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The problem with Starfield flopping is what's next? I pity the Lemming who says "wait for Hellblade 2". Maybe Avowed will turn out good, but that's holiday 2024 at best. I kinda liked the Fable trailer, but that'll be lucky to launch in 2025. Starfield was The One. It clearly has not delivered at the level Xbox needs. I'm not even sure I'm gonna play it now.

1 hour ago, Hot Sauce said:

What part of my post do you think is incompatible with Spider-Man 2’s existence? 

"In a year where PlayStation has nothing at all ..." - actually a year where they probably have their biggest game ever

1 hour ago, Hot Sauce said:

What part of my post do you think is incompatible with Spider-Man 2’s existence? 

"In a year where PlayStation has nothing at all ..." - actually a year where they probably have their biggest game ever

The best hope for Starfield sales is on Steam.

1 minute ago, Ike said:

Maybe when they release it on PS5 after they see GP numbers and it barely moves 2mil on PC.

Yeah seriously. On what platform will it sell "millions and millions"? They're giving it away on Gamepass.

58 minutes ago, Hot Sauce said:

In a year where Sony has had basically nothing all Xbox had to do was tap it in to give the Lemmings a brief window of relevance and they blew it.

Spiderman is gonna deliver on quality and sales. Not my favorite franchise, but it would've wiped the floor even with the best Starfield.

It's up there with the worst flops for sure. I'd put Cyberpunk high on the list too.

2 minutes ago, -GD-X said:

did you complete totk? i didn't even like botw, and yet i loved (and spent 85 hours on) the game. 

I played like 15 hours and bounced off.

21 minutes ago, Goukosan said:

 

Both BDG3 and TOTK are siting on a 96 Meta

 

TOTK has twice the number of reviews though... As more reviews come in BDG3's avg has slowly dipped. 

 

Anyways the point of my orginal post wasn't TOTK vs BDG3. 

 

The point was this year already had such high quality bangers that Starfield had a high bar to clear. 

Zedla Washed Kingdom is padded by retarded fan sites. Baldurs Gate 3 is one of the greatest games of all time. Theyre not in the same league.

Gamespot and IGN both gave Fallout 4 and Skyrim 9s (9.5 from IGN). Starfield is a clear drop off, and always looked like it.

56 minutes ago, Cooke said:

Goty pick where? Miles Morales has an 85 at meta, what makes you think 2 will be better?

Giant bomb, Kinda funny

17 minutes ago, Tears of the Cows said:

It’s already better than Spiderman 2. Lmfao. 
 

Spider-Man 2 is a complete nothing burger, unless you’re 11 years old. 

Spiderman 2 will be a top 5 goty pick. Starflop won't make the lists.

22 minutes ago, Goukosan said:

 

You were right on the money. 

 

TOTK with the right hook and Boulders gate 3 with the left hook.... Set the bar waaaay to High for Starfield.  

 

Lemmings

 

Actually Baldurs Gate off the top rope clobbered Zedla 14 and starflop in one hit.

Holy shit, that review is kinda savage actually. I might not play this game when I've already got 2 more Baldurs Gate character ideas to try.

0 interest

Made it to Act 2. Shadowheart seems like a pretty important person to have around during the early parts.

7" or 8" is not make or break. I think the problem is going with an unattainable resolution like 2560 x 1600. You're just wasting battery on a resolution the GPU can't possibly sustain.  1080p is a stretch but > qHD is a blunder.

42 minutes ago, MalaXmaS said:

If you wanted to switch to PC gaming because of subscriptions, then you would have done it already.

Right now, you are just bringing the idea because you are a bitter ps fanboy who got owned the same company who sucks its dick.

Huh I effectively switched to PC already. I haven't played a PS5 game since Ragnarok. Last year was dominated by Steam Deck. This year I upgraded my desktop GPU and bought a gaming laptop. What multiplayer game on PS5 justifies a $80/yr subscription?

I don't like the feel of these games.

It's great to see Lenovo jumping in so quickly. Need Alienware next. And Valve needs to hurry up with SteamOS for these other devices.

All the more reason to lean into PC gaming. These subscriptions just to play online don't make sense anymore. It's even weirder now that free to play games like Apex Legends and Warzone don't require a subscription. So I'm paying $80 to play a subset of online games which will probably have weak audiences due to the sub itself and lack of cross-play.

The wrinkle that Essentials includes some free games is irrelevant. PSN only started doing that because they were losing to Xbox 360. Then MS started GamePass when they  lost hard to Playstation. Giving away games is the strategy of every loser. See also Epic Games Store.

3 hours ago, JonDnD said:

IF anyone is interested there is a youube channel called Dan Allen Gaming that has interviews with the actors of some of the main characters. I watched the one with ShadowHearts actress. Pretty cool watch.

Even tho it's an actress playing a character, I think we all know she was sending special messages just to me personally

2 hours ago, jehurey said:

it doesn't

 

hence the use of the word "chase"

 

too easy

What platform ya playing Baldurs Gate on?

13 minutes ago, jehurey said:

Well steam gamers basically do nothing but chase games based on their viral popularity at the moment

 

So yeah, I can definitely see people starting to drop Baldurs Gate 3, because there's now more and more talk about the 3rd act being a bit lackluster.

 

Time to run to the next round of FOMO

Good to know the next big thing always starts on Steam

Steam absolutely dominating my gaming time in 2023.