One strategy that Microsoft has done with the Xbox 360 is subsidize the cost of the console, and then have the consumer pay monthly for the Xbox Live service. With recent rumors and other indications, there is a strong possiblity that “Durango” will be primarily sold in this manner. There is a chance that Microsoft will subsidize their box, the “Durango”, and have the consumers pay every month for the service, Xbox Live. Here are a few reasons this seems logical.
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While there’s a lot to love about modern video games, there is one trend — particularly in the AAA space — that tends to grate: their length.
Games are coming out with too much fluff and side activities that are horribly dull. That's my main issue with all these open world games. Open world should be about exploration, discovery and wonder, not have some stupid 10s or 100s of boring activities spread throughout.
I stopped buying overfluffed games like a decade ago. Cant stand games with the Ubisoft mindset of just filling maps with uselss collectibles and fodder. Make it mean something. Ill gladly take 1/4 size of the map and 1/10th the "content" if it all meant more, were more unique and greater affect on your progression.
Well people complained like the world was ending when a few games were six to ten hours of gameplay. Developers listened and started making longer games full of repetitive gameplay, time wasting fetch quest and other forms of bloat. In doing so they were able to justify the high cost of a game being sold to the customers at seventy dollars or more.
Is Capcom justified in releasing the game with 21 downloadable items?
all which you can earn IN THE GAME BY PLAYING.. sheesh.. people need to chill and stop trippin'.
capcom has done this with every resi game since 2, with devil may cry 4 and 5.
we should be complaining about the poor Performance
I'll be handing out homework In the form of research on the essence of the boiling frog syndrome because the comments already are afflicted with this.
*Performance comment Is spot on 5+ points.
Accepting that these publishers have these types of mtx In games Is tiring, "well, they've done it with their other IP" so should we accept it? Your acceptance of it happening is ruining gaming, just to make it clear.
But it's okay though, you can earn the stuff ingame. 🙃
Having not actually played the game, but only heard about what microtransactions are on offer, no. Dragon's Dogma 2 has not taken microtransactions too far. I think a game would have to go to extraordinary lengths to qualify for the statement 'taken microtransactions too far.'
I mean, I remember a rant from yonks ago (Dungeon Keeper mobile) which, just from memory, went WAY further than Dragon's Dogma 2, with literal days of waiting to mine a single block, and a huge price mark-up to advance.
So, no, Dragon's Dogma 2 hasn't gone 'too far.'
Probably with the way they've been going
Slowly transitioning out of the gaming industry, I mean they most likely would just drop everything now and say "We're done" but they don't want to loose the gamer audience they've built up over the years.
They could make it so much like a cable box with the odd exclusive Halo, Alan Wake, Fable to keep bringing core gamers back.
They are probably trying to see how long they can last before loyal Xbox fans start questioning them. I mean they've gotten this far while forcing casual stuff down our throats.
There will be two Xboxes. One a full console, the other a cable box. Both will be useable as a box, but there'll still be an option for a standalone system.
And of course the standalone will be expensive, while the box is cheaper. Available via a lease through a cable provider.
An interesting why to separate themselves from the pack. But I'm not sure that will work out. Sony could easily counter whatever MS puts forth with their own content. MS could loss gamer interest by focusing too much on services and also loss to Sony in the services category. I really love how competitive this is shaping up to be. We're going to see the best from both of these companies.
this is the one way to eliminate (legally) jail-breaking/hacking of their console. Because it would their hardware, not ours. A pay to use said product/service. Not own. This is very smart, I'd do it at $15 a month including the live features! Would not pay anymore. Maybe 20 w/ some insurance policy. Cancel anytime, return to gamestop. Everyone could easily have the console. Not just for gaming but for many entertainment, or productivity uses.
Man I can't wait see MSoft Xbox reveal. Based on rumors about no used games and needs online to function, just what will be their reasons for this direction?