AdamNovice

I went with Wolverine, Tokon and Other for Dune Awakening. I tend to vote games that are close to release which is why I didn't go with GoW.

And like I said in a previous article, Xbox giveth then taketh away. It'd be really funny if it weren't so pathetic.

@KillerIsD34D I don't think Helix will do anything. Xbox isn't a strong brand globally. And PC players won't be interested in using the Xbox store when they can just use Steam already.

@PSXB The first Gears was released on PS5, and everyone knows that E-Day was coming as well, now all of a sudden it isn't. Sounds like taking away to me. Sony would have provided dev kits and other logistical input in releasing games for PlayStation only for that work to get pulled because the new CEO wanted impress some Twitter trolls.

@Kakun The difference was Sony didn't need PC, many of us said that back in the day. And so it proved. Microsoft need PC and Playstation because they had conditioned their players to only play games through subscriptions which limits how much revenue a game earns, hence the multiplatform releases.
@UnfishedPlate29 And it'll probably do just well on PS5.

I bet they were angry. There probably not happy with Gears being pulled as well...after it's Microsoft taking games away that was supposed to be for Sony's customers.

Lego Batman for me but 007 is winning that one.

When you lie on your Tinder profile.

There's going to be a fair few games that are going to struggle. The one I fear for the most is Control, Alan Wake 2 took a long time to become profitable and that was a more known quantity.

@UnfishedPlate29 Clearly not big enough if there needing to put there games on Playstation.

@Sunraku Yeah you have a good point there mate. I do tend to put my money where my mouth is when it comes to these things so Iay well do.

Clearly publishers have data that suggests that people are more likely to buy DLC if they know what's on it in advance or at least announce that their will be DLC post launch.

Now Microsoft are flip flopping on their titles.

I would have gotten it day one but I don't see why I should be invested in a IP if Microsoft are just going take future installments away just so they can keep a much smaller playerbase happy.

@MFTWrecks This was what I was going to say. Simpsons in 3D always looks weird but they did a great job.

And some thought the two week state of play announcement was to try to bury this story.

@BaronLaw MJ being able to take down soldiers has nothing to do with politics, it's because people complained about the instant failure states during the stealth missions from the previous game. So Insomniac gave her a weapon to give the player more agency.

@MonsterMike Neither did State of decay or Senua which you're forgetting about.

@MonsterMike That doesn't wash when Gears was deep into development for PS5 and was recently rated.

@BentIeyma Not all AI is the same. Gen AI is the real problem because it generates assets that are taking from the internet, it can't do anything original hence the complaints of it stealing people's work.
There's also strong environmental concerns because the data farms are using up so much water to keep the servers cool. And that's on top of corporations investing so much in it that it's having a huge negative effect on the tech industry and economy.

@Frmknst So you didn't like Fable by it being Fable?

SGF had more (longer run time after all) and the biggest reveals. Sony had the better presentation bookended by two big games.
Xbox had a good showing but they lacked new announcements from their own studios, ending on CoD again is baffling. Plus the whole thing was overshadowed by their bizarre exclusivity policy.

@Lysterao Except State of Decay, Minecraft Dungeons, Spyro and Senua were never announced yet all are coming to PS5, hence the confusion.

@dark_knightmare2 I'm not talking about the comics, I'm talking about the movies. TV shows and games where they are obligated to show gore.

@UltimateOtaku91 Not the best choice if that's the case lol.

@Bez87 Usually you can't put the genie back in the bottle but for Sony they might get away with it since their single player games were suffering from diminished sales.
Xbox? I'm not convinced, Sea of Thieves and Forza 5 did great, Gears is tough to judge because it's a remaster of a 20 year old game whereas I think E-Day would do much better. I agree it is mindboggling, the whole "which platforms will these be on?" Has completely overshadowed the show.

I really hope Asha is interviewed after because right now I can't see the logic in still bringing games to PlayStation but are like "nah Gears is ours."

And here I was thinking that it might just the games already announced for PS5 were staying but nope.

@Leinad7 Gears is a war game. Wolverine doesn't have to all out violent, most media of him doesn't show gore at all.

@DennisReynolds Yeah they seriously now risk cannibalising the sales of these games now when they are causing confusion.

It's just laughable at this point, Gears they think is precious enough to keep but Halo isn't. Even Phil Spencer didn't go back and forth this quick.

So Gears PS5 port gets cancelled but Fable still coming? Make it make sense. It's Starfield all over again, Xbox just isn't an appealing platform to most people so having exclusives at this late stage is going to be a big blunder.

I bet their shareholders will be delighted at the prospect of the new leadership taking money off the table.

@Americansamurai1 Especially with the success that Capcom is having with the RE Engine. Maybe it takes a long time to train developers to use it compared to hiring ones who know UE5. Plus Guerilla Games might not have enough staff dedicated to training those devs, they can accommodate Kojima Productions for awhile but maybe not across multiple teams and games.

@Americansamurai1 In all likelihood it'll be on UE5. The remake was on that engine as well.

I'm not bothered by it not being graphically impressive, it's not really the selling point of these type of games. Besides it's Firesprite first time doing mocap work their bound to not be at a ridiculously high quality.

I had a suspicion, it looked far too good. And they aren't a studio that haven't earned the benefit of the doubt when it comes to graphics.

@TheTony316 Yeah that's a different way of looking at it mate.

@UltimateOtaku91He wants consoles "dead" yet spends his spare time on console focused website, must not be enough PC games to play lol.
@NerdyPaul It can go both ways, just been on more platforms doesn't guarantee anything. I think Square are going to find that out the hard way.

@NerdyPaul It's not about 3rd party exclusives, it's about getting the reveal announcements and strongly associating the games with the platform.

Yeah there was a handful of games like FF7, Stellar Blade, Resident Evil Veronica and Gen Atlas that really should have been at the SoP but in the case of FF, Square have been coming across as ungrateful for Sony's support because they as usual had expectations beyond reality.
For Stellar Blade, the very second the game out they were bigging up the PC release, it's like they couldn't wait to cut ties.
Sony probably didn't want the trailer anyway since it's likely going to be a PS6 game.
I do think Sony need to do a bit more, they need to try and make their summer show the biggest one in town over Geoff's. I still think Sony and Nintendo have the right format because the terrible quality of the stream last night to me just shows why these things probably shouldn't be live.

@Matroska You have a good memory, that's exactly what I was thinking.

It's good that they are honouring the purchases.
I really tried with the trial period but I just feel for me as a solo player, I found it frustrating. I'll give it a chance again if it offers more of a single player campaign or content because what there is there is very compelling.

I can understand the big AAAs avoiding GTA but I think there's a big opportunity for an indie to market itself like "If your buying one game in November then you're probably buying GTA, but if you're buying two games this November, then buy our game."

@Nei No we are talking about DLC that would get me to buy it immediately.

Yeah I'd be shocked if it actually looks like that, I'm also not digging the very sexualised character with the face of a twelve year old. The game is probably 4 years away anyway.

@Whoever Meanwhile I waiting for Misato lol

VF is going more boldly than I thought they would.

@Grumblevolcano Sony are publishing the game so I'd be very surprised if that happened. Still it'll come when it's ready.

@Slideaway1983 Yeah I jumped back between YouTube and Twitch a couple of times but it was bad on both.