Mikami directed the original and his studio is owned by Bethesda, but Sega owns the IP.
I'm completely clueless as well, but hopefully it's true.
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Mikami directed the original and his studio is owned by Bethesda, but Sega owns the IP.
I'm completely clueless as well, but hopefully it's true.
The hardware Ms said they had to put on Xbone was to read the texture formats, it can be done in software but it's slower.
The cpu also has some customizations but that sounds more like adding instructions for translating virtual addresses to jaguar, again for performance reasons (and most desktop cups already has instructions like that)
Does he have any credibility? I mean he's said Nier Automata is coming to Switch - my favourite game of last year which also happened to run like absolute dog shit on PS4 Pro and at a paltry 1080p, all despite the basic graphics. I've no idea how a Switch version would be possible on that basis which makes me question him somewhat.From his Discord:
Should someone make a new thread for this?
Hmm, on one hand I want to agree, but on the other I want to disagree. I would love a Vanquish sequel.
Constant framerate stutters, major slowdown in areas, servere pop in, and literally 1080p on the Pro. The PC port is a mess too. I don't see how they're getting that running on Switch, that's all. Anyway, that's OT, just questioning his credibility as a result.
Come on guys. I highly doubt MS would want a sequel to a not super well known game and not own the IP
Oh man, my respect for the man would definitely increase if he can convince Sega to bring Yakuza over to Xbox. There really is no reason the system is missing out on some of these Japanese games and Yakuza being one of them. Of course there's no guarantee it will be a success like MHW was but man I'd love it.
Imagine them announcing all available Yakuza games in one collection for Xbox One at E3, I'd really dig that. But it's best not to get my hopes up. Chances of this not happening at all are just as big as it actually happening.
The question is: why would Sega be into it, and why would they want to make it exclusive? Not like Bayonetta 2 set the world on fire in terms of sales, and the original was bigger than Vanquish 1.
Last gen we had a leak that showed that Sony had a exclusive deal for Yakuza.
It's very likely even new games are still on contract.
You know, the idea of Game Pass games devaluing physical releases doesn't sound half bad. Either way a great price point!
Cool, more interested now. Not dropping 60$ on eurojank (if the game plays like the first game).
If we don't get some official info on the game early this week then I think the way that MS have handled news for SoD2 is baffling.
I literally said "hmmmmmmmm" lol. I have no idea what the tweet means, nor did i express an opinion either way.
That being said, it's interesting to think about and speculate.
I'm not sure I'm understanding how Gamepass would make projects like this more likely. Not questioning you specifically. I've just been seeing this thought from a lot of people recently.
In theory, it lowers risk because there are other games bearing some as well.
It helps them create these games as episodic. They can add more levels, etc through Gamepass making these games more successful than before.
Well posting Jez's tweet made it come across that way, either way I still think people are reading into it way too much. This would mean MS is charging less for this game than Recore, when SOD2 costs a hell of a lot more to make. Gamepass wouldn't make a difference because that gap in price benefits MS, the perceived value is there for that reason. The dev cost means it doesn't make sense for MS to charge £25/$35, SOT also had similar price changes before it got a date. I wouldn't be surprised if this was just Amazon price matching GAME, other retailers in the UK haven't price changed. Other countries also haven't price changed, so two retailers one of which prices matches. Makes me think this is probably nothing, it could simply be that Game is trying to move units. Which I wouldn't be surprised about, considering they haven't shown or marketed it much I doubt pre-orders are great.
It happened a lot with SOT, in the end it was nothing. SOT even went as low as €25, people read into it and it ended up being nothing.
Sea of Thieves was listed for $40 CAD up here at the majority of retailers for at least a year before settling on $80. Wouldn't be surprised if it's a similar case for SoD2.
If Microsoft does not personally call every Internet CEO who plays on message boards and social media then one can only conclude that it is the worst news in the history of Earth.
I was just thinking about this well listening to the latest unlocked and discussed what remedy could be doing...
Wouldn't a sequel to Alan wake with broken up episodes ala telltale games be the absolute perfect thing to launch into a service like gamepass...
Wouldn't a sequel to Alan wake with broken up episodes ala telltale games be the absolute perfect thing to launch into a service like gamepass...
Absolutely, but it won't happen and I don't wanna have faith in some kind of AW2, because it hurt so much.
Remedy are amazing, but they are a but slow , and you will need at least 2 episodes each year to keep players interested.
The Vanquish sequel is believable. The 'exclusive' part isn't
why not? Afterall it's a niche game that could benefit of a xbox exclusivity deal (initial funding, marketing push, gamepass etc..)
I really hope this week is the week we get State of Decay 2 information. By what Major Nelson said about Game Pass game announcement early this week, we can expect to get March Game Pass information either today or tomorrow (more likely Tuesday because from the past 5 months, 4 of them were announced on Tuesday with only January being announced on a Monday).
Maybe backwards compatibility Xbox 360 announcement on Thursday? Maybe a State of Decay 2 announcement on Wednesday (last day of February)? They said Microsoft is letting them show more information "in February" on the Discord back at the end of January but February is running out of time so maybe not. It would either have to be today, tomorrow or Wednesday and I don't see them making it on the same day as March Game Pass announcement, leaving only two days.
Maybe backwards compatibility Xbox 360 announcement on Thursday? Maybe a State of Decay 2 announcement on Wednesday (last day of February)? They said Microsoft is letting them show more information "in February" on the Discord back at the end of January but February is running out of time so maybe not. It would either have to be today, tomorrow or Wednesday and I don't see them making it on the same day as March Game Pass announcement, leaving only two days.
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Disagree. If there the game or something about the game has a negative side I want to know about it.
It would be great if MS announces a new game in partnership with Sega that nobody sees coming. MS's shows can really do with some unexpected surprises. Hopefully their whole show doesn't leak beforehand though.
I can understand the worries about SoD2 though. We've heard and seen so very little of it and now the possibility that it's not full priced is unexpected. Hopefully it doesn't mean all that much. Then again, the first one wasn't full priced, was it? On the other hand the price could just be an error.
I can understand the worries about SoD2 though. We've heard and seen so very little of it and now the possibility that it's not full priced is unexpected. Hopefully it doesn't mean all that much. Then again, the first one wasn't full priced, was it? On the other hand the price could just be an error.
It will. It does every single year.
In 2016, NerdLeaks leaked the entire conference lineup 3 hours before Microsoft's conference started. It was very detailed and was the entire 90 minute lineup in order of things that were shown.
In 2017, if I recall correctly, some Indian site leaked art for Ori and the Will of the Wisps like 2 hours before the conference was scheduled to start.
And considering in January of 2018, we continuously got leaks of basically every project Microsoft Studios is working on including even next gen stuff, I think it's safe to say Microsoft has not fixed the leaks.
As for the second quote, a price error on multiple retailers? I don't think so. Amazon first changed it to $30 and then like 3 other retailers changed it to $30.
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Sure but a poor reveal or messaging when a game isn't ready to be revealed or hasn't got it's messaging clear can be disastrous. Better to not share anything until everything is in order.
LOL. Is that a reference to when Phil Spencer was asked "What do you think about your entire E3 conference being leaked?" and he replied a shrug?
State of Decay 2 is 50 pounds at GAME now.
https://www.game.co.uk/en/m/state-of-decay-2-2034373
Is this enough to satisfy the drama queens or do we need a few more days worrying about how the sky is falling?
https://www.game.co.uk/en/m/state-of-decay-2-2034373
Is this enough to satisfy the drama queens or do we need a few more days worrying about how the sky is falling?
I'm not worried about State of Decay, the behind the scenes impressions at E3 were glowing.
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