I think the important take away here is that while a developer said this, NIS America, the publisher mentioned here, the western publishing branch, IE outside of Japan, even feels the same. Not enough interest outside of Japan either.
To put that in perspective, that mid gen console outsold the lifetime of the WiiU. And is correctly at ~50% of what the Series S/X have sold, combined.
That is bad how, exactly? Especially for being the first mid-gen refresh.
Now let's look further though. Even assuming that the One X did 20% as well, that would have put the One X at roughly 12 million. ~50% less than the PS4Pro.
Conversely you could view the PS5 as Sony's Series S. They launched it first and waited for higher end hardware to be cheaper to release their Series X.
Which kinda leaves Xbox in limbo. Because you know all comparisons forward will be the PS5 Pro VS Series X.
Seeing how WB is ran, you KNOW their takeaway was "Huh, DC doesn't sell. Guess we'll do a Harry Potter Live Service instead."
Thsy being said, I wouldn't be opposed to like how Kakarot does it.
Kakarot is single player. Came out in 2020, and has had DLC out as recently as February of this year. Preferably without the horrendous Xbox support though. Achievements still broke on the Series S/X version.
A friend and I were doing it on the hardest difficulty level and got ot that final boss. And if we weren't getting Game Over's our third kept disconnecting, which reset you.
Took us so long we took multiple breaks. Ultimately we beat him though and IMO, the most difficult achievement I have to date.
@DarkCvrle Okay, so let's use the steam deck for example. What game runs better there than the Series S? You won't be able to name one. I promise you.
Steam Deck is a platform of compromise and so times pushes what the definition of "running it" means. Half your frames are muddled by FSR and frame gen.
@WhiteRabbit Yea. I enjoy Xbox. Clearly, I have two launch day Series Xs. But I'm not going to ignore facts looking at me square in the face.
Some see comments like these this as an attack on the S. Xbox has many issues as a whole I'm not just hating on it at all. It is just the topic at hand.
@DarkCvrle What game runs on a low end PC, and provide the specific PC build please, that has had issues on the Series S exactly? I mean, one of my PC's from nearly a decade ago has 32GB of dedicated system RAM, but the Series S has 10GB of RAM, and that is a shared pool? 🤔
Additionally your information about the Series X VS S seems like out of date, pre-release information, so here you go:
CPU:
Series X- 8cores at 3.8ghz
Series S- 8cores at 3.6ghz
The S is 5.3% slower.
GPU:
Series X- 12.15 Teraflops
Series S- 4 Teraflops
The S is 67% slower.
Series X: 52 CUs
Series S: 20 CUs
Series S has 62% less CUs
RAM:
Series X- 16GB
Series S- 10GB
The S has 37.5% less RAM.
RAM speed.
Series X- 10GB at 560 GB/s, 6GB at 360 GB/s
Series S- 8GB at 224 GB/s, 2GB at 56 GB/s.
Series S has 60% slower high speed RAM.
Series S has 84% slower low speed RAM.
@DarkCvrle You're not going to see huge publishers, or the developers owned by said publishers, complain because I am sure they're contracts include a "no disparaging" clause. On top of that, they have infinitely more resources available.
You WILL see smaller studios complain because
1. They're not beholden to those contracts.
2. Microsoft has a history of stiffing the smaller studios.
3. This recent string of Microsoft just flat out ignoring smaller developers is likely further evidence of Microsoft leaving the console market in the next Gen. After all, no need to help people publish to your hardware, especially smaller developers you'll see little to no money from, if you're planning on leaving the market.
@StylesT Not gonna lie, I am over the moon with hype for Arkham Shadow. Just wish it was on PC, at least through Quest Link, so I could use my VR treadmill with it.
If it is as good as their Iron Man VR game, it'll be a blast.
@NEStalgia I don't even use RT when available on console, so if that is the excuse for the 30fps lock, even worse. I gave them a pass on the resolution dealio back in the day. Mainly because even with something as recent as Diablo 2 I preferred 640x480 back then.
@BlueSheepz Strange. You must be either too young to remember or just have a poor memory.
SE's increasing support was a huge part of Xbox 360 prerelease, and even post release. All that resulted in was a couple mediocre launch windows games, then nothing of substance until they started doing multiplat, day an date releases. During that drought, however, they were publishing ganes for Nintendo and Sony still.
