Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is out in Japan on Switch. You can catch some gameplay on twitch or avoid it all together. I watched a tiny bit and saw all I needed. I'll pick it up tomorrow.
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I'm not saying it is coming to Steam, but releasing it on Steam would be good cover when people accuse them of monopoly behaviour for not releasing it on PS5.
Steam Deck verified as well!Missed this earlier it seems
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Time to play SF6 with arcade stick.
I just found my old CronusMax Plus adapter to make it work like a DS4 (since it was a PS3 arcade stick) and some other nice features, like custom combos.
I just found my old CronusMax Plus adapter to make it work like a DS4 (since it was a PS3 arcade stick) and some other nice features, like custom combos.
Sure, but behind the facade they are not dumb.
I think xbox is really wary of how vital Steam is becoming for their ecosystem. It's nice when you look at your bank account every month, not much so when you have to sit down and explain your long term plans for your platform/ecosystem.
So, less than 50/50 but still money left on the table has to be tempting.
That ship has sailed, those horses have bolted, or whatever other metaphor you want to use.
Microsoft’s about as likely to have a strong ecosystem on PC as Eskimos are to have a sunny beach.
Never put anything past capitalist dumbasses, mind, but even with the entire Microsoft, Bethesda and ABK first party catalogue, they don’t have the mindshare to sidestep Steam.
All of the above have tried it, at one point all at the same time, and all of them failed.
70% of something, is a millions times more than 100% of nothing. And as long as Steam is growing (which it is) your 70% also keeps going up too.
Meanwhile, behold the field on which the Microsoft Store grows its profit! Lay thine eyes upon it
Thou shalt see that it is barren
I don't disagree. I think they are fucked.
But never underestimate the executive decision making process. If not Phil, or Bond, someone will eventually come along and start the cycle again. Shit be cyclical. (that's if the other parts of the business haven't cracked first or the call came from above yet).
But never underestimate the executive decision making process. If not Phil, or Bond, someone will eventually come along and start the cycle again. Shit be cyclical. (that's if the other parts of the business haven't cracked first or the call came from above yet).
I mean sure, there's a possibility that a Ballmer and Mattrick-era combo of colossal stupidity takes over the company and Xbox again. I mean, if you let a gorilla in a suit become CEO, then one stint with a competent successor is not gonna fix the rot that allowed that to happen in the first place.
But on the flipside, I know it's a bit of a meme to say Xbox is doomed, but Xbox literally is fucked six ways from Sunday if they can't push the envelope on Game Pass subscriptions. Their entire future as an ecosystem gatekeeper in gaming rests on Game Pass becoming sustainable and successful. If they fail, Microsoft just becomes a supersized third party publisher on other people's platforms, and frankly they're half-way there anyway.
In the end, Xbox and gaming is so inconsequential to Microsoft's bottom line that, if any future dumbass leadership team don't even see potential to build their own walled garden, they may just carve it all up and sell it off in the future anyway.
So with all the preview codes for starfield going out leaks etc are happening for the game and I saw a thing for it and it just proved right what I had been saying like a year and a half ago about what they're probably going to do and I think it's hilarious
Honestly with how penny-pinching Microsoft is outside of doing the minimum "pro-consumer" gesturing possible, I have no faith in the management of said company. Like I am extremely cautiously skeptical of Starfield especially with the gameplay that we've seen.
Setting aside Game Pass and how their first party games haven't been great at all lately (Because honestly, that's more of a symptom of publicly traded companies in the past 10 years if you look at everything else):
- Their console UI has become increasingly more incoherent over the years. They got like several different ways of doing the same thing, and their settings menu makes things difficult to find any settings. App/Game pinning likewise I've seen others confused by.
- They don't allow replacing the internal drives of their consoles (Which are using standard formats), because they want you to only use their overpriced proprietary external drives (The same thing people gave the Vita flack for, which somehow isn't an issue here)
- Xbox controllers still lack gyro or the play and charge kit that's needed to even charge through the USB port, because Microsoft got paid out by Duracell to actively make their controllers worse and more overpriced (Not even mentioning price of rechargable AAs, and the ridiculously long time they take to charge).
- Xbox still lacks Bluetooth headset or USB audio support, meaning if you want a headset or use your Xbox on a monitor, you're either stuck to the 3.5mm jack, or something like the Sound Blaster X G6 or SteelSeries Arctis Pro Wireless where they have an optical out connection.
- Windows 11 has become such a massive unstable mess (not even taking UX into account) to work with, where enough to where most people are either sticking with Windows 10, downgrading back to 10, or just moving to Linux. Basic features like a vertical taskbar are still MIA.
- Their Xbox PC client is such a mess that people would rather just have their games on Steam. What they tried with Games for Windows Live isn't going to work this time either. Even their PC ports lack extensive controller support and only support XInput and limited rebinding 99% of the time, despite Microsoft talking up about accessibility.
- The process of downloading a digital game, let alone a physical copy with patches is a hell I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. I was helping a relative install Mortal Kombat XI on their Xbox with the physical copy that comes with the DLC, and I was waiting not only for an install, but another download of 64GB of data. Just for the download to fail and not work on multiple occasions. Same thing happened for HiFi Rush on Game Pass on my PC, I just gave up and bought the game on Steam because every time I verified the files, it got worse.
