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@Fenbops I agree the game is awful. I only beat it because it was a mainline Final Fantasy game, but I found myself being bored throughout the entire play through.

It’s funny that he says it’s a strategy that works for them, because a strategy that works for me moving forward is simply not buying an Xbox. I think I’ll start seriously considering building a pc to go along with my PS5 and the upcoming Switch successor.

How about Rare actually gives an update on Everwild instead?

I would understand something like this for an indie dev that people would want to provide extra support and keep them in business, but never for a large studio. I have concerns about how the money gets divided up because there are many different aspects to game development and a wide variety of people involved. If I enjoyed a game’s gameplay, music, and art while being disappointed in the story and characters, would I give a tip specifically to the departments that I liked or would the people whose work i didn’t appreciate as much get the same tip? Also, with how many people aren’t employed by the developer and are contractors, would they get tips too? I think having an option wouldn’t be bad, but would have a lot of questions that I would like answered before I give some extra money to the game.

I’m excited to play this. I played a little bit on my laptop but it doesn’t run the best. It crashes every so often, so I’m excited to play a version of the game that doesn’t crash. From what I’ve seen, heard, and played so far, it is a good time and worth playing.

I think it’s kinda funny how people are saying that the cost of AAA games is so large nowadays that it only makes sense that they would be multiplatform, yet expect Microsoft to only port the smaller games. The other games are probably coming to Playstation like they do PC, and then there will be no reason to buy an Xbox. I don’t think this is a good idea since they would need a large catalog of quality exclusive games of all sizes to sell their console, but Microsoft has made it clear their goal isn’t to sell consoles. If they don’t want to sell consoles, then why bother?

From the list, my choice would be Mario Wonder. Not from the list, my favorite game was Cocoon. That game was fantastic. I do think HiFi Rush should take the place of Spiderman. I’m just happy that FFXVI didn’t get a nomination. That game was so boring. It is worse in every way than FFXV which everyone seems to think is bad nowadays.

Do we have any confirmation from Microsoft or Nintendo that the game was rejected? If the only source is the dev studio itself, then it is entirely possible that the game was never intended to be released on Xbox or Switch and they decided to say it was rejected as a marketing stunt.

I don’t think I’ve ever played more than an hour of any Bethesda game that isn’t DOOM. I’m excited to try this in just a couple hours now. I think this will be the Bethesda RPG that holds my interest.

Character in game: “F***”
Microsoft: “That’s fine”
Player: “F***”
Microsoft: “That’s gonna be a no from me”

I think this new policy is ridiculous in general, but especially if it is an M rated game. If it is an M rated game, expect to have M rated interactions. The abbreviation is also already a form of censorship and it is dumb that that’s apparently not enough.

It looks better from the images shown, but I can’t say for sure since my Xbox hasn’t updated yet and I haven’t experienced the new ui myself to say that it is better.

I just thought about this. What if Toys for Bob could remake Banjo Kazooie/Tooie like they did for Crash and Spyro? I think they would do a good job.

I saw in the big summer sale there were a couple Activision games that I was thinking of buying. Crash n-sane trilogy, Spyro reignited, and some older cod games that I have physically but tought of buying digitally was what I was looking at. Then I thought that I’d just wait for gamepass. Should be coming by the end of the year I think.

I played both betas and it was really fun. I'm excited for the full release.

The more I think about it, the worse the showcase gets. They said not to temper expectations and yet this feels like a safe showcase showing mostly stuff we already know about. Some games are already out and they just showed updates. To me, giving updates on games that are already announced/released is definitely deserving of tempered expectations. The best announcements were probably Kunitsu-Gami Path of the Goddess and Metaphor: ReFantazio since they were surprise announcements with gameplay shown that interest me. Also, the Hellblade trailer is one of the worst trailers I've ever seen and I am puzzled as to why some people are calling it good let alone a highlight of the show. It was four minutes of nothing but standing in a cave. I'd still probably give the showcase a high C or low B, but it definitely was not worthy of not tempering expectations.

