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@themightyant They probably have the most relevant information. 4j ported Minecraft to sony and Nintendo consoles, including Mario items for Nintendo etc. They have a unique position in understanding how Microsoft behaves with other platforms and ports after buying a 3rd party game (minecraft) and releasing it on more platforms

It's a no from me. We need more series x games and ps5 games. Not more consoles

A new Ninja Gaiden would be great. Me and the wife really enjoy the big showcases from ms, Sony and Nintendo each year.

Looking forward to it. Hardly anyone makes rpgs like Bethesda. Let's hope it's good! One of my most anticipated releases this year along with zelda and possibly ff16

Nothing really for me, but il probably give Valheim a try. Il be spending most of my gaming time on Wo Long anyway

It's really great. Probably my favourite gamepass release so far. But I'm a huge ninja gaiden/nioh fan. Will end up getting a copy on ps5 aswell for my collection

Wo Long, and so far it's everything I wanted from it. Glad one of my most anticipated games this year came out awesome

The combat system sounds delicious and this line from the ps review was absolute music to my ears "Wo Long rewards excellence and perfection, and if you're a gameplay-first kind of gamer, it's going to blow your mind"

Can't wait

As a gameplay first kind of gamer, this sounds absolutely awesome. Can't wait. Love ninja gaiden and nioh

They got goldeneye eventually, so I'm going to continue asking for JSRF

The reason Nintendo were left off is because the cma and ftc have both argued in their investigations that nintendo is not part of the "high spec console market" This definition of the market has been pushed by them. If anyone actually agrees with that, is another story entirely

Lulu has been pretty entertaining throughout and managed to bring a little laughter to a boring topic

This is the first "big game" this year for me. If its anywhere close to nioh or ninja gaiden we are in for a treat

As some of you may know by now I'm a ninja gaiden fanatic, so I have my eye on wanted dead. Not sure if il play it before or after wo long. Could be a great few weeks for me

Personally I was kinda dissapointed with Monster Hunter Rise if I was honest. Gave it a good go but came away underwhelmed after World.

The most obvious and cost effective solution for all parties involved would of been to settle this with some multiplayer COD. 6v6 MS/ABK v EU/CMA/FTC on Terminal. Top execs from each. Could have been part of the Developer Direct

Microsoft have also subpoenaed Google and ABK have subpoenaed Nintendo for the discovery stage.

The FTC also subpoenaed Sony, which Sony is also fighting against separately to this one with MS.

Very interesting times ahead

@Would_you_kindly they still have an ongoing marketing contract with ABK for a start

@stvevan kotick confirmed in his interview they are not talking to MS or ABK.

"It's funny, Sony is not on the phone to us. In fact, they are not returning our phone calls. And so... I think one of the things that are surprising to us is, this is the time ordinarily we would be talking about the future and new opportunities together for partnership, and they just haven't been returning our phone calls. And so, I don't know that we're as valuable as they maybe have represented to the regulators that we are."

It's up to Microsoft now. They have the EU and UKs concerns, now it's all on them to come up with an agreement that suits the EU and CMA, whether that's structural or behavioural. If they do that, they can present the concessions to the FTC and close in the summer. Or they could close anyway without the FTC, as I think they have mentioned. Fail to reach an agreement with the eu/cma before the end of April and it's pretty much dead in my opinion. But I could be wrong

@ABNJ because it says so in the cmas report. The 10year offer will only be considered at the next stage

An important detail is that the 10year offer to steam/nintendo was not considered at the phase 2 stage, and the cma states that would be considered in the next remedies phase which begins now.

I have tried reading the report and it's just really confusing. They list 3 structural remedies, but then mention that behavioural remedies may also be possible later in the report.

I think it's just a 'wait until the end of April and see' kind of situation as MS statement doesn't seem to indicate they are dropping the deal just yet

Goldeneye. Finished it on 00 agent, only aztec/egyptian left to complete. Got all the speedrun cheats done aswell so far. Facility took a while due to bad rng and archives was surprisingly easier than I remembered.

