XboxEra Community Hangout |OT10| Insert Catchy Quip Here

I know most people want AAA games, but with Sony shutting down Pixelopus, (Media Molecule will probably be next if their next project doesn’t pan out) I think Xbox should double down on AA games to push things forward in terms of creativity and experimentation.

Most of Xbox’s successes in this generation have been on AA scale like Psychonauts 2, Grounded, Pentiment and Hi-Fi Rush, so they should continue that approach imo.

Looking forward to Project MARA and whatever Double Fine comes up with next.

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When does this come out?? Frustrating having to wait for it

You know there was a kinda funny episode once where they discussed what studios they would swap between Xbox and Playstation if they could and the best answer to come up was Media molecule. That there is a studio that needs easier access to a wider audience, and if the studio ever shuts down I hope the dreamers at that team find their way over to Xbox to start anew.

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The initial landing screen on this new dashboard is nice.

It’s everything else with it that needs a lot of work. You can’t customize any of the other aspects. They need to allow full customization to the rest of the dashboard. I hope the reason they haven’t included customization is they’re testing the default setup for brand new installations.

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The problem with AA games is that even if they are good they won’t do much for the brand.

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It’s great for a platform to explore two worlds (AA and AAA). It gives developers more chances to explore. Not to mention, they can transform to AAA down the road. They got to start somewhere.

Your pick? It’s amazing as it is that all this is coming.

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beside TES VI which won’t come out till like 2027 copium i choose fable

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ugh this will suck if true

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Of the 3, I care about MGS the most as it’s my favourite series of all time but I have zero confidence in a remake being done well

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I don’t care that much about Silent Hill, but I think a Castlevania remake can be very good.

who cares? or why should we as consumers care lol.

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I want Gears collection. I want Dishonored and Wolfenstein collections, I want RAGE 1 and 2 all in 4K 60FPS. I want Psychonauts 2 Director’s Cut with Ray tracing (I don’t know if it exists, but it should). All in Game Pass.

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Meh, knowing Sony and their ways MGS3 is a full on exclusive. A proper 3D Castlevania only for PS5 would fucking suck. But once I’ve bought one it won’t be as much of a worry for me anymore.

And I am guessing a studio of their own will make it, can’t even be mad then.

Again 3 games I’ve never played or cared about, it’s funny because it’s the same situation as all the Square stuff they keep paying for and I guess I’m lucky I’m never hit by the BS.

On another note I love these marketing trailers for Series S + Game Pass the song is super catchy hah

https://twitter.com/Xbox/status/1655241347165478913?s=20

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I am fine with deals like that if that is what is making these games exist in the first place. Konami hasn’t been doing a ton.

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You can’t say that, it’ll be the death of Xbox if they don’t get those exact 3 games.

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Do we know that is true though? Silent Hill for example is being made by Bloober, and Sony seems to be just involved with marketing. We don’t know the teams behind these games, so it’s not definitive to know if it’s a street fighter situation.

No, we don’t know that. I just know that Konami has been doing nothing for a long time. In my mind if they are back it is because someone brought them back, but that’s just my assumption.

I don’t blame Konami for taking “insurance” on these honestly. Like @pg2g said.

Castlevania on PS5 also just doesn’t interest me. I already know what it’s going to be.

Like I once posted before, I want this:

But the PS5 game will 100% be this:

Hopefully Konami has something more like the top image cooking up too as a “side game” if they’re doing a Castlevania revival kind of thing.

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