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Hi-Fi Rush Was a "Break Out Hit" For Xbox, Says Aaron Greenberg
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ResilientBanana
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after all this crazy mess, I decided to get gamepass and play the damn thing. It’s a great game. Deserved all the praise it got. The animation and art-style is incredible. Hats off to the developer.
GametimeUK
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Regardless of if the game flopped or was a runaway success one thing is for sure... I love this god damn game!
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Everyone whose played it has given the game near universal praises here and elsewhere. All pretenses aside, it's genuinely a good, fun, character action / rhythm hybrid game.
Bumblebeetuna
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It’s horseshit if you have a bad memory I guess. Counting eight years from launch, PS3 had over 90 retail from Sony themselves, probably well over 100. I forget all of the dumb PS Move games they released. And over 30 new IPs. And this isn’t counting any of their digital only games that were also from Sony and also new IPs.
PS4 on the other hand saw around 50 from Sony in that same time frame and less than twenty new IPs.
Like I said, they were able to coast most of the gen because the Xbone and WiiU were such failures. That doesn’t mean they didn’t try or they didn’t release good games. But they clearly realized they didn’t need to spend as much making games.
To make the numbers even worse, during PS3’s prime they were also heavily supporting the PSP with its own games and exclusives. During PS4, Sony hardly supported the PSVita. Imagine if Sony could have solely focused on PS3.
All this to again say that any company in a dominant position being unchallenged is bad for all of us.
Gambit2483
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Everyone whose played it has given the game near universal praises here and elsewhere. All pretenses aside, it's genuinely a good, fun, character action / rhythm hybrid game.
It's the best 1st party game of the year (so far) and most likely their best exclusive game in the last 18 months....yet they can't bother to print it on a disc? It's crap like this that doesn't make me feel bad for them if they claim it did not sell well enough outside of Gamepass.
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What's "retail", you mean releases? For every dumb move game there are way more VR games during PS4. Try listing these '90 retail' from PS3.
50 what? New Games? 'Retail'? You seem to be struggling to quantify whatever it is you are quantifying.
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BrutalTruth_
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So why are you shitting on gamepass and not steam? Unfortunately it's the way of the future, and it won't help when Sony removes their Disc PS5 sku.
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ChorizoPicozo
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but OPTIONS™
Gambit2483
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Because I haven't seen a disc based PC game in over 10 years...? Not every region has blinding internet speeds or can afford $300 HDD upgrades. It may be the future 10 years from now but it's currently the present where disc based games are still VERY much a thing and leading in sales.
That's a pretty crappy excuse you have there.
BrutalTruth_
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How is it crappy?
Are you not aware that Sony is getting rid of their Disc PS5 and will introduce a separate drive? Xbox seems to be pushing the S more than ever, another digital console, and PC made that move over a decade ago.
You're ranting about something that's slowly becoming obsolete, it's time you accepted some games will not have physical releases.
Captain Toad
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It's an indie-style rhythm action game. It isn't going to be marketed like Halo Infinite.
Gambit2483
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They are pushing series S and yet their software sales for physical are doo doo. That then translates to publishers skipping out on releasing titles on their platform becauseits not going to recoup costs in sales. Software drives hardware and mindshare.
I'm not saying digital isn't the future many many years from now, but for now, currently, it's a losing strategy to completely ignore physical, especially when physical still takes up more than 60% of your software sales. Don't be surprised if Tears of the Kingdom breaks all kinds of physical sales records next month.
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DenchDeckard
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This is what gaming should be. Fucking hats off to you man, glad you tried it and ultimately enjoyed it. It's a brilliant game, and thats what's important. Not slimy marketing execs or rumour mill "reporters" talking shit.
Great games, are great games and we got a really good one at the start of this year.
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Someone Grubbify this meme template please lol
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Just finished watching the video and in the final minutes it seems like he's more pissed off at his name being used in conjunction with the news, and not apologetic.
Varteras
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Banned where?
MasterCornholio
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Topher
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DenchDeckard
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If anything, at least this has got people talking about Hi Fi Rush again and more people might try what is a game that is blatantly going to be on the majority of top ten game of the year awards this year.
Moriarty1889
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It should have gotten a physical release and some marketing imo. Brilliant game otherwise.
Bumblebeetuna
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Wait so even in his “walk it back” video he’s still claiming HiFi didn’t make the money it needed to make 
He learned nothing. Also why did he cut his hair?
He learned nothing. Also why did he cut his hair?
ChorizoPicozo
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Because is true.....for BethesdaWait so even in his “walk it back” video he’s still claiming HiFi didn’t make the money it needed to make
He learned nothing. Also, why did he cut his hair?
Gambit2483
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Apparently he was only reporting "what he heard". Whether "what he heard" is the factual case or not is anyone's guess since MS no longer reports numbers or talks about financial successes anymoreWait so even in his “walk it back” video he’s still claiming HiFi didn’t make the money it needed to make
He learned nothing. Also why did he cut his hair?
Topher
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ChorizoPicozo
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This needs to be the loser's avatar the next time there is a bet.
supernova8
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Then: "Based on what I've heard... it just straight up didn't make the money it needed to make"
Now: "errr... I don't know what it needed to do" (ie he has no idea how much it cost or how much it needed to make).
Either he has sources telling him that Hi Fi Rush didn't perform as well as expected or doesn't have sources telling him that stuff.
There's no in-between.
Now: "errr... I don't know what it needed to do" (ie he has no idea how much it cost or how much it needed to make).
Either he has sources telling him that Hi Fi Rush didn't perform as well as expected or doesn't have sources telling him that stuff.
There's no in-between.
ZehDon
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And wouldn't you know it, the video just scootched past the 10-minute length recommended for optimal monetisation on YouTube.
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ChorizoPicozo
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there are in-betweenThen: "Based on what I've heard... it just straight up didn't make the money it needed to make"
Now: "errr... I don't know what it needed to do" (ie he has no idea how much it cost or how much it needed to make).
Either he has sources telling him that Hi Fi Rush didn't perform as well as expected or doesn't have sources telling him that stuff.
There's no in-between.