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crissindahouse on 30 September 2021

That you guys even care about some Twitter dudes "fighting" with each other and debate about what kind of character they have. I mean, seriously...



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crissindahouse on 30 September 2021

How does this compare with dialogue lines of other WRPGs?



Zippy6 on 30 September 2021

I didn't get much chance to play the multiplayer of infinite but it seems pretty good. Just some jank to iron out.



smroadkill15 on 30 September 2021

It sounds like Xbox's TGS show was solid. Nothing crazy announced, but stuff like Xcloud launching in Japan(should be huge for the brand), Scarlet Nexus and AI: Somnium Files coming to Game Pass, localization of big 1st party titles, and other stuff shows Xbox's commitment to the Japanese market.



derpysquirtle64 on 30 September 2021
derpysquirtle64 said:

Now as for realistic expectations - Xbox has a timed exclusivity on Japanese hand drawn indie RPG, don't remember it's name. It can have release date announcement there (I think it hasn't been confirmed yet). Falls under "exclusive content" category which was teased. I also expect AI: The Somnium Files Xbox port at some point as we already know that the sequel is coming to Xbox. I would be surprised if they don't port the first one to Xbox and I think announcing it at TGS makes sense as it's not a very popular game and it's been two years since it's release I think. Would fit for TGS-tier announcement. What else? Who knows. But to temper expectations - it would be better off not to expect anything other than indies in terms of exclusive content and maybe a couple of old AA games ports announcements - with all of them coming day one to GamePass obviously.

It was quite an easy guess

P.S. Scarlet Nexus on GamePass is nice for everyone who wanted to give it a try, but I'm a bit disappointed that this is another confirmation that it didn't perform really well sales-wise.



 

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EspadaGrim on 30 September 2021
Ryuu96 said:

So it’s very likely TEW3.



Angelus on 30 September 2021
Ryuu96 said:

Doubt X021 is happening and they won't announce them at TGA's.

Back at E3, Jez said that the acquisitions wouldn't be at E3 because Phil apparently said one time they were going to stop doing that because it's not fair to the studios or something to treat them like PR wins, I can't find that quote but I'm sure it's probably true and it's the right decision but who knows when the random drops will happen.

That seems like sort of a clueless statement to make by Phil, if he did in fact say it. If you're announcing the acquisition of a studio/publisher, it doesn't really matter where or how you announce it, if it's someone of any perceived significance to the general gaming public, then people are going to make a big deal out of it regardless, and it'll become a PR situation one way or another. 

Literally, Phil only has to look at what happened with Bethesda as an example of this. They announced it via blog, and on twitter, not on any kind of big stage. And what happened? It blew up in like 2 minutes. Cus of course it did. Are the people at Bethesda gonna feel like they were less "treated as a PR win" because Phil didn't stand on a stage somewhere and say their name? Is getting like a whole ass blog, and everyone at Xbox tweeting "LOOK WHAT WE DID!" really appreciably less fanfare? It's all irrelevant if you ask me. 



EspadaGrim on 30 September 2021

None of the Studios Sony grabbed affect Xbox whatsoever since they already had established relationships with Sony. None aren’t exactly big names either and BluePoint/Housemarque might as well have been 1st party already.



EspadaGrim on 30 September 2021
trunkswd said:
shikamaru317 said:

So, Sony has acquired Bluepoint now. Was rumored for awhile that they were in negotiations, with the sticking point being that Bluepoint wanted to make a new IP instead of just doing ports and remakes for Sony. Seems they finally came to an agreement. That makes 5 studios that they have acquired in 2021, Nixxes, Firesprite, Fabrik (being acquired through Firesprite), Housemarque, and Bluepoint. Nothing too major or unexpected (3 of them will be used for PC ports and support, while the other 2 were already Sony 2nd party), but still it's 5 studios that Sony has acquired just since Xbox made their last acquisition in March. Now would be a good time for MS to announce a couple more smaller studio acquisitions at least, say at XO21 maybe? xD

ZeniMax/Bethesda acquisition is far bigger than those 5 Sony acquisitions combined.

Fallout, Elder Scrolls and Bethesda Game Studios are individually worth about 1 billion each imo, even if you add the Insomniac who were purchased for over 200 million those 3 I mentioned would be still worth more by themselves.



EspadaGrim on 30 September 2021
trunkswd said:
EspadaGrim said:

Fallout, Elder Scrolls and Bethesda Game Studios are individually worth about 1 billion each imo, even if you add the Insomniac who were purchased for over 200 million those 3 I mentioned would be still worth more by themselves.

Don't forget Starfield. It might be a new IP, but I expect it to have a huge launch and hype on the same level as Cyberpunk 2077. Now lets hope it isn't as broken as Cyberpunk. 

Yeah Starfield has the potential of being an IP on the level of Fallout and Elder Scrolls, MS grabbed them at the right moment.