You know that guy that watches you playing games and yells out what buttons to press. PRESS X, NO, NO NOT Y YOU IDIOT I SAID X, OH, SEE YOU PRESSED IT TOO LATE, NOW YOU'RE DEAD... well that prick has found his way into a bunch of games and it seems he aint leaving... well someone needs to kick his ass out..
Developers like quick-time events because they can show the main character doing some cool stuff without having to program complex animations and the connections between them. Just pre-canned fail & success conditions while giving the player an illusion of control, yes you have some control but about as much as you do over a bloody DVD. So far It's the closest they've gotten to an interactive (action) cut scene, but it
My solution is simple but requires a little more work on the Developers part.
1st Don't tell me what to press. flashing a big blue x on the screen makes me want to throw the controller at the screen more than it makes me want to press x before my 2 milliseconds is up. It ruins immersion as far as I'm concerned and I never want to be reminded that all I'm really doing is pressing buttons to make my avatar pull off crazy stunts. I should be able to press any button i want and my character should do something that correlates to what that button does in the rest of the game (only cooler) and fits in the context of the current situation. If it's a dumb idea I should fail , if it was a wise choice I should kick some serious assage. so their should be multiple success conditions and multiple failure conditions. The player should never think "Crap I pressed Y when I should have pressed X" he should think "Why the hell did I try to punch that flying taxi, I should have ducked instead"
2nd Give me enough time to make my decision, and give a brother a hint. Time should slow down (of course) and there should be an rhythm based 1, 2, 3 count (don't display the numbers) a simple warped sound effect and camera focus(and pause) on the immediate danger on the first two beats then on the third beat you press your button (or direction) or fail.
Example: Boss throws a Bus (sideways) at you while you run towards it....
Time slows down, the Rhythm count starts, the first beat pauses for a split second and the camera focuses just below the bus (enough room to slide under) ; on the second Beat the camera focuses on the blown out windows of the bus (you may be able to Jump through it); on the third beat you need to press either Jump (which makes you dive through the windows) or crouch (which in this case turns into slide) or get squashed by a bus. if you chose correctly you see one of the two awesome cinematics (added bonus if you hold fire while doing it) if not you see an idiot trying to punch/kick or shoot a flying bus.. i think that's a win-win situation.
Dear team,
Xbox has always been different.
We started with a simple idea. Games should bring people together through shared experiences. That led to the first Xbox in 2001, Xbox Live in 2002, and new ways to connect, from friends lists and achievements to parties and play across devices. Today, Xbox reaches over 500 million players around the world, with some of the most important franchises in entertainment.
re-evaluating exclusivity 💀
PS players will need to go back to pretending to dislike Xbox games
Or meaning since it’s doing so good they might just do everything day 1.
They didnt say re-evaluating their multiplatform approach.
🤣🤣🤣 Xbox is so dead. I know you scared🤣🫵ӿ 97;
Even when the topic is strictly Xbox he can't stop talking about PlayStation. Xbox has basically become the hate of PlayStation... and not much else.
Hurt over video games 🤣🤣
Lmao we all grew and got jobs but apparently you stayed home broke 🤣🤣.
Man I love loyal dogs like you. MS kicked Spit and slapped you around but you still come back on all 4s.
Good little boy 🤣🤣
My only question is what games are PlayStation gamers gonna play now? They don’t really come out with new games anymore. I’m looking forward to wolverine, but after that then what?
Lmao
There’s no way after everything it’s going back, the damage is done
What you are seeing now is the new management telling what the core fanbase (aka…you) want to hear so they are pumped full of hope and are more likely to invest in the next Xbox console
When Phil took over after the awful Xbox One reveal he did the same thing, he told people what they wanted to hear for damage control.
It’s crazy people are getting suckered into this again.
And you'll now go back to again thinking exclusives suddenly matter, that multiplatform is no longer the future, or that revenue from multiplatforms doesn't matter, like all you flop flopping xbox grifters lol.
