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jason1637 on 24 April 2018
hudsoniscool said:
The word from the insiders through last year was that ms had a tight budget for Xbox. Now though according to the same insiders that’s now changed. We will see at e3 and beyond if it’s true.


Also sea of theives debuted number 2 on npd behind only far cry 5.

Source?

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hudsoniscool on 24 April 2018
jason1637 said:
hudsoniscool said:
The word from the insiders through last year was that ms had a tight budget for Xbox. Now though according to the same insiders that’s now changed. We will see at e3 and beyond if it’s true.


Also sea of theives debuted number 2 on npd behind only far cry 5.

Source?

Hard to dig up all of them. 

MATT who is very reliable, thurrott, dev with flashbulb(I think that’s the name). A few others. 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/thurrott-com-microsoft-is-making-significant-investments-financial-backing-to-go-all-in-on-gaming.38062/page-6

Matts posts are 259 and 445. 

 

Edit it also look at this job posting with this quote in it

“We have a bold charter to dramatically expand the gaming community,”

https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/job/424345/Senior-Software-Engineer-Xbox-Growth

A few job postings like that.


Last edited by hudsoniscool - on 24 April 2018

Halo MCC will sell 5+ million copies(including digital)

halo 5 will sell 10 million copies(including digital)

x1 will pass ps4 in USA, and UK.

darkenergy on 24 April 2018
Ryuu96 said:

“Sea of Thieves was the second best-selling game of March, and is the eighth best-selling game of 2018 year to date,” said Piscatella. “Sea of Thieves generated the highest launch month sales for any title produced by developer Rare since tracking by The NPD Group began in 1995.”

https://venturebeat.com/2018/04/24/march-npd-2018-far-cry-5-debuts-as-the-top-selling-game-of-the-year/

Wow that's good news for Rare and Microsoft, looks like the reception didn't effect it at all.



Proud to be a Californian.

ice on 25 April 2018

wtf is this 1gb update for SoT?



WoodenPints on 25 April 2018
iceland said:
wtf is this 1gb update for SoT?

Bug fixes and they fixed the achievement for stealing another ships Captains chest and cashing it in.

https://www.seaofthieves.com/release-notes



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Barozi on 25 April 2018

Nice, was about to buy Overcooked from the DwG but seeing it on Game Pass cancels that out.

Laser League is interesting because it's a completely new release that is not developed by MS.

Homefront The Revolution is much better than its poor reviews suggest. Easily a 7/10 game. Anyone who likes stealth shooters should check this one out.

Overall the month is alright (much better than many of the first few months of its existence). Even without including State of Decay 2.



LudicrousSpeed on 25 April 2018

Man, both GamePass and GwG are incredible this month.

I’ve read Homefront is an amazing Scorpio showcase, I’ll check that out. Heard Laser League is good, too. Interesting that it’s launching day and date on GamePass, similar to one of the GwG titles. Of course there is GOTY State of Decay 2 but I’m buying that fo sho.

I already own Overcooked and it’s DLC, make sure you check that out if you have couch co-op available. It’s great.



WoodenPints on 25 April 2018

Pretty good GamePass month, SoD2 is something I've looked forward to for quite some time now, Laser League is a launch into game pass so that's interesting and I wan't to check out Overcooked also, PES 2018 is also nice grab if your a fan of sports games.



Angelus on 25 April 2018

UK would honestly be a really boring setting for FH4, can't imagine they'd go there. I'd like Japan personally, and I'd also be cool with many other possible locales, but the UK really isn't one of them.



flashfire926 on 25 April 2018
shikamaru317 said:

I'm not buying the recent FH4 UK rumors. Too many Japan/Asia hints/leaks/rumors previously.

-At FH3 release a Playground lead dev was asked about Japan and he said it was his personal favorite setting and was pushing the team to do it for 4.

-A radio DJ in FH3 hinted at 1 game per continent before revisiting continents, and Europe was already done in FH2.

-API leaker said "Rising Sun" for FH4, a clear Japan hint.

-Around the same time as the API leak, Aaron Greenburg posted a twitter header with a selection of upcoming XB1 games, which included a fake FH4 Japan boxart.

-There was another leak that said FH4 wasn't Japan only, but was an amalgamation of multiple Asian countries into one map.

 

The devs have gone out of touch with what the fans want if it is set in the UK. I have read multiple FH4 most wanted setting threads on multiple forums, read articles from multiple gaming sites, watched multiple videos from big Forza youtubers on the subject, and the general consensus of the fanbase is that Japan is the most wanted setting, UK isn't even top 5. The most mentioned settings I see other than Japan, are South America, Africa, Canada, Dubai, Norway, and various US settings (people asking for a full US map like The Crew, Pacific Northwest, or the South mostly). 

I totally agree with this. A lot of us want touge mountain roads, something that has never been in horizon since the start. And Japan would be absolutely perfect for that. There would be a focus on Japanese tuners, just like buggies/Utes/off roaders for FH3, European exotics for FH2, and American muscle for FH1.



Bet with Intrinsic:

The Switch will outsell 3DS (based on VGchartz numbers), according to me, while Intrinsic thinks the opposite will hold true. One month avatar control for the loser's avatar.