Beatnik P

HOLD THE LINE. My gaming side here. Xbox fan 1st, but respect quality IP regardless of platform. CONSOLE WARS are for kids, but fair debate encouraged.

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Hmmm? https://t.co/LkiwLuCwVn

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I'm in

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@Seramurai_ @ManOfGogg Refreshing. If only the whole of internet would follow suit.

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@DakotaRaider89 @Seramurai_ This 👆

Says it all. And it's not Red speaking on behalf of entire industry, it's Sony whose mudding it all up with claims that seem to suggest digital trumps all. Well, of course! it's default & sometimes only way, to buy. But feel fans want physical spec of more beloved IP

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@Seramurai_ Perhaps. Tis true stats r old, some older than 3 yrs. Very possible buying trends have since changed. Seems fans much more open to digital now than before. BUT based on Sony backlash, not so sure

May find out soon:

Wolverine & GoW Lafey physical vs same % from older data set?

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@Seramurai_ Have they?

Not sure we really know this. Best and most recent comprehensive data suggests otherwise, but as you said, that's outdated.

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@ManOfGogg @Seramurai_ Think rub here is Sony IP specifically, which seemed to sell more physical. With nearly 20K digital games launching annually now, huge surge from yesteryears no surprise digital sales top. It's relative. Sure, could be 3p physical still, but fans aren't complaining about that.

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@Seramurai_ Fine print has said this for years. But very real, viable position to argue it's been hid, suppressed and many casual gamers are dumbfounded

Uv got this thing to sell
I buy

Later u come into my house and remove it w/o notice. Reasonable person standard says it's plain wrong

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@Seramurai_ Sounds like you may be more familiar with ins and outs than me, but just because data is 3 years old does NOT make it somehow incorrect. Big games only come every so often.

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@JamieMoranUK For real! Wonder how many of these folk went to j school or have decent editor.

Reviews themselves should have 5-6 required points regardless of game, platform: tmusic, fun factor, performance, length, cost, much more. Most don't even do half this and That's just for reviews

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@Zalker87 Realz. Can't tell me this date wasn't heavily discussed and strategically chosen.

Certainly not random.

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@JayDook Proponents say we'll most all games sold are digital now. What's issue?

Well, it disguises, muddies whole notion.

Yes, most games sold r digital because ALL games r now digital, most digital only. But Look at stats: big Sony games have all sold majority physical up to 60-70%

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@JayDook Nailed it!

This stand represents fight to feel, touch your games, but it's also, more important, a fight for real ownership of things you buy.

Imagine telling this to alien. Explain free market, define selling, and then say, oh but here none of that applies just bc

Greed

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@JayDook Well geez, this just simply makes too much common sense!

But Video game industry is too volatile & big boys need to lock down digital infrastructure to kick off their new future monopoly

So ur plan, the only real, just, consumer facing & fair plan around, is clearly bonkers🤦🏻‍♂️

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@PAULIBABBA @Colteastwood Huh?

I'm sure this argument makes sense in some Xbox business room, but if Xbox earns even just $30 per Sony version sold x 1M units sold = $30M.

Xbox should walk away from that because it's ONLY $30M?

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@Colteastwood 98% in my gut sure this was an uber calculated release date by Sony, knowing GoW is (one of) biggest IP on planet, and hoping this fact will cannibalize its biggest competitor's most anticipated release, decades in making.

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@Eddie_H_Bottom @XBOXGamePassPC What? How can you look at this, which is just one out of dozens upon dozens of yearly drops, and legitimately bash this? Remember this is one of dozens, including in this one drop alone, 3-4 of the most anticipated releases this year. What EXACTLY are you looking at?