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Re: Star Wars Outlaws, XDefiant Disappointments Pour Pain on Ubisoft's Share Prices

Boxmonkey

Live service and subscription models are going to bankrupt a huge name sooner or later. I personally think that’s a good thing because the worst thing for gaming would be a Netflix type system for games. Eventually they would want to put the price up substantially to cover costs or basically stop creating new games to make the model work. Either way the quicker it dies the better.

Re: Reaction: PlayStation Needs to Take a Long, Hard Look at Itself

Boxmonkey

How did we go from PS4 with single player focused bangers to the mess that is PS5. When you’ve had so much success doing narrative driven storytelling why change course so dramatically.

For the first time in 20 years I’m considering switching back to PC gaming and leaving consoles behind. Sad times. Unfortunately I think the gaming industry is mostly now run by people that have zero passion or real interest in gaming. Half of them probably don’t even play games.

Re: Rumour: Ubisoft Live Service Shooter XDefiant on Brink of Being Shut Down

Boxmonkey

The live service gambles are mostly losers. When devs get it right the rewards are immense though. Problem is they mostly aim for the same audience so it’s incredibly difficult to carve out a space for yourself.

The quicker investment bankers and the suits abandon the games industry the better. What will be built from the ashes will be a much healthier ecosystem.

Re: Rumour: PS5 Pro Design Seemingly Leaked

Boxmonkey

I was only interested in the pro because I hate the shape, design and size of the original 5. Was also not keen on the white so purchased some black plates. Certainly won’t be upgrading for the same shape console considering we don’t really get next gen games anymore.

Re: Talking Point: Can PS5, PC Shooter Concord Be Saved?

Boxmonkey

I just don’t see the market for a game that is very similar to Valorant or overwatch. These games have huge cult like followings and massive pro gamer tournaments and communities. Expecting to crash that party with a new game that is basically a copy paste was never going to be successful.

Some originality in game design and art style would have helped.

Re: Poll: Are You Sick of Soulslike Games?

Boxmonkey

Most soulslike games are very poor imitations. But it’s still a better format than most action adventure games where you can one shot nearly all the bosses and the satisfaction of beating the games are almost non existent

Re: PS5 Simply Can't Match the Pace of 2023 in Europe

Boxmonkey

Look at that list of top selling games and you discover the reason console sales are down! There is very very little of interest on the horizon imo. Gaming is in a rut of failed live service releases that fade into obscurity very fast. Sony seem to have drifted slightly from the path of the ps4 model. Thankfully we have elden ring dlc to keep me entertained.

Re: Talking Point: Was Sony Right to Resist Adding PS5 Exclusives to PS Plus Day One?

Boxmonkey

The subscription model especially in the early days (think Netflix) price the product as a loss leader. This is a means to attract customer base that then become reliant on this new product. Once you have them hooked the real price point comes into play. By the time these models are fully costed they will be many times more expensive than the introduction offer. Expect gamepass to be $30+ in a few years