The_Wailing_Doom

@Perturbator
It already happens, particularly with Japanese games, and will happen more often.

@slips666
Not a bad idea!!

As soon as there is a deal on one, not just MSRP, I am going to buy one. I'd even take the standard 5% off at Target (with Circle Card).

I can't imagine it does cost that much to port since the consoles are as similar with each other as they are with PC now, so it's never been easier. However, there are lots of games out there that go to PlayStation and developers forego an Xbox version by choice (i.e. without PlayStation signing any exclusivity). That is because they don't believe making a port is worth the investment. Even if they do manage to make some profit from Xbox sales, they likely have determined their resources are better spent working on the next game or whatever.

Well-deserved success. The game has me hooked. Destiny 2 and World of Warcraft are the only other games I've been this obsessed with.

@Decimateh-xblz
Depending on the porting costs, yes.

They'll release games everywhere but Xbox unless Microsoft pays them to put their games on Game Pass. The reality is they would be very unlikely to sell enough units on Xbox to justify the porting costs.

Investing in new studios and cultivating talent? What a novel idea!!

I really like the airburst rocket launcher and use it as much as I can, but the choice to liberate Penta or Choohe was not a good one. You could just immediately start liberating Penta (to get the airburst rocket launcher). You had to liberate a planet before you could even get to Choohe. There was no way we were going to get the anti-tank mines.

@Colt22
Different regulators, but yes, the regulators who approved Microsoft buying even more power are clearly very bad at their jobs.

@zhoont

It could still be. Without the multiplayer working in certain regions those consumers could argue they are being sold and inferior product for (presumably) the same price. That doesn't look good to regulators.

Wait.... JAPAN is a restricted country?!?

Releasing games on PC at a later date is a much better strategy than not releasing them at all and certainly monumentally better than releasing on PC day 1 like Xbox does. Xbox's approach devalues their console and Sony's does not.

Xbox has no soul. IGN should know that by now. In any case, on the Sacred Symbols podcast, they mentioned ABK being a poison pill. Before that acquisition, shareholders gave zero craps about Xbox, but after that massive amount of investment in Xbox, they want a return on that investment. Phil may have gotten his victory, but now Xbox is under the microscope. The thing he thought might save Xbox as we know it certainly seems to be hastening its demise instead.

I think it's a good thing how engaged with the community Arrowhead is, but I also think they should have just released the warbond as planned without calling any additional attention to it. It's a good idea not to cede too much power to the players, especially not to the more vocal members of the community who would be the ones more likely to participate in polling and already proved they have severe reading comprehension issues.

@Zenos
Your first sentence makes literally no sense, but the second one totally does. What a rollercoaster.

@nomither6
There are tons of Batman stories they can tell that are adjacent to the events of the current Arkham games or perhaps they can tell so many after Arkham Origins before the main trilogy. Heck, a reboot altogether would be much better.

I bet if Rocksteady made another great Arkham game, they would have matched or exceeded Hogwarts Legacy's revenue.

9:1 PlayStation to Xbox. Appropriate.

Microsoft is in a terrible position. If they put Call of Duty on Game Pass, it'll take them far longer than the 20-30 years it will currently take for ABK to pay for itself. If they don't put Call of Duty on Game Pass, they greatly damage Game Pass, which is all Xbox has left.

I'm just going to say it. I didn't like the new Prey. I didn't like the annoying mimics and the gloo gun irritated me. Great atmosphere, though. It reminded me of what I like about the Deus Ex games.

@crossbit
I love the 380MM barrage. You just have to be smart on how and where you use it. The 15% spread reduction ship module is both funny and effective.

As a high-level member of the Helldivers community, I apologize for all the embarrassing whininess.

@GymratAmarillo
Don't they have to? They said all first party releases are day one on Game Pass. Call of Duty is first party now. It was always going to be a dumb decision because people with Game Pass would be dumb to buy Call of Duty when they already have it and others will pay $10 to play the game instead of $70. Any way you slice it, it will be a massive revenue hit, which is why ABK games were not on subscriptions before and certainly not day one.

