OmniGamer Writes "I know there are Sony fans out there that were just coasting along after the great E3 that Sony had with the PS4 and announcing that they were not going to have any DRM restrictions, any confusing rules to trading games or rules to used games. Sony showed they were listening to us, the consumer and gave us what we wanted."
"Hammerwatch II's journey to Xbox has been long and perilous. After first launching on Steam in the fall of 2023, the game finally turned up on PlayStation 5 last December. Since then, Xbox gamers who enjoyed the original Hammerwatch and the sublime Heroes of Hammerwatch have been anxiously awaiting their turn at the long-promised sequel. At last, the wait is nearly over because Hammerwatch II will hit Xbox and PlayStation 4 on April 23," says Co-Optimus.
Joe 'Three Sheets' Neate (Executive Producer): "As I’m sure you can imagine, when it comes to Sea of Thieves my days are full of numbers. Development costs, active servers, days until the next update… Sometimes, though, a truly extraordinary number stands out – a number like 40 million, which I’m incredibly pleased to say is the number of pirates who’ve now set sail in Sea of Thieves!"
Garrr... more people to walk the plank and send to Davey Jones locker.
would have been funny to release this on talk like a pirate day.
40 million have set sail...that's great. How many are sailing now? Monthly active users....when it actually matters. How many people purchased the game is another important number.
You don't get numbers like that from MS mouth pieces, they just like to say stuff like "this game was looked at 129 million time, the biggest amount of people browsing a game of this genre on xbox gamepass ever in the last 3 weeks compared to before gamepass was out (small print only 2 million bothered playing longer than 20 seconds and only 100 people are playing it concurrently)
It's all smoke and mirrors
Devstream 178 was filled with so many cool announcements for the game's community, and were able to ask a lot of questions about Warframe: 1999 and more!
XB1 DRM Restrictions provided a grounds for industry advancement in terms of Publisher/Console Relationships, as well as introducing new features that would benefit consumers in ways console gamers haven't had the chance to experience. This new step backward is just letting Sony know that lagging behind the direction the industry needs to move is acceptable and Microsoft is afraid to lose out on launch day sales. It's a weak move by MS, and a pitiful acknowledgement that Sony had it right with their archaic approach to this generation.
Bring back the DRM, I am not afraid of tomorrow.
It proves that M$ is weak minded and has no backbone and bends over easily.
Congratulations to all gamers around the world who voiced their opinions, defended your consumer rights and saved the gaming industry.
Sony has cleverly Played the mind games this year.
And to Sony PlayStation for playing with M$ mind, forced their hand and Xposing their true colors.
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We will remember this historical event when gamers won against tyranny and control. A day that will go to inFamous infamy.
This is the Future of Play.
Well Played everyone.
I think it the MS DRM fiasco really put all console makers on notice that they need to start exploring other options and really think about their reputation before making these drastic moves.
Sony, MS and Nintendo are all about making money, but how they go about it is also important.
Companies will copy successful models, so I am glad MS failed in their attempts to fully control all aspects because that will ensure that Sony and Nintendo think twice before trying such a thing.
Plus, it definitely showed that consumers still have a lot of sway, even tho we have a few among us who didn't see the big picture.
I was proud of the gaming community for rejecting MS on this one.
Cheers to all who made their voices heard. Viva la Revolution!
I've never been more proud to be a gamer. We spoke out and voted and we were heard.
Good for Sony fans but even better for Xbox fans.
Personally its too late to be redeemed and I'm not going to be trusting Microsoft for a while. I'm sure there are tons who were relived and forgive them and came back under their wing of service, though. Good luck to those who do - hopefully Microsoft doesn't pull anything sneaky or underhanded to bring back these policies they been defending and trying to keep since the beginning.
They say that they won't do that but at this point why would anyone really trust them anymore? We'll see a year or so down the line how things work out.
I would have more faith in them had they changed these policies sooner. Like in the start when everyone was complaining about it. They didn't though, they just kept on a smile of arrogance and told everyone if they didnt like it they could go fuck themselves, basically. A smug "Deal with it!" attitude.
It wasn't until they started to see the phenomenal losses the preorders were taking and having the Xbox's ridiculously confusing policy brought up on national television did they finally cave in and give the consumers not only what they wanted but rather what they DEMANDED.
If they had changed based on the feedback and were like "we hear you and we care so we'll give you want" then they would had been redeemed. But they just kept smirking and arrogantly ignoring everyone. It took the wallets of millions ignoring them right back for them to care. It's going to be tough to redeem themselves from such a PR disaster.
If we're being honest I'm a bit disappointed in how easily some people are able to forgive and forget this and return to Xbox like nothing happened. It's like being in a relationship with someone who treats you like shit but you keep forgiving them and going back to them the moment they promise to change.