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Lifespan
Mar 5, 2002

It definitely was for a long time. Each platform wanted no way to advertise for a competing platform and there are details about this I won't even admit here despite being long removed from that world.

MJBuddy posted:

MLB The Show proudly displays "Playstation Studios" but Sony are usually the weirdest of the bunch (outside of Nintendo's naming conventions and warning stuff, imo).

Really? I don't give a poo poo about baseball but will totally download the game just to see that because that would be a total change of philosophy but not against how Phil (correctly) runs things.

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Live At Five!
Feb 15, 2008

Lifespan posted:

It definitely was for a long time. Each platform wanted no way to advertise for a competing platform and there are details about this I won't even admit here despite being long removed from that world.

Really? I don't give a poo poo about baseball but will totally download the game just to see that because that would be a total change of philosophy but not against how Phil (correctly) runs things.

The MLB told Sony to put The Show on other consoles. There was a big hullabaloo about it because The Show was gamepass day 1 and full price on playstation.

Larry Parrish
Jul 9, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Lifespan posted:

It definitely was for a long time. Each platform wanted no way to advertise for a competing platform and there are details about this I won't even admit here despite being long removed from that world.

Really? I don't give a poo poo about baseball but will totally download the game just to see that because that would be a total change of philosophy but not against how Phil (correctly) runs things.

lmao what's wrong with console executives. the games splash screens can't mention the other big companies, even though you buy them and the games from a store which is nothing but advertising for the big 3

Beve Stuscemi
Jun 6, 2001




Microsoft seems to be already headed down this path, but they should just copy the PC model and just keep making the same system, just faster and eventually they’ll have this monster backlog of software for every console.

Rev. Bleech_
Oct 19, 2004

~OKAY, WE'LL DRINK TO OUR LEGS!~

Jim Silly-Balls posted:

Microsoft seems to be already headed down this path, but they should just copy the PC model and just keep making the same system, just faster and eventually they’ll have this monster backlog of software for every console.

also backwards compatible with just about every console up to PS2/GCN :v:

dr_rat
Jun 4, 2001
They should just simplify, go back to their roots and call it just call it "box". Then in another 20 years do the same and call it "ox" and you know have it you know, in a ox shape.

the rat fandom
Apr 28, 2010

They should rename Xbox Cloud Gaming to ExBox.

Barudak
May 7, 2007

XXbox

LIVE AMMO COSPLAY
Feb 3, 2006

<insert ten year old joke>

Snowy
Oct 6, 2010

A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense



YBOX

Why not box?

hatty
Feb 28, 2011

Pork Pro
the Dreamcast 3

Tayter Swift
Nov 18, 2002

Pillbug

Lifespan posted:

It definitely was for a long time. Each platform wanted no way to advertise for a competing platform and there are details about this I won't even admit here despite being long removed from that world.

Both Ori games on the Switch say MS Studios in the intro.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.

Tayter Swift posted:

Both Ori games on the Switch say MS Studios in the intro.

yeah but MS and Nintendo were playing nice, which is why Banjo/Minecraft Steve got in Smash lol


(iirc there was some crossplatform stuff too, and also Cuphead being announced after being an XBOX exclusive)

Lifespan
Mar 5, 2002

Live At Five! posted:

The MLB told Sony to put The Show on other consoles. There was a big hullabaloo about it because The Show was gamepass day 1 and full price on playstation.

That actually came from MLB getting publishing rights and requiring multi-platform support despite it being developed by Sony. Pretty funny though that Microsoft licensed such a huge release to Game Pass.

Tayter Swift posted:

Both Ori games on the Switch say MS Studios in the intro.

Didn't know that either. Yes, Microsoft was playing nice and with Nintendo (and mostly still does) for a while and I am looking forward to more details being released at some point (once again not by me) about how close that relationship got, but I didn't know that they got publishing credits given Moon's touchy relationship.

otter
Jul 23, 2007

Ask me about my XCOM and controller collection

word.

Lifespan posted:


Really? I don't give a poo poo about baseball but will totally download the game just to see that because that would be a total change of philosophy but not against how Phil (correctly) runs things.

You can stream it. No download needed. It’s a good game.

Alchenar
Apr 9, 2008

Larry Parrish posted:

lmao what's wrong with console executives. the games splash screens can't mention the other big companies, even though you buy them and the games from a store which is nothing but advertising for the big 3

There are a distressing number of people in the world who's opinions and behaviour are strongly influenced by the last thing they saw. Advertising and branding execs understand this

MarcusSA
Sep 23, 2007


XXXbox

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Rev. Bleech_
Oct 19, 2004

~OKAY, WE'LL DRINK TO OUR LEGS!~

dr_rat posted:

They should just simplify, go back to their roots and call it just call it "box". Then in another 20 years do the same and call it "ox" and you know have it you know, in a ox shape.

or a statue of John Entwhistle with console components inside


sexxbox

univbee
Jun 3, 2004




American McGay posted:

I’d guess about 30-40% of all PS+ subs are just people playing the yearly COD.

This is true about all non-Nintendo consoles, honestly. The vast majority of consoles will have like 5 games installed max and those games will be the latest Call of Duty, one or two sports games (and almost invariably these are Madden for US users and FIFA for other countries and then maybe NBA 2K), and then if it's used by kids it'll have Minecraft and Roblox. You occasionally get a monster hit like a FromSoftware game that shows up, too.