The whole post just sounds like the previous phil corpo slop talk to me, whole thing reads like a nothing burger lol.
“re-evaluating exclusivity”
She also said this.
“The model that got us here won’t be the one that takes us forward.”
I don't know if they have a model anymore it's flipped so many times since the xbox one reveal
There's a bunch just like him but that's what happens when some rely on dreams, hope and wishful thinking. lol
"pretending"? Bro gears hasnt broke 1mil on ps5, and starfield hasn't passed 200k, Hellblade 2 was even stated to be a financial disappointment in sales on its own console, let alone ps5. Im not saying people don't like them, but they certainly aren't setting the community on fire, Forza may be different tho
Xbawx is ''re-evaluating exclusivity''... Translation: After throwing all sort of crap to the wall to see if something sticks but clearly nothing worked, we, including our lord ''in charge'' Phil came to the conclusion that exclusives indeed do matter so please forget if we ever said otherwise.
Yup, I feel it in my gut, next gen belongs to xbox, PS6 is cooked...
Someone can’t sleep after those 5 million forza games PURCHASED by PlayStation owners🤣 🧌 💥
Well with the decreased price of gamespass even with cod off it there is no way it is profitable given the cost of making their 1st party games (not if you actually include that cost in gamespass costs which they typically dont but should) they will just make a loss without the sales on
If they go back to exclusive games it at least shows that they are finally getting it. They would be turning down immediate money for something that will potentially workout in the long term.
Only issue is they've already opened Pandora's box. A lot of their base has moved to PC or jumped to PS. So will be a long road to get back on track.
We have been saying this from day one exclusives are a must if you are going to be selling hardware look at Nintendo and Sony before Jim Ryan. That's the proven formula. You had some that were deluded and blinded by loyalty accepting that multiplat was the future and that MS was merely getting ahead of where the industry was headed, but at least they can finally see the light and agree with what everyone has been saying for a decade+
True, blame it on the rabid fanboys. MS can do no wrong and spinner this multiplatform move. While the actual fans moved on.
I feel like with the new Xbox coming they are hoping to bring back those old fans and then if it goes well. Bring back exclusives.
If the new console is performing like series x and one. Naw they staying multiplatform.
Funny world where Sony is pro consumer and Xbox is not? At least according to what you loyalists have been saying all this time 🤭
@itveds For how many years have you been doing this sad stuff? For how many years have you been creating fake accounts to troll? For how many years have you always been cl vnn
Pathetic incels with nothing better to do than argue over a box... Because they don't have any good games to play on theirs, obviously. If your precious box is so special, why don't you shut the fuck up and go play it?
I think it's too late, xbox sales were diving even before ABK, they got even worse since then even long before the full multiplatform push. I'd be surprised if they even went back to timed exclusivity at this point, Helix is basically a PC and is going to be expensive, they already struggle to sell cheaper xbox consoles, it will be low volume and they'll have a very small 'console' base to sell to, which has already been conditioned to just play via gamepass anyway.
I don't see them removing PC from the equation. Considering MS has a heavy enough investment in the PC market, it would be foolish to abandon them. I could see them taking away games from PlayStation or ensuring they are timed exclusives at the very least. Say what you will but if Call of Duty ends up becoming a timed exclusive to Xbox machines, that would hurt PlayStation, don't pretend like those games don't sell millions.
Their lifeline of solely the Xbox consoles is dry. Good-Great games on a 1st party scale can't be made at a loss so willingly - sent to the Xbox to only sell limited copies.
They invested billions scooping up studios and need to start making returns.
Sucks that nearly every company is publicly traded and have to be so shareholder biased but that's how it is.
Their words are strong but it'll take time to see what their actions accomplish. Lowering the cost of Game Pass and taking CoD off of it was a good clear start.
Despite all of that, it's clear that Microsoft's Xbox division is broken beyond repair.
