There still isn't any real major selling point in owning an Xbox. I have one but really Microsoft don't hit hard with the giant event games like Nintendo and Sony. It's like a paying for a streaming service with a load average made for TV movies, but nothing massive like dune or Oppenheimer
People will moan and cry about it ignoring that it's actually a port for the PC market that they'll just release on PS5 also. But if you don't want it don't pay for it! Also probably 15 people from naughty dog helped iron galaxy port this
She's not going to get anywhere near Abby big, she's not going to put herself through that change. Suppose it's debatable whether she needs too, Abby's physique was a visual representation of her singular dedication and focus to slay Joel in a fight. But it's probably not really needed.
You know Sony are actually a manufacturer of Blu-ray drives, and actually developed and are part owners of Blu-ray technology itself, both standard uhd versions.
So don't assume they'd be happy with an all digital future
It was never about gaining console exclusives. Microsoft don't really care about Xbox hardware
What they do care about is subscription growth and the mobile market. COD and King will do those things .
Lazy sure, brutishly starting a monopoly, most definitely. but that's how Microsoft have operated now since the early 90s . I'm amazed only now have they let the mask slip in the gaming industry 25 years after starting Xbox
Sony were publishing/paying for this title. It's a pretty big ip, they should just take it in house before what ever agreement with Disney expires . Let guerilla do it, outsource the service game
Bank details are always hashed out and can't be retrieved. It's the name, address, passwords and email address they would get in a potential hack .so pre paid cards don't really improve your situation I'm sorry
Ghosts of Tsushima 2
Last of us 3
Last of us factions
Concord
Horizon 3
Horizon multiplayer game
Twisted metal
Untitled horror game
Fairgames$
MLB the show 24
The only thing that is unknown is what bend, Santa Monica, housemarque, asobi, bluepoint and media molecule are up to
It is the end, It's the end of Microsofts attempts to buy Activision which has gone on long enough.
No need to read anything more into my comment, only a fool thinks consolidation is good for the industry. Microsoft are looking to monopolize video game software because they failed miserably at hardware. They'll aim to control the majority of big game content for their games pass brand and cloud streaming.
In another 10 years they'll try to gobble up ea
Good, hopefully they settle up quickly with the UK regulator and everyone can move in from this boring acquisition...until Sony predictably retaliate with a Japanese publisher and the fan wars start again
Article reads like it's been written by a bitter Xbox fan which is intriguing given This is a PlayStation site.
Regardless I think Sony are just waiting for Microsoft to close the Activision deal which they will eventually.
Them they'll snap up square but keep them somewhat separate to PlayStation so they can still release switch games
Did no one see phantom blade? Looked extraordinary - for the babies that care for getting "wins" over Microsoft it's also playstation console exclusive.
Dragons dogma also looked Great
It's odd how if it's not exclusive then it's disregarded
As usual all the hypocrisy rises to the top in these situations. Oh what a great game, oh what a great developer etc etc But did any of you even buy concrete genie? Or did you just ignore it till it was free because you didn't think it was worth paying for
The sly threats to the UK about job growth and reassessing their business there are not a great look for Microsoft and Activision. Will they say the same if and when it's blocked in the states?
Just take the L and use the money to create great new studios or aquire smaller devs and nurture them
It's taken 3 generations of trying to play fair but now Microsoft back to slowly revealing their true nature. Huge corporate buy outs Buying off government officials left right and center to get their gaming monopoly on track to match the PC monopoly .
Yep you did miss the point. The point is Microsoft throughout this whole process have been trying to paint themselves as the plucky good guy who doesn't do exclusives yet they are the worse by far. Sony nor Nintendo have ever bought a publisher let alone 2 as far as I'm aware and put an exclusivity wall up behind a huge catalogues of multiplatform titles. The good guy spin they put out is cringe.
