Comments 284

Re: Forza Horizon 1 & 2 Are Shutting Their Servers On Xbox This August

AverageGamer

@Titntin “ I was surprised and shocked that I could not buy dlc for 1 to 3, and remain puzzled as to why such iconic games are not given longer in the market place before being 'retired'.”

This is why licensing sucks. Games like this that rely so heavily licensing don’t get a shelf life it deserve since it so costly to maintain licensing. It also why these games tend to keep the price tag high. Forza Horizon 4 came out in 2018 and still cost $30 brand new.

Re: Phil Spencer Declares 'Big Milestone' As Xbox Debuts Four Games On Nvidia GeForce Now

AverageGamer

@themightyant "You have to buy and own those Microsoft games separately and then ALSO pay a cloud subscription fee (£7.49 - £14.99 per month). It's far closer to the failed Stadia model except built on libraries where you might already own games (Steam, Epic etc.)"

You do know GeForce Now offers a free tier. There is no you ALSO have to pay a Cloud subscription. You can pay a fee if you want to play on 3080+ rigs, but a fee is not need if you just want to use GeForce Now. This is why GeForce Now won a massive victory over Stadia once they started adding F2P games like Fortnite and Dauntless

Re: Review: ASUS ROG Ally - The Xbox Handheld We've Been Waiting For?

AverageGamer

A real negative for this machine is the fact it running Windows 11. It may be nice to have native support for PC game and Game Pass . But that a massive negative in my book. Windows is not designed for these handheld devices and you’re gaming experience is really going to be affected by that.

Until one of these devices releases with SteamOS. I’ll stick to my steam deck.

Re: Phil Spencer Says Xbox 'Needs To Improve' Its Development Process

AverageGamer

@Sakai “ Microsofts infamous hands off approach seems to work with some developers, and not with others.”

You know what funny about this. We yelled at Microsoft for generations that they need to be hands off instead beating developers with a stick like they did during Xbox and Xbox 360 generation. Now they’re hands off and letting the developers create what they want to create. It not work, so we’re back to beating developers with a stick. It almost like developers can’t be left up to their own devices and need to be micro managed.

Re: Phil Spencer Says Xbox 'Needs To Improve' Its Development Process

AverageGamer

@armondo36 “ there will need to be a MAJOR restructuring, possibly starting with Phil himself.”

Wasn’t there already a major restructuring? The moment he came into head of Xbox they did major restructuring allowing him more control over the brand, and placing him directing under Microsoft CEO. This is what has allowed them do so many of these purchases since they now had direct access to Microsoft bank account and was limited on spendings budget like before.

Re: Gears Of War Voice Actor 'Hasn't Heard Anything' About Gears 6

AverageGamer

@Kaloudz Wasn’t it reported only recently that Gears 6 basically just started development? Sure it been forever since Gears 5, but it not like the studio haven’t been busy. They was working on The Matrix game, assisting with UE5 development, and was working on two other games that was cancelled due to their studio getting hit by the Microsoft layoffs.

Re: The Division 2 Dev Explains Why A Current-Gen Upgrade Is 'Unlikely'

AverageGamer

@Kaloudz "I'm just speaking theoretically. Besides, I know a few folks from Ubisoft and they never have a bad thing to say. In fact Ubisoft, from my journo days, were the best people to work alongside."

Maybe years ago, I could have probably agreed with this, but not anymore. Especially after all the stuff that has come out and continues to come out about Ubisoft 's Toxic Work Environment that even they have acknowledged in annual financial document but continues to not be acknowledged by most people... Funny how blizzard is continually under fire but no seems to care about any other studio that is dealing with same thing.

"Regardless, as a consumer, all of what you said goes to the wayside. It's not appropriate. My relationship with Ubisoft (as a HUGE) fan, starts and ends at buying and playing their product. Whatever sits beyond that is a them problem, not a me problem. Same with any other dev."

Unfortunately, as some who works in the Tech industry and have multiple close friends who work for big name video game companies. My opinion on stuff doesn't just stop at consumer level.

Re: Multiple Games Announced For Xbox Following April 2023's Nintendo Event

AverageGamer

@rhyno_888 PlayStation is barely a competitor in the subscription service space. PlayStation main focus is still trying to sell you games at $70 a pop. Xbox focus is not selling you games for $70. Their focus is selling you a subscription to Game Pass which is literally trying to be the “Netflix of gaming”

PlayStation cloud gaming is also still limited to PlayStation and PC. You can’t stream to mobile devices, tvs… etc like xCloud. If you was able to stream this from xCloud to mobile devices would you still use Netflix? Most likely not.

Xbox is a direct competitor to Netflix now not PlayStation.

EDIT: It like Phil said, they’re not competing against Nintendo or PlayStation and have dismissed them. They’re competing against Google (RIP), Amazon… etc.

This is why the main concern for the ABK buyout is Microsoft gaining to much advantage in the cloud space.

Re: Halo's Longtime Franchise Director Has Left Microsoft

AverageGamer

@grumpypotato Nah. Microsoft is finally stepping and righting the ship. First Bonnie Ross, then Kiki Wolfkill, and now Frank O'Connor. Everyone who has been responsible for the failure of the halo franchise is now being shown the door.

EDIT: He responsible for bullcrap like: It's kind of like porn," "You know it when you see it."; We had people who we hired who hated Halo because of 'X,'”; Created the character mister chief who criticized player for not liking req packs.

Re: Redfall Will Only Run At 30FPS When It Launches On Xbox Series X And S

AverageGamer

@NEStalgia I wouldn’t say “It’s not the tech”. While UE is a great engine to work with. It also have never had the greatest history of fantastic performance when it came to consoles.There also the massive issue with UE games being a stuttery mess on PC the last 3-4 years. Gears game are probably the only games where I can truthfully say I’ve 100% been happy with their performance for an UE title. Which is why TBH I’m not happy with every one rushing to use UE, and everyone begging for title to be developed in the engine.

Re: Talking Point: Could Microsoft Be Interested In Acquiring Netflix?

AverageGamer

@Cyberpsycho "Microsoft have absolutely no experience in producing films and TV shows or shown any interest"

I wouldn't exactly say that. They had Xbox Entertainment Studios which was a television and movie studio. Buying Netflix would allow them to continue that on a larger scale, and they wouldn't have to rely on 3rd parties like Paramount for stuff like the Halo Tv show, and they could have full control over the Gears of War Movie which is being made by Netflix.