Video Games

[dreamy drum]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/743176728960041133/1165053272931958824/image.png?ex=65457369&is=6532fe69&hm=844718894b97029668a5124031f053c2cde861f4285cf7be2374645dd4be801d&

[granite yoke]

they want to cause a mid life crisis in your 20s

isnt she like 25 max in the game

[vapid jetty]

Yea

Theyre both supposed to be 25

[granite yoke]

tell me what u want but if thats what a 25 yr old should look like then they must have had the most stressful life ever + regular drug abuse

[vapid jetty]

Comrade Spiderman btw

[granite yoke]

https://tenor.com/view/true-correct-dwight-schrute-rainn-wilson-right-gif-23822659

[granite yoke]

how is the second game

first was one of my fav spidey stories

[vapid jetty]

Story seems great

Just the character for pere and mj take me out

Also the dialogue isnt as sharp

[errant cloak]

i finished the game today lol

[vapid jetty]

But everything else is phenomenal

[granite yoke]

did they do kraven justice

[vapid jetty]

Idk yet im a 1/4 thru

Luke question

[errant cloak]

im not too familiar with kravens character in the comics, but i lked him in the game

[vapid jetty]

@errant cloak Im like partway through ||venom subplot||

||MJ became a venom thingy||

||I dont get it or like it much lol it feels rushed||

[errant cloak]

||I thin think the main story is only like 15 hours lol||

||I wish we got more bully Peter Parker||

[vapid jetty]

||there needed to be a more gradual progression||

||so teasers forward: Carnage (Flame prophet), Green Goblin (g serum norman), Spiderverse? (The bots)||

[primal dock]

https://vxtwitter.com/aouredoo/status/1717737223049617695?s=46&t=60ix--ZucVfEkk3IhlPgtQ

This made me realize of a possibility in the future where AI voices of athletes get used for video games

I can see maybe player unions fighting that

UFC has no union so they can do whatever lol

[vapid jetty]

Fortnite about to be so lit

[analog sorrel]

Games to play on a long ass plane ride that isn't pokemon?

I have my steam deck not sure what emulators, games to add on there

[vast halo]

How longs the flight?

[analog sorrel]

13 hours

[vast halo]

The Witcher
Spiderman

Try doing the 1 life challenge on spiderman max difficulty

[analog sorrel]

New one?

[vast halo]

The first one or maybe Miles morales

Unless u got a ps5 and can stream it on ur phone from home

New one would come to pc in like 2025

If u can play halo on steam deck I'd do that

[errant cloak]

what about sea of stars, are u still planning on playing that game

[analog sorrel]

Yeah, still need to buy it haha

Did you play it Luke?

[errant cloak]

i played it for like maybe an hour or 2 haha, i did enjoy it though, just got distracted by other games

[granite yoke]

alan wake 2

[granite yoke]

It’s amazing so far btw

If anyone loves twin peaks and true detective s1, this is the game for you

[granite yoke]

debated on playing the first one for years

Never pulled the trigger tho

[violet owl]

i played the first one a year or two ago but it was just too dated for me to keep going

only played for an hour or two

[granite yoke]

Yeah the first one is really repetitive by now

You can watch a recap video and play the the second one

[vapid jetty]

Theres an alan wake fortnite skin

[granite yoke]

This is one of the scariest games I’ve ever played

The game over screen is like a scene straight out of the movie begotten

[granite yoke]

Yeah Spider-Man 2 is fucking amazing

[vast halo]

Just finished it

[granite yoke]

Ngl I'm hype as fuck for daredevil DLC (reportedly) and the wolverine game

[vast halo]

I'm waiting for carnage

[grand summit]

if you like detective shit, Scene Investigator is interesting

anyone tried out Robocop?

[amber thistle]

Yall buying it

[violet owl]

yeah

and i dont really buy games anymore outside of fifa

just play fifa and whatever is on gamepass....last game i bought besides that was elden ring

but if gta6 is up to the same level of quality as rdr2, then its a must buy

[amber thistle]

I meant buy the news 😂

[violet owl]

lol

read a comment that the guy saying it is legit, but no clue if thats accurate

[granite yoke]

It’s Schreier

He’s the Woj of the video game industry

the LeBron James of reporting

[granite yoke]

https://fxtwitter.com/RockstarGames/status/1722237703553798312

[primal dock]

I will drop everything to play gta6

LFG

[granite yoke]

https://tenor.com/view/fire-elmo-flames-on-fire-muppets-gif-16327649

[primal dock]

Feel like I should replay all the gtas

[amber thistle]

Coming 2038

Actually it’d be funnier if they don’t put a release date on the trailer lmao

[errant cloak]

https://vxtwitter.com/screentime/status/1722339193190256923?s=46&t=xaXAHCQYRJ9Gt1P2g4K5vQ

[granite yoke]

Live service demand is already on a decline and companies regularly underestimate how much time and effort it takes to work out a perfect schedule to release content

Didn’t they already try with that multiversus game and it died like two months later

[errant cloak]

I can't wait for the batman live service game

[granite yoke]

I actually forgot about their suicide squad game

How do you end up making a suicide squad game where every character just shoots a gun

[primal dock]

https://vxtwitter.com/slvppy/status/1722247810010198084?s=46&t=60ix--ZucVfEkk3IhlPgtQ

[granite yoke]

I’m using my PTO from work to play

[grand summit]

What's your opinion on ea 24 asher?

I'm still enjoying fifa 23
Worth the buy for 24?

[violet owl]

gameplay between the two is very similar

[violet owl]

i'm not sure the upgrade is worth it for most

prob would wait til its very much on sale

[grand summit]

In genuine awe at how absolute dogshit Kingdom Come Deliverance is.

[analog sorrel]

i wont play gta 6 for awhile

[granite yoke]

Midnight suns is a dope game

I don’t even like marvel but the characters are cool and the combat is addicting

[half sage]

PlayStation 5 or series x

I currently have a one

Like the very first version

I mainly want to buy for gta six tbh

[marsh mulch]

ps6 gonna be out by then

[half sage]

No

It’s coming out next year

[vapid jetty]

Get ps5 slim

[half sage]

Idk man game pass is pretty appealing

[errant cloak]

Non slim ps5 for sale for 350 at target @half sage

https://fxtwitter.com/wario64/status/1727952440190783877?s=46&t=xaXAHCQYRJ9Gt1P2g4K5vQ

[primal dock]

I'd say ps tbh

They have there own version of game pass but I believe it's more expensive and the titles probably aren't as good as game pass idk haven't looked into it

U get to play spiderman and gow

[half sage]

Rip

I went to sleep

[errant cloak]

playstation unfortunately raised the prices for their online which sucks

[half sage]

I got the series x with a 75 dollar target gift card for 429

Basically the same thing

I might’ve bought the ps5 as well if I saw that deal in time

But exclusives will always be available to play so I’m fine getting it a couple years down the line

[marsh mulch]

that is such a steal

[granite yoke]

Depends on what you value more, if you’re not interested in PS exclusives get the Series X for cheap

I switched from PS5 to that and I don’t regret it at all and quick resume is the best next-gen feature out of both consoles

The best thing about the xbox ecosystem is that you can get games for cheap as fuck, I can find keys for newer AAA games for under 20 bucks

[errant cloak]

i didnt even know about the quick resume feature but it looks cool

[granite yoke]

