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@cragis0001 two highly regarded companies, that are eager for success - that have worked with MS in the past and present. A match made in nirvana.

Also foster the relationship with Capcom. Build on games like Exoprimal (while also building on Exoprimal itself!)

I hated Microsoft's price increase - right after they had a fantastic showcase. BUT - it is hard to argue that the value of pass has been getting better as time has gone on - the release cadence, of super solid games, going on right now is almost too hard to keep up with.

The timing on Sony is atrocious. They are offering no additional value, on an already inferior product, with a 25% price increase. I think after a lackluster Spiderman releases...and they really have nothing afterwards...people are going to question their loyalty to the brand. Sony's 2023 has been the worst year in gaming that I can think of in a decade or so.

@Xboxer999 the actual MadWorld trailer is in my not humble at all opinion, the greatest game trailer of all times.

nsfw (violence):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9nL83fF_Zc

@ironcrow86 Bowie is dead and doesn't need the cross marketing for new songs that the Fanciful Dragons do. Bowie/Beatles/Elton John classics are probably a lot more expensive.

@somnambulance that was probably a top 5 all time marketing/ad campaign for a game. Hard to recreate something that magnificent.

A good move by MS would be to partner up with Level 5 and re-establish a relationship with Platinum.

Children of the Skkkky!
Flying Up So High!!!
Let me be the one!
Who flies up to the sun!

YEAH!!!!

chills...

I always get a little upset when I see One Piece on sale and realize Namco won't pony up and pay for English dubs. With the live action dropping and the cartoon still wildly popular it seems like such a missed opportunity. I find the Japanese VA jarring and bad - but the English VA is some of the best around...pay these people to put their voices in the game Namco!

Also: Bayonetta + Vanquish bundle is super cheap. imho those are two of the best 360 games made. Two of the best games ever made for any system.

@Lightweight I'm here just like you. But boy I'll tell you - MS's moves post-direct have all been bad and I only have so much patience, and so many dollars to give.

With the exception of the release cadence for Gamepass. In that they have been hitting out straight out of the park for most of the summer into the fall.

Imagine Dragons?

Normally from me it's 'like what you like'. Not for Imagine Dragons. I'd dock Starfield a full point on the review just for using them. It starts at a 9.

@Lightweight if that is true - why stick around? If MS sucks as bad as you claim, they aren't doing anything you cannot get better elsewhere.

The Xbox is always in last place. the market has been telling Xbox for two decades now that not only do they suck - they are the worst at what they do. If they want people to not have fun any more than they already do not have fun - oblige them.

@BAMozzy Nintendo is not the only other option when hiring for fostering a relationship with Japan. Marketing firms, Capcom, your grandson - all of these are better options than hiring someone from Sony - who has all but completely destroyed Sony's playstation brand in their home country

You actually have to try, hard, to destroy a brand that is so entrenched in their society./ Not many companies could pull it off - look at the japanese software charts - Sony has.

She can have a chance sure. Right now she is starting off at "horrible hire". It is hard to go down from there but as Sony proved - it is possible.

As in all things - it depends on whether it sucks or not. I mean...whether it IS BAD or not. I don't want the Microsoft censors to get upset.

Far Cry 3 is one of the worst games I have ever played - because of the fact that FC 2 was one of the best and they ruined it with bad writing ,characters and gameplay. The series has never been the same since they listened to hack "writers" and changed the perfect FC2 formula.

Avoid. Play FC2 - an absolute classic. One of a tiny handful of video games ever made that has good writing. I am talking good like as good as a decent novel not typical game garbage.

@Cherip-the-Ripper by doing nothing you are giving Microsoft the ability to comb through your voice chats.

40 year old news hot off the presses! Microsoft is one of the most egregious abusers of consumer privacy the world has ever known. They shouldn't be trusted with anything.

In fact - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65817558

I'll be reporting MS as listening in on my children's comms once a week - every week until this goes away.

@Kevw2006 Maybe. However, It is easy to plead ignorance on the subject. It is a stupid experiment so whatever it takes to ruin it for MS is a worthy attempt.

Horrible hire. Sony is the absolute WORST at keeping the relationship between their company and japan going smoothly. Sony has relinquished all goodwill directly in Nintendo's lap over the past 15 years. So this woman is partially responsible for that erosion. probably why she was looking for a job. You'd think MS would see this glaring fact.

As someone suggested earlier - inundate the system with spam. Preferably recordings they have to store and review. Overwhelm microsoft with this nonsense. Just start reporting random people for no reason what-so-ever. This stupid MS idea will go away.

@DennisReynolds when Sony shut down it's store they also shut off upgrades and being able to download past purchases. Completely different deal imo.

Nintendo and MS is giving us a year notice - and they are allowing updates, patches, old purchases to be downloaded for the foreseeable future. We can't expect MS to port every crummy game over from their most popular system. I mean, I don't.

I owned a lot of these games and they were terrible.

Except REZ. MS not going hard after REZ, not bc'ing REZ annoys me greatly.

@Dusk_Actual Neither does Microsoft.

@Dusk_Actual MS owns Rare. They do not own the companies that published these games.

