@Nightcrawler71 you can pick which games and objectives you want. In the options you can decide Slayer only and if you only like halo 4, you can select that as well. You don't get a choice on the maps itself. If you picked the example I just gave then any slayer map from Halo 4 might show up.
Is anyone else having issues with the servers for Outriders? Game wouldn't even start yesterday and crashed after 5 minutes this morning. Just keeps saying won't connect to their servers.
@Krzzystuff most of the challenges and quests aren't too crazy. I'm a consistently average player and I can get a good amount. Doesn't add too much but if you enjoy the game then it's a fun way to work towards something.
@Krzzystuff Should be the same location as campaign and achievements. Might be the select button in the main menu. Once there you can go for the rewards of any past season. Just got to use the bumpers.
I buy GP dlc all the time without getting the game. Did it for Minecraft Dungeons, Stellaris, and Vermintide 2. Probably wouldn't have paid anything if I wasn't able to play the base game on GP first.
Love anything W40k though Gamesworkshop doesn't have a good track record for picking developers for their IP. Best to wait for more info before getting my hopes up.
@Tharsman I would have been cool with a $40ish "expansion" that both fixed game breaking bugs and added much needed content. To me, making a bad game isn't a sin. It's making a bad game, dropping it, and moving on that frustrates me. I mean, look at ME3. At the time it was supposedly the end of the trilogy and they still went back and put effort to fix the ending. It's why I have Andromeda a shot.
It's like they're saying "sorry we sold you a lemon, but the next one you buy will be great!" No, I'm going to remember that the last one was worth less than I spent and will adjust my spending accordingly. What's sad is I would happily spend more if I felt the company was trying to improve.
@BrilliantBill it's just strikingly different leadership at EA and Ubisoft are. Andromeda is a singleplayer game so I understand calling the quits early but an open world multiplayer game is different. Both Divisions came out in a sorry state but the teams were given the resources to improve. I have no problem paying more when a company has earned my trust.
@Trmn8r I bought it for $8. I wouldn't have paid that. I meant I wouldn't pay over $10 from a perfect game from Bioware. That's how low I consider them.
Wow. I bought the game under the impression they were going to improve it. It wasn't wishful thinking, they literally said they were going to redesign and make changes. With them walking away from Andromeda and now Anthem I have absolutely no faith in the Bioware team. For me personally, I won't spend over $10 on any new release they make. Their quality no longer matches their asking price.
I do wish they would come to the windows store. Had a bad experience with steam and have no desire to download Epic or Activision's game app. It's not like they have to be tied to the xbox services either.
@GamingFan4Lyf That makes sense. Just seems weird that game developers complain that a lower quality console is going to have lower quality of games. That should be the expectation of anyone buying the Series S. Allow people to play games that can't afford the higher end platforms.
I'm not a programmer so I may be missing something but don't most games need to offer <4k resolution? How is this different than making it 1080p for the computer?
It should be the same style as windows 10. Give users the option to add/remove tiles as well as decrease/increase their sizes. If people want less clutter to see the background let them. If they want to fill the screen up with apps they should be able to as well.
Would be great if it wasn't a mobile one like halo strike. While entertaining, I think the franchise needs a spin off with some substance to fill in the gap between the numbered games.
It's pretty clear Microsoft treats consoles like TVs. Imagine going tv shopping and you had to pick between one that allows you to watch Netflix and one that let's you see Disney movies. It would be silly.
@endlessleep @FraserG very cool. Must have missed that reveal.
I'm not sure I'm tracking EA's logic then. Why release a remaster right when the next gens come out and years before the new one is released? It doesn't bother me that it won't be optimized for ps5/series s&x, but they had to know that people would want the game to be maximized for the console they bought it for.
@LtSarge in all fairness Spielberg said he played Mario on PSVR and people gave him trouble for it. Being good at one thing doesn't mean all your opinions should carry weight.
Hopefully it's good. Really loved the original Dawn of War. Second one was ok. Third was too far in the wrong direction. Still a sucker for Age of Empires so I'll give it a shot.
