InterceptorAlpha

Last shadow drop they closed down the developer didn't they?

Not much faith in that given that nobody thought Xbox was at threat when it was almost shut down in 2021 by Nadella.

Though at the same time, I reckon if everything is an Xbox, it wouldn't be at threat.

Nadella has never been a fan of hardware and never will be. When he sees an opportunity to gut it, he does.

@ChickenPossible

Wish you all the best!

And thank you for all the hard work!

Is it really cross play when everything is an Xbox?

Not really. Obsidian has burned any goodwill they had with some seriously lackluster releases. And bled off a significant amount of their good talent a couple years back.

"but what happened?!"

Microsoft's new direction happened.

It is pretty obvious when Microsoft got fed up with Spencer doing things like this and tightened the leash. Happened shortly before the backwards compatability program cancelation announcement.

@fatpunkslim Again, 1st and 2nd party games are not comparable to 3rd party games.

No games owned by Sony are coming to Xbox.

Games owned by Microsoft are going to Playstation.

Simple as that.

At this point I feel like you could say this about all Microsoft exclusives and still come out right. Eventually.

More like it was pushed back because of theGhosts of Yotei. And to give the retooled the ad campaign time to kick in.

Was so excited for this after the original announcement.

But of course this gets canceled while other slop continues to release.

@AverageGamer Yes they are. Indie games have a much larger presence on Steam than cobsoles put together. As a matter of fact, that's the direction most indie devs went once Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom killed XDA, dev, and others services they had. Then they folded indie games into general releases instead of having their own category.

You're as likely to see some no name indie game on the front page as you are AAA.

But if you're doing generic RPG maker crap, then yea, you're gonna have a hard time.

They don't even have to pay for advertising either if they release a substantial enough game as it will put put on the front page simply from being organically popular.

How many other platforms can you say do the same?

@johnedwin1969 Funnily enough you can do that on consoles too. Pretty much every console ever.

I fail to see the relevance of the minority of people on all platforms, to this conversation, though.

Discs vanishing from PC is why I moved to console.

The vanishing from console is one of the reasons I went back to PC games.

With PC I'm not committing to a walled garden with subscription fees. I don't have to beg to do things with my games like install mods, use different cotbeollwrs, or even VR.

Consoles have essentially outlived their usefulness aside from Nintendo. Since they actually keep things on their platform.

Things like this are why, atleast in the AAA space, all we get are slop sequels.

Thakfully Steam is excellent at giving small developers a place to release their games while still getting visibility.

@fatpunkslim An exclusive is not an exclusive.

That's why people though Helldivers was coming to Xbox because they didn't understand the concept of first and second party games.

Only 3rd party will ever drop on Xbox.

That's fine. I've already jumped back to PC where my current build will likely outperform the next two generations.

And my wife gave gave up on Xbox because of the abysmal support and releases since most of the things she likes skips Xbox, or she already played a year or more ahead of the Xbox release, on a different platform.

@fatpunkslim
Microsoft owns Crash and Spyro.

Nothing else you listed is owned by Sony.

None of Sony's first party games, or 2nd party like Helldivers, are coming to Xbox.

@fatpunkslim Is it? Does that mean XCloud isn't evolving or is stagnant?

Because the experience is almost identical to when I was in the alpha tests, what, 6-7 years ago now?

Well that's just prime.

Well that's gross.

@Elbow Irony being that if this episode had been made, it would have likely been better received than the whole of Paramount's Halo.

That's what happens when you alienate your audience like Halo has.

People generally stop caring about it.

Microsoft has absolutely no idea what fans want.

So one more confirmation that Microsoft has been lying, repeatedly.

I'm tired boss.

Amazing game start to finish.

First game that made me 100% in a long while.

Can't wait for the DLC. It is definitely my GOTY for 2024.

@Sol4ris To be fair, at least one of the bajillion publications IGN owns, Pure Xbox and Eurogamer being some of them, was bound to give it GOTY.

Game was fantastic start to finish. First game I 100% in a whiiiiiiiile. Hyped for the DLC.

Needs a gyro. Xbox is the only controller still stuck in the 90s without it. Even my TV remote has one. 😂

@RiverGenie Shame about the experience. Seems like you may have some nerve issues in your hands. I leave haptics on everything. My headphones, VR controllers, TV remote, Playstation controller, Nintendo controller, Steam controller, etc.

Can't say I've had a similar experience. If anything the finely tuned motors are less stressful on the hands due to less unbalanced mass being flung around regularly.

@swedetrap On the flip side Steam is the only platform for me on PC. It is the only place you get proper support on games with dev interaction via the forums.

Only platform with proper VR support.

Only platform outside of GOG that provides good sales.

Only platform that supports native modding via stems workshop.

