 games Microsoft announced in 2019 are actually being worked on, or if this is all just them trying to maximize game pass subscriptions (look at all these games we SWEAR we're working on!!) This game should be nearly done and they're still bringing in support studios? Why are they SO bad at delivering games? It legitimately doesn't make sense at this point. Sony and Nintendo manage to get games out all the time comparatively. 2023 better be STUFFED with games or something is seriously wrong...

There's "a little light" and There's "absolutely nothing" lol. Look Xbox fans have been supernaturally patient, so let's not pretend this is a 2022 issue or a COVID issue. 2023 needs to see real next generation, first-party releases hit, or I don't know....

The gameplay is really fun, the plot is pretty standard but interesting....

But those graphics. YUCK.

I know graphics aren't everything and what have you, but I really hope there's some kind of next-gen update or something, because between the muddy, blurry textures, the weird plastic doll characters, and the atrocious lighting, this game is FUGLY in some places. I'll buy it when it's around 30 bucks because it IS fun, but seriously lol

I love Grounded. I only stopped playing because this was coming, so I can't wait to jump back in

I'm having a hard time getting excited for the arrival of yet another Frustration Simulator, but I genuinely hope it turns out well, I know how popular these games are and I do like Team Ninja in general.

Let me say again: if you have any interest in JRPGs, Ni No kuni is one of the best.

@Kienda at this point I would settle for "It's never coming". Refusing to confirm one way or another is just a crappy thing to do.

All I see is "Final Fantasy 7 remake is neeeeeever coming."

The first Ni No Kuni is one of my favorite JRPGS ever. Played it on PS3 and digging back in on xbox. Highly recommended if you enjoy jrpgs...

@Titntin My point, which you seem to have somehow missed entirely, is that Sony seems to get away with not innovating much IN their sequels. The games are still good, absolutely, but the same way reviewers and fans KILL Ubisoft for not changing much game to game, they also point out that games like Horizon and R&C are just another in the series. I LOVE Ratchet and Clank, but come on, that last 4or 5 of them have essentially been the same game. It's just weird that they never get called out on it.

@Titntin any other game would have gotten KILLED for doing that. A few reviewers said, "yea that's kinda weird" lol

@Royalblues isn't it weird that Ubisoft makes the same AC and Far Cry games over and over and everyone complains, but Sony releases Ratchet and Clank and Horizon games (and remasters a game for the SECOND time in 10 years) that are good, but are basically almost identical to previous games in their series, but no one says anything?

Jim, if you don't like the offer, don't accept the offer.

This isn't a complicated situation at all...

Microsoft may soon own COD.

COD is a top seller for Playstation.

Sony is therefore afraid that Microsoft will do EXACTLY WHAT SONY WOULD DO if they owned COD.

Microsoft isn't really motivated to do that, but Sony doesn't want to take the chance.

Easy.

Lol it really is fine. EVERYTHING can't go to Game Pass. If a game is good, we'll buy it, it's cool lol

@pip_muzz the cutscenes are why I nearly didn't finish it. I was SO sick of sitting and watching

This is awesome of true. I really MGS 4 could be a part of this too, but it is what it is. I'm especially excited for MGS 1as I haven't played it in years 😅

@IronMan30 yeah, no way Microsoft turns down the kind of money they stand to make by keeping COD multiplat. But don't be surprised if down the road we see something like a COD spinoff or something that is exclusive.

I'm just not understanding this. Where was all this hoopla when Sony bought Naughty Dog, or when they made an exclusive Spider-Man game, or any of the dozens of times they've paid developers extra to put games on everything except for the Xbox? All of a sudden there's a problem lol

Lol there's so many to choose from...

lol this generation has been quite the cluster (expletive deleted), hasn't it? i think that Microsoft will do their very best to avoid raising the price, as they are still in 3rd place, technically. they can afford to hold out a while. HOWEVER, if they believe that a price increase is inevitable, they'll likely just go ahead and do it now.

