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[Esquie]

I thought Turn 10 already got canned?

Did they? I don't know. But Forza Motorsport was a massive flop that was in development for like 5 years.

 

[BlackTron]

It's the tools.

Plot twist, the tool was Phil all along

 

[Hollowpoint5557]

Ninja Theory took all the criticism of the first Hellblade game and threw it in the trash and then proceeded to take some pretty pictures while vacationing in Iceland/Greenland (wherever the fuck) for 6 years on Microsofts dime and then came back and made a 5 hour walking simulator. Job well done boys.

 

[nick776]

X25 anniversary models:

Xbox Fans Go Wild As Asha Sharma Gives Free Consoles To Everyone At FanFest LA

Watch the reaction here

www.purexbox.com

Had no idea. Very cool for those who got one though, don't see how it changes Xbox's situation for everyone else though because the ship is still sinking.

 

[RPS37]

Bro is Senua actually releasing or nah?

 

[mckmas8808]

Imagine defending missteps after missteps - Bungie & Marathon, closing Bluepoint, Laufey and ND drought and not even needing to mention the previous disastrous GaaS strategy.

But of course mckmass8808, the protector of papa Sony will show up with "record high" profits,

So let me get this straight. You're putting #SonyToo in the same boat as Xbox? Given everything Sataya and Asha have said over the last 2 weeks. So........we are supposed to ignore reality and just act as if only Nintendo is doing good? Okay....sure.

 

[LordOcidax]

Microsoft are the worst thing that has ever happened to gaming. A true cancer. They are nothing but poison for our great hobby. Vile and disgusting, they are.

Wrong. I had great times with Xbox consoles, especially with the OG Xbox and Halo, the 360 era and with the Horizon and Gear franchises, not everything is black or white. The Series X is also a great console, sold mine because all their games are on PC now.

 

[DragoonKain]

My advice to all corporations and studios.

Look to the Capcom my friends. Look to the Capcom.

 

[Kacho]

Bro is Senua actually releasing or nah?

Only if they find a buyer

 

[Memati187]

So let me get this straight. You're putting #SonyToo in the same boat as Xbox? Given everything Sataya and Asha have said over the last 2 weeks. So........we are supposed to ignore reality and just act as if only Nintendo is doing good? Okay....sure.

Sony isn't the same shitshow as Xbox, but a shitshow they are currently with their shitty outputs.

 

[Hawkeye2890]

Ninja Theory took all the criticism of the first Hellblade game and threw it in the trash and then proceeded to take some pretty pictures while vacationing in Iceland/Greenland (wherever the fuck) for 6 years on Microsofts dime and then csme back and made a 5 hour walking simulator. Job well done boys.

Exactly. Fuck em. Nobody wanted that Senua shit.

 

[JORMBO]

They spent several years making a 5 hour tech demo that did not sell.

 

[Giallo Corsa]

Bro is Senua actually releasing or nah?

Senua, you say?

What about...their actual hardware/ next-gen console?
Didn't they just send out a bag of goodies to the usual shills a few days ago, complete with a "Project Helix" card ?

Honest question, by the way - Kepler and HeisenbergFX both mentioned that the hardware is still happening, now, unless things have changed THAT fast, I genuinely don't know what the hell is going on anymore.

If you're closing studios left and right, putting more of your games on competing platforms and seemingly doing yet ANOTHER 180 on exclusives just days after teasing your (supposed) "exclusives", what's the target audience here?
Who exactly is this console supposed to be for?

I really don't understand what's happening, the strategy seems to change every few weeks for fucks sake and at this point it's becoming increasingly difficult to figure out what the long-term vision even is...

 

[LordCBH]

Only if they find a buyer

I would also assume Microsoft would have to be willing to part with the IP, which I assume they'll hold onto as tight as they possibly can. Why? Because fuck everyone else is the Microsoft way.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Plot twist, the tool was Phil all along

Oh absolutely however some of us were called some very rude words for saying so. His bootlickers are a stain on the community.

 

[mckmas8808]

Record Profits and at the same time:

-BluePoint games
-Japan Studio
-Evolution Studios

And the list goes on… But hey, record profits…

BluePoint Games, a good studio that I liked.....that never made an original game. Now you guys are treating them like they were Insomniac or Playground Games. Just stop it. Evolution Studios was released years ago. And Japan Studio was shrunken down. They weren't completely wiped out.

That's why people parroting the "record profits" are mostly useful brand idiots. When you actually dig into their "record" profits it's bleak as fuck. They're milking their current customers, aren't making new customers, and aren't selling games. When the majority of your profits are from subscriptions and MTX that's not a sustainable business model, much less something worth bragging about.

Maybe you are the useless idiot for not understanding the numbers that you read. The literally are making new customers. We've seen the information that Sony has provided of how many people that bought a PS5, never had a PS4. We know they are selling many games lol. Again another lie. Understand they do sell 3rd party games for the PS5. It's not just only 1st party games. We all can acknowledge that Sony (aka Jim Ryan) made MASSIVE mistakes with GAAS games. Clearly that was a huge mistake.

