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Is Xbox Game Pass Running Out of Steam?

Following shocking job cuts at Xbox, Microsoft's ability to maintain both Xbox Game Pass and their massive acquisitions comes into question.

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Petebloodyonion15d ago

I think that one of Microsoft's biggest mistakes is their lack of marketing toward their games including Game Pass.
Netflix is the biggest subscription service at the moment and you still often see advertisements for Netflix.

On the other hand, MS seems incapable of paying some YouTube ads for Gamepass.

Jingsing15d ago

You're kidding right? Microsoft advertised the hell out of Game Pass and got nearly every game journalist to praise it. None of it was enough to convince most people.

Petebloodyonion15d ago

You're totally right!

I guess that must mean Sony is the biggest idiot here since they are running, Tv ads, Youtube ads, and movie ads for games like Final Fantasy 7, Spider-Man2, Tlou part2 remasters, etc when Gamespot, IGN, etc are always gushing over these games.
Whose idiotic idea was it to make sure that I know that the TLOU series is on HBO?
As a matter of fact, why does Disney run commercials on TV for the next big Disney movie?

Kyizen15d ago

MS will have to choose, Xbox hardware sales or Gamepass. With Gamepass being tied to Xbox hardware and the sales being so low they aren't going to get more subs unless they go cloud (Via dongles), on Nintendo or Sony machines. They can still make Xbox's maybe put timed GP games on it but they expect sales of GP when hardware sales are so low.

anast14d ago

They've already chosen. They are going cloud streaming and mobile.

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Kingdom Come Deliverance 2's Scope Was Impacted by Xbox Series S Limitations

Wccf tech writes: "Kingdom Come Deliverance 2's scope was impacted by the Xbox Series S hardware limitations, as developers could only make a game that was 25% bigger than its predecessor."

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-Foxtrot3h ago

This is the issue with things like this

Xbox Series X is apparently to MS the worlds most powerful console

However the Series S is obviously a limitation because it’s underpowered and developers have to go for parity.

So what’s the point of the world’s most powerful console if you are holding third party developers back? They aren’t going to push themselves if they have to think about the weakest console.

The issue wouldn’t be as bad if it was just Xbox but you are also affecting the PS version aswell

I think developers need to start just taking advantage of a console and if one of them can’t do X Y and Z then f*** them…why should the others suffer. What’s MS going to do? The bigger the franchise the least chance MS are going to tell them to f*** off. Baulders Gate 3 seemed to have stood their ground and suddenly their “strict” parity rule didn’t really matter. We suddenly got super optimisation efforts for the Series S that got things sorted.

LucasRuinedChildhood4h ago

More info from the author of the article, I think: https://www.reddit.com/r/ki...

Quote:
"1) I was told this info from the producer of the game Martin Klíma.
2) He specifically said the game will have only one mode.
3) And this mode is 4K 30 on PS5/XSX and 1440p 30 on XSS.
4) He said that the game is already running north of the 30 FPS cap so the performance should be stable on launch, much better than KCD1.
5) The limitation was XSS because of the 10GB memory. He said that's why they wanted to make the game 25% larger.
6) Speculation on my part: the output resolution is probably upscaled and the reason why there won't be a 60 FPS mode is because it'll most likely be very CPU heavy, like Dragon's Dogma 2 for example."

Doesn't seem like they're adding a 40fps mode on PS5/Series X for launch even if they can handle it.

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Celebrate the Diablo Anniversary with March of the Goblins

Come celebrate the 1-year anniversary of Diablo IV and the 2-year anniversary of Diablo Immortal! There are heaps of rewards to mark these celebrations with a bounty of devilish goods across both games.

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anast5h ago

This game is about to get buried by Path 2.

LordoftheCritics4h ago

Still no global chat or group finder.

The emptiest MP game ever made.

OtterX3h ago

1 more month then I can celebrate 1 year since i stopped playing and uninstalled the game.

Walalon2h ago

We are on the same team brother!

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Tales of the Shire Stands at a Fork in the Road Regarding Magic

Tales of the Shire has many hurdles to jump to live up to the J.R.R. Tolkien masterpiece, and magical elements might be its most pertinent one.

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