Hmm, I wish organizations had public postmortems on failed projects. I’d like to know the story there.

This is my first hearing of this. With the latest Xbox news, I doubt I will consider the pruchase.

These Full Screen ads are the reason I do not own a Xbox Series X and I’m not upgrading to Windows 11.

I’m turning on my console to do use it for streaming or gaming. Anything that gets in the way of going to be vilified.

(laughs in Steam Deck)

Yeah, that checks out. There’s a number of early access release games that release to little fanfare or changes. If you’re going early access, use it as a prolonged testing period. Then release the full game.

GameDiscoverCo’s Simon Carless analyzed over 1,500 games released between 2015 and 2023, […] His results showed that the longer a game stayed in early access, the weaker its full-release sales tended to be.

Probably because most gamers at this point see EA release as just a release. It kinda begs the question of when it’s useful.

I appreciate this conversation coming from the developers point of view. Especially, the concerns about the legality conversation. The definitions will be scrutinized by everyone involved.

I don’t think one ever came out. Microsoft closed their studio to make them.

How many of the 20 demos won’t be released? I’m sitting at a solid 15, maybe 18.

If the reviews are good, I’ll spend the $20 on game pass for a month.

But only if the reviews are very good.

Or some other game caught my attention.

Or I’m replaying Outer Worlds 1

Or I’m still playing Monster Hunter.

Or… I think I’ll just pass on it.

This feels like an executive saying “I want to have an Xbox handheld”. Then saying to make it profitable without market research.

I feel like the Xbox brand is not long for this world.

“Bungie is making a new game based on Marathon”

Great, I’m in.

“It’s a multi-player extraction shooter”

Nope, I’m out. This smells like a “Prey” situation.

That’s what we call gambling.

Most companies call it R&D.

I get the feeling the Switch 2 is gonna be the Wii U with stories like this.

I hope this lives to see 1.0. That assuming it doesn’t get killed by legal fees.

HYPE

Yeah, I was one of the backers. I got it about the same week the company went under.

I just want a watch that can read text messages and has a long battery life. The Pebble and Pebble 2 fit that bill for me.

Until the buttons fell of the Pebble 2.

A 2 year streak on Duolingo did nothing for my ability to communicate with a new language in a new country.

Very fast uninstall after that trip.

A $50 game on mobile phones.

Interesting.

Yeah, it’s a Legend of Zelda like game. Robs A Bank is more of a run and gun Rogue-like.

Turnip Boys robs a Bank.

Go play it.

Is the wifi chip upgraded?