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I was one of the 5 people that enjoyed this game. I’m convinced if it wasn’t called Battlefield it would have been well received.

"recommitting to our core fans"

So is this an admission they weren’t committed to core fans before?

The switch 2 pro controller has ousted all other controllers and become my favourite surprisingly. It’s so comfortable!

I’m going for a round 90. It will be glorious

Brimful of Asha

It’s good prices have come down but am I the only one out here thinking Microsoft are just throwing s*** at the wall hoping some will stick?

I know Xbox have had a leadership shakeup who obviously deserve a chance, but they really seem strategy less.

@kmtrain83 no apparently everything isn’t an Xbox any more!

I’d love a FH4 release on switch 2 please xbox!

Does he mean switch or switch 2 port? Why is he comparing this to a switch port when there isn’t one? Isn’t it impressive anyway the game on current Xbox home hardware is being compared to a handheld in the first place?

Good to hear it’s potentially the best yet, but it could potentially be anything really.

More day 1’s than I realised!

-N64
-PS2
-GBA
-GameCube
-Xbox
-DS (even had a pre-release version won in a Nintendo competition 2 weeks before it was on general sale!)
-Wii
-Xbox 360
-Wii U
-3DS
-PS4
-PS5
-Switch
-Switch 2
-PS5 Pro

@Fiendish-Beaver agreed the beginning of planning for this would have started a long time ago.

Never understood why this was so hated when it came out. I thought it was great and would’ve been well received if it dropped the battlefield name.

It’s amazing what you can do with money.

@themightyant interesting thanks for the info. Wasn’t aware of that and wow just goes to show how much is made on services/sales down the road!

I was one of the 5 people that enjoyed Hardline. Shame to see it go!

@themightyant how are you certain they’re using a loss leader? Are you privy to their margins and costs?

People used to say this about a large food retailer here in the UK and I actually found out from someone high up years later they never sold at a loss just to entice people into the store. Despite that being a widely held belief.

@VisitingComet1 that’s cool, I’ve not played it yet just going off general comments about the story.

In all honesty that’s a bonus for me as I usually find game stories poor and don’t pay much interest to them anyway!

Just goes to show how big profit margins are with these big corps when they can just slice 50% off and still make profit.

Seems very devisive and decent as long as you’re ok with it having no/bad story!

@GuyinPA75 yes agreed. By the time of that E3 show I’d already sold my 360 for a ps3 to play all the amazing exclusives Sony had at the time. Also Xbox were running hard with Kinect which I wasn’t interested in.

I was open to them winning me back with the xbone launch but if anything it had the opposite effect and pushed me further away!

@Balaam_ yes it seems nvidia’s attempt at taking away from the pssr2 launch has largely backfired!

Interesting my comment vanished from earlier saying nothing with an ‘X’ in the name such as Xbox Series One X.

Nothing with an X in the title such as Xbox series One X.

This is the thing with MS, they’re always vocal, saying so much but there’s never any substance to their words.

It’s all so vague and generic so trying to second guess them is impossible.

They lost me at windows 11.

I actually liked the FH5 map as it felt “flowing” to me.

Japan looks lovely too though.

This is why Xbox fries my brain. The constant backtracking, mixed messaging and seeming lack of direction is crazy.

I lost touch with cod many years ago, how are people not bored of this yet?!

Series x the same as base ps5 as to be expected. The lack of console footage though is still a little bit concerning for such an ambitious game.

I’m definitely holding off for now.

I mean if sharma and the new execs still want everything to be an Xbox and they intend to have a high end console, I can’t imagine they’ll also forgo a cheaper version to attract more budgets.

Don’t the my see how embarrassing they’re being with such a load of vague messaging, continuous 180’s and poor communication?

To me it seems crazy such a massive corporation can be so all over the place for so long. They lack direction, conviction and give me no confidence in anything they say or do.

I hope Sharma manages to change that.

Am I missing something? That quote has zero to do with answering a question about him retiring. Or was it just another example of his often typical vague response, dodging the question?

@FraserG maybe an idea for future hookshot media sites reviewing live service games would be to give it a 3 stage review - day 1, then 2 weeks and then 3-6 months for example?

@Gemini53 yeah it’s more like the industrial devolution

They are just completely directionless and nobody has a clue where they’re headed or what’s going on. For such a big brand that’s a problem.

They need to clarify and clarify quickly in my opinion.

Hang on I thought everyone was saying “it’s best for more players to get to play all games” a few weeks ago, what happened to that? lol

@Balaam_ same. If this had a SP campaign I’d be in. As it is I have no interest in it.

@OldGamer999 yeah well you never know now sharma’s in charge and focusing on “console” together with what sounds like a delay in next gen, a series x pro could be on the cards.

Probably still unlikely but I’d say definitely has more of a chance than it did 6 months ago!

Honestly with Microsoft and Xbox you never know. They’ve made as many 180’s as they did 360’s! I feel anything can change at any time, echoing sharma’s own quote this week of it’s the plan until it isn’t!

It would have been better if she just said I’m not a gamer, I have no gamertag but I’m brilliant at my job and that’s all that counts. Give me a chance and I’ll show that to be true, isn’t that all that matters here?

@OldGamer999 you’re right but I think Phil wasn’t completely correct saying they lost during the ps4 era. I mean they did of course and it probably was the majority but there were also lots like myself that moved to ps before that at the end of the 360/ps3 era when it became apparent Kinect was their focus.

This was also a time when ps were kicking it out the park with single player exclusives. Then came the don mattrick xbone fiasco which didn’t win me back and it feels like they’ve been on a slippery slope since.

I adored the OG Xbox and first two thirds of the 360’s life but since then the brand lost its way in my opinion and the constant 180’s has got them to a point where I don’t even think the leadership know what to do. Sharma included by the sound of her vague comments.

@BAMozzy I’m sure having to stay around for the transition would have been contractual in order to receive her payout. If that is indeed what happened.

I wasn’t Phil’s biggest fan but do realise he was between a rock and a hard place with nadella steering things.

He also had an almost impossible job after the nightmare he inherited from Mattrick.

Wish him a happy retirement and will be interesting to see where Xbox goes from here.

If it’s optimised for the pro I’ll get it there.

Sony are absolutely insane to let bluepoint go.

This is a great game but the totally cheesy voice acting put me off.

Ubisoft try way too hard to be cool and that in itself makes it very not cool.

Though the developers said no ps5 pro version was made. The pro plays the base ps5 version.

An even less rewarding rewards system.