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Microsoft spent $36,000,000 per person laid off to purchase Activision.

Just think! These people can now fully invest in MS and contribute to the Xbox user engagement now that they don’t have silly jobs to take up their time! Microsoft brilliance!

@TrickyDicky99
Okie dokie.

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2023/05/psvr2-sales-at-600000-six-weeks-after-launch-sony-confirms

Only a fool wouldn’t have seen this coming.

I wonder how many games could have been developed with that prototype’s budget.

I was able to get a two controller bundle around launch, and my play times max out around two hours )and that’s a splurge) so I’m good. Great news for those in need though!

@NeonPizza I’ve been reading about the UEVR that lets you turn just about any Unreal Engine game into a VR game. There’s a nice article on it at PushSquare’s sister site Eurogamer.

Add the 1800 to the 1300 they’ve laid off since June 2022 and that’s a massive workforce reduction over a span of 19 months.

Recency bias (and the only one I’ve played) gives the vote to Persona 5.

Avalanche did an excellent job of capturing the essence of the Harry Potter world! I start a quest and end up getting sidetracked by the environment. I just got access to Highwing and I’m almost level 30!

Yes, I’m getting constant notifications from the PS app about all of my 💙 games being on sale!

Midnight Suns, Hogwarts and Baldur’s Gate. I’m sure Baldur’s will get a lot of early 2024 play.

“… Amazon Firestick, a mobile phone, and a Travelodge hotel’s television.”

In the States we call that MacGyver.

Sucks, but it doesn’t change my opinion of insomniac or the games they develop. Now bring back Resistance!!!

@Netret0120 Once Equifax (one of three credit agencies that pretty much has every single bit of information on anyone capable of applying for credit) got hacked in 2017 all of America had their information stolen. I keep my credit frozen now. The biggest impact would be on international individuals.

This is a win in my books. Work on what you’re great at. If you want to be a joke, let Microsoft buy you.

Love A24. So many great, off the cuff, movies. Of their latest I want to see Dream Scenario, The Zone of Interest and Civil War. Death Stranding seems like a perfect fit!

Why is it always “…posted on X, formerly known as Twitter…”, but we don’t get a cursory “…Circana, formerly known as NPD…”?

First world question.

It’s like and aged loved one you know is going away, but you have amazing memories with them and hate to see them leave. Sad, but expected…and we all had time to prepare. R.I.P. E3.

Disappointed that Sony’s last E3 was the auditorium tour in 2018. A lot of thought, work and money went into that show, but it was a logistical nightmare moving the audience.

The results were either lopsided or nearly 50/50. Should be fun!

If present performance is without Sony’s guidance, it sounds like they require Sony’s guidance.

@Nexozi
It's hard to say Sony is moving away from single player experiences when they've released so many single player games this generation. What Insomniac has put out along with GoW and Horizon, not to mention the Bethesda and Final Fantasy contracts.

I’m not going to buy it, as I have way too many pinball packs already, but if you’re going M, bring in some 80s “mature” classics. Porky’s. Revenge of the Nerds. Police Academy. Airplane. Those could be fun!

Square Enix.

It’s a MMORPG, but Final Fantasy XIV has been an amazing showing for Square Enix. From its disastrous 1.0 launch to the redesign and launch of what it’s become today…and it’s been around since the end of the PS3. The lessons learned from that crash and burn would be priceless.

It’s almost as if they knew they were going to be purchased by Microsoft, so they made a Microsoft level game. $76.5 billion spent for Redfall, Starfield and now this. It’s so…Microsoft.

Just trade out the inappropriate scenes with school girls in short uniforms and call it good!

That was pretty brilliant! Loved the copyright infringement comment!

The Bungie purchase was to lock down a FPS and provide a GaaS resource. Both are failing. This wasn’t an “organic growth” opportunity, it was a short sighted Jim Ryan knee jerk reaction.

Insomniac was organic growth, and they’ve performed beautifully.

@trev666
You’re correct. Naughty Dog doesn’t make bad games. It’s not an Xbox developer.

Only time I almost got sick on the PSVR was doing a barrel roll on the Eve game. It was a literal stomach lurch!

Home was Sony’s best live service “game”. Fat Princess after that. I bought the Pirate/Ninja/Giant add on.

Definitely a bad pivot. Hopefully the new management shifts to the PlayStation of old.

How fun! Congrats!

Layoff 16% of your workforce and raise prices. Cool.

@Quintumply That’s good to know! Don’t want to buy the PS4 version!

@Quintumply
I added this to my wishlist but I didn’t see a PS5 version. Don’t think it would matter much, just a FYI.

I created a Japanese PSN account to download the Namco collection demo which gave you playable arcade cabinets for your home space. Pac-Man? Sure!

I left just as the first progression was coming out. It’d been about a year, starting the trial on PS3 before finding a spot with the PS4 version. The controller difference was game changing. The center pad really helped!

It’s just so much content.

Of all the possible outcomes that we've seen Microsoft have on the table, Activision is probably the best outcome for gamers not invested in Microsoft's all digital future. After reading through the leaks, I'm happy I never invested in the Xbox ecosystem.

Another 83ish Bethesda gem.

So far 32% didn’t like it, 42% thought it was okay/good, 17% liked it and 9% are smoking crack.

I’m subbed through 2027. I’ll decide what to do then.

It’s an admission of failure. The S was such a bad call.

I wouldn’t attribute the release of unfinished games as a live service issue. There are plenty of single player games that get released half baked, then get a Day One Patch, with more patches to follow.

I think there’s more pressure to get games to market and the fact that a game can continue to be developed and patched after launch is the root cause.

August 31st it is then.

@LightningLeader
It’ll be hard to do an apples to apples. Starfield will be on GamePass, so the sales numbers won’t be equitable, and as it’s “free” for subscribers, the active user count won’t be comparable either.

Eurogamer being Eurogamer have scored BG3 a 4/5, or an 80. Its lowest score yet.

Right now it’s a cross of Midnight Suns and Hogwarts. I went ahead and paid for the deluxe to get it on Saturday when I can actually play a decent amount.

My excitement for this game is absurd.

Bought. Played the intro, but never left the basement. Suppose I should try to play it more.

We’ll see how it performs commercially.

How dare a movie about Gran Turismo and GT Academy mention Sony or have Sony products.

If you were to walk into my house, you’d see a PS5 and PSVR 2 hooked up to a Bravia, along with a PS4 and some random PS decorations. It’s just the way things go.