PlayStation vs Xbox vs Nintendo thread

[roun90]

12 hours ago, RV1709 said:

I’m surprised that Xbox is doing so poorly this cycle as well. I understand what happened during the Xbox one era but they haven’t been able to recover despite all the supposed right decisions that have been taken when it comes to first party, gamepass etc etc.

 

and @triggr happy ss had told me this generation would be a close 1:1 

 

For some reason - MS isn't able to get their studios to give their best. Something which Nintendo and Sony are able to do really well. MS has some really premium devs under their belt - and didn't even need Bethesda and Activision to give Sony a run for their money. Obsidian is such a premium developer. They were competing with Larian - when they were developing via Kickstarter. They made gems like Pillars of Eternity and Outer Worlds. When MS took over - they were stuck making a Video Game Version of "Honey I Shrunk The Kids" and no CRPGs at all - which was their forte. No idea what the rest of the 2018 acquired companies are even doing. For the new "Big" acquisitions - Arkane went from Dishonored to Redfall under MS's watch. No new Wolf or Doom games announced. Nothing from Activision on Gamepass too (Ideally COD and WoW should be on GP Day 1)

 

Even their In-house studios used to be Halo/Forza/Gears/Fable. Then it became Halo/Forza/Gears. Then Halo/Forza. Now only Forza remains as no new Halo after Infinite. Only their Age of Empires Games on PC is doing really well and receiving proper support.

[ZooZoo]

48 minutes ago, roun90 said:

 

For some reason - MS isn't able to get their studios to give their best. Something which Nintendo and Sony are able to do really well. MS has some really premium devs under their belt - and didn't even need Bethesda and Activision to give Sony a run for their money. Obsidian is such a premium developer. They were competing with Larian - when they were developing via Kickstarter. They made gems like Pillars of Eternity and Outer Worlds. When MS took over - they were stuck making a Video Game Version of "Honey I Shrunk The Kids" and no CRPGs at all - which was their forte. No idea what the rest of the 2018 acquired companies are even doing. For the new "Big" acquisitions - Arkane went from Dishonored to Redfall under MS's watch. No new Wolf or Doom games announced. Nothing from Activision on Gamepass too (Ideally COD and WoW should be on GP Day 1)

 

Even their In-house studios used to be Halo/Forza/Gears/Fable. Then it became Halo/Forza/Gears. Then Halo/Forza. Now only Forza remains as no new Halo after Infinite. Only their Age of Empires Games on PC is doing really well and receiving proper support.

Reason is, they look for a quick win without any proper strategy or relationship. About time they learned that throwing filthy amount of money at every problem is not a solution. Look how Sony works with smaller studios and grooms them into world class studios. They have years of history with studios even before acquiring them which is why you see the quality that is there. MS on the other hand just tries to buy their way to victory which failed gloriously. Basically Sony is Mumbai Indian with their scouts hunting for great potentials and grooming them along with their existing home grown world beaters. While MS is RCB, trying to buy best in the world and still failing.

[AnK]

1 hour ago, roun90 said:

Obsidian is such a premium developer

Lmao as if that was nurtured under M$.
 

1 hour ago, roun90 said:

No idea what the rest of the 2018 acquired companies are even doing. For the new "Big" acquisitions

It’s fact at this point that Phill Spencer knows sh*t about Game Development & Studio Management.

He definitely has Brad Smith’s nudes or sucks his c*ck to stay at this job for so long without a clue of what,why,how or when things are going to work out.

 

After decade+ of failures in judgment the guy was still hyping Redfall as if it was the next COD Zombies!!!
 

He is obviously clueless & a butt of joke by now….I’m astonished he still has his job let alone having a free run with his mouth with all the stupidity he spews about the whole industry in general.

Lifetime achievement awards n all too!!  

 

 

[roun90]

1 hour ago, AnK said:

Lmao as if that was nurtured under M$.

 

That is exactly the point I was making! They were Premium before MS acquisition, had serious talent and were competing with Larian for best RPG Developer Category. If MS used them efficiently - they would have some of the best RPGs in the market exclusive to their platform, capable of 909 Meta with proper management and funding. There would have been no need to acquire Bethesda for Elder Scrolls too. But now - even Bethesda is doing poorly under MS (BGS was doing poorly even before, but now even Arkane etc. have joined that pile)!

[AnK]

Once a studio is sold it’s upto the new owner to make sure it runs efficiently & produces better quality (let alone the same) with more available recourses.

 

But M$ has appointed a stooge of a joke CEO to run their gaming studios for them since 2009.

Better yet he was given the entire reign over the planning of the platform.

 

Plus also a free hand on all sorts of RnD & Merger n Acquisition resources.

 

I mean……you hire a guy like that & keep on incurring losses on all your investments & you just don’t see why it’s happening then you see him blame the half a century old industry for not having growth room for him in particular  

 

Aag 🔥 he lagado paise 💷 ko phir itna ghuma phira ke tamasha kyu?!?  

[RV1709]

With the rising cost of developing AAA games, can Xbox even create games like Sony exclusives given a) capability issues b) costs to offset putting it on gamepass 

[AnK]

11 hours ago, RV1709 said:

With the rising cost of developing AAA games, can Xbox even create games like Sony exclusives given a) capability issues b) costs to offset putting it on gamepass 

Still can’t fathom all the outcry just a year ago for Sony to start releasing their games on PlaystationPlus Day 1!!  