Once again during the Xbox One's life. And what was gotten from that? Some PS1 ports, the card game, and 15, a game that did so poorly half the story, that was supposed to be told through DLC, was cut.
Now here we are, at the third time. Will it be the charm? I doubt it. But we'll see.
So likely another Series S issue. The X/S certification is a process that involves both. If one version fails they're both failed due to the same reason because of the parity clause.
The Series S has significantly slower RAM, with one portion being 60% slower and the other being 84% slower than the X. Additionally the Series S has 37.5% less RAM. All of which exacerbates these RAM issues we hear about.
We already know it is a fairly intense UE5 game. So this really comes as no surprise. Even the bare minimum requirements seek 16GB of RAM on PC. Which isn't a good sign for a 10GB console that is essentially just a PC nowadays.
@Vipor007 Almost like alienating your fanbase isn't a good idea. 😂 No point buying an Xbox if you can play all their game elsewhere.
Thankfully I have a PC so I can just play all the Xbox stuff there, at 100+fps, since Microsoft seems incapable of launching 60fps on a console unless it is. On top of that games are cheaper, online is free, mountains of mods, etc. To add insult to injury, while I'm finally building a new one, one of my PC's that are 10 years old is still running circles around modern consoles.
As a matter of fact, I think I'm going to hop into VR, on my VR treadmill, another area Microsoft has completely ignored and told people to bugger off if they wanted. Wanna know what sounds real fun right now Halo VR. Something else I can do on PC, and something Microsoft should have done on Xbox ages ago.
@demian Well that's just factually incorrect. And incorrect informarion like this is why people buy consoles.
My last PC I built cost 1.5x a console. And remained running games at higher settings than consoles for 2.5 console generations. It was only at that point that I had to even lower settings. It was only at point that it was old enough to be on par with consoles.
My current build, also about 1.5x a console, is already running games 3-4x better than what console hardware does.
In addition to that, on PC I can use virtual reality to its fullest and even my VR treadmill. Something I cannot do on console either.
@WhiteRabbit I believe Pentament in 2022. Which then released on PS5 with a 120fps mode that didn't exist on Xbox. Then after enough complaining they released a patch to add 120fps to Xbox.
It is pretty easy to set up. Just follow the set up process for OpenMW, which requires you own Morrowind and have it installed.
After that, you just drag and drop the VR mod into the OpenMW folder and launch the VR shortcut.
As far as launching, I use my Quest 3 as a PCVR headset. I can launch it either through SteamVR via the manually added shortcut. Or I can launch Virtual Desktop and just click the shortcut on the desktop or Steam. VR hooks immediately and it changes to VR mode.
The thing that makes Morrowind better to me is the writing in general, Kirkbride can get weird, and the world. Well as much as I love Skyrim, Morrowind is a lot less generic high fantasy.
Every time I do soemthing as simple as just walk up to a silt strider in the game, I wowed. Like who though "You know, what if people rode giant fleas to get around? Hollow out their backs, and manipulate their nerves to direct them."
They amount of drugs those guys had to have ingested when making Morrowind definitely helped with the end product.
@demian Gamepass is on PC. With free online, and costs less. If anything, Gamepass is an incentive to skip Xbox and get a PC.
@Fiendish-Beaver Agreed. If there is no incentive to buy Xbox, it goes away and Microsoft goes 100% publisher. Less hardware equals less completion and that is never good for a market.
@Ricky-Spanish I will. It is just, as with most games I like, or am hyped for, like Kunitsu Gami, I prefer to buy them regardless of of Gamepass.
@BAMozzy I'm strictly speaking hardware, and that should be obvious.
Without hardware competition Sony, and by extension, any business always behaves poorly. We saw that when Sega left the hardware market. Again when they had the advantage with the PS2. Again with the launch of the PS3. And once more still with the PS5.
To add to this, if Microsoft goes software only, they are in no way competing with Sony anymore. That's like saying EA is competing with Sony. You can't say they're competing when every game sold nets Sony money from licensing fees. Which was what, about 30% of a game's puschad cost?
I am not an Xbox customer. I am a video game consumer. I own every platform, and my VR treadmill alone is 3x the costs of consoles. Hell, even my last PC build build, about 1.5 the cost of a console out performed the 2.5 console generation.
I am purely concerned with preserving competition for a healthy market and your response shows you support anything but.
