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Ryuu96 said:

Best crossover incoming

gtotheunit91 said:

I counter that by pointing out with how inconsistent SE is with their Xbox releases, how they can possibly hope to build up a playerbase if they don't release their games on the platform? 

Many Xbox players wonder why should they even bother if they know they're not going to get the next game release? A game like Crisis Core in December was just a tool to get you to buy a PS5 to continue the story of the FFVII Remake trilogy.

The Divine Force was the first Star Ocean game to release on Xbox since 2009......how can they build up a playerbase with that kind of inconsistency?

Switch or even Nintendo consoles in general haven't been supported very well by Square with Star Ocean series for that same time frame as well tbh.

Spade said:

I don't know about the other JRPG xbox people here, but I received my copy

Did my part.

If you mean Star Ocean, I bought it digitally during Golden Week sale. Still haven't played it. Sorry, Square, you've just picked the wrong time to release this game, so no buy at launch.

Ryuu96 said:

Counterpoint Alongside Gtotheunit's Counterpoint.

Tales of Arise, Like A Dragon Ishin, Nier Replicant are actually great games, Lol.

Although Demon Slayer is only 1 point off from Star Ocean The Divine Force, on Steam is another picture, with Demon Slayer at 88% with 13,000 reviews compared to Star Ocean at 68% with 1,200 reviews (so Xbox isn't the only place it bombed).

Inconsistent releases alongside the titles we're receiving being the bad, average or just skippable ones is a deadly combo.

Demon Slayer meta not worth discussing. It's a game based on an insanely huge anime, maybe the biggest one in years. It would sell a ton no matter how good or bad the game is. It's the same as those Justice League or Suicide Squad game. They will same simply due to brand power.

shikamaru317 said:

At least they didn't raise S prices in any market, that would have been a killing blow for S if they had done that. X has enough demand to sell in-spite of a price hike, but S frankly needs a price cut to sell, if they had raised the price for S they would have killed all demand for it pretty much.

Not a fan of the Gamepass price hike though, even if it is only $1 per month higher than before. Reminds me of how Netflix has managed to creep their price for the standard sub up from $8 a month in 2013 to $15.49 per month a decade later in 2023, by doing it in small $1 or $2 increments each time.

I think they did "raise" Series S price in my opinion. And that's why we got 349$ 1TB Series S and 512GB staying at 299$ instead of 249/299 price.