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Windows Central: The Switch Ports of "Games like Ori and the Blind Forest and Cuphead" May be Test-Cases for Microsoft's Third Party Xbox Live SDK
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They describe themselves as having a first party relationship with MIcrosoft (I recall Gennadiy Korol saying as much to Shacknews at E3) but they are an independent studio through and through.
It's public knowledge they are not owned by any larger entity and Thomas Mahler has repeatedly said that they intend to remain that way on this very site.
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I'd totally double-dip on Cuphead. Especially since it's getting that DLC expansion.
I hate to spell it out for you, but I'm pretty sure that neither Microsoft or Nintendo give a damn about Banjo. If Smash gets an MS rep, it's probably going to be someone who isn't hilariously irrelevant.
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I wonder how many people were saying that about Crash a couple years ago...
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I think MCC would be way too big of a project for proving out Xbox Live support if that's what these games are supposed to do. Something like KI would be my guess.
Oh yeah no I agree, I'm just thinking for later down the line, Switch can run those games for sure (well probably not 2A as is)
These are tests I can abide by.
Would certainly buy both (In this case double dip on Ori) if they came for Switch!
Would certainly buy both (In this case double dip on Ori) if they came for Switch!
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I think they'll just keep that stuff to xCloud rather than do big ports down the road if this is just for testing things out (especially looking at the scale of the games we know about). It sure would be neat to see how a 30fps MCC port would compare against a 60fps xCloud stream though.
Can't see it being Chief. His guns are too close to real guns.
You are the perfect example of why this works.
You would never consume anything from them if not for this. Now you might.
And if you build a library there's a chance you may invest on a Xbox or a pc to upgrade the visuals and the performance of the games on your library.
Either way, it is a win for them.
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It does raise the immediate question of why would I buy an Xbox console by itself when I can play Nintendo games AND Xbox games on Switch?
Sure you could work around it, but Smash is all about depicting characters and all their iconic attributes. Removing the battle rifle and the pistol would be not doing him properly.
Also he's kind of a dull character anyway, with not much personality (which is fine in Halo since it's not really about having an interesting character). I don't think he'd make a good smash character.
You're playing Metal Gear wrong if shooting guns is the main thing you're doing.
Edit: And Snake has way more personality.
Also he's kind of a dull character anyway, with not much personality (which is fine in Halo since it's not really about having an interesting character). I don't think he'd make a good smash character.
You're playing Metal Gear wrong if shooting guns is the main thing you're doing.
Edit: And Snake has way more personality.
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If steaming is what you're OK with than you're golden without the console. Microsoft just wants you tied into their services regardless if you made them lose/gain money in selling you a console or not.
Yup all the sites seem super confident in it, they were just waiting for someone to break the story first
I'm so sad they've all ruined the megaton announcement out of nowhere though
like ERA servers would just die for a week or so
yeah that would certainly be preferred. I have my doubts Nintendo would agree to that though. They would want money from a game purchase or game subscription.
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That they are coming but the purpose for their development was to serve as testing for the Xbox Live SDK for Switch.
People who are onboard with big publisher's big games being on Switch are apparently not all that harmed by a definitive performance downgrade.
I'm putting this idea in the same category as porting. Let's see how these potential Xbox titles turn out on Switch.