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Digital Foundry reflects on low view count for Xbox centric videos in 2025, questions the future of them.
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Once Magnus is announced they’ll go on a frenzy again with the same old tired arguments of how this time is different
TBH that specific award show made a master move, that propelled their visibility to unprecedented levels... I still don't know about any other awards they gave tho.
I've already seen some really weird contraptions about xbox being "high end" (expensive) and how that would somehow force Sony into adapting their strategy next gen.
This is getting old.
As gamers, we should push for more fun, affordable and regular releases on Sony's behalf. They need to return to 10 - 15 hours games, like in the PS3 era... and release them on a more regular basis.
Look at ND's output for the PS3 generation, overall they had similar total play time:
Uncharted 1, 2, 3 (10 - 12 hour each)
TLoU (~15 hours)
= ~50 hours
PS4:
Uncharted 4 (a bit more than 15 hours)
TLoU 2 (35 hours)
= ~50 hours
TLoU 2 should have been two games, the Ellie and the Abby game, assuming people would have wanted to buy an Abby game.
Uncharted 4 wasn't completely ruined, but as we have seen the Henning scenario apparently made much more sense, and would have allowed for the same set pieces.
Not only would they have made more money, they wouldn't have to deal with people complaining about pricing, and we would have much less time to move on between releases. Seven years between releases is too long for a major studio, I get that they hired a bunch of DEI activists, but this is no reason to take this long to make a game, especially given the fact that everything is so predictable in how their characters will behave now.
Interesting
Every now and then I see videos like this on my feed
How long will the charade last?
Every now and then I see videos like this on my feed
How long will the charade last?
The warriors have laid down their swords it’s over.
Once Magnus is announced they’ll go on a frenzy again with the same old tired arguments of how this time is different
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Phil Spencer's true legacy.
I see a future where content creators like Digital Foundry won't need to ignore Xbox hardware because following the current trend there won't be Xbox hardware.
The subsidies received from Redmond didn’t harm them. I imagine when Microsoft pull the plug on this, there is one less platform to focus on. Maybe the vacuum will be filled with more retro stuff.
From Algeria to the world.
TBH that specific award show made a master move, that propelled their visibility to unprecedented levels... I still don't know about any other awards they gave tho.
There you go.Once Magnus is announced they’ll go on a frenzy again with the same old tired arguments of how this time is different
I've already seen some really weird contraptions about xbox being "high end" (expensive) and how that would somehow force Sony into adapting their strategy next gen.
This is getting old.
As gamers, we should push for more fun, affordable and regular releases on Sony's behalf. They need to return to 10 - 15 hours games, like in the PS3 era... and release them on a more regular basis.
Look at ND's output for the PS3 generation, overall they had similar total play time:
Uncharted 1, 2, 3 (10 - 12 hour each)
TLoU (~15 hours)
= ~50 hours
PS4:
Uncharted 4 (a bit more than 15 hours)
TLoU 2 (35 hours)
= ~50 hours
TLoU 2 should have been two games, the Ellie and the Abby game, assuming people would have wanted to buy an Abby game.
Uncharted 4 wasn't completely ruined, but as we have seen the Henning scenario apparently made much more sense, and would have allowed for the same set pieces.
Not only would they have made more money, they wouldn't have to deal with people complaining about pricing, and we would have much less time to move on between releases. Seven years between releases is too long for a major studio, I get that they hired a bunch of DEI activists, but this is no reason to take this long to make a game, especially given the fact that everything is so predictable in how their characters will behave now.