ChorizoPicozo
Member
Forspoken says hi.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Verge: MS launching Hi-Fi Rush and Pentiment on other platforms, Sea of Thieves later in 2024
- Thread starter ManaByte
- Start date
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Your line of thinking makes no sense .. they're not holding a podcast just to announce 3 ports. They'll most likely be discussing the future of the brand, if there's any disc-less SKU coming soon or possibly when and what the next gen window might start. If they just wanted to announce the ports, this is a simple news-wire blog post ala Ori 2.
Mister Wolf
Gold Member
Just make sure you keep the premiere exclusives off Playstation.
Last edited:
GHG
Member
Topher
Gold Member
What he says makes perfect sense when he refers to that hypothetical as a "PR blunder". I mean.....your post is basically agreeing with that, isn't it?
MacReady13
Member
Apparently it was only known to people who subscribed to the greatest deal in gaming!!!!! I purchased it and thought it was great.
ShaiKhulud1989
Gold Member
Totally destroyed brand reputation and let the drama fester for two weeks to tease some hardware in a podcast? If so, godspeed.
It will be a major shift in strategy way beyond two small games and one old service title. Thinking otherwise is pure military-grade copium.
Or MS just thinking about a PR suicide, good for them, I guess.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
GHG
Member
Oh no, he just cursed Helldivers 2. I've been having a blast with that game
I've vowed to not touch it until he starts shitting on it. Imagine bumping into him in a lobby.
reinking
Gold Member
Does anyone think they are going to stop with these three games? Or, the two other rumored titles? I expect by the next generation Xbox Microsoft Gaming will be porting most games to the other two consoles and only hold back on what titles they deem as significant to the Xbox brand.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Wait, what? For $1.50 I’ll buy it.
Gamer_By_Proxy
Member
They've done a good job keeping them off Xbox too.
DJ12
Member
You didn't pay for it so neither will I.
Ass of Can Whooping
Member
Salty Popsicle
Banned
But they got to play these games without paying full retail price on each. That's somehow a dig on them?
This is just the start. Kinda feel bad for all the warriors on here who have championed gamepass.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
The higher the budget, the more likely it is that game is coming to other platforms. The Xbox market is not big enough to make big budget AAA games viable anymore.
GHG
Member
So what you're saying is that they're not worth the money?
Topher
Gold Member
No, clearly Microsoft is easing into PlayStation/Switch ports much like Sony did with PC ports. And remember, this same Tom Warren said he knew "for a fact" that another big Xbox game was coming to PlayStation.
Killjoy-NL
Member
The beginning of the end.
Now people will assume more will come and sales will dry up eventually.
Now people will assume more will come and sales will dry up eventually.
Topher
Gold Member
Yeah, but if folks had paid full retail price then they probably would have stayed exclusive. The article points directly to the Game Pass "slowdown" as the reason for these ports.
Salty Popsicle
Banned
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
But we're still getting all the new games on game pass day 1, doesn't seem like any reason to stop championing it.
Not sure which part agreed with his post. I agree with the part that the podcast won't just be about announcing 3 ports. I don't agree with the PR Blunder part.
darrylgorn
Member
So much for them going third party.
Hopefully, they'll release Grounded at some point.
Hopefully, they'll release Grounded at some point.
Last edited:
GHG
Member
Big if.
Salty Popsicle
Banned
You cannot place the blame on consumers for opting into an amazing value proposition like GP offered. That is a Microsoft/Xbox strategy failure, not the consumer's fault.
Skelterz
Member
.
Topher
Gold Member
"they're not holding a podcast just to announce 3 ports"
That's pretty much what he was saying my man. That's what he said would be the "PR blunder". That's how I read it anyway.
Yeah, I agree with that.
ResilientBanana
Member
That’s what people smashed their Xboxes over?
Salty Popsicle
Banned
Mister Wolf
Gold Member
All the sly portbegging will do is draw attention to the games. Free advertising. In the Indiana Jones and Avowed threads you'll be making cute remarks like this comment, but it's really this:
MisterXDTV
Member
GHG
Member
Every game they have released has also released on Steam to purchase at full price.
Other than Starfield and the Forza Horizon games, not many have proven to be sales successes.
Palworld is the recent evidence which shows if the game is sought after enough then more people will opt to purchase it than they will to rent it via a subscription.
ManaByte
Member
People were smashing their Xboxes over the video game equivalent of Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds broadcast.
MisterXDTV
Member
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Salient point. It got me to swap my main brands from playstation on PS4 to Xbox on Series X for this generation. If putting out ports later to other consoles means all their new stuff keeps releasing day 1 on game pass, I'm ok with that.
Last edited:
ManaByte
Member
It regularly climbs the Steam charts when it’s on sale. It’s a popular streamer game.
Gudji
Member
They are going third party.
reinking
Gold Member
Is it port begging when one company decides to push titles to other consoles?All the sly portbegging will do is draw attention to the games. Free advertising. In the Indiana Jones and Avowed threads you'll be making cute remarks like this comment, but it's really this:
Last edited:
GHG
Member
I have my opinions on Sea of Thieves, but pentiment is a niche title and is never going to sell a huge amount regardless of the platform.
The reality is that there are very few games in their catalogue that they can release which will light up the sales charts on Playstation and Switch.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
We tried telling everyone. So much mental gymnastics and arguments back in the day as if we didn't have dozens of streaming services to draw comparisons from. They all end up the same in the end. Stagnant, hit a wall. So they either raise prices, lessen the quality of content investment, or find other avenues for revenue. Or, all of the above.
That dream of 100 million subs in the short order he was hoping was always a folly.
Last edited:
Sure, you got to rent the games for "cheap". If all you care about is renting games then good for you. Clearly, MS are losing money with gamepass. That's why they're starting to move games multi-plat. You playing games without paying retail has put MS in this situation.
Salty Popsicle
Banned
Once (if) marquee games like Halo, Forza, and Gear of War make their way to PlayStation, then the Xbox Series X will for all intents and purposes be the last Xbox console I own. If they do go this route, I really don't understand why they would even bother with releasing another Xbox console unless it's just a handheld like Steam-Deck and not a dedicated console at all.
Insane Metal
Member
Lol dude you're so silly
bender
What time is it?
Or they can simply say which game is totally exclusive, which game is temporary exclusive and which game will be released on day one..... It's simply a matter of honesty
But of course, this is a business and they can hardly anticipate and submit to decisions that may limit them in the future or in the present in the midst of a judicial process against the FTC, which will not hesitate to use any assertion of exclusivity in their favor. .
Of course, MS has it quite complicated or impossible to send a message that creates certainty or reduces negative impacts.