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@Avaloner when Monster Hunter started waaaaaaay back when - it was thin like this game. If this game is a hit it will get more - and you can tell young people you were there for the first one.

I agree though. I would have started this at $40 - to get people to pay attention...gradually discounting it to $20 with the plan of F2P after 2 years. Give the people who bought some gold trinket or another.

Stoked for this.

@PartyMarty The only people I see truly concerned about twitter are those whose professional lives depend on it. But then have to try to get us to care because they are influencers and it does affect them. I do not care if those people live or die. It doesn't affect me.

@InterceptorAlpha sorry I wasn't clear at all. What I meant was Nintendo isn't pushing subs like the other two. Imho they are a physical first company. Or simply, they don't care which you buy as long as you buy it.

That said, I think Nintendo has the best sub of the three. Close second is MS. Sony isn't in the conversation. Thiers is an embarrassment.

@PartyMarty goofballs have been saying this at every single step he has taken. But the addicted, mindless masses - and the celebrities - and the companies - still can't stay off of his twitter/exes.

@StonyKL Well, Nintendo doesn't really seem all too interested in the sub model first - and they are absolutely dominating Sony and MS in this space - so ultimately it is what the customer wants.

Show where your allegiances lie by buying games not renting them I guess.

It isn't my problem. I'm only going to take part in something I personally find value in. I have so many good games lined up I could abandon buying a new game for the rest of my life and never approach finishing everything I errantly bought over the years. Something I am quite willing to do if it came to it. I dont need MS or Tencent and never will. But in the meantime - the cost is less than the value for me.

@themightyant i really don't know ether. Or in Brewster's Millions where he has to lose everything to win the big pot. The big pot I guess is the push for the reinstating slavery or some other mastermind evil. What else could it be?

@NEStalgia I don't get this one either. But Facebook did the same thing.

I guess the logic is: there is dissatisfaction with the product - so change the name so the dum-dums are confused. Plus, he says he wants it more than just the text forum app. I guess if you want people to think of it as more than Twitter - you have to make it not Twitter.

I guess. That's as good of an explanation I can guess at.

@CutchuSlow It is how the movie marketing team + xbox wanted to do it. You don't get as much bang for your buck if you just sell them. That gets you very little visibility.

So I go back to ignoring it.

This one will probably be worth something - boxed into the far flung future. edit: it is a gd contest. lame.

Sidenote: I'm not a turtle fan (never was) but me and my kids are pretty excited about the new movie coming out. A really killer art style and we laughed real laughs during one of the trailers.

I'm pretty stoked for Serious Sam tomorrow. It looks insane, stupid and fun. Perfect way to chill before the big hitters start dropping.

My takeaway: I can't believe there is a developer out there that still tests games.

I wish the xbox would beg shmup developers to preserve games on the xbox like the Switch. They did during the 360 era and it moved japanese units. The Switch is too dominant rn in this regard.

With the industry moving towards becoming stale and uninspired I like that MS is moving towards more backwards compatibility with the classics.

I'd rather they update the old games rather than waste time on more and more remasters. Publishers are getting more lazy, more greedy by the hour. While you think they couldn't be any more debased - gamers, while always one of the lowest form of consumer, are becoming more complacent and dumb by the day as well.

I bought the 360 because of Gears - but after 2 I never wanted to play it again. I hate the story, the grimdark gets old, the jacked up characters feel way too 2000sBro. Granted, I never played anything after 2 - nothing anywhere near this gen.

I played Ultimate a few weeks ago to get the weekly quest. The multiplayer matches wasn't fun to me anymore.

tl;dr I can live without Gears forever.

@dreadful it also really doesn't make sense if the main tank or healer uses the big dino. But the game is so fast paced a vote could mess that all up you know? Maybe pre-match?

@Moonglow I've worked for companies that bring in CEOs that are just there for the set up. Get the big sale. You make your company lean and mean - the books are more important than the content.

After the sale you stay on for the cursory "I still care about this company" thing and then you disappear. To either sit on a beach or move on to the next. Kotick will move on to the next.

Kotick hated video games and gamers especially - he was always the setup guy - and did he job as effectively as you can really. Big payday for the time he put in.

It is the game I'm playing most right now. I wish it had another mode or two but the loop is fantastic. Every game you play unlocks more [serviceable] story, more weapons n stuff. Co-op is fun, pvp is also great fun. PVP is very novel: the race and the final push. Forums like this always attract more pve only people, shut ins mostly, but this one is no stress. Or good stress rather. After getting to player level 15 or so the difficulty starts really ramping up and doesn't go down.

The story and characters are cliche and weak - the VA is over-affected; over-dramatic, the whole cast is there: Nerdy guy who figures it all out. Tough cookie lady with a backstory. The "boss" - wisecracking, yelling, the whole 1980s cop movie police sergeant thing. Robot people find an emotional attachment to. But as a whole it's still fun enough to keep me interested.

If Capcom keep up with this title it has potential to be in their big leagues. I said 9. Not as a review but because I am personally enjoying it so much. Probably an 8ish as an impartial review.

@Moonglow Kotick was looking for a buyer since the day he took the CEO chair.

