That is great news! And yes, literally the last game that would have ever made me consider an XBox.
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The Sony PlayStation 5 (PS5)
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It’s the main reason why I categorically couldn’t consider selling my Xbox. With GTA coming out next year, I might sell my Xbox Series X and replace it with a PS5 Pro. However play anywhere is important for me. Some games, I would rather not have to buy them twice e.g pc and play station.
Microsoft is going down the path Sega took years ago. Just let go of the hardware and focus only on the games. I remember seeing Sonic for the first time on the PlayStation, was a surreal moment. Now all these Xbox titles are coming over and it sure feels like history repeating. And while I've only had the original big fat Xbox, I've had every PlayStation (except for the PS3, was an era where I didn't game anymore) and currently rock a PS5 Pro and I hate to see the Xbox go. One simple reason: competition. Nintendo is in a different segment of the market and can co-exist easily next to Sony, but if the Xbox is abandoned, Sony won't have anyone anymore to compete. They'll be able to start squeezing even harder and try to get that last penny out of our pockets and we'd have nothing against them but stop playing games we'd all love to play... The customer always loses when there's no competition.
And rumors are Sony are working on a Switch 2 competitor... Sure hope Nintendo will be able to keep on going with their exclusives, because a powerful portable PlayStation... The "shut up and take my money" meme comes to mind.
And rumors are Sony are working on a Switch 2 competitor... Sure hope Nintendo will be able to keep on going with their exclusives, because a powerful portable PlayStation... The "shut up and take my money" meme comes to mind.
I am so excited for this.
You can feel the similarities to Witcher 3 (a good thing IMO).
You can feel the similarities to Witcher 3 (a good thing IMO).
There are rumours and icons appearing in the shop showing titles that suggest you can buy it on the PS5 and get the PC version free or vice versa.
Sorry but Sony have a LOT and I do mean a LOT to prove it's support for a mobile device. The Portal is exempt as it is purely a streaming device and requires little support, but remember the Vita, well they could not have screwed that up any more then they did and basically throwing it in the business trash after a year.
Nintendo has nothing at all to worry about, 10 million Switch 2's sold in 5 months, that is a new record in console history. Plus it has its endless list of IP to put on the system and third party support will grow.
Sony are the ones that have to worry if they release a stand alone handheld, and I am not sure relying on PS5 titles is enough. Personally I think they should concentrate on the home console now Valve are a bonafide threat to the market too.
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I don't believe that. Rockstar is spending a fortune on developing the game. PC gamers expect having to double dip. Furthermore maintaining a game on multiple platforms is not cheap. Infact, Online and single player are two different games in their own rights and will need to be resourced accordingly.
I beleive it when i see it.
There is plenty of articles and videos about it doing the rounds, it would make sense for them to have their own PC store and do something similar to MS with play anywhere.
I had Xbox first then bought a gaming pc. I love that I could play titles thst flight simulator and Minecraft eithiut re buying.
Although I love play anywhere, I understand why Sony doesn’t offer something similar. It can be economically unviable.
I run a software business and the cost of developing and maintaining software can be very expensive and scales exponentially with the amount complexity of the product.
This is why some businesses only launch on a single platform. For example my product is web based. If I launched an Android and iOS app, I would need seperate teams for web, iOS and Android. Then each would require sub teams for developing new features, testing and maintenance. It doesn’t matter how similar it is to develop for the platform. 3 bugs on one platform could take tens of engineers to resolve over months.
Xbox have offered play anywhere because Microsoft has deep pockets and can afford loss or smaller margins. Other publishers of big titles cannot.
I would rather pay twice for s game than see compromises elsewhere like in-app purchases for 30% of the game, lower quality gaming etc