Game Releases w/Metacritic scores of new acquired studios from 2020 onward
Deathloop- 88
Psychonauts 2- 87
Ghostwire Tokyo- 75
Grounded- 82
Pentiment 86
Hifi Rush- 87
Minecraft Legends- 71
Redfall- 63
Basically, Arkane had a misfire and we're all panicking
So let me get this straight
-Xbox owns Bethesda
-Xbox is going to own Activision
-Xbox is going to own Blizzard
-Xbox has EA Play on Game Pass
-Xbox has Ubisoft Plus coming to their console exclusively
What can Sony do exactly do?
Friends, Gamers, Xbonites...
It is with a heavy heart I inform you that
@SuperPodshots
Lenwood Henegan aka KorXKalEl, creator of TiC Podcast has passed
Kal did a lot for this community and took the first step that inspired us to make this community legit. RIP my friend..
I'm not one to dogpile on a guy for his opinions, but maybe we shouldnt care about Dan Stapleton's tastes? According to Dan, these games are better than Starfield
ME Andromeda- 7.7
Just Cause 4- 7.9
Watchdogs Legion- 8
Rage 2- 8
Watchdogs 2- 8.5
Batman Arkham Knight- 9.2
Wait a minute, I may not care for Troy Baker, but he does a great impression of Harrison Ford for Indiana Jones.
Dudes are turning on him because he's working on a Xbox exclusive? I've never seen people be so outspoken against him till now (evidence below)
We are witnessing what happens when competition dies.
If Xbox no longer provides a viable alternative for the "high end console market" we can see here what happens. Sony will increase prices while offering no more value. They didn't even migrate Funimation purchases over
Guys, Game Rant has been dropping articles like this to illicit rage from the Xbox fans each weekend for months
Just don't click it
Game Rant is in a bad financial position right now and they desperately need traffic. They're internally competing w/ Screen Rant & losing
Take this with a grain of salt, but a source dropped a little nugget my way.
Sony wasn't planning on Series X being $500. They really were banking on $600 so they could match then undercut by $50 with the PS5 Digital. The talks this weekend are serious. Dont count on $400 PS5D
The UK CMA has published the official Sony response about the ABK acquisition.
It's pretty much a comical read about all the industry practices Sony has been doing for 20+ years and why Xbox shouldn't be allowed to do the same.
Document:
I just figured we needed some perspective on this. Arkane tried making new title, branching out to different avenues, and it launched in a buggy state. Let 'em learn from the experience. Give feedback
It's not the end of Xbox, but I think it's important to learn
✅Yakuza coming to Xbox Game Pass (and Sony didnt stop it)
✅Death Stranding coming to PC
✅Sony opens up Minecraft for PS4 crossplay using Xbox Live
✅Sony developing MLB the Show for Xbox and other platforms
I never thought I'd say it, but I think I like Jim Ryan...
So here's the full context of that clip that's floating around of Phil saying
#Xbox
can't turn things around by just shipping better games
TLDR; it's naive to think just better games is going to make people sell their PS5 & buy Xbox. Console markets dont work like in the 90's
Sony says MS making CoD exlcusive would force people to have to buy an Xbox. Which is hilarious because thats how exclusives work. If I want to play God of War, I have to pay 480 for an equivalent PS5
This is insane. Remember, this is the same company that took funds from MS intended for Scalebound, repeatedly missed deadlines, used that money on other projects, then let MS take the bad PR.
Source:
The real reason you are seeing journalists refuse to report the details of the Insomniac hack is because they dont want to jeopardize their standing with Sony to the point they no longer get press releases.
Game's media has grown to rely on these press releases more than water🧵
For the guys who are talking about how the protagonist for Fable looks ugly...
1) Are you really that down bad that you need to get horny for videogame characters?
2) Have you even met a woman before?
3) It's based on a fictional Brittain. She looks average
For those of you who didnt know him, Len was the type of dude who had big ambitions and the drive to get it done. He loved his kids, his comics/anime, and he loved Xbox. For many, he was an inspiration for the xbox community
I'm going to try and be brief and explain this as best I can. I hope
@_Tom_Henderson_
sees this
Back at the 2013 Xbox launch, many of the Xbox community felt underrepresented as the media (generally speaking) was perceived as pro PS4 and anti-XB1. So as a result...🧵
Look, I'm an Xbox guy.
But, excuses dont solve problems. Excuses provide explanations but they are not a free pass. As consumers, we've all heard the covid excuse and yeah we understand, but companies worked around that. Do better
To those criticizing Phil Spencer for the Starfield & Redfall delays, please consider:
1. Can YOU lead & manage 1 of the biggest brands in the world with hundreds of staff & moving pieces?
2. The pandemic has affected EVERYONE
3. Slow & steady wins the race
4. He's only human
Dear Gaming Industry.
Please never make us have to do this Summer Game Fest ever again. Either bring back E3 or limit it to just 1 month. This was ridiculous
Sincerely, Tired Gamers 😒
@tomwarren
So the way I'm reading this, Jim wanted Microsoft to put all Activision titles on Playstation in perpetuity and then discuss doing the same for Bethesda?
Sony seems to believe that Indie devs will be hurt by the deal because CoD on Game Pass would make it harder for indie devs to negotiate for their games on Game Pass
(Seems to be this would HELP Sony be the supporting indie dev platform)
@c00lgamer420
@BamboniReturns
Wait a minute. That 2nd guy may have a point. Doesn't Ubisoft have a track record of predominantly featuring their villains on their cover art?