@12TerribleFLOPS Not sure which game you think isn't published by Microsoft. The only one not specifically listed on Metacritic as such is Wasteland 3, but it's listed as inXile (which of course is an Xbox Games Studio developer). Just in case you don't know where to look I've included links.
Ori and the Will of the Wisps (critic score 90/user 8.8)
The ratings tend to disagree with your opinion. Granted the user one is lower but they also gave TLOU2 a 5.7 so not sure it's such a reliable source. You're of course entitled to your opinion but it makes it harder to take it serious when you include it with false claims and lies.
That's a game every month and a half from Xbox to Gamepass. I think anyone arguing that Xbox isn't making games just doesn't like what Xbox is making. There's a big difference.
@Olliemar28 yeah it would make zero sense to leave him out after halo 5. They have a couple key plots after hw2, guardians, and h4 that need to be tied together.
@Kefka2589 I can agree with you on that. If CDPR had a closed door meeting that hasn't been made public it would change the entire dynamics of the situation.
@Kefka2589 Definitely don't think you're vilifying CDPR. They deserve scorn right now. I was only discussing what I know the precedence is. I've been out of the entertainment industry for roughly a decade but I never saw a successful investor lawsuit for a company marketing their product better than it actually was. Doesn't mean it's right to do so, it just hasn't been something I've seen judges react on. I have no problem being wrong, I'm only going off what I know.
@Kefka2589 The problem with your point is perceived value and financial statements are two different things. Companies can't convince people that they are worth more than popular opinion. While the stock dropped $31 down to $19, Cyberpunk sold 13 million + copies. CDPR can easily argue that the investor opinion of the stock does not accurately depict the state of the company. CDPR did their part. They promoted a product. They made the product. The product works (once again, inconsistent crashing doesn't count). It sold well. Until their next earnings call this investor doesn't have grounds that CDPR lost them money. Public perception did.
@XBontendo Not showing footage doesn't mean they lied. So long as they didn't specifically say that the footage shown would be the same quality across all devices then it's not lying. If implying was a factor then any investor could sue Nintendo for the lack of 3rd party quality compared to Xbox and Playstation.
Overall it's the timing of this lawsuit that makes it frivolous. If absolutely zero ps4/xbox one copies worked there would be grounds but once again, a poor product is still a product. If CDPR comes out and says that they took a huge hit financially because of it then yeah, this lawsuit has grounds.
@nessisonett @XBontendo look at the precedence. In the entertainment industry as a whole marketing deceit is common. How many trailers for movies showed you the parts with good graphics and strong acting only to be terrible? Disney is notorious for holding reviews until they feel like it.
The game is playable. Doesn't matter if it crashes a lot. Did marketing bend the truth? Sure but so do most others. Halo 5's had it seem like Locke and Chief would be in some epic battle. TLOU2 had Joel in a couple of scenes that he wasn't in. This doesn't give investors the right to sue Microsoft and Sony. No judge would entertain such a ruling.
If investors can successfully sue anytime a company sells a poor quality product there wouldn't be many companies to invest in. Thus the term high risk investment.
@Xiovanni I won't argue that the 360 did very well. It gave Microsoft the confidence that Xbox was a viable division. The thing I was discussing was the long term strategy. Selling a bunch of consoles doesn't mean much when revenue only lasts 7 years. It has to be consistent. Companies don't care about the money they made yesterday. They stay in business by the money made today. Ballmer's strategy led to drop of revenue after xbox one. Satya's Saas will prevent the same for series s/x.
@S1ayeR74 absolutely. It's clear Ballmer was a hardware guy. Don't think he fully understood the potential of Saas. Satya fully embraces it. It's why gamepass and office 365 are so effective.
Ballmer thought to be the best you needed to do what the competition is doing but better. There is no way that Xbox could have competed with Playstation by playing Playstation's game. It would have dwindled, died out, and been replaced by Google or Amazon.