Yeah it’s great, still feels magical

Thought it would be a boring gimmick first

Nvm I should’ve read the entire convo, he already bought it

Won’t regret it imo

[near ivy]

Yea I still get surprised by it when I boot my Xbox series x up

Just picks off right where you left

[half sage]

Does it resume even when a full shutdown occurs

[violet owl]

if you turn it off in energy saver mode, where it takes longer to boot on start, quick resume still works

and it works in the quick boot, non energy saver mode....if you do a manual reset from settings, i'm not sure

i just use the energy saver mode b/c the boot up is already fast...by the time my tv turns on my xbox is on

there might be games where quick resume is more annoying than good....potentially multiplayer games that require connection to a server...or it can cause other unforseen minor issues in other games....in which case, you'll want to manually quit the game via context menu from the dashboard

i would actually turn off quick resume for fifa/eafc if i could, but you can't disable it...only close games manually

[analog sorrel]

Probably never gonna buy another Xbox again

Game pass on PC is enough... useless to buy the console now

[errant cloak]

my ps5 stopped reading discs today lol, has that happened to anyone before

[marsh mulch]

nah ive barely used the disc compartment on mine lol

[errant cloak]

i bought final fantasy 16 and its not reading it smh, i might have to send it in for repair lol

fucking sony

[violet owl]

reminds me of having to have my ps1 upside down for it to work/read discs

[chrome harbor]

https://youtu.be/-8suiwvwkqA?si=M5KMvHBLIGL5g7iH

[granite yoke]

Yeah

[analog sorrel]

You sure it isn't the disc?

[errant cloak]

Unfortunately it happened with multiple discs 😔 i took it to a shop today hopefully it'll be fixed by next week

[analog sorrel]

Damn that's annoying

I haven't heard anything like that before, maybe a random malfunction

[errant cloak]

luckily digital games still work

but i like buying used games for cheaper sometimes

[analog sorrel]

I am only going physical now

[errant cloak]

sony charges like 220 to fix it

[analog sorrel]

Fr?

[errant cloak]

yeah haha

"If you're happy to proceed, the next step will be to make a payment of $229.00 (+ tax) to cover the cost of the repair or replacement. If the information above is correct, you can press the "SUBMIT" button to continue forward. Following this, you should receive an email containing the payment details to continue with the repair process and have your case submitted."

[analog sorrel]

Just buy a new one and sell that one

[errant cloak]

i was considering that , i wonder if that new slim version is worth it

[analog sorrel]

They had some decent deals

For black Friday

[errant cloak]

yeah target selling one for 300 something

maybe sony bricked my ps5 on purpose to force me to buy a new one

[analog sorrel]

Was yours a launch day one?

[errant cloak]

i bought mine last year, but i think when i checked the info it was manufactured in like 2021

[analog sorrel]

How do you check that from the registration?

[errant cloak]

it was the cfi number

[analog sorrel]

Now you getting me nervous haha

[errant cloak]

wait it said manufactured march 2022

[analog sorrel]

Hmm

[errant cloak]

hmm i might do this now lol

[analog sorrel]

Also spiderman is pretty good

[errant cloak]

i really enjoyed it, i wish there was more stuff though, the dlc should be fun

[granite yoke]

Did you try a few of the methods available online?

Some people report that you need to do these steps:

1. Insert your disc
2. Put the PS5 in rest mode
3. Turn it back on

I believe that this could genuinely be a software issue, there are a lot of people reporting these issues

I can’t imagine this being a hardware failure, that’d be crazy because people say they can’t use their disc drive after trying it out for the first time

[errant cloak]

Yeah i did that a few times, i put thr ps5 in safe mode and cleared the database snd stuff too

[granite yoke]

That sucks bro I’m sorry

Couldn’t you claim warranty for this?

[errant cloak]

Sony warranty is only like 1 year i think

[granite yoke]

Fuck Sony

[errant cloak]

All these video game companoes keep taking my money 😔

[grand summit]

i liked 1 more
lol

definitely prefer open world settings for big games

Metro Exodus is excellent

[grand summit]

@analog sorrel @granite yoke @errant cloak @violet owl
Does this or does this not look like power rangers because of the helmet
lol

[granite yoke]

Reminds me of Tron Legacy

[errant cloak]

daft punk

[dreamy drum]

https://fxtwitter.com/IdleSloth84_/status/1730702585269498245?s=20

[near ivy]

imma keep it a buck

i dont give a fuck about anything other than GTA

[marsh mulch]

widderally

[granite yoke]

Jedi Survivor is dope

[primal dock]

Yerrrrrrrr

Nobody posted the gta6 vid here

https://youtu.be/QdBZY2fkU-0?si=KRAbPoVnVsuaHiDF

We FEASTING

I should be unemployed by 2025

[analog sorrel]

is it bad that i dont really care about gta haha

[grand summit]

Pc users
😭

[chrome harbor]

https://vxtwitter.com/tr1zz/status/1732114758336381183?s=46&t=DZaprQ8Yn6otLtVYnA-vBw

[violet owl]

lol

[dreamy drum]

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/5/23989290/playstation-digital-ownership-sucks

[errant cloak]

https://fxtwitter.com/playgamesmovies/status/1732847712536613051?s=61&t=glwGA3_7GZmJibeMRkwZzg

Way too expensive but it looks really clean lol

[analog sorrel]

Game of the year?

[errant cloak]

i havnet played too many 2023 games this year i think but i woujld say of the ones i played prob spiderman?

i think i liked it more than zelda totk but maybe thats just the recency bias

[primal dock]

I don't think I've played any new games this yr

[errant cloak]

i started playing ff16, it;s pretty fun so far

[granite yoke]

https://youtu.be/basLDO2bj2k?si=PnsWnHHEfTnVC2d0

[violet owl]

i have faith it will be good....look forward to seeing gameplay
arkane lyon made prey (2017) which might be the most underrated game of all time for me

enjoyed the hell out of that game, and no one ever talks about it

[granite yoke]

That was actually Arkane Austin

[violet owl]

oh

[granite yoke]

But Lyon made all of the other great stuff like Dishonored

[violet owl]

ah

yeah i didnt finish the dishonoreds and deathloop

well made games but didnt like them enough to keep playing

played thru prey twice

enjoyed the hell out of the setting

[granite yoke]

Agree, Prey is amazing. Top 5 game from the last decade for me

Love all the Arkane Studios and think they’ll do Blade right honestly, Redfall was a disaster but that seems to have been a push from Zenimax itself

[violet owl]

yeah i'd be surprised if its anothe redfall situation

dont think MS will let that happen

[granite yoke]

Yeah they seem to give studios freedom to a fault

That being said they stepped into the shitshow that was 343 and they’re doing better than ever rn

[golden basalt]

Which game should I buy at it's given price and which game do yall think is best overall.

Hades ($12.50)
Dead Space ($27)
Cyberpunk 2077 ($30)
Resident Evil 4 ($30)

[errant cloak]

all of them

do you like roguelikes

[golden basalt]

Not sure

Oh I remember playing .Net Hack back in the day. That was dope

So I'd say, probably

Think I'm gonna get Hades

[errant cloak]

nice, they did announce the 2nd one too im nots ure when its coming outthougj

[analog sorrel]

dead space if you like horror

cyberpunk if you like gta open world

hades is replay value

re4 i have never played...highly highly recommended

[golden basalt]

I picked up Hades, but I was just playing Fallen Order tonight

Now my friend called me and told me about The Finals. He's on PS5 so we don't play a lot together. I don't usually play competitive shooters, but I'm gonna try it out to play with him

[violet owl]

hades was one of my favorite games in recent memory

[grand summit]

@violet owl bro you looking forward to wolverine or nah

[violet owl]

i dont have a playstation

unless i'm mistaken about it being an exclusive

[grand summit]

Wolverine is like spiderman, in terms of superhero whose games can be made

Like batman as well

How would you make superman or the flash games
Too op

[vast halo]

Sm2 0 awards

Bro

Why

Like who even plays baldurs gate

[golden basalt]

Apparently, over 22 million people.

[vast halo]

😭

[errant cloak]

https://fxtwitter.com/SynthPotato/status/1734293591608930538?s=20

smh

[granite yoke]

Game is mid af

[errant cloak]

https://fxtwitter.com/culturecrave/status/1734497241501725034?s=46&t=xaXAHCQYRJ9Gt1P2g4K5vQ

[errant cloak]

https://fxtwitter.com/CultureCrave/status/1734608652416532914?s=20

[dreamy drum]

https://fxtwitter.com/E3/status/1734583493592498437

[granite yoke]

Who here plays FC 24

Im down for coop online seasons

[dreamy drum]

https://www.polygon.com/23998966/the-day-before-what-happened-fntastic-shutting-down

[halcyon lance]

We got one of the best zombie tv shows in walking dead and they still can’t make a good zombie game

[analog sorrel]

we already did, left 4 dead

[dreamy drum]

https://fxtwitter.com/YaBoyHart/status/1736824157105446981

[granite yoke]

This insomniac leak is INSANE

You can find anything on there

Budgets, project profits, plans until 2032, test builds, vertical slices shit even the entire plot for Wolverine

[vapid jetty]

I saw the leaks

Venom, wolverine, spiderman 3, XMen

[granite yoke]

Damn

Did you see the plot for Wolverine

[vapid jetty]

No i dont wanna be spoiled

[granite yoke]

Damn I need someone I can vent to regarding a certain choice for that game

🗿

https://tenor.com/view/lekendrick-perkins-carry-the-hell-on-kendrick-perkins-throwing-book-kendrick-perkins-gif-24830860

[errant cloak]

i didnt see anything about spiderman 2 dlc in the leaks

[amber thistle]

Geometry Dash 2.2

[amber thistle]

I had like 4 games in total

[analog sorrel]

Rocket League, CS and CS and Rocket League

[amber thistle]

Hehehe

[analog sorrel]

Game of the Year?

[amber thistle]

I haven’t played much games this year

[primal dock]

[amber thistle]

Valid

[primal dock]

Only played it for a few hrs too lol

Haven't gamed much this year

[amber thistle]

what’s a good gaming keyboard and mouse

[light coyote]

anything logitech

also why did i get a ghost ping here lol

[amber thistle]

I did @ here

[amber thistle]

g502 for mouse probably

Keyboard?

[light coyote]

what kind of keyboard do you want?

100% or ?

[amber thistle]

what does that mean

like a cool mechanic rgb keyboard

similar to g502

[light coyote]

100% keyboards are like your regular keyboards

i have a 75% one (doesn't have a number pad)

there are also 65 and 60% ones, lower the percent the smaller the size basically

[amber thistle]

yeah 100%

[light coyote]

go for the g413 or g pro x imo

idk much about 100% bc i dont like them lol

[amber thistle]

Appreciate the insight

I prefer functionality that’s why lol

[amber thistle]

GTA V source code leaked

[dreamy drum]

😱

[analog sorrel]

for what, typing or playing

[amber thistle]

preferably for gaming

[errant cloak]

are you looking for a mechanical keyboard?

[amber thistle]

Yeah those are good

[analog sorrel]

@amber thistle solid one here

https://www.keychron.com/collections/normal-profile-keyboards/products/keychron-k2-wireless-mechanical-keyboard

or like this

https://drop.com/buy/drop-ctrl-v2-mechanical-keyboard?defaultSelectionIds=981286%2C981288

[grand summit]

Keychron is excellent

[amber thistle]

I got Corsair K70

[dreamy drum]

https://fxtwitter.com/scully1888/status/1742836386275659985

[dreamy drum]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xFtdhQoOMH0

[grand summit]

Any homie here tried Death Stranding

[granite yoke]

Yeah bro

It’s alright

[grand summit]

How is it pace wise bro
Gimme something to compare it to?
Worth investing time in?

[granite yoke]

It’s pretty long, like 40-50 hours for the main story alone

Imagine Metal Gear Solid 4 stretched to an even longer game

A lot of long and dull Kojima exposition

[analog sorrel]

I hit maybe 10/15 does it get a little better? I am more interested in the story now

[granite yoke]

Hmm it depends on what made you stop playing

The first 3, 4 acts are very barebones and they start throwing more and more weapons at you the further you go

You also unlock so many new parts and ways of moving around, it stops being that much of a slog

[analog sorrel]

Tbh...I was moving. My girl was really into and wanted me to continue so she could watch. I enjoyed the game and atmosphere and unknown mystery of the world.

When I moved I never set up the ps and just played PC games. I got a PS5 then played PS5 games. I wonder if I should get the upgrade for it 🤔

[granite yoke]

It’s very cheap and there are a few nice callbacks to MGS if you’re into it lol

Like there’s an entire stealth section in a warehouse

[analog sorrel]

visually it looks way better? Like ghost better?

[errant cloak]

isnt death stranding directors cut free on psplus extra

[granite yoke]

One of the most beautiful games I’ve ever played for sure, looked great on my 4k tv

[analog sorrel]

i think so, i wasnt going to renew but i might still

[granite yoke]

Definitely a step up compared to the ps4 version

[analog sorrel]

ghost imo is the most beautiful game on the ps5...then last of us RE then id say Dead Space

[errant cloak]

i loved ghost of tsushima

[granite yoke]

The art direction is one of the best I’ve seen for sure… breathtaking landscapes

Heard good things about that avatar game as well visually

[errant cloak]

death stranding was too much of a walking simulator for me

[analog sorrel]

true, but i was digging the story a lot

[errant cloak]

any games in 2024 u guys are looking forward to?

[granite yoke]

Yeah the story is like a more cohesive MGS

Like it’s as weird but kinda comes together around the end

[granite yoke]

Ngl I’m not too sure what’s planned this year

Maybe we’ll get that Indiana Jones game, that’d be sick

[errant cloak]

ff7 pt 2 next month and then i might try out dragons dogma

[granite yoke]

Ah no ps5

And i even liked part 1

[errant cloak]

what have u bbeen playing on xbox recently?

[granite yoke]

Not much I haven’t had a lot of time to play a game properly between work and studies

The last big story game that I finished was Jedi Survivor

I actually wanted to message one of the actors on Reddit cause he did a great job

[errant cloak]

ahh okay hows that been going

[granite yoke]

All good bro thanks, very stressful recently but we ball

What have you been playing

[errant cloak]

good luck out there 🫡

last month ive been playing a bunch of monster hunter world lmao

oh yeah a little bit of ff16 too

[granite yoke]

I won’t touch monster hunter world anymore

That game is too addicting

[errant cloak]

for real, i was grinding too much lol

did you play iceborne?

i got kinda burned out then and i got stuck on alatreon so im taking a break

[granite yoke]

Never got to it unfortunately either lol

[errant cloak]

iceborne is a whole new game, i think thats when i got re-addicted

[granite yoke]

Is it really that good

[errant cloak]

i think so, its a crazy amount of content they added, a lot harder too

[granite yoke]

Now I’m tempted lmao

No I can’t start before doing exams

Afterwards as a reward

[errant cloak]

how far did u get w/ the base game?

yes, afterwards haha

good luck on ur exams though

[granite yoke]

Good question tbh

I think rotten vale area

Idk how far that is

Was doing coop with a friend

[errant cloak]

i think thats still a little early in the base game

[granite yoke]

Dang I’m not sure then

Been a while

[errant cloak]

what weapon did u use

[granite yoke]

Long Sword

What about you

[errant cloak]

Hammer

[granite yoke]

Bonk

[analog sorrel]

bought baldurs gate 3....so far so good

[grand summit]

Will give it a try once I complete the re run of watch dogs trilogy and mass effect trilogy

[grand summit]

Sadly could never get into turn based games

Tried Dragons age as well
🙁

[marsh mulch]

transit

[chrome harbor]

https://youtu.be/dS_8CZy8DbI?si=9WRAwrGusNCLJIas

[grand summit]

Anyone looking forward to Skull and Bones?

[errant cloak]

https://x.com/bethesda/status/1748082636226969860?s=46&t=xaXAHCQYRJ9Gt1P2g4K5vQ

[desert obsidian]

https://fxtwitter.com/bethesda/status/1748082636226969860

[granite yoke]

@violet owl do you play FUT?

[violet owl]

i do

vvd was a good choice, he's def op this year

[granite yoke]

Can you show your team

Updated mine a bit now

I need Kyle Walker as a RB

[primal dock]

Kareemception

[violet owl]

i sold all my good tradeable players that i was using in my team, so that my coins are liquid for toty, so the team i've got isn't really my team

this is my best team made up of untradeable players right now.....once all of toty hits packs and i can buy them at their lowest price, the team will look completely different

[grand summit]

Removing nethack is quite possibly one of the dumbest decisions watch dogs made in legion.

[desert obsidian]

https://fxtwitter.com/Palworld_EN/status/1748618579757711617

[analog sorrel]

Everyone is talking about Pal

[violet owl]

saw it was new on gamepass so i dled it

i'll try it

[violet owl]

booted game up, went to invert my y axis as usual, and the game has the x and y axis mixed up in the options

i dont think i've ever had that ever lol

[grand summit]

what is it about

breaking records left and right apparently(?)
lol

[errant cloak]

its like pokemon meets ark meets minecraft apparently

[vapid jetty]

I thought it was a meme

But no it really is that

[errant cloak]

https://fxtwitter.com/deltythe73rd/status/1749259432759087515?s=46&t=xaXAHCQYRJ9Gt1P2g4K5vQ lmao

[errant cloak]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm7y9jlebrA @analog sorrel

[analog sorrel]

bro i know!

I wanna hack my switch but havent had time to

[errant cloak]

apparently u dont even need to hack the switch to use it

[analog sorrel]

you still need to find the roms i think which the most annoying part

hacking a switch though makes it more user friendly and you can add your games that you own physically onto digital. As well as other roms

[errant cloak]

n s w 2 u . com

do you think you'l buy the new switch when it releases?

[analog sorrel]

naw probably not

[errant cloak]

rumored release date is sep 2024

[analog sorrel]

thanks for the website, i have another one i use

maybe in the future but rn no need

i have my steam deck which has worked amazingly

[errant cloak]

o nice, do u run switch games on that too?

[analog sorrel]

no, i been wanting to but again...not enough time to sit down and do it

it isnt hard anymore they use yuzu i think

[errant cloak]

i remember wanitng to get a steamdeck so i can play pokemon on it lmaooo

[analog sorrel]

you should get one

[errant cloak]

i dont own too many steam games

[analog sorrel]

you got a switch?

[errant cloak]

yes

[analog sorrel]

i own too many haha

[errant cloak]

switch, ps5, pc

[analog sorrel]

369 i just checked

[errant cloak]

i bought a 3ds like last year on offerup and modded that too

damn haha

[analog sorrel]

you jail broke it?

[errant cloak]

yee

[analog sorrel]

niceee

same

[errant cloak]

i somehow have 114 games but i dont know how many were free deals

[analog sorrel]

it wasnt toooo bad but still a hassle

[errant cloak]

yee

[analog sorrel]

i been trying to play new stuff on steam

[errant cloak]

being able to speed up on pc emulator is super convenient, but theres a certain nostalgic charm to playing on the ds

[analog sorrel]

i agree

i am sad they killed it

DS and 3DS are gonna go up in price for physical

[errant cloak]

retro games are so expensive now lol

[analog sorrel]

yup

[errant cloak]

i still have my ds lite and i bought some flash cart on amazon but it kinda got bricked after like a day

it came preinstalled w/ games but i tried installing some pokemon rom hacks but it didnt work properly, and then i got the 3ds after that

[analog sorrel]

v i m m .net

[errant cloak]

yee, vims lair is the best

[analog sorrel]

what i use for anything before ps3

[errant cloak]

i think internet archive has roms too

[analog sorrel]

they do haha

[errant cloak]

i remember finding gamecube roms there

[analog sorrel]

what is your fave system?

[errant cloak]

prob pc cause the flexibilty

[analog sorrel]

and console?

[errant cloak]

i have been liking ps5 though a lot

i used to have a xbox 360 when i was a kid

[analog sorrel]

ps5 is pretty op

[errant cloak]

im excited for ff7 pt 2

[analog sorrel]

underrated bc all the kids are playing fortnite and shit

[errant cloak]

what have you been playing lately?

i need to finish up ff16 before i can let myself buy ff7

[analog sorrel]

Played a little GTFO the other day super fun and hard. BG3 and some indie games as well

[errant cloak]

im tempted to buy palworld lmao

[analog sorrel]

I don't wanna buy it though

[errant cloak]

https://fxtwitter.com/dexerto/status/1749968509868580965?s=46&t=xaXAHCQYRJ9Gt1P2g4K5vQ

[desert obsidian]

https://fxtwitter.com/FortniteGame/status/1750616130174234859

[violet owl]

you pack that shit?

lol

well done...i've played since fut started in fifa09 and never packed anything close to that value

top 3 striker until may

i packed toty alisson and oberdrof in my saved tradeable packs (had 8 weekend leagues worth of packs), still have to go thru most of my untradeable packs

[violet owl]

read a tweet that someone opened 750 of the 83x10s and got zero toty

so yeah you got a tiny bit lucky

i opened like 70 packs or so to get them, but a lot of high quality packs in there
i sold them instantly...ive done a lot of trading, so my team is pretty good now...neither fit

i'm using toty cech, find icon gk useful for the chem

[analog sorrel]

Anyone play BG3?

[dreamy drum]

https://vxtwitter.com/gunsnrosesgirl3/status/1751104300028133665

[grand summit]

@onyx schooner are yakuza games fun?
What type are they

[errant cloak]

Jrpg games

I hear they're good, a lot of ppl like the main character

[grand summit]

I'm playing witcher 3 rn
Might take a while
Lol

[errant cloak]

Did you play all of then kareem

I think i still have like a dragon through ps extra

Maybe I'll just watch yakuza on YouTube or something lol

7 games in a series i don't thin i can commit to that

I played like a dragon for like 30 minutes but i kinda stopped cause I wasn't sure if it was the game to start on but I'll give it another shot later

[grand summit]

What about the entire final fantasy series
😂

[errant cloak]

I've only played 7 and I'm currently playing 16 haha

If i grew up on those games i couldve done it for sure haha

[analog sorrel]

Hmm, I kinda wanted to check it out

I enjoy SF but man I was getting whooped in ranked. I felt they did too much to change controls from 4 to 6 (I didn't touch 5)

[errant cloak]

https://fxtwitter.com/CasualyClutchin/status/1752428292140114333

lebron vs h1tl3r already lol

[errant cloak]

@dense pulsar Do u run into shit like this in tekken hahah

[dense pulsar]

Lol yeah all the time

Depends what you wanna get out of it tbh

It's packed with content that anyone can pick up and play

If you wanna actually play online and get good it's probably the most mechanically demanding fighting game out there lol

I can dump my combos in here now

[errant cloak]

Do you play with a stick

[dense pulsar]

Not atm but I want to

Just looks like fun lol

I play on PS5 controller atm

Yeah definitely

Arcade quest is a great offline mode for practicing the mechanics of the game

My advice is find a character you think looks really cool or find fun to play with and stick with them for a while

Every character has 100+ moves now and it's daunting trying to learn multiple characters at once lol

[errant cloak]

https://fxtwitter.com/Wario64/status/1752803943099535373?s=20 anyone looking forward to anything from here?

[errant cloak]

lmaoooo

a;sldkjfas;ldfjas;ldfj

i was thinking of typing something smilar

https://tenor.com/view/cigarettes-smoke-smoking-the-story-gif-25086630

[errant cloak]

https://x.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1752824403992129695?s=20

[desert obsidian]

https://fxtwitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1752824403992129695

[errant cloak]

https://fxtwitter.com/xenosaga7/status/1752835423788007524?s=46&t=xaXAHCQYRJ9Gt1P2g4K5vQ

[errant cloak]

https://fxtwitter.com/Cudalla/status/1753212289338232954?s=20

https://fxtwitter.com/Cudalla/status/1751298605615612038

a story in 2 parts lmao

[errant cloak]

what are they cooking

they probably spent too much $ or something

fuck lol

only singeplayer games and then emulated remakes at 30 fps

xbox did lay off a bunch of ppl at activision too

or microsoft did *

less physical copies too in general 😔

[desert obsidian]

https://fxtwitter.com/Zuby_Tech/status/1754055023724511260

[errant cloak]

ahh okay so thats not terrible i guess

how do you like the xbox compared to ps5, like hardware wise, controller, console etc

i love the dualsense but the stick drift is no bueno

the haptic feedback is too nice lol

yeah my ps5 has been louder ever since i got the disc drive swapped out when it broke

that would suck if xbox is gone

i think this game is 60fps on xbox game pass, but its stuck at 30 on playstation its annoying

[violet owl]

xbox fans butthurt about the idea of games not being exclusive

i literally dont give a fuck at all

i'd be pissed if they didnt make hardware tho

[errant cloak]

wow i didnt know that sony has like a 70/30 market share

[vapid jetty]

idk why people are saying this is end all be all

all they need to do is make a better console lol

its flipped floped between them before

[errant cloak]

Has Xbox ever sold more than Sony?

I'm trying to find data on it but can't really

[vapid jetty]

360?

it had to have

at least anecodtally

in california lol

i was only ps3 kid

[errant cloak]

i had a 360 in middle school

but i remember back then playstation online was free

ik ppl would say that if you used the landline it would disconnect you, but idk if that was actually true or not lol

[violet owl]

i waited in line overnight for ps2....i laughed at og xbox when it came out

i eventually bought an og xbox to play some exclusives and it won me over

xbox live was far ahead of what ps was doing online

i had two 360's red ring, but ms was great about getting replacements fast so they didnt lose me

they completely fumbled the xbox one launch tho....the online backlash and hate was way over the top

the hate was good tho b/c ms became super generous with their reward points, and i racked up enough easily during the xbox one era to fund 50% of my series x and almost all of my software

[errant cloak]

i see ppl online saying the xbox one was bad, what was bad about it? i stopped after a 360

[violet owl]

when they announced they said you needed to be online to play your games

[errant cloak]

thats when kinect came out right? or did 360 also have it

ohh yeah i remember that lmao, like you couldnt share games

and then sony made that commercial where they just handed a disc to eachother and was like this is how you share games on playstation

[violet owl]

they had a digital vision for their console which too ahead of its time

there were benefits of it that got overlooked

hate mob and sony fans just capitalized to shame the whole thing

also kinect was amazing tech, but ultimately a gimmick in practice

[errant cloak]

idk if i can ever get a digital only console, i like buying games

especially cause you can get them on a discount too

[violet owl]

i've bought like one physical game in the series x era

cyberpunk ws on sale for 10 at best buy

[vapid jetty]

||you dont own games on a disc||

[violet owl]

with my ms reward points and gamepass, no point buying physical games

[vapid jetty]

||you just own the rights to download the necessary digital software using that disc||

[violet owl]

yeah disc is mostly illusion

[vapid jetty]

thats wild htough

everyone in my school had xbox

except me

I remember when the wave to ps4 happened

"hey sandz i got a ps4 lets play"

hmmmmm now yall are coming interesting

[violet owl]

i bought a ps3 later in the cycle to play last of us and gow3

i loved last of us but never even got around to opening gow3

[errant cloak]

yeah no one owns anyting anymore its sad

[vapid jetty]

a talk to brick wall argument i will have

that yall will disagree with

[errant cloak]

but i like paying cheaper for the right to play something

[vapid jetty]

I LOATHE and DETEST the xbox UI

Ive nevr liked the way they ever do their UI ever

[violet owl]

i feel the same about the ps ui

[vapid jetty]

it seemed so counterintuitive

things were never were they should be

like ud expect thign A to be next to thing B

but on xbox it was A to Z using a differnet menu and a slide out, but then a popout and another slideout

and it would make no sense

[violet owl]

thats how i feel about sony and their games
its japanese influenced, so the X button means cancel and the O means accept

[violet owl]

and they are in the reversed spots

[errant cloak]

why cant ps5 have themes agian

[vapid jetty]

u can cant u?

u just have to pay

theyre in the ps store

[violet owl]

ps ui is clean but also dead
when i'd boot up my ps3 it felt like nothing is going on
xbox had ugly ads, but it also felt alive

[vapid jetty]

egads

[errant cloak]

nope

o man, i remember that 2011 theme

[violet owl]

i typically like things that are clean, but i much prefer the xbox ui

[vapid jetty]

microsoft and thier affinity to square windows has to be stopped

[violet owl]

also xbox found a controller i like and basically stuck to it

no wild design changes

grew to hate the ps2 analog stick feel

too loose

[errant cloak]

do you guys like the symmetrical joysticks

i thought they would be weird but honestly i cant really tell once i started using them

[vapid jetty]

yea

thats all im used to

ps5 controller is peak

aestehically and ergonimcally

[violet owl]

99% of controller is about what you're used to

which is why i'd be pissed if xbox bowed out

i dont want to get used to a new controller

[violet owl]

well i personally have incentive to buy an xbox with no exclusives, but i can see why others wouldn't

what you describe makes sense, i just really hope its not the case that there is no more xbox hardware period

[vapid jetty]

i understand capitalism is undefeated and all that

but sony has sold all their consoles at cost

[violet owl]

this is why i hated everyone trashing xbox all the time and rooting for sony to just win

i always liked the idea that both be strong

but maybe it was inevitable that one had to win

i dunno

its just such a bizarre timing b/c they haven't even tried to leverage the power of the activision acquisition yet

but it also speaks volumes that they didnt put the games on gamepass yet

gamepass was indeed too good to be true probably

at least i pulled valued out of that for years

ppl hated xbox and ms so much they missed out on that value

[vapid jetty]

has that gonet thru?

[violet owl]

yeah

[vapid jetty]

damn i thought it got blocked with the spirit one

[violet owl]

it went thru in december

its not just no games

its no news

last thing said was in october when they said "next year"

when zenimax happened they basically got shit rolling asap to get new gamepass subs

doesn't seem like they are very motivated, by not even saying anything

[errant cloak]

https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/25/24049050/microsoft-activision-blizzard-layoffs

[vapid jetty]

🔠

[errant cloak]

https://x.com/CultureCrave/status/1754576409065140740?s=20

[desert obsidian]

https://fxtwitter.com/CultureCrave/status/1754576409065140740

[errant cloak]

https://x.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1754601854867042767?s=20

[desert obsidian]

https://fxtwitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1754601854867042767

[analog sorrel]

Xbox is gone

They can't produce good games and spend too much buying up IPs

CODs and Fortnite revenue works for them but they have no invested in anything worth playing

[violet owl]

forza's, ms flight simulator, state of decay, halo are exclusives i've enjoyed playing over the years

its just that ps has had better ones

i dont think that the ps exclusive ones add up to more hours though....as even if i had played thru all the spiderman/horizon zero/last of us/gow on games ps, i still prob would have put more total hours into forza and halo

[vapid jetty]

U ever play tdu

[violet owl]

what is tdu

[vapid jetty]

Test drive unlimited

[violet owl]

i believe i played or watched my brother play the super old test drive

but didnt play the most modern ones

[violet owl]

one of the main things i played on ps1/ps2 was gran turismo...i actually bought a logitech wheel for gt3

[dense pulsar]

Been doin some work in Tekken 8 ranked

[analog sorrel]

game pass ruined them

[analog sorrel]

yooo, you out there grinding

[dense pulsar]

Update: 20 win streak now

[near ivy]

I regret buying an xbox series x. Nothing wrong with the hardware, it’s great, but there’s nothing to play. Good thing I enjoy playing fortnite, cause that’s all I’ve been playing. I also got it for a good price, so not mad or anything, just wanna play Spider-Man and all the upcoming marvel games.

Next generation I’m buying a ps, but I guess everyone is gonna be doing that soon lol

[violet owl]

its weird b/c i feel like the opposite, i feel like there are more games than i can get around to playing on xsx with gamepass

i never got time to play persona 5, only put like 10 hours into it

now persona 3 is out and that also prob wont get played

i think if you want to play specific playstation only games like spiderman then ps is the obvious choice

so while i'd like to play spiderman, theres a lot of stuff i'd like to play that i dont get around to playing, so its not that big of a deal for me personally

and if i did play them, i'd prob perfer to just temporarily renting or borrowing a system to play thru the single player games since in my experience, they're not really a replayable thing

[analog sorrel]

I feel you are one of the small percentage of ppl who actually and utilize the game pass.

There is a huge quantity and some quality of games. Best bang for your buck....but you don't own anything.

[analog sorrel]

I heard FF7 is amazing

I never really played them as a kid...I tried as an adult and never beat the OG

[errant cloak]

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ps5-has-outsold-xbox-series-x-s-2-1-data-suggests/ damn

i played the demo for the 2nd pt last night, it was pretty good, im excited for the new game

[grand summit]

im genuinely so hyped for ac project red
lmao

Witcher 3 is beautiful jesus

[dreamy drum]

https://gamerant.com/tencent-hasbro-dungeons-and-dragons-purchase/

[errant cloak]

https://x.com/xbox/status/1757102346000286155?s=46&t=xaXAHCQYRJ9Gt1P2g4K5vQ

Xbox (@Xbox) on X

Please join us for a special edition of the Official Xbox Podcast.

Hear from Phil Spencer, Sarah Bond and Matt Booty as they share updates on the Xbox business.

Twitter · Feb 12, 2024, 6:00 PM

[violet owl]

sounds like they're gonna send a select few titles to ps5 and switch while also reassuring that they will continue to make xbox hardware

if that guess is correct, i'm personally totally fine with it

giving up hardware would be just giving up having ppl in their ecosystem, which even if they're not winning the console numbers would seem like a mistake

[near ivy]

For every 3 PlayStations sold there’s 1 Xbox sold. It’s not good, but it’s not impossible to improve those numbers over the years with their new IPs.. their problems is just they have missed big with games like Starfield, which was supposed to be a console seller.

I know they don’t make profit off of selling consoles, but they wanna get people into their ecosystem and spending money

[dreamy drum]

Microsoft has shifted their focus to acquiring gaming companies instead

[analog sorrel]

I hope they go bankrupt...that's what happens when you invest too much on one game cough COD

[primal dock]

Need cod bo2 remastered

[vapid jetty]

bo3

[violet owl]

this would be literally the worst possible scenario for gamers

this is my whole thing

rooting for microsoft to fail in gaming space is to root against gamers self interest

the competition keeps these companies honest and from fully turning the screws on consumers

i genuinely dont understand the hate

[dreamy drum]

🥱 PC Master Race

[violet owl]

if eafc/fifa wasn't hot trash on pc b/c of the market and cheaters i'd agree tbh

just necessary to play my most played game on console

i started as a console gamer in the 80/90s but played competitively on pc in the early 2000s, so i appreciate both

[analog sorrel]

i disagree

there are many indie game companies itching to make good games and they do. Companies like Microsoft only care about $ and how they can buy out indie companies and do well. Look at Blizzard and Rare. literally IP they bought and did nothing with.

[violet owl]

companies exist to make money, so MS only caring about money isn't really an indictment, and its certainly not any sort of distinguishing factor from a company like sony
i think you're misspeaking in terms of blizzard since the activision blizzard aquisition only cleared courts a couple months ago
also even past the rooting for microsoft vs rooting for sony thing: i like people who play on playstation and i respect them enjoying playing games on that system, and if they were sad that their console disappeared, id be sad for them....so it would only make sense for me that people on playstation would feel the same about someone like me on xbox

[analog sorrel]

Also people aren't buying Xboxs because their arent any game on there....and i mean there are too many games on there. The reason why ps does so well is cause they give care and time to their IPs

If xbox falls, something else will rise. Retro gaming is on the rise and the number of handheld gaming is out of control. A lot of newer games are literally only playing the three same games. Also, phone are literally controlling the gaming industry.

Clash of Clans made 300 mil last year...literally a 10 year old phone game

[violet owl]

i def dont believe that if MS fails with xbox that another console will come along to rival playstation
the kind of market dominance sony would enjoy, particularly beating the largest company on the planet would def disincentivize anyone else from entering the market

i personally dont care about phone games, i just want multiple strong console producers

[analog sorrel]

that is the future of gaming

[violet owl]

the future of gaming is a lot of things, its def not exclusively phone games

[analog sorrel]

kids are defautling to phones/ipad and PCs

[violet owl]

one could argue phones aren't even the future

[analog sorrel]

bro

that is were the $ is

[violet owl]

money is in a lot of things

[analog sorrel]

Mobile games have a larger market share than console games. In 2022, mobile games generated $91.8 billion in revenue, while console games generated $52.2 billion. Mobile games also have a larger market share than PC and browser PC games.

[violet owl]

looked it up today and cod made 1.5b in 2021 and candy crush made around 1b...both ms acquistions in the activision deal

[analog sorrel]

and

[violet owl]

i think paying attention to both mobile and console is intelligent

[analog sorrel]

they are both mobile games

[violet owl]

so saying "oh its fine that xbox dies" b/c phones are the future makes no sense to me

[analog sorrel]

COD mobile...a lot of kids play that

[violet owl]

cod isn't particularly thought of as a mobile game

[vapid jetty]

idk why i feel resentment to the xbox 360 users

they were assholes during the ps3 x360 era

I feel like the loyal sony people remember that

[violet owl]

do you wish for me to be sad if/when xbox dies?

[vapid jetty]

no

im not saying me

Im saying perhaps whats happening

[violet owl]

fuck off with this multiple bandit stuff

lol

you can't sneak into a convo

with that shit

[analog sorrel]

our generation isnt as involoved in the mobile scene but it is crazy how many youngins are playing mobile games on the daily

[vapid jetty]

kids just play fortnite and roblox

[analog sorrel]

a lot of my clients are spending good money on fortnite and roblox

weekly

who are all middle school to high school

[vapid jetty]

and graduate school 😭

[analog sorrel]

they default to getting a switch...and then maybe a ps5 cause their friends have them

nobody is buying xboxs...but why?

[violet owl]

less people are buying xbox's than ps

because of exclusives

[analog sorrel]

yup...but also

[dreamy drum]

xbox one bombed and microsoft hasn't really done much since

[analog sorrel]

a lot of ps5 games are coming to steam..so why isnt ps5 suffering?

[violet owl]

didnt that happen like in the last month

[analog sorrel]

last year

pretty sure GOW came out 2022

for steam

jan 14, 2022

[violet owl]

ah

well i'm not arguing xbox has been more successful or deserves to be more successful

[analog sorrel]

me either

[violet owl]

i'm arguing that i'd be sad if xbox hardware disappared and i have no clue why someone would want me to be sad

why someone would actively root for it

[analog sorrel]

just saying xbox has made some horrible decisions and could used that money to make games rather than buy them

[violet owl]

yeah and i dont really have a problem with that

i have a problem with rooting for xbox to disappear

[vapid jetty]

because people are shitty

and tribalistic

[analog sorrel]

also screw subscriptions...literally the WORST decision they could of made

[vapid jetty]

they think if xbox loses

that means they "win"

[violet owl]

you talking about gamepass?

[vapid jetty]

without thinking of the longterm ramifications of what that would mean

[violet owl]

gamepass has easily been the best value ever for me as a gamer

[analog sorrel]

why am i going to support a company who is making bad gaming decisions and literally said..fuck you to gamers?

[violet owl]

and if xbox is hurting their bottom line to give a consumer great value

i'm not sure how that is a negative against a company

[violet owl]

how exactly did they say fuck you to gamers

i've been an xbox user for 20 years

and i think they've been great to me as a gamer

[analog sorrel]

no it is know what the consumer wants...not owning a game is becoming a problem now. Just as streaming services

[violet owl]

i think owning a game is highly overrated, but i understand why some might like it

[analog sorrel]

the moment game pass became available it was the downfall of gaming

[violet owl]

how so?

[analog sorrel]

is it?

[vapid jetty]

i have the playstation version of gamepass

[violet owl]

i used to buy and sell used games all the time

[vapid jetty]

I think its super worth it

[analog sorrel]

because, i am paying money to rent something

[violet owl]

i only owned games as long as i was playing it

[vapid jetty]

the thing is renting a depreciating asset is okay

[analog sorrel]

at any moment that company can say...never mind that is mine now you cant have it

[vapid jetty]

its not like renting a house where it takes value out

[violet owl]

i mean, if a company did something like this and screwed me over, then i'd stop supporting the company

[analog sorrel]

which is why i download old nintendo games cause fuck them

[violet owl]

why would i get mad at a company for something they haven't done

[vapid jetty]

I never purchased single player games

until I coudl play them for free

"free"

[analog sorrel]

they take games off every month dont they?

[vapid jetty]

Ive saved so much money

yea but they also add games

like all the games Ive played

if i had spent the money to buy them

[violet owl]

they are constantly cycling games on and off the service
but i've never felt that a game wasn't on there for long enough for me to get the most out of it

[vapid jetty]

the breakeven point of the subscription would like 7 8 years out from now

[violet owl]

and any game leaving the service is 20% off to own

so you can just buy a game for a discount if you want to keep playing

[analog sorrel]

and do you?

[violet owl]

no

[vapid jetty]

cause im done playing the game

im not gonna revisit it

[analog sorrel]

so what is the difference if it a discount or not

[vapid jetty]

well it doesnt matter

its kinda like a movie being taken off netflix

they usually give a warning

[analog sorrel]

which is shitty

[vapid jetty]

gives u time to see it

like theres more games than time to play all them

on the subcription services

[analog sorrel]

why do i as a consumer need to conform to what the company decides?

[violet owl]

you dont

which is why competition is nice

[vapid jetty]

i think the companies were conforming to other consumers

[violet owl]

b/c if you dont like xbox way of doing things

you can go to sony

and vice versa

[vapid jetty]

cause they saw they were getting 0 money out of me

[analog sorrel]

you hit it on the head...enough players left xbox and have gone to sony/pc/nintendo

[vapid jetty]

i dont think theres any games that are unable to purchase but only on gamepass?

sony does their own gamepass though bandit

[analog sorrel]

i know, i have it but also i buy physical. i do want to play alan wake

[violet owl]

enough for what tho? to justify wanting the remaining xbox users to be sad?

if the hardware disappeared

[vapid jetty]

I pay 55$ a year and get access to everything

its fantastic

[analog sorrel]

i dont think i said that...i just said xbox had it coming due to horrible decisions that have made.

[vapid jetty]

its less than the price of one game

[violet owl]

well you didnt say you want xbox users to be sad
you said you want xbox to go bankrupt

which would make me sad

[analog sorrel]

xbox isnt gonna be bankrupt haha, microsoft will just rebrand

[violet owl]

ms could certainly exit the console making business

[vapid jetty]

I have a feeling theyre gonna exist strict console

but theyre gonna make gaming pcs

prebuilt

but sitll make controllers

and have a gaming interface

[analog sorrel]

my last statement about this is, there are so many indie company willing to make games. xbox should of invest more money on smaller companies rather than trying to Disneyfy and monopolize the gaming industry.

[vapid jetty]

which essentially wouldnt be a change

[analog sorrel]

Gaming will never die, it will adapt and xbox refused to adapt

[vapid jetty]

lowkey gaming is dying

[violet owl]

they're literally about to put more of their games on other consoles
they're doing the exact opposite of monopolizing the gaming industry

[analog sorrel]

is this dying?

[violet owl]

this is pro gamer

i think this is a lost cause

i shouldn't discuss gaming anymore tbh

[analog sorrel]

haha then dont

[violet owl]

conclusion first: xbox sucks

[analog sorrel]

we wont agree

[violet owl]

then work backwards

[analog sorrel]

and come from different backgrounds of gaming

[violet owl]

its not logical, its emotional driven

[analog sorrel]

i understand that

and have been with xbox forever as well

i just seen my xbox gather dust and have no zero interest in using xbox

[violet owl]

same reason i sold my ps3 and didnt bother with ps4
but i love and respect the ppl who do enjoy ps

and hope sony continues to thrive

[analog sorrel]

xbox doesnt suck, i have so many memories with their games...microsoft sucks at a gaming company

[violet owl]

so those ppl can be happy playing sony IP on sony hardware

b/c i'm not anti social 🙂

[analog sorrel]

literally anyone can play anything they want

[vapid jetty]

i think the hsitory is interesting

back in the day

when xbox was dominating

sony asked microsoft to make cross platofrom available online

and release exclusives on btoh

microsoft balked

and then when the roles were reversed

Sony then said no

[violet owl]

when has xbox dominated tho?

[analog sorrel]

2000s

[violet owl]

if i'm not wrong every playstation has oldsold xbox counterpart

[analog sorrel]

Gears of War, Halo days

[analog sorrel]

because xbox did horrible overseas

[violet owl]

right

thats why i was questioning the dominance

[analog sorrel]

again...why

[violet owl]

why what

[analog sorrel]

why couldnt they figure it out rather than be prideful of their America sales

[violet owl]

why couldn't they figure out how to be successful in a place like japan?

[analog sorrel]

yeah

they never embraced it

[violet owl]

lol

i mean could they have done better in a place like japan

sure

[analog sorrel]

and Europe

[violet owl]

but they were never gonna be embraced over a japanes company

also sony had many more years to establish their brand in other places

sony had a 7 year headstart in brand recognition

and nintendo like a 20 year head start

so it was always gonna be an uphill battle

i think ms/xbox have made mistakes which they deserve the spot in last place, but i prefer them in last place

i want them in last place, but not out of the game

bc them being behind has led to extremely consumer friendly decisions

microsoft rewards has been super generous....i've earned like $500+ in the last couple years....i've been an xbox ambassador which earns me a free month of gamepass every 3 months

[analog sorrel]

me either

[violet owl]

well thats all i was arguing for

not wanting them gone

[analog sorrel]

i know

you seem passionate about xbox

[violet owl]

i'm passionate about not wanting xbox to disappear

i'm happy for ppl that prefer ps over xbox

[analog sorrel]

me either

but i am not sure how it will end up

i just want them to make better decisions

[errant cloak]

https://x.com/wario64/status/1758220321734471871?s=46&t=xaXAHCQYRJ9Gt1P2g4K5vQ

Wario64 (@Wario64) on X

Microsoft is bringing 4 Xbox-exclusive games to PS5/Switch, but doesn't name them specifically.

“We’ve made the decision that we’re going to take four games to the other consoles" - Phil Spencer

Sources say first two titles are Hi-Fi Rush and Pentiment followed by Sea of…

Twitter · Feb 15, 2024, 8:02 PM

[violet owl]

more games available for more gamers is good for gaming

but more importantly they announced activision-blizzard games are actually coming to gamepass

d4 at the end of march, fucking finally

[fervent loom]

didn't know you were a Diablo fan, that's so cool man. Diablo II was my fucking obsession for a few years. I used to take my PC tower to a friend's place so we could exchange stuff over the network with a crossover cable lmao. I saved every rare item I could find for his barbarian and he saved everything he could find for my paladin. Man, what an amazing era for gaming it was. 🫶

[violet owl]

yeah i enjoyed d2, i played it in college, def a great game...i didnt get super into it b/c all my gaming time was taken up at that time with competitive unreal tournament

i didnt play d3 and haven't tried d4, i did play a fair amount of poe tho

[errant cloak]

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-switch-2-could-now-launch-in-2025-its-claimed/

[analog sorrel]

They released the OLED like a year or two ago

I hope they made it better than the switch, the switch had amazing games but the hardware itself was kinda mid

[errant cloak]

I think the rumors is backwards compatibility

[analog sorrel]

ya, that would be good

not sure why games arent at this point

[vapid jetty]

@analog sorrel @violet owl

[analog sorrel]

He is right, all the companies continued their legacy. The problem is, being on PC took away from Xboxs strengths by miles. It is free to have a steam account, it is free to make a discord channel and talk to your friends, it's free for cross play games. Why continue a subscription/Xbox live/game pass system when online is so much better on different consoles.

[dreamy drum]

https://fxtwitter.com/ordinarygamers/status/1758320835461251209?s=61

[violet owl]

yeah sony's focus on first party story based games was why i started to disconnected with the platform, as i was into multiplayer games first and foremost, i think last of us 2 is the only ps game i would like to play that i haven't since i've played last of us 1 and honestly a spiderman/god of war game isnt that compelling to me, especially to spend full price on
xbox pivoted to gamepass being central to their "advantage", which has been perfect for me, but unfortunately for them it hasn't worked out

[granite yoke]

Yes Helldivers 2 is that good

Yes one of the enemies is a fucking dreadnought from 40k

[grand summit]

is there any rumours/news at all of Ghost of Tsushima PC port?

[errant cloak]

@analog sorrel how you liking helldivers

[errant cloak]

i think the last thing was that it was on that leaked nvidia list

[analog sorrel]

i dig it, my homies love it haha

hbu??

[errant cloak]

its pretty cool just did a mission

[grand summit]

anyone tried Lies of P and/or Banishers: Ghost of New Eden?

[violet owl]

lies of p is on gamepass, i played long enough to beat the first boss, its good and i'll get back to it eventually
but the only souls game i've beaten is elden ring, so i'm not an expert on the genre

[grand summit]

i couldnt get into elden ring man im ngl

the input delay killed the fun for me

[analog sorrel]

input delay?

[grand summit]

idk how to put it
like the dodge is very crisp on ds3 and sekiro

[errant cloak]

https://x.com/pokemon/status/1759850669333160265?s=46&t=xaXAHCQYRJ9Gt1P2g4K5vQ

Pokémon (@Pokemon) on X

Did somebody say #PokemonPresents? 👀

Tune in to our official YouTube channel at 6:00 a.m. PST on February 27th to view exciting Pokémon news in celebration of #PokemonDay 2024! 🎉

See you there, Trainers!

📺: https://t.co/eDWO5LvlWq

Twitter · Feb 20, 2024, 8:01 AM

[analog sorrel]

I dunno what id want

Remakes?

[errant cloak]

there was a leaker saying something about johto and unova

6am pacific though gg, i just hope to wake up to some good news that day lmao

[errant cloak]

The regions in Pokemon haha

Johto is 2nd gen, i think unova is 5th?

[analog sorrel]

https://x.com/VGC_News/status/1760071149046649078?s=20

VGC (@VGC_News) on X

Microsoft‘s head of gaming says getting rid of physical media isn’t a strategic goal for Xbox, but it will follow what players are doing, “and right now, a majority of our customers are buying games digitally”.

https://t.co/sODdItnKzf

Twitter · Feb 20, 2024, 10:37 PM

another horrible move by

[violet owl]

horrible move by ms or gamers?

ms isn't really doing anything differently than sony here

in terms of launching hardware for physical media and for without

[grand summit]

😩

[analog sorrel]

why take away the choice?

[violet owl]

they currently haven't

but technology evolves over time

and physical media is generally on the way out due to consumer tendencies

which is all he is saying

[analog sorrel]

i understand costs and lack of supply

but man i hate digitial for console games

ps mostly

[violet owl]

i've bought one physical game in the past 10-15 years