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Libara on 06 February 2021
InkIt said:
derpysquirtle64 said:

Just as I've said months ago, it was quite predictable, because the announcement was made back at X019 and we've heard no word about it ever since. I think it's safe to say that it is not coming to Xbox One at this point, because all those GaaS games usually tend to tie a new platform addition to a major update and if this one is not coming, looking at release schedule, the next major update to FF XIV should be released in summer 2023 which will make porting it to Xbox One pointless at that point as the majority of active Xbox gamers would be on Series X|S at that time anyway. I think there is still a tiny possibility that they can announce the Xbox port at some point this year at Xbox show, because this event was aimed at Japanese audience and we know that Xbox is irrelevant there so they could potentially have decided not to announce it there, but I doubt it.

As for Final Fantasy franchise in general, it's quite obvious that the future of it on Xbox platforms is a huge question mark and we still don't know yet whether Square Enix even wants to release Final Fantasy games on Xbox at this point. FF7R is PS4 only and we still don't have a confirmation if it's coming to Xbox or not, except the Amazon listing from early last year which could easily be a mistake or the SE plans could have changed. FFXVI is also PS5-only at this point so who knows. I can be wrong here but it clearly seems like this is the reaction of Square Enix on FFXV selling well below expectations on Xbox One which resulted in them changing their view on platform's support. So, yeah, I think it's time to forget about simultaneous releases of Final Fantasy games on Xbox and other platforms because the focus is definitely not there. (Huge mistake by SE in my opinion, because this will result in sales dropping even lower on Xbox). But well, just like MS says that they don't need Playstation to sell Bethesda games, Square Enix clearly doesn't need Xbox to sell Final Fantasy games.

That's a lot of words to say moneyhat. 

Careful, the truth isn't always allowed around here.



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jason1637 on 06 February 2021

I just want WWE Raw vs Smackdown games to become bc



Barozi on 07 February 2021

Just a heads up for those wanting to play it on Series X, Control Ultimate Edition is crashing to dashboard rather often.
https://www.reddit.com/r/XboxSeriesX/comments/lcr15u/control_ultimate_edition_nonstop_crashing/

For me it's not as bad as the OP, but I've had three crashes so far and I've about 50% of the main story completed. I'd say a crash every 2 hours. Definitely too much for a game like this. The game saves frequently though so it's not too bad. But you get sent back to the nearest fast travel point and since you can roam around all the places you've previously visited, naturally enemies will respawn so you have to kill them again upon reloading.



Conina on 07 February 2021
Angelus said:

While I agree that clothed camera angles focusing on a butt shouldn't be equated with porn, the argument a lot of gamers are trying to make here about Bioware censoring themselves is idiotic.

If you actually read into what Bioware is changing, it's fixed angles during emotional conversations, such as one where Miranda is telling you about her sister. In the context of what's happening, there's literally no reason/excuse for the camera being fixated on her ass.

Yeah, wouldn't be a dealbreaker for me, as long as we are able to manually focus the camera outside of cutscenes on her butt in Ass Effect 2 + 3.



Angelus on 07 February 2021
Barozi said:

Just a heads up for those wanting to play it on Series X, Control Ultimate Edition is crashing to dashboard rather often.
https://www.reddit.com/r/XboxSeriesX/comments/lcr15u/control_ultimate_edition_nonstop_crashing/

For me it's not as bad as the OP, but I've had three crashes so far and I've about 50% of the main story completed. I'd say a crash every 2 hours. Definitely too much for a game like this. The game saves frequently though so it's not too bad. But you get sent back to the nearest fast travel point and since you can roam around all the places you've previously visited, naturally enemies will respawn so you have to kill them again upon reloading.

Interesting. I beat the main game last night, and in my time playing the game it's only crashed twice in total. 



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jason1637 on 07 February 2021

Sounds like MS worldwide launch is paying off. The Series X is outselling the PS5 by 2x in South Africa.
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/gaming/385016-xbox-series-x-outsells-the-playstation-5-in-south-africa.html



InkIt on 07 February 2021

Keeping Series S in stock doesn't seem to be a big problem over in many countries, now the Series X is another story.

Not a good scenario but not much ms can do, knowing the current limitations with AMD semi-conductor shortages.



EspadaGrim on 07 February 2021
Ryuu96 said:

Thinking more on Paradox, I think Jez/Rand said a few Podcasts back that some acquisitions won't be appealing to their watchers, I believe they used the example of e-Rated acquisitions but Paradox would very much make sense in that context too, most of their watchers will be hardcore Xbox fans and not PC players, nonetheless Xbox needs to push harder into PC if they want Game Pass to really grow huge so it makes a lot of business sense to go for Paradox, plus Paradox do a few console titles still and there's no reason with more resources they can't also bring more titles to consoles.

I also wonder if the AAA 2021 release that ACG is talking about is Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 if Paradox is an acquisition possibility, Vampire is developed by Hardsuit Labs and published by Paradox and Paradox own 33% of Hardsuit Labs, but I still struggle with the idea that a Youtuber would know about a public acquisition before it's legally announced and would Xbox really just straight up cancel the PS version of Bloodlines 2? Doubt it.

The potential of owning the World of Darkness IPs and FASA IPs would be great since there is so much potential. Hardsuit Labs would be the only studio that I would be excited about though if MS were to buy Paradox.



ice on 07 February 2021

Ed's tweet is likely about persona.

Listened to his words closely on the podcast, Yakuza style. he said there was none of them and then there was all of them.

Sonic been on xbox, and honestly it really doesnt make sense to randomly drop a bunch of random Sonic games in GP.

Total War and Warhammer also doesn't fit Yakuza style, Unless they make it work on consoles...

Persona collection the only one that really fits the bill, can benefit both PC and Console GP, popular Sega franchise, never been on Xbox. Now what that said, far from guaranteed as they're only in talks and he made that clear. So don't get your hopes up but he is certainly talking about persona. 



Libara on 07 February 2021
Ryuu96 said:

Yeah, I think Sega is good with just taking Microsoft's money for Game Pass

Imagine how much they'll get by porting every Persona.

Certainly would be worth it, diversify GP with more JPN games and they are heading in the right direction. They have the WRPGs on lockdown let's be honest...