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hunter_alien said:
 

Sunset Overdrive

Microsoft said in the past (just few months ago), no interest @big Single-Player Games. Then came the dispute with the developer Platinum Games (Nier Automata, Scalebound) and currently Insomniac says.. Insomniac on "Sunset Overdrive 2": "We Just Need To Find A Publisher!"

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2017/10/24/insomniac-on-sunset-overdrive-2-quot-we-just-need-to-find-a-publisher-quot.aspx

Quite honestly, Microsoft has incredibly much money. But rather buy multigames (Tomb Raider) in the past and offer as time-exclusiv. But we want new great ips/games and good singleplayer *-*



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Wright said:

Nautilus said:
Oh please.What a load of bullshit.So how games like P 5 and Nier Automata can be already successful with 1 million unit sold

(because these companies NEED to have microtransactions and the only way is through a multiplayer mode)

Ironically, you've mentioned two single-player only games that did monetize their in-game content. Nier:Automata sells a DLC with three costumes and a battle with a Square-Enix executive for 14 bucks, and also allows you to single-handely purchase trophies with real money. Persona 5 sells several costume packs with soundtracks added to them, and also gives you the choice to purchase (and otherwise unattainable) boosted Personas to make the game exponentially easier.

While I do think they are still difference for them being DLC and not being forced in any way during the game, they are really expensive and quite useless.And yes, some of them makes the game easier.

But both these games, specially Persona 5, offers a extremelly solid and highly satisfying experience that I dont blamde Atlus at least for trying to earn an extra money.But you understoof what I meant XD



My (locked) thread about how difficulty should be a decision for the developers, not the gamers.

https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=241866&page=1

They say this in a year where we have had the biggest single and multiplayer games in a long time.

But then again it's coming from a Xbox boss, Xbox is 3rd place behind Sony and Nintendo, what they say isn't that relevant. Xbox 1st party is on life support despite Phil's decade long claims he was rebuilding it. Soon they will realize their GaaS and "True 4K pixalz" fetish won't yield them 1st or even 2nd place.



KazumaKiryu said:
hunter_alien said:

Sunset Overdrive

Microsoft said in the past (just few months ago), no interest @big Single-Player Games. Then came the dispute with the developer Platinum Games (Nier Automata, Scalebound) and currently Insomniac says.. Insomniac on "Sunset Overdrive 2": "We Just Need To Find A Publisher!"

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2017/10/24/insomniac-on-sunset-overdrive-2-quot-we-just-need-to-find-a-publisher-quot.aspx

Quite honestly, Microsoft has incredibly much money. But rather buy multigames (Tomb Raider) in the past and offer as time-exclusiv. But we want new great ips/games and good singleplayer *-*

That is sad. COnsidering how many amazing single player exclusives the first Xbox had, its a big departure from that model.



Vote the Mayor for Mayor!

In other words, MS doesn't see any point in single player exclusive games because it can't compete against Sony or Nintendo on that.



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Again somebody from Microsoft gives an interview and people here seem to comment without even reading it.



Nautilus said:
Oh please.What a load of bullshit.So how games like P 5 and Nier Automata can be already successful with 1 million unit sold?

Its simply a matter of budgeting your game right.Western studios either blow out of the proportion their budget in the development part or in the marketing.Or they just plain dosent know how to manage a project.

But being honest, the REAL reason why western studios are walking away from at the very least, single player focused games is because they cant charge extra with them, either by microtransactions or lootboxes.Its simply easier to make a multiplayer game and be done with it, then implementing a multiplayer in one game that already has a strong single player content(because these companies NEED to have microtransactions and the only way is through a multiplayer mode)

Its sad really.It also shows why MS is losing the war.

1 Million, wow, is the bar low or what. Why would a company bother working on a game to sell 1 million? That is an epic flop.



Radek said:
Funny that much poorer Sony can release games like Uncharted, Horizon Zero Dawn, God Of War, Spiderman, Detroit Being Human, Day's Gone, The Last of Us 2 and more...

How many of them sold 10 million units? They werent that successful. 



This guy is full of GAAS.



 

The PS5 Exists. 


contestgamer said:
Radek said:
Funny that much poorer Sony can release games like Uncharted, Horizon Zero Dawn, God Of War, Spiderman, Detroit Being Human, Day's Gone, The Last of Us 2 and more...

How many of them sold 10 million units? They werent that successful. 

So are you saying that they were unsuccessful titles that weren't worth the development time and resourses because they sold less than 10 millions units...?