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This issue is gonna keep getting worse at this rate. It's only a matter of time before bigger studios and publishers voluntarily skip Xbox

How many overpaid suits did it take them to figure that out?

@Ralizah Octopath and Triangle Strategy were lower budget new IP's though. Although the more i think about it the more obvious it is that they're full of it

Are they trying to say they would have made it and Xbox or Epic games store exclusive if they offered better deals? Nah, they were always gonna release it on Playstation no matter what.

Imagine owning a franchise as big as Final Fantasy but having so little faith in it you go around begging for exclusivity deals

Mortak Kombat, Street Fighter, and Tekken all in the same year, a huge comeback for fighting games. All we need now is a new (good) Dead or Alive.

This shouldn't be a surprise, every major publisher is gonna charge 70 within the next couple years. It sucks but that's how it goes, one company gets away with it and then everyone else follows.

I mean, that's business. Sony crapped all over Microsoft after the Xbox One reveal, Microsoft crapped on Sony when the PS3 price was revealed to be so high, Sony crapped on Sega after the Saturn reveal, and so on and so on.

If you screw up, you're gonna get roasted. Don't like it? Learn from it, thats what failing is about.

There are always games that get torn apart in reviews that you see people come to it's defense and praise it for what it is (Wanted Dead for example) but I'm barely seeing anyone defending Redfall and that really says a lot about it.

They're REALLY trying to get some good PR right now

Serious question, does anyone actually use these third party wired controllers? I give a pass to the duke since the original was a wired controller, but at this point to me if it's not wireless im not interested.

At this point Phil Spencer is the same as South Park's George RR Martin. "Don't worry! The games are coming!"

@FatalBubbles I've been Xbox loyal for well over a decade, i wouldn't make those jokes if they weren't true. I wish i couldn't.

"We know the last three showcases have been nothing but vaporware and disappointments, but THIS one, this one is gonna be the real deal we swear!"

All the hype for this game seemed to boil down to "it's Arkane!" But it always looked so generic. I can't say I'm surprised reception is pretty middling.

Oh good, now this gets to be dragged out even longer, just what everyone wanted.

When in doubt, don't believe Jez Corden. But also don't believe the execuspeak either. There's a reason Xbox doesn't publish sales numbers anymore.

"Don't judge us by sales, judge us by gamepass subscribers" just means they don't want anyone to see the sales. If something sold millions of copies they'd be bragging about it.

People do this? I thought this was the kind of thing everyone rebelled against during the early Xbox One days.

They're obviously working on Duke Nukem Forever 2

No gamepass deal? Why even bother releasing on Xbox. Can't compete with gamepass so it's a waste of time and money to support the platform.

Only a matter of time before large studios and publishers start thinking that way too.

Another day, another high level member of a Microsoft studio leaves.

I save it for when i need to get achievements for weekly rewards

-Insert Ryan Reynolds gif-
But, why?

If they want that much for their subscription i wonder if this means their games will stop going on sale so often

I'm with you. I haven't played Revelations 2, but i loved raid in Revelations 1. I'm not a fan of being timed and the whole objective just being survive and get the highest score just doesn't appeal to me.

Raid mode at least feels like you're working towards something and being able to customize your loadout it all just feels much more substantial.

It's always best to not take Jez seriously. But in the case it does seem like Phil Spencer pissed in someone's coffee

Sony really is that spoiled brat being told no for the first time

The Xbox Series S, everyone's favorite scapegoat

Kinda funny how right as Microsoft seems to be repairing their relationship with Atlus, Square Enix wants nothing to do with them now.

@NEStalgia Don't forget Star Wars 1313, a true classic!

Just like everything, there's pros and cons. Gamepass is great for the games that get a gamepass deal, but anyone that doesn't get a gamepass deal is screwed cause they now have to compete with it.

I see people say all the time that they never pay for Xbox games anymore and because of that i can see why a lot of developers don't even bother with Xbox anymore, why develop for it if most of the player base isn't even gonna look outside of gamepass.

It's great for players and for anyone lucky enough to get a gamepass deal, but i can see more and more developers in the future (outside of the big names and franchises) choosing not to put their games on Xbox if they don't get a gamepass deal

They've taken away so many opportunities to earn points, this is just the latest way they're doing that

Anyone else wish they'd bring back raid mode instead of mercenaries?

If the devs didn't have their head up their own asses the past few years they'd have known it was a bad idea from the start and they wouldn't have to do all the work to remove it now.

We've all heard this a million times

Rewards aren't even worth going for anymore. Ever since they cut back how many points you get and/or increased the amount of stuff you have to do to get points it's just (pun intended) pointless

All these acquisitions going on and a great studio like this is left to die. Shame.

I have no interest in Starfield but i really really hope it's good for everyone looking forward to it. But i just have the worst feeling in my gut about it.

The Series S is everyone's favorite scapegoat

Sony pays for exclusivity on dozens of games and no one bats an eye.

Microsoft makes one game exclusive and everyone loses their minds!!

Sony isn't paying them for exclusivity, they just don't see any value in putting the game on Xbox. That's even worse.

Another live service game that will be shut down in a year

For Sony its never been about getting Call of Duty with full parity as other platforms. It's about everyone else not being full parity with them.

They're that kid that wants the new toy until they see other kids have the toy, then they don't want it anymore.

Sony knows the regulators are on their side and in their pocket, of course they aren't gonna agree to anything.

How about finally Wolfenstein: The New Order on the Switch?

The bigger outlets like this and IGN are crapping all over this game but it's getting better reviews from smaller reviewers and on the Xbox marketplace.

Sounds like it needs a patch or two for some performance issues but i always trust smaller outlets over big ones and based on those it actually seems like a lot of fun.

Wait, so you're saying the Series S can run games well so long as the developer actually cares enough to make it run them well? Who knew!?

I still regret getting rid of my mad catz bass guitar. That thing made Rock Band bass fun

If he seriously believes this then it is the perfect example of why Xbox always fails in Japan.

Let's just hope all these live service games shutting down means everyone learned the lesson that 99/100 live service games fail and aren't worth it

I feel like the Slipspace engine has become the scapegoat for all of Halo's problems and Unreal is being put on a pedestal as an easy fix. Im sure Slipspace caused development delays but Halo has way more issues than can be fixed with an engine swap.