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[the-pi-guy]

Major Nelson and Phil Spencer always came across as fake to me. They say what Xbox gamers want to hear and are successful at it. I just don't buy their "we are gamers like you" bs and everything they do is for the gamers first while every move they make is to maximise their profits and destroy competition.

Phil Spencer does play games at least.

But he doesn't seem as passionate about games in the way that Shuhei Yoshida was. Like there are pictures of Shuhei checking out Nintendo demos and he has a Nintendo Switch.

I feel like there's a scale between Jim Ryan who doesn't play games and Shuhei who plays a lot.

Phil seems to be in the middle.

[the-pi-guy]

MachineGames is opening a new satellite studio in Sundsvall, Sweden. The new studio is expected to be fully staffed by 2025.https://t.co/PATd7wA7xE pic.twitter.com/JLmjT1m3Pv

— Klobrille (@klobrille) November 3, 2023

[Legend]

They've supported other studios but when was the last time they made a big hit? Didn't expect them to get expanded.

Good sign for their indiana jones game though.

[the-pi-guy]

https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/18ziy3x/internal_mock_reviews_for_hellblade_2_are_in_the/

Hellblade 2 internal mock reviews in the low 90's.

(Caveat: redfall's internal reviews were double digits off).

[Legend]

Would be a surprise if it gets only ok reviews. People loved the first

[the-pi-guy]

New Hi-Fi Rush T shirt textures I guess, seems to suggest PlayStation and Switch.

[kitler53]

Sorry,.. i missed it.  How does a tshirt imply a ps/switch port?

[the-pi-guy]

Sorry,.. i missed it.  How does a tshirt imply a ps/switch port?

They are game assets for different platforms:

Rock out anywhere = Switch
I'm here baby = PS5
Shadow dropped = Xbox
This is simply unreal epic = epic games store
Be positive = Steam

[kitler53]

Still not getting it. 

[the-pi-guy]

Still not getting it.

What do you not get?

[the-pi-guy]

It's happening. https://t.co/aIHIydyESg

— Jez (@JezCorden) February 3, 2024

[kitler53]

will be interesting to see how they sell this.  the only games I feel like can get a pass are live service games.  

..so sea of thieves is "fine".   

but hi fi rush?!? no idea how they sell the further dilution of Xbox value.  day-1 PC is half the reason Xbox is struggling imo.  

[kitler53]

I'm reading the era thread and the narrative has moved to MS will be full multiplat with all of their games. 

while I would love that and love knowing I don't need to fear MS acquisitions Soo much I think the narrative is just out of control.

honestly that's the problem with having any multplats.   MS needs to say something soon or twitter will have decided for them.

[kitler53]

whelp.  got to the end of the thread now....

TOMORROW pic.twitter.com/8YFws682iX

— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) February 4, 2024

edit: false alarm?   apparently it's a troll?

[Legend]

Why would Jason troll?

edt: while I was on twitter, T.I.T.S. was trending. I thought clicking on it would show people talking about the Texas institute of technology and science, but instead it just showed random tweets with t's and i and s bolded. Good job twitter algorithm.