Boxmonkey

Imagine how many more they would have sold if they could get it running on Xbox 😬

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.

Just seen the trailer on Nintendo life. Not for my demographic but I can see the little kids enjoying this and that’s who it’s aimed at.
Could be quite good fun as long as there’s some laughs for the parents

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.

Sony should make a statement if they haven’t done a deal.

The people at the top should be the ones getting laid off!

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.

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.

Kind of amazed that they are doing another cyberpunk.

@WhiteRabbit ps5 is the worst console generation I’ve witnessed in 30 plus years of gaming.

It’s time for Sony and Microsoft to put everything on pc so we can finally all move to one platform. That’s the way it’s going eventually anyway. Maybe then we don’t get devs spending 8 years making clones of other games available on other platforms.

This is why online only games need to die off asap. You pay a fortune and then one day they just switch it off. Liver service games are killing this industry unfortunately. Maybe a better industry emerges from the asses.

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.

Just started it. Like the art style and mechanics so far. Always try to support indie devs because most of the time they get things right that the big devs don’t.

They’ll bring them all eventually because the user base is so much bigger.

I will keep an eye on reviews for this one. Unfortunately I expect them to be garbage same as everything Xbox related.

Hate games set in snow environments.

Only thing that let DS2 down was the repetitive knight boss fights. Apart from that I never understood the hate.

First game is still good enough! Really don’t need remakes of relatively recent games imo.

Shortages and price are definitely a factor but let’s be honest this generation is so far behind the last gen for top quality software. I read this site everyday and I’m only really interested in what fromsoft, naughty dog and rockstar.

Absolutely terrible idea! They must never have seen the mess that is metacritic

For every Fortnite and pubg there are 10 suicide squads. One day devs will realise that making live service games is a waste of time and money.

Everything is a psyop these days according to social media. Hence the reason I’ve deleted all socials. On another note Balatro is my favourite indie game of the past year.

@chucksneed elden ring empty? 😂🤦

Games don’t need to be bigger than they already are.

@Ken_Kaniff thought exactly the same and let’s be honest that’s a good thing. It always amazes me that one or two guys can make great games but massive teams at professional studios churn out absolute trash.

Psvr fire sale going well. I still don’t see Sony producing more units because selling them at these prices must be a loss.

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

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.

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

The comments section of push square was once a fun place to read and comment on games and articles. These days it’s just a constant barrage of criticism and toxicity. Kinda sums up the modern gaming industry and gaming community in general.

Looks like dark sekiro 4

Gaming is far too corporate now. All greed no creativity

I really enjoyed this game at the time until it dawned on me you have very little choice in missions. As I progressed I wanted to start making evil choices but everything led back to being forced to be helpful.

If it’s a different shape and smaller I’m definitely buying it.

Stop with this business plan already! Build new games

If Xbox go multi platform with their games they might as well stop making consoles because no one will buy them. What would be the point?

At this point I think we should just ditch social media.

This game was a surprise hit at the time. I’m not sure a remake will sell all that well.

This type of remake is well worth the purchase though. Most remakes are lazy! What I’d give to play a full rebuild of oot from Nintendo

Nopixle make heists way more fun than the standard gta versions.

Judge clearly in the pocket of big business. Abhorrent decision!

Ridiculous! If you need help with puzzles just use a guide! Also I don’t want the souls games being made easy for me. I want to grind my way through the bosses

@Thelegend159 Nintendo literally made a Mario lost levels game from cut content over 30 years ago and it’s still considered one of the best Mario experiences. It actually launched the whole kaizo mario boom.

At what point do Microsoft just give up making consoles? At this point they are better off just selling game pass to everyone including PlayStation.

What’s the point! The games only a couple years old ffs

Why?? Like literally what’s the point

Boycotts are the only way to stop this.

Quick Microsoft you’d better buy some more publishers. All jokes aside the only value proposition Microsoft have is gamepass. At some point they will have to put the price of that up a lot. I still question the long term viability of it.

I haven’t subscribed once since the changes.