AtomicStarving
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IMO, this game may be critically acclaimed, it won't be enough to save the studio. Imagine the tension among the devs right now after everything. Hard times.
The protagonist is a mentally ill
Yes, the one thing I'll agree with is that the marketing is pretty late but looks like they're doing about the game thing most games would in terms of adverts etc.
They're going all the usual stuff most games would, tv/social media ads, and we did have hands on previews a few days ago too.
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Does it have a release date? I wouldn't be the least surprised if it were reported to go through development hell, etc.
Dunno man. I've just done a search in youtube for Hellblade 2 and all I get is this:
Well I don't watch or subscribe to Xbox, IGN or Dan Allen gaming or Luke Stephens... I do occasionally watch Reforge Gaming, that's it.I mean… that says more about what you typically view on YouTube than it says about anything else.
Yeah I just did the exact same search signed out and got exactly the same list, but with Gamespot instead of Xbox for the bottom hits. So you're wrong.I mean… that says more about what you typically view on YouTube than it says about anything else.
Dunno man. I've just done a search in youtube for Hellblade 2 and all I get is this:
Yeah so the hits are similar to mine. But there isnt anything much recent, which was my point.... maybe as you say its all being captured via ads and not channel engagement.Ads don't usually show up in searches, also just for giggles I did this on a clean window and aside from that Luke guy's video, mine were mostly the usual trailers / preview / Direct etc and a side bar with stuff about the game:
Yeah I just did the exact same search signed out and got exactly the same list, but with Gamespot instead of Xbox for the bottom hits. So you're wrong.
Today King Dazzar learns how targeted content and algorithms work.
Yeah I just did the exact same search signed out and got exactly the same list, but with Gamespot instead of Xbox for the bottom hits. So you're wrong.
These people usually just cry about games instead of buying themThe game will do extremely well at REEEEEEE confirmed.
Xbox didn't shut down Bleeding Edge's servers. It's just near impossible to find a game because of the population.Folks forget but this is the 2nd game from NT for MS. Bleeding Edge was the first. Bleeding Edge is also one of the few games whose servers MS actually shutdown in the wake of its reception and engagement, and this is during the GP era. Let that sink in.
Avowed, Indiana Jones, Starfield: Shattered Space DLC, Cod Black Ops, Stalker 2, and more. They have 10 products in total coming out this year. They have more to advertise and sell this year than any other gaming company on Earth and it's not even close. It's ok to be critical of a company like Xbox especially after they closed Tango but let's try making at least some kind of sense, yes?They're treating this like it's Halo back when it was actually popular. But it makes sense when you literally have nothing else of note.
It's not the amount of content that matters, but the quality. This is a critical error of thinking that MS and Xbox fans still continue to make.Avowed, Indiana Jones, Starfield: Shattered Space DLC, Cod Black Ops, Stalker 2, and more. They have 10 products in total coming out this year. They have more to advertise and sell this year than any other gaming company on Earth and it's not even close. It's ok to be critical of a company like Xbox especially after they closed Tango but let's try making at least some kind of sense, yes?
This ain't the year to come at Xbox for not releasing enough games. Come at them for the mistakes they are making and their shit messaging.
Btw Sony is not launching any first party IP until at least March 2025 according to Sony. Just fyi.
16 min of Gameplay??? . . . just checked. It's just all the CGI videos back to back, with the 10 seconds of walking gameplayDunno man. I've just done a search in youtube for Hellblade 2 and all I get is this:
Better shot than any sony first party games since thats literally 0 games. Just weird to pick on Xbox for lack of games THIS year. Even with the Xbox tax I think Hellblade has a shot. Even though it's a shirt game. I have NO idea what to expect from Indy and Avowed and no matter how good COD is, the media doesn't consider it a "real game" so it would never win. Dont need to be GOTY to be a great quality game either.It's not the amount of content that matters, but the quality. This is a critical error of thinking that MS and Xbox fans still continue to make.