Xbox as hardware has no advantages. So I'm not sure where you're getting that. You have a fragment ecosystem developers are hesitsnt to work in. You have poor support for indie developers. Everything that drops on Xbox day 1 I can get on my PC. Every game that goes on sale on Xbox I can get cheaper on Steam. I get better performance too, as well free online.
Xbox used to offer tangible benefits, particularly in he exclusives, and even quality online console gaming. However they squandered any advantage they have are are in their current position.
As history has taught us multiple times, when hardware has advantages and no number moving exclusives, they die off, and the market is worse for it.
You're free to feel how you want, however no amount of text will go contrary to historic fact.
Only reason I was going to buy this day 1 was on Xbox to support them competing. But if it is just gonna be on everything, I might as well just wait for a steam sale to buy it.
For a physical edition, this is the worst one I've seen since the Starfield one that had a watch that worked for a couple months if you're lucky. Meanwhile my 8 year old, Gear S3, is still going strong.
Couldn't even be bothered to give a physical art book.
Okay, sure, they're not running any business I'm interested in though. That's why the last game I recall purchasing from this was Halo 5 Guardians from nearly a decade ago.
And to be clear, that isn't because of Gamepass. I buy tons of third party games that are on Gamepass.
I have zero interest in a console market dominated by a single OEM, read Sony. We've seen how godawful they've been when they've had had sgiinficisnt leads. Going to be insufferable when they have no hardware competition.
The number of people that are too young to remember this are justflat our ignore it are baffling.
@InheritNegative And I whole heatedly disagree. I generally clear all POIs at a landing zone in 15 minutes or less. Again, without a jet pack and I'm saying this as something that has ~300 hours and have visited every planet in the game.
To add, the entire game is designed to where a jetpack isn't even required.
I welcome options for other players. But I personally have no use for them.
All these comments of "more people being able to play is good" are missing the point.
Without exclusives Xbox as hardware dies.
If Xbox as hardware dies, Playstation has no competition.
No competition for Playstation is going to be absolutely horrible. Especially when we've seen how they've behaved in the past just from being ahead of the competition. If there is no competition? RIP consoles games. And before someone mentions Nintendo, they have a totally different market, and even micro-conomy for their games.
I guess that will be nice for people that wanted it.
IMO the areas are too small for it to be be useful. I don't even use the jetpack. That said, driving around in low G like on Elite Dangerous could be fun.
The Presequel pretty much killed all my enthusiasm to Borderlands to the point I've not even played 3 yet. Maybe 4 will have some enthralling reason for me to snag it.
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Re: 'Reynatis' Dev Explains Lack Of Xbox Version, Says There's Not Enough Demand In Japan
I think the important take away here is that while a developer said this, NIS America, the publisher mentioned here, the western publishing branch, IE outside of Japan, even feels the same. Not enough interest outside of Japan either.
Re: Planet Coaster 2 Is Making A Splash On Xbox This November
Awwww man. I wish this had been a DLC so I didn't have to give up all the cool packs in the first.
Re: Xbox Is Cutting 650 More Jobs, Confirms Phil Spencer In Letter To Employees
Wonder if there is a breakdown of where in Xbox they came from? Game development? Hardware R&D? Etc.
Re: Xbox Is Reintroducing 'Friend Requests' Later This Year
@Scummbuddy Yes. Was replaced by a follower system ages ago.
Re: Xbox's 'Double Fine' Studio Dismisses Idea Of Making New Banjo Or Conker Games
At this point I'd be happy with a HD Remaster of the Xbox version of Conker with the N64 audio restored.
Multiplayer intact, of course.
Re: Reaction: PS5 Pro's Extortionate Price Justifies Xbox's Lack Of A New Console
@Mustoe Be more disingenuous why don't you.
That "20%" is 23 million consoles.
To put that in perspective, that mid gen console outsold the lifetime of the WiiU. And is correctly at ~50% of what the Series S/X have sold, combined.
That is bad how, exactly? Especially for being the first mid-gen refresh.
Now let's look further though. Even assuming that the One X did 20% as well, that would have put the One X at roughly 12 million. ~50% less than the PS4Pro.
Re: Reaction: PS5 Pro's Extortionate Price Justifies Xbox's Lack Of A New Console
It makes sense.
They're tapping into that disigner market Apple goes for.
These are going to sell like hotcakes for no other reasons than how expensive it is and that it has Sony on.
