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Oh, don't get me wrong, I totally agree. I just don't think Xbox -- or in this case, genuinely, I think more likely Microsoft -- care. I wouldn't be surprised at all if there's an internal mandate for their games to be digital-only on other platforms, and I think any potential exceptions we see to that (such as Indy, potentially?) are being fought for by someone who wants the game preserved in that way. It really feels to me like Xbox are currently in the stage of being told to cash-in on anything and everything they can and maximise profits; hell, I wouldn't be surprised if they've been told they need to reach a certain revenue goal with the massive portfolio of developers that they now have for Phil and team to continue to prove their worth. As for Game Pass on PS5, it won't happen (anytime soon, at least) mainly because PlayStation have a competing subscription in the revamped PS+ as well as how it would potentially compete for sales – and Xbox are going to make much more money selling the games piecemeal than they are a subscription model. Would I like it? Hell yeah, but only purely because in this instance if it's digital-only, it would mean just paying for a few months of Game Pass vs buying the game outright (though, I suspect I'll play the game for long enough that buying it outright might actually work out cheaper for me?). I just struggle to see it happening. The gutting part for me is the lack of preservation this would obviously mean for the PS5 version, and the work done by the folks over at Panic Button in getting this port complete. For all their talk about game preservation and their great initiatives last gen around backwards compatibility, it's hard to not question their stance now with moves like this. Yeah, it's wild to see this for ports, and I totally agree – April 25th is Day 1, not the 29th. I guess the one thing I'll say is that it being a port of a 3½ year old game should mean it doesn't have the teething problems other "early access" types of deals do? I mean if people are willing to pay that price to play a game but earlier I don't think it means that they're necessarily dumb, it just shows how highly they value what's being sold, and that they agree with the valuation put on the premium you pay to play a bit earlier by the publisher obviously I'm saying that at the risk of sounding like I'm defending myself, which I'll admit I suppose I am In my instance, and I've said this plenty of times on here before: Forza Horizon 5 is the standout game I've been interested in from Xbox this gen, and I've been waiting for plenty more to come along which simply hasn't to convince me that a Series X is worth picking up. I have a PC but it's not powerful enough to run the game, and relegating a game of this scale to a Steam Deck just seems plain wrong to me. So, I can pay £55 to play a game I've been dying to for the last few years rather than dropping £500 on a whole other console and ecosystem? Awesome. An extra £30 for a few extra bits and bobs and to play the game for the first time on a Friday with my mates and make a day/weekend of it vs on a Tuesday? It's still costing me £400 less than buying an entire other console for this one game. Now, me buying the premium version of Star Wars Outlaws to get early access when I had little faith the game would be better than a 6/10 (& was way worse than that), would be in a functioning state, don't care for Ubisoft open worlds, and bought it purely because I'm a glutton for punishment at times as a Star Wars fan? That was dumb -
By BowserBasher · Posted
Right then. Timed matches tonight 7:30 Custom stages 8pm normal. -
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By Happenstance · Posted
Slowly starting to remember how to play again. Not really done much yet but I have now unlocked the secondary weapon so I need to decide what I want to go with. Maining the bow again so I want some kind of Blade. Thinking either twin blades, sword & shield or maybe long sword. -
I should be able to join, but it might be better if you host @BowserBasher, since I may be a little late for 19:30; plus you already have the rules set up on your save file anyway.
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