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AngryLittleAlchemist on 23 December 2016
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jason1637 said:
AngryLittleAlchemist said:

I was obviously commenting on the repitition dude. You don't have to take everything as a personal attack against your favorite brands and/or franchises. You get what I mean though, and it doesn't really change my argument. The only time Microsoft delivers a project on time is when it's a racing title or gears or halo. And even then, the latter 2 usually need to be delayed because of their lack of features on  launch. 

Gears of War 4 sales have been more than dissapointing. The game's physical sales were only achieved because of it being massively bundled as well as a ... get this ... THIRTY FOUR DOLLAR price reduction just close to two months after release. That is TERRIBLE. It also got that reduction digitally. Rainbow Six Siege was played more than Gears of War 4 online last week, AFTER RAINBOW SIX was renewed as a 60$ title. It was also bought more digitally in that time frame. Gears of War is under performing, and as great as it is that Microsoft is trying to make the game a success story(to be fair it isn't a flop just a bit mediocre in sales), it's still not doing amazingly. 

You called it shit and then said you haven't played it. No getting out of that man. Im not even a big forza an but you were spitting out BS so i had to call you out on it.

Gears 4 hasnt the highest price xbox bundles compared to minecraft and Battlefeild so die hard gears fans without a XB1 are buying the bundle. There is nothing wrong with that. Its digital sales are doing really well. NPD says its up to 35% digital. Its underperforming compared to past games but its sales are still solid.

Ya you're right, I shouldn't have said that especially when I actually asked for the game for Christmas lol. That was a stupid thing to say especially because of the amount of critical acclaim the series has gotten. 

But my original point still stands, I agree both consoles aren't really doing great with release dates but it's hard to deny that Sony is getting better while Microsoft isn't being very competitive for the situation they're in. For a while I actually believed Microsoft was being ultra competitive with Sony because of their constent slew of third parties, but then I realized most people who want a Halo game or a Gears game either have an Xbox One, or don't approve of the series direction(both cases are the same for me). Deliviring games that aren't new experiences and largely make worse on the formula of past games isn't what I imagine Microsoft is trying to do, but they're doing it. It's unclear how much Microsofts Windows 10 exclusive deals hurt the Xbox brand - my guess is it doesn't hurt it all that much considering the player bases of Gears on console and that most people think of Xbox when they think Forza. But for outsiders or even people who already own the console, it looks fairly bad. 

I can't help but think that Microsoft needs to be more competitive when it comes to covering multiple genres. I bought an Xbox One because they seemed to be doing so with Scalebound, Ori and the Blind Forest, Cuphead, and also because they were deliviring games I hadn't experienced on the 360 like Horizon or Crackdown, and i've just been disappoitned time and time again. 

The sales for Gears are good, but considering Uncharted 4 is the best seling Uncharted game(i'm aware it's also heavily bundled but it was probably going to be the best selling uncharted game anyways) i'm a bit disappointed at how much slower Gears of War is coming along. I'm a huge fan of the series and I have a much bigger bias for Halo and Gears - they were the games that got me into gaming. If I didn't find Halo Reach I probably would have never used the internet at all. But the reality is that each iteration gets less sales for both franchises and it's a little bit depressing.

Sorry for shitslinging a bit too much, over exaggeration is a fault on the web.