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Re: Naughty Dog Co-President Evan Wells Announces His Retirement

Gamer83

Many of the most successful people don't go much more than 10 or 15 years at one place. Dude more than put in his time. Hope enjoys a bit of time away from the industry with his wife and kids and if he ever does decide to return to gaming I'll be interested to see where he ends up.

Re: "We've Lost the Console Wars," Says Trillion Dollar Underdog Xbox

Gamer83

MS only has itself to blame. It was making shrewd moves during the start of the 360 era and was competing at a very high level. Then it all went south. I can't say for sure it would've been able to do much better in Japan than it did, but should've kept signing exclusive deals with Japanese devs even if it meant having to pay a premium to make up for lost sales that could be gained on PS3. The focus on Kinect never should've happened and Rare and its IP should've been used a lot smarter. Then came Don Mattrick's baby, the Xbox One, no explanation needed after that, still haven't come close to recovering.

I'm a big fan of the Xbox brand, have owned one every generation and I think the more competition, the better, so I want to see Xbox be great again. Series X is a great piece of hardware but its potential is being wasted by incompetent 'leadership' and it's not just Phil Spencer alone, it's the people who could be in line to be his successor as well. Major problem.

Re: Poll: Are You Playing Final Fantasy 16?

Gamer83

Yes, already like it far better than the XIII trilogy and XV. My favorite FF games are the Crisis Core, the VII remake and XII. The last one has the best story but this one comes out of the gate really strong, the gameplay system will probably end up being my favorite, interested if once I get to the end I find the story to be as good as XII.

Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Street Fighter 6?

Gamer83

10/10, making a serious run at being my favorite game on both PS5 and Xbox Series X (I double dipped). I mostly play single player and this one is much more packed with stuff to do out of the gate than V was. Enjoying the Arcade mode and extreme battle scenarios in Fighting Ground and World Tour is surprising fun as well. My only complaint would be the music. Some, like Ken's new theme, Kimberly's theme and Manon's are fun to listen to but I don't care for most of the rest, really miss Cammy's and Ryu's old songs. Still, that's a minor issue, it's a fantastic game overall.

Re: Poll: Are You Playing Street Fighter 6?

Gamer83

Street Fighter is still my favorite fighting game series despite Capcom stubbing its toe with SF 5. However, they got it right with 6 and I decided to double dip on both PS5 and Xbox Series X. This game will be all that I'm playing on my day off on Saturday.

Re: Poll: Was This Sony's Best PlayStation Showcase Yet?

Gamer83

@Uncharted2007
I think I have to agree. I thought the first year was really good, and was even willing to give a pass on how much cross-gen stuff there was because of extenuating circumstances, but now, going on three years, there's no excuse for there not to be much more, and much better, current-gen only content, and the lack of great first party output aside from Insomniac has been extremely disappointing.

Re: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor PS5 Bugs Will Be Squashed Across Weeks of Patches

Gamer83

Making the already ridiculous file size even more ridiculous. Whatever though, as much as I was looking forward to the game, I decided to give it a pass after learning the physical copy doesn't even have the game on the disc, which is absolutely pathetic and not something I'm going to support from any publisher or development studio. The 'AAA' part of the gaming industry gets more and more annoying as the years go by.