Fair enough Phil, but who will save PS4 and ps5 only owners from the exclusive Xbox perks such as never being able to play another new entry for:
Wolfenstein
Doom
Fallout
Evil within
Elder scrolls
Tony hawk
Spryo
Crash
Dishonored
Hellblade
Well you just answered your own question haven't you , it's not just one game but every cod game ever released all in one place. And really how many people pay that much for GP
I will be intrigued by Sony's reaction to this once it's done. As the PlayStation brand will have lost significant value with all Activision blizzard games becoming Xbox exclusive bar cod which will be "free" on GP. While $70 on PlayStation. I'm fairly certain they'll try and claw back some minor percentage to keep the PlayStation brand competitive in the face of the huge swing in COD players migrating to GP by taking something major away from the Xbox brand within their purchasing power. Capcom , maybe fromsoft which they already have made nibbles at
Not sure what your crying about to be honest. The Original point stands,neither Abby or Ellie's story conclude on a hateful note. That's just plain fact. sorry if that upsets you
Agreed its a hard thing to do if serious money isn't spent, it should be almost avatar like In it's scope . A prequel about Dr sobak and ted farro would be easier. But maybe Netflix will pay up, they got the money tbh. Stranger things season 4 is the 2nd most expensive TV show made , more then game of thrones
The moment the Microsoft deal is cleared which it will be once enough palms are greased Sony will take over Square and I'd bet steak dinners there's another big Japanese pub they'll take also to try and offset the huge share price damage it will cause , thinking likely fromsoft
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Re: 11 PS5, PS4 Games Are Leaving PS Plus Extra in December 2023
@BeerIsAwesome
That's called renewing the agreement, or multi year deal. I shouldn't really need to explain it
Re: 11 PS5, PS4 Games Are Leaving PS Plus Extra in December 2023
@BeerIsAwesome
You know that's not how licencing content on subscription models works right? Platforms pay to have content on the service for a period of time
Re: It's Utter Domination for PS5 in Europe as Xbox Continues to Lose Significant Ground
There still isn't any real major selling point in owning an Xbox. I have one but really Microsoft don't hit hard with the giant event games like Nintendo and Sony. It's like a paying for a streaming service with a load average made for TV movies, but nothing massive like dune or Oppenheimer
Re: The Last of Us 2 PS5 Version Appears Inevitable Now
People will moan and cry about it ignoring that it's actually a port for the PC market that they'll just release on PS5 also.
But if you don't want it don't pay for it! Also probably 15 people from naughty dog helped iron galaxy port this
Re: PS Plus Subscriptions on Sale Now, But There's a Big Catch
Just did it, extended my current sub at 30 percent off using the PlayStation app on my phone .
So no idea what the problem is
Re: Star Kaitlyn Dever Could Be The Last of Us TV Show's Abby
She's not going to get anywhere near Abby big, she's not going to put herself through that change.
Suppose it's debatable whether she needs too, Abby's physique was a visual representation of her singular dedication and focus to slay Joel in a fight. But it's probably not really needed.
Re: God of War's Next PS5 Game Could Be Revealed Before the End of the Year
All for it, I maintain that lost legacy is the best uncharted game
Re: PS5, PS4 Players Will 'Remain Welcome' As Xbox Closes $69 Billion Activision Blizzard Buyout
@OldGamer999
Did I say they designed or sold a Blu-ray players I did I say manufacturer blu drives?
Do learn to read properly bro
Re: PS5, PS4 Players Will 'Remain Welcome' As Xbox Closes $69 Billion Activision Blizzard Buyout
@OldGamer999
You know Sony are actually a manufacturer of Blu-ray drives, and actually developed and are part owners of Blu-ray technology itself, both standard uhd versions.
So don't assume they'd be happy with an all digital future
Re: PS5, PS4 Players Will 'Remain Welcome' As Xbox Closes $69 Billion Activision Blizzard Buyout
It was never about gaining console exclusives. Microsoft don't really care about Xbox hardware
What they do care about is subscription growth and the mobile market. COD and King will do those things .
Lazy sure, brutishly starting a monopoly, most definitely. but that's how Microsoft have operated now since the early 90s . I'm amazed only now have they let the mask slip in the gaming industry 25 years after starting Xbox
Re: PS5 Slim Doesn't Come with a Vertical Stand, Needs to Be Bought Separately
Removed
Re: The Last of Us 2 PS5 Remaster Seems to Be Real
It was already native patched version for PS5. It's running at 60fps 1440p HDR.
So I can't see what they could do here
Re: The Last of Us Multiplayer Game Is 'Basically on Ice' Right Now
No idea what they were going for but I would've just cut and pasted red dead redemption online for a last of us live service game
Re: PS5's Knights of the Old Republic Remake Is Being Wiped from the Internet
Sony were publishing/paying for this title. It's a pretty big ip, they should just take it in house before what ever agreement with Disney expires .
Let guerilla do it, outsource the service game
Re: Sony Has Allegedly Suffered a Huge Hack by Ransomware Group
@Beerheadgamer82
Bank details are always hashed out and can't be retrieved. It's the name, address, passwords and email address they would get in a potential hack .so pre paid cards don't really improve your situation I'm sorry
Re: Microsoft One Step Closer to Activision Buyout as CMA Approves of Deal Changes
Delete Microsoft and replace with Sega.
