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Starfield will serve as the "starting gun" for additional first-party releases, Xbox says

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  • BG3 is the one I'm thinking of. Specifically, the issue was the Series S didn't have enough RAM to allow them to do split-screen, a feature that has been notoriously difficult to implement. Even 343 had to throw the towel in on that one for Halo Infinite.

    Though apparently, that position has changed, and now BG3 will be able to launch on Xbox without that feature.

    • Starfield will serve as the "starting gun" for additional first-party releases, Xbox says

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  • Yeah, the comparison to what's happened in the TV and Movie streaming space had occurred to me. Major studios burned down their existing businesses to try and jump into the streaming space, only to very quickly hit a hard cap on the possible number of subscribers.

    Gaming is obviously a very different market, and apparently, console and PC gaming make less revenue than the Mobile/Freemium market, so maybe Microsoft sees it all as moot at this point.

    • Starfield will serve as the "starting gun" for additional first-party releases, Xbox says

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  • Is it just me, or does the Xbox brand seem in a really bad place - outside of Gamepass - right now? Microsoft's strategy of rotating contractors through its first-party development studios seems to have squandered a lot of talent. Games are being held back by the requirement that all features are available on the Series S.

    It sort of feels like they're so focused on the Gamepass revenue that they've just let their console business wither outside of that. I only have a PC and Switch this generation, but none of the games that have made me consider a console have been on Xbox.

    • Baldur’s Gate 3 Is One Of 2023's Best Games, Don't Turn It Into A Weapon

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  • Pro-tip: if a low-health enemy is close to escaping to call for help you can just throw Baldur's Gate 3 at them for that last bit of damage!

    • Bards are Baldur's Gate 3's best class and I can't imagine playing it as anything else

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  • Ass Orion, The Mighty Hunter... Of Ass.

    • Bards are Baldur's Gate 3's best class and I can't imagine playing it as anything else

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  • Especially if you're playing a class not covered by the default companions. My paladin has been awesome, smashing goblins with a Warhammer, and still able to talk her way through just about anything. Playing a wizard, rogue, or cleric feels like it would make it tough to justify bringing someone along.

    • What are you reading? (August 2023)

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  • Currently rereading The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie, so I can then try Before They are Hanged. Also, so I can read this copy of Heroes I got on a whim. Abercrombie August.

    • People Aren’t Facing Up to the Horrors a New Trump Term Would Bring | G’bye, NATO. G’bye, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal. G’bye, democracy. He’s telling us plain as day. Why aren’t people listening?

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  • I can second this. Every time my parents have expressed a political view, it came from some shock-news spin of how America was a murderous wasteland on the brink of disaster (not because there are more guns than people, but because of all the non-white people who live here).

    When I told my parents I was going to New Orleans for a weekend vacation, they were terrified I would get murdered because they had been barraged with news about it being a lawless Democrat-run warren. (Not to downplay the actual violence that has taken place in NO, but their response still made it clear they had seen some first-class fearmongering).

    • Interview: Takaya Imamura, the artist behind Star Fox and F-Zero, speaks out

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  • Yeah - the interview touches on the lack of new F-Zero and, to a lesser degree, Star Fox games. Apparently, they just haven't been a priority, there was a reference to games being canceled far into development, so I wonder if that happened as well.

    I love the idea of Nintendo finding a good partner studio to bring a fresh take to F-Zero.