Shindig

@bigsocrates: I wouldn't consider TV/Movies/Music as good comparison against gaming. It's a different world. Netflix has 270 million people on the hook worldwide. Spotify has 230 million subscribers...

@bigsocrates: I've never understood the economics of Gamepass. Compensating developers versus raw sales data doesn't add up to me. If subscriptions gained matters, how can that balance the books when ...

Gamepass is something of a problem. It's not going anywhere because Microsoft are all about services but is it actually making money for developers? Something like Hi-Fi Rush failed to meet expectatio...

If I told 1997 me how many free games I'd get for being part of a service or having a free account, he'd think the future was amazing.So there's that.

Coming so soon after porting Hi-Fi Rush to the other platforms, I wonder if staff knew the axe was coming?

Yeah, remote play has been on the table for a decade now. It's not a fresh concept. The Portal is just a dedicated device for it.

It's also worth noting that NBA 2K and MLB never really stopping being good at replicating their sports. They have that pull that isn't just coming from a slot machine.

Bloody hell. I hope those guys land on their feet.

I was thinking more about investment within Saudi Arabia rather than investing in overseas companies. Their homegrown efforts appear very, very small.

I can't even imagine what a Saudi game industry would look like. I've always been under the impression migrant workers are the workforce but that's probably off base.

I don't remember this game being made but of course they did.

I haven't watched it but I have seen someone describe it as a little juvenile. I don't really know what I'd want from a Fallout show. I've never held the stories (granted, I've not played 1+2) in hi...

@brian_: "SEE YOU AT THE ALAMO, LEVESQUE!"

Got it on the last gif. The metacritic score was throwing me. Plus it just looks very generic.

Are you telling me there isn't a "Hey, small business man." ad read for this?

Those artistic efforts linger longer in the memory. There's something to be said about a piece of art leaving a legacy. Especially given how industries love to exploit a legacy for all it's worth.

I finished it several years back and it held up real nicely. Honestly, I get trepidation over RPGs with big cast lists. Kind of ironic that the whole 'getting the band back together' in the World o...

Phil Spencer's recent comments make me wonder what the industry will do at the point where growth just stops. So many games fight for our attention and money these days. There's not a crash coming b...

Part of my apprehension (at least with RPGs) is the possibility of fucking up and having to restart. I don't find playing with a guide especially quick either, but that might be the only way to get ...

It's soon to get on my backlog in about a week. I'm keen to get it started, to be honest. I've had the rest of the series on my steam wishlist but never pulled the trigger. As a console pleb, this...