Placing any kind of value on metascores is an instant L as far as I'm concerned.
Well, a game based on it is coming out in February, so definitely not a lie. But yeah, it took almost an entire gen to take off, so it looks like it was more complex than they thought. But next gen they could start using it in a bigger way.
Yeah, I have no intention of watching The Game Awards. I'll just catch the trailers/announcements later.
Switch has shown that many people want to take their games with them wherever they go. That's xCloud. You're playing Below on your XBO, then continue it on your tablet whilst you're on your lunch break at work.
Think about this way: you're a console gamer. You stay at home and play your Xbox games on your nice fancy TV. Then you have to go out of town, for business or personal reasons or what have you. Now you can bring your games with you without having to box up your console. It's essentially just a Nintendo Switch, except instead of building a portable device, Microsoft is leveraging the ones you already own.
Exactly people thinking they are going to be able to play Halo Infinite on Nintendo Switch are dreaming. I get Xbox, PC, Phones and Smart TV's but I don't think MS wants to release their games on PS4 and Switch, nor would those platforms would allow that.
its not going on PS, they dont even allow EA Access.
Nothing to see there. I'm just pretty sure Xbox wouldn't hype DMC V news.
That's the thing. I don't think the majority of people are going to want to do that. It'll have its niche sure but I just don't see it being the go-to.
What an amazing article. Everyone should give this a read.
For most of us on this forum will always choose a dedicated device (Console, PC, or Handheld) to play our games on. Xcloud and other streaming services are targeting the rest of the world. Countries in Asia as an example, or just casual gamers that have no interest in building their own PC, or buying a $500 console.
This was definitely a favor called in by Microsoft to get studios that are on the fence interested in acquisition talks.
My full answer to that, I had back in February: https://www.thurrott.com/forums/mic...ltiplayer-paywall-why-i-think-it-will-go-away
I think we'll get three tiers that will be tied to both xCloud and Game Pass.
Nope. Microsoft is marketing Game Pass, not some weird tier of Xbox Live Gold. Game Pass would be the only thing that makes sense to have tiers. Their tiers will be basic 1080p streaming/1user and a higher tier that have multiple users and higher quality streaming. Everything revolves around Game Pass. Xbox Live Gold is the old archaic model that was focused on consoles. Microsoft is focused on Game Pass and users getting into Game Pass on any device.
This makes the most since BT I think they're more than likely merge both services into something like Xbox live gamepass
I would be very surprised if Microsoft differentiated price by resolution or number of users. I know Netflix does that, but there's a lot more to consider in gaming. I don't see Microsoft allowing multiple people to stream on one account. It becomes a logistical nightmare to have multiple gamer-tags tied to one account. Plus, I'm not sure Microsoft is going to want four people sharing one Game Pass account and everyone having their own gamertag in that account.
No different to how they have multiple people on an Office 365 account that is a higher tier. They already went through those logistics. People already gameshare and microsoft gets NO money from that. Might as well make it easier and get some benefit from paying a couple more dollars a month. ;)
Of course not. Cloud services, including compute services are a massive, massive business.