I haven’t played a Prince of Persia game before, but I will say the game itself looks fun. It looks like Metroid Dread and I love Metroid Dread. Some people have a problem with the art style and character designs, but I don’t. It’s not impressive but not horrible. My biggest problem with the trailer is of course the music. It didn’t do a good job of selling the setting and atmosphere. I also thought it was strange how the trailer had no lead in and just cut straight to gameplay. There was no time to get excited for what is about to be seen. I mentioned Metroid Dread and I think of the reveal trailer for that game which had the awesome cutscene of Samus meeting the EMMI before showing gameplay of her running away. This trailer needed something like that to set the tone and atmosphere before dropping gameplay. I will probably enjoy playing the game, but the trailer itself has problems.

My list would be:

Banjo Kazooie
Killer Instinct
Everwild
Double Fine Next Game
Playdead Next Game
Ori
Interesting New IP along the lines of Hi Fi Rush

I have no hopes for any of this to happen, but this would be the best presentation for me.

I only use my Xbox One for streaming purposes nowadays. It feels like Microsoft is intentionally slowing down the old product to try and get people to buy the new product since my Xbox One is very slow ever since the Series X came out. The disc drive is also broken and the console oddly turns itself on at random times. It was nice when it was working, but now I have little use for it.

Bioshock Infinite is one of my most disappointing games of all time. It is a huge downgrade from the first two. Columbia was okay though.

I played one game and it was fun. I’m excited to try it out more this weekend.

I would like to see a new game that is similar to the recent hitman trilogy. A game were every level is like a large hub that has the objective of finding a treasure or two with maybe smaller treasures to find as bonus objectives. The player would have many different ways of going about completing that objective like the hitman games. A more attractive Lara with a stronger and more confident personality would also be preferable.

@Dezzy70 Super Mario Maker 2 released in 2019 which is after Odyssey so there has been another Mario platform game released around three years ago. If I had to guess, another one is probably coming soon enough.

I recently started playing this game via steam and I had a lot of fun. I started watching the witch from mercury which got me interested in the franchise and I gave it a try.

After the announcement a few weeks ago, I bought the original since I never got the chance to play it. I’m excited for this remake, but they’ll probably make a lot of changes to the soundtrack which is why I wanted to have the original.

I wish more games would skip playstation when it comes to crossplay. As far as I know, sony still charges games for crossplay and I think if more games skipped playstation, then sony might rethink their policy.

@NEStalgia “It’s a video game to unwind…” Elden Ring is the first Fromsoft game that I played, and I have put less than 3 hours into it. I understand that the game is designed specifically not to be a game to unwind with. It is supposed to be a challenge that you work at and be satisfied when the work is done. It is like saying that you would unwind by taking a hike on Mount Everest. Other mountains might be nice for hiking and relaxing, but Mount Everest is there for those that are up to the challenge and dedicated to mountain climbing. The challenge is intended by the developers and I think that’s great. If every game had to have the same difficulty, the lack of variety would get boring quickly.

My wild prediction is that they reveal Everwild is a game that still exists.

I don’t care much for Ubisoft’s recent games. However, I would be slightly upset if Microsoft or Sony bought them since Mario and Rabbids is the only good thing Ubisoft has made in about a decade. If they are bought by another console manufacturer, then Nintendo would probably cancel the sequel. I don’t think it’s very likely Sony or Microsoft will buy them, so I’m not too worried.

I think June 23rd is the day before Fire Emblem Three Hopes, AI Nirvana Initiative, and Capcom Fighting Collection is set to come out. I’m hoping to get all three of those on release date, so I’m going to have to pass on this one. Maybe I’ll get it later.

@suikoden final fantasy battle royale already exists and I think it is pretty fun. It’s only on mobile and I wish they would port it to console.

So far, I got Killer is Dead and Tekken 7 with all the dlc and stuff included. I don't think I'll be getting more than that but maybe.

I think all battle passes should adopt the model that 343 says they are going to have with halo infinite. The battle pass never goes away and can still be bought/leveled up even if it is not the pass for the current season. A lot of the time with these games that have many seasons and battle passes, I feel like I already missed out on a lot of stuff, so why bother starting to play now.

I might give it a shot on Xbox. It does seem somewhat fun, but I don’t feel like downloading it on my laptop.