This is a darker timeline
Re: PlayStation's 2024 Release Schedule Is Already a Joke
@Decoy_Snake
Ghosts of Tsushima 2
Last of us 3
Last of us factions
Concord
Horizon 3
Horizon multiplayer game
Twisted metal
Untitled horror game
Fairgames$
MLB the show 24
The only thing that is unknown is what bend, Santa Monica, housemarque, asobi, bluepoint and media molecule are up to
Re: Looks Like MediEvil Is Next in Line for a Film or TV Adaptation from PS Productions
@Grumblevolcano
Didn't they announce a bunch of games a couple months ago, weren't there more games announced just in the last week?
Or do non of those exist unless it's single player games made by Sony themselves?
Re: 100 Layoffs at CD Projekt RED Amid Organisational Changes
Tightening themselves up for that Sony purchase
Re: Microsoft Extends Deadline of $69 Billion Activision Blizzard Acquisition
"Excited about bringing more games to more players", is so cringey from Microsoft.
Excited about starting a monopoly and raising prices for games pass because yearly cod players will pay it
Re: Microsoft Beats US Regulator FTC in Activision Blizzard Buyout Battle
@get2sammyb
It is the end, It's the end of Microsofts attempts to buy Activision which has gone on long enough.
No need to read anything more into my comment, only a fool thinks consolidation is good for the industry. Microsoft are looking to monopolize video game software because they failed miserably at hardware. They'll aim to control the majority of big game content for their games pass brand and cloud streaming.
In another 10 years they'll try to gobble up ea
Re: Microsoft Beats US Regulator FTC in Activision Blizzard Buyout Battle
Good, hopefully they settle up quickly with the UK regulator and everyone can move in from this boring acquisition...until Sony predictably retaliate with a Japanese publisher and the fan wars start again
Re: Microsoft's Potential Game Plan in 2020: 'Spend Sony Out of Business'
after all this time , 4 console generations later the mask has finally slipped.
The real Microsoft is showing its ugly face
Shame.
Re: Starfield, Redfall Exclusivity 'Powerful Evidence' Against Xbox's Activision Buyout, Claims FTC
Well Microsoft, it looks like the United States may be "closed for business" also
Re: There's Growing Concern Over Persona Dev's Metaphor: ReFantazio Being an Xbox Exclusive
No-one in Japan has an Xbox so it would be timed at most
Re: Sony's Partnership with Square Enix Has Never Been Stronger, Says Jim Ryan
Article reads like it's been written by a bitter Xbox fan which is intriguing given This is a PlayStation site.
Regardless I think Sony are just waiting for Microsoft to close the Activision deal which they will eventually.
Them they'll snap up square but keep them somewhat separate to PlayStation so they can still release switch games
Re: Reaction: Sony Flubs First Proper PS5 Presentation in Over 18 Months
Don't get the disappoinment
Did no one see phantom blade? Looked extraordinary - for the babies that care for getting "wins" over Microsoft it's also playstation console exclusive.
Dragons dogma also looked Great
It's odd how if it's not exclusive then it's disregarded
Re: Poll: What's the Best PlayStation Startup Sequence?
Pure nostalgia says psone for me easily .
But in reality I think the idea of a symphony orchestra warming up whenever the console starts is masterful.
So PS3
Re: Concrete Genie Developer PixelOpus Is Shutting Down
As usual all the hypocrisy rises to the top in these situations. Oh what a great game, oh what a great developer etc etc
But did any of you even buy concrete genie? Or did you just ignore it till it was free because you didn't think it was worth paying for
Same old story with gamers
Re: Microsoft Dealt Major Blow as UK Blocks Activision Buyout
The sly threats to the UK about job growth and reassessing their business there are not a great look for Microsoft and Activision.
Will they say the same if and when it's blocked in the states?
Just take the L and use the money to create great new studios or aquire smaller devs and nurture them
Re: 3 More Big PS4 Games Will Leave PS Plus Extra, Premium on 16th May
I missed plague tale, true colours and destroy all humans on gamespass but I didn't cry about it, I had my chance.
People are losing their minds on Eurogamer that games are being removed from plus.
Did I miss something?
Re: Sony Is Acting Unfairly Against Xbox in Japan, US Congress Members Say
It's taken 3 generations of trying to play fair but now Microsoft back to slowly revealing their true nature. Huge corporate buy outs
Buying off government officials left right and center to get their gaming monopoly on track to match the PC monopoly .
Re: Vampire FPS Redfall Was in Development for PS5, But Was Canned After Xbox Buyout
More places to play Indeed
Re: Uh Oh! Sony Patents NFT Trading Framework for Gaming Platforms
It's just a patent, big tech corps get through tons of these and never see the light of day .
