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@Nalverus it was terrible indeed. hahaha

But I played co-op a lot with a friend of mine. I think that part of the fun was trying to break the game.

Mario World on SNES

@Techno92LFC Do you remember the original perfect dark? splitscreen with coop, and even a counter-op mode. Both players could go anywhere they wanted. Good times

(...and Rareware did it! Microsoft managers might have forgotten... )

@FraserG something interesting about tbis game's development:

https://wccftech.com/striking-distance-callisto-protocol-crunch/

@Chaudy and deckbuilding games. There's a lot of them.

@Bleachedsmiles Came here to comment the same thing!

I wish they have bought other company than AB. Seeing Embracer buying all those studios for much less money made me sad. If it was microsoft, we could all be playing a lot of good games on game pass, they could even have bought other companies and avoided this headache.

Live Service? So, in the case of a new Halo game, we will probably see a generic copy of Destiny, that is already generic.

Played a an hour or so, chose some scenes, but I have no idea of wtf i have to do, honestly. Maybe it's not for me

@SplooshDmg Just found out that they added FSR 2.0 for PC with this patch. So let's hope they add it to consoles

@uptownsoul @Notoriousmakavel There were some confusion when FSR 2.0 was announced, because AMD only mentioned PC and XBOX. But recently it's was said Forspoken is going to use it on PS5. It's almost the same hardware. Even Splatton 3 will use FSR 1.0 on switch, that is nvidia hardware, so it's good for everyone I guess.

@SplooshDmg Maybe it's because they have last gen versions to improve too:
"Last-gen improvements:
PlayStation 4 Pro outputs an upscaled 4K image using FSR.
Improved effects quality on Xbox One X. Console outputs 1200p image, upscaled to 4K using FSR."

@NEStalgia Totally agree. Public companies don't give a ***** about customers. CEOs and etc only care about their shareholders. They need to profit to make them happy and to not be kicked from their positions.

Take a look at JBS, from Brazil. Their net profit in 2021 was above 4 billion dollars, with more than 440m to be paid as dividends to the shareholders, despite the fact many people cannot afford meat anymore here. They just increased their prices and moved on.

At the time of the reveal of the prices of this current gen, there were some rumours that Sony had lowered the prices of both PS5 models to match the Series X/S prices, that were already revealed. If microsoft does not increase prices, that will be some kind of confirmation that PS5s would have been more expensive at launch.

Only thing I'd like to see is a new campaign, but I know I'll wait years for it as that the multiplayer will always be the main focus for a halo game.

@BBB This time, even PC versions will be delisted.

@Ralizah It seems so!

Take a look at this review: https://youtu.be/T-hsMkWHMLU?t=836

If it doesn't go to the correct part, go to the 14 minute mark and listen to the dialogue.

@Royalblues I agree with you. Sony should have paid very well to cover the revenue that would come from game pass.

Paying for timed exclusivity is understandable, but this is on another level of immorality, if true. They're blocking it for PC and Console users. And why does a developer do that?

I'll only believe in it when it it happens...

Was hoping for Immortals to come. Oh well, time to dig my backlog.

@Fenbops Found it!

"We're currently in the middle of financial report season, with Microsoft announcing on the 27th of July that Xbox content and services revenue increased 2%. Sony, however, don't appear to be doing so well, as noted in a post from the company's Game & Network Services division. In the post, they reported that, despite the increase in shipments of consoles mentioned above, overall profits are down 37%."

https://www.gamingbible.co.uk/news/playstation-reports-they-had-a-very-unprofitable-q1-20220729

@Tharsman I totally agree with you. But, considering those companies are all answering the same questionaire, it makes sony the only one complaining.

Very interesting. I was taking a look after you posted the news.
Ubisoft said that "there is no such video game title that doesn't have close competition, all publishers and all games compete for available playtime, and none title stands alone in its game genre".

Amazon said they don't have enough info to evaluate Microsoft and Activision importance in game publishing. (hahaha)

"Riot Games believes Activision Blizzard titles face rivalry from close competitors", and they listed a lot of competitors. Google and Bandai-Nanco did the same.

Sony's alone in this.

It's not even 1080p. It's 900p and a bit blurry. Sadly, ubisoft never updated it for the One X, despite the fact that the PS4 Pro version runs at 1800p.

It was game pass that brought me back to Xbox. I loved my 360, but I decided to buy a PS4 because I did not like what microsoft was doing with One (I hate kinect, wii, etc, and that TV ***** really turned me off). But, just like with microsoft in 2013, Sony did not convince me me to buy a PS5, maybe due to the $70 dollar price tag of their "next-gen" games. I live in Brazil, and everything is so expensive here that a $10 dollar difference made a huge impact here. So I decided to buy a Series X and get game pass. I don't regret it at all. It's a wonderful console, ecosystem, service, etc.

