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re: XBOX restructuring; laying off 3,200, spinning off some studios, no games canceled

Posted by Carson123987 on 7/9/26 at 10:36 am to imjustafatkid
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Underlying Game Pass’s problem was a central flaw, according to the people. While consumers might be willing to pay a monthly fee to Netflix Inc. to stream thousands of TV shows and movies, most gamers don’t take the same approach, preferring to stick with a handful of favorite games they play on repeat. Research from Circana shows that the majority of US gamers buy two games at most per year and a third of the market doesn’t even purchase one.

This is probably the first clear articulation of why game streaming is not the same as video streaming. People simply don't play as many different games as they watch different TV shows and movies.
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re: XBOX restructuring; laying off 3,200, spinning off some studios, no games canceled

Posted by Carson123987 on 7/8/26 at 6:34 pm to imjustafatkid
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Were you a big fan of Redfall? I guess Deathloop was okay but I got bored with it pretty quickly.


No, Redfall was shite and Deathloop was mid despite the strong critical reception. Redfall was a Zenimax-mandated production and many of Arkane's strongest developers quit during production because that's not what they came to Arkane to make. Zenimax owns that massive L. The Austin office that made it has been closed for a while.

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Seems odd to see people say this. I liked Doom The Dark Ages, but I didn't see many other people claim to enjoy it. They haven't really released anything else under Microsoft.


I thought Dark Ages was a good game but a bit of a letdown for a Doom game - just didn't shake things up enough from 2016 or Eternal. It was still a highly polished and optimized experience though. The reason it failed was because of Day 1 Gamepass


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You actually have to create a product for people to purchase it.


The problem is that the average AAA dev cycle is 5-6 years now, so if your game doesn't do numbers, you're probably going under. Everything has to be a massive hit if you want to keep your studio open, so devs are taking less creative risks and sticking to mass-market conventions that are more likely to sell.
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re: XBOX restructuring; laying off 3,200, spinning off some studios, no games canceled

Posted by Carson123987 on 7/8/26 at 4:34 pm to StansberryRules
I'd wager that all 4 of the studios that MS put out to pasture will be shuttered in a matter of 2-3 years. Id has been reduced to a support studio. Arkane will likely end up the same.

What a fricking disaster. Id has some of the most talented engine programmers in the world and they released polished, high quality games at a consistent pace. Brutal
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re: XBOX restructuring; laying off 3,200, spinning off some studios, no games canceled

Posted by Carson123987 on 7/8/26 at 9:18 am to imjustafatkid
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That said, Microsoft has had the best product on the gaming market for the last 10 years. To date, I have had Game Pass for the entirety of of its existence, while paying for only 2 years total. Game Pass + Microsoft/Bing Rewards is just about the most awesome thing a gamer could ever have asked for.


I've had Gamepass since Day 1. It's just like Netflix - 99% of the games on it are shite :lol: Nobody would get it if it werent for all the little bullshite you can exploit to get it for dirt cheap (like the upgrade thing I told everyone about on here). There's no reality in which I, or any reasonable person, would pay full price for it rather than just buying the actual good games and owning them.
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re: 2026 Firearm Deals Thread

Posted by Carson123987 on 7/8/26 at 7:37 am to Bama and Beer
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SureFire X300T-B Turbo Handgun Weaponlight - High Candela LED 650 Lumens, T-Slot Thumbscrew Clamp, Fits Picatinny Rail (Black) - $225 (Add to cart for discount) + FREE Shipping


Amazing deal
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re: Peptide site you trust?

Posted by Carson123987 on 7/7/26 at 3:44 pm to TigerTatorTots
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I have read on more than one occasion where Finnrick got in hot water for "pay to play" type of results


They are by no means the best or most precise, but they are an important data point to consider in the grand scheme since users send in their own product for testing and receive more up-to-date batch info. Just an additional data point to consider

All these BS sites can post photoshopped COAs or COAs from batches months back
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re: Peptide site you trust?

Posted by Carson123987 on 7/7/26 at 2:19 pm to Jakesonaplane
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We are testing with Freedom. Finnrick sucks! We have new COA's dropping this week and next for big batches! We just keep moving forward!


He should use Janoshik for testing - they are the gold standard and who most people look for. Always validate with the code provided on every COA
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re: Peptide site you trust?

Posted by Carson123987 on 7/7/26 at 11:00 am to Arthur Bach
They have no record on Finnrick and most of their products dont have COAs - the only one that has one is Reta.
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re: Reta vs Tirz?

