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@cragis0001

If there's monkey business involved between Sony and Game Science and they're keeping it shtum than it's quite c***p. But looks like lady karma got involved...apparently Concord sold around 25K (so far) across PS5 and PC.

The Gold edition is just too expensive I'm afraid and will be waiting on a decent deal, did the same with Avatar.

things are apparently looking pretty bleak for the game right now

I hope Ubisoft will relocate the staff to other projects if things really go south with this game. Maybe resurrect BG2 and get them to work on that?
The competition in the free to play market is just too fierce and our play times finite.

How would you feel about a delay tied to the game potentially having an exclusivity deal with Sony?

Not very surprised😉?? I think we should just go with what PS fans say and blame it on the Series S(a tried and tested approach)😅.

If this turns out to be the case,and I don't think it wouldshock many people, than Sony, Game Science and all their apologists on PX can eat sand.
This thread should make for entertaining 🤣 reading though...

@PsBoxSwitchOwner

. So why can’t first party games hit it?

Because not all first-party studios are equal? T10, The Coalition, Playground games seem to be much better at optimization, Obsidian, not so much. I'm curious to see how will InXile fare with Clockwork Revolution.

I can understand Obsidian's willingness for giving information on their game, but it would be much better to just focus on the game play and systems. All this talk about performance only enrages people.

The proverbial proof will be in the pudding, I'll wait and see if Squeenix actually makes good on it's threats with more Xbox support 😉 on big games like FF7R, Rebirth etc, before believing their corporate PR statements.
Either way, I'm happy for having DQ11, Diofield Chronicles, VoM and others on Xbox. Fingers crossed we'll get DQ12 too..

Never played this series but it looks interesting and I'm not someone that minds ARPG's. Will get this in the future.

I wonder how many gazillion copies Squenix expects this to sell, or that high bar is/was only reserved for their western game developers...😅

I usually enjoy Ubisoft's output, so it's good to see them having another good game I'll no doubt enjoy....now the long wait for decent price on the gold edition with the dlc begins 😉.

Edit: Thank you for the in depth review.

I think it was decent then again my hypemeter was just a fraction of the non E3 Xbox show and that *was*amazing.

But, we want to know how you feel about this topic. Is this wave of 30FPS Xbox games becoming an issue?

A quick glance at the number of comments generated every time you post an article about 30fps and Xbox first party within the same sentence, shows that there is an issue (you must be loving the engagement it generates 😉).

For me though, only FPS and driving games are a must 60fps, if a game is great I'll play it regardless of frame rate (as long as is not a complete slide show of course) 😁.

It's a trade-off we opted to make relatively early and we're really happy with that

If we can have a 60fps mode for Starfield I'm sure we’ll get one for Avowed in due course 😉.

@NEStalgia

Concord feels like the kind of game Xbox would have made

Perhaps(?), alas Xbox were/are too busy making Fable, Clockwork Revolution, Avowed, PD , etc.

Having said that, I would rather Concord release on everything than Firesprite becoming a forever studio support for Destiny or Marathon in one of Bungie's basements. Or worse, get shuttered by Sony (after taking a happy family photo with Hermen Hulst of course 😉).

@somnambulance

I’m sure we’ll see Sony give big exclusives like Concord to Xbox soon

Now, now - I understand we Xbox owners are the butt of jokes at the moment, but there's really no need to be offensive with the likes of Concord...😅

This looks awesome and I can't wait to play it. It will be a great way for Xbox to close the year and as a GamePass subscriber another cherry on the top of all the games I've played this year with the service 😀.

Warhorse Studios has today announced a delay to Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2; the team's upcoming RPG sequel heading to Xbox Series X|S

Wait, no mention of this being the sole fault of the Series S. This is outrageous 😅.

I like and use them, but some are stretching the dynamic backgrounds term.

@Sifi

If that happens, I'll make a small victory dance in front of my PS5 and Lord it over the Xbox fans on gaming websites

There, I've updated your comment for clarity 😅.

@MrMagic

Xbox is gearing up to do their next round of playstation ports so whatever they announce next week is just the start lol

You are making this sound like it's a bad thing, it isn't. Except for those people that need constant validation of their console purchase be it Xbox or PlayStation..

What, no GamePass release? No buy then....I jest. Looks intriguing but with my backlog and Age of Mythology coming, it's going to be a busy time. One for next year.

an Xbox first-party game will be announced for PlayStation 5 next week, although no-one seems to know what it is as things stand

We understand all that, but please, please, please do not let the above stop you from making 25 articles about it all 😅😉...

Besides the tragedy of more people having the ability/opportunity for enjoying games without the requirements of buying extra hardware, news like this should be seen as a positive rather than some apocalyptic event.

@themightyant

Nothing much, just like the Steam Deck or the Switch 2.
Of course one can not take away anything from or underestimate the Series S bashing crowd. They'll carry on as usual 😁.

