Bleed_DukeBlue wrote:> Despite all the hate for Redfall, I decided to see for myself. I'm halfway through
> it, and it's actually pretty fun. I haven't encountered any bugs except for one
> (I got stuck on a rock, but I fast-traveled somewhere else and then back, and I didn't
> experience any more problems after that.) The story is nothing special, but it's
> fine. The graphics are not the best, but they're also fine. The gameplay's pretty
> solid--that aspect I'm enjoying almost as much as I enjoyed Deathloop. I like the
> looter-shooter aspect of this. The only really disappointing part for me is that
> there's no matchmaking for co-op. I wouldn't pay $70 for this, but it's actually
> pretty nice as a Game Pass game.
That's good, at the end of the day MS needed a home run, this clearly was not it and it's also not going to generate enough new GP subs to make the game worth it. That is kind of the problem with the GP model. games will have to generate enough new subscriptions to make it viable and something more then one month subs... something substantial like at least 6 months. The money GP generates needs to out pace the cost of games being developed. Sony's model seems to be working well, the game generates and in many cases makes it's money back and then some then heads into the service to add value there. People get to play a game that they would not have bought in the first place and in some cases where called far generates money through micro transactions. Sony tends to produce more polished/finished games, they don't have the added pressure of getting the game on a service to keep subs up or generate new ones. It just pisses me off that MS has everything they need to put out polished game after polished game and don't. Star Field needs to be a homerun for MS.. It's never a good thing when Phil Spencer comes out and apologizes for the state Red Fall is in. Sad thing is he should have played it and stopped it from releasing until it was ready.
I hate when people say company x loves the consumer or what have you…. They don’t care, it does not matter if you are Sony, MS, Nintendo….. they see you as nothing more than wallets. MS is trying to brute force there way to victory, it’s not working. Instead of spending all this money acquiring external studios and IP take that money and invest it internally. Fix your current problems, there is absolutely no good reason MS has not released a AAA game in over a year. Considering there size and the IP they already have they should be releasing games faster. They could take that money build out new studios produce new IP or revive long dormant ones. They are sitting on a treasure trove and are making Halo and Forza and to a lesser extent Gears… I believe one is in the works. I hate saying it but this Gen we have seen new IP from Sony already with more on the way when is the last time we seen something new from MS. Not sure Hifi Rush counts completely since that had been in production since 2018. I guess I mean a new IP developed by an MS studio from the ground up? Sea of Thieves? I got rid of my Xbox because if the lack of first party games, I will be more than happy to get a new one when that changes, or a PC but I feel like that may never happen. Activision Blizzard would have benefited from MS in one way, no More BK. I would have been worried about the after. It just sucks that they will have to pay 3 billion because the transaction will not happen in a certain time frame. Imagine what that money could have done… that’s what Sony paid for Bungie, well 2 Billion + 1 Billion to retain talent.