XboxEra Community Hangout |OT13| The Bakers Dozen

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I think this rumor is false. It doesn’t make sense not to announce the game at the game awards if the Developer’s Direct is this soon . It would’ve been better to announce to a larger audience

I want you to be so damn wrong there!!! :angry:

But you have a point.

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You mean like Indiana Jones show its debut gameplay after feeling like vaporware?

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Pardon me, I don’t understand this post

Indiana Jones was said to show up on VGA because it’s been ages since we last seen it. After it missed the date, we thought Showcase in June would be right. Then DD announce out of nowhere IJ will appear in full gameplay.

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It’s not a full up remake, it’s UE5 on top of the old engine likely keeping everything the same except the graphics. Don’t think that’s necessarily a TGA announcement.

That said, its likely coming next year so they’ll announce it sometime soon.

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gotcha, good point. I forgot about that. So, maybe it is possible

I think it’s still worthy of an announcement due to it being the first non-skyrim mp game they’ve made in awhile. Plus, if it’s launching day one everywhere, then I think it’s a major announcement for the TGAs

I’m pretty convinced the ‘leakers’ are just latching on to NateDrake’s recent re-confirmation about the project existing just a few days before these tweets. It may not even make an appearance until the Showcase or Summer Games Show.

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Yeah, I was thinking it gets announced later. Also, the major reason I am thinking that you don’t want an oblivion remaster/remake take away from Avowed that’s releasing in Q1. I think MS haas the luxury to hold off announcement for it because I don’t think its wise to announce it close to Avowed’s release

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I honestly don’t know why Switch is growing in sales in weekly basis in Japan compare to last year. PS is back to 20,000 range as Pro is second most sold in PS family with just 5,500. The software is conquered by Switch games, especially recent Mario Party. Sad for some new releases didn’t even chart top 10 alas Fairy Tail 2. Tough crowd.

Going live

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Every single Bethesda remaster/remake has been announced outside of the TGAs, most of them at QuakeCon, and Skyrim Special Edition and Anniversary Editions both did absolutely fine on the sales front. Not everything revolves around TGAs, otherwise we wouldn’t have expos and directs the rest of the year :man_shrugging:

Not addressing the rumor itself, just pointing out the flaw in logic.

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This was my jam back when I still was a youngster…

And it still is!!!

:heart::heart::heart::heart:

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https://x.com/ign/status/1869771779004137618?s=46&t=O_AGT9SEnlptKOF_2SxtqQ

As nice this is, I can imagine Sony getting a bit frustrated on getting some returns.

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https://x.com/HoegLaw/status/1869714322483777884

Makes me wonder if that could mean exclusive content for Sony for some games, or actually games. Strategic alliance…

Sounds more like the former, but I guess we’ll see.

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First refusal on publishing and marketing rights I would assume, which might mean some exclusive content or games as long as it wouldn’t cost either much to do it (so for example Elden Ring 2 being exclusive is unlikely, but some exclusive cosmetics or at worst a mission I can see happening.

Also port preference or at least same time - so those Switch-only / Switch-first games they make in the non-From bits may become PS too from launch.

Wasn’t Elden Ring marketed by Xbox? So even securing marketing for the second game is a big deal for them

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Feels like it will be more towards on anime than anything.

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Yep preferred platform / exclusive to CrunchyRoll would be a big win for them

Importantly, and not mentioned here, is that it’s not like Sony can dictate to Kadokawa that they should forego the other platforms entirely as that would be a massive hit to the bottom line, and being a majority shareholder (esp with such a small stake relatively) doesn’t grant them the ability to defy the laws that the leadership have to abide by: namely the responsibility to the rest of the shareholders :confused:

More so, I see this as a push from an anime standpoint and for Sony to reap the rewards of From’s latest glow-up, just like they did with Epic… last I checked, UE5 isn’t even used by Sony, it’s purely for profit gains.

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