I am always happy when the game gets patches because they always improve the already-great game and usually sneak in extra stuff.

Panam Palmer <3

Time for Sony to open up a new studio in Japan called Waltz Gameworks and hire all those developers.

@Cikajovazmaj
Your blame is well placed.

Where are those unintelligent clowns that were cheering on Microsoft buying up everything?

When you put your games where people would buy them, you sell them. What a surprise.

The Freedom from Consequences cape:

The cape of those who agree to terms of service without reading them first and cry about it.

As a member of the PC gaming community, I apologize for the embarrassing behavior. Review bombing is very whiney and unfair.

I hope PC players remember that Sony was benevolent for letting them out of the terms they agreed to without reading first.

There is no reason why EmberLab, Arrowhead, Shift Up, and Team Ninja are not first party at this point.

Gamers sure can be embarrassing. It's much easier to review bomb a game than it is to accept you agreed to terms of service you didn't read first.

You can't blame Microsoft for wanting to actually sell their games. Game Pass is a losing business model.

The only problem here is people agreeing to things they don't read first.

My body is ready! I am interested in the new SMG!

This will be useful for Helldivers 2 for sure.

The game deserves its incredible success. I have been hooked. Helldivers 2 quickly become my most played game on Steam and PlayStation, dethroning Destiny 2. (World of Warcraft is still my most played game ever.)

Good stuff, as usual. I'm just here for the comments whining they didn't get three or more brand new AAA games for their ~$7.

@Johnny_Ace
The damage of the scythe, which is the laser weapon the rover uses, got its damage increased done 300/sec to 350/sec.

@Johnny_Ace
Nerfing the rover made a lot of sense because it made the guard dog obsolete. It just constantly fired and never overheated as intended. Rather than cause it to overheat, they reduced its damage by 30%. Mind you, the weapon it fires got a 15% damage buff, too, so without the damage reduction, it would have been majorly buffed. Now it does about 245 damage per second, down from 300 previously. It's still great.

I thought the patch was great. They adjusted a lot of weapons in a positive way, especially two weapons I like using already (hello HMG reticle!), and they balanced other weapons like the quasar cannon, so every mission is not just full of people taking that on strategem. Arrowhead's goal of making all weapons and strategems viable is a great one and they are working towards it.

@Deityjester
You view temporary exclusivity by PlayStation with clearly defined exclusivity periods as meddling, but permanent and/or temporary exclusivity with secretive exclusivity periods by Xbox are not meddling? Peculiar.

They'll be wishy-washy about which games are coming to PlayStation and we all know it. We also know the majority of the games they'll announce are Bethesda and Activision-Blizzard games that would have come to PlayStation without Microsoft's meddling. Thanks, "Gaming for All" Phil.

Incredible spin. Almost all those games were already on PlayStation without Microsoft and those that were not, like Hi-Fi Rush, would have been if not for Microsoft's meddling. They absolutely deserve the huge decline in Xbox sales they are experiencing.

I jumped into Destiny 2 right before The Witch Queen. The game quickly jumped to my most played game ever on Steam. I really enjoyed the game, but it got repetitive. Also, starting as a new player when I did was confusing because they locked off most of the campaign. For that reason, I had to go to YouTube to learn about the lore and things that happened before I jumped in. Destiny 2 is an incredible game, so I hope they stick the landing, but Bungie has made some very bad decisions with it along the way that I hope they learn from with their next games.

I don't care about Fallout and care even less now that Xbox bought it for some popularity points, but I came here to applaud Push Square for FINALLY mentioning all platforms in the headline. Typically, they just mention PlayStation platforms which means their readers, like me, have to go elsewhere as well to get the full details. Nice job.
@LiamCroft

Shift Up, Ember Lab, and Arrowhead are curiously missing from this list. Hopefully, Sony rectifies that.

@Shigurui
There once was one (and there still is one, but can't just be opened and used). I think they removed it to close a potential Game Pass loophole. That has got to be at least part of it. Security might be the other.