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Re: Xbox Insinuates It Bought Bethesda to Block Starfield PS5 Console Exclusivity

Dragonsmana

I should be noted here, despite literally owning said company (the basis of his statement) Phil does not explicitly confirm or deny information he/MS would have full access to. No matter which way you slice it
A: He is being vague as possible on purpose when he knows the truth or can immediately speak to someone who does, and won't share it, under oath mind you.

B: Microsoft is so poorly ran that it will buy entire publishers worth billions of dollars based on internet rumors (a place lousy with fake insiders) it doesn't actually investigate.

Neither paints them in a very good light. I still don't see how many people can be pushing for this merger when this company has repeatedly thrown it's fans under the bus with comments such as their exclusives being worse, the Gamepass service they champion is a near failure and money sink, and all sorts of clown shoes stuff in court in this false narrative of a trillion dollar under dog. Instead people are so brainwashed they share images and memes of Microsoft violently beating up governmental agencies, or comparing the CMA block to the supreme court taking away women's rights (seriously Resetera wtf?) because that is the corporate dystopia we live in. Sorry for the rambling lol.

Re: Activision Blizzard Exec Says Last of Us HBO Proves Microsoft Acquisition Should Go Ahead

Dragonsmana

When I saw people QRTing this earlier, I did not realize until this article they were an executive or anyone in any place of actual importance and they were being dunked on because it was a stupid take.

I notice MS and Activision have been making some rather intellectually dishonest or outright falsehoods to push this through (saying things like the FTC shouldn't exist then backing down when pressure was applied by the FTC, lying about timed exclusives as being full, saying Bloodborne is being "blocked" by Sony for release on Xbox etc) , so I guess I shouldn't be shocked.

Re: Babylon's Fall Gets Smashed with Dislikes Upon Its Gameplay Return

Dragonsmana

They had 3 years (they announced this at E3 2018) to set the expectation this would be live service, yet they decided to drop it here. If it had offline support I'd easily forgive it, but according to the website it is online only, so hard pass.

Monster Hunter World showed pretty well you can have a service type title, without forcing online and still see a huge number of people willing to check the game out. The combat in the last trailer also looked much faster, while it felt in slow motion by comparison today. Shame, but there are plenty of other games to support over this one, I'll get over it lol.

Re: PS5 Exclusive Returnal Has a Simple But Effective Use for 3D Audio

Dragonsmana

@Octane According to the blog, they should work as well! They also detail the specific features the Pulse sets have

"On the PS5, you’ll be able to experience 3D Audio with the headphones that many of you already own, either through USB connection to the console, or by plugging your headphones into the DualSense wireless controller’s 3.5mm headset jack."

https://blog.playstation.com/2020/10/06/experience-ps5s-tempest-3d-audiotech-with-compatible-headsets-at-launch-tv-virtual-surround-sound-coming-after-launch/

Re: Soapbox: Why You Won't Be Playing All PlayStation Exclusives on PC

Dragonsmana

Basically how I feel, they aren't going to be making the same transition Microsoft did. And a small thing to point out, though he is no longer with the company House did mention PC competition as a reason for the PS4 Pro: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/sep/08/playstation-boss-andrew-house-ps4-pro-our-approach-isnt-reactive-this-time-around

Also I would like to point out, the fact 505 Games is publishing the PC version, rather than Kojipro itself, kind of says to me that part of the deal Kojipro was allowed to sign with another publisher for the PC version, as they likely had to pay a rather large licence fee the developer could not on it's own. Unlike Quantic Dreams which received a large investment from an outside company awhile ago, allowing it to publish it's previous exclusive titles to PC themselves.