Ok, so we heard MS secured the rights of the first Titanfall on their platforms and PC for its "lifetime" (whatever that means).
We all know why it went down.
$$$$$$$
But is it right that MS does this? We already know they have done this numerous times in the past with FFXIII and the GTA series.
Now I know what a lot of you are just saying, "It's just business".
Well, that doesn't really mean anything.
Bribing is still wrong.
It's that transactions like this one has occurred so much around the world, that we had just gotten used to it.
It's morally wrong and unfair competition to others.
There are just tons of businesses that has been lost, even while they are better than other business, due to bribery.
Which in some cases can lead to corruption.
Such as this one, "A whopping 50% of companies in Malaysia surveyed by Transparency International (TI) said that they had lost business due to bribery.This is the highest percentage among 30 countries, all active in international trade, where such surveys were conducted. The survey in Malaysia also revealed that 39% of the 101 companies failed to win a contract or gain new business because their competitor paid a bribe.
In comparison, even in less developed countries such as Senegal and Nigeria, less than 30% said that they lost business because they didn't pay a bribe, said Low. Saying that the findings highlighted the structural corruption in Malaysia, Low said: "Petty corruption, such as paying RM50 can be curbed easily. But structural corruption may have political impact."
http://www.fz.com/content/t...
As you can see here, underdeveloped countries cannot gain traction because bribing is just being used to win, limiting the countries productivity and affecting the trust with politicians.
"Companies bribe to win contracts, speed up bureaucracy and avoid the rules – or change them. They go through more indirect financial contributions that are intended to influence procurement processes and policy makers."
"The results found that 27 per cent, or more than one in four businesspeople surveyed, think that they had lost business in the last 12 months due to bribery."
Here goes into specifics of how many businesses were lost due to bribery
http://blog.transparency.or...
Now, another thing you are saying is that these are just games. Well no matter what bribery is used for, it is wrong.
Ethically it is horrid.
In our world we have lost advancement in technology and achieving things more efficiently due to bribery.
Oil companies anyone?
We had electric cars in the early 1990's that will get about 100 mpg, what happened to those back then?
What we have here is MS bribing for exclusives. Instead of doing it the right way of acquiring or opening constant new studious, they are just bribing for a game. But then majority of the time it goes to other platform down the line. So I believe it's a waste of time to get a system for those games. Its unfair that Titanfall will not release on the other platforms. You can tell that Respawn wanted it to go on the PS4; but EA became their greedy ways and made cash deal with MS. I do not see how EA is improving, but worsening their reputation by doing this, while still having other exclusivity deals with MS.
I am not saying this as a PS fanboy or whatever, but in a ethically point of view. As bribery is still present in this world and needs to stop. Any business that does this bothers me. I wonder if MS and EA has any shame in this.
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The Nintendo Switch 2 may receive support for docked mode 4K and 120 Hz output at some point in the future.
hopefully VRR via a firmware update is released for docked play as well (like the PS5 did post release)
Not a knock on Switch 2 but it’s not made for it. Maybe a lower resolution at 120fps or 4k at a low fps but it’s not capable of both.
There's actually a pretty long list of games on PS5 that support 120hz. Even more with 60+hz unlocked, and that isn't even counting PS5 Pro.
https://www.reddit.com/r/PS...
Yes, according to the dock teardown. It contains HDMI hardware chip of Realtek RTD2175N that supports 4K 120hz. And the HDMI included on the Switch 2 is HDMI 2.1.
Nintendo Switch 2 breaks US launch sales record, selling over 1.1 million units in its first week. This breaks the record set by PS4.
Could be a 3DS though. 3DS outsold DS by 2:1 in its first year in the United States yet lifetime sales ended up being less than half.
I'm happy for Nintendo. Even though the Switch 2 has received so much hate just to bring it down, it hasn't won. Even though some are saying they'll boycott Nintendo, it hasn't affected sales. Especially now, with word of mouth that the system is good, demand for the Switch 2 will definitely increase more.
Considering the record sales the Switch 2 is seeing around the globe its clear a portion of the loud minority clearly bought the device.
But But the internet told me the switch 2 was going to be a failure.
