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True, I forgot about Outriders, probably because they announced it in March.


As for Game Pass on Switch, I doubt it unless it comes in the form of an xCloud app, which would be a good way off.
There aren't enough MS games on Switch to justify Game Pass. Can't expect to launch a service with nothing but 3rd party games. What would MS gain from that? A monthly subscription fee where 30% goes straight into Nintendo's pockets. MS gets nothing out of DLC or consumables purchases. And they have to pay more for 3rd party games since they would be available to a bigger audience. Might even convince people to "switch" from Game Pass on PC/Xbox to Game Pass on Switch which, again, decreases the money MS receives due to Nintendo's share.



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shikamaru317 said:

Yeah, I really hope that if there is an Xbox-Nintendo partnership, it's not one-sided like in the past. I absolutely hated seeing Xbox allow games like Ori and Super Lucky's Tale on Switch, while Nintendo was unwilling to port a single one of their exclusives to Xbox in return, not even the 2nd party or 3rd party hat ones. If this is yet another one sided partnership that benefits Nintendo gamers but does absolutely nothing for Xbox gamers, I will be pretty livid with Phil. If Nintendo wants ports of Xbox games, be be they from Booty's division, Xbox Global Publishing, or Bethesda, they need to be willing to at least allow some of their 2nd party games and 3rd party hats on Xbox, games like Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, Astral Chain, Deadly Premonition 2, and Rune Factory 5.

If it's just an xCloud app on Switch, that's not really something that would concern me. Soon just about anybody who owns a smart TV will be able to use xCloud anyway (except for maybe Sony smart TV owners, as Sony may block an xCloud app due to Playstation, and possibly Amazon FireTV owners, as Amazon may block xCloud on FireTV since it competes against their Luna service), so xCloud being on Switch changes precisely jack shit. 

It's gonna be like you say, xCloud on Switch (probably limited to MS games only), but who knows, maybe some publishers will use it as an opportunity to bring their games to Switch which otherwise wouldn't have made it to the platform anyway. And yeah, it will be one sided. Nintendo will not give away any of their stuff because they don't really need to. Switch sells at extreme pace and is the most popular console at the moment. People will play their games on Switch and will keep buying Switch to play these games anyway. Porting games to Xbox will not add too much to Nintendo's business, so there is no point in that. 

P.S. I hope if this xCloud app indeed makes it to Switch, there will be an option for local streaming



 

Ryuu96 said:
derpysquirtle64 said:

It's gonna be like you say, xCloud on Switch (probably limited to MS games only), but who knows, maybe some publishers will use it as an opportunity to bring their games to Switch which otherwise wouldn't have made it to the platform anyway. And yeah, it will be one sided. Nintendo will not give away any of their stuff because they don't really need to. Switch sells at extreme pace and is the most popular console at the moment. People will play their games on Switch and will keep buying Switch to play these games anyway. Porting games to Xbox will not add too much to Nintendo's business, so there is no point in that. 

P.S. I hope if this xCloud app indeed makes it to Switch, there will be an option for local streaming

That company that already brings certain titles to Switch as Cloud only versions actually already uses Azure for their global operations so I could see something like this, even if the titles aren't through xCloud, maybe some titles could come to Switch through Azure which Microsoft would be happy with, more companies at the end of the day using Azure.

Yeah, I'm not sure about third parties being on board there because I doubt Nintendo would agree to this. It's just a huge trojan horse will probably backfire them in a long run with lazy devs just opting for xCloud versions instead of putting effort and bringing the game natively to Switch. So, my bet is that it will be XGS only GamePass tier. If third parties do appear, then we might consider it as Nintendo giving their part in return for such partnership.



 

Might have to buy Voodoo Vince while it's on sale again, just realized MS didn't publish it, maybe that's why it hasn't been added to Gamepass.



Maybe it's a fake leak but everybody can easily believe that this ist something Sony would do. That alone tells you something about Sony.



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MLB the Show supporting a stat time tracker when most of MS's own first party don't these days....



Ryuu96 said:

Well in other news, Focus set up an acquisitions team, could see them acquiring Asobo.

Focus Home Interactive? Nah dude they only own two studios and both were bought incredibly cheap too so there is no chance that they would be able to even afford Asobo.

I do hope that they manage to acquire more smaller studios though, a ton of the ones that they have worked with last gen were bought up by other publishers/companies.



Ryuu96 said:
WoodenPints said:

The only thing I want to know how they managed to get such a bad deal to receive so many less chips from AMD compared to Sony unless the Series X chips have way worse yield rates.

Started production later than Sony cause they were waiting for the latest version of (RDNA 2?) so Sony naturally had a head start, plus Microsoft is having to create chips for both Series X and S while PS5/PS5 Digital are no different except one doesn't have a disc drive, Microsoft's manufacturing will be split with 2 chips compared to Sony's 1.

Maybe Sony just has a better deal too

RDNA 2 is its own production line, and it's a lot more cramped than Sony because AMD is also making their stuff there, whereas Sony's special chips have spare pre RDNA 2 capacity. 

Same reason Intel chips are actually affordable and in stock. 



ice said:

MLB the Show supporting a stat time tracker when most of MS's own first party don't these days....

Did you notice that Sea of Thieves now tracks your played time? I only noticed last week so it shows that the games are still tracking played time and just choosing not to show it.



WoodenPints said:
ice said:

MLB the Show supporting a stat time tracker when most of MS's own first party don't these days....

Did you notice that Sea of Thieves now tracks your played time? I only noticed last week so it shows that the games are still tracking played time and just choosing not to show it.

Holy Shit my playtime lol I'm glad they added it tho, all 1st party studios should have a basic time played stat imo