The PS5 and Xbox 2 thread - it's happening

[Morgoth]

I agree they've lost as far as consoles go, so trying to infiltrate their software via other avenues makes sense. If only they could start producing better software...

I wish for lag-free internet so I don't need to pay for consoles or GPUs anymore.

Physically not possible. Maybe Quantum physics tho?

 

[DemonKing]

Another remaster of a PS4 game. What a generation.

Bet you they're going to "upgrade" Aloy's face to be uglier / be the same as the one from the sequel.

They already released a PS5 patch for the PS4 version that unlocked 4K/60 FPS:

https://www.ign.com/articles/horizon-zero-dawn-60-fps-patch-ps5

So not sure what a remaster is going to add beyond that - dualsense support?

What a depressing generation.

 

[Forest Dweller]

Lol.

Game's been out for a year and a half on current gen systems - did it not sell as much as they were hoping?

On the plus side I can play it now on what I have. Curious about performance though.

 

[Forest Dweller]

Hell yeah faggot bitch.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PkgLinks1/comments/1fk1tr9/cusa33778_star_wars_jedi_survivor_update_101/

 

[Elttharion]

Another remaster of a PS4 game. What a generation.

I think this is great. Every time they launch something from this series a much better game also releases at the same time.

 

[911 Jumper]

Sounds as if DAYS GONE is going to be the next PS4 game that will be remastered

 

[911 Jumper]

A handheld and a home console both being part of the PS6 platform would be my guess. It's the only way Sony has a chance of recovering some ground in Japan.

 

[Caim]

So their idea is to... make the Switch again?

I do hope they allow for an option to use the main console and the handheld in tandem, which was a major perk that the Wii U has over the Switch.

 

[Tehdagah]

A handheld and a home console both being part of the PS6 platform would be my guess. It's the only way Sony has a chance of recovering some ground in Japan.

With the production costs of consoles blowing up I doubt the PS6 will be much better than the PS5. We are almost 4 years into current-gen and the PS5 is still priced at $500.

 

[Tehdagah]

 

[I eat frozen vegetables]

A handheld and a home console both being part of the PS6 platform would be my guess. It's the only way Sony has a chance of recovering some ground in Japan.

With the production costs of consoles blowing up I doubt the PS6 will be much better than the PS5. We are almost 4 years into current-gen and the PS5 is still priced at $500.

And despite this, it's still outselling the Xbox Series 3:1.

 

[911 Jumper]

Microsoft Spends $1 Billion a Year To Bring Third-Party Titles to Game Pass

In a monumental report covering the state of play for Microsoft and Xbox, Bloomberg dove deep into the impact of the Game Pass subscription service. It’s not everybody’s cup of tea and it has garnered a mixed response from developers over the years, but one staggering statistic in Bloomberg’s write-up reveals just how invested Microsoft is in the platform.

It was said that the tech titan spends $1 billion annually to pull third-party games onto Game Pass, often parting ways with millions of dollars just to put pen to paper and get the deals signed.

In the gargantuan report written by Bloomberg’s Dina Bass and Cecilia D’Anastasio, everything from the recent clash between Microsoft and the CMA to the potential of a handheld Xbox device was explored.

At one point, the conversation, which was focused majorly on Sarah Bond’s Xbox presidency, turned to Game Pass. In a retrospective, we got a glimpse of how the subscription service surfaced with a humble library and a low price point before becoming a massive effort that weighed heavily on Microsoft’s coffers.

It was a paradigm shift for Microsoft, standing up something that would see value trickle in over time rather than relying on that one supersized launch to rake in a substantial payday. That’s what Sarah Bond alluded to, touching on the alteration in the operating model:

There’s a difference between managing a network effect and maximizing the value of a single game.

Bloomberg then mentioned that Microsoft spends a whopping $1 billion a year bringing third-party games into the Game Pass ecosystem, which has been modelled recently as a ‘Play Anywhere’ system that transcends simple home consoles.

Game Pass was also a major adjustment for publishers. To sweeten the deal, Microsoft now spends $1 billion a year getting third-party games on the subscription service.

The largesse has been more than enough to win over small publishers, to whom it offers flat fees of millions of dollars upfront to include their titles, along with a portion of subscription revenue and the promise of exposure they couldn’t count on getting otherwise.

Owing to inflation, Game Pass has recently increased in price, and the games that take pole position in the library chop and change, but there’s no doubting the power it has as a subscription-based product. That notion is set to improve, too – next month, the first Call of Duty game will grace the service in the form of Black Ops 6.

It already incorporates titles from the Ubisoft Connect and EA Play services, making it a seriously stacked offering for gamers worldwide, and it’s getting better all the time.