Re: Towerborne Hands On Preview - A New Xbox Exclusive Launching In Steam Early Access
Was gonna play this on Xbox, but due to this I reckon I will buy it on Steam.
Super strange situation all around.
Re: Sony's PS5 Pro Seems Unlikely To Get An Xbox Equivalent This Holiday
@GhanaViking
Yep.
Conversely you could view the PS5 as Sony's Series S. They launched it first and waited for higher end hardware to be cheaper to release their Series X.
Which kinda leaves Xbox in limbo. Because you know all comparisons forward will be the PS5 Pro VS Series X.
Re: Hogwarts Legacy Sequel A 'Big Priority' For Warner Bros In The Next Few Years
@InheritNegative Oh of course.
Seeing how WB is ran, you KNOW their takeaway was "Huh, DC doesn't sell. Guess we'll do a Harry Potter Live Service instead."
Thsy being said, I wouldn't be opposed to like how Kakarot does it.
Kakarot is single player. Came out in 2020, and has had DLC out as recently as February of this year. Preferably without the horrendous Xbox support though. Achievements still broke on the Series S/X version.
Re: The Always-Online 'Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown' Suffers Launch Day Outages On Xbox
Based off what I've read, seems like it is suffering WAY more than outages.
Re: Microsoft Had Two Transformers Games Rated In Australia Last Month
I still have PTSD from Trypticon.
A friend and I were doing it on the hardest difficulty level and got ot that final boss. And if we weren't getting Game Over's our third kept disconnecting, which reset you.
Took us so long we took multiple breaks. Ultimately we beat him though and IMO, the most difficult achievement I have to date.
Re: Dune: Awakening's Xbox Series S Port Will Be 'A Challenge', Says Funcom
@DarkCvrle Okay, so let's use the steam deck for example. What game runs better there than the Series S? You won't be able to name one. I promise you.
Steam Deck is a platform of compromise and so times pushes what the definition of "running it" means. Half your frames are muddled by FSR and frame gen.
@WhiteRabbit Yea. I enjoy Xbox. Clearly, I have two launch day Series Xs. But I'm not going to ignore facts looking at me square in the face.
Some see comments like these this as an attack on the S. Xbox has many issues as a whole I'm not just hating on it at all. It is just the topic at hand.
Re: Dune: Awakening's Xbox Series S Port Will Be 'A Challenge', Says Funcom
@DarkCvrle What game runs on a low end PC, and provide the specific PC build please, that has had issues on the Series S exactly? I mean, one of my PC's from nearly a decade ago has 32GB of dedicated system RAM, but the Series S has 10GB of RAM, and that is a shared pool? 🤔
Additionally your information about the Series X VS S seems like out of date, pre-release information, so here you go:
CPU:
Series X- 8cores at 3.8ghz
Series S- 8cores at 3.6ghz
The S is 5.3% slower.
GPU:
Series X- 12.15 Teraflops
Series S- 4 Teraflops
The S is 67% slower.
Series X: 52 CUs
Series S: 20 CUs
Series S has 62% less CUs
RAM:
Series X- 16GB
Series S- 10GB
The S has 37.5% less RAM.
RAM speed.
Series X- 10GB at 560 GB/s, 6GB at 360 GB/s
Series S- 8GB at 224 GB/s, 2GB at 56 GB/s.
Series S has 60% slower high speed RAM.
Series S has 84% slower low speed RAM.
Re: Dune: Awakening's Xbox Series S Port Will Be 'A Challenge', Says Funcom
@DarkCvrle You're not going to see huge publishers, or the developers owned by said publishers, complain because I am sure they're contracts include a "no disparaging" clause. On top of that, they have infinitely more resources available.
You WILL see smaller studios complain because
1. They're not beholden to those contracts.
2. Microsoft has a history of stiffing the smaller studios.
3. This recent string of Microsoft just flat out ignoring smaller developers is likely further evidence of Microsoft leaving the console market in the next Gen. After all, no need to help people publish to your hardware, especially smaller developers you'll see little to no money from, if you're planning on leaving the market.
Re: Report: Suicide Squad Dev Rocksteady Suffers Layoffs At Warner Bros. HQ
@StylesT Not gonna lie, I am over the moon with hype for Arkham Shadow. Just wish it was on PC, at least through Quest Link, so I could use my VR treadmill with it.
If it is as good as their Iron Man VR game, it'll be a blast.
