Thom12255 posted:

I'm not sure if I've played a single Japanese made game.

Edit:

Just Super Mario Galaxy I think on the Wii, which I never finished.

Stux posted:

yes the article is a fluff piece to justify things post hoc. these companies do not need to pivot to live service, they never have, they are doing it because if its successful it is even more profitable than selling a game once. this is the entire reasoning. even this article is lying outright lol its saying again about the 30% steam cut being some millstone around the neck of AAA publishers. if thats true then how did they possibly survive during the pre-digital era, where their margins were far lower. physical sales were less profitable due to the store and platform holder cuts as well as physical production. alongside that, used games were the method people used to buy games cheaper rather than sales, and used games give approximately 0% back to the company. digital sales actually allow them to capture the budget market now that their sales arent undercut in the same stores theyre promoted in by a used market. the idea they need a subscription or they need microtransactions or they need a live service game is absolute nonsense, and if they have taken financial damage from trying to do this and failing rather than just making a game it is entirely self inflicted. gigantic companies are not victims.

even this stupid bit "they tried everything" they list games that were explicitly financial successes, the issue is they werent big enough. this is the same stupidity that lead activision to say destiny 2 wasnt profitable enough despite doing ridiculously well. its the same idiocy that had square enix yelling about games missing targets even when they sold fantastically and easily made profit. this isnt games failing, its games failing to make extraordinary levels of profit leading them to seek even more customer hostile monetization to inflate margins. they then list things that bethesda utterly failed at through their own fault and caused financial and reputational damage because they were incompetent and lazy. their store being an absolute dumpster fire to use and so comically badly made every game they released on it somehow came out with copy protection stripped outt before being added back in is their own fault. fallout 76 being a complete technical horrorshow with no content because they laser focused on making a game they sell a subscription for and to pile microtransactions on is their own fault because they focused on greed rather than making a competent product. these giant studios are consistently shooting themselves in the foot while still making profitable pieces of media and then going "woe is me" and its stunning people are falling for it.

Lammasu posted:

Is there any reason Microsoft hasn't bought any Japanese developers yet? Is their some legal barriers that stop foreign businesses from buying native Japanese companies?

BonoMan posted:

I think if the Sega/MS thing was actually serious enough for them to be easter egging the poo poo out of Twitter, the deal is already done.

Arkage posted:

Developers may not "need" subscriptions/microtransactions/live service model, but they do need steady and reliable revenue streams to mitigate the risk of financial collapse, which those services offer in a way no other service can. This is capitalism and risk mitigation 101.

Stux posted:

. if thats true then how did they possibly survive during the pre-digital era, where their margins were far lower.

Stux posted:

the developers that have the wolves at the door are not giant publishers who own multiple studios, theyre small indie devs, who somehow despite being in an infinitely more precarious position manage to consistently provide better support for their games post release than the studios posting millions of sales do. theyre also the same studios who had to push for ages to get into digital stores and will be once again shut out if subscriptions take over, outside of the very exceptional break out indie games.

Arkage posted:

You do know that games have gotten dramatically more expensive to make, right? That's how they survived pre-digital: games were fundamentally cheaper to make. And many devs didn't survive, and many still don't. You think indie game #520938634 wouldn't jump at the chance of being on a streaming platform? And the 30% digital cut always seemed too steep to me, with the the profit margins likely being among the most ridiculous in the media industry.

Developers may not "need" subscriptions/microtransactions/live service model, but they do need steady and reliable revenue streams to mitigate the risk of financial collapse, which those services offer in a way no other service can. This is capitalism and risk mitigation 101.

doingitwrong posted:

I mean, they didn’t. Most of the game developers from the past are no more. There’s an incredible churn in this industry of studios and publishers going out of business or getting bought up and shuttered. That’s not because their owners are happy with all their riches and retiring.

SirKibbles posted:

So my old Xbox 360 wired controller that I use for my PC is starting to go, any recommendations for a new xbox one controller I can use with my PC?

I'd prefer if it has like a wired USB connection because wireless and latency but I can do wireless.

I just want something that's going to last more than a few months

Zerot posted:

Any Xbox One controller can be used wired. So just get whatever you can find.

A new Xbox controller is coming out with the Series X and S consoles this November, but it doesn't have many upgrades.

Excellent replies about backward compatibility, several pages back posted:

American McGay posted:

Just follow the link. I've been streaming Tony Hawk to my phone while I watch NBA playoffs on the TV. It's a pretty decent little solution.

Minidust posted:

Great info, thanks!

So basically: anything that could be played on Xbox One (minus Kinect games) will work on Series X

That includes 40ish original Xbox games like like 500 Xbox 360 games.

And worth noting is that the 360 will still play a lot of OG Xbox games that never worked on the One.


That about right?

Laserface posted:

Also I find it extremely difficult to take anyone with an anime avatar seriously so :tenbux: yourself into adulthood mate.

Laserface posted:

If stux made more serious posts instead of drive by poo poo posting people might actually read them more.

Also I find it extremely difficult to take anyone with an anime avatar seriously so :tenbux: yourself into adulthood mate.

homeless snail posted:

https://twitter.com/Xbox/status/1309644127789813760

Laserface posted:

Me too apparently.

Stux posted:

whoever it was, as funnny as it is pls dont buy other ppl avs until lowtax is gone.

also if you need t o rebuy your av theres a thread in qcs where you can get an av change for a rainn donation which i recommend over the normal button

Stux posted:

whoever it was, as funnny as it is pls dont buy other ppl avs until lowtax is gone.

also if you need t o rebuy your av theres a thread in qcs where you can get an av change for a rainn donation which i recommend over the normal button

Stux posted:

whoever it was, as funnny as it is pls dont buy other ppl avs until lowtax is gone.

Crafty posted:

I googled it and couldn’t find anything, what happened with low tax

Crafty posted:

I googled it and couldn’t find anything, what happened with low tax

Crafty posted:

I googled it and couldn’t find anything, what happened with low tax

Real hurthling! posted:

Gamepass now comes with 2 free months of funimation's anime streaming service

Real hurthling! posted:

Gamepass now comes with free subscription to Something Awful forums.