Made it up to Statue last night, had a good time. Amazing how well I remember some of the levels. Alot of memories flooding back. Il be playing some more campaign later and enjoying the nostalgia

I liked the format but in my opinion they really need a firm release date for every game shown or don't show it at developer direct yet. That's what E3 is for, the bigger, looser announcements

Got some jet set radio/sunset overdrive/sega dreamcast vibes from this. Man I loved the dreamcast

The times me and my friends would play goldeneye and later perfect dark huddled around a small TV are some of my most favourite gaming memories from that period. Even the music just brings it all flooding back. I look forward to the nostalgia trip

@Dezzy70 last year in the UK less than 60,000 units separated the nintendo switch in 1st place and the xbox series consoles in 3rd place

Just like me and a few others were saying in the previous threads. It's crazy the expectations people still have when they announced what they would be doing from the very start. Its the developers showing off the games, it's not a state of play or an e3, and was never meant to be. They already announced the games up until the summer, so I fully expect their next big show or announcements to be around E3, same as always

I do not agree with the price rise, just like I don't with other publishers. The only thing softening the blow is gamepass, offering people a choice, but I still don't think it completely shields them from critisism. As a father of 2 children I just can't justify £70 games, and will just wait for price drops or the games to drop on subscription. On a personal level I would prefer they drop some of the needless production values and lower the cost of making the games. Gameplay is king

@lechugajr people are setting themselves up for major dissapointment in my opinion. This is not an e3 style show and was never meant to be, it's a developer direct focused on those 4 games, like they announced. People's imagination is going wild, despite MS telling them what to expect. It's quite literally in the name

I wouldn't expect much apart from deeper looks at the 4 games announced with the show. I think it's supposed to be the developer showing off those games as they release soon and a couple of release dates. I don't think it's going to be like a Nintendo direct or similar.

I'm just glad ID will continue to make their own games like Doom and Quake and not shoehorned onto Halo. I really like their games and it would suck to loose them. But maybe they could support studio with 343 or something, a bit like the coalition helping undead labs maybe?

People have been relentlessly calling out MS for restructure at MS game studios, and now it's happened, alot of the same people are very angry about it. I'm starting to think some of you may just have an irrational hatred of MS and Phil Spencer or something.

Looking from the outside in I personally would lay more blame towards Matt Booty, for the problems at MS game studios. Its more his job. But I could be wrong as I do not know the inner workings of MS.

It's a sad day for everyone involved, and I wish them and their families all the best for the future.

I kind of like the idea of ID doing the next Halo, but I also don't want to see them stop making their own games like Doom and Quake. Looks like MS are not being so "hands off" anymore, like some people were asking for. Shame for all those involved. I wish them the best of luck for the future and hope they find employment very soon

Been so hyped for this game since I first seen it at last e3. I really can't wait. Love team ninja

Waste of time as they still play great BC

Jet Set Radio Future

I buy only phyiscal for playstation and ninetendo but have been download only on xbox since the one, its pretty wierd when I think about it

Me and the wife watched it on the free trial over Christmas. We actually enjoyed it and she doesn't even like the Halo games. Its different to the games, but it's enjoyable for what it is. I did have to explain a few things to her at times

My understanding is that MS are waiting on the CMA and EU, and if they approve it with concessions, those concessions will be offered to the FTC and likely accepted without a trial, by the wording used at the pretrial. It's all eyes on the cma and eu for the next step

I want to know what ID are up to next

1. Wo long
2. Zelda
3. Starfield
4. Diablo 4
5. Final fantasy 16

First party: C - 2021 was very good, 2022 was very bad. So a C seems fair.
Hardware: A - silent and have had no faults.
Gamepass: A - too many games to play and 2023 looks even better so far

Overall a B with a slight hint of C so far

Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe only Elden Ring and CoD were not on Gamepass of the top 10 games. It was a poor year for first party, but gamepass was pretty brilliant in all honesty.

Elden Ring was my Goty, what a brilliant game

Merry Christmas everyone!

I would prefer Squanch to stay independent. With their style of humour/game, i would hate someone to buy them and dilute what makes them unique. We need more originality, congratulations to them

I'm about an hour and a half in so far. I find it very funny and it's pretty refreshing playing something a bit more unique. We need more originality in the industry, so congratulations to them.

@Dezzy70 ive been a big fan of Bethesda rpgs since Morrowind, but I can appreciate you may not feel the same.

@Dezzy70 with Final Fantasy 16, Zelda and Starfield all out next year. Hopefully it's going to be a good year for gaming no matter which console you play

@Dezzy70 I liked the old god of war games and 2018. Looking forward to Ragnarok, but wanted to finish a bit of the backlog first. Hit the Platinum for Forbidden West last nite. I'm hyped for a few microsoft games, nintendo games and sony games personally, but everyone has different tastes. Hopefully microsoft release some stuff more to your liking soon.