@Banjo- it says 250 British pounds/ $300.

i've BEEN saying this. the economics of game development make it harder to justify not selling your games to as many people as possible. i expect, literally by the end of this generation, to see an "exclusive" be a game that stays on its home platform for a year, MAYBE two, before being ported everywhere. despite how much money Sony has made off the IP, how much money are they leaving on the table by not letting everyone play Spider-Man? Exclusives serve no one but the fanboys...and to hell with them lol

@Dezzy70 here is what i think will mostly likely happen within the next 5 years: there will always be exclusives, but it will become less common. most 1st party games will be TIMED exclusives. games like Spider-Man and maybe Gears, games that we know would sell like crazy, will go to the "other" platform 1-2 years after they release on their home console, basically when sales of the title begin to slow down on the home console. this would prop up sales and even help keep prices down (you wouldn't need to charge $70 if you know you can add 1-5 million more sales this way). fans would still stick with their preferred console because they'd get to play these games first, but ultimately, as game production budgets get bigger and bigger, full permanent exclusivity will make less and less sense. Hell, Companies would already be doing this if they weren't so sure we'd whine and cry about it lol

interesting that almost every reviewer mentions that the dungeons aren't great...

Sony has been paying extra to keep games off of Xbox and competing platforms for a long time, Microsoft has from time to time as well. everyone is aware that exclusivity is a central pillar of Sony's business model. fair enough. the problem is when Sony tried to complain about the possibility of Microsoft doing exactly what Sony does ALL THE TIME (remember, a lot of people think Sony will end up owning Square Enix, and if they do, no one thinks Final Fantasy will ever leave Sony platforms ever again). it's the hypocrisy that's setting people off here lol

@Azirosin yes I'm sure they'll cry their eyes out every time the money comes lol

@SplooshDmg this would have been taken care of before Sony entered into its publishing agreement with 505. No way they agreed to let them publish it wherever they wanted. It's certainly possible that it cones to game pass, but certainly not because Sony is powerless to stop it from happening lol

Every time I read about Death Stranding I think, "that game sounds TERRIBLE."

so yes of course I would try it lol

@ymo1965 try it for yourself. It's tough, but nowhere near Soulslike. There's a casual mode that I wish all difficult games used that helps you if you die too much without actually making the gameplay any easier. It's a great game.

I hope it's Spyro. Crash 4 is amazing, and they've done great work on the Spyro remasters, they deserve to take the franchise over.

Mind you, they simply wouldn't have said that if there wasn't some truth to it...

@themightyant well, in the case of this year, they literally said everything they were showing was coming out in the next 12 months. also, i don't really need any surprises either, because Microsoft has a habit of having their "surprises" be a vague CG trailer of a game they've barely started making, with no release date or even window attached, so they can keep that lol

Microsoft would have a huge advantage in putting their first party games on the service...if first party games ever actually came out. Game Pass is a solid value right now, but if Microsoft doesn't figure out how to get quality exclusive content (not just franchises they've purchased, games built FOR the Xbox series) onto the service in a timely manner, Sony will overtake them. They will find out that people are perfectly fine with buying good games when they come out.

I mean...what would you EXPECT them to say?
"Hey how's the game coming along?"
"Complete tire fire, thanks for asking!"

Oh boy, 2029 can't come soon enough!

you know, I was just about to say I didn't understand why we were even talking about a perfectly fun game that came out almost ten months ago, but then I realized that almost nothing has come out SINCE then.in fact, if you aren't into Elden Ring, nothing big HAS come out since then. might that not be the real problem? maybe?

This was just a dumb thing to tweet. Why? Because what's going to happen if this game gets delayed, even a little.....?

@Snake_V5 I just don't think it's coming at this point. I would LOVE to be wrong, but I think Sony locked that and probably any new FFs up for the foreseeable future.

@Benjamin omg they are SO GOOD at announcing games lol....but then it's like, "now what do we do?"

@RadioHedgeFund it would be if Microsoft were to make COD exclusive. Tons of people are into it (not me), and a large number of them would buy Xboxes to play it.

The thing is, Microsoft as a corporation is probably pretty happy just selling the game to everyone they can and taking in the profits...

As I understand it, COD is routinely Playstations #1 seller, so yes I would imagine that it IS a big deal. Phil should have used it as leverage to get games like FF7 Remake (which I don't believe will ever make it to xbox). Now I expect the higher ups at Microsoft to reconsider making COD exclusive...

I wish they wouldn't even tell us about stuff until it was nearly done. For all we know whatever this is won't drop until 2026 lol