SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
they should shadow drop that bitch.
A leaker, one who correctly predicted Hi-Fi Rush being shadow dropped, commented that Starfield was actually still in rough shape, and if it launches in 2023, it'll be coming in with a lot of problems. Bethesda were apparently angling for more time. However, apparently, the Xbox Division is pushing to make as much revenue as possible, due to Microsoft as a whole posting underperforming revenue in its recent investor call. If they delay Starfield to late 2023 or 2024, that'll push out Xbox's biggest 2023 release into the next financial quarter / half. So, Microsoft is pushing Xbox to push Bethesda to launch Starfield earlier. Take that with a major grain of salt, obviously.Did I miss something? Where's all the doubt coming from? The game was supposed to release last year. They supposedly have a dedicated show coming up. Sure Microsoft has a history of overpromise/underdeliver, but a post-2023 release date would be beyond ridiculous even for them.
I'm glad we have threads dedicated to a rumor for a games release month. What happens if someone even remotely reliable says they think it's July, gotta start another one?
A leaker, one who correctly predicted Hi-Fi Rush being shadow dropped, commented that Starfield was actually still in rough shape, and if it launches in 2023, it'll be coming in with a lot of problems. Bethesda were apparently angling for more time. However, apparently, the Xbox Division is pushing to make as much revenue as possible, due to Microsoft as a whole posting underperforming revenue in its recent investor call. If they delay Starfield to late 2023 or 2024, that'll push out Xbox's biggest 2023 release into the next financial quarter / half. So, Microsoft is pushing Xbox to push Bethesda to launch Starfield earlier. Take that with a major grain of salt, obviously.
With that said, Starfield is the first big game from Xbox's shopping spree. Everyone, including shareholders, will be watching it to see if Microsoft's strategy will work. And Microsoft know it. If Starfield fails, shareholders won't be keen on Microsoft's USD$77b investments. If Starfield is a massive success, Microsoft's investments will look like the big smart play Xbox needed, and shareholders will be over the moon. There's a lot riding on Starfield.
Would be awesome but I doubt it’ll happen, especially Hellblade 2. I don’t think there has been any new studio video from Hellblade 2 in quite some time, Ninja Theory used to do quite interesting videos with the girl playing Senua but they’ve been silent lately.
They are dedicating that show to announce another delay.Did I miss something? Where's all the doubt coming from? The game was supposed to release last year. They supposedly have a dedicated show coming up. Sure Microsoft has a history of overpromise/underdeliver, but a post-2023 release date would be beyond ridiculous even for them.
New to Bethesda are we?Did I miss something? Where's all the doubt coming from? The game was supposed to release last year. They supposedly have a dedicated show coming up. Sure Microsoft has a history of overpromise/underdeliver, but a post-2023 release date would be beyond ridiculous even for them.
OP did he say he was speculating prior to any of this?So on the latest Xbox Two podcast, Jeff Grubb has said that Starfield should release in June and that it's a fairly good chance that Hellblade 2 will release in 2023 as well.
If it's true and Hellblade 2 drops this year as well, it would be a massive year.
Ambitious target for Starfield, if the leaks are true. Fingers crossed it's not coming in hot.
Most stupid take of the week. You want to tell me that the director did not took vacations for the last 4-5 year that this game is on production? When a project starts the manager/director must be there to make sure everything is going as planned but after a period he is not needed every minute, he can also be reachable through phone or video call.If you follow the Hellblade team on IG, you'll see that Tameem Antoniades began a month long vacation at a gorgeous compound in South Africa, 2 weeks ago.
Obviously, he (the director) can't do that in the middle of a dev cycle so it's safe to assume he's rewarding himself and decompressing before he gets back to work on Project Mara (which they've been doing mo-cap for recently).
So yeah, I believe this is 2023 for sure.
I'm surprised none of the haters here noticed the director on vacation and started a thread called "Hellblade 2 director seemingly abandons team for a month; troubled development??"
No one said backing out of the deal - but there's many ways this deal goes south even if it clears. ABK is the largest investment in the history of the company. Shareholders, and market speculators at large, will absolutely be using Starfield as measure of Microsoft's ability to capitalise on its landmark gaming investment. If they can't make Bethesda work - a USD$7b investment - under their current practices (Retail and Game Pass), how could they possibly hope to make a USD$70b investment work? If Starfield launches, and its in shambles, watch Microsoft's stock price tumble as the market loses faith in Microsoft's ability to justify the titanic acquisition.... Not sure there’s that strong of a link. Not only would the investment be locked in by Starfield’s release date (or overruled by regulators), but the deal brings steady COD revenue + significant mobile presence that are entirely different factors.
That was not ambitious, that was the original date of release for Bethesda with the game being a bugfest, something normal for them but because they are part of Microsoft someone told them please work on it a bit more so instead of millions of bugs and 10 community patches we will have a more solid product.Not really ambitious considering it was originally planned and confident for a 11/11/21 release
7 months of polish seems realistic. I think 11/11/21 was ambitious
Yeah.Not a chance in hell either of these happen.
Is there a difference between believing Jeff Grubb over random message board poster?
Crazy to put it against Diablo 4 and FF XVI. SF6 is another major title.
Or maybe release it "before" Diablo IV. June 2nd sounds good in my books.If the June release schedule is correct, a couple of weeks spacing vs Diablo and both should be fine.
What if I told you that you didn't have to play them all at the same time...Fucking Starfield, Diablo 4, and Final Fantasy XVI all in June? Come on man space it out a little.
different audience , most people that play diablo dont really play bethesda games or story driven rpgs like final fantasy , 3 different types of rpgsCrazy to put it against Diablo 4 and FF XVI. SF6 is another major title.
I will play all three of them. If all three release in June, than thats a win for me as a consumer. I can play the one I want to play the most first and then get the next one - probably already a little cheaperdifferent audience , most people that play diablo dont really play bethesda games or story driven rpgs like final fantasy , 3 different types of rpgs
Where?Grubb is right on with his Xbox leaks.
He was the one who leaked HiFi Rush.
The hell? Folks who played diablo 3 i guarantee you 90% of them played Skyrim and probably Final Fantasy.different audience , most people that play diablo dont really play bethesda games or story driven rpgs like final fantasy , 3 different types of rpgs
Where?
The hell? Folks who played diablo 3 i guarantee you 90% of them played Skyrim and probably Final Fantasy.
Read again what i am responding to.Are you truly unaware that Final Fantasy XVI isn’t getting a PC release until sometime down the line?
Where’s the overlap, when it isn’t on Xbox or PC?