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@ErrantRob I disagree, I don't think it's ever possible to insult racists as much as they deserve to be insulted.

The game is made by anti-diversity troglodytes, and I hope it fails, miserably.

Avowed was kind of a dud, I actually had high expectations for it despite things I had read, and it's just such a bland game. Nothing about it is memorable, none of the characters are memorable, and it's one of the few games were I've just quit about 60% through just out of apathy. Outer Worlds 2 was good but still now that I'm thinking about it, I can't name one single companion from that game, and I played it in January of this year.

It's in my top 3 this gen along with Baldur's Gate 3 and KCD2. Absolutely brilliant game.

Bethesda haven't made a game that actually matters in over a decade. And instead of expediting development of the games that could actually repair their tarnished reputation, they instead continue to move at a glacier's pace because they think they are the smartest guys in the room because "Skyrim." Skyrim was nearly two decades ago, and most of the talent that made the games people remember them best for left LONG AGO. Good luck to anybody with anything above minimum expectations for TES VI.

This kind of stuff only works if you have a large install base. PlayStation already was boinking Xbox to the tune of 3:1 BEFORE they started porting their games over, I can only imagine the install base now probably is close to 5:1 in Sony's favor. Even if your "exclusives" are big hits, you'll still make less money than if they sold lukewarmly on multiple platforms.

Xbox is like a car full of drunk people, who take turns driving because they think they can do it "better" until they inevitably crash.

Kimulator's Films still have all their games up, like the one about banging your dead grandmother or something like that.

I wish my life was so simple and worry-free that I could expend emotional energy getting upset over something so trivial.

At this point I wouldn't trust Bethesda to water my plants.

I would find a new hobby before I even considered playing any of these. I may not even bother adding them to my library, just to send a message.

This is what happens when you waste your time and money chasing the live service lottery. Pretty sure the vast majority of their fan base predicted this when they announced their live service intentions however many years ago. We're all psychic!

I'm 2 weeks into Crimson Desert and will probably be playing it through the summer. Absolutely incredible.

I can only speak for myself, obviously, but the past couple months have felt like Sony giving me the finger, right to my face, and then demanding I bend over while taunting me to find a new hobby if I don't like it.

This is the worst month I can remember in the long time. There's usually at least one title I have a slight, possible interest in. But I don't play multiplayer AT ALL so none of these will be of any use to me. Hopefully other people enjoy them though.

I think some people just aren't happy unless they have something to complain about. Talk about first-world problems. If you have time to care that much about physical media, you should probably just be thankful that life isn't forcing you to worry about an actual problem.

Literally the last thing the world needs right now is a game full of sexual violence. I hope the game is a colossal failure for that reason alone.

This is excellent news, as long as one thing is true; I do not want Warhorse to treat the LOTR game like KCD, meaning I don't want it to be "realistic", like I want magic, I want a power fantasy simulator basically. If they're capable of that, then I'm beyond excited for it (and whatever the new KC adventure means). But if they're making LOTR set in KCD style universe with with all the survival type stuff, no thanks.

I can't even remember what the last Xbox-exclusive "system seller" was? They didn't have one during the Xbone gen, and they haven't had one this gen either. So the 360 days? Which was, what, 15+ years ago now?

How do you all continue to take yourselves seriously pumping out this kind of content? Serious question.

@Oram77 is a 7/10 score bad? No, at face value, it is not. Now, am I going to spend $70 as well as invest hours upon hours of my time on a 7/10. Almost always, the answer is no.

I do the same thing with the user scores on the PS store. If the average rating of a game isn't at least 4.0 then I'm not going to bother with it.

Not trying to be nihilistic, but the truth is that if digital libraries ever DO get wiped out, it's probably due to the collapse of greater infrastructure due to war/global conflict of some kind. So even if your digital library ever does vanish, you'll have MUCH bigger fish to fry anyway so it's kind of pointless to worry about.