@S1ayeR74 yeah he did. He repeatedly killed promising programs and thought Microsoft should compete with Apple in the smartphone industry. I bought my Microsoft stocks right as he was leaving. It was obvious he didn't see Microsoft's strengths as long term strategies.
@John117 That's what worries me a bit. Trying new things with your main protagonist can really bite you in the rear. Just look at Halo 5. People didn't like the campaign because it weirdly focused on Locke rather than Chief and did the 4 man squad thing from Republic Commando. I think if Locke's story was a standalone game it would have been recieved well.
They need to do the same thing as Playground Studios and Turn 10 does with Forza. Motorsports focuses specifically on making what they know works better and Horizon is allowed to go off the deep end and try new stuff.
@Gunonaboat I really think Xbox needs to create/task a team to make spinoff Halo games like ODST and Reach. Halo has a big enough pull to shorten it's release window and it would give flexibility to make more stories and styles outside of the Master Chief line.
Good on them. Give as much information as possible and let the consumer decide. Letting CDPR deceive players with false promises of performance was a mistake but so would be shutting down the game after people have finally received enough information to make an informed decision.
Different markets with different opinions. The outcry hasn't been as loud on xbox as ps. Maybe it runs just a little better, maybe the players are more forgiving. Either way it doesn't really make sense to follow suit.
You have to know the actual programmers were voicing these issues. Would have been brutal coming in 6 days a week knowing you're making a subpar experience and having your bosses ignore you. Just stinks.
It's impossible to argue the positive impact gamepass has had on indie titles and studios without big marketing. The only negatives I hear are from people thinking it's not financially viable and those people don't have any stats to back it up. Gamepass is a great avenue for the industry. It shouldn't be the only one but I'm glad it's an option.
@BrilliantBill yeah the $7 billion price tag for Zenimax will have to show revenue growth in the xbox economy. Microsoft could have easily shifted those assets towards Azure and their competition with AWS. If they don't pursue a larger share of the console market then that expected growth will need to be from pc/mobile. Neither one of those screams great news for the Series, even with Xcloud.
Ouch... hard pill to swallow. I think Microsoft owes consumers an explanation of their plan until Halo hits then. "Buy Gamepass" isn't a good enough reason for millions of PS4 owners to start picking up Series X/S's
@BAMozzy yeah I had that one happen to me as well. Gotta wonder how that guy thought of setting the trap. Pure genius.
I would argue though that the issues with Valhalla are not standard with Ubisoft games. I'm not a huge fan of division 2 but it seemed like a much smoother game at launch and breakpoint was pretty good too when I played it (it was a month or two after launch so they might have had bigger issues). Even Odyssey's issue with the mid game level gap wasn't as significant as Valhalla's problems.
I think it's unfair to compare games across generations but it's pretty easy to see the differences in quality from the same publisher. My complaints come solely from my expectations of Ubisoft, nothing more.
@Tharsman yeah bugs. Most of the time the ability to select an object would just go away. An enjoyable one would be when I used feint death in combat. Eivor would lay on the ground still getting attacked but I couldn't get him back up. I also love how I've got the complete all zones achievement but apparently I've never done a standing stone. The game just seems half baked.
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Re: Can You Guess All Of These Xbox Star Wars Games?
17 out of 20. I honestly have no memory question 11s picture. Loved the classics. Still wish they made The Clone Wars backwards compatible.
Re: Talking Point: How Many Microsoft Rewards Points Are You Sitting On Right Now?
I have about 264k. Stacks up if you buy 3 movies a month (gotta love the weekly sales). I'll do something with it one day, just not sure what.
Re: Here Are The Full Patch Notes For Halo: MCC's Season 6 Update
@Nightcrawler71 you can pick which games and objectives you want. In the options you can decide Slayer only and if you only like halo 4, you can select that as well. You don't get a choice on the maps itself. If you picked the example I just gave then any slayer map from Halo 4 might show up.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (April 3rd)
Is anyone else having issues with the servers for Outriders? Game wouldn't even start yesterday and crashed after 5 minutes this morning. Just keeps saying won't connect to their servers.
