Xbox Game Studios Stupidity Hate Thread Game Pass Edition

[xXx: State of the Union]

even Crash four, that is a decent game got put down beacuse it didint have COD levels of sells numbers.

That was done before Xbox bought Activision though...

 

[Gravityqueen4life]

That was done before Xbox bought Activision though...

yes, i was wrong.

 

[Celebrate Nite]

https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-bans-unauthorized-third-party-xbox-controllers-and-accessories-124703807.html

Microsoft has banned all third party controllers that aren't under the 'desgined for xbox' label.

lol wtf is wrong with these companies? Between this and the "no third party blu-rays" from Sony, it's like they've gone completely fucking mad.

"yea let's LIMIT the choices our customers have regarding how they play and/or use the console(s) they paid for. Surely nothing bad will happen!"

 

[The Demon Pimp of Razgriz]

lol wtf is wrong with these companies? Between this and the "no third party blu-rays" from Sony, it's like they've gone completely fucking mad.

"yea let's LIMIT the choices our customers have regarding how they play and/or use the console(s) they paid for. Surely nothing bad will happen!"

They are obsessed with forcing you into a closed ecosystem that only they control, to force you to have to go to them to stay in it.

 

[Sparky Lurker]

70 billion dollars and one and a half year of headaches for this:

 

[The Last Stand]

70 billion dollars and one and a half year of headaches for this:
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That was before the acquisition. Now, how MS responds to this remains to be seen.

"yea let's LIMIT the choices our customers have regarding how they play and/or use the console(s) they paid for. Surely nothing bad will happen!"

This may affect converters for fighting stics. I'm not sure if external keyboards will be affected by this.

 

[Sparky Lurker]

Wow, another licensed property from a Bethesda studio:

Meanwhile Dr. Jones game is rotting on a corner.

 

[Raging Capybara]

From the geniuses who brought us goddamned Redfail.

Another hit from the netflix of games! Thanks mendigopass

 

[Mr.Miyagi]

From the geniuses who brought us goddamned Redfail.

Technically, I think that was Arkane Austin. But it would be fucking hilarious to have them recycle bits of Redfall into this over at Lyon. Having your brand attached to a vampire game that flopped, and then going into another vampire game is almost too funny to be true.

 

[xXx: State of the Union]

Was Blade the reason Xbox social media was hyping up TGA's so much?

Really? A fucking Marvel game? Who do they think they are? Sony?

 

[Sparky Lurker]

Was Blade the reason Xbox social media was hyping up TGA's so much?

Really? A fucking Marvel game? Who do they think they are? Sony?

There was the Kojima game too, so yes, they think they are Sony.

 

[xXx: State of the Union]

There was the Kojima game too, so yes, they think they are Sony.

Oh yeah, I tried to block that OD shit from my mind already.

 

[The Demon Pimp of Razgriz]

To be fair, if I was to play any Marvel game, it would be a game based on Blade.

 

[CaptainAutism69]

lol wtf is wrong with these companies? Between this and the "no third party blu-rays" from Sony, it's like they've gone completely fucking mad.

"yea let's LIMIT the choices our customers have regarding how they play and/or use the console(s) they paid for. Surely nothing bad will happen!"

Any desire to jump into this console generation just isn't present. No games, 'games as service', 70 EUR games with DLC and microtransactions, nothing new that we haven't seen before, and 'you don't own this device' bullshit.
I miss the X360 days...

 

[SilentDuck]

70 billion to get Goat Simulator 3 as a temporary exclusive. That must be some goat.

 

[Sparky Lurker]

https://gamerant.com/xbox-game-pass-ads-cloud-streaming/

In an interview that he gave at the Wells Fargo TMT Summit that was held on November 28, Stuart described a vision of offering xCloud in regions like Africa, India, and Southeast Asia in exchange for ad views. "[In these] places that aren't console-first, you can say, 'hey, do you want to watch 30 seconds of an ad and then get two hours of game streaming?'" Stuart explained, according to a transcript provided by Tweaktown. Many countries in the regions the executive mentioned have no official support for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, therefore they also have no official support for Xbox's cloud gaming service.
Stuart went on to say that half of Africa's population are people who are younger than 24, have mobile devices, but have very limited high-end disposable income. "So we can go in with our own business models and say... there's millions and millions of gamers we would never have been able to address there, and now we can go in with our business models," he claimed. Xbox Game Pass reached 25 million subscribers in January 2022. Microsoft has not released new data since then, which implies that either subscription numbers have slowed down or that they dropped. Regardless of what happened behind the scenes, an influx of new users from previously untapped regions would be beneficial for Xbox.

 

[Raging Capybara]

Even PS5 sold more than 25kk (it's close to twice as many) LMAO.

The netflix of games is a failure.

 

[Sparky Lurker]

It's good to remind that "games man" was already head of Xbox for 7 months by the game's release.

 

[xXx: State of the Union]

I guess there are rumors that id Software is working on a Mandalorian game for Xbox.

This would have probably been great if it came out a year ago. Might have been fine if it came out today.

But aren't we at the point where people are getting over The Mandalorian?

 

[The Last Stand]

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It's good to remind that "games man" was already head of Xbox for 7 months by the game's release.

I liked Sunset Overdrive. I hate how it's in limbo now between Insomniac, MS and Sony. MS owns the publishing rights; Insomniac owns the IP. Perhaps if Sunset Overdrive had more marketing and released a year later, it COULD'VE been a great mascot for the Xbox brand regarding creativity, expression and interactivity in a video game environment.

Reminds me, I should play it again.