Besides many streaming platforms, Microsoft has also promised to bring Call of Duty to Switch, although we have no idea what that’ll look like yet.

This is a very naive take. This doesn’t put Sony in any kind of trouble. If anything, it’ll provide incentive to compete more on the services side of gaming, which it’s already made strides in with PS Now. I’d argue that they still have a ways to go there when compared to Game Pass and xCloud, but at least they’re…

It’s funny, I’ve had the exact opposite experience. Every time I tried to participate in a conversation about missing or broken features I was mocked or downvoted to oblivion. Everyone wants to acknowledge the bugs, but it seems like if you try to bring up the things that are actually not in the game that were…

To be fair, a lot of the hate came from people who felt lied to in the marketing, including developer interviews, leading up to release (see here: https://techraptor.net/gaming/features/every-unfulfilled-promise-cyberpunk-2077). To my knowledge, none of this has been officially addressed by CDPR. It’s quite unfair to…

Ironically, I have a feeling that if Sony was able to secure an exclusivity deal, even for just a year, Starfield would have been out by now. ZeniMax was all too comfortable with shipping games from BGS with bugs and rushed features. It probably wouldn’t have been as bad as Fallout 76, but it’s likely to have been as…

I do think it’s thinly veiled, but it’s not just hardware that they have to take in to account. The software is significantly different between platforms, which would mean more engine work to ensure parity between platforms. It would have also significantly increased the testing effort. Another point brought up by…

I think the problem is Final Fantasy doesn’t have an identity. It’s pretty much just a marketing term now for Square Enix to use on their next big grandiose story based game. 

Well said 

Why do companies want to keep putting computers on our face? I get VR, but outside some very niche instances, I fail to see this as a consumer product. It definitely isn’t the future of computing. The tech is cool, sure, but the long term practicality just doesn’t make sense. 

It feels like everything in general is not explained well in this game. I had little trouble figuring out Breath of the Wild and felt like mechanically, everything just slotted together seamlessly like a well tooled machinery. I haven’t gotten that sense in Tears of the Kingdom at all so far, and I have a bad feeling…

Exactly this. I wasn’t going to pick it up until I knew that any potential performance issues were fixed, but decided to jump in once I read a few reviews mentioning the patch. I ordered from Amazon yesterday afternoon, and it just showed up on my porch a few minutes ago.

That was my immediate thought as well. Like, it’s 2023; is line of sight motion capture still a thing? And, if so, why?

This is my fear now as well, especially given that twitter comment. I loved Hollow Knight, but that game was massive and probably could have been just as good, if not better, with a little refinement and cutting down of the map size.

One more thing, regarding this:

I mean, this isn’t really that profound a take. Phil is just being realistic, and the people who game on PlayStation or Switch are doing so for good reason: that’s where the games they love are. It’s likely why Microsoft has pushed so hard with Game Pass and Xcloud. They are attempting to reduce the barriers to being…

If gaming were split off from the rest of Microsoft it would die. The rest of Microsoft’s business is propping it up at the moment while they struggle to get footing and actually release the major titles from their previous acquisitions.

Deathloop was developed as a PlayStation exclusive, though. Maybe Redfall will do better being launched on PC. 🤞

I thought the whole point of Episodes 7-9 was to do away with the Jedi dogma and start something new. I guess the only thing Star Wars is consistent in is being inconsistent.

Lost sales does not necessarily equate to lost profit though, I would think. No publisher is putting their game on Game Pass for free. Does the money devs and publishers make at least match what they would have lost in sales, assuming fewer people would buy than just play on Game Pass? I don’t think there’s a way to…

Representing the different physical characteristics and cultures of humanity helps to promote understanding of others who haven’t had the same experiences you’ve had. It helps promote a unity that, although we may look different and our culture is different, we are all still human and a part of a greater whole. I…