Archaeokaiser

I don’t mind the monetization stuff, I play a lot of CAPCOM games, but it’s really nice to hear a publisher forgoing it and doing so with disdain. I’m personally really hoping they’ve nailed this game.

I mean, it’s all they have!

They HAD a rather broad reach when they created unquestionably better consoles with exclusive titles people were really excited about playing. Then they got greedy. Tried the “we are all you need” approach. And they “lost” because of it.

Now? Their reach is missing fingers. Every title they release depends entirely on another platform’s release schedule and marketing. Nintendo and Sony are happy to catch massive sales off XBOX’s games, but you’d be crazy to think they’d want them to sell as well as their own in-house titles.

Even the PC landscape is tough because XBOX can’t influence release dates and the like for titles produced by other publishers and developers when those same companies don’t even prioritize releasing their games on the XBOX.

They aren’t driving their own ship anymore. And that’s gonna be a MASSIVE adjustment for them that they’re currently pretending like they aren’t worried about but are in fact laying in bed at night staring at the ceiling, hoping the solution comes floating down from the ether.

The “coordinated campaign” was that the studio heads never actually gave the developers a true idea of what it is they were supposed to make then went ahead and released the guideless results generated by a clueless yet blameless development team. The CEO’s take is as baseless as a weeble wobble.

There’s just too much out there to sit around and play the same shooters for the same rewards (if you can call em that) with no narrative or actual return on your investment other than the chance to do it all again. As long as your wifi is working correctly, that is.

It’s a valid point. I’m a huge Red Dead fan, but I’ve been bored with GTA since I finished Vice City on my OG Xbox. As we’ve seen with the new CoD entry, there aren’t a lot of guarantees anymore. GTA 6’s success will depend on one thing: what are ROCKSTAR’s goals for GTA 6? If they give us a game aimed at making the fans happy, then it will be a massive success. If they give us a game in line with their corporate values, then it’s a bit trickier to predict. We lost out on Red Dead Online because of GTA Online. Will they continue to stack all their eggs in the Forever Game basket? I hope not!

I hate to see what they’ve let themselves become, but it’s hard to feel any sympathy, either. They are a powerful player with all the titles/IPs they hold, but I can’t imagine they will avoid Sega’s reality, especially as AA and Indy gaming begins to experience a revival.

I think that the aversion to AI in the video game community is so strange. If AI can help out to make a better game, why not use it? At the same time, I understand the fear of its misuse, but it can clearly make aspects of game design more streamlined without reducing quality of experience.

Thanks for all the spoilers? Jeeze, ya’ll know we won’t have it for another week, right? Opinions are one thing, but opinions based solely on interpretations of content is a little tacky. Wanna maybe pop a CONTAINS SPOILERS up there?