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EspadaGrim on 01 October 2021

Man I was hoping that MS would be able to lock down Kojima for a while but it’s now rumored that he is making 2 PlayStation exclusives with one being a 3rd party IP.

MS needs to stop messing around in Japan and make a move or they should just give up and stop telling the fans that they are trying.



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AsGryffynn on 02 October 2021
shikamaru317 said:

I'm kind of annoyed. When did MS ruin the game DVR and get rid of it's ability to record the last 10 minutes of playtime? I just had an amazing Halo Infinite match, 22-5, running riot, multiple sniper headshots, a triple kill, and more. And I can't share it now because they reduced the recording capability to only the last minute? Fuck off with that MS!

I think it needs to be set up. I had to set mine up when I first used it in 2016. 



EspadaGrim on 02 October 2021

So an update on that Kojima Silent Hill rumor, two insiders that are credible have now come out and said that it’s false. Millie A who has a great track record of leaking Sony stuff has said it’s false and also Andy Robinson of VGC.

So it’s basically Gematsu who is the first credible website saying it’s happening vs VGC who are also credible and a Sony Leaker with a good track record saying it’s false.

I really hope that it’s not true.



EspadaGrim on 02 October 2021
twintail said:
shikamaru317 said:

Sometimes I think Phil fails to understand that these JP 3rd party holdouts aren't going to start releasing on Xbox unless either Xbox hardware sales in Japan reach a pretty high number (which requires strong Japanese exclusives), or unless he literally pays them for the Xbox ports through day one gamepass deals or something like that. There are so many fairly popular JP series still missing on Xbox: Persona/SMT, Atelier, Guilty Gear, BlazBlue, Senran Kagura, Legend of Heroes, Ys, Disgaea, Nioh, Yokai Watch, Inazuma Eleven, Neptunia, God Eater, Ni No Kuni, Granblue, Sakura Wars, Bravely, Mana, Akiba's Trip, and more. And now we have these rumors that Sony may have hatted Silent Hill and Street Fighter away from Xbox as well.

The whole thing is very frustrating to watch. While Phil and his team are making progress in Japan, that progress has been way too slow. It has taken Phil like 7 years to win over approximately 10 noteworthy JP series, and they still have like 20 to go.  There is definitely something to be said for the Peter Moore method of winning over Japan compared to the Phil method, Peter's strategy of just throwing money at JP devs to get 2nd and 3rd party JP exclusives seemed to work alot faster than Phil's method of flying to Japan a few times a year and touring studios to slowly nurture relationships. I really wish Phil would combine the two methods. 

I don't think it's about doing better in JPN (which would of course help), but rather expansion into Asia (which Xbox, to my knowledge, isn't really doing - but please correct me on this). The JPN market is never going to grow again for consoles unless you're a hybrid like the Switch. Asia was the market that Sony expanded more into last gen, and JPN devs followed with Chinese translations for example.

Also, it is really money hatting if Konami is putting up their licenses to other studios to take? MS could easily get the SH license and have a game made. It sure sounds like Blooper Team are making a SH title, and maybe Sony/ Kojima.

Peter's strategy also didn't really work out in the long-term. I wonder if the Scalebound cancellation has played a role. Hard to say. I think Phil is throwing money: games like Yakuza coming to Gamepass are not being done out of some long established relationship (especially when the next gen update for the latest Yakuza was timed exclusive to Xbox). It's quite likely that trying to buy exclusives just isn't working. As good as the money is, studios also need to weigh what effect exclusivity will have on the IP in the future.

MS seems to have a good working relationship with Namco: they seem like the company to target. Maybe get an exclusive Ridge Racer or Klonoa made? It's tough, because I think I agree that it seems like the fruits of Phil's efforts are not as large as you'd expect. Or maybe he's put effort into new studios, so stuff could be on the horizon. 

Peters strategy on Japan did work to help the Xbox 360 in the first half of that gen, dude was responsible in getting Final Fantasy on Xbox and data showed that every time a exclusive JRPG was released on the 360 sales spiked.

MS stopped doing Japanese exclusives in the second half of the gen.

Even if the Japanese console market is shrinking it’s still extremely important for them to get a foothold in Japan or risk their main competitor continue to get free exclusives that skip their platform.



EspadaGrim on 02 October 2021

Shpeshal_Nick has now said on the XboxEra Podcast that he has heard that Kojima is not working on Silent Hill, he also stated an update on Kojima’s Xbox game and said that it’s based on an existing IP but received no context on whether or not it’s and Xbox 1st party IP.



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Spade on 02 October 2021
EspadaGrim said:

Shpeshal_Nick has now said on the XboxEra Podcast that he has heard that Kojima is not working on Silent Hill, he also stated an update on Kojima’s Xbox game and said that it’s based on an existing IP but received no context on whether or not it’s and Xbox 1st party IP.

Isn't he the same dude that said persona coming to xbox? Insiders... smh. 



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DeusXmachina on 02 October 2021
EspadaGrim said:

Shpeshal_Nick has now said on the XboxEra Podcast that he has heard that Kojima is not working on Silent Hill, he also stated an update on Kojima’s Xbox game and said that it’s based on an existing IP but received no context on whether or not it’s and Xbox 1st party IP.

Hideo Kojima Presents.... Crackdown 4



Angelus on 03 October 2021

I hope the Forge maps are a lot better than the ones they launched with Halo 5, cus I absolutely despised those. Other than that...idk...13 tailor made maps sounds alright on paper. Probably 9-10 arena maps. 3-4 BTB. As long as they're about as good or better than the flight maps, I got no major beef with that. Though the question does beg to be asked...for as long as they've had to make this game, and for everything they're NOT launching with (co-op, firefight, Forge, and who knows what else), do they need to over-deliver on the things they do in fact ship with? Above and beyond on maps, campaign quality, etc? I reckon for a lot of people the answer there is going to be yes.

Also, actually looking at the names of those Forge "maps," they don't actually sound like maps, so much as biomes for people to build in when 343 do eventually launch Forge. So, based on that list, I wouldn't expect to see a bunch of actual 343 made Forge maps to show up in playlists day 1 at all.



smroadkill15 on 03 October 2021

That "Game Pass numbers" thread is wild.



jason1637 on 03 October 2021

I felt like I keep getting matched with people coordinating on BTB. All my games I end up losing 3-0.