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I feel like Molyneux gets a bit too much hate sometimes. He has a habit of putting his foot in his mouth and promising too much, but I do think he genuinely cares about the craft of game development.

I feel like there was a desire to see both Avowed and Outer Worlds 2 fail, partly because of the idiots in the anti-woke crowd, though I wonder if gamers are starting to desire some scapegoat game to mindlessly hate every few months. While they didn't receive the level of hatred some games like Veilguard face I can't shake the feeling some people want future games to be bad to get a quick dopamine boost from trashing them.
Haven't played Avowed or Veilguard for the record. I do quite like Outer Worlds 2 though so I'm sad to see it not do well.

@luke88 It's simple really, Pokemon sells regardless of its quality so the Pokemon company demands Gamefreak have each one out by a certain release date, regardless of how subpar they are. This game proves that even the developers behind Pokemon are tired what state they're in but until it stops breaking sales records nothing's going to change.

Not surprising. I think the main quest is pretty good personally but it'd hardly the main reason people play the game.

If GTA really costs $100 at launch, I'm tempted to say go ahead and release Fable as planned. I want to believe even GTA can't get away with such an outrageous price tag. Keywords 'want to' I've been disappointed by consumers before.

I'm honestly not that interested in a new Arkham game. We already have plenty of good Batman games, let another character get some time in the spotlight. Now if it was a Batman Beyond game, I'd be interested.

Here's hoping Ubisoft has learned to make this one not a carbon copy of their past Farcry games.

I was hoping Microsoft would do something like this when they bought Bethesda. It's not that I want them to rush it, I want them to let other studios take a shot at them.

Somebody fire this guy and put someone with some common sense in charge, please.

When it comes to Kojima regardless of the quality of whatever game he makes it's at least interesting and original, which is good for any artistic medium.

There's definitely a decent chance they gave it to Starfield because it's a high-profile Xbox exclusive but it really shouldn't matter, this is their list, and they can put even Gollum on top if they want. And honestly the hate Starfield's been getting has gotten to Final Fantasy 13 levels of hyperbolic.

So now that both Sony and Microsoft have their own weird Kojima thing can we start getting along for once?

@NintendoByNature It's Kojima, that's a given.

Not a huge Hip Hop fan but I do like quite a few games with Hip Hop heavy soundtracks so I'm interested.

Don't feel too bad, it was a tough year. At least some of Xbox's games are getting nominations for some awards, that's a start.

It doesn't look very good, but why is this bad but it's okay to go on a shooting spree in GTA?

Activision was sitting on so many great franchises it's really kind of depressing.

Let's hope Bethesda can capitalize on this momentum to make good DLC for the game and an Elder Scrolls 6 that lives up to expectations. While not a critical darling I do think this game could become a major franchise if they get the right people working on it.

I would just cut my losses if I were them and move on to a new project. ESO and 76 were big names with a lot of franchise recognition, hence why they had a chance at being salvaged after a bad launch. Redfall is a new IP, and one that fell flat on its face right out the front door. It'd be a waste of time and money to spend years trying to fix it.

It's not the killer app people were hoping for, but being a good game is a definite step forward for both Microsoft and Bethesda. It's not a reason for me to go out and buy a Series X today (couldn't afford that anyway), but I think I'm ready to start saving up for one.

I hope people go in with reasonable expectations. With their recent stumbles Microsoft really needs a good showing this time around, but I think it'd be unfair to expect them to show off GTA 6 or anything of that like.

I'll give him credit for taking responsibility. I'll also give Redfall credit for at least trying to be an original idea. I was likely not going to play it even if it was a 10 as multiplayer shooters just aren't my thing, but I do like seeing new ideas get thrown into the market, even if they end up tanking. I just hope they're able to come back from this, I'd be afraid of what Sony and Nintendo might try to get away with if they have less competition.