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CES 2017: A look at HyperX's colorful PC gaming peripherals

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Ex-343 QA Claims Microsoft Contracting Policies Main Issue MS Exclusives Seeing Downturn in Quality

One former 343 Industries QA Tester blames Microsoft's contracting policies for the Halo franchise's hardships and MS' exclusives downturn in quality.

Sonyslave310h ago

Microsoft biggest opp is the main stream media lol suda 51 hit it on the head on metacritic and media bias.

Sciurus_vulgaris9h ago(Edited 9h ago)

The contracting policies do cause a decrease in developer productivity. New contractors are continually having to adjust to new dev tools and workplaces. Once a contractor has fully adjusted to a studio and its development tech, they are often let go and replaced.

excaliburps4h ago

Exactly. Save on money but compromise quality.

pwnmaster30003h ago

Literally all big companies get the same treatment… maybe not Nintendo as much but Sony and MS definitely do.

ThinkThink9h ago

Downturn in quality? Aside from redfall, they've been doing pretty good.

isarai7h ago

You're not living up to your username bro, nearly every MS studio release has been met with sizeable disappoinment of some kind besides Hi-Fi Rush for the past decade.

BeHunted5h ago(Edited 5h ago)

Concord, the PS5 game that cost $400 million, flopped within 12 days of its release, surpassing E.T. to become the biggest flop in gaming history. What happened? Did they forget to include gameplay?

isarai5h ago

@BeHunted

Absolutely no one is defending Concord 🤣, also the $400mil has been debunked. And lastly this has nothing to do with Sony or Concord.

Hypertension1404h ago

@BeHunted

I think he means Microsofts old studios, the ones responsible for halo, gears and forza. Every new game has had a noticeable drop in quality.

Concord is from one of Sonys newest studios, and Microsoft buying what's already popular studios don't count.

OtterX2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

@BeHunted lol, that's like s***ing your pants and saying "Hey, that guy over there p***ed his pants, it's ok!"

No dude, you still s*** your pants. Many times. Now nobody wants to play with you.

At least the other guy is cleaning his pants.

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Profchaos4h ago(Edited 4h ago)

Look at first party games pre Halo 5 and gears 4 some amazing generational hits that stand as some of the greatest games ever made like halo 1/2/3, mass effect 1, gears 1/2, Crackdown, fable etc.

And look at them since the Kinect on 360 where the focus turned to trying to capture the casual market pivoting back trying cloud and gamepass and giving up then going on a spending spree because they failed to compete on their own merits.
Stellar games like
Halo 5/ infinite, gears 4, recore, starfield and red fall are the result. I don't think anyone will look back in 20 years like man that whole moment between master chief and locke when they teamed up with amazing but everyone recalls the fall of reach.

Yeah I've noticed a significant downturn in quality for the last decade or more

Hi-fi rush was born out of a side project and that is their most acclaimed game in the last decade

XiNatsuDragnel8h ago

I am not surprised Microsoft is there own enemy.

Knightofelemia7h ago

I found that after Microsoft bought 2 certain ip's from Bungie and Epic their quality has gone down. The exclusives are boring Gears 4 and 5 I thought were boring Halo 5 I also thought was boring. And yes the quality was there when XB360 had exclusives. But since XB1 and Series X the quality and lack of exclusives has gone down. And yes it sounds like Microsoft is a prick to work for. Work today get turfed tomorrow.

Hotpot4h ago

It was downturn anyway since they bought Halo and Gears from Bungie and epic.

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State of Play returns tomorrow

State of Play is back tomorrow, September 24! Tune in live for news and updates on more than 20 upcoming PS5 and PS VR2 games from studios around the world.

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Sonic188118h ago

Hopefully not a lot of remasters

Eonjay18h ago

Agreed, but if I could pick one game to remaster first it would be Killzone 2. If you had to pick one which would it be?

Mr_cheese18h ago

I know it's not the same but I'd love a reboot of resistance or warhawk

u-bEttA-rUn17h ago

If they announce Kill Zone 2 remake or resistance 2 that multiplayer would be crazy. But Warhawk I would cry like a 2 year old 😂😂😂 give me bloody roar

ravens5217h ago

God of War 1-3, Ascension, Ghost of Sparta and Chains of Olympus all in One.

RaiderNation17h ago

I love Killzone, but I would prefer a complete reboot of the franchise, using the newest version of the Decima engine, rather than simply a remaster of part 2.

SimpleDad16h ago

Sony will not do Killzone 2 or any Killzone because they don't have plans for it in the future... No TV shows, no sequel, no Lego game, no multiplayer...