Here is something Ben Kerry, and everyone else, missed in the sweepstakes rules:

"(1) Grand Prize: One (1) custom-branded “Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon” Xbox Series X console bundle (NON-FUNCTIONAL, TO BE USED AS AN ART PIECE)"

It looks like it comes with an additional, regular console. So you get a decorated plastic box that doesn't do anything but elicit shame from your entire family and a real console which you already have. That isn't worth the cost of debasing yourself on X.

@XboxTheBestBox parts of High Fi Rush remind me of Boom Boom Rocket/Elite Beat Agents - another reason I enjoy the game immensely.

When COD4 Modern Warfare came out and my pals and I played it almost every day for 6 months.

@NintendoByNature you get forever to play them. My advice is just play one at a time and don't feel any FOMO. I'm playing the games that will be leaving after a while - so third party games - first. Lies of P looks like a game to break up the RPGness of Starfield - so both of those together.

Then the Nintendo games for Christmas break fun! Can't wait the end of this year is great for gaming. Tbh, this is probably the best year for games since 2020 for me (Animal Crossing and Monster Hunter Rise).

@Moonglow maybe? I don't know I just find my tv extremely frustrating. The features are very buggy, the tv has no convenience and is constantly doing what you don't want it to do. I've never had a tv as frustrating as this one. It is the only tv in my almost half century on the planet I have actively hated. It makes me mad every day.

@Kienda I was considering getting a little kb/m if Cities 2 supports it on the console.

@robe Samsung is the epitome of me of "smart" features that benefit Samsung 100% and the user who paid $2000 for the television exactly 0%. It quite literally has zero benefit. Unless you like watching the terrible, old, unpopular shows they were willing to pony up for.

But if you had the money to buy the tv - then you would never be watching that junk.

I get angry thinking about it but it's my basement tv. Not replacing it now. Grrrr!

Cocoon looks really trippy - I'll for sure try it out.

I won't play Starfield until I finish Sea of Stars. Lies of P looks like French Steampunk Bayonetta so I'm playing that as well.

The next three months are a busy one for gaming. Mario Wonder and what looks to be the best Warioware in years too.

@Moonglow Please do NOT buy a samsung. Their smart features are abominable, it has bugs galore - it is a bad tv. I had to have it repaired after 2 months. They had to replace the entire electrical system. Get a Sony or anything else please. I've had a S95B for about 9 months and I hate it. Terrible, expensive television.

I actually use it quite a bit. If it is a game I'm unsure about wasting the bandwidth on I play it over the cloud. Or if it is short and not graphic intensive I used cloud - on the console over the tv.

The only time I am disappointed with the experience is when there is a queue to play.

After around 30 hours I wrapped up the story part of Exoprimal. The story actually wasn't half bad. It may have been silly and half baked but Capcom did put effort and time into that story. And it was original - past the whole "damsel in distress save the world with a hidden power' trope. I'll probably keep playing it for some time. I bought the battle pass even to support 'em.

Finished Serious Sam yesterday too - wondering if I want to build up a few more cheeves or not. Fun game.

I'll probably get deeper into Xenoblade 1. I've been playing Minecraft Dungeons with the fam. Street Fighter - learning Lily.

cheers all.

@Snake_V5 could be stuck in Electronic Arts hell.

That video showed less than nothing.

@Kaloudz what the heck is F13?

@FatalBubbles I stopped it in the middle of my second battle (on the Switch) because I knew this was a game for me.

Today's best games are all old games.

@Jenkinss Sony doesn't have 70% market share.

Grasshopper, for the good that they do, made some real stinkers. This is one of them. These remakes that never needed to happen are becoming the norm in publishing. The industry is going in the wrong direction and fast.

Would the people here say this is a good game for the 6-8 year old set? I'm wondering how complicated it is. They enjoy wandering around doing things at their pace games.

What's the basic premise here? One guy is the killer and 4 or so people run from him?

I'll try this with the four people in my house just for the crazy. 8 is nut-so. Cool, but nut-so.

@Belkan I'm not talking about Sony here. But FF is one thing. This is Inside. It wasn't worth paying extra money for. shrug

@Kienda maybe I'll try it again on Splat 3 and fool with the sensitivity a bit. I am willing to change!!

Splatfest this weekend and I havent played in a long time. Good time to try something new(ish).

@Ralizah I had to google it.

@jedinite it could be better - if it failed miraculously like the crash of 1983.

only a few things could bring that about though. Maybe a global conflict.

I forgot about trousers!!! I haven't heard that term since I was a boy. Old ladies who used to pinch our cheeks too hard used to give us "trousers" for christmas instead of proper toys. Yeeeectchhh!

@Kaloudz it isn't. From reddit:

"The difference is huge! In fact, this is a completely different game! There are completely new levels, music and a couple more additions compared to the PC.

A big digital foundry video on it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYjSkUdfb4

@Nalverus here in the states tracksuits are usually different than sweats. Sweats are the thick, frumpy pants that match hoodies. Which old/correct people still call sweatshirts. If they cost more than $50 they are "yoga pants". That term was invented by ladies so they didn't have to tell their friends their new clothes were sweatpants. But they are certainly sweatpants.

@Kaloudz if pants means underwear what do you you call dress pants? slacks?

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