Complete shit.
So it begins: The closing of the loopholes and then stopping the ‘tricks’ to convert Xbox Live Gold. And then when Microsoft has smoked Sony out of the industry but it’s sheer buying power and PlayStation is dead then MS will Jack the price up to $30 per month.
New IP is great, but the timing of this just a day after the PlayStation announcement highlights how Microsoft takes a reactionary approach to Sony announcements.
@Ausbo. You are presenting a false narrative by attempting to frame my legitimate reference to Jeff Grubb's behaviour as unhappiness at the score!
The comment was in fact highlighting how a blogger/reporter who has the closest affiliation to Microsoft's Xbox division, has a record for spreading unfounded FUD, is the person to give the game its lowest score equivalent of 60%. His record and his historical behaviour gives context here today.
Jeff Grubb is the Xbox's chief cheerleader.
Jeff Grubb is the close friend of Aaron Greenberg who often gives him controlled leaks.
Jeff Grubb is the guy who wrote that article that was pure speculation talking about how bad things are at PlayStation, he was the instigator of the past month's doom and gloom.
Jeff Grubb is the guy ResetEra love!
- no surprise that Jeff Grubby gives Returnal its lowest score!
This is exquisite standard PR talk, loads of use of superlatives that imply greatness. No figures have been supplied to quantify the statements with actual usage numbers or revenue and profit specifics - but I’m hopeful that update will be shared later today.
This story should not have been approved. You don't use a headline with an unproven factual statement and then use the tag 'opinion piece' to allow you to escape scrutiny for truth.
I have no complaints about discussing the merits of Game Pass but until there is widespread profitability data from third-party companies it is incorrect to use PR comments from Microsoft companies when it has not released any data.
AB Gaming indulging in clickbait again. This list a season, there is no DATE given therefore there is no ‘release date’!
What are you thinking, that this may be an expansion of Game Pass to other platforms?
@Abnor_Mal I think it was a dig at Sony for not being part of the event.
If you’re going to write an article evaluating a business executive’s level of success you can do this based on hard statistics, eg net profit & loss, number and quality of game output etc, or you can base your evaluations simply on perception, meaning reaction to press releases and hype - Gamespot chose the latter approach.
I'm too much of a tough guy and I've too many beautiful women throwing themselves at me to need a game like this...
But if there is a tame version then it seems that Steam moderators have got political because they don't like the idea of a man seducing a woman. To seduce is legal, the word means to make someone feel attracted to you but I suspect there are people at Valve who hate this.
Xbox says Xbox Game Pass subscribers ‘Spend 20% more money on gaming overall’. This sounds amazing but it needs to be defined. Does it mean XGP subscribers spend 20% more than people who own an Xbox but don’t have a subscription? The thing is people without a sub are normally casual gamers who are less likely to spend. But another article suggest this spending is on DLC, so perhaps XGP subscribers spend more time online so spend more on DLC. But the question is do they spend on new games more...
Make no mistake, this is a reaction after its price raising debacle, this is a move to weaken Xbox Live Gold so it can get rid of it by the back door. Up until now Xbox Live has meant the online part of the platform. Now, the platform gets its own name, so people can become detached from the Xbox Live name which Spencer felt the Xbox community was too loyal too. People say ‘Good guy Phil’ but this is a grubby move.
Also, of all the names Microsoft could have come up Spencer...
Server farms don't come cheap so it's completely understandable that Nvidia has raised the prices as it was offering the service at less than cost, which wasn't sustainable but was done to help grow the install base. Credit for maintaining the price for original users.
KnowTechie demonstrates which side its bread is buttered.
After paying all that money of course Microsoft is going to want to make the Bethesda games exclusive! But I do think it will be sad for the PlayStation and Nintendo communities who've enjoyed the Bethesda game worlds for years if they don't get to play Starfield or Elder Scrolls VI or Fallout 5.
Microsoft will want to keep Elder Scrolls Online and Fallout '76 multiformat, but I see some of the multiformat audience abandoning the games if they are not allowed in...
Not to be pedantic but the Blood Ties mission isn’t listed.
GTA killer?