And? That is less money than just releasing a demo for players to get a taste. No?
How does it boost sales when you are playing it for a monthly fee in a shared pool?
And let’s say it’s due to players that opted into the pass.. played said game then bought it...
Then that is basically a monthly fee for a demo... of which, demos work. Has since the beginning of time.
Why hide it behind a “game pass”?
Developers would be rewarded more for releasing demos on a platform that helps boost recognition vs commercialism and pay walls.
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This gen had no competition and the PlayStation base did not “take it in the a$$”.
It depends on the definition of “competition”... and Microsoft is more of marketing, membership, partnership type of competition.
Seriously.
Their place in last gen was buying exclusives..
Sony fans did kind of take it in the “a$$” per having to pay to play online so that Sony can earn the money Microsoft did.
Sony had to outbid for third party content to compete w...
Who would buy the new content for each piece of hardware they want to try cross save on with a game that has not interested them on one piece of hardware?
Just the allure of spending spending more money?
The gaming media... the source of hype... is asking “where is the hype”? 🤔
The hype is in forums of Kohima fans.
Their YouTube content creators that are trying to put the pieces together.. in their comment sections.
You have to have articles hyping the game to have a stronger presence of hype.
It is literally what marketing is. Creating htype around a product.
So are you asking for hype money?
I do no...
Although you are correct... it is not people who buy loot boxes that are complaining.
Just like smokers did not complain about restaurants and bars allowing smoking in their establishments.
It is those effected like parents.
The people who do mind the “loot boxes” just complain about their poor rng per items the may want.
Those are not mass shootings.
Partially right as far as “dangerous”.. because of criminal behavior..
But even then, you would be *comparing America with the worst rated countries for both criminal behavior and murders.
As in, the same grouping
They do all of that after release and reviews are out.
But the point is still valid.
Nintendo does very little to boost their consoles/handheld power.
6 years later, and each console/handheld only moves up an inch.. while we get more repetitive titles and barely anything new.
Yes, Nintendo is “quality”.. but they are cheap with what they return to their customers.
In the last 10 years, you can only name a handful of games that were in the “wow” factor.. and I honestly feel I am being kind b...
Those were smart purchases @Zeref..
Had nothing to do with Microsoft.
Ea owned gears and halo was already in the works but bungie was looking for financial backing.
Hey, link me the official numbers from Microsoft, then sure, I will believe anything.
You really think npd knows? It is not an official business tracker. We have all seen the places npd tracks are massively down in sales.. there is no accuracy at all.
The list is not correct and the Xbox one is not in the top 5.
The only two consoles the Xbox one has beat is the original Xbox and Wiiu
Disney did sell.. but it was not too long ago that they said it was a mistake and that they were going to re-enter the market.
Disney prints money.. they do not care about it.
No.
They are Xbox one base models pushed with pixel counts then pushed with Pr about the “ power” war.
There is no “better” versions. There are number of pixels and a few frames here and there.
Selling any other opinion is selling a lie,
Microsoft not only never hit their numbers from last gen.. these down 48% articles are saying y.o.y.. As in the lowest of the low for Microsoft since they lost live over 50k memberships from last gen.
“Sales are down” is not the same as Sony’s by a long shot.
But BC for what?
Their best and most marketed games this gen were from the 360 days..
They literally have nothing to be excited about to buy their console this gen.. so no one is going to care about next gen..
And since their fans that spent the better part of this gen playing bc.. why would they want to continue again.. next gen?
@isarai and I agree.
That was not my point..
As far as going from point A to point B in its campaign, there is value to be had.
It is not a buggy mess. Not in my playthrough. Connection issue here and there.. but please, name any massive online game that has not had issue like that.
I am also not defending the game...
I am saying, the full progress until the npcs no longer have anything to say has a value and length to it.
What is your judgment on that?
Available play time?
Gameplay?
I mean, cod has shoved out 4hr campaigns for how long with only the same pvp over and over and over and over..
No difference in a pve grind.
I just ask because there is a solid grind to get to the end game... it is just then it falls flat.
I’m not saying it is great by any means, to each their own, but your point is so vague... I just was curious.
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All over their YouTube channel on a daily basis or close to...
Where is the actual gaming media and why do they have such selective coverage and act more dramatic over anything else?
For one, the article says “quadrupled sales”... game pass is not sales. It is a shared pool.
If they are referring to people buying the game for getting to try it., you are describing a paid for demo that brought awareness to the games existence. A glorified demo.
So, the title is very misleading... or it is contradicting itself with said paid demo page hidden as a “service”.
How demos are presented are under full control on consoles.
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