I still want to buy a PS5, and maybe get the new PS plus Deluxe (we don't have that premium tier here), but i'll wait for the inevitable slim version.

@Eejay Found a comparison:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf--W_aQNLw

The resolution on Series X goes down to 1440 x 1080, just like the Series S version.

@Gloki_junior Don't know why, but I see two free trial options. The one on the left did the same thing with me, but the other, to the right, started the download.

@PhileasFragg
Here: https://www.purexbox.com/news/2022/04/xbox-the-dominant-platform-for-digital-sales-of-lego-star-wars-in-the-uk

"In its note to press, Embracer said it "sees an opportunity to invest in these franchises" (Tomb Raider and Deus Ex), "as well as the additional acquired IPs such as Legacy of Kain, Thief and other original franchises".

Tested it last night with Doom Eternal, and was impressed by how well it worked, considering it's in beta. Played The Outer Wilds also, and in this case, I could see some image artefacts, similar to youtube compression, but nothing that compromised the experience. Really, really nice to have it now.

@Kezelpaso Yeah, just saw the playstation blog of my place, and it looks not bad. US$ 78/year. Sony games are really expensive here, so it all depends If it will have first party games, even if months, or a year, later. If yes, I may buy a PS5 in 2023.

There's a "fourth" tier, for countries without PS Now.

PlayStation Plus Deluxe (Select Markets): For markets without cloud streaming, PlayStation Plus Deluxe will be offered at a lower price compared to Premium, and includes a catalog of beloved classic games from the original PlayStation, PS2 and PSP generations to download and play, along with time-limited game trials. Benefits from Essential and Extra tiers are also included. Local pricing will vary by market.

Considering the monthly revenue Game Pass probably generates to microsoft, with 25 million subscribers, this is not expensive.

Watch Dogs Legion had decent ray tracing even on series S. And ubisoft is not known for good optimization. Rockstar did a lazy job again.

I'm happy for Sony and Microsoft buying these studios/publishers. They're just protecting themselves from other tech companies that could do the same thing (and probably will do in the future).

@Medic_Alert Honestly, I only read about these recurring problems. I have a series X since lauch day and, if it crashed twice since then, I don't even remember. Playing hitman 3 since it was released on game pass and found no problems until now.

@JetmanUK I miss the ambient sounds from the PS4 dashboard. I still use the dashboard theme from Firewatch, that change the time of day in real time.

EDIT> This one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85VWT9myzkQ

@Halucigens Thank you mate!! Gonna try and see how it works.

@FraserG Do you have any idea if I can buy F.E.A.R on this old Xbox marketplace? Do you have a link to share?

@uptownsoul maybe someone at ubisoft heard "ninety" instead of "nineteen"

Looks like huge patches also happen with playstation games. Far cry 6 has an new update of 90 GB for PS5.

Patch sizes (based on development environment)

Today:
PlayStation 4: Between 49 GB and 60 GB depending on region
PlayStation 5: ~90 GB
Xbox One: between 13 GB and 19 GB
Xbox Series X/S: between 14 GB and 20 GB

TBD:
PC: 54 GB + 47 GB for HD Texture Pack

https://discussions.ubisoft.com/topic/116527/title-update-2-deployment?lang=en-US

Too late to post here, maybe, but I would add F.E.A.R to the list. 1 and 2.

Maybe we should consider that the Covid restrictions made 2020 an excelent year for gaming in general. So, if the numbers are almost the same, even with countries relaxing those restrictions and people going back to an almost normal life, that's very good, IMO.

I did a quick research for the revenues of the competition. In august, "PlayStation Helped Sony Beat Its Record Q1 Profits.
PlayStation 5 hardware sales drop, but software rises." (https://www.ign.com/articles/playstation-5-sony-record-profits-revenue-q1).

"Nintendo profits decline year-on-year as Switch hits 89 million sold" (https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/5/22610853/nintendo-earnings-q1-2021-switch-sales).

Ant Xbox, at the end of July: "Xbox hardware sales spike 172% as Microsoft reports $3.7B in quarterly gaming revenue" (https://www.geekwire.com/2021/xbox-hardware-sales-spike-172-microsoft-reports-3-7b-quarterly-gaming-revenue/).

Let's wait for the game pass numbers, but everything seems really fine.

@Fenbops There's one video doing the comparison already:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z5vne7iUqg