Re: Season 6 Of Halo: The Master Chief Collection Lands Next Week
@Krzzystuff most of the challenges and quests aren't too crazy. I'm a consistently average player and I can get a good amount. Doesn't add too much but if you enjoy the game then it's a fun way to work towards something.
Re: Season 6 Of Halo: The Master Chief Collection Lands Next Week
@Krzzystuff Should be the same location as campaign and achievements. Might be the select button in the main menu. Once there you can go for the rewards of any past season. Just got to use the bumpers.
Re: Xbox Game Pass Subscribers 'Spend 20% More On Gaming', Says Exec
I buy GP dlc all the time without getting the game. Did it for Minecraft Dungeons, Stellaris, and Vermintide 2. Probably wouldn't have paid anything if I wasn't able to play the base game on GP first.
Re: Necromunda: Hired Gun Brings Its 'Violent, Thrilling FPS' To Xbox This June
@Vinsanity Hive Wars was ok. Can't say more than that. For W40k strategy games I enjoyed Space Hulk a lot more.
Re: Necromunda: Hired Gun Unexpectedly Revealed By The Microsoft Store
Love anything W40k though Gamesworkshop doesn't have a good track record for picking developers for their IP. Best to wait for more info before getting my hopes up.
Re: Sorry Folks, BioWare Is Officially Ending Development On Anthem
@Tharsman I would have been cool with a $40ish "expansion" that both fixed game breaking bugs and added much needed content. To me, making a bad game isn't a sin. It's making a bad game, dropping it, and moving on that frustrates me. I mean, look at ME3. At the time it was supposedly the end of the trilogy and they still went back and put effort to fix the ending. It's why I have Andromeda a shot.
It's like they're saying "sorry we sold you a lemon, but the next one you buy will be great!" No, I'm going to remember that the last one was worth less than I spent and will adjust my spending accordingly. What's sad is I would happily spend more if I felt the company was trying to improve.
Re: Sorry Folks, BioWare Is Officially Ending Development On Anthem
@BrilliantBill it's just strikingly different leadership at EA and Ubisoft are. Andromeda is a singleplayer game so I understand calling the quits early but an open world multiplayer game is different. Both Divisions came out in a sorry state but the teams were given the resources to improve. I have no problem paying more when a company has earned my trust.
@Trmn8r I bought it for $8. I wouldn't have paid that. I meant I wouldn't pay over $10 from a perfect game from Bioware. That's how low I consider them.
Re: Sorry Folks, BioWare Is Officially Ending Development On Anthem
Wow. I bought the game under the impression they were going to improve it. It wasn't wishful thinking, they literally said they were going to redesign and make changes. With them walking away from Andromeda and now Anthem I have absolutely no faith in the Bioware team. For me personally, I won't spend over $10 on any new release they make. Their quality no longer matches their asking price.
Re: PlayStation Follows In Xbox's Footsteps By Releasing More Games On PC
I do wish they would come to the windows store. Had a bad experience with steam and have no desire to download Epic or Activision's game app. It's not like they have to be tied to the xbox services either.
Re: Metro Exodus Dev Predicts Xbox Series S 'Challenges' For Future Titles
@GamingFan4Lyf That makes sense. Just seems weird that game developers complain that a lower quality console is going to have lower quality of games. That should be the expectation of anyone buying the Series S. Allow people to play games that can't afford the higher end platforms.
Re: Metro Exodus Dev Admits Xbox Series S 'Challenges' For Future Titles
I'm not a programmer so I may be missing something but don't most games need to offer <4k resolution? How is this different than making it 1080p for the computer?
Re: Hot Wheels Unleashed Drives Into Action On Xbox This September
@VenomousAlbino They had the hot wheels island in Forza Horizon 3. Was incredibly fun. I would happily pay a game just built on that.
Re: Random: Xbox Fan Shares Concept For Improving The Xbox Dashboard
It should be the same style as windows 10. Give users the option to add/remove tiles as well as decrease/increase their sizes. If people want less clutter to see the background let them. If they want to fill the screen up with apps they should be able to as well.
