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The Rito power is really useful for getting around, so I’m glad I did it first. Only other I’ve done is Goron so far.

I don't like leaving important places unexplored or notable sidequests incomplete. I don't feel like I've truly seen a game through otherwise. Screw the achievements though.

Sure you can, it's called setting your monitor to 60hz, and enabling half-refresh rate vsync in the NVIDIA control panel. Or take it to the cloud on a potato for the Xbox One console experience.

The same could be said for Sony putting their games on PC now. So it can't actually be that, because the shoe fits the other foot. For me at least, its more about signalling where the games industry is headed. Consoles used to be sold off the back of exclusive killer apps, having the biggest library of notable games, or having a significant difference in power and capability. Today, Sony and Microsoft can't truly claim any of that. This puts a greater emphasis on the price tag, the value of their subscriptions, and scheming to withhold content from the other company's console. So when I question it, its to point to the changing terms of engagement. These big 1st party games used to be developed squarely to prop up one platform. Nowadays you just buy a developer, or a single game contract, to keep games from reaching more people. (ie: Starfield, FFXVI, etc) And we're all supposed to be okay with that because subscription services are relatively cheap for now, cloud gaming is a thing, etc.

Strange quote. Developers were making cross-gen games before this, and were never limited by Series S. So it's quite easy to see ambitions surpassing it as the gen continues, and Series S ports getting worse over time. Few devs will plan around the little box that couldn't. Unless they're targeting a (new) Nintendo handheld or the Deck.

There are a few big ones left. Armored Core VI, Like a Dragon Gaiden, Assassin's Creed Mirage, Persona 3 Reloaded, Sonic Superstars, etc.

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Everything else has been solid or quickly patched to be though.

Unmitigated disaster by 2020 standards is salvageable by 2023 standards.

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Absolutely. The only things PC gamers have to be bitter about is fallout from the crypto boom, and the shoddy state of AAA ports these days, especially UE4 games. Ironically, Sony and Microsoft's ports tend to be among the better ones.

In fairness, Sony's done their share of the same wheeling and dealing over the years. They're also even more coy about it at times, which is bad in its own ways.

Me calling it dumb doesn't imply I care. They're going to call things what they want. The issue is when people feel the word "exclusive" carries much weight for Microsoft/Sony games anymore. IMO, if GPU pricing wasn't totally out of whack today, it would matter for even less. Meanwhile, a Nintendo exclusive or iOS exclusive means you really do have to own their machine.

This isn't just about PC. It's also about Nintendo's platforms. Or if we really want to go there, games like Fantasian on iOS. Microsoft and Sony have both pulled back on hard on what it means to release an exclusive killer app.

That's a dumb marketing term Microsoft made up to draw a distinction. The naming convention itself is problematic: it's not exclusive to console. IMO, we should stop using the term exclusive to describe games that are still releasing on multiple platforms. We should use the term exclusive to mean its on one platform. Or qualify it with 'timed' if we must.

No. XS/PC only. The way Microsoft and Sony have currently chosen to do business is to keep most of their games off competing consoles. While also selling them (or cloud access to them) elsewhere. You don't need to buy a Series S/X to play Starfield.

Not the CMA's reason currently. Sony opposed it because they believed Microsoft could give Xbox owners preferential treatment of the brand, including putting it on Games Pass day one, while charging them a back breaking (and subscription destroying) annual sum for the same parity. There's also the precedent of Zenimax/Bethesda games now not coming to Playstation. Even if MS stuck to their word on CoD, there's still all their other IP, and the muscle of Activision-Blizzards ~10k employee enterprise, that could be leveraged against them.

@Remarkableriots "Ecosystem exclusivity" is a questionable concept to begin with, especially with how fast and loose Microsoft plays it. They're putting their games on competing services, including those that will run Microsoft's games on Linux and Linux-based portables. Even if the OS actually mattered, and we ignore how Microsoft has cornered that market, they're also making their own games playable on Google's and Apple's OS's now via the cloud. @Keyser_Soze "As far as console games go, it is exclusive" is sort of like saying "as far as portable gaming goes, it is exclusive." With the same mental gymnastics, you could categorize most games on the Switch as an exclusive of some form. So, if we don't take the time and care to qualify that for Nintendo, why should we insist on doing it for Sony/Microsoft, who actually do port their games elsewhere? If this industry made any sense, no game with a PC port would be considered an exclusive. We should also be qualifying all of Sony's modern games as PS5-first releases for "12, 18 or 24 months." XS/PC only. PS5/PC only. That should be the naming convention.

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It’s so easy to get distracted, sometimes you just know that you’ll keep going and don’t have the time for it. I’ve been playing in sort of a handheld game play pattern. Do one or two random things in it, take care of other real life chores, then come back to it, etc.

Ubisoft forward was truly great this year IMO. One of the most gameplay forward showcases we've seen from an AAA publisher on the whole.