I believe its Cloud only only because that it needs to run on the cloud.  The other thing is that Kojima stated that people thought it was a mad ideal which means it has to be a concept totally out there.  Going by who Kojima is, this is about the most out there cloud based type of game I can think of that would be in his wheel house.  Either way, it sounds like its going to take a while for it to hit the market so probably will not know what it is for a few years at best.

Is now a good time to start high on life? Been holding out hearing about bugs, particularly for achievements.

I have guardians of the galaxy and plague tale innocence to play first if need be. Will play requiem after.

Except for completing forum/lugboxes all achievements can be easily get on a fast second playtrough and the ones mentioned are not bugged (have seen no one complaining about them).



Anyway got an xbox, book night lamp... got it instead of a game (because xbox has no games).

IIRC. Microsoft can close the deal without FTC as long as the rest approve it, though the odds of that are apparently low, I'm assuming because it would be a bad look to close a deal while a major regulatory body is pending but it is still a possibility and given how FTC is acting lately, I don't know if many will care.

But I think it's because FTC works different to others, they don't technically approve deals, they just choose not to block them and they don't even technically block deals, they ask the courts to do it for them, so Microsoft doesn't 'need' FTC's approval because they don't approve. But there is now a pending case active either way.

So Microsoft's options is wait until August and go through normal procedure which means the deal won't close until 2024, wait until June when the Supreme Court will (likely) rule against FTC and allow companies to take them straight to federal court or call FTC's bluff and close without them, which FTC responds to by either dropping their case, coming to an agreement with Microsoft or takes them to federal court.

Picked up Disco Elysium in the Christmas sale.

One source, who wishes to remain anonymous because they couldn’t speak about their knowledge of the information publicly has said that Jim Ryan had an employee Q&A earlier this month, where he talked about market competition.

In response to a question about Xbox Game Pass, Jim Ryan reportedly said that “When we consider Game Pass, it seems to be getting lower [Game Pass numbers]. When we consider Game Pass, we’ve sold more PS5’s in two years than they have gathered subscribers and they’ve been doing that for 6-7 years.”

Ryan reportedly continued “We’re just shy of 50 million subscribers and they are in the low 20s, but there’s more work to do to grow that number”.

Ryan’s reported comments are somewhat surprising when the company is currently battling Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard, which Sony argues is “bad for competition, bad for the gaming industry, and bad for gamers themselves”, (via Reuters).

Sony Doesn't View Xbox Game Pass as Competition, Sources Claim - Insider Gaming

The title is pure clickbait since he doesn't say that.

But it's funny, I think it was FTC who said that PS Plus isn't competition to Game Pass but here is Sony directly comparing them both, so clearly, Sony disagrees with the FTC. Also it was Sony who said to the CMA that PS Plus has less subscribers than Game Pass, Lol. Sony also said to the CMA that Game Pass has 29m subscribers, now they're saying low 20s.

Here is the exact quote that Sony gave to the CMA.

"Game Pass leads PlayStation Plus significantly. Microsoft already has a substantial lead in multi-game subscription services. Game Pass has 29 million subscribers to Xbox Game Pass Console and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, and is expected to grow substantially in the future. The multi-game subscription tiers of PlayStation Plus considerably lag, with fewer than [redacted] the number of subscribers

Oh Jim.

Exquisite choice! 

Should do another playthrough with different skills. Maybe after I'm done with Witcher 3.