No Added Sugar editors Mark and James cross swords and debate one of the most controversial stories of the year- Activision's decision to hike the prices of some of their upcoming titles. Could it actually be a good thing? Or has Bobby Kotick went too far this time? The issue might be more complicated than you think.
There are many exciting updates this month for Xbox. Copilot for Gaming is available now for early preview on mobile and will be coming to PC soon. Xbox PC app introduces a wave of new updates: Aggregated gaming library gives players quick access to games from Xbox, Game Pass, and other leading PC storefronts, and with publisher channels players can browse their favorite franchises. Updates for the Xbox Console includes customization for Most Recently Used, free-to-play benefits, Game Hubs, and dialog improvements for game saves.
"Players can now hide system apps, pin favorites to the list, and reduce the number of tiles displayed. This update is part of our ongoing effort to make Home more personal, flexible, and responsive to feedback."
This is welcomed, i like a less cluttered home screen.
Gotta be a slow news day when a 18 hours and 3 comments (now 4)makes it to the front page🤷🏿
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Well anything that adds and help gamers is a good thing even if some don’t need it there’ll be more that will use it.
Well its MS news... those are usually pretty dry, unless it has something to do with another game being ported to PS. then its top of the pops.
"Well its MS news... those are usually pretty dry, unless it has something to do with another game being ported to PS. then its top of the pops."
Oh look no further than the "Upcoming layoffs at MS" topic. It will easily top the Hottest of the week.
Special guests like Mr. Dead might also show up. You just watch.
Playdead co-founder Dino Patti is allegedly being sued by his former studio and business partner.
Patti was threatened with a lawsuit earlier this year after he posted a now-deleted LinkedIn post that shared an "unauthorized" picture of co-founder Arnt Jensen and discussed some of Limbo's development. Patti said Jensen demanded a little over $73,000 in "suitable compensation and reimbursement," adding that he had "repeatedly" had such letters over the last nine years.
Game Pressure met with the one and only Josh Sawyer at Digital Dragons and chatted about RPGs, Pentiment, Pillars of Eternity, the state of the industry, and the genre.
Bobby Kotick thinks Activision's games are soooo good, it's OK to charge a ridiculous amount of money for them. Hey, it's his company and it's they're games.... who can argue...!? (!)
We can.
So gamers think Bobby and Activision are greedy bastards, so they'll think it's OK to stop supporting an industry that's been DLC-scamming and DLC-milking them for years, and which is now demanding ridiculous prices for the newest games in a time of economic crisis and where great games are in the bargain-bins for 20-30 bucks a few months after they're released..., so those gamers will just mod their console and download Call of Duty 5, or buy a 2nd hand copy of the game.
And hey, it's their console, it's they're money, and they're right! Who can argue!?
I'm sure lots of gamers will still bend over for Bobby and pay up the ridiculous amount of money to play his latest game though... (which is a very very sad conclusion to my epic rant :( )
Personally, I'll spend my money on a bunch of other games instead. I mean, COD5 looks great, but I knew I wouldnt be able to sit down and enjoy it after being screwed so hard by Activision's ridiculous pricing.
If every gamer would just STOP supporting greedy companies like Activision, and would KEEP supporting the developers that DO care about US gamers, and about their own product, this whole gaming-industry would be a whole lot nicer for everyone (except for the greedy dirtbags like Bobby, obviously)