IGN: "Welcome back to Next-Gen Console Watch. This week Daemon is joined by Podcast Unlocked's Ryan McCaffrey, and Podcast Beyond's Jada Griffin. The topic: Xbox finally has some first-party games coming this year, and it surprisingly looks more promising than the PS5's 2024 offerings."
With Microsoft closing studios, fewer new exclusive releases are expected for Xbox.
Not sure it ever was. It's upside was day 1 releases from 1st party. Few and far between plus it is just a rental service where you don't pick. It is fairly cheap for now that's a bonus. I think the beat deal in gaming is gamesale on reddit , and watching amazon
"Suddenly", my gosh are people so slow on the uptake.
I've been saying this for years, its just a rental service nothing special, and you don't get to pick what the rental catalogue is nor how long it lasts. Anything can be taken away from you on a whim, even while you keep paying.
You know what the best deal in gaming is? BUY your games on disc / cart, OWN THEM, play them as much as you want, and no one can take them away from you.
Tapes and cartridges from the 80's still work to this day, and people can still enjoy them without having to pay any additional fees. That sounds like a far better deal than a corporate rental service.
This. Playing xenogears on my OG PS1 right now. Just got to Dazil and have most deathblows learnt but not accesible due to my level. What makes it bearable on a 4K tv is a AV to HDMI upscaler. Obviously has limits but good enough for me. No worries of the game being removed from a service too.
That's the whole point of renting... you rent, you play, you buy your own copy if you feel the need. What GP is doing is no different than the blockbuster or hollywood videos or every mom and pop rental shop. And people would buy their own copies if they liked what they rented.
I'll probably download 4 of the games they announced coming today over the next month for £9. Seems ok to me.
But then, I tend to play single player games and i rarely revisit so a "rental service" suits me. Pretty much everything I play on PS is via PS+ extra.
It was always overrated. It only ever appealed to a certain subset of gamers anyways, which are the type who don’t care about owning games and are content to just experience them once and move on…or people who wanted to play CoD without buying it. It never seemed that glamorous to me, and I’m not at all surprised it has turned out to be unsustainable for MS.
Cyberpunk 2077 has come a long way from being one of the worst games on the planet to being one of the best ones.
Jurassic World Evolution 2 player? We're not sure much will appeal more than the Jurassic World Evolution 2: Park Manager’s Collection Pack
I know there probably talking about 1st party but in general
No lol, ff7 rebirth is the best thing coming out this year that we know of. Silent hill 2 remake is probably gonna be better then xboxs offerings. Also take into account all the jrpgs coming put that xbox probably won't get.
I'm also sure sonys got a surprise or two up it's sleeve, as well as xbox.
Hasn’t been true in the last 11 years so I don’t know why this year would be any different, In fact,
They are not exclusives since they are also coming to PC. And the time that most people only have a console at home and not also a gaming pc are over. At least here in Europe its pretty standard. Looking forward to play (watch) Hellblade II when its out.
I feel like this happens every year, from how MS is going to dominate, smoke Sony, sell more systems, GP subs going to skyrocket or something along those lines.