@BacklogBrad They might have realized a college football bowl game might not be the smartest place to front-and-center AI features, given their divisive nature. Probably a better call to emphasize an established but struggling brand than a young but potentially-controversial one...
(Now, I don't really know what the thought processes were into deciding what to front-and-center. For all we know, they may have made the branding arrangements well in advance and are only revealing them now, and Copilot may well be too new to have been considered...)
So, a Switch 2 port might still be somewhere in the deck? Wouldn't be directly competing against Gran Turismo on that platform...unless a bizarre decision gets made within the Japanese divisions of SIE...
37 GB, huh? ...What's the current Vegas odds on the number of heads that'll roll if physical SKUs go for any sort of "game-key disc" (especially on the PS5)? Given that even a 50 GB disc should be able to hold the base game just fine...(And yes, keep in mind that we are talking about an Xbox-distributed release...)
(Now, if there does eventually end up being a Switch 2 version down the road, we'll cross that bridge if and when we come to it...keep in mind that, even if such a version were to use a game-key card claiming costs, they'd have to be upfront about it...)
Clearly we're dealing with a practice even scummier than the Switch 2's game-key cards. At least those are upfront about their nature, and the cards aren't exactly the cheapest things around on the publisher end (case in point, even Nintendo themselves were long hesitant about using the largest size of Switch 1 game card, the rarely-used 32 GB model, due to costs--news flash, the Switch 1 version of Metroid Prime 4 uses it, if its eShop download size is any indication). These so-called "game-key discs" that have been appearing on the Switch 2's competitors are rarely, if ever, completely upfront about their nature, not to mention the media they're on are cheap enough to make full multi-disc releases more practical than even a Switch 2 game-key card release, let alone a full-on-card release. Too bad there's (currently) no Switch 2 version of this particular game, odds are we'd probably already know whether or not such a release would be using a game-key card or not at this phase...
Wonder what kind of showcase this news'll be presented at officially? I'm sure there's already active betting odds at what might appear in a certain April showcase of Nintendo's, and something like this wouldn't even be the most outlandish space on a bingo card...
Don't expect these games to be space-hogs by any stretch of the imagination. The combined file sizes of all five of these titles on Nintendo Switch adds up to only 1237 MB. Not even two CDs worth. Even assuming the file sizes'll be a bit bigger for the Xbox versions, don't expect them to come anywhere close to the big gargantuan space-hogs...or maybe even the gargantuan space-hogs' save files!
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Re: ESPN To Host The First Ever 'Xbox Bowl' In Texas Later This Month
@BacklogBrad They might have realized a college football bowl game might not be the smartest place to front-and-center AI features, given their divisive nature. Probably a better call to emphasize an established but struggling brand than a young but potentially-controversial one...
(Now, I don't really know what the thought processes were into deciding what to front-and-center. For all we know, they may have made the branding arrangements well in advance and are only revealing them now, and Copilot may well be too new to have been considered...)
Re: Xbox Boss Says Forza Motorsport Isn't Dead Despite 'Scaling Back' At Turn 10 Studios
So, a Switch 2 port might still be somewhere in the deck? Wouldn't be directly competing against Gran Turismo on that platform...unless a bizarre decision gets made within the Japanese divisions of SIE...
Re: Ninja Gaiden 4 Is Now Available To Preload On Xbox Game Pass
37 GB, huh? ...What's the current Vegas odds on the number of heads that'll roll if physical SKUs go for any sort of "game-key disc" (especially on the PS5)? Given that even a 50 GB disc should be able to hold the base game just fine...(And yes, keep in mind that we are talking about an Xbox-distributed release...)
(Now, if there does eventually end up being a Switch 2 version down the road, we'll cross that bridge if and when we come to it...keep in mind that, even if such a version were to use a game-key card claiming costs, they'd have to be upfront about it...)
Re: Oblivion Remastered Is Getting A Physical Release For Xbox Series X
Clearly we're dealing with a practice even scummier than the Switch 2's game-key cards. At least those are upfront about their nature, and the cards aren't exactly the cheapest things around on the publisher end (case in point, even Nintendo themselves were long hesitant about using the largest size of Switch 1 game card, the rarely-used 32 GB model, due to costs--news flash, the Switch 1 version of Metroid Prime 4 uses it, if its eShop download size is any indication). These so-called "game-key discs" that have been appearing on the Switch 2's competitors are rarely, if ever, completely upfront about their nature, not to mention the media they're on are cheap enough to make full multi-disc releases more practical than even a Switch 2 game-key card release, let alone a full-on-card release. Too bad there's (currently) no Switch 2 version of this particular game, odds are we'd probably already know whether or not such a release would be using a game-key card or not at this phase...
Re: Microsoft Announces First Batch Of Accessories For The ROG Xbox Ally
The slow-model microSDs? What, they afraid fully supporting the fast-loading Express model would've added even more to the price tags?
Re: Silent Hill F: Release Date, Release Times & Early Access Details On Xbox
If I read that map right, it looks like we're about to see some tickets to New Zealand booked in the coming days at the Xbox Travel Agency...
Re: Xbox Leaker Believes Gears Collection Is Real, Will Launch On PS5 Day One
Wonder what kind of showcase this news'll be presented at officially? I'm sure there's already active betting odds at what might appear in a certain April showcase of Nintendo's, and something like this wouldn't even be the most outlandish space on a bingo card...
Re: Kairosoft Is Bringing Five Simulation Games To Xbox Next Week
Don't expect these games to be space-hogs by any stretch of the imagination. The combined file sizes of all five of these titles on Nintendo Switch adds up to only 1237 MB. Not even two CDs worth. Even assuming the file sizes'll be a bit bigger for the Xbox versions, don't expect them to come anywhere close to the big gargantuan space-hogs...or maybe even the gargantuan space-hogs' save files!