Not much of a surprise. I, and many others it seemed, was under the impression that it was already announced it coming to Gamepass day one when the game was first revealed. Unfortunately I’ll be out of town for a few days and will not be able to play it, but I do look forward to trying it when I get back.

This gives me a good reason to replay all of these. I thought they were all wonderful games.

I’m 99.9% sure that it is a fighting game and 90% sure that it is SFVI. I do hope it comes to Xbox and it seems likely at this point which is good.

It is most likely a fighting game announcement since the timer ends when their Capcom Cup replacement ends. I hope it’s on Xbox this time.

Can’t wait to try out KoF XV. A whole bunch of characters look fun and I want to try them all.

@Chaudy I haven’t seen any news saying FF7R is now full exclusive and no FF games will come out on Xbox this generation. Where did you hear this?

With the statements the developers made about the game recently, I knew the game wouldn’t be my cup of tea. I thought the statements about how it would take 500 hours to complete and how they were going to support the game for 5 years after release showed how there simultaneously too much content and not enough content. The content that was there would be bland only for any significant content to be sold later as dlc. I thought I might’ve been to negative and didn’t expect to be right, but here we are.

I bought a PlayStation 4 mostly for the third party Japanese exclusives (Persona 5, Tales of Berseria, FF7R, Street Fighter V, etc.). It would be somewhat disappointing if these third party games became first party games with no chance of going elsewhere, but it makes no difference in the end since they were exclusive in the first place.

I’m most looking forward to The King of Fighters XV. That game looks fantastic!

@isturbo1984 I counted about 25 characters on a roster of about 90 that use swords in Super Smash Bros Ultimate. That’s definitely not a majority. While Microsoft now owns a lot of IP’s that they could find characters that do not use guns, the most popular characters that they most likely would include do use guns. Master Chief, Marcus Fenix, Doomguy, characters from CoD like Captain Price, Overwatch characters, Fallout characters, etc. all use guns. That would be a lot of projectile focused characters. Think about how well the game would be received if half the roster was Deadshot from Injustice 2.

I thought about this idea and have come yo the conclusion that the game probably wouldn’t be that much fun since the majority of characters on Xbox use guns. It would be difficult to make a platform fighter with a roster of characters with unique play styles when they all use similar weapons. Since most Microsoft characters use guns, why not make it a shooter? I think they could make a cool hero/arena shooter.

This game took too long to come out. I lost most of the interest I had in this game.

It's hard to say. The main goal initially is to make back the nearly $70 billion they just spent. I could see Microsoft potentially keeping Call of Duty on Playstation if they think that the sales there would be substantial enough to outweigh the people that would buy Xboxes for Call of Duty or subscribe to Gamepass. Personally, I'm unsure if the new Xbox owners or Gamepass subscribers would outweigh the current Playstation player base, but I'm no market analyst or anything.

I’m not interested in this game, but when I hear companies use statements like this to advertise single player games, all I could think about is how they are admitting the game is unfinished. Statements like this make sense for multiplayer games that have to make sure they have a consistent playerbase, but for a single player game it doesn’t matter if one person or one million people are playing the game, since the player would still be able to experience the game. A statement like this only tells me that the best option is to buy the game in five years and get thw whole experience for probably less than $5.

It would be interesting to see how the game turns out if this were true. Other than Netherrealm, there aren’t too many non-indie, Western game devs making fighting games. Having a Japanese developer take on a Western fighting game franchise could end up being interesting.

@InterceptorAlpha Yeah, this interview hasn't done Phil any favors.

@PhileasFragg I think the power should be in the hands of the player. If someone feels like they are being abused online, it is simple enough to mute or block the person they feel is abusing them. No need to get the platform holder involved. Also, in the United States, this could be a question about section 230 which gives immunity for illegal activity to platforms but not publishers. Microsoft recognizes Xbox as a platform for its customers, as stated by Phil himself when he uses the term "cross-platform," but if they are banning people and selectively choosing which people get to be on their platform, then they are acting more as a publisher meaning they could be held responsible for illegal activities that occur through Xbox. I'm no lawyer so I'm not sure how correct my understanding of section 230 is and its application, but I do think it is an interesting question to ask.