Performance mode was always coming. But I suspect because Phil Spencer required Xbox have a game release on Game Pass in H1 2023 this was rushed out NOT feature complete.
Only 92/100. Even though I haven’t played it, this game is easily deserving of 93/100. Peter Ovo was right, it’s an anti-Xbox conspiracy by fanboys who’ve infiltrated the Xbox media.
@Huey_My_D_Long RDR on Xbox One X and Xbox Series X runs at 4k 30fps.
On Xbox Series S it is 1440p 30fps.
Because people may want to play the game and not everybody has a dedicated console. Give it around seven years when everyone in India or the African nations has a phone that can run games like these and then publishers will be laughing.
The defunct console manufacturers like Xbox and PlayStation not so much.
…then again, how would you feel if Shawn Layden came back for another act?!
@SwissCheese I don't get this narrative. Everybody calling Jim Ryan a 'failure' because he doesn't schmooze or behave over-top-like your best friend gamer CEO. Jim Ryan has shepherded PlayStation through some difficult times and if you look at the financials well PS5 is clearly a success. For God's sake in the UK the last-gen PS4 version of most games outsells the combined Xbox Series S/X. This is not a format wars stat but said to highlight the strong position PlayStation...
Venom is calling his replacement now: Hermen Hulst.
And you can quote me on that!
@IceKoldKilla You mean to say you logged on just for me? I hope it was worth it! 👊🏼
Like you say, age is a factor in not interpreting meaning, as is knee jerk reactions to anything format wars related, and I also suspect geographical location.
But the Xbox FTC trial leaks have got me thinking; how great would it be if the upcoming Perfect Dark game when played opens with the Nintendo, Rare and Game Pass logos on it? It would be like Micros...
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Why are people crying about a more than reasonable price increase? I wish it was increased more so we can be given MORE value. Just wait until Microsoft owns Activision, Nintendo, Ubisoft, Sega and Capcom and has all their games free on Game Pass then you will be singing a different tune. Super Mario and the Legend of Zelda on Game Pass with Xbox Achievements and Luigi pink OPI nail polish controller? Yes Please! -This future is 'inevitable.'
Not being funny, I mean I’m sure Kojima knows what he’s doing, but isn’t Spencer’s hands-off/eyes closed approach in monitoring and supporting developers exactly the reason games like Redfall and Scalebound ran into problems?
Xbox Gaming includes profits derived from the Xbox Store app on Windows.
Microsoft, by not separating the console business from the massive Windows install base is able to conflate the profit and loss of the console business.
Obscure_Observer celebrating Xbox’s ‘win’ over PlayStation ask yourself this question; how can Xbox be making more profit if its install base is a third of the size of PlayStation, and it’s store and accessories likely do a third of ...
@darthv72 Jez Cordon is manipulated by his Microsoft contacts; he thinks he is being told confidential info when really he’s being fed PR.
“ Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Casts Doubt on Massive Leak”.
That headline is incorrectly using the English language by saying Phil Spencer ‘casts doubt’ as that means he doubts the validity of the leak. In fact, he actually CONFIRMED the leak but said the information may be out of date.
Launching a new console and financing all its associated running costs throughout a generation is an expensive business. If the Xbox One and Xbox Series generations have, overall, been losses/investments for Microsoft then its shareholders may not want to go through another round. This also explains why Microsoft was willing to pay so much for Activision Blizzard - because it’s doing everything it can to stay in the game.
FFS! Why on Earth is there illiterate, innumerate people crowing about $230 million revenue? Without any other figures to give it context such as licensing fees, server running costs and advertising, it’s not possible to know if this is fabulously successful or a loss-making venture. What we can definitely assume is that $230 million is not NET profit!
ALSO, whilst so much internal Microsoft info was leaked the fact that the net profit wasn’t revealed alongside this number ...
@JusttJD0099 Can Microsoft afford to drop $200 Billion to own Nintendo, its IP, and dominate gaming and collect all the revenue?
Yes it can.
People who were cheering the ABK as great for Xbox didn’t see the big picture, that it was a harbinger of Microsoft’s plan to use its Big Tech wealth to consolidate all that is good an holy into its arms. Is that really going to serve the gaming industry and fans best?
The Verge’s Tom Warren with the ‘scoop’.
"Insomniac's Relationship with Marvel is Far More Collaborative" - I think they've earned it.
Their two games have done so much for recognition of the Spider-Man and in particular the Miles Morales brand.
EDGE must've put its Top 100 together before the 6th September as Starfield is not on the list.