Titanfall was the #1 title in the US in March, but the Xbox One still couldn't pass the PlayStation 4. What would Microsoft need to vault over Sony?
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Although the late 2000s Turok wasn't my favorite, I would love a new entry. Open world survival with shotguns and dinosaurs. Not sure how we'd get the fusion cannon, but that would be pretty sweet too.
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All of these games are pretty much universally praised. Outside of Timeshift I literally own all of these.
XIII, The Darkness 2, Far Cry: Blood Dragon, Timesplitters: future perfect, Bulletstorm are awesome games
Windows Central: "Titanfall 1 is being sunset, taken off storefronts by EA. While the servers remain live for now, one has to wonder just how much time it has left. I look back and pay tribute to the last "twitch"-styled shooter I ever truly loved."
Sales for the original Titanfall are being discontinued.
It will be pulled from subscription services on March 1, 2022.
Physical media. Unfortunately the way games are going these days game servers will eventually be shut down and you can stare at the menu and wish you could play the game again.
This is why reading is so important. Nothing to do with digital or physical media. The game, which is online only, is being delisted because of DDOS and other hacker attacks. The case got so bad that only six players in the world log on. For PC. Rather than fix it, they continued to sell the game, broken as it is, and only now just decided to call it quits. But please, go on thinking what you will.
I'm aware of the DDOS attacks and that this case is not typical. This game would eventually have it's servers shutdown regardless of the current situation so that is a moot point. My comment was in a general sense and that there are instances in which games can be preserved physically when official support ends.
Let's recap your first sentence. I said, "the way GAMES are going these days" indicating a broader stroke than just this game. I agree, reading IS important. I was simply stating the obvious downsides of the digital marketplaces and online only trends in games these days. I could even make the argument that the online only offering which has allowed hacker manipulation has impacted the preservation of this great game. My comment is valid in the general sense and thank you for your permission to continue to think what I will.
Titanfall was just one game, it's a great game, but it won't do it by itself. In general the biggest issue is still fighting the $100 difference. A price drop might make things more interesting. However, if the DX12 and cloud do just a fraction of what was demo'd and MS keeps lining up exclusives like it looks like...it'll get really interesting. However, both consoles just need to play their own game, it's nice to have competition, but as a gamer, I want it to stay close and neither console dominate.
Kinectless bundle is Microsofts only option at this point I expect to see one at E3 bundled with Halo.
No game can win a console war on its own. It would take a lot of work on Microsoft's part to achieve a feat like that.
Truthfully I don't think the Xbox1 will ever pass the PS4, it just doesn't have the worldwide brand recognition! Microsoft have drastically limited it's selling potential on just what's available in the U.S as opposed to other countries in the world.
With the monetary backing behind a company such as Microsoft, they could have definitely splurged a little more as far as the hardware was concerned! Especially knowing the financial position Sony has been in, but I'll tell you exactly what Microsoft was thinking; they were thinking the same thing that Nintendo, and the majority of the industry as well as most gamers from all platforms!? Sony would not be able to put out a competent powerful console in a feasible timeframe! Guess who got the drop on all parties involved???
Gaming wise, having games like Gears of War, Halo, Forza Horizon etc. etc, are considered heavy hitters for the Xbox brand, they practically offer nothing at this point in time, because there are no concrete release dates! Which in the grand scheme of things offers little substance to negate the ever widening sales gap that will be most likely be sizably bigger by the time those titles start to release.
To some resolution and frame rates matter little, but to a lot they matter quite a bit, especially if they have the equipment to utilize the benefits of those differences. With one console showing an affinity to have the better fidelity when it come to multiconsole titles as well as a stable of 1st party developed titles that perform better on a consistent basis, it pretty obvious which party is going to win in that head to head!
Not forgoing the fact that Microsoft has left a bitter taste in a lot of gamers mouths by their past actions, and some things are hard to move past.
Well, of course Halo will sell big. Them boys love Halo.