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    Xbox Xcloud streaming of purchased games requires Gamepass Ultimate subscription

    Sony does the same but they never made any promises. They just dumped that feature randomly in an update months ago and never talked about it prior or since. Xbox was touting this useless stream-your-own for years like it was the next big thing in cloud gaming but it's actually a wet fart in...
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    Discussion Flop! Metaphor: ReFantazio debuts at number 37 on Xbox (Atlus 35th Digital Anniversary Edition at number 555).

    Atlus called it a new FLAGSHIP and 3RD PILLAR for them. Show me where Square put the whole marketing machine behind Octopath $5 budget?? https://gamingbolt.com/metaphor-refantazio-aims-to-be-a-third-pillar-for-atlus I rest my case
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    Discussion Flop! Metaphor: ReFantazio debuts at number 37 on Xbox (Atlus 35th Digital Anniversary Edition at number 555).

    Metaphor got the full marketing and hype cycle of a full AAA release, same caliber as a new Persona or Final Fantasy and that is a fact. Atlus themselves said Metaphor was a new pillar for them (before release so they knew the budget they were putting into it). This is no Soul Hackers 2. Only...
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    Discussion UK Charts: The impact of its marketing deal with Xbox largely contributed to Metaphor ReFantazio's flop in the UK

    Both? But it's more similar to Resident Evil, gloomy town, pitch black environments, memorable story and characters (iconic really).
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    Discussion UK Charts: The impact of its marketing deal with Xbox largely contributed to Metaphor ReFantazio's flop in the UK

    CHRIS DRING SAID WHAT????
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    Discussion Flop! Metaphor: ReFantazio debuts at number 37 on Xbox (Atlus 35th Digital Anniversary Edition at number 555).

    Atlus and Square are at the top of the JRPG world. We are not in early 00s, Atlus is not niche anymore. Get with the times. Calling it small and niche when Xbox was promoting it as a big tentpole release for them is disingenuous (Geoff, showcase, multiple promo spots). You just want to...
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    Discussion Flop! Metaphor: ReFantazio debuts at number 37 on Xbox (Atlus 35th Digital Anniversary Edition at number 555).

    Why do you keep bringing up Octopath? Metaphor was 7 years in the making by the same team that made Persona 5, it's the main team at Atlus. It's not some small side project like Octopath. It wasn't even on PlayStation? It's not niche, it's the most high-profile AAA JRPG of the year after...
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    Discussion Flop! Metaphor: ReFantazio debuts at number 37 on Xbox (Atlus 35th Digital Anniversary Edition at number 555).

    Number 10 on PSN for a new AAA release is kinda low. If it went top 3 and then fell down to 10 after the first weekend, maybe, but it was always low since last week. The WOM helped it reach top 10 at least 👍
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    Discussion Flop! Metaphor: ReFantazio debuts at number 37 on Xbox (Atlus 35th Digital Anniversary Edition at number 555).

    Update: flopping in the UK too, debuts at number 7 - Can you imagine the reaction if FF16 or FF7R had debuted at number 7? 😬 https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/10/uk-charts-zelda-falls-from-the-top-five-as-new-releases-shake-things-up Silent Hill at number 2 ❤️
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    Discussion Flop! Metaphor: ReFantazio debuts at number 37 on Xbox (Atlus 35th Digital Anniversary Edition at number 555).

    The Yakuza games were a cultural phenomenon in Japan when they were PS-exclusive (after Xbox and Nintendo both rejected it). The sales were relatively low compared to COD because Sega never bothered to actually release them in Western markets. We literally couldn't buy them. Blame Sega.
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    Discussion Flop! Metaphor: ReFantazio debuts at number 37 on Xbox (Atlus 35th Digital Anniversary Edition at number 555).

    No it didn't, Persona and Yakuza were huge on PlayStation since the start. It didn't take 20 years. Same for TLOU, GOT, GOW and many new IPs, huge right at the beginning. At this rate, they would never greenlight any games if it took years of courtship before buying a fucking game. Number 37 on...
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    Discussion Silent Hill 2 |OT| For me, it's always like this..

    It's not 5 hours, it's actually longer than the original. Almost double. I played 8 hours and I'm not halfway through.
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    Discussion Flop! Metaphor: ReFantazio debuts at number 37 on Xbox (Atlus 35th Digital Anniversary Edition at number 555).

    All the Personas were there, even on gamepass and it still debuted at number 37. Where's the growth? This is the same BS y'all keep parroting but there's never any growth. It grew in China where Xbox is non-existent lol 😂
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    Discussion Flop! Metaphor: ReFantazio debuts at number 37 on Xbox (Atlus 35th Digital Anniversary Edition at number 555).

    Famitsu, Germany, France, UK, you name it, they were tracking down and discussing every chart for FF but the sales of Metaphor on a whole platform is not worth discussing? The were still tracking every weekly sales in random countries months later. Keep the same energy. And it's not a...
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    Discussion Flop! Metaphor: ReFantazio debuts at number 37 on Xbox (Atlus 35th Digital Anniversary Edition at number 555).

    Exactly! Every news about the laughable 1 million shipments is filled with people disparaging Square and FF like they should be jealous of Atlus. High CCU on Steam but low everywhere else is supposed to be this huge achievement? Metaphor is already losing steam (hehe) at number 6 on global...
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    Discussion Silent Hill 2 |OT| For me, it's always like this..

    Silent Hill is the OG, Alan Wake wouldn't exist without it (and David Lynch). SH2 is a lot darker and oppressive. I'm at the Brookhaven Hospital and damn, I had to stop for the night. I didn't play the AW2 DLC yet but I'll get to it if I'm still in the mood after SH2. I didn't want to pit these...
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    Discussion I've officially been assimilated into the PlayStation Borg Collective

    Astros Playroom is free and then buy the full game Astro Bot and FF7 Rebirth. This is priority if you want to be up to date for GOTY season. FF16, Silent Hill 2, Rise of the Ronin and Stellar Blade is a bonus.
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    News Destiny: Rising (Mobile) announced

    We heard about this years ago before Sony purchased Bungie and then silence. What took so long? Netease even invested in Bungie at the time and it looked like they were going to acquire Bungie. I hope it's a success I'll try it for sure.
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    Discussion Playstation has outplayed everyone in 2024 with hits like Astro Bot, exclusives like FF Rebirth and PS5 Pro along with the Anniversary!

    It needs to be said! It's crazy how the narrative online is there's nothing to play on PS5. I blame the PC ports that took away the focus and attention on the console. It's giving Xbox energy when they started porting their games and nobody cared about the box anymore. Btw, it's the first time...
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    News Metaphor: ReFantazio shipments and digital sales top one million

    I made a thread to discuss this topic and also for the twitter bot 😒 https://icon-era.com/threads/flop-metaphor-refantazio-debuts-at-number-37-on-xbox-atlus-35th-digital-anniversary-edition-at-number-555.14430/
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