- They couldn't even get their more obscure original Xbox games on their back compat list, such as Brute Force. They're selective with their idea of game preservation at best. I know JSRF has song licensing issues, so I won't mention that one.
Like I can confidently say that even if Xbox put their stuff exclusively on their consoles again, I still wouldn't be interested in their output. I didn't have 90-99% of these issues on PlayStation or even the Switch.
What ever happened to Xbox's push for KB/M support on consoles, or VR?
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I’ve been through enough Bethesda releases to know that I should hold for Starfield
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Uncommon times here. I’m playing BG3 and… that’s it. I don’t have a huge drive to buy games, I’m eating with Larian’s CRPG well enough. And my bank account is very glad for it. I only splurged 75 for a key of Starfield premium, in the hope that it can occupy me like BG3, and that’s that.
September Starfield. October Cyberpunk. If I ever get the time, the Original Sin games.
It actually leads me to wonder about the impact of huge hits on other releases sales. It’s obvious not everyone is interested in a huge CRPG, but in what order of magnitude does BG3 is eating other games lunch ? Not even sure you can gauge that.
I’m good.
….but hot
September Starfield. October Cyberpunk. If I ever get the time, the Original Sin games.
It actually leads me to wonder about the impact of huge hits on other releases sales. It’s obvious not everyone is interested in a huge CRPG, but in what order of magnitude does BG3 is eating other games lunch ? Not even sure you can gauge that.
I’m good.
….but hot
Yeah im full in on BG3, still have Aliens to go back to as i was half way through that. Not looking for other games at the mo.
I did buy Shadow Gambit as i loved Tactics and Desperados so wanted to support Mimimi games. Dont think ill buy much else for a bit.
I did buy Shadow Gambit as i loved Tactics and Desperados so wanted to support Mimimi games. Dont think ill buy much else for a bit.
I will buy Starfield when its more mature
as in: has more mature mature content
as in: has more mature mature content
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Oh yeah baby, that's it, put that WD76 into the exhaust port of the plasmatic injector...
And now, to get grout for the home base on Todd Prime, let's get really mature there.
I can't wait for crotchless space suits!
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I said mature.
I can watch naked polygons everywhere. But naked polygons integrated into the story and mechanics? that needs time.
So the next day it releases you mean? Nude mode won't take longer than that.
Well, technically they will be integrated, since they'll be nude throughout the story
It’s one thing to blame AMD for doing this shit. It’s another that a developer/publisher is smooth-brained enough to take their money.
I have game pass till 2025 and yet I don't think I will start with. Starfield, I just can't with 30 fps anymore(even though I play BG3 at that)
They need to make that 69 billion back somehow
Deus Ex at home!
Looks great, besides the voice actor.
Anyone ordered Starfield special edition off of CDKeys? I see in my country it is the same price as the standard Steam copy. So $30 off.
Wondering if previous early access copies of games give the key at early access or do they only get key with the standard launch day?
Wondering if previous early access copies of games give the key at early access or do they only get key with the standard launch day?
Looks nice, but at the same time not as great on the store page. Vibes of Detroit Become Human but not as polished.
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All I can say is that YuPlay didn't give me a key, but they mention that I should have it on the 1st at the latest, so that includes early access.
Koei Tecmo doubled the price of Ryza 1 and 2 to match the Ryza 3 price.
They also adjusted some other older games like Samurai warriors 5 to match that price.. its a game from 2021.
Kindly go bankrupt yourself you piece of trash company.
They also adjusted some other older games like Samurai warriors 5 to match that price.. its a game from 2021.
Kindly go bankrupt yourself you piece of trash company.
wish it wasn't possible for them to increase prices after a certain date
Keeping the Humble Choice active paid off. I was able to grab Bomb Rush Cyberfunk for $33 with the Choice discount.
Easily worth it for Sable. I'm surprised they didn't put this one in a Choice.
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is pretty good, they nailed the Jet Set Radio feel.
In my experience they do tend to send codes for early access. They did for Remnant 2 and Back 4 Blood when I preordered those at least.
I'm back home after spending two weeks at the Belgian coast, enjoying the nature and silence.
But anyway, I'm so happy that the Steam Deck exists! It's awesome to continue the games I was playing at home. Especially the Yakuza games look and play great on the Deck.
Today I started the free trial of Forza Horizon 5. The graphics are great and I like the handling of the cars. But I'm not sure I want to spend dozens of hours in this game. There are so many options to fine-tune the difficulty that I don't feel the same satisfaction when winning compared to games where the devs offer a certain difficulty/challenge. Oh well, two more days to play before deciding if I buy it or not.
Actually the Belgian coast is an endless wall of apartments, filled with tons of people 
But anyway, I'm so happy that the Steam Deck exists! It's awesome to continue the games I was playing at home. Especially the Yakuza games look and play great on the Deck.
Today I started the free trial of Forza Horizon 5. The graphics are great and I like the handling of the cars. But I'm not sure I want to spend dozens of hours in this game. There are so many options to fine-tune the difficulty that I don't feel the same satisfaction when winning compared to games where the devs offer a certain difficulty/challenge. Oh well, two more days to play before deciding if I buy it or not.
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