BigBoxGaming looks at the strengths and weaknesses from each company's last gen consoles and where they are headed now. Sony "learning from their beatings," Microsoft "home entertainment," and the zune.
Here are 30 potential announcements to look forward to in the coming weeks, from long-awaited remakes and sequels to brand-new titles.
The new monthly paid subscription for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege has sparked an outrage among the game's community.
Paid subs are coming, and every company is investing heavily in them. From Microtransactions to this type of stuff, the community has been vocal about the issues surrounding ripping customers off, but we are being let down by influencers and journalists in trying to fight off these abhorrent business practices. Influencers and journalists don't say enough about how bad this stuff is. Meanwhile th soft buyers in the general public are getting more outraged by the day and whales are being exploited to pay too much of their own money for pointless crap.
A paid sub is partly why I think Xbox can throw Black Ops 6 on to Gamepass day-and-date and still think of it as "good business."
Josh Sawyer is a name that has been familiar to RPG fans for decades. He's worked on Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights 2, Alpha Protocol, Fallout: New Vegas, Pillars of Eternity, and most recently Pentiment. How did he get into game development, how has his design philosophy changed over the years, and why did he decide to do Pentiment a little differently?
Those are some great games. Icewind Dale I & II are underrated.
If Larian made Icewind Dale III, I'd lose my mind.
What a fantastic, thorough interview.
Sony hype train? MS past success? WTF. Gotta love these titles.
Hype doesn't have to be a bad thing. It's when you don't deliver that you can get into trouble.
Whatever the outcome I am ready for this next gen to start, and can't wait to see what both systems will bring to the table.
Though right now Sony looks to be my first purchase.
M$ biggest success this gen has been getting away with charging a subscription fee for people to access THIER internet, a success for M$ but a huge minus for gamers.
Unless that changes I will stick with the PS4 next gen and leave the mugs to pay the M$ internet tax.