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Hope this didnt eat up the budget. EVERYBODY has gta v.

I assume this is all a case of personal opinion vs professional. Seems like, to me, his has no personal fears regarding the ABK deal; but, his employers opinion (Sony corp) is the deal should be blocked. Of course, he's going to do everything in his power to block the deal.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner 100%

@Moonglow I'm a ps5 owner, but those guys are whacked out crazy on there. Most have a really strange, weird closeness to the brand that Sony themselves dont at all share. It's ironic, but to Sony those guys are just zealots to be squeezed for profit. Plus, they know those guys will come back for more.

Anyone like the idea of Xbox's next console carrying the SEGA name in Japan?

I mean, us core gamers will love hearing that because, you know, we don't want or resist that being where we play in the future.
But it's a lie. Outright horses**t, really. Just for the regulators stuff.
Internet infrastructure and speeds will never slow, they will only ever grow bigger/faster. One day it will be so fast, that there will be no perceivable difference between playing a game - even something fast like a shooter - on native to playing instead over the cloud. Then it will take off. Youngsters of the future won't be hung up on discs as we are. They already consume books/movies/ music digitally. Microsoft, right now, see this coming landscape more than any other company out there.

@RIghteousNixon Good point. I'd counter it by suggesting there is a value in the appearance of "having all the games," worth more to a trillion dollar company than short term ledgers. Current roles/appearances reversed, I wonder if PlayStation could weather, say - a decade of that?

Not that I want that, as a consumer. Pitching this with the green hat on. I really just want competition; two opposing companies, on equal footing, fighting it out for my wallet by making wonderful games. Everything's is slanted toward PlayStation, we need that balanced out.

No reason why Xbox should ever lose a single exclusivity deal to Sony. They can afford to outbid them every time. It's a choice not to. And that's fine, but I dont like it when they claim they're almost being bullied out of some deals. That just isnt true.
Phil Spencer is perhaps too nice? I would by every big 3rd party game for Xbox, until PS was gone personally.

Tempted by Ace combat & John Wick.

@themightyant I don't really agree with that strategy -at all really. But I appreciate you for pointing it out to me.

@AlwaysPlaying Hey, we do what we can, right?

🤦‍♂️ Ubisoft. Why are u STILL trying to give away your back catalogue for peanuts, yet you're STILL trying to extort £15 a month from potential Ubisoft + subscribers?
This is madness. Who's in charge over there? You may as well pick a name at random from your local phone directory - chances are they'd do a better job!

@gravelmonkey Great stuff. Approved re-education this. Get him playing Starfield come September and there is hope for your child.

@Darude84 I've dabbled. Have to get back to that one. Gr8 game.

Plugging slowly away at Horizon: Forbidden West on ps5.
On Xbox, I started Soulhackers 2 - which is ace (big persona fan).
But mainly I've been replaying all the Remedy games from Alan Wake onward. Just done with American nightmare and now a couple of acts into Quantum break.

I'll play on hardest setting, simply to make it last even longer. Remedy are my favourite developers, their games don't come round anywhere near as often as I'd like though. So it will be savoured. Gonna grab the deluxe edition too. 2 story dlc's included.

Alan Wake 2 is my big purchase for the rest of the year. I'll pop for Phantom liberty & the Starfield Premium upgrade too.
Game pass, the highlights (Starfield aside) are Lies of P, Texas CSM & Persona 5 T.

Please. End. Soon. Thank you.

No reason why Redfall can't be a Cyberpunk 2077 redemption story. If xbox are willing to continuously invest the time & resources needed. Big if, I know.

Employ more devs?🤷‍♂️

@Exerion76 I don't see that either (it certainly looks like less lag than playing via cloud). But I'm aware that the majority of people do.

I'm extremely lucky. I use motion smoothing on my TV and it makes it look/feel like 60. It gives most people headaches though, I'm told. I can't tell the difference between true 60 & 30 w/ Samsung motion plus, and I don't get the headaches.

Pokenite seems a better title.

Some people hate anything Ubisoft, even just the sight of it. So none of this is surprising at all. I know people who might spit, at just hearing mention of their name.

7 days? That's almost as stingy a trial, as £14.99 is a price.

@Zoidpilot4 I think the showcase will go all guns blazing, but I can still see Starfield stealing all the glory. Game has to hit, but I'm not concerned that it wont. Its Todd Howard and his team. 💪

@Fiendish-Beaver Hey, we might all be able to get augmented like in Cyberpunk anytime now and live till 300. You never know. 🤞🤖

@BleedingDreamer @Fiendish-Beaver Thank you gents, for making me feel young at 45.

I think they'd be fools to drag down the mood by even name dropping Redfall.

@Tharsman Thank you. Done. Or undone. 🤪

I think my sausage fingers just blocked (reported?) Somebody in the thread. Anyone know how I get em back? Cos they gone.

Good game. 8/10

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@themightyant Rock & a hard place for them. Lots of people still like those mechanics and will get rrr's if they're gone.

@Grumblevolcano The reason isnt important though - just the end result. Sony are gambling that their loyalist will all enjoy a few new live services, instead of their traditional diet of SP games. Look at their financials, budgetary emphasis is shifting over there, away from SP.
They'll be alright this gen, is my prediction, and remain market leader. If they haven't got back to SP by the time ps6 comes around, they may struggle with that launch.

@TakeItEasy It's ironic that Sony is pivoting away from single player, just as Xbox look set to go all in. Live services & single player games - I know which one I'd rather play.

Nothing in the article surprised me in the least. I just hope this can be a lesson for the Xbox team going forward. If they learn from it, it may turn out to be a positive further down the road.

@Darylb88 I hope you get at least one semi during the show. 😁

An angry Phil Spencer to stomp on stage and declare GTA 6 is Xbox/ PC only. Then he strides off like Vince McMahon.

@Lester_Bang Sure. Why not? Any excuse.

If saddos want to spend their own money on easy achievement dross games, msft should just let them. Ok so some people have massive gamerscores. And? A quick look at their achievement lists will expose them. If anyone could be bothered to care enough that is.

I voted Phantom pain. Nearly voted MGS 1, but the THAT Fulton system. Never tired of tranqing stuff and watching it zip of into the air.

Just came to moan about GZ & Phantom pain not supporting 4k. Playstation has it, of course.

Another game, like Redfall, that should never been allowed to reach the hands of the public.

Tried it and wasn't impressed sadly. Very disappointed, because I was really willing it to be good.
Felt cheap to me. Like a Focus interactive published game (plague tale exempt). Characters are stiff and poorly animated. Even my wife (not a gamer) said she felt the game looked like throwback to when we had a ps3. Not in looks, but by how the game was presented. Even the voice acting sounded off.
Play this next to RE Village prologue and the comparison is not kind.
I have to applaud them for giving us this taster, but I question the financial sense of doing so. I think it will lose them more sake than it gains.

@Kaloudz Or they're over them?

@BRT15 I can see them joining Xbox one day. Fits the whole "we've always been close" mantra xbox have to studio acquisitions.

One of my all time favourite games - narrative wise at least.
Such a shame I won't be buying the sequel though. Digital only is a d*** move too great to ignore. (Especially after control ult edition & the guff surrounding that on release.)

Thank for the heads up. Will shield my cash from this abomination. 👍