This is dead for Herman... Only Aloy.
And that's sad.

Zero hype for tomorrow.

Kingrizzy9016h ago

legacy of kane, resistance, or just something totally new that hasnt been already done

Cacabunga15h ago(Edited 15h ago)

Hopefully zero gaas, will show that they’re starting to reason!!!
And yeah the remaster trend must also stop.
PS5 exclusives or nothing go home

A new Killzone, Uncharted, Tsushima, inFamous, Resistance, Wolverine or something original single player.

CobraKai15h ago

Killzone 1. In think that needs a retelling

Profchaos13h ago

I either want something from the infamous franchise or the cheeky answer is being lemmings back as that's now Sony

DarXyde10h ago

Killzone 2 I think falls into remake territory.

I'll take a Warhawk remake or even a remaster but that's it, really.

Any remasters for a last generation game on a backwards compatible console is just insulting.

fr0sty3h ago

If they do any online only live service stuff, give us MAG or Warhawk, games that actually perfected that formula.

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IAMRealHooman18h ago

only remasters, even remasters of games that aren't even out yet

DodoDojo17h ago(Edited 17h ago)

Wrong, there will also be a 2 minute snippet of Lego Horizon.

bloop15h ago

If they don't show something from a couple of their big studios after the absolute disaster they've had with Concord then I'll lose all hope. This generation has been a complete letdown so far and there's very little to look forward to at the moment.

RaidenBlack17h ago

Pretty sure : RE9, Days Gone Remaster, HZD Remaster, 1 last SH2 trailer, Wolverine trailer, Until Dawn trailer
Maybe(s) : GoT 2 announcement, DS2 (but already happening@ TGS), Pragmata, TLOU2 or SpiderMan 2 PC announcement,
Wishlist : Santa Monica & Naughty Dog's new project tease, Marathon gameplay trailer
Don't Want : Any AC Shadows trailer, Any more remasters other than the ones leaked

Eonjay17h ago

You really think that other remaster is Days Gone? And my God what happened to Pragmata?!?

seanpitt2317h ago

It’s 30 minutes, I think you’re being optimistic there, don’t have high expectations, I know mine are the lowest they have ever been since what i have witnessed these past 4 years!

crazyCoconuts17h ago

Agreed w/ Sean. Keep expectations low.

Juiceup7h ago

jfc what is this trash lineup Sony please

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Christopher17h ago

Only 5 remasters. They had to cut back to squeeze in 1 new announcement. They will have another SoP next month to cover the other 12 remasters.

-Foxtrot17h ago

*monkey paw curls*

Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered

Gravity Rush 1 & 2 Remastered

Until Dawn Remastered

DarXyde9h ago(Edited 9h ago)

In the case of Gravity Rush, a remaster of a remaster that plays on PS5 now would be bizarre. Then again, so does Horizon.

This only makes sense if it means a PC release, but they still closed the studio and releasing this would be very poor taste.

potatoseal17h ago

I'm presonally looking forward to a Days Gone one. Would love any excuse to play that game again. I loved it

darthv7211h ago

Why wait for an excuse... just go play it now.

CobraKai15h ago

Im thinking showcasing Pro versions of existing games.

neutralgamer199214h ago(Edited 14h ago)

They could do a lot right by simply announcing a blood-borne remastered so many people have been waiting for it and they should not only bring it to PlayStation 5 but also PC

If they are all intent on doing a lot of remasters, how about doing some of the remasters from the games during the PlayStation 2 and three generation instead of PlayStation 4 games?

Can we get infamous collection? Can we please get Socom from the PlayStation 2 generation? Uncharted trilogy God of war trilogy twisted metal collection, kill zone trilogy, resistance trilogy some of these games they can simply just unlock online multiplayer. They’re only one need to do a lot of work and people would enjoy them

But instead, let’s just remastered the last of us horizon zero down the God of war 2018 this PlayStation Sony executive bosses are some of the most idiotic in the past 10 years

PlayStation has such a long history. They can simply do a lot of fun service and get so much positive PR but they keep making the same mistake again and again and again.

Rimeskeem11h ago

I would honestly prefer remasters/remakes/reboots of games than GaaS they have tried to push.

TheEroica10h ago

Release the remastered games on the sheep!

JackBNimble8h ago

Hahaha... I was going to make the same joke.
That's all they have

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Relientk7718h ago

Hopefully there's good games, but we'll see. Going in with low hype, and I hope to be pleasantly surprised.

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