Back in April of 2006, Roger Ehrenberg over at Yahoo Finance wrote an interesting article on Microsoft's continuing losses in the gaming industry, and still champions some interesting points. After $5.4 billion lost on their Home and Entertainment division between 2001 and 2006, Ehrenberg asks, why is Microsoft still in the gaming business? No matter how you look at it, even if the H&E division saw a tremendous increase in profitability in 2007, meaning they reverse their billion dollar a year loss, it'd still take several years to recoup what they've already spent. Several years just to bring them back to where they were before the original Xbox released.
Virtuos is currently working on a multiplatform Unreal Engine 5 remake, which is rumored to be The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.
I thought they’d go for Morrowind first to be honest but this is a welcoming surprise to tide us over before ES6
Unreal Engine isn't efficient for open world games, so I question the reliability of this story.
Yeah, 1st thing that came to my mind too, although i CAN see it being likely for ease if use, but it's not going to run very well if so
I'd wonder if it would just be exploiting Unreal for graphics but the underlying engine/logic is still the original framework.
Like how we had the graphical remakes of Halo Anniversary, Tomb Raider I-III, and Demon's Souls.
Could also end up a disaster like the GTA Trilogy
"remake will run both an Unreal Engine 5 project and the old Oblivion project. For instance, new graphics are rendered in the Unreal Engine 5 project, but most of the gameplay and physics are still done on the original Oblivion engine"
So with this logic it'll run just fine using UE5 tool sets on top of Gamebryo's engine or maybe even Creation Engine, who knows.
Hopefully modders can fix the aged combart in this game if this is true. Enemies leveling up with you broke and defeated the whole purpose of leveling up.
Yeah it could use some tuning for sure hence the need for a Remake not a Remaster. I'm surprised it's even a conversation within them group which makes me skeptical it's Oblivion. I wouldn't say they shouldn't level up at all though maybe just a leave them a couple levels behind to appease the masses.
Created by Bethesda Softworks, The Elder Scrolls is hailed as one of the most groundbreaking RPG franchises.
As the long-rumored Gears of War Collection looks like it may finally materialize on Xbox, the timing could not be better as Gears 6 and movie news swirls.
(Insert “It should be multi platform if Microsoft investors wants more money” JK here)
All jokes aside congratulations to all the gears fans it will be a blast I remember having fun on the first one on my 360 elite till got RROD and quit Xbox all together but that’s a story for another day.
Congratulations 🎊 🍾 🎉 🎈 🎉 🙏
I'm excited for this just aslong is on the pc also cause I don't have the newest xbox console.
and exactly what I pointed out after that other doofus wrote about how bad MS is financially in the gaming industry.
Its not about money, its about expanding beyond windows.
Its about taking your money in the long run and still having a firm grip on a monopoly without breaking anti trust laws. Smart thinking MS.
it's an Expansion of Windows and gaming.
Well this is a good reason, which couldn't be said any better
"What people forget to realize is Microsoft is first and foremost a PC Software producer/maker .. a huge majority of their money comes from PC software sales of windows/office and other applications. Now if people were to stop PC gaming completely and switch over to consoles and that meant there was no XBOX as an option, not only would MS lose all the revenues associated with selling the new gamer PC and it's software (comes preloaded if not then you still are paying for windows) they would also lose out on the chance of them going to the Xbox.
The first reason MS dipped into the console market was to make sure they protect PC gaming from going under as it provides a big chunk of change to them. For instance look at the successful 360 games and original xbox games as they are also ported to the PC. Also with the announcement of compatibility and interaction of Vista Live gamers with Xbox Live gamers this shows that MS will push PC gaming through its console.
The second reason is because the console gaming market is ever increasing and getting into the market and making themselves a dominant player no matter what the current cost is will eventually lead to large profits. For instance the gaming market is more lucrative then the movie business now .. who would have thought that 10years ago.
There is lots of money in the gaming market and MS realizes that is why they took such losses in stride with the original Xbox. With the 360 however they have created a successful and popular system which will definately make them profits no matter what this writer of this article wants to say."
Make Cents don't it, now make Dollars..
M$ is ALL ABOUT THE MONEY....
