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The bigger deal for this is that it’s coming to Switch 2.

@DennisReynolds I think Pure Xbox as a whole has a smaller staff and limited number of reviewers so that may be part of it. That said, it is a big MS release so you’d think this one would have been prioritized.

@SeaDaVie I tend to look at a multitude of reviews, not just one, and reading a bunch of reviews this probably does lie in the middle. Which is what MetaCritic is pretty much saying with 81-83 averages depending on platform.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner I didn’t focus on either one. I just said it probably is somewhere in the middle. Read much?

@Porco I mean this has an 82 on MetaCritic. Even Ninja Gaiden 2 had an 81. You’re acting like this is trash. It’s at least as good or better than two of the three mainline games.

Looking forward to it here!

@ear_wig I honestly thought the gameplay in the Nioh 3 demo was trash. Hoping it’s better than the demo was.

But then again I’ve always preferred NG over 5
the Nioh games.

7 on Push Square. 9 on Pure Xbox. 83 on OpenCritic sounds about right!

The daily Xbox sucks article. Yeah!

Even with Ninja Gaiden 4 and The Outer Worlds 2, this is the game I’ve actually been most looking forward to most on GamePass this month. Looks fantastic!

I’m enjoying Silent Hill F but Cronos is the better game IMO. One of my favorite survivor horror games ever.

@Weebleman The never said only 4 games. They were porting 4 games to evaluate how well they did. Some Xbox fans tried to say it was “just 4 games” but MS never vowed to only port those four.

I also never heard them promise Indy wasn’t going to PS5 so have no idea where you are getting that from. When it was first announced it may have said “exclusive” on the trailers but I’m also pretty sure Sony put that word on the trailers for Helldivers 2 and Death Stranding and look how that turned out.

Regardless, Microsoft put out a statement. It’s good journalism to include all perspectives, not just some dude on NeoGAF.

@get2sammyb Probably would be good to update your article. Microsoft put out a statement saying they ARE still investing in first-party consoles. It’s been added to the Windows Central story.

"We are actively investing in our future first-party consoles and devices designed, engineered and built by Xbox. For more details, the community can revisit our agreement announcement with AMD."

Same statement being made to others by MS spokespersons:

https://x.com/destinlegarie/status/1974910075501486406?s=46

@Questionable_Duck The won’t report it because it doesn’t fit their theme of all doom for Xbox all the time on this site.

And Jez actually has an article on Windows Central this time, not just some comment on a forum like this article based on.

There’s several other “insiders” refuting the rumor and saying their sources inside Microsoft are saying they’re still committed to making a new console with the AMD partnership. That partnership was only announced three months ago.

Except Microsoft isn’t dominant. And they argued it would hurt completion? Hasn’t MS put more of their games on other platforms? Hasn’t almost every other gaming company also laid off people and raised prices? This is a bit of a disingenuous take trying to make the FTC sound good.

I think a lot of Microsoft’s greed has to do with wanting more money to invest in AI and less with gaming. But almost everything she’s saying could be said of almost every other gaming company today.

Playing this and Cronos at the same time and have to say I’m loving Cronos a lot more.

Played the first one for a few hours but it just never hooked me. And every time I go back to try, it’s the same story. So won’t be playing Yotei anytime soon…if ever.

@Intr1n5ic That’s literally what it says in the graphic for it. 75+ Day One games per year. They already do quite a few day one third party games and indies besides their own.

Not justifying the Ultimate price increase, but if you look at the middle tier, it is probably closest to PS Plus Premium at the same price. Can’t really compare Ultimate (with 75+ day one games and a $12 Fortnite sub) to PS Plus Premium.

I have it stacked for quite a while from good deals so don’t have to think about it for now. Committing to 75+ day one titles is pretty insane, of course a lot will probably be indies (not necessarily a bad thing).

For now I’ll enjoy all the new benefits for the less than $10 a month (some more like $7) I paid to stack years of GamePass Ultimate to begin with!

I had trouble getting into the first one but with improved combat, etc. I might give this a shot at some point. Do you need to have played the first one?

No new announcements from first party studios but Wolverine did look good.