It's actually embarrassing af that a developer with the resources and brand recognition that Bethesda has can't get a port of 3 year old game to run acceptably. This is stuff that you wouldn't expect from a halfway decent studio on their first project. There's an arrogance within that studio that is so nauseating at this point, like at least have enough respect for yourself to release games that run. It's like if the next James Cameron movie was just raw footage without actual shots or edits of any kind, and he just shrugs his shoulders and says "it just works." Imagine how humiliating that would be, for everyone involved. That's Bethesda right now.

@outlawprophet "There ought to be repercussions for your smugness while being wholly inept and wrong about something."

That didn't age well, did it?

Bethesda lost the plot when they decided that what they wanted to make was more important than what their audience wanted them to make. I can't really simplify it more than that.

There must not have been anything worthwhile to get offended about this morning, hence the existence of this piece.

I'm 15 years + in the PlayStation ecosystem at this point. MS could release a game that would give me a massage, drive me to work and prepare meals for me and I would still be like "I'm not buying an Xbox."

It's a great game, no question. But it absolutely did not deserve the amount of awards it got. RPG of the Year over KCD2? Get the ***** out of here. E33 is the rare game that is truly exceptional, yet somehow still a bit overrated.

I don't see anybody specifically celebrating people losing their jobs and/or studios closing. That's never a good thing. But these guys made pretty crappy games in all honesty, so all the comments mourning this monumental loss (read that with a sarcastic tone) just reeks of virtue signaling. Spiders had several bites at the apple, and produced weak to mediocre-at-best results each and every time. Being honest about that doesn't make somebody a bad person.

In the last few months there's been auto racing, golf, now soccer and I'm pretty confident there was another one in there somewhere...NO MORE SPORTS TITLES FOR A WHILE PLEASE AND THANK YOU.

I don't understand why people are surprised by this at this point. It's freaking 2026, expecting a full game to be on a disc and require no downloads/updates is PS2 era type stuff.

It's basically posturing at this point. It's the same 5 people crying about this, and the box of tissues is almost empty. Time a find a new crusade.

@Dogbreath people are going to get their knickers in a twist over you saying it, but I agree with you wholeheartedly. Most people, given the opportunity, would pirate software into oblivion.

@Dogbreath you realize you don't have to play their games then, right? I don't understand what you're so worked up about. If it's not for you, move on to something else.

At least it's not another article grifting for the Pro

How has this not been cancelled yet? My guess is stubborn pride, but what do I know?

@Thatguyoverthere I came here to say the same thing.

This site really shills the Pro, doesn't it? Obviously I would expect that a game would look better on upgraded hardware. What I wouldn't expect is for that information to be necessary to make an article about.

Seriously, it's really pushy, and kind of grimey.

Please be Odyssey. One of my absolute favorites of the PS4 era, I would happily play through it again on PS5. That game was incredible.

Yes, I am aware of how recent Odyssey is. I don't care. I never played the stealth-based AC games, so I have no attachment to them whatsoever.

@Ultrasmiles I did. It was fun.

This will be my next purchase, I can say that with absolute certainty. I was skeptical due to the lack of console footage prior to release, but they have won my ass over.

What is there to discuss? It would take multiple generations of comfortably outperforming PlayStation consoles (which doesn't seem likely, does it?) before exclusivity would justify the money they would leave on the table by pulling their games off of Sony and Nintendo platforms.

As the kids like to say "the cat is out of the bag."

Congrats to them. Unfortunately for me, I don't enjoy any of their games. But I'm just happy to see somebody succeed in the cesspool that is the modern video game industry.

@StitchJones how many hours do you have in CD? Just curious.

It's time to take the Creation Engine out back like Old Yeller.

I am Jack's complete lack of surprise.

Microsoft still doesn't have an equivalent to platinum trophies though. I'll take Sony's system, even with the new bells and whistles they have over on Xbox.

@LogicStrikesAgain You raise a good point. Even when going against a base console though, the difference (to my eyes) is the visual equivalent to getting an extra slice of cheese on a Big Mac, which to me does not warrant a $950 purchase.

@Balaam_ comments like that are why nobody takes you seriously.