If its all those things, why not just make a new IP instead? It’s not like Xbox games need to worry about sales anymore. We should actually want Gears to retain its identity, not be retrofitted to play like The Last of Us (as god of war #18 was) because Sony didn’t think an action game would sell.
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I don’t know man, I feel like the achievement system needs a overhaul.
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Specifically in what ways?
If an IP underperforms by selling badly, reviewing badly and or has little continous engagement its of no use.
Also Xbox cares and worries about sales.
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None of which really applies to gears 5 given that a mid 80s score is higher then some, was Microsoft’s biggest launch of the generation and a prime mover for Gamepass subscriptions and overtook Fortnite for a few weeks then remained in the top 1%of Xbox games played for a couple of years
If god of war ascension had a mid 80s score and outsold call of duty and had hundreds of thousands of users every month it wouldn’t have been rebooted.
Also Xbox cares and worries about sales.
I don’t think they do. Every copy sold of a Microsoft game is one reason less to subscribe to Gamepass. They’re secondary to that.
Not gonna bother debating Gears its a dead topic just like the franchise is these days.
Its $60 dollars CLEAN in one go which is 4 months of xbox game pass ultimate. What are you talking about. Sales and retail are still essential.
Not if the if there is a lot of playtime and users playing the game on Game Pass, I don’t think anyone should expect people who pay for Game Pass to also buy the game, naturally game sales will always be lower now because of Game Pass and that’s obviously not a bad thing and MS would know this would happen.
decouple the PVP from Gears, make it f2p dunno
there’s no big game that ship every 3/4 years with PVP/Campaign/PVE/Seasons etc etc
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Yeah for stuff like Sea of Thieves, State of Decay and Forza for example I have no doubt this is a massive success and is a very important metric.
I think it’s only counted based on people who load the game, not just download.
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I think this is the answer, turn the MP into a separate thing that is just always there getting updates then release SP content every so years.
Hot take if I ever read one. Will be fun to revisit when gears 6 launches.
Its $60 dollars CLEAN in one go which is 4 months of xbox game pass ultimate. What are you talking about. Sales and retail are still essential.
Yeah…doesn’t do much for Xbox really. They’d rather have subscribers.
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The thing with the Gears MP as fun and gory as it is is its not appealing to casuals which is why a focus on PVE and Horde should be a thing tbh.
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Sales are one of multiple metrics that Microsoft will look at to determine success. Growth of Game Pass is a plus, but it will negatively impact sales of first party (if not now, when there are even more subscribers).
3% of people have beaten Hivebusters, only 7% have completed 5 matches in the competitive Playlist and just 10% have reached the rank of corporal which is like basic leveling.
Idk the data is right there its not certainly a hot take.
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Not gonna bother debating gears.
Debates gears
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Im a crackhead sadly
Did you know 28% of people beat Gears 4 (Pre Game Pass) and only 18% did Gears 5 (Game Pass launch).
Not everything has to be for casuals, I love Gears but I hate MP because I’m bad at it but doesn’t mean I think it should be shut down because it has a pretty decent community. I do think after Gears 6 they should take a step back and reinvent the franchise, maybe even change the genre of the franchise. They could make a loot game based on Gears or maybe a full fledge RPG (because we need more RPGs /s)
More ammo for my Outriders pivoting for Gears but its too late 