Saros to me just looks like a Returnal reskin. Not a bad thing but I personally wanted something different.

Still pretty barren outlook overall for PS Studios.

Already have it so not a win for me but fantastic game. Glad others will get to play it.

Wow. This is up to an 88 with 68 reviews on OpenCritic. Can’t wait to play this later this week!!!

MGS4 just because there’s no other way to play it right now. And that’s sad.

@Ricky-Spanish I’ve seen stories on other sites with indie devs praising GamePass and how it has given their games so much more exposure that they never could have gotten otherwise. Do they ever have those stories here? Of course not. Exactly like you said, they only report the negative.

Getting tired of the “let’s beat down GamePass some more” narrative on this site. This story is getting more traction here than any of the other gaming sites. It’s like let’s keep the console war narrative alive! Sigh…

@KillerIsD34D MGS Delta was my vote but very surprised the Rogue Prince of Persia isn’t a choice. I mean Super Adventure Cobra gets listed but not PoP?!?

Anyway, it would be my second choice this past month. Great game!

@Fiendish-Beaver @LiamCroft One thing they did add was that the game now adjusts difficulty based on how well you play. And I believe that applies to the main game as well so might be interesting to do a playthrough that way.

Currently downloading it on Xbox via GamePass.

6 is about what I expected. Played the demo and like almost every review says the combat is good but everything else is mediocre at best. Maybe will play on PS Plus Extra one day.

@SeaDaVie I don’t know man. Basing sales numbers just off of the number of reviews a game got is pretty stupid IMO. I don’t know why anyone takes that firm seriously.

@get2sammyb Well, that Screen Rant article clearly says the 22,000 was incorrect. I’ll see if I can find others as I know I saw that in a few places.

@get2sammyb Look at the link I just posted. It was **#4 all formats** on Xbox that month from Mat Piscatella, who is VERY reputable.

https://bsky.app/profile/matpiscatella.bsky.social/post/3lun37pjzqn2k

Again, even the person who made the 22,000 guess admitted they were wrong. So that part of your article is also WRONG.

In any case I hope Helldivers 2 is doing well on Xbox.

@UltimateOtaku91 It actually debuted at #4 on Xbox sales charts for that month. That #11 was most played.

Here from a more reputable source:

https://bsky.app/profile/matpiscatella.bsky.social/post/3lun37pjzqn2k

@get2sammyb Just one point of correction. Many stories came out after that original guestimate of FF 16’s sales to say that it was incorrect and the game actually did pretty well on Xbox.

https://screenrant.com/final-fantasy-16-xbox-release-sales-multiplatform-branding/

I think the guy who said 22,000 even later admitted he was wrong on Twitter after being questioned about it with so many contradictory sources of information.

@nyr2k2 The game play itself and world it’s set in are great. You can easily ignore the gotcha stuff and enjoy it.

Sad that there still are no there are no other reviews of this out there. Sony really covering their ass by getting codes out late. No day one reviews to scare people off.

Sounds like a 5-6 game and I’ll wait for it to hit the bargain bin.

Honestly feels just like Tetris Effect for Lumines. But that’s not a bad thing.

There’s been games like this on mobile where they move to Netflix or Apple Arcade takes all the IAPs out. But they usually end up sucking because they’re never rebalanced properly. Hopefully that isn’t the case here.

Probably will tie them to some criteria that needs to be met to unlock them in-game but you can get them early with the DLC or Premium version.

Just finished this and absolutely loved it. Only thing is that it kind of ended abruptly.

I would be interested to see the dev try their hands at something less similar to Journey at some point. They certainly have talent!

I’ll be playing it on my Series X since they gave codes out for those that owned the last remaster of it. Still looking forward to giving it a go and hope those playing it for the first time on PlayStation enjoy it!

@Markatron84 Yep. 100%

@Kidfunkadelic83 Graphics aren’t everything and everyone has an opinion. I just think a 7 is way too low. So as I said before I’ll agree to disagree

@SeaDaVie I’m talking about when Gears of War came out in 2006. 94 on Xbox 360. 87 on PC.