TheMightyEthan Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 xCloud is launching in beta on September 15, with over 100 streamable games, as part of Gamepass Ultimate. Even your saves will transfer back and forth between local and streaming sessions. We'll have to see how it performs, but I'm pretty sure they just put the nail in the coffin of me ever buying Xbox hardware again. Or probably a gaming PC for that matter. Oh, and unlike PS5, xCloud supports DS4. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted August 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 Xbox Series X officially launching in November and HALO INFINITE DELAYED TO NEXT YEAR. It's completely insane that they're launching without one single big exclusive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 I wouldn't be surprised if they planned to launch with Halo in November but the disastrous reception forced them to push it back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 7 minutes ago, Mister Jack said: I wouldn't be surprised if they planned to launch with Halo in November but the disastrous reception forced them to push it back. Yeah, that's obviously what happened. I imagine they considered things and decided to delay to work on the graphics a bit. Was that the only major launch game, though? I know a lot of the games from their acquired studios are gonna be coming in a few years but surely Halo wasn't the only big one? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted August 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 Yeah, Halo was the only big one. They have nothing else. To be fair though, pretty sure Sony would be in the same boat if Miles Morales got delayed. Other news, looks like SeX is launching November 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted August 12, 2020 Report Share Posted August 12, 2020 Damn, if it was their one launch flagship title then it must be in a pretty bad state. I actually forgot about the creative director leaving. Yeah, there's no way this was due to the graphics backlash alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalCaveman Posted August 12, 2020 Report Share Posted August 12, 2020 I didn't know the creative director had left, wow, things are way worse than I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted August 12, 2020 Report Share Posted August 12, 2020 No wonder it looked so half-assed. They're gonna have to pull a seriously huge rabbit out of their hat to salvage this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted August 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2020 13 hours ago, FLD said: I actually forgot about the creative director leaving. Yeah, there's no way this was due to the graphics backlash alone. My guess is the graphics backlash was the straw that broke the camel's back. They knew they were having trouble, but they also knew they had no choice but to make it for launch, and then the backlash made them realize the problems they were having were actually going to be a big issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalCaveman Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 https://www.gematsu.com/2020/09/rumor-first-look-at-xbox-series-s-priced-at-299 November 10 launch, Series X at $499, Series S at $299, now we wait for official confirmation and for Sony's response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted September 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 They've confirmed at least the Series S price. Rumor is Sony is announcing PS5 price and release date tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted September 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 Series X $500, both releasing November 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielpholt Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 Seeing reports of a Series V, which would be the X minus the disk-drive. Not sure on price yet. As for the consoles we know about. I'd saved up to buy myself one of the new consoles at launch, however paying £30 or whatever it is per month with Gamepass Ultimate included is too good an offer to turn down. Thinking I'll likely grab the X on finance on day one.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 Too many SKUs is always a bad idea. Even if they think they're giving people more choice, the vast majority just goes for the best model and the lesser ones end up collecting dust or getting bought up by confused parents and grandparents to give to disappointed kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted September 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2020 Looks like the Series S won't be able to run the One X enhanced versions of Xbone games, it will instead run the One S versions, and then apply some of its own enhancements, like texture filtering, but won't do stuff like increased resolution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 Who could have seen this coming? Who, I ask? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted January 22, 2021 Report Share Posted January 22, 2021 (edited) Microsoft is doubling the price of Xbox Live, which pretty much draws a clear line between Xbox and PlayStation. You want the Game pass? Go with Microsoft. Not interested? PlayStation. Apparently the subscription will also now be required for free to play games. Edited January 22, 2021 by Mister Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2021 I expected this. We knew XBL was sunsetting, so it was pretty foreseeable it would be rolled into Gamepass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 Phil Spencer is now saying that future Bethesda games will be exclusive to "platforms with Gamepass", which isn't surprising, but really sucks. He says it's all about giving Xbox gamers great exclusives, but Bethesda games were already on Xbox, so he's not actually giving them anything, he's just taking them away from Playstation. This does not benefit any customers, other than the fact that the games will be on Gamepass, but that doesn't require buying the company or making them exclusive. This actually makes me less likely to buy an Xbox/sub to Gamepass because I don't like feeling like they're trying to coerce me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 Yeah, I'm not buying Gamepass just for one studio's games. This is Epic Store shit and it pisses me off. I don't want an Xbox and getting a PC that will be good enough to play next-gen releases is just not going to happen anytime soon because PCs are just too god damn expensive now. Whenever I do manage to afford one, however, I'm definitely not resorting to Gamepass just for Doom, Fallout, and Elder Scrolls. If they try to keep those games from Steam and make them Microsoft Store or Gamepass only then I'll grey market or even pirate that crap with no remorse. Say what you will about exclusives being bad but at least Nintendo and Sony typically make their own exclusives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 Yeah, there's a huge difference between developing an exclusive IP and buying an existing multiplatform IP and making it exclusive. Or an entire publisher's worth of existing multiplatform IPs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 It's a weird one. MS can do what they want with their money obviously, and Bethesda can do what they want with their... company? Neither of them owe it to anyone to make the games available on a competing platform, but I understand the consumer dissatisfaction. If I was a platform owner I wouldn't buy the likes of Bethesda, Squeenix or whatever, as Ethan pointed out above, you don't *gain* anything since the games were already on your platform, you pick up the enormous tab of developing the games that you used to just collect free money from, and you have the consumer sentiment hit that devalues your brand and the acquired brand. Better to pick up smaller indie studios who have IP that is cheaper to develop, fresher ideas, and people tend to perceive as a more positive story. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 Yeah, they can do whatever they want, but by the same token I don't have to buy their products or services if I don't like what they're doing. Honestly Arkane is the part that hurts the most. I like stuff like Wolf, TES, and Fallout, but it's no great loss to me. Arkane, on the other hand, is a real blow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 I mean, from the sounds of it I wouldn't be able to access their stuff even if I did still want to support Bethesda. Like you though, I'm not really into their games. Dishonoured was ok, but not something that has me beating my chest and gnashing my teeth in despair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 See I absolutely loved all three Dishonored games, as well as Prey, so I am very much going to miss them. At least I still get Deathloop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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