Sarah Bond and the rest of the crew at Xbox have immense faith in the product, and with a seeming desire to move away from console gaming, it’s only a matter of time before a seamlessly connected Game Pass experience is the firm’s foremost focus.

Source: Insider Gaming

 

[Ezekiel]

Microsoft Spends $1 Billion a Year To Bring Third-Party Titles to Game Pass

In a monumental report covering the state of play for Microsoft and Xbox, Bloomberg dove deep into the impact of the Game Pass subscription service. It’s not everybody’s cup of tea and it has garnered a mixed response from developers over the years, but one staggering statistic in Bloomberg’s write-up reveals just how invested Microsoft is in the platform.

It was said that the tech titan spends $1 billion annually to pull third-party games onto Game Pass, often parting ways with millions of dollars just to put pen to paper and get the deals signed.

In the gargantuan report written by Bloomberg’s Dina Bass and Cecilia D’Anastasio, everything from the recent clash between Microsoft and the CMA to the potential of a handheld Xbox device was explored.

At one point, the conversation, which was focused majorly on Sarah Bond’s Xbox presidency, turned to Game Pass. In a retrospective, we got a glimpse of how the subscription service surfaced with a humble library and a low price point before becoming a massive effort that weighed heavily on Microsoft’s coffers.

It was a paradigm shift for Microsoft, standing up something that would see value trickle in over time rather than relying on that one supersized launch to rake in a substantial payday. That’s what Sarah Bond alluded to, touching on the alteration in the operating model:

There’s a difference between managing a network effect and maximizing the value of a single game.

Bloomberg then mentioned that Microsoft spends a whopping $1 billion a year bringing third-party games into the Game Pass ecosystem, which has been modelled recently as a ‘Play Anywhere’ system that transcends simple home consoles.

Game Pass was also a major adjustment for publishers. To sweeten the deal, Microsoft now spends $1 billion a year getting third-party games on the subscription service.

The largesse has been more than enough to win over small publishers, to whom it offers flat fees of millions of dollars upfront to include their titles, along with a portion of subscription revenue and the promise of exposure they couldn’t count on getting otherwise.

Owing to inflation, Game Pass has recently increased in price, and the games that take pole position in the library chop and change, but there’s no doubting the power it has as a subscription-based product. That notion is set to improve, too – next month, the first Call of Duty game will grace the service in the form of Black Ops 6.

It already incorporates titles from the Ubisoft Connect and EA Play services, making it a seriously stacked offering for gamers worldwide, and it’s getting better all the time.

Sarah Bond and the rest of the crew at Xbox have immense faith in the product, and with a seeming desire to move away from console gaming, it’s only a matter of time before a seamlessly connected Game Pass experience is the firm’s foremost focus.

Source: Insider Gaming

Imagine the twenty awesome exclusives they could make every year with 1 billion dollars. No wonder they're last.

 

[Tehdagah]

Microsoft Spends $1 Billion a Year To Bring Third-Party Titles to Game Pass

In a monumental report covering the state of play for Microsoft and Xbox, Bloomberg dove deep into the impact of the Game Pass subscription service. It’s not everybody’s cup of tea and it has garnered a mixed response from developers over the years, but one staggering statistic in Bloomberg’s write-up reveals just how invested Microsoft is in the platform.

It was said that the tech titan spends $1 billion annually to pull third-party games onto Game Pass, often parting ways with millions of dollars just to put pen to paper and get the deals signed.

In the gargantuan report written by Bloomberg’s Dina Bass and Cecilia D’Anastasio, everything from the recent clash between Microsoft and the CMA to the potential of a handheld Xbox device was explored.

At one point, the conversation, which was focused majorly on Sarah Bond’s Xbox presidency, turned to Game Pass. In a retrospective, we got a glimpse of how the subscription service surfaced with a humble library and a low price point before becoming a massive effort that weighed heavily on Microsoft’s coffers.

It was a paradigm shift for Microsoft, standing up something that would see value trickle in over time rather than relying on that one supersized launch to rake in a substantial payday. That’s what Sarah Bond alluded to, touching on the alteration in the operating model:

There’s a difference between managing a network effect and maximizing the value of a single game.

Bloomberg then mentioned that Microsoft spends a whopping $1 billion a year bringing third-party games into the Game Pass ecosystem, which has been modelled recently as a ‘Play Anywhere’ system that transcends simple home consoles.

Game Pass was also a major adjustment for publishers. To sweeten the deal, Microsoft now spends $1 billion a year getting third-party games on the subscription service.

The largesse has been more than enough to win over small publishers, to whom it offers flat fees of millions of dollars upfront to include their titles, along with a portion of subscription revenue and the promise of exposure they couldn’t count on getting otherwise.

