• slazer2au@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Hope this isn’t some kind of token gesture so MS can say “See, we don’t restrict our games to only Xbox and PC, unlike Sony and Nintendo. Please accept our proposal to buy (next game company they buy for several billion dollars).”

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      3 days ago

      I don’t think it’s a token gesture. Microsoft is a software company; they want to sell software, not hardware. They don’t really care about xbox other than as a means to sell more software and gamepass subscriptions. Selling their games on as many platforms as possible is a logical move for them.

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      3 days ago

      It’s more likely to try and capture more hype and eventual sales, TOW2 doesn’t exactly have lot of hype behind it right now.

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      5 days ago

      It’s a gesture that acknowledges that they’ll never be a market leader following the old model ever again. Those days are over.

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        4 days ago

        Ubisoft, but I don’t see that being purchased by MS.
        Embracer Group, or whatever they are called now.

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      3 days ago

      Fanboying consoles and platform exclusives are old and lame. Get with the times, grampa.

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        3 days ago

        I wouldn’t even say it was good.

        It was aggressively mid.

        I own it, I’ve played it through. I don’t think I’ll ever pick it up ever again. I’ll get this sequel when it’s under $10.

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          3 days ago

          It could have been good if all the planets were actually playable.

          It felt like half a game, and another six months to bake would have probably turned it into a great game with some replayability. Put a gun to my head, and I couldn’t tell you the plot, but I remember both “some” fun, and a lot of frustration of how short it was.

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        4 days ago

        I was more engaged by this than the Witcher 3. I’m not saying it’s better, I’m just saying it was engaging.

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      3 days ago

      I really wanted to like it, but just couldn’t get into it. It was completely forgettable for me, and I like nearly every game that has a sci-fi setting. My bar is very low for that genre, but this one was not engaging at all for me.