Potential free copy of Arkham Shadow for Q3 and Q3s users !

adinihsan

Silly-Sausage there is an Alien game coming out soon, looks very good.

There was a VR mod for a recent Alien game (forgot the name) which was very good. Lots of potential in the real thing

There is also Metro VR coming out soon, my most anticipated game since HL Alyx. Its not full on horror but definitely has tropes of it

adinihsan

adinihsan oh I missed the free part.. yeah good free games are pretty rare, and usually focussed on multiplayer

Silly-Sausage

adinihsan there is an Alien game coming out soon, looks very good.

Cheers mate , will definitely watch out for that - Alien 1 & 2 are a couple of my favourite movies of all time, and Alien Isolation is a superb game in an era when gaming was at it's peak.

I've pretty much got every console alot of them new and sealed, apart from Nintendo's which is for kids or the oddballs, but lost interest with this generation due to the move to digital. If i don't own games, i won't pay - So haven't bought the PS5 or Xbox Series X and very unlikely to support gaming going forward due the the latest trend of removing disc drives.

Gaming for me is at it's lowest point i have ever known - It's not about the games anymore, it's about ways to get extra money out of customers - It's a shame, but self inflicted, all they had to do was provide a service, customers want - but a crash is coming !

Ubisoft who were definitely up there with the best publising company / developer are in serious trouble due to their push for digital and diversity, and they 'STILL DON'T GET IT' lol - They blame losses on everything but that !

Anyway, rant about the state of the gaming industry over, nothing on SLR today that interests me in the slightest 🙂

I rant because i used to love gaming... and Microsoft and Sony are doing everything they can to ruin it.

Xbox game pass is the death of Xbox, i truly believe that and if Sony carries on with the move toward multi player online gaming and diversity instead of single player masterpieces and digital only Sony PS6 or Xbox Series - who gives a shit anymore - Then... boom... the big crash !

Vrsumo2017

Silly-Sausage Xbox game pass is the death of Xbox

As a casual gamer I thought it was kinda bad ass I could download the app on the meta store and play 2d games in headset, easy to play, didn't have to wait for the game to install, they just played, and I have no Xbox! Now as a casual gamer I could buy into that, and I'm sure the app would be available on other devices as well, the end of consoles as we know it bro...maybe 🤷‍♂️

Why buy the console if I can download the app, apps bro! Everything has apps! 👍

Yeah bro I'm done with consoles tho, I hope ps jumps on board too, put the ps app in the meta store. One thing I hate about them streaming platforms like gamepass, I couldn't find old games, and that's one thing I hated was buying a new console but the old games wouldn't play on it, one day on them apps all the games will be available. Has to at some point. 🤷‍♂️

adinihsan

Silly-Sausage Xbox game pass is the death of Xbox

I think the opposite is true. Xbox is a part of Microsoft and they've changed strategy from exlusives a while back. The game pass is by far the best value out of all the subs available. You can even play the game pass with a controller via Quest (without a PC or Xbox). Its basically what Stadia tried to be but 10x better and much cheaper

I think the fact that Sony started releasing for PC (although with a delay) tells enough about the success of game pass.
Not sure about statistics though, I could be completely wrong lol

Silly-Sausage

Vrsumo2017 Dude at the end of the day if you are happy with the service then that's great.

But my great prediction is... people are going to starting fighting back against digital format - I dumped VR Bangers, Microsoft and Sony and will dump anyone that goes that route and there will be a >!transition period or 'Crash' where people have had enough of being shit on and dump these services until they relent, but too be honest at that point they have lost me as a customer. I never ever go back.!

Anyone remember the days where we used to talk about games and not the service, the service and greed of publishers is totally destroying the potential and influence of new game developers -

Give me money - not enough, i want more money !

Vrsumo2017

Silly-Sausage happy with the service

Bro it was a free week trial I just let the trial die out, but I thought the technology was cool, considering I grew up on Nintendo and Sega, having to buy all them games, lol I have a friend who has shit load old games, dvds, cds, I told him bro if the internet ever goes black we coming to your house. Lol

Save your hard copies 👍

Silly-Sausage

Vrsumo2017 Save your hard copies 👍

Absolutely, got about 2000 original games for several consoles, that's part of the fun of collecting - What's the fun of digital, where access could be denied whenever they want ?

I can hand all my games to relatives without all the digital shite or ownership and avoid these scumbag companies

Alway, always, always back up digital content if it is a particular favourite -

You've probaly noticed i speak my mind which isn't alway a good thing, for some reason i think people are interested.

Silly-Sausage

adinihsan Obviously we disagree, but that's fine, everyone is entitled to free thought (for now)

But 'Gamepass' has totally devalued the production of games development and now mostly reliant on 'Subscriptions' or games as a service for income.

That's why AAA gaming is dying and that's why exclusives on Xbox are literally dead - which makes owning an Xbox games console irrelevant going forward - The next consoles will probably be disc drive free, which will keep game prices inflated and totally controlled by Microsoft, making people like me move on with life.

Any gamer understands, that streaming games will always / always have lag and never be a genuine option for the hardcore gamer, of course there will be some who pay for that service, but nothing like what gamers are willing to pay now for discs.

But who knows... even i'm not perfect and sometimes get it wrong (just kidding...i'm like an intellectual Adonis with a porn addiction - lol )

adinihsan

Silly-Sausage just to be clear, you can stream as added benefit, but you’re able to download all games during the sub.

You said you collected 2000 games so far, if you paid €10 on avg (which is probably on the low side), you could get 83+ years of the most expensive game pass which includes day 1 content from almost every company Microsoft acquired (which is a ridiculous amount)+EA and even more that comes and goes from other devs. During these 83+ years you can unsub at any periods you aren’t playing, and I’m calculating using the most expensive option without discounts so being very generous.

If you like discs as collectibles that’s fine, but you can’t seriously mean it’s about value.

Silly-Sausage

adinihsan There's also the re-sale value of my collection or option to hand down to relatives, some of my games are now becoming quite valuable - 'Hunting Grounds' being just one example, ufortunately i don't have 'Rule of Rose'.

Once users cancel their game pass they have nothing but a save file to show for money paid annually and therefore nothing to give to relatives.

But, each to their own, whatever suits you, we're all different 🙂

adinihsan

Silly-Sausage not sure if I’m allowed to say here but fk it..

You’re talking about ps2 games? You can download an emulator and all the games (called roms) for free easily.. sure it might be valuable to collectors but if you’re talking about giving it to your relatives later there is no point.

I feel like you glossed over the 83+ years part too lol, and that was being conservative on both your money spent and sub chosen w/o discounts, and assuming you’re subbed at all times

Silly-Sausage

adinihsan I feel like you glossed over the 83+ years part too lol, and that was being conservative on both your money spent and sub chosen w/o discounts, and assuming you’re subbed at all times

Edit:~ cool, have a great day

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