Re: 343 Appears To Be Working On An Unannounced Halo Game
Would be great if it wasn't a mobile one like halo strike. While entertaining, I think the franchise needs a spin off with some substance to fill in the gap between the numbered games.
Re: Microsoft's GM Of Cloud Gaming Says Console Exclusive Games 'Aren't The Answer'
It's pretty clear Microsoft treats consoles like TVs. Imagine going tv shopping and you had to pick between one that allows you to watch Netflix and one that let's you see Disney movies. It would be silly.
Re: BioWare Explains Why Mass Effect Legendary Edition Won't Receive An Xbox Series X Version
@endlessleep @FraserG very cool. Must have missed that reveal.
I'm not sure I'm tracking EA's logic then. Why release a remaster right when the next gens come out and years before the new one is released? It doesn't bother me that it won't be optimized for ps5/series s&x, but they had to know that people would want the game to be maximized for the console they bought it for.
Re: BioWare Explains Why Mass Effect Legendary Edition Won't Receive An Xbox Series X Version
"Suited for the next Mass Effect."
Is that a thing? I liked Andromeda but they pretty much dropped it and went radio silent. Am I missing something?
Re: Reminder: Sea Of Thieves' Gold And Glory Weekend Is Currently Underway
@Jacobpower with friends, absolutely. Key is not to take it too seriously. By yourself though it's a little dry.
Re: Josef Fares Blasts Xbox Series Naming Convention As A 'Total F**king Mess'
@LtSarge in all fairness Spielberg said he played Mario on PSVR and people gave him trouble for it. Being good at one thing doesn't mean all your opinions should carry weight.
Re: Relic Entertainment 'Making Great Progress' On Age Of Empires 4
Hopefully it's good. Really loved the original Dawn of War. Second one was ok. Third was too far in the wrong direction. Still a sucker for Age of Empires so I'll give it a shot.
Re: Phil Spencer: 2021 Is Going To Be An Incredible Year For Xbox Game Pass
@12TerribleFLOPS Not sure which game you think isn't published by Microsoft. The only one not specifically listed on Metacritic as such is Wasteland 3, but it's listed as inXile (which of course is an Xbox Games Studio developer). Just in case you don't know where to look I've included links.
https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-one/ori-and-the-will-of-the-wisps
https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-one/bleeding-edge
https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-series-x/gears-tactics
https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-one/battletoads
https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/microsoft-flight-simulator
https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/tell-me-why
https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-one/grounded
https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-one/wasteland-3
https://www.inxile-entertainment.com/
The ratings tend to disagree with your opinion. Granted the user one is lower but they also gave TLOU2 a 5.7 so not sure it's such a reliable source. You're of course entitled to your opinion but it makes it harder to take it serious when you include it with false claims and lies.
Re: Phil Spencer: 2021 Is Going To Be An Incredible Year For Xbox Game Pass
Games published by Xbox Games Studios in 2020
That's a game every month and a half from Xbox to Gamepass. I think anyone arguing that Xbox isn't making games just doesn't like what Xbox is making. There's a big difference.
Re: Phil Spencer Admits He Plays His Xbox Series S During Work Meetings
The guy probably has one of the best exec jobs in the world.
Re: Arbiter Voice Actor Teases Possible Return In Halo Infinite
@Olliemar28 yeah it would make zero sense to leave him out after halo 5. They have a couple key plots after hw2, guardians, and h4 that need to be tied together.
Re: CD Projekt Will 'Vigorously' Defend Itself Against Recent Lawsuit
@Kefka2589 I can agree with you on that. If CDPR had a closed door meeting that hasn't been made public it would change the entire dynamics of the situation.
Re: CD Projekt Will 'Vigorously' Defend Itself Against Recent Lawsuit
@Kefka2589 Definitely don't think you're vilifying CDPR. They deserve scorn right now. I was only discussing what I know the precedence is. I've been out of the entertainment industry for roughly a decade but I never saw a successful investor lawsuit for a company marketing their product better than it actually was. Doesn't mean it's right to do so, it just hasn't been something I've seen judges react on. I have no problem being wrong, I'm only going off what I know.
