Tbh, I wouldnt mind a new Resistance game. Resistance 3 was great, and from what I've seen of the Vita Resistance game, even though it was a shit game, I like some of the concepts they adopted with it. The PSP game was good too.

Sony abandons the franchise after finally making a good one (resistance 3). Yet, they apparently cant stop projectile shitting out Killzone games nobody asked for. They even just had a hiring spree for the next Killzone game recently lol.

Weird that they're moving foreward with this type of program, while Steam is trying to distance themselves from Steam Greenlight.

If by set a new standard, you mean, simply meet the standard that has been set by dozens of other studios for generations, then, you're right. lol.

There is nothing about the game mechanic or feature-wise that is "changing" the landscape in any way. The game's selling point is that they are finally marking off checkboxes of mechanics/features that have been industry standard in the genre for the last decade and a half.

The game itself is basically a modernized version of Shadow of the Colossus.

Today I learned Halo Wars 2 was getting a physical release in the US.

The PS4 Pro failed to accelerate PS4 sales, because the market was not asking for the PS4 Pro to exist. Not the larger market, not Sony's userbase. Nobody was asking for it. PS4 was already the status quo console this generation. Anybody who wants a PS4 either already has one, or has already decided that they were eventually going to buy one before the PRO even came into the picture.

The PS4 pro's existance was a reactionary move more than anything, in anticipation of what they expected Microsoft and to a lesser extent, Nintendo, to end up doing. It was a move to maintain their current momentum (the status quo) in the event of a resurgence of MS/Nintendo momentum, rather than to grow it.

The market was not asking for the PRO to exist. There is however, a vaccum in the market that has demanded that a Scorpio exist. The power gap has been the number one complaint the entire generation.

This was Nintendo's last first party console.

I actually enjoyed the first Watch Dogs, and didnt hate it as much as other people seemed to. Even bought the DLC for the game.

Aiden Pierce is still the most generic protagonist I can think of in a recent game, but the game was still a solid 8/10 for me. I also enjoyed the whole being hacked by "fixers" thing.

Did Cows just "decide" by themselves that Scorpio's price point would be $599 (or anything higher than $399, for that matter), even after Phil Spencer's comments a few months ago? Even before Phil Spencer's comments, the meme was even as high as $699-799.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/10/03/dont-worry-about-xbox-scorpios-price-says-phil-spencer

I've seen that $599 number stated matter-of-factly by cows, and even some non cows. I dont think its ever been made clear where anyone who arrived at that number deduced that information from any suggestion given by Phil Spencer's statements.

Was this $599 price point ever substantiated by anything? