Runa216 said:
You know the main difference between you and I? You've already determined that Avowed is a system seller despite it not being out yet, you're already 100% convinced of the future despite everything in the past not fuelling that narrative. You've already decided that everything in the past 10 years means nothing and you're treating the future as certain whereas I am not. I'm not saying Returnal or Kena are going to be absolute bangers. I don't think FFXVI is going to be an instant hit yet just because it's a PS5 exclusive (at least timed exclusive). All my arguments and my points of view come from history, patterns, and proven track records. Insomniac is going to knock it out of the park with Ratchet & Clank because they always do and are coming off a studio high with Spider-Man. the New God of War is going to be great because the last one was. When was the last time Fable was good? When was the last time Microsoft successfully launched a new franchise? I ask because Sony did so with Horizon and that game was a critical and commercial success. And you know the difference? Horizon Zero Dawn, Spider-Man, God of War, Ratchet & Clank, Ghost of Tsushima, Bloodborne, and so many other Sony franchises are absent of loot boxes and microtransactions whereas stuff like Forza, Halo, and Gears are littered with microtransactions. Gran Turismo has them, sure, but that's one franchise out of dozens. Microsoft's three MAIN franchises are littered with them, and yet still you find that okay. I criticize Sony a lot. Sony has a LOT of shit I don't like or outright hate or think is overrated as hell. I can't stand The Last of us, I think gran Turismo and MLB the Show are bland, boring, repetitive, uninteresting games. I think Uncharted is one of the most overrated franchises in history and I outright HATE the PS2/3 God of War games...but even if you cut all these games out of the equation, there's still plenty of top-selling, critically acclaimed games with enough variety to please me and clearly many others. Oh, and very few of Sony's games have microtransactions of any sort. If you don't like Shooting games or racing games, you might as well not even have an Xbox, becuase that's basically all they have outside of Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and Sea of Thieves. We're nothing alike, and the fact that you can't differentiate our styles and perspectives shows how blind you really are. and the fact that I've been banned for criticizing Microsoft/Xbox too hard shows that you are a minority in need of protection. or that there's a gross bias on this forum. Either way, time will tell what method works better, single-player third-person story-driven games without microtransactions or multiplayer focused games with tonnes of microtransactions and monthly fees, just like it has been for the last fucking decade. |