"Smart delivery" is just a marketing term. Everything is up to the discretion of the publisher. Not all games are doing "smart delivery".
Im sure all games will work, just seems weird 1% wouldnt if they're all using the same form of legacy mode
Hard to see the Xbox fanbase ditching xCloud for those two services even if its the worst of the bunch
1% is just to cover their base in case one game doesn't work, it's not a real number.
It's a good point. With all these big corporations trying to get a foothold or increase their share of the now huge gaming market, you'd think them looking to buy up studios to gain access to exclusive content wouldn't be out of the question. At least with MS it doesn't mean, at this point, that titles will be tied to a just one platform or service, but we're potentially not so fortunate if Amazon and Google start opening their wallets in order to get exclusive content for their platforms. I guess it comes down to cost-benefit though. Bethesda was a huge outlay for MS, but with their existing service infrastructure, hardware install base and brand awareness, they'd be confident they could get return on the investment. Any major third-party studio is going to require significant expenditure and I'd think it'd be harder for those with more speculative entries in the market to justify it.
Sony has 30 billion cash on hand, they can afford to buy all the publishers you just listed there. I'll go out on a limb and say they will acquire one of Capcom or Square Enix in the next couple of years.
I think they will but it's possible they wont, all depends how aggressive Microsoft want to be. Bethesda was all about boosting their hand for the future so I don't think profit and loss will matter much in their decision it will be more if it will lose brand power.
Sounds like the movie, Ready Player One.
What would it matter in terms of gaming. If a game is fun to play why would you stop gaming. I never look at the developers or where it comes from. If it is good I want to play it.
That's what they're about to do, gamepass is specifically about buying consumers into their ecosystem, not necessarily a bad thing but it does make me anxious if they go full Disney. Gaming as a whole is at real crossroads somethign we haven't seen since the mid 80's.
They're not interested in console gaming in the slightest, too busy doing business with the Yakuza. There ip's would be worth quite a bit Metal Gear, Contra, Castlevania, Silent Hills and Yugioh.
Konami has a tonne of great IP but a lot of it is now retro - which only has appeal in certain demographics. Igarashi is eating into the value of the Castlevania IP by basically recreating it with the Bloodstained series. There are also a host of different developers that are aping the 'Silent Hill' vibe and style.
That was a surprise to see, outside of PES I couldn't really name a game they've produced on a console.
So long as Hideo Kojima is involved..
I may be wrong, but don’t Konami own the rights to MGS? Hence that shitty metal gear survival game that had nothing to do with Hideo
