Anyone here remember when Sega offered its best three games free with the Saturn?
Forced and optional? You act like every new game system in the last 30 years hasn't launched with a new "forced" and "non-optional" controller. It's called progress. MS just decided to drop things down a notch as they pivot to pursue that hardcore Candy Crush audience.
Nothing wrong with innovating and pushing things forward.
Relative context is helpful in analyzing the industry.
Revenue - Expenses = ?
Margins can be razor thin or even negative.
Sony put a fairly substantial effort into the Vita at launch with a host of exclusives. Uncharted, Wipeout, Hot Shots Golf, Gravity Rush, etc. it was clear early on that the general public that had bought into the PSP was now disinterested in another portable game system when they now had that gleaming new smartphone in their pockets. The smartphone killed the Vita. End of story.
Nintendo was able hold on because they clung to a younger demographic since, at that time, sma...
Agreed. There's something about Galaxy that just seems to gel the best. Odyssey was good but just felt a bit too formulaic half way through - the ridiculous number of moons to collect made it feel like a collect-a-thon. It mainly felt like a bunch of fairly easy tasks to get another piece of cookie, and the later worlds just gave me this feeling of going down a task list of events to get each moon.
$110M from ports probably isn't bad business.
Absolutely. The original title remade with a different vibe than even the original ReMake would be amazing.
I personally think that RE 0 needs to be thrown into the dumpster and Capcom should redo a prequel that focuses more on Bravo Team’s exploits before and up to the events of the original title. Treat the 2003 RE 0 as a fever dream of Rebecca’s as she falls asleep in the infirmary before meeting Chris for the first time.
We should be able to relive th...
But that's the old trick now, isn't it? High growth rates are relatively easy when you're starting from the scratch. If they had 1,000 PC Game Pass subscriptions last year and now have 2,500, that's an ASTOUNDING 159% growth! Wow!
Percentage increases are really only useful when they have some level of context to compare to. Otherwise, it's just a great way to spin underwhelming performance.
Everyone has an opinion for sure. The world is filled with spontaneous opinions, many without due qualification. And my opinion is that there are too many rash opinions eager to crap on the hard work of others without giving any effort to substantiate them. It’s okay to not like something and give a smart ass opinion, but did you even play the demo??
Looks a heck of a lot better than the version that you made for free.
This looks good for a 2023 era title? Unless I’m looking at a bad quality image, I’m not seeing the reason for kudos.
Tastes vary, but man is that one unappealing list to me - even if the games had been true Series X exclusives.
The "$70 a pop" profits will go back into making more games, plain and simple. What's wonderful about it all is that YOU don't have to buy anything at a price level that is not palatable to you. Some people will buy it at $70, some will wait for a sale and buy at $20, and others might wait until it's part of monthly game offering on PS Plus. Eventually, everyone will have the opportunity to enjoy those games at a price point that works for them. And in the case of La...
No problem bro. Far more important things to be outraged about. Crack open a marketing book and you may understand.
It's Business 101. It's far more expensive to gain new customers than it is to retain current ones. Not sure what you're complaining about since it seems you HAVE spent lots of money on Playstation stuff.
Nothing absurd about giving a little extra attention to your best customers.... you should expect some level of preference since that mutual business relationship merits it.
My Best Buy Rewards tier gives me a special concierge customer service line. My credit card gives me a priority number to call. My American Airlines Gold status gives me priority access to the first-class check-in line and customer service. So yes... priority access for being a loyal customer that they want/need to keep.
Nobody is denying you customer service, but companies have an incentive to service their best customers first.
Aside from Returnal, is every PC port thus far a cross-gen (PS4 and PS5) title? Perhaps that's the enabling factor.
You've never seen hotel, airline, or store rewards programs before? This is done all the time. If you're a valuable customer that has done a lot of business with a company, it makes sense for them to give some level of priority to ensure that you continue to be that strong customer. Nothing new.
That I do.
I also remember how the Turbografx-16 received a free copy of Bonk’s Adventure two years after launch for a total cost of $99! I bet many a collector would have loved to have owned a crystal ball then.