Milennia

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I'll take it, rough part of the year for school stuff but at least about 2 weeks later I could hit the game full time
 

Neural

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As I said in the XGS thread I'd be very surprised if this was true, I can't see them skipping Black Friday. But if true, it means they're really trying to take advantage of every single hour of development possible, which is a bit worrying.
 

Potterson

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"Campaign release date"? Am I missing something? The game will launch with SP and multiplayer, right?
 

Jogi

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As I said in the XGS thread I'd be very surprised if this was true, I can't see them skipping Black Friday. But if true, it means they're really trying to take advantage of every single hour of development possible, which is a bit worrying.
While true, I can't see them releasing it a couple weeks after Forza either.
 

Cranster

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If this is true, can anyone from 343i who reads this consider moving it up to the 6th for my birthday?
 

darthbob

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Interesting it isn't November, but given how the game's dev is going, not quite surprised it's practically pushed to last minute of 2021.
 

Streusel

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apparently a taiwanese shopping site shows the same date, according to gamingleaks reddit
 

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Hopefully we get the official release and the date for the next flight at ONL.

Techland punching the air right now lol.
 

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Strange, thought they would want it out for Black Friday.

I guess this is only a rumour.

November seems more likely to me.
 

MrCibb

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So that's Dying Light 2 and Infinite launching within a day of each other. That's going to be a good Christmas.
 

Helix

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seems as though they are really reaching to get it out in 2021.
 

Yuntu

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As I said in the XGS thread I'd be very surprised if this was true, I can't see them skipping Black Friday. But if true, it means they're really trying to take advantage of every single hour of development possible, which is a bit worrying.

Outside of Nintendo with Pokemon which first party game usually aims for Black Friday?
 

Alexious

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I can't really find this listing anywhere though, unless they removed it as quickly as lightning itself.
 

Ales34

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As I said in the XGS thread I'd be very surprised if this was true, I can't see them skipping Black Friday. But if true, it means they're really trying to take advantage of every single hour of development possible, which is a bit worrying.
The game is on Gamepass. Multiplayer is free. I can't see Infinite doing huge numbers even on Black Friday, so I don't think it matters. There's Forza Horizon 5 to sell on Black Friday anyway.
 

Mr.Deadshot

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The game is on Gamepass. Multiplayer is free. I can't see Infinite doing huge numbers even on Black Friday, so I don't think it matters. There's Forza Horizon 5 to sell on Black Friday anyway.
Aren't Microsoft games topping the Steam charts regularly? I wouldn't underestimate the power of Steam in the PC space here. There are a lot of people that still prefer owning over renting a game. And Game Pass on PC in general is a bit shit.
 

Ales34

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Aren't Microsoft games topping the Steam charts regularly? I wouldn't underestimate the power of Steam in the PC space here. There are a lot of people that still prefer owning over renting a game. And Game Pass on PC in general is a bit shit.
I'm sure it'll sell well on Steam, but it'll sell well on Steam regardless of whether it's Black Friday or not.
 

ez123

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This has been my hope since Horizon 5 date was announced. Give your premier games at least a month before putting out the next one.
 

Mr.Deadshot

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I'm sure it'll sell well on Steam, but it'll sell well on Steam regardless of whether it's Black Friday or not.
Yeah, this is right. Might even be featured in the Christmas sales for a few % off or something like that to encourage people even more to buy it. Let's just hope it launches in an acceptable state.
This has been my hope since Horizon 5 date was announced. Give your premier games at least a month before putting out the next one.
What are the next big AAA MS releases after these two? Everything seems years away and that poor showing yesterday didn't give me much hope that this will change soon.
 

Ales34

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Yeah, this is right. Might even be featured in the Christmas sales for a few % off or something like that to encourage people even more to buy it. Let's just hope it launches in an acceptable state.

What are the next big AAA MS releases after these two? Everything seems years away and that poor showing yesterday didn't give me much hope that this will change soon.
Redfall next Summer and Starfield in November. Possibly Forza Motorsport at some point next year. STALKER 2 is a timed exclusive with a Day One launch on Gamepass in April.
 

Neural

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Why is that worrying?
Because it means development is in a such shape that they need to take advantage of even two weeks of dev time to present it in a better shape. After the recent features cut, this doesn't paint a very bright picture. Let's hope everything will be fine.

The game is on Gamepass. Multiplayer is free. I can't see Infinite doing huge numbers even on Black Friday, so I don't think it matters. There's Forza Horizon 5 to sell on Black Friday anyway.
Outside of Nintendo with Pokemon which first party game usually aims for Black Friday?
Xbox first parties have historically always launched before BF. It's a huge day to sell not only games but also bundles, limited/collector editions, merchandise and so on.
 
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T0kenAussie

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What are the next big AAA MS releases after these two? Everything seems years away and that poor showing yesterday didn't give me much hope that this will change soon.
Q1 - stalker 2
Q2- Redfall
Q3- ???? Maybe forza 8 and death loop
Q4- Starfield

they also have all those indie and second party deals announced at e3 for gamepass

we also get age 4 this October iirc

surprises which have been announced and could dropped next year but are most likely 2023: avowed, fable, Indianna Jones
 

ShinAmano

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Because it means development is a such shape that they need to take advantage of even two week of dev time to present it in a better shape. After the recent features cut, this doesn't paint a very bright picture. Let's hope everything will be fine.



Xbox first parties have historically always launched before BF. It's a huge day to sell not only games but also bundles, limited/collector editions, merchandise and so on.
Yeah, they will miss out on all those bundles and console sales...you know...all those consoles just sitting on shelves waiting to be sold. This is a non issue.
 

T0kenAussie

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Xbox first parties have historically always launched before BF. It's a huge day to sell not only games but also bundles, limited/collector editions, merchandise and so on.
there's not enough chips for them to even spin up a limited edition run of shells, halo merch has been selling since last year iirc