You do realize that Sony would pull its games from any storefront purchased by MS, right? Pretty simple countermeasure...
Such an outstanding baseball series! Looking forward to importing a physical copy.
This kind of drip-fed content is a great way to get me not to buy the game until years later (generally when it's discounted and unlikely to make a positive financial impact on their bottom line). I reward physical releases of complete games.
This is not news; it's sensationalist crap.
Yes, but years later it was re-released in one of those bargain hybrid 360/One cases.
I played and finished it on Xbox One.
Hope there's a physical disc release. Missed opportunity to promote PSVR2 if they aren't including the VR mode.
No sheriff or judge in his/her right mind will repossess said media. Therefore, without enforcement, it doesn't matter what the TOS states regarding ownership. In fact, such TOS are on shaky legal ground, anyway, because it is completely reasonable that one would expect to own the copy of the disc contents as part of the purchase. The purchaser has de facto ownership. Why you can't wrap your head around this is beyond me.
Samsung is in bed with MS and shows latent interest in the gaming market. They are also a hardware manufacturer. It seems totally reasonable that Samsung is in a prime position to take over the Xbox hardware properties should MS bow out of the market.
2027: MS stops making Xbox consoles
2029: Samsung starts making Xbox consoles
j/k
Institutions and empires can fall. It just might take some time and competition from new ideas.
He must be referring to middle-ware, macros, and other support tools.
As much as I am not a fan of Kotick, you should at least state the facts of his compensation correctly. In a public company, the board of directors draws up the contracts for C-suite personnel. CEOs cannot generally decide their own pay unless they are also own the majority of the shares of the company. Even then, the board of directors may balk at this. Kotick did not unilaterally give himself a $200M bonus. A clause was triggered in his contract because the Activision share price doubled an...
The vast majority of third-party content is already not exclusive to one platform. Leading a market does not necessarily mean monopolizing it, especially when the content is generally available on several platforms. What is your evidence for monopoly?
Won't this be the 7th GoW game?
Lenovo makes shitty hardware. They took IBM's PC business and butchered it to death. Their handling of service and warranties is atrocious. Avoid!
Nothing's more popular lately than "gig" business models---enlisting everyday people to do the work while siphoning your finders fee from the transaction. Uber types, GrubHub types, YouTube types, and now game software development... Bonus: you don't have to pay livable wages, offer job security, or provide benefits!
Disc is a coaster. I guess they don't want my money.
I never understood the cylinder prototype. Unless you rename the company Xcylinder, it just doesn't make any sense:
[You walk into your friend's family room and see it]
You: Whoa---what is thaaat?
Friend: It's the new X---box...
You: Huh?!?! Strange messaging from the team at X---box