SteamDeck will run windows, Xcloud, and GamePass... No reason for them to make the hardware.
They don't need to. You can play GamePass and Xbox games through the MS store on SteamDeck.
@sourOG no, there are 20k chests, mysteries, etc. My point is there has to be. If a gamer doesn't go hunting to do then, and just grabsuyems and solves mysteries along they way, then it works perfectly. Gamers that get a little OCD about 100%ing or doing everything, yeah totally get it seeming too much. Gamers that just play it and follow the story and side items they come across. Feels like the right amount.
I completely disagree with the items you said "should be removed."
Why? Just don't do them. Massive open world games need tons of things to do because not every player heads in the same direction or hunts every single chest. You need enough for people to randomly find to keep them interest. It isn't the game designers fault some people become obsessed and have to do everything in the game.
Few points I disagree with...
1) there is no reason Splinter Cell couldn't have seasons or expansions to fit the model mention. Hitman series figured it out.
2) AC is far better now, and I loved Ezio triology. I was done with the series until Odyssey. Still stealth everything but having fun combat when discovered is a huge plus and they do an incredible job with the open world. Yes, this is an opinion, but the game is more popular than ever. Pure stea...
No. Phone games maybe
A disagree that Splinter Cell couldn't have seasons and annual updates. Seems pretty simple, new missions with new locations. New season bad guy plot to stop.
@codycoop2132
MS, Sony, Nintendo absolutely makes money off 3rd party games. They own the platform and store, they take a cut of all transactions.(30% I believe).
Correct, you don't own GamePass games but if I can play the game whenever I want and it costs me less money, who cares?
Netflix started almost 30yrs ago, so yeah, they've raised there rates a little. I'm not saying prices will never go up, that's inflation. Ga...
"preservation is only possible when someone can donate a collection of disks shelf or a bunch of arcade cabpreservation is only possible when someone can donate a collection of disks shelf or a bunch of arcade cabinets that have outlived the bar that kept it.inets that have outlived the bar that kept it."
LOL, what? Preservation can happen for digital games, or games that were physical and converted to digital. If 20 years from now, someone can turn on a device an...
@codycoop2132
Netflix relied on 3rd parties and expensive movie licenses for all its content, then most, now even less. MS owns a ton of studios now for content AND makes money off 3rd party games. Subscriptions work at a low price point, they need volumn.
Because Nintendo would rather sell it diehard fans an oled version first, then sell them a true upgraded.
Your statements demonatrate a fundamental lack of understanding of how subscription services work and are a perfect example of a slippery slope argument. GamePass isn't going to jump to $30 a month when they hit 60 million subscribers and they aren't going to stop backwards compatiblility then either. Those old games are content for the catalog, doing that would reduce the value of their service.
@jjb1981
Maybe explain it to me simple like then. How is buying a blu-ray with a game on it fundamentally different than a blu-ray with a movie on it? CD of music VS game?
For that matter, explain to me how getting a year of access massive catalog of brand new AAA, AA, and Indy titles, plus a back catalog going back to the OG Xbox for the price 2 new games isn't an amazing deal for gamers and somehow is a bad thing.
Lol, GamePass is a Trojan horse? OK. I'm sure you still buy tons of CDs and DVDs today and don't subscribe to Spotify, Netflix, and similar services for music and movies.
I can download it right now to play, not sure what your issue is.
Maybe cause you didn't when it was out, or when it was a free purchase before it was delisted? That's on you. Music industry can shut down any game with music in it over licensing.
If games are always available in their best state, that's preservation. How you access those is a different debate. They're preserved an available for anyone to play, that's the goal.
You're asking why a company that has a subscription service doesn't top sales charts???? How many DVDs of stranger things has Netflix sold?
I see a handheld I'll be installing windows on and playing GamePass games and xcloud games on, so not sure it hurts Xbox at all. Nintendo is everyone's second system with its low piece point. It's a nice toy, this is a powerful handheld. I do agree it won't hurt them.
People seem to forget studios and devs are often the biggest fans of the franchises they create. They make sequela because they live the games, story, world, etc, and want to make more.
I disagree, in massive open worlds, there needs to be things to find and do in every direction. There needs to be side quests and random encounters in every direction. There needs to be materials and chests in every direction so players can choose their own paths. AC Valhalla is a 50-60 HR game unless you try to do everything, which is a personal choice and not what's intended. Turn the icons on the map off, do what you naturally come across, don't use a guide to help you find every s...