Such a good system im having a blast with it and really enjoying my first ever playthrough of yakuza 0
Sold through or to the stores? Asking because they're tons of them at my local Best Buy. When the PS5 and Series consoles launched, you couldn't find them anywhere.
The article clearly says sold. If it were shipped, it would say shipped.
Nintendo had been saying the last year or so that they would be flooding stock so that scalpers would not be an issue. They've followed through with their word. It's not cutting edge tech, so it's been easier for them to sit on stock for a while until it accumulated to a massive number available to be shipped.
Companies often use shipped and sold interchangeably. Regardless of what it is, supply hasn't been an issue at all.
What is the location of the Best Buy you speak of? We can find out if they have units or not. If they do, I can put something out there on Twitter/X for those in the area looking for a Switch 2.
Good for them, I'm still not buying.
Looks to be a pretty safe and boring upgrade over Switch 1 which I don't think they can top it on how plain looking it is design wise.
Shame since Switch Lite showed they still know how to make a handheld that looks good and is actually portable in a classic Nintendo sense.
That's why I got one over Switch 2's block of charcoal.
Then there's the prices of it all and the whole Key card thing destroyed any sense of game ownership.
There'll be a number of revisions for the s2 like a s2 lite or oled also seems inevitable
Unless they drop the prices and actually has a more portable variant that can also dock then maybe I'll reconsider but as of now, nope too big too boring and expensive to make it worth this early, not enough of its own games atm as well.
Who knows removing the dock capabilities would lower the cost of the unit pretty significantly.
The cost of the dock, reduction in shipping costs etc bug savings which will enable a cheaper system
You're ridiculous. If Sony secured a third party exclusive you'd be praising them to high heaven for seizing the opportunity. When MS does it, it's "bribery"?
I suppose you don't consider all those PS4 indie games like Octodad and The Witness to be the results of shady, unethical business practices, do you?
So Sony is bribing Capcom with Deep Down, bribed Quantic Dream and did Sony partially bribe Ubisoft for those exclusive PS4 Assassins Creed missions?
A business deal is not defined by logic or law as a bribe.
I also find it embarrassing for Cat to personally approve a blog which could in fact be classed as traducement in the US and UK...
I think you're mixing up "bribing" and "capitalism."
EA has absolutely no obligation to bring Titanfall to every console; they were offered a deal, and they took it, just like every business transaction literally ever. Plus, I notice that exclusive games tend to be of higher quality because they put all their resources into getting the most from one system (I'm assuming 360 and XB1 architecture aren't terribly different) so this might even be best for Titanfall itself.
I MIGHT share your feeling if we were talking about, say, exclusive DLC for a multiplatform game. That's when it feels like a developer has forsaken a number of their fans. This, though? Nope. Average fanboy feather-ruffling.
This is usually when I'd half-jokingly recommend looking into a gaming PC, but you'll probably need Origin and their draconic anti-cheating software to play it here. I'm angrier about that...
(and seriously, you're comparing this to the death of the electric car? It's one game, not a revolutionary technology that would destroy a market)
"We already know they have done this numerous times in the past with FFXIII and the GTA series."
Really? Do you have any proof to back up this bold statement? Does this mean Sony bribed Namco for Tales of Xillia or to keep Disgaea on PS3?
I love this sony fanboy mentality. Lord forbid MS provide exclusives for their system. I mean one minute we have Sony fanboys screaming that MS has no exclusives then the next we have them saying MS pays for exclusives (and that's baaaad). The sony fanboys are so concerned about what MS and their fanbase does it's hard to believe they actually enjoyed anything that Sony had offered them.
I love this misuse of the term bribe too. I have never seen such contempt from one side over a game not coming to their system.
"Its unfair that Titanfall will not release on the other platforms."
This statement is what it basically comes down too. Hurt feelings over a specific game not coming to the PS4. It's not fair to the Sony fanboys but it is fair to anyone who is a Xbox fan or user. Hilarious how this is not stated anywhere in this blog or anyone on this site.
And because MS saw greatness in this title and wanted it for their fans, magically it turned into a back ally bribe deal meant to hurt the other platform in some evil biblical way.
And are we seriously linking world businesses on bribery and trying to compare them to legal and fair deal of a video game coming to the Xbox One? Are we this desperate?
You do know that Sony also opens the check book for exclusive deals too right?when MS does the same its some huge crime.