Good to know. I mean you've clearly not played it, but by all means please tell us more.
That's about what you'd expect from an enthusiast community isn't it?
11.5/10 it is then lol
That's not a reply to my comment. You just want your generic criticism to sit near the top of the article you self-important smeghead. You don't even have a Playstation.
"something must be going down behind the scenes".
I think you could be right detective. How did you deduce that?
Oh wait, it's in the headline. I'm revoking your detective qualification.
There were NPCs to talk to? lol... I just hopped on the nearest boat, sailed directly towards the biggest baddest storm I could see, capsized, and got eaten by a shark.
I think that was probably enough beta for me, I'll have more of a play when game actually comes out.
Sod that. It's Friday! Where is your heart and compassion for your fellow man?
I get where you're coming from, but VR really is a different kettle of fish.
It's not just a look.
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They've actually already said that their vision is for Game Pass to be device agnostic, they want to bring games to you on any device you choose to use, any way you want to play.
Streaming option incoming, and I doubt they plan to limit it to Windows in the long term. It won't herald the immediate death of Xbox as a console though.
Damn Austrian Kangaroos and their overly convoluted buying habits. That market is just not worth the risk unless you have a real intimate understanding of the culture. To the outside observer it almost looks ritualistic.
Good meat though.
It is a good thing for me. But then last time I checked I was not a retail store.
I should probably check again later, as it seems quite a few people are suddenly becoming retail stores and I guess it could be contagious?
It is impossible to say if this was part of the original idea or not. It would certainly have been on the table.
Exactly. Can't stop the tidal wave.
I went to a Game store in the UK in November because i wanted to trade in a console and pick up an X, and it was pretty plain to see that they're already trying to adapt. Half the store was dedicated to peripherals and things like T-Shirts and posters. They had a big rack of Thrustmaster steering wheels right in the centre rack of the store.
I can't say if it'll work out for them, but they simply can...
Knee-jerk, all or nothing reactionary measures. How not to survive in a changing industry.
Reducing Xbox shelf space and such makes sense, but they aren't going to stop the industry from going digital by stamping their feet. They need to increase focus on peripherals, memorabilia, collector's and limited editions, and digital services.
It won't be easy, and there will inevitably be some casualties. The writing has been on the wall for years th...
Most of them are already dabbling. There are 163 games up at the moment, and most publishers are present to some extent.
I don't see day 1 releases any time soon, but 6 months? 1 year? Will EA Access stand up as a separate subscription? Hard to say, but you know those conversations are happening in the background.
The digital movement in music in particular has absolutely decimated highstreet music stores. Between Digital and the likes of Amazon, game shops need to find a way to adapt if they want to survive.
On the plus side, they've had ample warning, and they can take critical lessons straight from music/video stores.
Microsoft will add a streaming option for this before long.
That's because the beta is limited to the Treasure Hunter's guild content only. The Alpha actually had a bit more to do (though still not enough).
Hopefully the full release will have a lot more about it. It seems odd to run a beta without putting the best foot forward (in this day-and-age where a beta is basically a glorified demo), but they haven't even given us character customisation or One X enhancements yet so there could be a lot more held back.
Sony already have a streaming option with PS Now, that's what we were talking about... Sony could add an option to play games locally if you mean they could bring the services closer to parity? At least the PS4 games anyway.
Microsoft adding a streaming option isn't just possible though, it's a pretty safe bet. It is no secret that they have been working on it for years, and their PR already alludes to it.