The Monday letters web page has been attempting to select up an affordable Xbox Series X earlier than the worth rise, as one reader fears Star Wars video games are going to develop into uncommon sooner or later.
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But why thou?
Not shocking that GTA 6 has been delayed, given all of the warning indicators. It’s apparent why Take-Two didn’t say something both, given what’s occurred to their inventory worth, now that the delay is confirmed.
It’s going to be fascinating to see all of the publishers attempting to hurry their video games out earlier than May subsequent yr now, which is inevitably going to result in plenty of unfinished video games and bugs which can be mounted later with patches. So there’s that to stay up for.
One query I don’t assume I’ve seen many individuals even bothering to ask although – given we’ll by no means get a correct official reply – is why? Is it simply non-specific sprucing or was there one thing not working in it? Maybe a gameplay mechanic wanted tightening up? Or possibly GTA Online 2 wasn’t as much as snuff?
If we do get an official remark, I’m positive it’ll simply be sprucing that was wanted however I really feel over a yr’s delay had one thing a bit extra happening than somebody neglect to schedule within the QA on the finish of the undertaking.
Kanker
Exception to the rule
Nice couple of Star Wars features at the weekend. I haven’t performed TIE Fighter, so I can’t say whether or not it deserves the reward or not, however the feedback on those I’ve performed appear about proper. But I do fear that these kind of large licensed video games, that do effectively however don’t blow the doorways off, are gong to develop into uncommon sooner or later.
It should break the bank to make one thing like Star Wars Outlaws and to have it flop, like Avengers and Midnight Suns earlier than it, and that destroys the parable of the licence printing cash. Obviously Spider-Man does however that’s very a lot an outlier.
By the logic of stay service video games that signifies that firms will simply hold attempting repeatedly till they repeat its success (or go bust) however by some means I don’t assume that’s going to occur this time. That’s a disgrace. I’d a lot somewhat have a gradual stream of recent Star Wars and Marvel video games than extra stay service tripe.
Netts
Waiting sport
I didn’t realise that the Xbox Series X is more expensive than the PS5 Pro in the US now, that’s loopy. Why reduce the legs off the console in your finest (and nearly solely) area? It’s very apparent that Microsoft simply don’t care about {hardware} gross sales anymore and have given up attempting to push their consoles or subsidise them in any means.
But do they actually make sufficient cash from their different video games to justify protecting Xbox going? Obviously Call Of Duty sells like hotcakes however nothing else they’ve comes out typically sufficient to make a dent, even whether it is well-liked. And Game Pass and cloud gaming aren’t wherever close to sufficiently big to make up for the distinction.
Cloud gaming shall be some day, and I assume that’s Microsoft’s long run plan? They’re wealthy sufficient they will simply tread water ready for know-how to catch up and for Sony to develop into irrelevant.
Austin
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The ordinary delay
I predicted it. I at all times had that inkling that the inevitable would happen: Grand Theft Auto 6 is delayed to the calendar yr of 2026. May to be extra exact. Was this not a certainty? Did those that actually refuse to acknowledge the sample of Rockstar releases actually overlook this coming?
Sorrowful all of us are, however it was an anticipated option to be made. It is not a heartbreak, however a expectation when Rockstar chooses to develop a brand new title. A yr lengthy delay is painfully harrowing, however we have now a launch date in the end. The impatient will predictably whine, complain, and curse.
The content material creators will even curse for clicks and views. I’ll nonetheless bide my time and hopefully I’ll be capable of pre-order quickly. We additionally deserve screenshots, a second trailer, and extra particulars to be unveiled. At least a portion of injury management.
Shahzaib Sadiq
Unofficial mascot
I’d be stunned if anybody was that bothered about losing Sackboy as a mascot. Don’t get me unsuitable, many of the video games he was in have been fairly good, however I don’t assume he as a personality had something particular going for him. He didn’t speak and didn’t have any clear persona that I might work out, apart from he’s… joyful on a regular basis?
Astro Bot is sort of the identical in that regard and neither of them have a really distinctive or fascinating design. Sony ought to’ve purchased Lara Croft and made her the PlayStation mascot. The sequence was in bother way back to the PlayStation 2 so I’m unsure if the thought ever got here up. It’s in all probability too late now, however that’s who I affiliate with the PlayStation essentially the most.
Lennox
Save to spend
I second Adam W’s stance on Game Pass and likewise the Microsoft rewards system. My Game Pass Ultimate is coming to an finish this week, however the final time I purchased a yr of Xbox Live off CDKeys it was 35 quid and a two week trial of Ultimate value a quid, so £36 for eight months of Game Pass Ultimate. In the previous couple of months alone I’ve performed Far Cry: New Dawn, Watch Dogs: Legion, Mullet MadJack (extremely really useful that one, it’s insane), Indiana Jones And The Great Circle, and proper now Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, in addition to issues like Oblivion and Balatro obtainable to attempt.
