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Microsoft’s Xbox Series S Parity Demands Are Now Handing Sony Free Wins (www.forbes.com)

submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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Larian has delayed the release of Baldur’s Gate 3, currently on pace to possibly be 2023’s Game of the Year, until they can figure out how to make split-screen work on Series S.

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[–] belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Its going great now. The monopoly they want is to increase charges on you and you have to pay forever to keep access. This is specifically the point of gamepass.

It may workout for you in the short rub, but you are still losing choice and value (you only rent access) in the process.

[–] red@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As many people already boycott sony consoles due to them paying extra to game studios to never release certain games on xbox, there's literally no alternative currently.

And Game Pass is great, if they pump the price too much, it will just seize to be relevant and life goes on. AAA games are pretty dirt cheap considering prices have increased way slower than inflation and average game complexity.

[–] BadlyDrawnRhino@aussie.zone 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But Microsoft is doing exactly the same thing, only instead of paying for exclusivity of one title, they're buying developers so not just their next title, but all future releases will be exclusive, up until MS decides they're not worth it and dumps them.

Sony absolutely participates in anti-consumer practices, but let's not pretend that MS is any better.

[–] red@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Day one releases on PC and Xbox, and coming later on PS5 is quite a bit different to day one on PS5, year later on PC and never on Xbox.

There's bad, and then there's "you'll never play this unless you buy our console"

[–] phillaholic@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

What games have Sony bought exclusively too? I’ve seen them pay for development of several. Microsoft has taken away sequels from PlayStation in the past. That’s worse imo.

[–] acastcandream@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I feel like I made it pretty clear that I understand it’s going great right now specifically.