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DonFerrari on 11 June 2018
LivingMetal said:
DonFerrari said:

More choices are bad, because they make it harder to decide =p.

Give me the same games every year so I don't need to think about what I want to buy.

Ummm.. Do I laugh or do I cringe?

I'm not sure, too many options... and we have seem people defending similar thoughts for real.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

Mcube on 11 June 2018

Fantastic conference. A bit too much 3rd party games but I think after buying these new studios they are warming up for the new generation in 2020. Super excited for Gears 5 ofcourse and Battletoads aswell.



Conina on 11 June 2018
LivingMetal said:

First party, second party and exclusives have ALWAYS defined the image of  console.  Because no matter how powerful of a console you have, you cannot have those fore mentioned games on that console.  And this whole "I just like third party games" to justify an Xbox One (not to say that there aren't other reasons that make the One worth the purchase) is a very sorry excuse.  Easily, Sony's console (for example) offers exclusive titles that are also of the same genres as those third parties games.  So you get more game, more choices.

It's sad if you and others think that an expense of mere $200 - $500 has to be justified.



LethalP on 11 June 2018
Slade6alpha said:
Well yeah will get downplayed no matter what they showed.

"Game's already out on other platforms."
"Game will end up being cancelled."
"Everything was leaked before hand."
"Halo, gears, forza is no surprise at all."
"Too many multiplats."

Why would people not want new IP's to be shown off? Or sequals to something other than Halo Gears or Forza?



LivingMetal on 11 June 2018
Conina said:
LivingMetal said:

First party, second party and exclusives have ALWAYS defined the image of  console.  Because no matter how powerful of a console you have, you cannot have those fore mentioned games on that console.  And this whole "I just like third party games" to justify an Xbox One (not to say that there aren't other reasons that make the One worth the purchase) is a very sorry excuse.  Easily, Sony's console (for example) offers exclusive titles that are also of the same genres as those third parties games.  So you get more game, more choices.

It's sad if you and others think that an expense of mere $200 - $500 has to be justified.

Of course I do.  I just spent $250 on domed monkey bars and a Slackline for my daughter and friends.  It surely didn't go towards an Xbox.  And my wife would have bought me a Switch for my birthday if we hadn't just bought a $1500 Sony 4K HDR television.

So so so much sadness...

And let me make it very clear that we will be just as happy without this stuff.

Last edited by LivingMetal - on 11 June 2018

DonFerrari on 11 June 2018
LivingMetal said:
Conina said:

It's sad if you and others think that an expense of mere $200 - $500 has to be justified.

Of course I do.  I just spent $250 on domed monkey bars and a Slackline for my daughter and friends.  It surely didn't go towards an Xbox.  And my wife would have bought me a Switch for my birthday if we hadn't just bought a $1500 Sony 4K HDR television.

So so so much sadness...

And let me make it very clear that we will be just as happy without this stuff.

Anything I decide to expend my money upon needs justification.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

tripenfall on 11 June 2018

I thought the Microsoft E3 presentation was really good.
The pacing was brilliant and they showed a wide variety of games, some never heard of before and some we knew about with actual gameplay footage to consume.
Yes they came into E3 on the back foot but with their powerful hardware (a price cut to $400 US for the X is needed) and the acquisition of new studios I'm convinced that the XBOX brand isn't going anywhere....



chakkra on 12 June 2018

Short answer:  No.



KLAMarine on 12 June 2018

Cup Girl and Battle Toads! That's certainly interesting!

 

The new Gears as well but I hope horde mode is more like in Gears 2.



chakkra on 12 June 2018
LivingMetal said:
germibobi said:

Sony and Nintendo are going neck and neck with the Switch and Sony, the Xbox One is a distant third. Gamer don't seem to care third party are marginally better on the One X because of the high price point and Sony is just killing at 1 st party game. They already had Detroit and God of War and are showcasing 4 blockbuster 1st party games this year @e3, Microsoft can counter at best with 1-2 exclusive games and some third party content and at this point they need to so much better than Sony to even out the playing field and I'm not sure if they can even be competitive.

First party, second party and exclusives have ALWAYS defined the image of  console.  Because no matter how powerful of a console you have, you cannot have those fore mentioned games on that console.  And this whole "I just like third party games" to justify an Xbox One (not to say that there aren't other reasons that make the One worth the purchase) is a very sorry excuse.  Easily, Sony's console (for example) offers exclusive titles that are also of the same genres as those third parties games.  So you get more game, more choices.

You say that, but when I look at the top 10 games on the PS4 I only see one exclusive there (ONE!).  And the second best selling exclusive falls in the 14th spot with 6.5m units sold.  Which means that only 8% of the PS4 owners went out of their way to buy the SECOND BEST selling exclusive on the platform.  So sorry, but it looks to me that the majority of PS4 buyers are actually playing  CoD, Fifa and GTA right now.