I'm a petty person so I'd probably close...but Microsoft plays the long game...and games are a tiny fraction of that goal. No reason to anger or ignore the CMA I suppose.

@SilverGrey1 they aren't stealing an IP they are purchasing it. Two parties agreed to a deal. Do you understand the definition of stealing? Look past your weird anger and learn about the world I say.

People complaining about balance nerfs? I am truly surprised.

Can you beat up perps in alleys and stuff? Maybe target certain groups of people?

@Martsmall personally I'm a sucker for any game involving boats. SoT does boats better than any game I've ever played...so that's it take it easy my man

@Martsmall I was when it came out - but I've slacked since. I'm looking to get back into it but every time I sit down to sink my teeth in past the new tutorial - something flashy drops.

Right now it's Exoprimal for me. REALLY digging that game.

Only if I was in the industry. So, no.

@Total_Weirdo at peak times Steam logs over 20,000 souls. So the xbox potentially has more. You good.

SoT is one of the best games made this past decade. It is better than 90%+ of games that are released week in; week out since it's initial release. There is nothing like it. Unpopular but sincere opinion: It is RARE's best game.

@FatalBubbles I'd say it was better than average. But it looked absolutely amazing compared to Sony's showcase. That may go down as the worst showcase in console history. For reals.

Okay, Blizzard's "Don't you guys have phones?!?" was the worst. Sony's was second.

@Utena-mobile You missed one. It was what you said plus Sony's awful showcase (and future lineup) that gave this console life.

I am simply one anecdote but I was buying a PS5 for Street Fighter the week of their showcase. It gave me serious pause - enough to wait for MS's go at it. Their hand was of course much stronger - so I bought the X instead. My story is not unique I'd bet your eternal soul.

@Dalejrfanfreak You should spend your energy writing Sony about what is coming after Spidey 2.

Sony: You're welcome Microsoft.

@IOI How it works nowadays? Yes. That is why it is bad. Online gaming, in it's infancy, was working fine before xbox started charging for it.

Understate the innovation? Can you show me where live dollars went into innovation? Playstation service dollars? Nintendo dollars - all as a result of MS charging what was for free before that.

Most influential - for better or worse to be sure. I'd argue the gaming landscape is much worse since MS introduced Live.

On year 3 I'd start hiking the price of Sony's Call of Duty. For revenge, to cover the cost of their 30% tax and to eventually destroy them.

So, same price right?

@K1LLEGAL they've been doing this in video games for about 20 years or so. Welcome!

Are people not adopting the name Turkiye?

Different week; same crap.

@somnambulance if my child (now 8) comes to me and tells me she wants to forego college to follow a passion in her life - it will be the happiest day of my own life.

@somnambulance I know quite a few people in tech who are out of work rn. It's had a big impact on a lot of folks.

@mousieone you are right. The way I see it is the Switch version is the closest one to the original. It has touch controls. Tbh, it isn't really comparable. I hope people play it on every console it is a great game. But if you have a switch and an xbox...no contest.

@mousieone I know. Celebrating common demos is really odd to me. Ghost Trick redo is best on switch.

I played Sea of Stars on the Switch (like 6 months ago) and deleted it after 10 minutes - knowing for a fact I'd be playing it one way or another when it drops. Happy it is coming to gamepass. That's likely where I will play it first!

Ghost Trick is awesome...but this isn't the console I'd play it on for that game.

Better than this: Capcom has their Exoprimal showcase tonight at 7something EST.

The sonyboys are angry it's releasing on gamepass. So angry they have declared it instant junk! I really think we should support the game (if it's fun) by playing the heck out of it. (even the people Superman will throw into the sun)

@Solidchief Remember in Superman IV: The Quest For Peace when he put all of the nuclear weapons in a missile bag and hurled the bag into the sun?

I wish that would happen to these people. I want Superman to put them into a bag and hurl them all into the sun.

I always find the UK's taste in gaming so god awful.

I really don't want Capcom to become a crap company like Square and focus on remakes all of the time. I like Capcom. Every now and again is fine. Stop listening to these dum-dums who don't want new stuff.

Once. On the 360 I took off from work to play the first week of to play Call of Duty: World at War. Like many I was obsessed with CoD 4- to me still the greatest in the franchise. I was disappointed and my group lost the fire a bit. That first year of COD4 was amazing. Maybe the most fun I've ever had playing an online game. We met every night without fail and had a blast.

@AshKirin19 I just started BF2042 and I'm having a decent time of it. It isn't like the old BFs but it's still pretty fun. From what I've read it's improved a lot since launch.

imho people can be far too critical of FPS games in general.

@Ryne-Gaia Bayonetta Origins is my straight up GOTY so far. I expected to enjoy it, because I am a nut for Bayonetta - but Origins: Cereza exceeded my expectations and then some. I honestly enjoyed it more than Bayo 3 - and I loved Bayo 3.

I am open to maybe Starfield beating Bayo Origins as my favorite game of 2023 but it a very tall order.

@gravelmonkey if you have a Switch and you have a jrpg itch that's the place really. I suggest Shin Megami Tensei V - a switch exclusive and the Xenoblade games. Top notch stuff. Better than anything currently on the xbox or playstation by far.