MarcusSA posted:

XXXbox

Sponsored by pornhub

Finally, Xbox launches a successful console in Japan, with elf releasing a Game Pass exclusive Dragon Knight V.

Barudak
May 7, 2007

And Grand Theft Auto V for 3 generations running now

Beastie
Nov 3, 2006

They used to call me tricky-kid, I lived the life they wish they did.


Nex(t)Box

univbee
Jun 3, 2004




Barudak posted:

And Grand Theft Auto V for 3 generations running now

lol I forgot about that because I still perceive it as a PS3/360 era game, but you're definitely right. I suppose Red Dead Redemption 2 also made a good showing on PS4/XB1.

Quantum of Phallus
Dec 27, 2010

is there currently a way to play Quake 2 on Xbox Series? I have the PS1 “port” running through RetroArch and it’s pretty fun but was wondering if I could get it running through the DosBox core in RetroArch :thunk:

Twerk from Home
Jan 17, 2009

This avatar brought to you by the 'save our dead gay forums' foundation.

univbee posted:

lol I forgot about that because I still perceive it as a PS3/360 era game, but you're definitely right. I suppose Red Dead Redemption 2 also made a good showing on PS4/XB1.

GTA V still does about a billion dollars a year in revenue, it was one of the biggest hits of 2020.

univbee
Jun 3, 2004




Twerk from Home posted:

GTA V still does about a billion dollars a year in revenue, it was one of the biggest hits of 2020.

Yeah I know but it was still easy for me to forget since I played through the game a whole-rear end decade ago.

Beve Stuscemi
Jun 6, 2001




I own gtav on 360, ps4 and pc

Absolutely shameful

Quantum of Phallus
Dec 27, 2010

Jim Silly-Balls posted:

I own gtav on 360, ps4 and pc

Absolutely shameful

yeah. buy it on series as well!!!

Lammasu
May 8, 2019

lawful Good Monster

univbee posted:

This is true about all non-Nintendo consoles, honestly. The vast majority of consoles will have like 5 games installed max and those games will be the latest Call of Duty, one or two sports games (and almost invariably these are Madden for US users and FIFA for other countries and then maybe NBA 2K), and then if it's used by kids it'll have Minecraft and Roblox. You occasionally get a monster hit like a FromSoftware game that shows up, too.

Finally, Xbox launches a successful console in Japan, with elf releasing a Game Pass exclusive Dragon Knight V.

But it would have to be blurred out.

John F Bennett
Jan 30, 2013

I always wear my wedding ring. It's my trademark.

Finally got around to playing Two Point Campus. What a fun game! It's really the same as Two Point Hospital but the setting is much nicer.

Alchenar
Apr 9, 2008

John F Bennett posted:

Finally got around to playing Two Point Campus. What a fun game! It's really the same as Two Point Hospital but the setting is much nicer.

Thank you for reminding me it's out!

They've really captured that tongue-in-cheek 90's fun factor that the original Theme Hospital had with these games.

webmeister
Jan 31, 2007

The answer is, mate, because I want to do you slowly. There has to be a bit of sport in this for all of us. In the psychological battle stakes, we are stripped down and ready to go. I want to see those ashen-faced performances; I want more of them. I want to be encouraged. I want to see you squirm.

John F Bennett posted:

Finally got around to playing Two Point Campus. What a fun game! It's really the same as Two Point Hospital but the setting is much nicer.

Yeah I’ve been really enjoying it too. It’s basically just more of the same as Hospital, but that’s not a bad thing!!

Haptical Sales Slut
Mar 15, 2010

Age 18 to 49

Twerk from Home posted:

GTA V still does about a billion dollars a year in revenue, it was one of the biggest hits of 2020.

Every 6 months I decide to redownload gtav or rdr2, always forgetting that the load times are somehow still poo poo and it’s still locked at 30fps. :kingsley:

MarcusSA
Sep 23, 2007

Nuts and Gum posted:

Every 6 months I decide to redownload gtav or rdr2, always forgetting that the load times are somehow still poo poo and it’s still locked at 30fps. :kingsley:

Don’t worry the GTA V next gen upgrade fixes that!

Quantum of Phallus
Dec 27, 2010

Nuts and Gum posted:

Every 6 months I decide to redownload gtav or rdr2, always forgetting that the load times are somehow still poo poo and it’s still locked at 30fps. :kingsley:

it's tragic. best looking game of all time potentially, it's absolutely insane how good looking it is

LIVE AMMO COSPLAY
Feb 3, 2006

Just unlock the rdr2 framerate Rockstar. We all know the multiplayer is abandoned so wrap this up

MarcusSA
Sep 23, 2007

Don’t worry they will release the 60fps version for a $19.99 add on.

Beve Stuscemi
Jun 6, 2001




MarcusSA posted:

Don’t worry they will release the 60fps version for a $19.99/month subscription.

Original_Z
Jun 14, 2005
Z so good

An interesting thing in the full document is that Microsoft complains that Sony pays 3rd parties incentives to not put their titles on Game Pass. Hah, and Lifespan was saying that they don't spend money to take things away from competitors since it's usually a bad business decision!

Barudak
May 7, 2007

We've known they did that since the Village leak, but I guess this is unquestionable confirmation

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LIVE AMMO COSPLAY
Feb 3, 2006

Actually I'm a savvy goon and I don't believe corporations do things like that

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