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Naked Lunch

Member
Probably very late and the I think the sale is over within a day but...
Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Lightning Returns are $10 a piece. Those havent gone on sale in years - I would know - ive been waiting for them forever.
 
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nikolino840

Member
An interview in spanish


He worked at Fable

Hellblade había sido una experiencia estimulante desde el punto de vista profesional, pero también agotadora. "El cierre fue intenso y el juego es duro por la temática, necesitaba un descanso", reconoce Fernández, que tampoco se sentía muy atraído por otros proyectos de Ninja Theory. Se tomó unas largas vacaciones y a la vuelta se despidió, aunque se quedó en Inglaterra porque ya había enraizado en el país. Su siguiente estudio fue PlayGround Games, otra de las adquisiciones de Microsoft, que trabaja todavía ahora en el mismo juego en el que participó Fernández, Fable. De hecho, de su trabajo en estos últimos años puede contar poco porque se trata de videojuegos que no han salido aún o ni siquiera se han anunciado.
Lo que se sabe de Fable es que es un reinicio de la serie, en un mundo abierto. "PlayGround es una empresa serie, muy organizada y production driven [que se rige por la producción], cada dos años te saca un Forza Horizon, que tiene más de 90 en Metacritic, con una calidad increíble. Han cogido los juegos de carreras y han dominado estos últimos años, son muy listos y saben muy bien lo que hacen. Querían expandirse con algo diferente y pensaron que ellos lo que hacen bien son los juegos de carreras de mundo abierto y les faltaba gente con el conocimiento de cómo se hace gameplay de un mundo abierto, cómo se controla a un personaje y las acciones [que son] muy distintas a las que tienes en un juego de carreras. A nivel de tecnología tienes que desarrollar un sistema de animaciones, de escriptado,, de quests tiene unos requisitos muy distintos moverte en un coche a 300 km/h que ir andando por la campiña", expone Fernández.
Entró para encargarse de la parte de combate, definir qué requisitos técnicos hay que cumplir y el concepto de lo que debería incluir un Fable actualizado. Estuvo tres años en PlayGround creando sobre todo sistemas técnicos, escribiendo documentación, haciendo competitive research (estudiar las características de los mejores action RPG que habían salido en aquellos años para localizar qué los hacía atractivos) y analizando los Fable clásicos para conocer la esencia de la serie y poder mantenerla. Además de sentar las bases sobre las que construir el juego, en ese tiempo se hicieron prototipos para probar las herramientas y los sistemas. "Los action RPG de mundo abierto son increíblemente complicados de hacer, necesitan mucho tiempo, mucha gente y en PlayGround tienen la mentalidad de hacer más con menos, de que si el Assassin's Creed lo hacen 5000 personas ellos van a tener 150 o 200 y si lo hacen en 7 años, ellos Fable en 5. Está bien ser ambicioso pero también hay que ser realista y yo lo que veía es que se iba alargando y alargando y yo, personalmente, no sé si tengo la capacidad creativa de estar trabajando en lo mismo durante más de x años", dice Fernández.


Con la llegada de la pandemia se agudizó la necesidad de un cambio de trabajo. Fernández ya había sentado las bases técnicas, apunta, "que es lo importante. El cambio a trabajar en remoto en un juego tan grande como Fable, que tiene mucho de hablar con la gente, de burocracia, de meetings… hubo muchos factores y necesitaba un cambio. Fueron tres años superbonitos y creo que Fable es una IP súper, súperinteresante, el juego tiene un potencial increíble y hay un equipo muy bueno dentro. Lo mejor que ha hecho Playground en los años que yo vi es la gente que ha conseguido para el equipo, hay mucho talento. Les deseo toda la suerte del mundo y tengo muchas ganas de jugarlo".
 
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cireza

Member
Sega Vintage Alex Kidd & Co cannot be bought on Xbox One/Series while the game is BC and is not delisted :

I have been trying to make SEGA fix this during the last couple months, but they haven't been doing anything interesting.
This situation sucks a lot and I am baffled by the support team at SEGA which has been more willing to close the support requests as quickly as possible rather than actually dealing with the problem correctly...

Any idea ?

If you have a few minutes to spare, I am asking a lot of Sega fans to create a ticket right now, so that something happens.
This can be done here :

Proof that the game is perfectly backward compatible :


Thanks all !
 
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Bogroll

Likes moldy games
Sega Vintage Alex Kidd & Co cannot be bought on Xbox One/Series while the game is BC and is not delisted :

I have been trying to make SEGA fix this during the last couple months, but they haven't been doing anything interesting.
This situation sucks a lot and I am baffled by the support team at SEGA which has been more willing to close the support requests as quickly as possible rather than actually dealing with the problem correctly...

Any idea ?

If you have a few minutes to spare, I am asking a lot of Sega fans to create a ticket right now, so that something happens.
This can be done here :

Proof that the game is perfectly backward compatible :


Thanks all !

Isn't it the same with Daytona USA ?

BTW I do have this game and it works fine on SS and SX.
 

BlakeofT

Member
I'm trying to buy the new Borderlands game for Series X. When I purchased it, I realized there are two versions of the game in the store. One called Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, and the other Tiny Tina's Wonderlands for Xbox Series X|S. I quickly requested a refund and it got approved instantly. Why is it even possible to buy the Xbox One version of a game on a Series X?!?