How many of these games have a shot to be GOTY ? probably zero.
Just weird to pick on Xbox for lack of games THIS year.
Yeah, we need to strip it of the staples that makes Hellblade Helblade and add it to the pile of generic slop.I am in the opposite camp.
Gimme Hellblade combat, double the amount and complexity of puzzles, I would gladly play that.
Mental illness, I would rather read about it than experience first hand in a video game.
As a character artist, I hope there’s more to it than a pretty Senua.As a graphics whore, this character model is all I need to get hyped.
Xbox has officially hit absolute meltdown status. There is no conversation to be had but who is next on the chopping block. Games are expected to be shit and not perform well by almost everyone. The conversation is basically those two things.
Shit do. I would hate to be Ninja Theory right now...or any xbox owned studio.
When's the PS5 pre-order?
It's not semantics. We were talking about first party specifically. I was responding to someone who was giving Aaron Greenberg shit by saying Aaron"doesn't have anything else to promote this year" so yea we were very specifically talking about first party. Greenberg doesn't promote for third party games.It's not wierd at all. One side has had back to back exclusives for the past four months. The other has had nothing. (well, except palworld)
In that situation the semantics of first party mean fuck all
It's not semantics. We were talking about first party specifically. I was responding to someone who was giving Aaron Greenberg shit by saying Aaron"doesn't have anything else to promote this year" so yea we were very specifically talking about first party. Greenberg doesn't promote for third party games.
My only point was that Greenberg and the rest of Xbox has A LOT to promote this year bc they have so many first party games that they are directly responsible for promoting
It's not semantics. We were talking about first party specifically. I was responding to someone who was giving Aaron Greenberg shit by saying Aaron"doesn't have anything else to promote this year" so yea we were very specifically talking about first party. Greenberg doesn't promote for third party games.
My only point was that Greenberg and the rest of Xbox has A LOT to promote this year bc they have so many first party games that they are directly responsible for promoting
Age of mythology retold exist.Two of the biggest successes this year (Helldivers and Stellar Blade) are games funded by Sony, also considered second-party.
It doesn't matter what XBOX has in the pipeline, none of those games will be better than these two.
And MS's fate depends on this studios game. Which will not be promising if this fails.This studio fate depends on MS dice roll. It doesn't matter if their game is good or not.
This is gonna be gamepass fodder, plain and simple. Actual sales numbers will be abysmal.I don't know how many copies they need to sell to break even, but man, the outlook is dire.
So bad marketing was done for a bad game. So no marketing should be done for their next game? I don't get it.
What would you suggest they do? And do you give MS the benefit of the doubt on their decision making at this point?
Well, lets take it from another angle. If my signed out browser is still only returning targeted hits. Then why would I not be targeted for Hellblade 2? It would know that I'm a gamer. It would know that I was subscribed to Xbox channels. And also, why are my signed out search results similar if not identical to adamsapple when he's signed out to.It doesn’t work like that. Do you really think fucking Google taking and using your data is shielded by clicking “log out”?
Again, who cares not a big deal, but all you’re showing when you post a list of YouTube search results is a list of videos curated for you.
And if this game didn't sell, chopchop
No pressure though. But think about the chopchop part.
Because Sony asked them to get it in there somewhere.What, no one here liked Heavenly Sword? It used SIXAXIS tech brehs.
Btw Sony is not launching any first party IP until at least March 2025 according to Sony. Just fyi.
It's a feminist mental health game.......who doesn't want to spend a few hours listening to a mad woman talking to herself......I'm sure it will do gangbusters,lol.
This is such an impressive level of incompetence that I'm almost certain there will be marketing case studies for the shit show that is Xbox.
Interestingly enough, no mentions of gamepass in their marketing anymore.
Yes I was. If stalker 2 is not first party then my bad.No you weren't. Hence why you tacked on Stalker 2 to the list
It literally has a "play it day one on gamepass" splash at the end.