@blackblades price and value are two different things. For me at least it has much less to do with impatience and more to the value of playing the game today instead of waiting for two years when the I may save $20 to $30.
Not to mention when factoring inflation my $ will be worth even less 2 years from now so who knows what the true savings really are.
By the metrics used there has not been a 1000% increase in Series X sales, but we know there has been an increase. The uptick is a good thing and I hope that this begins a trend of Xbox actually focusing on games. I doubt it, but one can always hope. Unfortunately Xbox wants to be to many things and is a master of nothing.
Maybe it has nothing to do with FOMO and some people are excited about another FF and just want to play the game at release. There is value in playing the game now versus waiting 2 years for a complete addition that adds additional content for $20 to $30 less than if you paid for the DLC when launched.
In the end, it is up to the individual how and when they chose to spend their money.
@franwex I fully agree and avoid micro transactions and pay to win at all costs. That said, Witcher 3 expansions were a great value seeing that the length and quality of said expansions were greater than most self-contained games. I only have issues when DLC comes out instead of releasing a full self-contained game. This is why I don’t buy fighting games anymore (paying to unlock characters, etc.).
Given that FF16s base campaign is full of content and self-contained (I have...
Precisely why competition is needed.
Is this supposed to be a surprise?
This will look good on PS5 Pro.
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Good decision. Towards the end of the 360s life is when Microsoft stopped listening to what gamers wanted and started imposing onto gamers what Microsoft wanted.
Wow! What a mess Xbox has created for themselves.
FOMO is precisely why some franchises have found success with GAAS and I hate it. I refuse to be tethered to a single game while carrying out mundane tasks so that I don’t miss any of the content. I will stick with games that I can play at my own pace without the fear that I am going to miss the best items, cars, etc.
I fully agree that the install base for the Series S consists of more casual gamers. However, there was a time in my life when I was a hardcore gamer and I may have considered the Series S only because a Series X wouldn’t have fit in the budget. For gamers who purchased the Series S due to budget constraints and the promise of parity, I suspect this will become frustrating over time when dropping more than just split screen is necessary. IMHO
You are doubling down on a poor argument. You are saying that split screen is not a “core feature” because it is not important to you. However, split screen is a core feature for some gamers. Especially in households where the budget console was the only affordable “next gen” option.
Ultimately you are moving the goal post. Microsoft stated feature parity. They never stated “core feature parity” because that is highly subjective and is based on what is important to the end...
Enough with the spin Darth. The Series S was marketed as a 1440p @60 fps machine that plays fully functional next gen games. There was never a mention of leaving features out of games on the S. Microsoft said that the differences would be made up with sliders and elevators. The games were promised to have parity with respect to features.
I am happy they dropped parity, but this is a bad look for Microsoft no matter how you try to spin it.
As one of apparently very few Series X owners I agree, but if I were one of numerous S owners, I would be disappointed and may claim false advertisement. Especially as the gap continues to widen as current gen matures.
Whole argument of sliders and elevators never made sense. Why not just release next gen games on my NES, SNES, and N64. All it is sliders and elevators after all.
Agree that Phil was warned and it is a shame that he didn’t head the warnings. In the in end I think the decision to release the far cheaper Series S was a strategic decision that is now backing Team Xbox into a corner. The strategy being that they overpromise by describing a budget console as “next gen” all in an effort to get more players in the Xbox ecosystem and further drive GamePass subscriptions. A strategy will blow up in their face if it hasn’t already.
Apparently someone disagrees that you are hyped. Lol!
Not a fan of day 1 DLC. Should just be part of the base game.
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Absolutely, young Kratos was still capable of jumping vertically. Something old Kratos seems completely incapable of.