 

 

 

All of a sudden the industry’s AAA is in trouble today but just a while ago it was a good idea to give em up for Free!!  
 

The twiterati & jOuRnAlIsTiC shills are just on an another level of a$$ licking charade this gen!!  

[Snake]

52 minutes ago, AnK said:

Still can’t fathom all the outcry just a year ago for Sony to start releasing their games on PlaystationPlus Day 1!!  

 

 

 

All of a sudden the industry’s AAA is in trouble today but just a while ago it was a good idea to give em up for Free!!  
 

The twiterati & jOuRnAlIsTiC shills are just on an another level of a$$ licking charade this gen!!  

 

Did you read Ryan Mcafferys latest article??

[AnK]

1 minute ago, Snake said:

 

Did you read Ryan Mcafferys latest article??

I just stopped paying heed to that biggest & oldest corporate a*s licker a long while ago.

 

Kinda when they started that NGC watch show & had him say all the time & gave little to no screen time to Playstation Host.

Shortly after that guy left IGN & joined Naughty Dog as community manager.

 

If you mean his latest article about how Xbox getting into the handheld business was inevitable & aligns with their “plans” or “going everywhere” it’s just straight up another 360 by him.

 

He always advocated Cloud Streaming as the next big thing & now suddenly it was the handheld which was the “idea all along”  

[zoord]

Hifi Rush has better Shadows and LoD on PS5 compared to XSX & PC.

 

 First ghostwrite Tokyo(Better raytracing and framerate on PS5) now this.

 

VGC - https://www.videogameschronicle.com/features/opinion/phil-spencer-long-cast-as-xboxs-saviour-may-be-remembered-as-the-man-who-killed-it/

 

In another, where instead of spending $70bn on Activision Blizzard he spent it on 230-odd games with the same budget as Spider-Man 2, perhaps Xbox is flying.

But in our world he has spent ten years and gargantuan amounts of money taking Xbox from third place to third place, and that is not the market’s fault. If the writing isn’t on the wall for Xbox as a whole, then it certainly could be for him.

Edited March 31, 2024 by zoord

[roun90]

3 hours ago, zoord said:

Hifi Rush has better Shadows and LoD on PS5 compared to XSX & PC.

 

Not that surprised. It came to PS5 after such a long gap - they would have worked on and improved it. I'm sure these improvements will be patched into XSX and PC versions soon too!

 

3 hours ago, zoord said:

In another, where instead of spending $70bn on Activision Blizzard he spent it on 230-odd games with the same budget as Spider-Man 2, perhaps Xbox is flying.

But in our world he has spent ten years and gargantuan amounts of money taking Xbox from third place to third place, and that is not the market’s fault. If the writing isn’t on the wall for Xbox as a whole, then it certainly could be for him.

 

For this to happen - MS should actively manage and bring out the best in their studios. They are not able to do that!

 

[AnK]

Finally f**ckin finally Phil Spencer Retiring!!!

 

https://x.com/kindafunnyvids/status/1586130698858995712?s=46&t=W8b3dd3Gm1tVuHfoc9QjJg

 

 

Brad Smith taking over as interim head of the Gaming business until he chooses a new CEO

 

Emphasises that Major IPs & Projects owned by M$ will not be catering to audiences from other Platforms except where it’s legally or contractually obligated!!

[triggr happy ss]

3 hours ago, AnK said:

Finally f**ckin finally Phil Spencer Retiring!!!

 

https://x.com/kindafunnyvids/status/1586130698858995712?s=46&t=W8b3dd3Gm1tVuHfoc9QjJg

 

 

Brad Smith taking over as interim head of the Gaming business until he chooses a new CEO

 

Emphasises that Major IPs & Projects owned by M$ will not be catering to audiences from other Platforms except where it’s legally or contractually obligated!!

Happy birthday @AnK enjoy your day. 

[AnK]

 

https://twitter.com/malikatl_/status/1774767474426159113?s=46&t=W8b3dd3Gm1tVuHfoc9QjJg

 

[AnK]

 

When the last & the most loyal line of defence crumbles!!

 

End of an Era indeed.

 

But as said….soon they’ll start over the dejavu all over again…

 

[zoord]

3 hours ago, AnK said:

 

When the last & the most loyal line of defence crumbles!!

 

End of an Era indeed.

 

But as said….soon they’ll start over the dejavu all over again…

 

Damn! I feel this year the Xbox brand is at lowest point.

[RV1709]

23 hours ago, zoord said:

Damn! I feel this year the Xbox brand is at lowest point.

you’d have thought they couldn’t go any lower after Xbox one but don’t underestimate them 

[AnK]

16 minutes ago, RV1709 said:

you’d have thought they couldn’t go any lower after Xbox one but don’t underestimate them 

After XBone they should have given up.

They didn’t really have a market for themselves but forcefully created it by distributing freebies.

Chip shortages & over all pandemic circumstances also went in their favour.

 

Did more harm to the industry than did good to the gamers.

 

Now they own half the studios but just don’t have a clue as how to handle them.

 

 

 

All these studios big or small would have had to continue to churn out quality to survive but since the real owners left no one has a clue as to what to do now.

Edited April 3, 2024 by AnK

[AnK]

 

[Sach4life]

17 minutes ago, AnK said:

 

 

Bc, kuch bhi