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@Fenbops The issue is how the general public while interpret closing 343, or handing the IP over to another studio, and massively downsizing 343.

Even tho everyone in the gaming community and especially the Halo community see that 343 needs to be let go... The general media will easily find a way to turn any potential layouts off at the 343 into a negative.

@Fenbops What do you expect Microsoft to do? Walk in there and start slaming fist on the table and firing people? Microsoft isn't allowed to be aggressive with studios any more especially after the whole situation with lionhead.

Plus it not like Halo Infinite isn't making them money.

@pip_muzz The only questionable developer has been 343. Rare has done well... You may not like what they did with nut or bolts, or that they decided to make kinect games. But I have enjoyed stuff like Grabbed by the Ghoulies, Kameo, Viva Piñata and Sea of thieves.

@pip_muzz TBH... I wouldn't consider it alarming. It just how modern game development is. It took 9 studios to develop God of War Ragnarok.

@Kaloudz He supposed to be a Director of Programming for xbox... So basically I guess handles livestream, podcast... etc

@Kaloudz TBH... I'm surprised he still has a job at Xbox. Everything I see or hear anything about him. It a consistent reminder I'm getting old. X-X

If it wasn't for the Series S then developers wouldn't be complaining about how their games don't sell well due to low install base on Xbox. TBH the Series S has been the saving grace for Xbox this generation besides game pass. The only people buying Series X are people with too much extra income and Xbox fans. Truth be told, if you got $400-500 to spend. You buy a PS5 or upgrade a PC.

@Kaloudz Cause those in between areas create screen judder, tearing... etc on displays that the don't support VRR, Free sync/G Sync, or when the FPS don't divide properly into the refresh rate.

@101Force "IF" Gold was for the upkeep of servers. It was never for 3rd party server... It was for Xbox Live servers, and Xbox first party game servers.

@Ralizah 40FPS is catching on with the Steam Deck cause Valve allows you to limit the screen refresh to 40hz... Most tv manufacturers don't allow you to do that. It either 60hz or 120hz if your tv supports that. Having a game run at 40FPS on a 60hz display creates inconsistent frame times that create judder. 40FPS on 120hz displays work cause 40 divides perfectly into 120hz, so you aren't creating inconsistent frame times.

@Notoriousmakavel 40FPS tend to only be better if you have a 120hz display. 40FPS on 60hz display creates inconsistent frame times that create judder. So until 120hz display become commonplace. 40FPS as base framerate won't be a commonplace thing.

@Magabro While they aren't a small indie company. When you're an independent company you can't just just go on a hiring spree without resources to do so... Platinum Games isn't excatly financially stable and was basically surviving pay check to pay check until Tencent gave them funding. The cancelation of Scalebound would have put them out of business if it wasn't for the success of Nier and Astral Chain.

@Cherip-the-Ripper Nier Replicant isn't made by platinum games.

@NEStalgia That wouldnt work consider Star Wars litteraly has "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...." at the start of basically everything... So most of events of Star Wars would probably take place before the events of Harry Potter which is set from 1991 to 1998.

@Dr_Luigi I said upwards of... Not that only $4k can do it. So of course your new $800 tv can do cause it has a processor/gpu that can handle it.

@robe The big issue with that is Microsoft would have to convince developers to jump on board with an Xbox handheld. Steam Deck works well cause it integrates the already massive Steam library of games, and requires very little work from actual developers... An Xbox handheld would be using the Xbox store (Microsoft Store) which lack many of the very popular titles.

@Dr_Luigi The only TV that support xCloud are brand new Samsung that cost upwards of $4k. Just cause a device can stream Netflix/youtube ≠ it stream games from the cloud effectively. Actual cloud gamers have learnt this the hard way. It definitely not gonna be Firestick TV cheap which at that point... Buy a Series S.

@Dr_Luigi Not excatly... It would still requires a decent processor/gpu to handle the decoding of stream especially if they wanna push for 4k streams soon

@NEStalgia They said the future... So Deathloop is the 70s of their universe.

@Dsswoosh Really gonna say that nonsense when stuff like bloodborne exists on consoles.

Keep my 3080ti or trade it in for this 🤔

@RangoTel Dead Space isn't available on either the PS4 or PS5... The majority of gamers can't not play the original, so that basically answers your questions.

@Xiovanni The slipspace engine isn't just a simple rename of the blam engine. There has been so many changes to the Slipspace engine... They aren't same anymore. It like saying the Tiger engine is just a rename of the Blam Engine.

@themightyant "If you don't like subscription services there are still business that work, standard console physical or digital purchases without that subscription fee"

That requires me to have a console. I'm trying to move away from owning local hardware that I tend to only use for a month out of the year then put it back in it box.

@BleedingDreamer If Google owned Xbox... It would have been dead with the first generation consoles. They wouldn't have stuck with it through the 360 generation especially after the money they would have lost from the RROD.

@BleedingDreamer They bail on things after dropping billions of dollars into it and giving it an honest shot. Google doesn't even remotely try. They bailed on Stadia a month after launch.

EDIT: Just look at Amazon and Facebook throwing billions dollars away over the last few years trying to gain a decent gaming base. They didnt just pack up shop and give up.

@themightyant I felt mixed on the business model. I get that people don't like the idea of paying full price for streaming games, but I don't like the idea of subscription services... I prefer the ability of being able to purchase the games I want, and not being forced to play cherry picked content on a time limit cause you never know when the game will be removed.

@themightyant I already the FAQ. But i have games like Red Dead Redemption 2 and FF15 that paid and beat 3 years during the launch months. I'll be surprised if they honor a full refund for that.

I don't consider myself a fool for jumping on a sinking ship. As a tech geek and a gamer, the idea of Stadia interest me. It was a new space with interesting tech. I'm glad that I was able to leave my mark.

While Stadia didn't get any games. I still consider Stadia to be the best streaming service compared to xCloud, GeForce Now, Shadow PC... etc.

Google is an absolute embarrassment of a company. Say what you want about Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple... etc. They aren't scare to try and stick to thing that aren't successful off the bat even if it hurt their bottomline.

@themightyant Let's not give them kudos yet. We need to learn how easy it'll be to get the refund first. (Saying this as Stadia founder with a library of 30 purchased games)

@Tharsman They kill off the studio... But the original team got back together, and got the rights back.

EDIT: The new studios is names Raccoon Logic studio

The scary part about this whole situation is that one of the writer for this game is now the lead writer for Beyond good and evil 2.

And this is why I don't bother wasting money buying these PRO ELITE... EDGE... Whatever... etc controllers. If companies can't release a decent base controller without issue. I don't expect them to release a high end one without issues.

Microsoft also isn't a hardware company. Expecting them to release a decent hardware accessory is not going to happen. We've been lucky that the Xbox One/One S/ One X and Series X|S haven't had major issues.

@InterceptorAlpha I would say HellBlade and Forza Motorsports. Turn 10 is the only home grown Xbox studio that has repeatedly shown that they aren't incompetent, and can release quality release back to back to back on time.