Re: CD Projekt Will 'Vigorously' Defend Itself Against Recent Lawsuit
@Kefka2589 The problem with your point is perceived value and financial statements are two different things. Companies can't convince people that they are worth more than popular opinion. While the stock dropped $31 down to $19, Cyberpunk sold 13 million + copies. CDPR can easily argue that the investor opinion of the stock does not accurately depict the state of the company. CDPR did their part. They promoted a product. They made the product. The product works (once again, inconsistent crashing doesn't count). It sold well. Until their next earnings call this investor doesn't have grounds that CDPR lost them money. Public perception did.
@XBontendo Not showing footage doesn't mean they lied. So long as they didn't specifically say that the footage shown would be the same quality across all devices then it's not lying. If implying was a factor then any investor could sue Nintendo for the lack of 3rd party quality compared to Xbox and Playstation.
Overall it's the timing of this lawsuit that makes it frivolous. If absolutely zero ps4/xbox one copies worked there would be grounds but once again, a poor product is still a product. If CDPR comes out and says that they took a huge hit financially because of it then yeah, this lawsuit has grounds.
Re: CD Projekt Will 'Vigorously' Defend Itself Against Recent Lawsuit
@nessisonett @XBontendo look at the precedence. In the entertainment industry as a whole marketing deceit is common. How many trailers for movies showed you the parts with good graphics and strong acting only to be terrible? Disney is notorious for holding reviews until they feel like it.
The game is playable. Doesn't matter if it crashes a lot. Did marketing bend the truth? Sure but so do most others. Halo 5's had it seem like Locke and Chief would be in some epic battle. TLOU2 had Joel in a couple of scenes that he wasn't in. This doesn't give investors the right to sue Microsoft and Sony. No judge would entertain such a ruling.
Re: CD Projekt Will 'Vigorously' Defend Itself Against Recent Lawsuit
If investors can successfully sue anytime a company sells a poor quality product there wouldn't be many companies to invest in. Thus the term high risk investment.
Re: Former Microsoft CEO Reportedly Gifts NBA Players With PS5s
@Xiovanni I won't argue that the 360 did very well. It gave Microsoft the confidence that Xbox was a viable division. The thing I was discussing was the long term strategy. Selling a bunch of consoles doesn't mean much when revenue only lasts 7 years. It has to be consistent. Companies don't care about the money they made yesterday. They stay in business by the money made today. Ballmer's strategy led to drop of revenue after xbox one. Satya's Saas will prevent the same for series s/x.
Re: Former Microsoft CEO Reportedly Gifts NBA Players With PS5s
@S1ayeR74 absolutely. It's clear Ballmer was a hardware guy. Don't think he fully understood the potential of Saas. Satya fully embraces it. It's why gamepass and office 365 are so effective.
Ballmer thought to be the best you needed to do what the competition is doing but better. There is no way that Xbox could have competed with Playstation by playing Playstation's game. It would have dwindled, died out, and been replaced by Google or Amazon.
Re: Former Microsoft CEO Reportedly Gifts NBA Players With PS5s
@S1ayeR74 yeah he did. He repeatedly killed promising programs and thought Microsoft should compete with Apple in the smartphone industry. I bought my Microsoft stocks right as he was leaving. It was obvious he didn't see Microsoft's strengths as long term strategies.
Re: Pick One: Which Of These Halo Xbox 360 Games Was Your Favourite?
@John117 That's what worries me a bit. Trying new things with your main protagonist can really bite you in the rear. Just look at Halo 5. People didn't like the campaign because it weirdly focused on Locke rather than Chief and did the 4 man squad thing from Republic Commando. I think if Locke's story was a standalone game it would have been recieved well.
They need to do the same thing as Playground Studios and Turn 10 does with Forza. Motorsports focuses specifically on making what they know works better and Horizon is allowed to go off the deep end and try new stuff.