Re: Dragon's Dogma 2 Director Hideaki Itsuno Leaves Capcom After 30 Years
Honestly understandable with how the remakequel went. To my knowledge, only Sam Raimi has ever pulled that off.
Re: Black Myth: Wukong Xbox Delay Reportedly Tied To PS5 'Exclusivity Deal'
An exclusivity deal without the "Only On Playstation" banner? I find that doubtful.
Re: Obsidian Says Avowed Is Running 'Really, Really Well' On Xbox Series X, Despite 30FPS Target
@NEStalgia I don't even use RT when available on console, so if that is the excuse for the 30fps lock, even worse. I gave them a pass on the resolution dealio back in the day. Mainly because even with something as recent as Diablo 2 I preferred 640x480 back then.
Re: Obsidian Says Avowed Is Running 'Really, Really Well' On Xbox Series X, Despite 30FPS Target
I'll be playing it at 100+FPS on PC, Barring engine funkiness, so....yea. Sounds like they just don't care to give people on console what they want.
Re: Roundup: The Reviews Are In For Razer's 'Wolverine V3 Pro' Wireless Xbox Controller
Still waiting on a gyro.
Re: Final Fantasy Dev Insists The Future Is Bright For Square Enix Games On Xbox
@DreamlandGem Will do. Thanks!
Re: Final Fantasy Dev Insists The Future Is Bright For Square Enix Games On Xbox
@BlueSheepz Strange. You must be either too young to remember or just have a poor memory.
SE's increasing support was a huge part of Xbox 360 prerelease, and even post release. All that resulted in was a couple mediocre launch windows games, then nothing of substance until they started doing multiplat, day an date releases. During that drought, however, they were publishing ganes for Nintendo and Sony still.
Once again during the Xbox One's life. And what was gotten from that? Some PS1 ports, the card game, and 15, a game that did so poorly half the story, that was supposed to be told through DLC, was cut.
Now here we are, at the third time. Will it be the charm? I doubt it. But we'll see.
Re: Final Fantasy Dev Insists The Future Is Bright For Square Enix Games On Xbox
Sure. Not like we've heard this before and nothing come of it.
Re: Well-Known Leaker Reveals Major Xbox Game Pass Addition For September 2024
I know it lacks some of the activities in this, but TBH I much prefer STEEP.
Though if we could ever get a new Amped game, that felt like an Amped game, I would be set.
Re: Rumour: Black Myth: Wukong 'Memory Leak' Has Caused Xbox Series X|S Delay
So likely another Series S issue. The X/S certification is a process that involves both. If one version fails they're both failed due to the same reason because of the parity clause.
The Series S has significantly slower RAM, with one portion being 60% slower and the other being 84% slower than the X. Additionally the Series S has 37.5% less RAM. All of which exacerbates these RAM issues we hear about.
We already know it is a fairly intense UE5 game. So this really comes as no surprise. Even the bare minimum requirements seek 16GB of RAM on PC. Which isn't a good sign for a 10GB console that is essentially just a PC nowadays.
Re: Review: Star Wars Outlaws (Xbox) - Robust Stealth & Immaculate Vibes Make For A Super Star War
So based off all the reviews, this one included, this looks to be another Ubisoft slog. I'll wait a couple years and get it on the cheap.
Re: Avowed Gets Massive Uncut Gameplay Demo During Xbox's Final Gamescom Event For 2024
@Vipor007 Almost like alienating your fanbase isn't a good idea. 😂 No point buying an Xbox if you can play all their game elsewhere.
Thankfully I have a PC so I can just play all the Xbox stuff there, at 100+fps, since Microsoft seems incapable of launching 60fps on a console unless it is. On top of that games are cheaper, online is free, mountains of mods, etc. To add insult to injury, while I'm finally building a new one, one of my PC's that are 10 years old is still running circles around modern consoles.
As a matter of fact, I think I'm going to hop into VR, on my VR treadmill, another area Microsoft has completely ignored and told people to bugger off if they wanted. Wanna know what sounds real fun right now Halo VR. Something else I can do on PC, and something Microsoft should have done on Xbox ages ago.
Re: Talking Point: What Did You Think Of Gamescom 2024 Overall?
Pretty good show if you own a Playstation.
Re: Avowed Gets Massive Uncut Gameplay Demo During Xbox's Final Gamescom Event For 2024
Gonna look great in 120fps on my PC.