I have officially been informed by Microsoft that 9 months is now greater than 12 months!
And people wonder why Bill Gates has BILLIONS! Sh1t, if I could get away with redefining mathematics too I would have Gate's bankroll too! Unbelievable.
I swear to Christ, it feels like being a character in "Goodfellas" by being a 360 owner:
"So now I got Billy (Gates) as a partner. Trouble with finding good games, online service, multimedia options, I can go to Billy. But problem is that now I have to come up with Billy's money every month....'Oh, problems with your 360? fvck you, pay me'....'Oh, 3 rings of death again? fvck you, pay me'...'Oh, someone figured out a way to hack into LIVE accounts and steal information? fvck you, pay me"....'Oh, we redefined the fundementals of mathematics and screwed you out of your warranty? FVCK YOU PAY ME!!!'"
I spent 49 minutes on their customer service lines with "Nick" (the clueless and hopelessly useless account rep) and "Michael" (the worthless and impotent supervisor; who apparently can type about 1,000 words a minute - judging by the constant barrage of keystrokes during our call - but only speak one word per minute; the damn corksucker was probably playing a game while waiting me out!). The long and the short of it was that the best they would offer was a $104 repair bill for my second 360 and then a 12 month repair warranty on the repaired unit.
I kept asking them to explain how a 12 month manufacturer's warranty on the 360 I currently have (manufactured on 7/31/2006 but sent to me in place of my original 360 - which also died and was sent off in the Redmond-bound Coffin for resurrection, err.."repair") could be "exceeded" in 9 months (as of 4/19/2007). They could not provide any answers beyond the "our warranty policy on repairs is for 90 days or the balance of the original warranty only".
What really threw me for a loop was the fact they would not budge from that position even as I broke it down for them by the relevant dates:
First 360 manufactured on 1/5/2006.
First 360 purchased on 3/5/2006.
First 360 malfunctioned on 9/10/2006 and sent for repairs on 9/14/2006.
First 360 replaced with a different unit, instead of repaired, then returned to me on 9/21/2006.
Second 360 manufactured on 7/31/2006.
Second 360 received on 9/21/2006.
Second 360 malfunctioned on 4/19/2007.
Now, I have no idea what the legality of the situation is, but I fail to understand how a manufacturer can offer a 12 month warranty on a product; then instead of repairing a unit under warranty, send out a separate, newer but refurbished unit; and then later claim that the warranty does not apply to the replacement unit because it is beyond the original unit's 12 month period! That kind of assinine logic would hold up perfectly fine - if I had been returned my original XBox 360 when I sent it in for repairs in Sept. 2006. But seeing as they chose to, instead of repairing the original unit, provide a "new" REFURBED unit with a different manufacturing date (but same fundemental design flaw), I don't see how that decision by Microsoft alleviates their responsibility to honor the manufacturer's warranty on their product. I am sure the attonery general for Missouri with have to help me figure that math out because for the life of me I can't do it...
By the end of the call I had had more than enough "I'm sorry's" and "Let me see what I can do's" and just went off. Micheal, the witless mute, got to be the ear on the other end of the line for most of it. (I figured "fvck it"...if they are going to extort another $100 from me to fix something they should fix for free, then one of their poorly paid slaves will just have to take one for the team today.)
Basically told him that there would not be a fourth 360 in my future. If the one they send me next breaks that I would be more than happy to just get by with a PS3 only; and that while I actually like working 360's, it is a shame they (MS) are hell bent on destroying the brand with inept Quality Control practices and piss-poor rationalizations to customers.
Despite all the good things, MS is well on their way to blowing any chances of "winning" their battle with Sony for console market share and that the 360 is quickly becoming synonymous with "Worst. Reliability. Ever." And in addition to MS's already legendary reputation as "GREEDY" they can now add "MALFESCENT" to the list.
The really sad thing is that I KNOW what is causing the problems (design flaw that causes excessive heat-related flexing of the motherboard, in turn causing the solder that holds the heat sink for the CPU and GPU to weaken over time and usage and eventually to crack completely); and that if people on the internet can figure out the problem faster than the MS engineers or accountants, then maybe its time for MS to actually FIRE these dumb azzes.