Owing to inflation, Game Pass has recently increased in price, and the games that take pole position in the library chop and change, but there’s no doubting the power it has as a subscription-based product. That notion is set to improve, too – next month, the first Call of Duty game will grace the service in the form of Black Ops 6.

It already incorporates titles from the Ubisoft Connect and EA Play services, making it a seriously stacked offering for gamers worldwide, and it’s getting better all the time.

Sarah Bond and the rest of the crew at Xbox have immense faith in the product, and with a seeming desire to move away from console gaming, it’s only a matter of time before a seamlessly connected Game Pass experience is the firm’s foremost focus.

Source: Insider Gaming

Imagine the twenty awesome exclusives they could make every year with 1 billion dollars. No wonder they're last.

It would be just 5 exclusives since AAA games now cost 200m.

 

[Ezekiel]

Microsoft Spends $1 Billion a Year To Bring Third-Party Titles to Game Pass

In a monumental report covering the state of play for Microsoft and Xbox, Bloomberg dove deep into the impact of the Game Pass subscription service. It’s not everybody’s cup of tea and it has garnered a mixed response from developers over the years, but one staggering statistic in Bloomberg’s write-up reveals just how invested Microsoft is in the platform.

It was said that the tech titan spends $1 billion annually to pull third-party games onto Game Pass, often parting ways with millions of dollars just to put pen to paper and get the deals signed.

In the gargantuan report written by Bloomberg’s Dina Bass and Cecilia D’Anastasio, everything from the recent clash between Microsoft and the CMA to the potential of a handheld Xbox device was explored.

At one point, the conversation, which was focused majorly on Sarah Bond’s Xbox presidency, turned to Game Pass. In a retrospective, we got a glimpse of how the subscription service surfaced with a humble library and a low price point before becoming a massive effort that weighed heavily on Microsoft’s coffers.

It was a paradigm shift for Microsoft, standing up something that would see value trickle in over time rather than relying on that one supersized launch to rake in a substantial payday. That’s what Sarah Bond alluded to, touching on the alteration in the operating model:

There’s a difference between managing a network effect and maximizing the value of a single game.

Bloomberg then mentioned that Microsoft spends a whopping $1 billion a year bringing third-party games into the Game Pass ecosystem, which has been modelled recently as a ‘Play Anywhere’ system that transcends simple home consoles.

Game Pass was also a major adjustment for publishers. To sweeten the deal, Microsoft now spends $1 billion a year getting third-party games on the subscription service.

The largesse has been more than enough to win over small publishers, to whom it offers flat fees of millions of dollars upfront to include their titles, along with a portion of subscription revenue and the promise of exposure they couldn’t count on getting otherwise.

Owing to inflation, Game Pass has recently increased in price, and the games that take pole position in the library chop and change, but there’s no doubting the power it has as a subscription-based product. That notion is set to improve, too – next month, the first Call of Duty game will grace the service in the form of Black Ops 6.

It already incorporates titles from the Ubisoft Connect and EA Play services, making it a seriously stacked offering for gamers worldwide, and it’s getting better all the time.

Sarah Bond and the rest of the crew at Xbox have immense faith in the product, and with a seeming desire to move away from console gaming, it’s only a matter of time before a seamlessly connected Game Pass experience is the firm’s foremost focus.

Source: Insider Gaming

Imagine the twenty awesome exclusives they could make every year with 1 billion dollars. No wonder they're last.

It would be just 5 exclusives since AAA games now cost 200m.

I said "awesome," not "slop." Awesome still sells. They just never give it a chance. Would not be 50 million per game, obviously. Some would be bigger in scope than others.

 

[aweigh]

 

[Modron]

There are some keyboards out there that can actually do this these days.

 

[Caim]

There are some keyboards out there that can actually do this these days.

Yeah, mechanical keyboards.

"Press lightly to trod" tic tic tic tic
"Fully push to run" CLACK CLACK CLACK CLACK

 

[Konjad]

There are some keyboards out there that can actually do this these days.

if you press "r" "fully" it writes hard r, if you press it "lightly" it will write soft r.

You nigge *jumps on the keyboard*

 

[911 Jumper]

Imagine the twenty awesome exclusives they could make every year with 1 billion dollars. No wonder they're last.

They don't have the creative vision to do something like that. That's why they have to buy their way to success. Microsoft doesn't care about creating a distinctive identity for the Xbox platform in the same as way Nintendo does or Sega did.

 

[I eat frozen vegetables]

FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE US DOLLARS

 

[911 Jumper]

The latest rewards for paying $159 / £119 per year!

 

[911 Jumper]

 

[I eat frozen vegetables]

Can we call it Generation 8 Remastered now? Mainly since that's all it is.

 

[toro]

wrong thread?