Pebbles can be thrown farther.
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Exactly. If MS was wanting to dick over PlayStation they would ship it in whatever state it is and then say hey use this year to fix it for when it launches on Xbox. Instead they are giving the studio more time to make it great which costs MS more money for a game that doesnât come to their platform but they are doing it anyway because itâs the right call. These people are in for a rough few years I have to imagine.
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They arenât doing this in the goodness of their hearts either. MS will profit off the game and will be used as a future Game Pass title.
Try and cut down on discussing outside drama from people on Twitter please especially in the game studios OT
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Yeah, inside drama only, guys
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Lets circle it to Gears
Does anybody want an Outriders style game but in the Gears universe? Feel like the monster designs and horde aspect lends itself pretty well to it.
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If xbox is working with capcom Phil better be bringing dino crisis back.
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Hmm maybe in a spin off but not the looter mechanics
I would love for that tbh because while I am enjoying outriders it still made me say " Damn, I wish this game had Gears style of gunplay". It might ruffle some feathers, but would be bold to make Gears 6 a hub style game like Outriders. I do wonder how they would do loot for it though
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NO!!!
WaitâŚyes. Because then I wouldnât have to skip all the awful cutscenes
Thats literally the point of this game ⌠tactics already has it
Outriders has the weirdest transitions ever. Think its the only game breaking experience tbh.
Dumbass take, if Xbox were that scummy they literally would not allow Arkane to delay the game just release it unfinished so it review bombs on the PS5.
But that arenât, so they havenât.
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I 100% disagree in regards to âhalf a decadeâ. More like 3+ years. Phil wasnât promoted/elevated to be âthe manâ until Fall 2017 and you figure a few months to settle in/holidays, etc. So I judge Phil Spencer based on what heâs done since January 2nd, 2018.
So in 3.25 years, Phil has acquired 8 development studios, 1 publisher and founded 2 development studios while also expanding them, elevating majority of them to AAA status and are looking for more to acquire.
Then you have Game Pass which love it or hate it is literally a game changer. Game Pass will be the âindustry shake upâ that majority refuse to see but will look back on and be like âer duhâ (or however Ed says it on the podcast) and keeps adding more insane value to it with every passing week/month to where you think itâs a dream/fantasy but nope, itâs 100% reality.
Phil Spencer has done an amazing job and I love the aggressiveness that he is showing. Getting MLB The Show 21 on Game Pass day one is not just fucking hilarious for obvious reasons but also fucking brilliant and shows the stupidity of Sony for not having âno game passâ (or something like this) written into their revised multi-year agreement with MLB back in late 2019. What I really want to know if this is a one time deal or an annual occurrence???
As someone who was all in back during the Xbox 360 days and then was mostly all out for last generation, to see where the Xbox brand is now and headed brings a massive smile to my face because Phil (and everyone else at Microsoft) have gotten me the most hyped and excited that I have been for Xbox in about a decade.
Since E3 2018, I have always said â2022â will be when it all starts and while that still applies to the vast majority of their first party studios, 2021 has been good thus far and should end up being great for Xbox once the year concludes and we look back on it.
Going into this generation, sure thereâs a few other small things that Microsoft needs to do/solve but for me personally, all they need is to make sure their first party exclusives are high quality and highly polished because they have everything else in place. If they can accomplish this, then to be perfectly honest, I donât see any major weakness on the Microsoft/Xbox side whatsoever where as on the Sony/PlayStation side, outside of their top tier first party exclusives, they truly donât have anything worthwhile and I say this as someone who loved PS4 and has it ranked as my #1 all time gaming console.
Seeing Microsoft be 1000% behind Phil and everyone else for Xbox is truly a âholy shitâ moment because itâs literally true when you say, âanything is possibleâ and ânothing is off the tableâ where as with Xbox One, that wasnât even a thought let alone a reality.
Anyway, sorry for the long post. I do that a lot. Hehe. Super hyped for E3 2021 and for the Xbox Series X/S generation overall!!! XBOX BABY!!! Whooo!!!
*goes back to playing Outriders (love this game by the way) on my Series X via Game Pass 
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What does it mean for Xbox players that Deathloop was delayed? What was the exclusivity period for this game, 1 year?
Man, how I wish that contract was renegotiated.
Yes, itâs quite entertaining.
Iâm already waiting for the ones about Starfield, haha. 
Iâm just so, soooo glad they didnât manage to snag Starfield, hoo boy. Not sure what MS would and could have done in that case though. Meaning if it would have been possible to just cancel that agreement.
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Not going to lieâŚmust admit that im very happy that I have no interest in Deathloop or Ghostwire Tokyo (which I believe will get delayed to 2022) with or without any timed exclusivity for Sony as neither game interests me at all.
In general, if it was me, I would have voided that contract, reached a monetary settlement with Sony and thatâs it. But whatever. It is what it is.
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I think Deathloop will be a decent game like all Arkane ones are but nothing from Ghostwire stands out
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Had it been Starfield thereâs no doubt in my mind that MS would have done this. Too big of a game to just let be timed exclusive for a year or even longer.
Probably. Then again, outside of acquiring the publishing rights for Psychonauts 2, have Microsoft done this with any other game? In a way, if Starfield was timed exclusive for PS5, I donât even think that they would have bothered because history shows they tend to just let it all play out.