Posted by Carson123987 on 7/7/26 at 10:55 am to King of New Orleans
Reta is considerably better on account of the third agonist and the benefits it brings.
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re: Name your top 5 favorite guitarists

Posted by Carson123987 on 7/7/26 at 8:45 am to mwlewis
Marty Friedman
George Lynch
Warren DeMartini
Steve Vai
Adam Jones
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re: Best Dog Trainer - In Louisiana

Posted by Carson123987 on 7/6/26 at 4:56 pm to RoyBoy2323
Gaston with Precision K9 Shaping
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re: Truck bed cover

Posted by Carson123987 on 7/6/26 at 10:37 am to Tiger55
Retrax
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re: Is it worth upgrading from the Sony XM5 to XM6?

Posted by Carson123987 on 7/6/26 at 7:55 am to braves21
No. XM4s still the best
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re: Avengers: Doomsday Plot Leak (SPOILERS)

Posted by Carson123987 on 7/2/26 at 12:04 pm to HueyLongJr
It's the equivalent of this



"And then Iron man killed Luke Skywalker and Goku...only for John Cena's music to start playing!! Whoosh whoosh whoosh, they battle it out at Hell in a Cell only for GODZILLA to show up!!"
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re: Avengers: Doomsday Plot Leak (SPOILERS)

Posted by Carson123987 on 7/2/26 at 11:40 am to TygerTyger
:rotflmao:

This multiverse shite has got to end. It's objectively terrible and is impossible to do well. Eliminates all stakes and invites all kinds of stupid bullshite and garbage fan service
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re: Any baw still marry a girl even though knowing she'll be a financial disaster?

Posted by Carson123987 on 7/2/26 at 9:48 am to lsu xman
Have a buddy that was dating a chick for a few years and found out she had over $100k of student loans while only making $65k.

They are not together :lol:
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re: Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation

Posted by Carson123987 on 7/2/26 at 8:16 am to StansberryRules
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I think the death of video game consoles is ultimately inevitable, whether that comes in another 10 year or 20 or 30, it's something that's going to happen.

The entire reason consoles exist is sort of just inertia from an older era of technology.

Software was in the past much more tightly bound to a piece of hardware it was intended to run on. Both hardware and software were much more specialized.

These days software and computing hardware is significantly more flexible. Modern languages and architecture make software significantly more portable and able to run on a much broader range of hardware.


All of this is dead on. And like fatkid said, whats the point of owning a console if it's basically a PC at this point? This space is undergoing a fundamental transformation and will be unrecognizable in 10-15 years. With the advent of AI and how things are progressing with it, we're gonna have 3 or 4 companies hosting games for evertyone locally on mid-grade, farm optimized hardware with DLSS 8000 AI upscaling that is streamed to your house. We're going look back at gaming hardware the way we look at any other tech relic these days
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re: Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation

Posted by Carson123987 on 7/1/26 at 9:57 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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I’ve said it repeatedly over the last few years. Xbox and Microsoft are playing the long game.


How long have we been hearing this? :lol:

No console sales, layoffs, studio closures, game cancellations, botched exclusive handling, blunder after blunder. All part of the master plan
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re: Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation

Posted by Carson123987 on 7/1/26 at 3:57 pm to imjustafatkid
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People are still buying physical for the tentpole titles they want in their collection.


People were given a choice between digital/physical for a decade now and the decision was loud and clear

PS5 sales are 85/15 digital/physical
Xbox sales are 90/10 digital/physical

Physical media enthusiasts like us are a loud yet very small minority. Average consumer does not give a shite.

Now that GOG is the only platform that offers offline installers for their digital games, I can see them getting a huge boost in customers. You can download offline installers for every one of their games and burn them to BD-R discs, save to an internal drive or USB stick, store on a NAS, whatever you want

I have 48TB of storage on my NAS so I will certainly be taking advantage
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re: Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation

Posted by Carson123987 on 7/1/26 at 8:38 am to imjustafatkid
They can say they'll support physical and win some good will, but they won't. They're just going to follow suit.

Console makers are going to cut every cost they can to offset storage/memory costs, and a disc drive is the first & easiest thing to cut in a market where 85% of game purchases are digital.
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re: Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation

Posted by Carson123987 on 7/1/26 at 8:29 am to Mystictiger
Hate this. Even though I elected to go all-digital with my games toward the end of the PS4 cycle, I love the idea of physical media. I collect vinyls and 4K UHD discs for movies/series' I hold in high regard. Only reason I switched to digital for games is because the writing was on the wall and figured I may as well get out in front of it with how desperately consoles/developers wanted to push digital.

GTA6 being digital only basically sent out an alarm that that physical games are dead. Brutal
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