I was so optimistic about the acquisition thinking we'll get more Prey, Dishonored, Evil Within, FNV2 and of course Starfield. Unfortunately with the exception of Starfield everything turned out to be the opposite 😕.
Thankfully we still have something from Machine Games and ID Software..

@StylesT

Sad when even game developers are childish little fanboys

Too true. Then again how would said developers sell their games to childish little fanboys?. One has to feed the flames to be noticed and trendy 😉.

I consider Stalker 2 to be tent pole, assuming it released this year. Sure, I would love to play Indy this fall but if it gets delayed I wouldn't be terribly fused.

made a frank comment during the ChinaJoy convention last month - supposedly going ahead and saying "nobody needs this platform" while referring to Xbox

Call me naive for still believing in the Xbox platform/ecosystem, but I would rather prefer developers be honest (like in this case?) than take me for a fool when they take money-hats from a particular platform whilst beating around the proverbial bush with half truths. ..

I understand that this is disappointing for some folks, but with my ever growing games backlog (and inability to resist a sale) I'll have the time to play some of those 😃. And this with games I actually own, let alone add stuff from GP..

@NEStalgia

Blizzard team to Nadella: "Do you not have phones?

Nadela to Blizzard team: "Maybe next time tell us before, we get rid of our mobile phone hardware business 😀???

@NEStalgia

There are quite a few Call of Duty games, but if you look really closely some real diamonds are spread in between too (I'm not thinking Suicide Squad 😉), there's is still hope for non COD gamers 😀.

Sekiro marking the top five keeps my faith in the Xbox community😁. Even if the top two are depressingly predictable.

@OldGamer999

If only mate. And if they can't sort Microsoft out, they should just take Xbox off their hands and give it to Apple, Samsung or Google. Maybe even Amazon😁...

@OldGamer999

When our pets get ill and past repair we can put them down sadly. Maybe we should take this stance with Microsoft console gaming and get it over with

I see it more like Microsoft being terrible about animal welfare, rather than something being wrong with Xbox (to use your analogy).

@BAMozzy

I can see merit in the points you make, but it's almost incredulous to read someone from Microsoft candidly pointing out how they have a smaller advertising budget than the competition. Especially when taking scale into consideration.

@WhiteRabbit

Touché, my fellow observer and well played 👍....I don't even mind the rubber- banding 😉.

@WhiteRabbit

Copilot is an AI, the I in AI stands for intelligence

Without going to much into semantics, it's clear their I has some serious shortcomings....perhaps they should try Bard or Gemini from Google or as a last resort Sophy from Sony😁.

We’re not blessed with huge media budgets

Interesting, so being part of a trillion dollar corporation is actually more of curse when it comes to media budgets?

I wonder if Microsoft has any human staff running the gaming division or they just handed over duties to copilot.... can't make it out anymore 🤦‍♂️.

@WhiteRabbit

Well, that's impressive. Especially if you did that after stocking up on PlayStation Stars😅...

@WhiteRabbit

ah, so that’s why GamePass is worthless

Most things are worthless! It's all about perspective and attachment...what are you, using your Internet points for?

@WhiteRabbit

it’s also easy to get internet points here for calling out Sony for anything unrelated

Yep, and that's how GamePass gets paid for, the internet points get converted into Microsoft rewards points😉.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner

Don't be a hater mate. I mean, Halo lnfinite is not exactly a trailblazer in that department either😉, and I'm saying this as someone who likes and regularly plays the mp part.

@pip_muzz

I know it's not Lego Horizon but if Concord's early beta numbers are anything to go by, then Sony might port that over to other platforms 😉😅..

The FTC are only pointing out Microsoft doing the opposite of what they have told regulators it wouldn't do....

Such a big difference between this and the Halo (TV) series, we can all jest about Todd and some of his claims but it's clear he cares about the Fallout IP so much more than 343i do...
Anyway, I can't wait for the second season to arrive 🙂.

@HeavyHoggJP

Can i be a crooked cop though?

This is a work of fiction and not in any way meant as real life scenarios 😉...

However, if you want a chill-out game that looks and sounds gorgeous and does its dungeon-crawling and NPC banter a little differently, we reckon you'll be a happy bunny

Reads good to me😁. Thank you for the great and informative review, PJ!
I'll be downloading this for my children, (apparently it looks similar to the Hilda animated series, and they love that) as for me, I'm going with Kunitsu-Gami and Flintlock.

It's everything I wanted from a sequel, an incredible experience that I'm grateful NT decided to make and stick by their vision.
And whilst I can see how some can be/are disappointed with it, my hope is that in the future, it'll get ported to the likes of Switch 2 and PS so more people can experience it 🙂.

@NEStalgia

It was almost like them directly confirming that they also pay to keep games off one single platform, publicly

In this case who would Sony need to pay for keeping the game off Xbox, themselves? I don't think even Sony can hate Xbox that much 😉.

@ImGame69

Probably because they expect the person asking the question to be informed enough to not ask. Especially with a big profile ip, and the respective holder 😉.