@Lodosrage
Some indies have claimed that they sold more on other platforms after they got discovered on gamepass.
I had a game on gamepass and I think our player count was a lot higher than it would have been under normal circumstances. Sales haven't been that impressive, but the player count helped greenlight a succesful spin off.
They could do FFIx next year, or this holiday. There was less than a year between FFXVI and Rebirth.
I think we'll mostly see things that are releasing this year. Maybe Ghost Of Tsushima 2, but wouldn't expect to be much wiser about the 2025 lineup before sometime in 2025.
Sometimes it pays off in exposure. There are games that have succeded because of gamepass. Maybe partly because being on gamepass also usually gives you marketing from Microsoft.
But it can probably be a double edged sword.
Talos Principle is the real loss.
You do know that people have different opinions?
Freedom of speech is important, unless you want a black character in your story. That is not allowed, says the anti-woke police.
I don't think publishers have the money to make that happen. They can barely sustain the current level of fidelity.
They would need to commit to rereleasing psp,ps1 and ps2 titles and history has shown that they'd rather not.
@CrazyCoconuts
I also think it sounds a little off. I would probably buy if it could run Ps5 games, but that sounds expensive. Being ps4 only is a little limiting I think.
But if it ran all ps4 titles and new stuff created for the handheld. then it could be interesting. Basically a Vita that just happened to come with a huge ass backlog of existing games.
When they promised to release COD games on Switch for 10 years, it seems unthinkable that they can do some wild next gen cod game. It would need to be able to be scaled down for Switch 2 hardware, which will probably be like a ps4.
But maybe if they went very expensive and powerful handheld hybrid? They could probably compete against Steamdeck.
In theory they themselves could develop a big pile of exclusives. They don't really need thirdparty exclusivitiy, except that they are fumbling their studios, it seems.They aren't having the output you'd expect at this point.
If it supports your library, some people own more ps4 games than steam games. I know I do.
Would have been a perfect launch title tbh . The way it showcases the power of xbox.
There has been good games where this happened. I think they did it to Arkanes Prey, which was a very good game. But it shows a lack of interest/faith from the publisher.
With Senua I think it's more that Ms could 't care less about a prestige project like this atm. They have pivoted and only want big hitters, so why put money in supporting Senua? Just throw it out there and move on. It's the last part of their old vision for xbox and no longer relevat. A Phil Sp...
Wouldn't go that far, but they must have spent a fortune on it and I can't imagine it being very profitable. I don't think current day MS would greenlight it.
Played it last night, the game is awesome. It's like classic Re mixed with Re4 and Silent Hill churned through Final Fantasy VII aesthetics. Super well made with smooth controls. Could end up being my favourite of the year.
You are aware that new people are born every day? All the 5 year olds probably didn't play it when it released.
But I guess you played every game ever released, which is quite impressive.
You can just buy it, you don't need premium.
And it's still good, but there's a couple of early missions that are extremely tough. But they don't really make games like this anymore.
Maybe because it's different?
Personally I liked the puzzles and combat more in the first one and the story was better.