Both 2016 and 2017 have not been kind to Microsoft and the Xbox One - at least from a consumer perspective. Not only is the exclusive lineup a barren wasteland save for Gears 4, Halo Wars 2 and the immaculate Cuphead, but Platinum Games' open-world dragon-riding loot-grabber Scalebound was also canned for the foreseeable future.
If an Xbox One is your only console of choice, chances are you're pretty peeved at the lack of support from top to bottom. Even the dashboard is a stuttering mess that's seen multiple iterations and overhauls, with another apparently arriving before Christmas.
However, led by Head of Xbox Phil Spencer stepping in to replace the godawful marketing 'skills' of Don Mattrick, Microsoft have reinvested their sizeable coffers of cash into where it matters most. Spencer himself has been refreshingly candid about just how much Microsoft messed up the system's launch in 2013, doubling down on hard work and customer-requested features to ensure that if you are still in camp Xbox, you're getting a much more rewarding experience.
SEGA and Lizardcube reveal stunning Neo City gameplay footage for their upcoming action platformer, SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance, launching August 29 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Steam, and Switch.
Pretty excited for this the art style I wish was slightly more distinct that Streets of rage but I'd be lying if I said I didn't love some Shinobi.
Really feeling It's the year of retro revivals for me
Shinobi
Terminator
Gex
Croc
Tomb raider IV -vi
Thps 3+4
Oblivion
It's a good year to be an old dude stuck in the past.
There's even a video of wallrunning enabled in Black Ops 6 by messing with the game's files.
Id rather have wallrunning than this omni-movement crap where people are sliding backwards upstairs.
Just go back to normal human stuff wall running and that omni stuff is too much lol. I was good back in the day but this is too much
Wallrunning is dirt in FPS games. I can only stand it in action games like Prince of Persia at best.
Sea of Stars has gotten a new DLC adventure with the Throes of the Watchmaker. Travel to the clockwork world as you learn some of the secrets of the Watchmaker.
Secretly lol, but not openly.
Needs games, thus inferior.
This made me chuckle!
9. PSNow vs gamepass: PSNow defintiely could have been implemented better. Game pass is a nice feature. Basically MSs own version of ea/origin access
8. Achievement tracking: Definitely something that would be great to have on playstation.
7. "Monthly Subscription Games You Actually Want To Play": Load of BS. It's pretty subjective and PS+ offerings the last few months have been way better.
6. "Infrastructure - No Wasted Projects": Also BS. PSVR has been doing better than expected. How is PS4 Pro included in this?? It's doing as was advertised. True the Vita has been all but forgotten by Sony though.
5. Changing gamertag: This qualifies as making a console better?? It's defintiely a nice feature and I wouldn't mind changing my PSN name and would welcome the ability to do so but it's nothing major.
4. DL Speeds: What?? PS4 speeds have been faster this gen. On the same connection my XB1 would take forever.
3. Early Access games: It's nice I guess??
2. EA access: Not something I'm interested in as there aren't enough games on it that I wanna play to be worth it but yeah it's weird the way Sony handled that. Not enough value for gamers?? I think you should let gamers decide that Sony. Seems like a BS excuse and there is a totally different reason for why they didn't allow it.
1. "Controllers: MUCH Better Battery Life Plus Elite & Custom Options": The elite is very much a nice option but I wasn't the biggest fan of it myself. PS4 now has a few options for "pro" controllers. Not as customize-able though and it would be nice if they weren't wired. Using AA batteries kept my XB1 controller going for so fricken long it was great. I don't have a problem with the PS4 battery life though. For rechargable batteries they last a decent amount of time and the odd time I don't charge the controller enough I have a 2nd ready to go.