Scraping the bottom of the Sony bashing barrel I guess
Re: Xbox Execs Eager to Save Call of Duty Fans from PS5, PS4 Exclusive Perks
@Nobigwoo
Yep you did miss the point. The point is Microsoft throughout this whole process have been trying to paint themselves as the plucky good guy who doesn't do exclusives yet they are the worse by far.
Sony nor Nintendo have ever bought a publisher let alone 2 as far as I'm aware and put an exclusivity wall up behind a huge catalogues of multiplatform titles.
The good guy spin they put out is cringe.
Re: Xbox Execs Eager to Save Call of Duty Fans from PS5, PS4 Exclusive Perks
Fair enough Phil, but who will save PS4 and ps5 only owners from the exclusive Xbox perks such as never being able to play another new entry for:
Wolfenstein
Doom
Fallout
Evil within
Elder scrolls
Tony hawk
Spryo
Crash
Dishonored
Hellblade
Re: European Union Likely to Pass Xbox's $69 Billion Buyout of Activision
@GamingFan4Lyf
Well you just answered your own question haven't you , it's not just one game but every cod game ever released all in one place.
And really how many people pay that much for GP
Re: European Union Likely to Pass Xbox's $69 Billion Buyout of Activision
I will be intrigued by Sony's reaction to this once it's done. As the PlayStation brand will have lost significant value with all Activision blizzard games becoming Xbox exclusive bar cod which will be "free" on GP. While $70 on PlayStation.
I'm fairly certain they'll try and claw back some minor percentage to keep the PlayStation brand competitive in the face of the huge swing in COD players migrating to GP by taking something major away from the Xbox brand within their purchasing power.
Capcom , maybe fromsoft which they already have made nibbles at
Re: Sony Must Share Details of Exclusivity Deals with Microsoft in FTC's Court Hearing
@Leonhart if it goes through which it looks like it will I really expect Sony to buy a publisher like Square and take FF off Xbox for good
Re: Elden Ring Has Sold a Whopping 20 Million Copies Since Launch
If the Activision deal goes through I bet steak dinners Sony gobbles up from soft, and a big japanese publisher
Re: Can The Crew's Sequel Finally Bring a Forza Horizon Beater to PS5?
I liked being able to drive to various major American cities. All squeezed into a Hawaiian island sounds bland
Re: Naughty Dog May Move On from The Last of Us Like It Did with Uncharted
@eagletrippin
Yeah so the game ends with Abby full of hate and Elle full of hate in your world. Maybe replay and open your eyes next time lmao
Good day sir
Re: Naughty Dog May Move On from The Last of Us Like It Did with Uncharted
@eagletrippin
Not sure what your crying about to be honest. The Original point stands,neither Abby or Ellie's story conclude on a hateful note. That's just plain fact.
sorry if that upsets you
Re: Naughty Dog May Move On from The Last of Us Like It Did with Uncharted
@eagletrippin
But it doesn't end with hate does it, it ends with Abby and Ellie no longer wanting revenge
Re: Forspoken Continues to Divide Opinion Following PS5 Demo
Not really a reliable metric.
what would the real like to dislike ratio be when you Take away the dislikes from the sub humans who only dislike it Because it's "woke"
Re: Round Up: The Last of Us TV Reviews Praise a Great Adaptation
@dark_knightmare2 what rumour was debunked
Re: Round Up: The Last of Us TV Reviews Praise a Great Adaptation
@PegasusActual93
Agreed its a hard thing to do if serious money isn't spent, it should be almost avatar like In it's scope .
A prequel about Dr sobak and ted farro would be easier. But maybe Netflix will pay up, they got the money tbh. Stranger things season 4 is the 2nd most expensive TV show made , more then game of thrones
Re: Round Up: The Last of Us TV Reviews Praise a Great Adaptation
@PegasusActual93
Netflix's Horizon zero dawn is NOT ANIMATED, it's a live action TV show set before and during the events of the game .
Hence why I'd prefer a hbo budget as Netflix as said half arse TV shows and even their films. It ideally needs rings of power money behind it
Re: Round Up: The Last of Us TV Reviews Praise a Great Adaptation
Not surprising when the show runner and that it would be hbo was announced.
Sony should've given horizon to them also instead of Netflix who half arse it
Re: Square Enix Commits to Business Consolidation in 2023 as Sony Buyout Rumours Start Again
The moment the Microsoft deal is cleared which it will be once enough palms are greased Sony will take over Square and I'd bet steak dinners there's another big Japanese pub they'll take also to try and offset the huge share price damage it will cause , thinking likely fromsoft