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trunkswd 1 hour ago
JRPGfan said:
trunkswd said:

I hate to say it but Compulsion makes the most sense out of all their studios to shut down. 3 games that were received poorly or just okay. I enjoyed South of Midnight, but that came out 7 years after We Happy Few. That is way too long given the scale of the game. 

Double Fine has a better track record, even if Keeper and Kiln didn't do that great. Plus the studio includes several popular older IPs like the old school LucasArts games - Grim Fandango, Day of the Tentacle, and Full Throttle - as well as Brutal Legend and Psychonauts. They are capable of developing games faster than Compulsion. Other than the potential cost to pay for all the metal music and for Jack Black a Brutal Legend 2 or remaster/remake could do well enough. 

I also see Double Fine being made independent like with Toys for Bob rather than being shut down. 

As far as Game Pass. I can see them spending less on third-party games to help lower costs, while keeping first-party day one games. As well as removing Fortnite Crew, EA Play, and Ubisoft Classics and making those add-ons. Unless they go the full add-on route.

Game Pass Basic - $10/month

  • 50+ games for console and PC
  • Unlimited cloud gaming
  • Benefits for games like League of Legends and Call of Duty: Warzone
  • Online console multiplayer (Will become free with Helix)
  • Earn Rewards points

Game Pass - $15/month - Replaces Premium and PC tiers - Includes everything in Basic plus the following

  • 300+ games for console and PC
  • Unlimited cloud gaming with shorter wait times
  • Benefits for games like League of Legends and Call of Duty: Warzone
  • Online console multiplayer (Will become free with Helix)
  • Earn 2x Rewards points

Add-ons (Current price if purchased separately)

  • Day one games - $5/month
  • Fortnite Crew - $6/month (Separately is $12/month)
  • EA Play - $3/month (Separately is $6/month)
  • Ubisoft Classics - $4/month (Separately is $8/month)
  • World of Warcraft - $10/month (Separately is $15/month)
  • Riot Games benefits - $4/month - You get bonus exp for Battle Passes and access to all characters

Game Pass Ultimate - $23/month - This becomes a discounted bundle - Includes the day one games, Fortnite Crew, EA Play, Ubisoft+ Classics, and Riot Games Benefits (which is what it currently includes).

Prices are just what I think is reasonable with the tiers being their current prices.

I would actually love a new Grim Fandango game.
That hits right in the nostalgia..... like how many decent budget 3D Aventure games (point-and-click) are made these days?
With big IP names behind them, and nostalgia to play on?

Also they should drop the Moba thingy and just focus on Humor and Platforming, i.e. more Psychonauts.
I kinda agree, if someone can rain in Tim schafer, double fine would be better off I think.
Very creative team, but could probably do with more harsh leadership going "this is the way! we're heading this direction"


The only thing I kinda disagree with is gamepass ultimate.... I don't think you should be giving your 1st party games away day1 in gamepass at all.
You have to get your console base back to buying your 1st party.

Not many decently budgeted adventure point-and-click style games made nowadays. I see something more action based like Brutal Legend. The moba/RTS elements were definitely the weakest part of the game. It was fun enough to just cruise around the world and fight bad guys. 

Most people are subbed to Game Pass for the day one games. That is why I am subbed. They could spend less on third-party games and only have first-party day one games to help save some of the money spent on the service. At the current price you are spending $276/year, which is the price of four $70 games.



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VersusEvil 56 minutes ago

How about

Game Pass Cloud - £3.99
>Trail play every game for 1hr each
>Unlimited cloud hours
>Multiplayer
>Ads

Game Pass Basic - £5.99
>25 revolving games changing every 3 months
>First party games 1yr later
>Multiplayer
>Ads

Game Pass Premium - £12.99
>100 Games (yes remove the rest)
>First party games 6 months later
>Multiplayer
>No ads



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JRPGfan 41 minutes ago
VersusEvil said:

How about

Game Pass Cloud - £3.99
>Trail play every game for 1hr each
>Unlimited cloud hours
>Multiplayer
>Ads

Game Pass Basic - £5.99
>25 revolving games changing every 3 months
>First party games 1yr later
>Multiplayer
>Ads

Game Pass Premium - £12.99
>100 Games (yes remove the rest)
>First party games 6 months later
>Multiplayer
>No ads


What do you think the cost of say renting out a high end pc, to stream over the internet, a game to you is?
Let's say you have a person on a server, playing a game streamed over the cloud.

What is the cost in terms of Electricity, maintenance, upkeep, replacement/services of devices, oversight (someone paid to do so) ?

Do you think Microsoft or Xbox, can make ANY money, giving you that for  £3.99 pr month ?

They would likely lose money alone, on the electricity and internet costs of doing so.

Why do people act like cloud gaming is free for the people that provide the service.
It is not.

Random dude that plays like 40hours of gameplay a month, ...... they cannot support giving him cloud game streaming for £3.99,
without wanting to throw away money.

Look at geforce now.
10$ a month, for 6hours of gaming (in a row) then auto kicked.... and a cap of at most 100hours pr month.
You get upto 1440p and 60fps.

And that is likely breakeven or losing abit of money for Nvidia.
And that is JUST for the steam, no games given away, you have to buy games you stream via geforce now.

What makes you think Xbox can do better? while offering free games ontop of that? In the UK with their insane electricity prices.

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