Re: Three Years Later, Quake Is Officially Getting A Physical Xbox Release
I still want to know where Quake with ray tracing is for Xbox.
Re: Talking Point: Does Microsoft Have A '30FPS' Problem With Its Xbox Series X|S Output?
For sure. And it hurts the brand.
Why bother getting a game on Xbox when I can get it on PC, with free online, and it runs better?
Re: Reaction: Indiana Jones And The Great Circle's PS5 Announcement Marks A Bold Step For Xbox
@demian Well that's just factually incorrect. And incorrect informarion like this is why people buy consoles.
My last PC I built cost 1.5x a console. And remained running games at higher settings than consoles for 2.5 console generations. It was only at that point that I had to even lower settings. It was only at point that it was old enough to be on par with consoles.
My current build, also about 1.5x a console, is already running games 3-4x better than what console hardware does.
In addition to that, on PC I can use virtual reality to its fullest and even my VR treadmill. Something I cannot do on console either.
Re: Obsidian Confirms That Avowed Runs At 30FPS On Xbox Series X|S
So once again, a game you're better of playing elsewhere. And Microsoft wonders why their console doesn't sell.
Even Starfield was already running at 60fps on PC on hardware inferior to the Xbox at launch. This is going to be another case of exactly that.
Re: Towerborne Dev Explains Why Early Access Is Debuting On Steam Rather Than Xbox
@Markatron84 I mean, all I use it for is Minecraft VR.
Re: Indiana Jones And The Great Circle Is Playable Three Days Early With Xbox Game Pass Upgrade
@MrFrosty Oh absolutely. If it is a game I strictly play on Gamepass and don't buy, I do buy any content for it either.
@Dimey That's honestly the main take away. Saying 3 days early access is just a way to try to skirt around that wording.
Re: Xbox Unveils Multiple New Accessibility Offerings, Including The Adaptive Joystick
That looks similar to my VR controllers. Wonder if it has a gyro.
Re: Xbox Game Pass Title 'Stalker 2' Runs At 60FPS On Series X
@WhiteRabbit I believe Pentament in 2022. Which then released on PS5 with a 120fps mode that didn't exist on Xbox. Then after enough complaining they released a patch to add 120fps to Xbox.
And before that was Halo Infinite in 2021.
Re: Skyrim's Massive 'Skyblivion' Mod Looks Incredible, But It's Apparently Too Big For Xbox
It is pretty easy to set up. Just follow the set up process for OpenMW, which requires you own Morrowind and have it installed.
After that, you just drag and drop the VR mod into the OpenMW folder and launch the VR shortcut.
As far as launching, I use my Quest 3 as a PCVR headset. I can launch it either through SteamVR via the manually added shortcut. Or I can launch Virtual Desktop and just click the shortcut on the desktop or Steam. VR hooks immediately and it changes to VR mode.
The thing that makes Morrowind better to me is the writing in general, Kirkbride can get weird, and the world. Well as much as I love Skyrim, Morrowind is a lot less generic high fantasy.
Every time I do soemthing as simple as just walk up to a silt strider in the game, I wowed. Like who though "You know, what if people rode giant fleas to get around? Hollow out their backs, and manipulate their nerves to direct them."
They amount of drugs those guys had to have ingested when making Morrowind definitely helped with the end product.
Re: Microsoft's New Xbox Series X And S Console Lineup Launches This October
The only important thing is if these are those updated controllers mentioned previously.
The revision that includes a gyro, haptics, and new stick designs.
Re: Reaction: Indiana Jones And The Great Circle's PS5 Announcement Marks A Bold Step For Xbox
@demian Gamepass is on PC. With free online, and costs less. If anything, Gamepass is an incentive to skip Xbox and get a PC.
@Fiendish-Beaver Agreed. If there is no incentive to buy Xbox, it goes away and Microsoft goes 100% publisher. Less hardware equals less completion and that is never good for a market.
Re: Blizzard's New Diablo 4 Expansion Trailer Welcomes Back Mercenaries
Still waiting on them to bring back the Paladin since they decided to bring back every other boring class, especially the Barbarian.
Re: SNK To Fill Xbox's Fighting Game Void With New Release In 2025
@Retron Sadly most hardware investments on it are.
Up to this point I've been saying when Xbox launches and Elite Series 3 with hall effect and haptics I'd buy it day one.
