Artificial Intelligence
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Baldur's Gate 3 'Isn't Going to be on Game Pass', Insists Larian Boss
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Artificial Intelligence
Not Allen Iverson
Imagine selling crack at a fraction of the price then
They got something that’s more valuable then what game pass would offer them..
Which is why this was a dumb question to ask him. Game Pass is a Microsoft walled garden for Microsoft's benefit. Since Larian is not a Microsoft studio and they put out a GOTY level game that hasn't even had a discount on any console why would that game be coming to Game Pass anyway?Imagine selling crack at a fraction of the price then
They got something that’s more valuable then what game pass would offer them..
Not really understanding why a journalist would ask a dumb question like that.
Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
If this is the expectation we all have for gamepass it’s not even worth arguing about why it’s failing to garner more attention. Everything else is just arguing for the sake of arguing
Ill just say this, the Xbox from generations gone and the Xbox from current generation is vastly different, but you can't tell from the surface level. Xbox is now moving with the backing of MS and creating its own lane instead of trying to prove it's worth.
You also have to remember that 3rd party support is what has put every 1st party player on the top.
Nintendo rose to dominance with the NES and SNES
Sega was it's most popular with the Genesis, and for as popular as the Dreamcast was Sega trying to brute force a bunch of 1st party games and arcade games consistently to the console to make up for a lack of 3rd party support among other things was never a winning strategy same goes for MS and the Xbox/xbox360
PlayStation with the PS1 and 2.
Xbox with the Xbox 360.
Everyones favorite consoles are the ones that had a mix of banger 1st party and 3rd party.
The wii and wii u had some of the best Nintendo 1st party games people never played until ported to the switch.
Point being is Xbox is in prime position to continue to gain traction now that MS is fully on board, they are basically attempting to be there own 3rd party publisher within gamepass. I think they are probably the only one of the big 3 that didn't really have the full backing of the company out the gate or much sooner.
Xbox gets 3rd party support. Their problem is getting their internal studios to a level where there is a consistent stream of quality titles coming from them at a steady clip. I'm not saying they can't do that. They can but I just have my doubts.
Microsoft is more the hands off money guy with Xbox than the visionary. They aren't stepping in and creating / nurturing studios from a low level up They're just buying existing companies. When you buy companies like that the founders and visionaries almost always end up leaving because they don't want to be under a giant corporation.
Look at Rare. Microsoft bought them, the founders left and Rare today is a ghost of it's former self when they were one of the hottest studios in the business.
Look at Naughty Dog. Sony bought them, the founders left and Naughty Dog today is one of the hottest game devs in the industry. Their success level has drastically increased since before purchase.
Most of the best studios at Sony and Nintendo started out as smaller studios they purchased and turned into juggernauts over time themselves or in Nintendo's case many are completely internally developed.
Currently ND floundering trying to create something Rare was able to do.
How you type this shyt out with a straight face
Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
Currently ND floundering trying to create something Rare was able to do.
How you type this shyt out with a straight face
You really wanna sit up here and act like Rare and Naughty Dog exist in the same stratosphere with each other? Rare has been wondering the wilderness since they split from Nintendo.Currently ND floundering trying to create something Rare was able to do.
How you type this shyt out with a straight face
When was the last time Rare made a game nominated for any GOTY award at a popular outlet?
@Gizmo_Duck difference is, i can be honest about this stuff.
Yes, TLOU2 was very successful. Even with that great success ND has now squandered years and a bunch of money trying to chase what Rare accomplished.
ND has bled talent, they’ve had a rough couple years and they are literally living off remasters right now.
That’s all facts. But you weirdos don’t deal in facts only narratives.
Like 343i has sold approximately the same amount of games as ND during their existence, but according to y’all 343 is an abject failure and ND is one of the best studios on the planet.
Rare is at their largest and most profitable, with the most fan engagement they’ve ever had, but according to y’all Microsoft ran them into the ground.
Like i said before reality/numbers don’t add up to the narratives you stan’s spew. You just say stuff and keep repeating it until you all believe your own reality
Yes, TLOU2 was very successful. Even with that great success ND has now squandered years and a bunch of money trying to chase what Rare accomplished.
ND has bled talent, they’ve had a rough couple years and they are literally living off remasters right now.
That’s all facts. But you weirdos don’t deal in facts only narratives.
Like 343i has sold approximately the same amount of games as ND during their existence, but according to y’all 343 is an abject failure and ND is one of the best studios on the planet.
Rare is at their largest and most profitable, with the most fan engagement they’ve ever had, but according to y’all Microsoft ran them into the ground.
Like i said before reality/numbers don’t add up to the narratives you stan’s spew. You just say stuff and keep repeating it until you all believe your own reality
GOTY argument is stupid as fukk. It means absolutely nothing. We just learned that not even the Game awards actually cares about the awards.
But if you go back though the years. SOT has won plenty of awards for what rare was able to accomplish.
Your post talked about success as a studio and losing talent.
ND just threw their whole shyt in the bushes trying to reach for something rare has accomplished.
Right now in 2023 Rare is in a much better place than ND. And those are facts.
Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
What has Rare released since 2020? Besides a teaser for a game that is pretty much vaporware lol
You talk about Naughty Dog not being able to make GAAS but Rare hasn’t been able to make a succcessful single player game since they left Nintendo 20 years ago. Sea of Thieves wasn’t even successful for a number of years which is not the path naughty dog and sony want to travel in killing an other wise successful studio to make what equals to a sea of thieves
These aren’t numbers worth sacrificing your studio for
They have an ongoing GAAS that continually brings in money and customers.
You know, the thing ND almost threw their whole studio in the bushes trying to accomplish.
This is like asking, “what’s fortnight done since 2017”
Sony stan’s crazy
Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
That just proves the point, they basically require all their resources just trying to fix the disaster they put out on launch and the current numbers they are getting really aren’t anything to rave about.
No one here plays sea of thieves, not even you for as much as you cape for it. Everyone here will play the next naughty dog game, day one. Thats the difference between these two studios, rare lost their prestige decades ago, all they have to show for their effort are dead kinect games and a cartoony pirate game no one here actually cares about