Only platform with no questions asked refunds.

There are countless other reasons I can list. But if you want you PC to be nothing more than essentially a console, with a smaller library, I can see why the Microsoft store would be appealing.

@Lurkes Those are the only score that matter TBH.

I'd rather see the user score top 10 and worst 10.

EDIT:
Here ya go, lowest score listed first.
1. Concord
2. Olympics Go! Paris 2024
3. Dustborn
4. Unknown 9: Awakening
5. The Crush House
6. Little Strays
7. Utopia City
8. Star Wars Battlefront: Classic Collection
9. EA Sports FC 25
10. Capes

As much as I love Carrion, it still feels kinda gross seeing games leave Gamepass then come back.

@FatGuyInLilCoat they're solid okays if you need something to turn you brain off for a few.

Subscriptions are getting outta hand.

It is like everyone and their mom launching a streaming service after Netflix proved it successful.

No thanks.

@JokerBoy322 I hear that! I've always kept a PC, but went back to it being my main thing again back when I picked up a VR treadmill. Just so much easier not jumping around.

@Prestige-worldwide

Personally the only reason I play any current Microsoft games is because of Gamepass. Most of their 1st parties they've released since Gamepass dropped have been bullets dodged.

When my Gamepass expires I simply won't play any more of their games unless they're on steeeeeeep discount on Steam.

@JokerBoy322 Don't even need a PS5 either when Sony is putting their games on PC.

All ya need is a Switch and PC at this point.

I'd prefer the game never go to third person at all TBH. Even in platforming.

Would be strange if he put Xbox in a potion he wasn't comfortable with. Especially if he's gonna make a public comment.

Nadella has repeatedly made it clear he doesn't like hardware going all the way back to Windows Phone. Should be no surprise the direction Xbox is going.

@Cakefish Agreed.

Quite literally the only reason I buy a console so exclusives.

If there are no exclusives, why would I waste money on the hardware?

@Fiendish-Beaver let's not forget about pricing. Think the newest PS5's revision price is goofy?

Just wait until they don't have any competition.

@ZYDIO I still have my 1520.

Had the 920 but man that was dookie. And sure enough, happened when Microsoft started meddling their team too much.

@Fiendish-Beaver
About the same for me. I only have Gamepass because I have a couple years stacked up because it was cheap as dirt. I see no reason to re-up once it expires though.

@Cakefish Sadly all you're gonna get close to that are your play anywhere games.

Not a publisher in hell is gonna agree to give Microsoft PC keys for each Xbox games they sold with a PC equivalent. Nor is Microsoft gonna foot it given their borderline contempt for their own audience

Another show of Geoff Keighley continuing to remind us what is wrong with video game industry personalities.

Good thing it'll be on Gamepass.

Exclusives are the only games I buy on consoles. And Microsoft doesn't seem too keen on those anymore.

More money for the others guys I guess.

I will be impressed if this isn't a Sony exclusive since they finally came out and said they were interested in buying Kadokawa instead of just rumors.

Sounding like Cyberpunk all over again.....they were just smart enough to not announce it for current gen this time.

Is it gonna be better than 3? Because that one was trash.

Nice to see Stalker 2 getting some recognition. It is punching for my GOTY.

Should have had it at launch. 🤷 I'll pick it up sometime after the servers go offline think they proved offline does indeed work. Just glad it was easy to refund.

Maybe they can get back to making proper games now because, Arkham Shadow, a VR game, is 100x the game Suicide Squad is.

@Bigmanfan Because sub 1080p resolutions with low settings hasn't been acceptable for a while now.

Fantastic game made only better by patches. And it is really nice they're listening to feedback and already providing requested QoL features to the game.

Definitely punching for my GOTY this year.

@PurvisP 30 hours myself and the only bug was someone getting stuck in a door pre patch. And a gun's physics glitching and launching it to the moon.

@StyleT are you using the sound meter and using things like storms etc for additional sound cover? For example, a silenced weapon will still alert people unless you have some decent background noise. And if you're using your light at all, the beacons are lit for all to see. Also some mutants hunt by smell, so the weird flower helps on these.

For example: I just went through and dropped half of Varaan's base before alerting anyone. And that was my own stupid mistake.

If you have to "make noise" to get something on your platform, seems like something is wrong.

Looks like it is out now on my Series X.

Just downloaded it. 12.69GB.

@Lucylu1983 @Reallynow33
Looks like it is out now. I downloaded it a couple minutes ago.

@oopsiezz
I can't agree. 30 hours in and biggest bug I ran into was someone getting stuck in a door.

Player numbers also indicate the population is healthy, especially for a single player game. So the anecdote of seeing people saying they're uninstalling doesn't carry much weight. Especially when you see such comments about the biggest releases all the time.