PlayStation is currently draining money on flop after flop. It's Sony that needs to re-evaluate their strategy
Wonder how much money was lost on perfect dark, hellbalde 2, 300 million lost revenue
by putting cod on gamepass. The recent Jason schrier news that Xbox has cancelled dozens of projects, spent 70 billion just to see Xbox sales further collapse and gamepass see little growth.
The fact is this has been PlayStation's most profitable generation and they are making loads of money and selling plenty of consoles and games. While MS won't give you any sales figures or profit numbers for Xbox, says it all really.
It isnt. But I dont think they mean in 'games', rather, footprint.
They own the OS but as far as gaming is concerned, Steam dominate. I imagine the VAST majority of people who use the Xbox app/launcher are PC gamepass subs. No ones buying their 3rd party PC games through Xbox PC.
Insider Gaming writes: "Marathon was one of the best-selling video games in March 2026 in the United States. On Wednesday, Circna released the best-selling games of the month, and it featured six new releases along with two games returning to the top 20 after previously falling out."
Is it April fools day again?
The game is dead.
EDIT: the numbers are fudged. “digital sales on Nintendo and Xbox weren’t included in the data”
well it's not on Switch / Switch 2.. so their number would be zero.
The game had a decent launch however the userbase numbers are dwindling on Steam.
“ Is it April fools day again?
The game is dead.
EDIT: the numbers are fudged. “digital sales on Nintendo and Xbox weren’t included in the data”
Does it hurt you to hear a SONY game was BEST selling ?
You gotta let go of those OBCURED feelings 🤷🏿
I mean the only reason MLB was the best selling title was because it was multi-platform. Likewise with Marathon. Will ring true for MS games. Only Nintendo titles are truly flexing their muscles when they chart as they are only to be found there.
It's kinda funny how this Obscure guy lives rent-free in your head. lol
Does Phil also live there?
Yeah sure, yet the player count is no where near what they want for a AAA game with so much money behind it
Why people are trying to spin this game like it’s done overly amazing is baffling to me.
It won’t even be a blip on peoples radars by the end of the year .
You must me typically wrong cuz those Steam chart numbers (AKA where the game sold the MOST) is less than what Hunt has, and Hunt didn't cost $500 million to make lol
The release on Steam of the anime-style gacha-less open-world RPG DragonSword: Awakening is facing a legal challenge from its gacha publisher.
Good read, especially the 2nd idea sounds nice, if someone pulled it off.
Now, most QTEs suck. Sorry to say that since I am sure there is at aleast one person somewhere who has the hots for them, but that's what I and a lot of other people think.
You pretty much summed up all the things bad abou them and I'd like to add something to your suggestions.
If you played ShenMue - often mistaken as the grandfather of QTEs - you might remember a certain chase sequence. It was a truckload of quick QTEs about you running after some guy. If you got him, good for you. If you didn't... the game went on. Not the RE4 way, i.e. "Now you press another button fast to run from that big rock", but in a way that opened another part of the game. Due to you f'cking up, you now had to do some detective work to find the clues that guy would have "given" you.
Now, that might not *solve* QTEs (if you can do such a thing...), but it at least gave them a meaning. Not just button mashing, but opening up a whole branch of the story.
- - -[NOTE: If my mind just makes this scene up due to gloryfiing this masterpiece, feel free to correct me] - - -
Your 2nd idea would also make for some epic movie/cartoon like experiences. Why movie like? When you succed, freeze the frame, open a new window (think of the splitscreens in MGS4) where the action goes on. You could even continue from the last successfull one in case you f'ck one up.
Why cartoon like? Pretty much the same as above, but make the windows overlap, like pictures laying on another. Just some ideas.
But, alas, I don't think we will see something like that soon (Heavy Rain might contain something new, who knows). The common pattern "Hit button X quick enough or die trying" is... well, common, and most devs rather use that template instead of spending time on something creative.
Let's hope someone grows the balls to try something different someday, something that breaks the mold of trial and error sequences.
resi 4 and gow does it perfectly and it's amazing
in some games,they seems a bit annoying
good subject man