I get it. Having to sign in to games sucks. Some consoles games have this too, and it affects my review of those games. No game can be 10/10 when it adds this kind of frustration.
The Xbox brand will live for the games. I don’t expect Microsoft to entirely drop out of gaming hardware. They make Surface tablets and laptops. They’ll make Xbox branded hardware for those that want it.
“shamelessly”
These are giant corporations, not Renaissance painters.
This is a myth. People are so focused on big open world AAA games and live service that they don’t pay attention to AA games and indie games. Even a mediocre shooter like Immortals of Aveum would have been par for the course in 2010. Now it’s an also ran at launch. Even a game like Alan Wake 2 has trouble selling. If there is a drought of new releases, why aren’t people buying this game?
Microsoft has all but said they are exiting the Xbox hardware business. I can see them selling Xboxes like they sell Surface laptops, quietly. For Microsoft, the real money is in the software, and if they sell games on PS5, Steam Deck, and your smart TV, they make money.
“Putting games on PC because you are taking data analytic advice from Microsoft ”
Sony is putting games on PC because the market for people who spend $2000 on a gaming PC is different from the market that spends $500 on a gaming console. Also consider that consoles are sold at a loss. Sony probably makes more from selling Sony published gamed to PC owners than selling consoles to PC owners who would only use them play those games.
What shinoff2183 said. Xbox’s marketing was so good that this “best deal in gaming” mantra took over reality. Epic Game Store Freebies on PC are the absolute best deal in gaming. PS+ for PS4 and PS5 have always been a better deal than Game Pass because PS+ has always cost less per month. And of course there has been the problem of Microsoft failing to deliver quality titles to Game Pass. When the games you want to play aren’t on Game Pass, then Game Pass is not a good deal.
Xbox isn’t a separate company from Microsoft. It’s all Microsoft.
“who doesnt have a PSN account now”
Over 7 billion people.
Damn. A lot of folks really want to be lord of their manor.
Meaningless stat unless you tell us how many people you know.
The raids are one of the reasons I quit Destiny. You stand in a circle and shoot at a triangle on a wall, have to restart a half dozen times, and then hope the random reward blesses you. Then you realize you aren’t’ having fun but instead are doing a lot of work for nothing. Back when Destiny was at its peak population, trophy data showed that less than 5% of players ran the raid.
Great game. It didn’t have anything special that would push it from 8/10 to 10/10. Maybe if the story elements offered up choices or if the weapons to fight hordes came sooner. A sequel could have built upon it.
“I feel bad for people who brought a series s”
Me too, which is why I constantly tell people not to buy it.
“It's what they've been conditioning ppl for years now.”
They really haven’t. Almost a year ago, Phil brought up the specter of going third party in an interview with the Kinds Funny podcast. Definitely not heard and people are definitely not conditioned to see the Xbox logo on a PlayStation game.
Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.
PS5 upgrades for PS4 games on PS+ are hit and miss. The reason is usually that publisher doesn’t want to hand out free upgrades. Sometimes they offer the upgrade upfront, sometimes they are bullied into it, and sometimes they offer it later in a special edition that Sony buys for PS+. It looks here like Bethesda’s intent was to raise the profile of Fallout 4 (and sell some DLC) so I expect we will see an update for PS+ versions soon.
Trevor in GTA 6 is a sadist and psychopath who dabbles in cannibalism. Should be top of the list. These game “news” sites should hire people that know games.
I would love to see accessibility change automatically based on my actual reaction times. I like that Spider-Man 2 and Ghostrunner have a slow mo modes. Let me age gracefully.
CoD on GamePass will hurt physical sales on PC and Xbox. So the question is how will Microsoft get that money back. The answer is microtransactions.