Len wouldnt want us to mourn, but instead share stories.
When
@bmuny101
@SuperPodshots
& I were at E3, one night Len wants to make dinner instead of eating out. He goes & buys ingredients to make fried chicken but forgot to get seasoning. I clowned him for his chicken ever since
I believe we need
@CMAgovUK
to step in here and block this merger. We can't let the market leader in the UK acquire anything that would allow them to create a stranglehold on the cloud streaming market 😏
Don't forget to tag Biden and Elizabeth Warren too
PlayStation is acquiring iSIZE, a UK company specializing in deep learning for video delivery:
"The acquisition provides SIE with significant expertise in applying machine learning to video processing, which will benefit a range of our R&D efforts as well as our video and
I'll be honest, I'm surprised Sony didnt say anything on the 25th Anniversary of the PS1 North American launch.
Xbox kinda just threw a party on their frontyard and Sony didnt even tell them to get off their yard
Typically I don't listen to reviews but I make exceptions for SkillUp and ACG. This was scathing... but I hope the diehard FF fans can find some joy in FF16
*ignores graph is only the first 4 years of the console's lifecycle
*ignores that if adjusted for inflation, users spent LESS than on PS4
*ignores the $10 price hike for games and PSN price increase
I expected better
PlayStation 5 is generating substantially more revenue-per-user than PlayStation 4, a bullish sign for Sony.
The average PS4 owner has spent $580 on content over a decade's time.
Fewer than four years since launch, the average PS5 owner has already spent $731 on content.
Lets be honest. The fact Kingdom Come Deliverance wasn't even nominated for best RPG was wrong. Probably one of the bigger RPG's this year
#TheGameAwards
Its like a buddy of mine on here said
Dudes who love a certain genre of 3rd person over the shoulder sad dad games and reject the validity of other sub genres but claim they are innovative and unique stories, typically lack a broader library and lack media literacy
Sony claims that the idea that PS is more popular than Xbox is misconcieved.
They argue Xbox is only SOMEWHAT behind PS and PS got there because of the "quality of its platform and competition on the merits"
What I learned about Sea of Thieves
1) Always roll with a crew. Always.
2) Always carry extra cannonballs or wood with you
3) Trust your crew
4) Trust no one
5) Call out all surroundings
6) Have a plan
7) Screw the plan
8) Drink lots of grog on ship
9) Dat water...
This is confusing. Sony says Phil bait and switched them because Bethesda games arent on PS but Phil said those games come to any platform Game Pass is on
So basically Sony is stuck because they could called Phil's bluff but they wont because they rely on PS Plus
This is the part where I'm supposed to link my soundcloud or something right?
How about you just subscribe to
@MultiverseShow
for quality brotherly gaming and geeky discussion
Sony argues that MS's strategy is to make Sony compete in the family friendly market where Nintendo is king as acquiring COD would make the dominant in the mature title market?
Sony is now claiming that PS Plus is behind Game Pass despite baseline PS Plus having more subscribers.
They redacted the exact numbers of the hier tiers of PS Plus, but the implication is it well behind Game Pass
@Nick_Marseil
Nothing. If you think the point isn't Steam, then there's no point in sharing the Steam page. Even if the game launched on PS5, you'd have no metrics there either.
Go buy the game, support the devs, and have some fun
Look, I'm just gonna be real right now, no one gives a fuck. You could have every "insider" on the planet say this and the PS5 will still dominate.
People don't buy a PlayStation console based on power or resolution. They buy it for the great games. Simple as that.
I remember
@SuperPodshots
meeting Hideki Kamiya and him being scared to introduce himself. So he walks up to Kamiya and intriduces himself by asking him to not block him on Twitter. I was in STITCHES
And here we see the main fear. Call of Duty on Game Pass. They want MS to agree to put COD on PS Plus.
Sony says that the offer to out Game Pass on PS5 isnt feasible since PS plus is essential to their strategy
1) The whole "Sony has 98% of the high end console market in Japan" bit isn't something Microsoft came up with. Sony pitched this to regulators because they didn't want Nintendo in the convo since Nintendo is successfull WITHOUT CoD. They had their own argument used against them
CPU PS5 = XSX
GPU PS5 < XSX (less the 1TF)
RAM PS5 > XSX (BW and size)
SSD PS5 > XSX (Speed and size)
Performance PS5 > XSX
This is what info i have gathered over the last few weeks. Final dev kits for PS5 are out.
News Cycle today
Xbox: We bought all of Bethesda, bring you exclusive games directly to Game Pass at no extra charge
PlayStation: Yeah, Spider-Man Remaster wont have cross-saves or a physical release. $70 please
2) Sony and fanboys have BEGGED Biden and regulators to stop the deal. We've all seen fanboys tagging Lina Khan, Biden, Elizabeth Warren, etc to get involved & stop the deal. The same politicians they now HATE to see get involved in potentially busting up the status quo for Sony
The moment
@kingdavidotw
takes the mic on Sunday
This man started
#HoldTheLine
right after the CMA block, the PS Showcase announcement, and Redfall's reviews. When dudes was down at their lowest.
He gave you hope. Beat the comeback wardrum. Sunday is all about King
3) The trade agreement states "non-discriminatory treatment of digital products" which realistically would mean 3rd party exclusives. It has nothing to do with Xbox's platform performance in Japan. It has everything to do with Japanese 3rd party exclusives that skip the Xbox
4) And the final irony is this has already had a greater impact than what Sony has done all last year. Less than 24 hours later, the JFTC approved the MS Activision deal with no concessions