I like this idea. Other people on this thread seem to think that it wouldn’t benefit a retailer besides goodwill, but how many people walk into a store and buy just a console? Just the console, no extra controllers, no games, no other items the store sells? Pretty low chance

bigburito was sarcastic but essentially correct. What you describe is an added cost (through labour) but produces no profit.

At this point I have just decided to wait until whatever the “slim” version is. I managed to get a Series X at launch so while I really wanted a PS5 15 months ago, my interest has waned quite a bit after the Gamepass improvements and acquisitions. Combined with the fact you can’t even find one, I’m in no rush at this…

Its crazy that we are 15 months into a console cycle and I have still never seen a single unit on a store shelf. And if this shortage continues into next year, we will be halfway through the normal lifespan of the systems. Will MS and Sony still push out a mid cycle upgrade? Continue work on whatever is next? Try to…

I appreciate this reference.

pictured: the AAA gaming industry in a few years.

Nintendo is going to sue and make them take it apart.

They really shouldn’t stop with gaming subscriptions. They should target ALL online subscription services. It’s criminal that these services could just automatically charge your account without forewarning. It should also be something a person has to manually turn on, and should definitely be something that can be…

Yep. Again, Ishtar Commander. You can move weapons and armor between your vault and character inventory at any time.  The only thing you need to do in-game is open your character inventory to equip it.  

Everyone loves Playstation because of their exclusives and have no problem when they make games from popular series exclusive, or a popular character like Spiderman exclusive to their version of a game. How many times have people claimed Xbox sucks because “there aren’t any exclusives”, so MS does something about it…

There may have been a point in the past where Microsoft would want to sell something like Call of Duty on Sony consoles if they owned the franchise, but I think we’re past that point. Microsoft sees which way the wind is blowing, and it would probably be more profitable in the long term for them to use the franchise…

It will take a while for this deal to work its way through DOJ/other countries’ approval process and close — if it does at all — so you should be able to amortize that $60 over much more time.

They’re breaking the game so it’s virtually unplayable for the next year plus? 

When you think about it, GTA Online probably gets more updates than Red Dead because the premise and modern setting of GTA allows for the introduction of significantly more new ideas. Red Dead is somewhat constrained by its historical setting.

Bastards.

Reach was kinda like the third act of Rogue One. Sure, the situation kept getting grimmer and grimmer, but it wasn't until the deaths of Jorge/K2SO that it really dawned on you how it was going to end

Not even Reach?

I really enjoyed the narrative of Infinite and especially Jen Taylor’s portrayal of The Weapon as this naïve but hopeful character but frankly the “twist” that she was Cortana, or rather the pretence of it being a twist in the first place, was the weakest moment of the game because it’s the most telegraphed I’ve ever…

Spoiler: Lester turned antivax and died of COVID. 

I will say with Halo Infinite at least it didn’t feel like it overstayed it’s welcome. Like I did all the bases and saved troops and HVTs and am near the end of the campaign with everything fully upgraded and I palates maybe 20-25 hours?