Definitely. As am older gamer I feel like I've fought WWII in games for longer than the actual war went on - no disrespect to those who fought!
Hmm perhaps. I think following a WW1 game immediately by another in the same sort of era was poor planning imo. After BF1 I was exhausted by it
Yup, all three consoles would sell out regardless, but part of getting consoles into homes before Christmas is that this has traditionally been good place for natural social marketing of technology to occur, people spend more time with friends and family and Christmas and new fun products like consoles may get quite a lot of attention by visitors.
Seeing/playing games that you can't play on your console may drive your desire to buy that product where previously you hadn't really thought about it, or had but dismissed it. You can say what you like about Killzone Shadow Fall and Knack gameplay-wise, but they looked the dog's bollocks on PS4 at Christmas 2013. Even if you couldn't buy a console right then and there, it was now on your radar. Had you only been able to see Uncharted 2 at higher res or Fallout 3 not crash so much, maybe you wouldn't be as impressed. Actually, I take that back that second one.
Of course in many countries this year, COVID will limit the social viral spread of a whole bunch of products.
Destruction all stars, Godfall and Ratchet and Clank also?its not just the games it’s the USP like 3D sound and DS5 features that are also exclusive....
Demon Souls and Godfall. I don't know what the the full list of PS5 launch window games are, only what I personally am interesting in.
What Xbox games play differently?
What are those? I'm hugely looking forward to Cyberpunk but have really modest expectations about how much the game will be improved over PS4 and XBO. Comparing games to what was possible last gen, when current generation is about to be superseded, it a very low bar.
All previous gen games will play better on xbox series x through BC , a lot with dynamic resolutions will play at the highest resolutions and framerates possible , games from previous gens will also get HDR features and some games will get enhancement patches like gears 5 which add raytracing and features that were previously only available on the pc
Yea everyone knew this , it was just a way to minimize the purchase. There are a lot of big games that will at some point in the future become exclusive to xbox consoles or pc.
I think MS is going to do another round of preorders and after preorders more consoles will come out between launch and the end of the year. I dont' think they will have any problems selling the few million that come out . People are paying hundreds more for preorders onlnie
). They will do better this time, but it's hard for them here...
Here I'm. Italian I'm gonna buy a XSX... [emoji16]360 sold +25 Million units in Europe with around 8 of those coming from the UK. That is not "almost no presence", in fact that was a very significant presence. Microsoft had a very nice marketshare over here during that era of consoles and a solid foundation coming into the current gen, but they squandered it back (ironically) to almost the original Xbox level (hence the name One?
Godfall is a timed console but what different does that make? I was talking about the Christmas effect if showing off new tech and games and driving up interest in buying new hardware. Godfall appearing on Xbox sometime in the future change nothing. It's not my type of game so I'm not paying much attention to it. Ratchet & Clank is "launch window" game which could be anything. It may be out in time for Christmas but it feels like Christmas is going to be pretty crowded game-wise. I think it makes more sense for Sony to launch this in February or March.
I thought by "play differently" you were referring to genuine gameplay differences or new modes. So the games will play the same and it's resolution/framerates and load times that are improved - similar to difference between Xbox One/S and One X now.
The patch you're talking about that enables nextgen hardware features like RT, is not coming for a looooooong time. In the investor call earlier this year CDPR hinted at this in 2022. Nextgen consoles are getting a day one patch which should hopefully unlock higher resolutions and frame rates. Witcher 3 on consoles had a banded dynamic resolution, but that's about it. I'm not expecting much more, I'll be happy if the loading times aren't Witcher 3 bad.
Sony outsold them more than 4:1 in the EU. I am excluding UK, it's actually a viable market and was this generation too. That's not Japan level bad, sure, but it's not a significant market share. And it required Sony to massively mess up the PS3 for them to get to even that.360 sold +25 Million units in Europe with around 8 of those coming from the UK. That is not "almost no presence", in fact that was a very significant presence. Microsoft had a very nice marketshare over here during that era of consoles and a solid foundation coming into the current gen, but they squandered it back (ironically) to almost the original Xbox level (hence the name One?
It was actually Sony that didnt have any presence at all due to a delayed launched in both territories. The delay was even bigger in Europe. Sony handed them marketshare for a significant period360 sold +25 Million units in Europe with around 8 of those coming from the UK. That is not "almost no presence", in fact that was a very significant presence. Microsoft had a very nice marketshare over here during that era of consoles and a solid foundation coming into the current gen, but they squandered it back (ironically) to almost the original Xbox level (hence the name One?
Indeed, 16 month head start and an expensive console with very few exclusives and all 3rd part games significantly better on X360....but it still outsold it.
