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I think they have in the past, but they usually announce these developer directs and stuff a week or more beforehand.Do they usually do big PR stuff on tuesdays? Maybe we'll get more information then.
You are 15 years too earlyMore like Tencent.
Microsoft wanna be the number 1 in gaming and in order to do that without facing regulatory scrutiny at every turn, they will go full multiplatform and acquire more devs/pubs.
Xbox as a platform will be here. As for their console business, I don't think it will exist as a traditional console like today's hardware.
Call me crazy but that's where I'm currently at. 🫣
If they do acquire another publisher it will most likely be a Japanese publisher.MS setting up things up nicely for the next big acquisition. Bring on more ports I say
No one really "waits" for a port. Its such a ridiculous thing I keep hearing. You buy what you want to buy and then you play whatever fancies your eye in the gazillion games available. Forum nerds are so out of touch with reality its incredible honestly.
I think it's exactly the opposite.No one really "waits" for a port. Its such a ridiculous thing I keep hearing. You buy what you want to buy and then you play whatever fancies your eye in the gazillion games available. Forum nerds are so out of touch with reality its incredible honestly.
I'm also a PC gamer, and the PC gaming community has been "waiting on ports" for as long as I've been alive. It's a thing.No one really "waits" for a port. Its such a ridiculous thing I keep hearing. You buy what you want to buy and then you play whatever fancies your eye in the gazillion games available. Forum nerds are so out of touch with reality its incredible honestly.
Both of you are right …..not everyone are the same and many will wait ….but many will buy it day one too.I think it's exactly the opposite.
There are a lot of games to play, a lot of GaaS/F2P that you can spend hundreds of hours on.
90%-95% are going to wait for the game to come out on the platform that they already own.
Rockstar literally delays the pc port coz they know people will double dip. If someone is REALLY interested in a game, they'll buy the hardware. Only reason not to is budget.I'm also a PC gamer, and the PC gaming community has been "waiting on ports" for as long as I've been alive. It's a thing.
People have waited for games to get released on Steam instead of buying on EGS. People will wait for GTAVI's console exclusivity to end to play it on PC. Etc, etc.
The point is, you dont want to send the message that this will be the way of things moving forward, it's bad marketing.
Rockstar literally delays the pc port coz they know people will double dip. If someone is REALLY interested in a game, they'll buy the hardware. Only reason not to is budget.
I feel like some of you have turned against Spencer, but I am 100% sure this decision wasn't his call.
He wanted all Bethesda games to be exclusive, even after closing ABK he only mentioned that COD would be multiplatform (he didn't say anything about other franchises).
This shit is Tim Stuart and the bean counters who have no idea of the value of a brand, and the damage it can suffer.
They were probably the same ones who doubled the price of Xbox Live Gold at the beginning of the gen.
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Or instead of those bitcoin rando reply guy..
For me, it'll never ever be anything personal against any individual executive, even Stuart or anyone else referred to as a bean counter, but how the corporation's actions will affect me in the long term.I feel like some of you have turned against Spencer, but I am 100% sure this decision wasn't his call.
He wanted all Bethesda games to be exclusive, even after closing ABK he only mentioned that COD would be multiplatform (he didn't say anything about other franchises).
This shit is Tim Stuart and the bean counters who have no idea of the value of a brand, and the damage it can suffer.
They were probably the same ones who doubled the price of Xbox Live Gold at the beginning of the gen.
Uh...what? People wait for ports all the time. That's why companies bother with them. A lot of us were waiting for FFXIV for years and will only be able to play next month.No one really "waits" for a port. Its such a ridiculous thing I keep hearing. You buy what you want to buy and then you play whatever fancies your eye in the gazillion games available. Forum nerds are so out of touch with reality its incredible honestly.
I'll never understand this forum's hopeful wish with wanting Microsoft to acquire Sega, people have been posting it for years and it's tiring seeing it repeated year after year.
I must've played this day one and hallucinated it being a game we asked for over and over.Uh...what? People wait for ports all the time. That's why companies bother with them. A lot of us were waiting for FFXIV for years and will only be able to play next month.
Ori, yescurious was this the same reaction when ori went multiplat and cuphead? I wasnt following at that time
you forgot july : game pass unsustainable & xbox division shut downjanuary: developer direct
february: abk roundtable
march: partner preview
april: xbox going third party
may: xbox hardware is discontinued
june: xbox showcase for pc/mobile/ps5/switch games
They hit the emergency meeting today to put out the good news distraction
Amogus
I must've played this day one and hallucinated it being a game we asked for over and over.
spill it Kobrille, direct closer to Jan 14 or 25?
I feel like some of you have turned against Spencer, but I am 100% sure this decision wasn't his call.
He wanted all Bethesda games to be exclusive, even after closing ABK he only mentioned that COD would be multiplatform (he didn't say anything about other franchises).
This shit is Tim Stuart and the bean counters who have no idea of the value of a brand, and the damage it can suffer.
They were probably the same ones who doubled the price of Xbox Live Gold at the beginning of the gen.
The former, I think. I also think this one has the potential to be even better than last years DD. And I rated that 9/10.
Should have said "the majority" instead of " no one" in my post lol.Uh...what? People wait for ports all the time. That's why companies bother with them. A lot of us were waiting for FFXIV for years and will only be able to play next month.
Blurring the hours/minutes to keep maintaining some anonymity on God's internet, but here.I'm OK with it as long as my $MSFT goes BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR 😎
Show me how much time you spent in it :)
10/10 direct i like the sound of that much better then Xbox going 3rd partyThe former, I think. I also think this one has the potential to be even better than last years DD. And I rated that 9/10.
Should have said "the majority" instead of " no one" in my post lol.
Like Persona or FF fans defacto console is the PS and its why Sony locks (or used to lock) these games down. If you're telling me a Halo/gears/forza/future xbox blockbuster fan will simply buy a switch/ps and wait for its port then I'm sorry but that isn't going to happen.
Hope they do a abk drop on gamepass !The former, I think. I also think this one has the potential to be even better than last years DD. And I rated that 9/10.
Blurring the hours/minutes to keep maintaining some anonymity on God's internet, but here.
I kidna liked a little bit. Just a tiny bit.
And for it to be better then last years it would also need a shadow drop... 👀The former, I think. I also think this one has the potential to be even better than last years DD. And I rated that 9/10.
And for it to be better then last years it would also need a shadow drop... 👀