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General Gaming What do you enjoy doing more in games?
crispy4000 replied to Remarkableriots's topic in The Spawn Point
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. -
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.
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Microsoft Microsoft is no longer making new games for the Xbox One
crispy4000 replied to crispy4000's topic in The Spawn Point
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. -
Microsoft Microsoft is no longer making new games for the Xbox One
crispy4000 replied to crispy4000's topic in The Spawn Point
There are a few big ones left. Armored Core VI, Like a Dragon Gaiden, Assassin's Creed Mirage, Persona 3 Reloaded, Sonic Superstars, etc. -
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.
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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.
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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.
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@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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General Gaming DF Breaksdown the Graphics from Ubisoft Forward
crispy4000 replied to AbsolutSurgen's topic in The Spawn Point
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. -
General Gaming Summer Games Fest Hands-On Impressions & Demos
crispy4000 replied to crispy4000's topic in The Spawn Point