So now making profits via subs and MTX are bad? LOL! You guys are incredible. And where did you think most of the profits for the PS2 came from? There were no subs and MTX in those days. You guessed it.......3rd party games! I wasn't bragging for Playstation, I was simply stating that making Playstation and Xbox equal here is STUPID. Only a numb nut would be a fool enough to think TODAY OF ALL DAYS, would be the best day to do that.

 

[Memati187]

what's the target audience here?
Who exactly is this console supposed to be for?

For people who are unsure/undecided what's next. People without destination, who blame the uber driver for the long trip.
People with empty wallets, people who struggle with basic maths, but still manage to count their jellybeans.
For People who believed in Spencer and the "next year" slogan, who are waiting here and now for the next year announcement.
People who believe exclusives don't matter to be inclusive.
People who buy gamepass and get mad when they can't find the physical disc they were sure about owning just to end up blaming their dogs for eating it.

So simply put, people who are non-visibly-retarded.

 

[MayauMiao]

Bro is Senua actually releasing or nah?

Looks like a nah-ver.

 

[TheLikou]

BluePoint Games, a good studio that I liked.....that never made an original game. Now you guys are treating them like they were Insomniac or Playground Games. Just stop it. Evolution Studios was released years ago. And Japan Studio was shrunken down. They weren't completely wiped out.

The entire point of Bluepoint was to make remakes of games, smooth brain. Then Sony went and put them to make a fucking God of War GaaS. Imagina defending this shit. Some people are retards

 

[JTCx]

Someone once said if you beat hellblade 2 twice, it would be solidified as game of the generation. Obviously Asha didn't take his advice.

 

[mckmas8808]

The entire point of Bluepoint was to make remakes of games, smooth brain. Then Sony went and put them to make a fucking God of War GaaS. Imagina defending this shit. Some people are retards

How about you learn that Bluepoint wanted to STOP making remakes! Read some more bro. They didn't want to be the brand that we feel in love with. They wanted to do something original. Yes, putting them on a GOW Live Service game was Stupid x 1,000! It's clearly one of the reasons Jim Ryan was fired. And THANK GOD!

But BP deserves some blame there too, for not trusting in themselves to be who they always were. Again, look.....it......up!

 

[AltruisticFormality]

X25 anniversary models:

Xbox Fans Go Wild As Asha Sharma Gives Free Consoles To Everyone At FanFest LA

Watch the reaction here

www.purexbox.com

 

[Jesb]

Announced a new game for what. Are these children making these decisions there.

 

[Atrus]

What? How do they show a game from the studio while simultaneous shutting them down days later?

Is anyone really in charge over at Microsoft?

 

[GermanZepp]

Hope the devs land on their feet

 

[squallbr]

What? How do they show a game from the studio while simultaneous shutting them down days later?

Is anyone really in charge over at Microsoft?

Remember Initiative, thats nothing new

 

[nnytk]

Didn't they just show a new game

A game that looked like something nobody wants to play...

Maybe I'm being harsh but when I saw that trailer I really thought to myself: "Who wants this?"

 

[Sacred]

Why are we not labeling this a rumor, there is zero truth to this "leak."

 

[LordCBH]

Bro is Senua actually releasing or nah?

Releasing as a double pack with Perfect Dark.

 

[tusharngf]

That senua game had no combat and it was literally a bore fest. Whoever greenlight such stupid product is responsible for the downfall. They could have made a hack n slash rpg game something in line of dmc.

 

[Hadoukens]

Their Devil May Cry was really good.

That club stage was phenomenal. The story was pretty amazing too. Would have liked to have seen a sequel.

Unfortunate that a bunch of grown men on the internet cried like little babies about it and we never got a sequel.

Easily better than Devil May Cry 1,2 and 4, not 3SE and 5 though, those are peak.

 

[rapid32.5]

Senua is what Hellblade II should have been. Why did it take Ninja Theory so long to realize it? They can still release it, their budget for HellBlade was in 30M range which is doable. DMC was my favorite Devil May Cry game. Talented studio must survive.

 

[Team Skoda]

Soooooo does this mean Hellblade 2 will get a discount on PS5 by chance?

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

I warned folks back when MS was on a game studio buying spree.

NT literally made a video crowing about how selling themselves to MS was gonna get them all of this creative freedom, and what did it get them?

They made a Senua sequel. Announced another Senua sequel... and now they're being shut down.

Did anything REALLY change at all at Xbox between the Mattrick days and today? They're still the same hilariously incompetent game publisher who mercilessly kills every studio they acquire.

 

[Pantz]

 

[MayauMiao]

 

[Majima Everywhere System]

What a Serkis.

 

[CLW]

 

[proandrad]

Record Profits and at the same time:

-BluePoint games
-Japan Studio
-Evolution Studios

And the list goes on… But hey, record profits…

Record profits doesn't mean everyone gets to stay if they don't make a profit. But to fair, BluePoint was Sony's fault for forcing them to waste their time making gaas slop.

 

[Perrott]

Why the fuck did they announce Senua last week just to shut them down?

Same reason why Netease announced Gang of Dragon at The Game Awards knowing damn well that they weren't going to continue to fund that project: so that the studio in question could have "something to show" that might attract potential buyers.