Not unhealthy for a 36 quid preliminary outlay. Now I like a triple-An enormous price range sport too, however like many others I baulk on the ever rising prices of recent video games. £50 was in all probability my leaping off level; having stated that I’ve purchased day one issues reminiscent of Hogwarts Legacy, Resident Evil 4 remake, Mortal Kombat 1, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Star Wars Outlaws, and most lately Assassin’s Creed Shadows, however that is the place the rewards scheme comes into play.
I’d like to personal all my video games as bodily copies, however nowadays that’s simply not very viable. I’ve at all times bought and traded when wanted and at 70-80 quid a go that’s very wanted these days, however these occasions are over. EBay and Facebook Marketplace are terrible for attempting to promote your used video games. So, with the rewards I’ve spent, in actual cash, £10-35 every.
Depending on what number of rewards I had saved on the time, I spent all of the rewards on Assassin’s Creed Shadows and paid only a tenner in actual money. That was 5 weeks in the past or so and I have already got saved up about 23,000 factors, that’s about 20 quid in 5 weeks. So for me, when video games are costing 80 quid a pop, Game Pass and Microsoft Rewards are a god ship, in any other case I’ll have been pressured out of my 35 yr pastime by now.
large boy bent
Dead franchise
Pity in regards to the EA job cuts. I haven’t actually been a fan of most of EA franchises however I hope this doesn’t affect Motive Studios, who did an excellent job on Dead Space.
I don’t know if it bought effectively sufficient or not however Motive making a Dead Space 2 remake would have been fabulous.
iceltichghost
GC: Motive helps out with the brand new Battlefield and dealing on an Iron Man sport. The (*6*) for EA although and there aren’t going to be any extra.
One and solely
I can’t think about there was a single soul on earth, apart from me, selecting up an Xbox Series X disc model on the weekend. Smyths have been ok to not slap on the additional £20 worth hike but, in contrast to Argos.
I picked up an Xbox Series X in the beginning of the gen in the course of the pandemic. I wished a PlayStation 5 however the alternative got here as much as get an Xbox Series X and I believed that will do till I bought a PlayStation 5 and duly bought it after I did lastly get Sony’s machine.
I’ve at all times regretted it, particularly now as Game Pass is reaping the advantages of Microsoft’s grotesque spending spree. But the primary motive is it was a lot simpler for on-line video games with my household, who all have Xbox.
I made a decision the following time the Xbox Series X went on sale I’d choose one up once more. But it by no means did, all of the whereas the PlayStation 5 had a number of gross sales and a discount Astro Bot bundle.
Game Pass can nonetheless be had for a lot beneath the month-to-month worth of £14.99 although. I purchased 12 months of Game Pass Core from CDKeys for £40 and upgraded to Ultimate and the conversion fee gave me seven months of Game Pass at £7.85 a month.
Not the ridiculous offers in the beginning of the gen the place I purchased two years of gold for £85, I feel, then transformed the entire two years to Ultimate for £1. But nonetheless good.
Also, that prized delisted digital copy of the wonderful PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 model of Daytona USA I stated goodbye to goes to obtain an inappropriate quantity of consideration. What a sport.
Simundo
Inbox also-rans
I’ve been enjoying numerous Unicorn Overlord this weekend (such an excellent sport) but additionally placed on Portal 2 for the primary time in years. I didn’t get pleasure from it on the time of launch, as I discovered Wheatley annoying, however I’m actually having fun with it this time – it’s truly fairly humorous and the puzzles are nice. Suddenly I would like Portal 3!
Simon
I’m enquiring in regards to the bodily launch of Forza Horizon 5 and Indiana Jones And The Great Circle on the PlayStation 5 bodily disc launch, nonetheless nothing seems to be forthcoming. And I’m positive you stated that their can be bodily releases.
Alan Stephens
GC: Forza shouldn’t be getting a bodily version and Indiana Jones already has one, that’s at all times been the plan.
I’m nonetheless upset that after so a few years ready and hoping for it that Shenmue 3 was so boring and did nothing to additional the story in any significant means. It’s like if GTA 6 lastly releases and is a match-three puzzle sport. Sorry I simply wished to have slightly vent and knew this can be a protected place.
Mark Matthews
GC: That’s okay. It was a baffling alternative, that utterly squandered in all probability the one likelihood the franchise will ever have for a comeback.
If EA do go below, it appears like we’ll now by no means get the Need For Speed Underground (1 and/or 2) remakes players have been asking for, for 20 years.
LeighDappa
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