I'm now trying to buy the Series X version, but the store says "Not sold separately", yet I can still buy the Xbox One version again. What a terrible experience, holy shit. Is there any way around this?
 

elliot5

Member
I'm trying to buy the new Borderlands game for Series X. When I purchased it, I realized there are two versions of the game in the store. One called Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, and the other Tiny Tina's Wonderlands for Xbox Series X|S. I quickly requested a refund and it got approved instantly. Why is it even possible to buy the Xbox One version of a game on a Series X?!?

I'm now trying to buy the Series X version, but the store says "Not sold separately", yet I can still buy the Xbox One version again. What a terrible experience, holy shit. Is there any way around this?
2K seems to have fucked up their handling of the versions. Can u buy via the web store? Its the next level edition
 
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BlakeofT

Member
2K seems to have fucked up their handling of the versions. Can u buy via the web store
Nope, it says "Not available separately". I'm wondering if it's still propagating the refund through the system or something. I can buy the $70 version of the Series version though...
 

elliot5

Member
Nope, it says "Not available separately". I'm wondering if it's still propagating the refund through the system or something. I can buy the $70 version of the Series version though...

Thats the only version for next gen. Includes both versions + some cosmetic psck or some shit
 

BlakeofT

Member

Thats the only version for next gen. Includes both versions + some cosmetic psck or some shit
I liked your reply, not because I like the truth about the situation, but I appreciate the help!
 

teezzy

Banned
Sega Vintage Alex Kidd & Co cannot be bought on Xbox One/Series while the game is BC and is not delisted :

I have been trying to make SEGA fix this during the last couple months, but they haven't been doing anything interesting.
This situation sucks a lot and I am baffled by the support team at SEGA which has been more willing to close the support requests as quickly as possible rather than actually dealing with the problem correctly...

Any idea ?

If you have a few minutes to spare, I am asking a lot of Sega fans to create a ticket right now, so that something happens.
This can be done here :

Proof that the game is perfectly backward compatible :


Thanks all !


Damn you for making me want this and then it not being available lol

Fairly certain I had to figure out a workaround when buying SoulCalibur on my Series X a month or two back. Is it listed for sale in the store at all? I can't tell because I own it now.


Maybe I'll just keep an eye on the Genesis collection and see if it goes on sale or something

 

ManaByte

Gold Member
Damn you for making me want this and then it not being available lol

Fairly certain I had to figure out a workaround when buying SoulCalibur on my Series X a month or two back. Is it listed for sale in the store at all? I can't tell because I own it now.


Maybe I'll just keep an eye on the Genesis collection and see if it goes on sale or something

The old site works:
 

kikkis

Member
Anybody else had "do you own this game or app" problem on X? Cant seem to be able to play gta v story mode because of it. It says go to store but its no help.
 

Roberts

Member
Anybody else had "do you own this game or app" problem on X? Cant seem to be able to play gta v story mode because of it. It says go to store but its no help.
I had it once a few weeks ago. Did the full reboot and it has been smooth sailing ever since.
 

Gerdav

Member
That's a good get. Playstation is unlucky with Italy. They aren't even competing in the world cup this year.
It won’t make that much difference with Italy failing to qualify, MS have had the same deal with England for a 12/18 months, the only presence I have ever seen is Xbox comes up on the LED hoardings at England home games, they won’t have any pitch side presence with any team at the World Cup as they will all be centralised FIFA partners, same way as why you get PlayStation all the around the pitch on EA FIFA games even while playing on Xbox in the champions league, as Sony have a centralised deal with UEFA.
 

Barakov

Gold Member
Just go my XSX. Forza Horizon 5 at 60fps is just
sexy butter GIF
 

Banjo64

cumsessed
Just checked the leaderboards and;

2m people have played Banjo Kazooie, 1m people have played Tooie and 1.2m have played PD on XBLA.

Pretty decent numbers for N64 games.

I suspect if Goldeneye is released it’d top 3m easily. It’ll probably hit 5m plus if it releases on Game Pass.
 

Naked Lunch

Member
My Series X controller got stick drift on the right stick and im pissed.
The thing pulls upwards at all times. Ive been on Xbox for over 15 years now and never had a single controller do this.
It seems im seeing this alot with a google search - is this a common thing for the Series controllers? Maybe ill wait to buy a new one for a new revision.
 

kikkis

Member
My Series X controller got stick drift on the right stick and im pissed.
The thing pulls upwards at all times. Ive been on Xbox for over 15 years now and never had a single controller do this.
It seems im seeing this alot with a google search - is this a common thing for the Series controllers? Maybe ill wait to buy a new one for a new revision.
Do you still have warranty?
 

elliot5

Member
My Series X controller got stick drift on the right stick and im pissed.
The thing pulls upwards at all times. Ive been on Xbox for over 15 years now and never had a single controller do this.
It seems im seeing this alot with a google search - is this a common thing for the Series controllers? Maybe ill wait to buy a new one for a new revision.
I havent come across any yet. I think you can adjust the deadzones in the settings right?
 

Naked Lunch

Member
Do you still have warranty?
I totally forgot to even check on this - and yep im still covered. I put in a replacement request.
Thank you for reminding me!

I havent come across any yet. I think you can adjust the deadzones in the settings right?
Im not seeing a deadzone adjust in the console settings itself. I know certain games have deadzone adjusts. My controller is even drifting in things like the MS Edge web browser where there are obviously no settings to adjust.

I think I read if you hook the console to your PC there are deadzone adjusts - but I feel like I shouldnt have to mess with that. It would mess my settings up in other games.
 
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