But honestly, there are so many better, controllers now, that work on PC with these features that I am thinking about getting one of those instead.
Re: Indiana Jones And The Great Circle 'Story DLC' Confirmed
@Ricky-Spanish I will. It is just, as with most games I like, or am hyped for, like Kunitsu Gami, I prefer to buy them regardless of of Gamepass.
@BAMozzy I'm strictly speaking hardware, and that should be obvious.
Without hardware competition Sony, and by extension, any business always behaves poorly. We saw that when Sega left the hardware market. Again when they had the advantage with the PS2. Again with the launch of the PS3. And once more still with the PS5.
To add to this, if Microsoft goes software only, they are in no way competing with Sony anymore. That's like saying EA is competing with Sony. You can't say they're competing when every game sold nets Sony money from licensing fees. Which was what, about 30% of a game's puschad cost?
I am not an Xbox customer. I am a video game consumer. I own every platform, and my VR treadmill alone is 3x the costs of consoles. Hell, even my last PC build build, about 1.5 the cost of a console out performed the 2.5 console generation.
I am purely concerned with preserving competition for a healthy market and your response shows you support anything but.
Xbox as hardware has no advantages.
So I'm not sure where you're getting that. You have a fragment ecosystem developers are hesitsnt to work in. You have poor support for indie developers. Everything that drops on Xbox day 1 I can get on my PC. Every game that goes on sale on Xbox I can get cheaper on Steam. I get better performance too, as well free online.
Xbox used to offer tangible benefits, particularly in he exclusives, and even quality online console gaming. However they squandered any advantage they have are are in their current position.
As history has taught us multiple times, when hardware has advantages and no number moving exclusives, they die off, and the market is worse for it.
You're free to feel how you want, however no amount of text will go contrary to historic fact.
Re: Indiana Jones And The Great Circle 'Story DLC' Confirmed
Only reason I was going to buy this day 1 was on Xbox to support them competing. But if it is just gonna be on everything, I might as well just wait for a steam sale to buy it.
For a physical edition, this is the worst one I've seen since the Starfield one that had a watch that worked for a couple months if you're lucky. Meanwhile my 8 year old, Gear S3, is still going strong.
Couldn't even be bothered to give a physical art book.
Re: Former Xbox Exec Defends Phil Spencer's Recent Decisions As Head Of Xbox
Okay, sure, they're not running any business I'm interested in though. That's why the last game I recall purchasing from this was Halo 5 Guardians from nearly a decade ago.
And to be clear, that isn't because of Gamepass. I buy tons of third party games that are on Gamepass.
I have zero interest in a console market dominated by a single OEM, read Sony. We've seen how godawful they've been when they've had had sgiinficisnt leads. Going to be insufferable when they have no hardware competition.
The number of people that are too young to remember this are justflat our ignore it are baffling.
Thankfully that's where PC comes in to play.
Re: Starfield's New Land Vehicle Is Out Today, Shattered Space Expansion Arrives Next Month
@InheritNegative And I whole heatedly disagree. I generally clear all POIs at a landing zone in 15 minutes or less. Again, without a jet pack and I'm saying this as something that has ~300 hours and have visited every planet in the game.
To add, the entire game is designed to where a jetpack isn't even required.
I welcome options for other players. But I personally have no use for them.
Re: Indiana Jones And The Great Circle Hits Xbox This December, And A PS5 Port Is Officially Coming
All these comments of "more people being able to play is good" are missing the point.
Without exclusives Xbox as hardware dies.
If Xbox as hardware dies, Playstation has no competition.
No competition for Playstation is going to be absolutely horrible. Especially when we've seen how they've behaved in the past just from being ahead of the competition. If there is no competition? RIP consoles games. And before someone mentions Nintendo, they have a totally different market, and even micro-conomy for their games.
Re: Starfield's New Land Vehicle Is Out Today, Shattered Space Expansion Arrives Next Month
I guess that will be nice for people that wanted it.
IMO the areas are too small for it to be be useful. I don't even use the jetpack. That said, driving around in low G like on Elite Dangerous could be fun.
Re: Borderlands 4 Officially Makes Its Way To Xbox Series X|S Next Year
The Presequel pretty much killed all my enthusiasm to Borderlands to the point I've not even played 3 yet. Maybe 4 will have some enthralling reason for me to snag it.