Re: Pick One: Which Of These Halo Xbox 360 Games Was Your Favourite?
@Gunonaboat I really think Xbox needs to create/task a team to make spinoff Halo games like ODST and Reach. Halo has a big enough pull to shorten it's release window and it would give flexibility to make more stories and styles outside of the Master Chief line.
Re: Microsoft Adds Warning About Cyberpunk 2077 To The Xbox Store
Good on them. Give as much information as possible and let the consumer decide. Letting CDPR deceive players with false promises of performance was a mistake but so would be shutting down the game after people have finally received enough information to make an informed decision.
Re: It Looks Like Cyberpunk 2077 Will Remain On The Xbox Store For Now
Different markets with different opinions. The outcry hasn't been as loud on xbox as ps. Maybe it runs just a little better, maybe the players are more forgiving. Either way it doesn't really make sense to follow suit.
Re: Ubisoft Is Now Selling XP Boosts In Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Either they do this or they go Sony's route and just increase their game by $10. I'd rather have the option of $60+ than $70+.
Re: CD Projekt Red Admits Being 'Too Focused' Getting Cyberpunk 2077 Out The Door
You have to know the actual programmers were voicing these issues. Would have been brutal coming in 6 days a week knowing you're making a subpar experience and having your bosses ignore you. Just stinks.
Re: Xbox Exec: People Were Worried Game Pass Would Devalue Games
It's impossible to argue the positive impact gamepass has had on indie titles and studios without big marketing. The only negatives I hear are from people thinking it's not financially viable and those people don't have any stats to back it up. Gamepass is a great avenue for the industry. It shouldn't be the only one but I'm glad it's an option.
Re: UK Boxed Charts: Cyberpunk 2077 Becomes The Second Biggest Launch Of 2020
Wish you could get Cyberpunk on the Microsoft Store. I want to get it for the PC but I still want it tied to the Xbox ecosystem.
Re: Xbox Has Some Unannounced Surprise Games Arriving In 2021
@Only1PJA I remember reading somewhere that there goal was one a quarter. Not sure how soon that would be though.
Re: Halo Infinite Will Launch In Fall 2021
@BrilliantBill yeah the $7 billion price tag for Zenimax will have to show revenue growth in the xbox economy. Microsoft could have easily shifted those assets towards Azure and their competition with AWS. If they don't pursue a larger share of the console market then that expected growth will need to be from pc/mobile. Neither one of those screams great news for the Series, even with Xcloud.
Re: Halo Infinite Will Launch In Fall 2021
Ouch... hard pill to swallow. I think Microsoft owes consumers an explanation of their plan until Halo hits then. "Buy Gamepass" isn't a good enough reason for millions of PS4 owners to start picking up Series X/S's
Re: UK Boxed Charts: Immortals Fenyx Rising Debuts Outside The Top Ten
@blinx01 agreed. The moment they delayed farcry it should have taken its place. The marketing was also pretty off.
Re: Assassins Creed Valhalla Reportedly Has A Spoilerific Endgame Bug
@BAMozzy yeah I had that one happen to me as well. Gotta wonder how that guy thought of setting the trap. Pure genius.
I would argue though that the issues with Valhalla are not standard with Ubisoft games. I'm not a huge fan of division 2 but it seemed like a much smoother game at launch and breakpoint was pretty good too when I played it (it was a month or two after launch so they might have had bigger issues). Even Odyssey's issue with the mid game level gap wasn't as significant as Valhalla's problems.
I think it's unfair to compare games across generations but it's pretty easy to see the differences in quality from the same publisher. My complaints come solely from my expectations of Ubisoft, nothing more.
Re: Assassins Creed Valhalla Reportedly Has A Spoilerific Endgame Bug
@Tharsman yeah bugs. Most of the time the ability to select an object would just go away. An enjoyable one would be when I used feint death in combat. Eivor would lay on the ground still getting attacked but I couldn't get him back up. I also love how I've got the complete all zones achievement but apparently I've never done a standing stone. The game just seems half baked.