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@NEStalgia EA games especially sport ones are known for predatory mtx/lootboxes.

Is that a route MS wants to go down? because sure as s*** they will come up against regulations again.

@themightyant said it much better

@LostSock i believe they have acknowledged issues and will patch them. personally thats what im waiting for.

@KonstantTrouble MH isnt for you id say.

sadly already failed then.

joining the growing graveyard.

just give me a 4week release window.... then show me the video when good and ready.

@Kurt101 @trev666 pops up for me too, but app opens/updates points etc if i reopen app straight after error

give me quick resume with Sonys cleaner UI. or just remove the ads. if my console is on, means im gaming and nothing else.

@BAMozzy your logic on dlc is flawed. 20m may play it. what % complete it to then need DLC.

you would have to compare completion % on GP to non GP. id wager that there is a higher completion rate on games wher $50 or whatever is spent to that on a sub service. (on either of 3 platforms)

@NEStalgia MS is taking all the risk on GP, plus with 70b extra ontop. investors will want a return. they wont wait. GP has been around a while now. seeing Sony/Nintendo making strong revenue the 'traditional' way wont sit great.... MS gaming was already bringing in stable money.

investors will get nervous, Disney is losing 1.5b (a quarter?!) on streaming. and they have far bigger subs, also MS laid off staff recently, all about the bottom line.

GP is fantastic value for an individual, cant dispute that. but can MS hit the target numbers to sustain GP? is the internet speed/stability (worldwide) there to have 10's millions cloud streaming games?

@ThatMusicFan MS didnt hit their growth target.. it was ridiculously high. MS pretty much admitted to saturation point on console. xbox sales are dropping year on year. 32% in EU.

anyone that says otherwise is either lying or should not be subscribed to GP.

@NEStalgia i dont see how MS would be interested in making just a stable income.... while throwing 70billion at it. every company wants to maximise profits. if they didnt believe it would make more $$ then they wouldnt do it.

they are just going a different route about it. as i said above, without numbers its all a guess.

if you have full confidence in your game, then GP probably doesnt make sense. as doubtful MS paying full price.

but without numbers, what MS pays, what counts as someone playing on GP, we dont fully know.

but yes even hardcore fans cant say it doesnt lower sales. but we dont know if mtx etc makes up for that.

is wild hearts not current gen only too? or is it more a KT Game

@themightyant sounds like a dirty movie tbh!

@Carck because in this day and age companies are scared of backlash.

look if entertainment awards dont have minority/women in a category. theres uproar.

not saying any of it is correct, or it should be ignored, just my feeling it will be.

@Benjamin outside of public votes probably nothing.

sadly its hard to see how any would risk the backlash.

going to be biggest seller of year.

xbox looks like its potentially sold more XSS in UK, as it sold 80% on ps5.

obv no digital, but wonder what has ps5 players buying physical, but not XSX owners.

@Fenbops seems to be EA lately, NFS marketing non existant, this has none, even dead space didnt have alot really.

MHRise being so close to it doesnt help, especially knowing sunbreak due soon too.

that said i will be using the trial

Simpsons hans down, then pgr

cities skyline and mount and blade for me.

definitely jumping on the wild hearts trial, at the minute im thinking wait for a sale.

DMC5 on ps5

fm23/MHRise on XSS

just picked up MH gen on switch so may begin that in place of rise.

@themightyant its because many on PX only like it if you are championing xbox. you cant have criticism or a differing view, its poor little xbox.

you only have to look at how many threads yesterday turned about Sony. needed a tinfoil hat yesterday.

@NEStalgia i did say basically free.

GP gets what 8-10 games a month for 15$ (less if you convert gold)

so its about $1-2 per game.

thats how i look at it anyway.

edit, or 400+ games for 180$ so 50c a game.

@Chaudy definitely alot of try but dont play.

MHRise is at about 6% that have finished the quick single player part.
AoE2 ...30% have done the tutorial.

wonder how that compares to say Dead space where you actually have to buy it.

hogwarts wins 0 awards guaranteed.

Rise surely cant be goty.

hifi in with a shout. but wont win. Redfall on list too, with FF16

between Zelda/Starfield/SM2 imo.

one thing for sure MS will have more presence

@themightyant @neufel thanks, i was just struggling to think of an example of it.

@NEStalgia in the Eurogamer article on this it does say the Judge agreed to give Sony more time.

@themightyant would Nintendo have it in their showcase if another platform has it for basically free?

@NEStalgia sadly the effects of having social media. everything gets put out there. even when it isnt helpful, ie bobby.

@bpomber cheers

@Kaloudz cast good, cutscene good, gameplay not so good imo.

what Controller is that in the pic?

@Banjo- 3rd paragraph states abk didnt name Potential buyers. definitely other article.

tbh with it being 70b those two would likely be sounded out.

@Lavalera yep plenty see a 2 for 1 and go for it.

also 'bad' sales makes the next sale look even 'better' value.

@NEStalgia Sony have pretty much gone radio silent, id guess they are waiting to see what regulators want before signing any deals.

hes saying they arent talking to MS, not ABK. so id imagine theres still some contact.

sometimes d***s shouldnt speak

@homme_parametre the 6month could replace the $1. lets face it many are stacing GP at cheap prices so its no loss to include it.

@Moonglow that cant be true. MS has plans to drop their 1st party games and CoD (very least plans made for cod). they got to have the infrastructure.

@Dezzy70 then less would have picked it up as a 2nd console.

200 for a console is a smart move. they more likely to pick up families with youngsters than sony.

id love to see the split between X/S, also MS should include 6mnth free GP with every console.

will go through with concessions.

probably take to the latter half of the year for all the back and forth between the 3 regulators

@Banjo- i own a Series S. its a fantastic machine. as ive said many times.

to find it can only cope with small scale battles on one of my favourite all time games, having owned it on PC and PS2 previously, is to me a massive letdown.

im sorry you find it difficult for you to accept any criticism of your favourite machine.

nothing makes me want to play more than seeing an official tweet telling me to 'GRIND to the top'

always seems to be the same games with the big savings.

same on PS needs switching up

you missed a big negative that the XSS struggles with huge lag on anything over 200 units. even 1v1. massive letdown.

i guess too that maybe not Increase console prices there.

@Kaloudz xbox gamers dont play Japanese Games, for whatever stupid reason.

small sample, but look at the January GP poll, persona and MH falling way below Goldeneye.

i think CEOs etc need to stop making public statements.

just let the regulator do their job.

close to pulling trigger on mount and blade, happy to try that

@Friendly MS is a much bigger company than Sony???