Ok, now that makes sense. Thanks.
There has to be more for Microsoft than that one mixer section, right? Am I missing it?
Right. And the US list price for a full-size game has remained at $60 for a long time. Currency and tax changes in other countries probably effect the prices a bit there, but they seem to peg the US price. I do expect the price to go up at some point though due to the increased costs associated with making these incredibly detailed games
NPD had Sea of Thieves kicking butt in sales, and I'm sure they can't count GamePass as a sale. I agree with all the SoT criticism, but I have to accept the data we have - it sold copies pretty darn well despite the reviews and despite free GamePass trials...
Man that's good PR!
Agreed. Double down on the West. The East has been lost by a wide margin.
On the hardware front I'd love to see MS partner with a PC mfr like Dell and put out an Xbox handheld that's just a mini-pc like the GPD Win / Smach Z with an embedded controller. Seems like it wouldn't take a lot of investment and would help expand the brand. It could incorporate the new AMD embedded Ryzen chipset. Slim chance but how cool would that be?
I don't really see MS differentiating much on the services front. The only notable service outside XBL itself is GamePass, and Sony beat them to that punch with PSNow years ago. You can argue that GamePass is better (I agree. PSNow never reached it's potential), but it's not like MS is really innovating or differentiating that much. Not enough to say they're focusing on services while Sony is not...
If you read the supporting report, Superdata states that half the players played via the free trial, but they didn't state how many continued the subscription past the trial. The title is misleading
Sony's on fire, no doubt. I for one would like to see Guerilla go back to Killzone for their next project. Maybe a reboot for all the newer Sony fans?
Me too. I spend more $ on VR games than normal ones. I don't think there are many of us though.
For every one person that wants to see an artistic game that's designed to make a statement, there's probably 100 that don't want to even see it under new releases. Seems like Steam has democratized the green lighting process, so if people are interested you'll get published. There are even custom curators that you can set up if you're into a particular niche. But Steam shouldn't have to put a game front and center just because the developer thinks their game deserves...
I'm sure some of those will have E3 status updates. I'm concerned about where are the customers. Even after the price drops, PSVR has fallen off of Amazon's top 100 best sellers list. Have all but a few of us lost interest in VR?
Unsubstantiated speculation. No connection to Sony...
Lots of similarities with No Man's Sky, which was #2 on NPD at launch, yet had equally terrible reviews on metacritic (they're really close, user reviews are like 4.5). Also, a passionate minority that loved the game (I was one of them for NMS). http://www.playstationlifes...
The article just discusses updating the user's status on Discord, no cross chat. Every Win10 install has the Xbox app by default anyway already so it's pretty easy to see someone's status.
I agree, crazy that they've got it running on the Switch. I just dropped twice as much $ into a handheld PC that will probably still struggle with this game. Figures are important because the ports have to sell well enough to justify the cost, otherwise the ports stop coming and you'll just get the lightweight Indies that run easily in Unity. Vita owners have been there...
Doom on switch 800k copies? That would be great. Where did you get that info if you don't mind me asking. I see more reports like this: http://nintendotoday.com/is...
I'm curious on how well this sells. Doom apparently didn't do very well. This is my kinda game, but is this what your typical Switch owner wants?
Wonder what they'll do new with Halo 6. I'm sure we'll get the standard campaign and arena MP as the meat and potatoes, but will they follow the Battle Royale trend for a new mode?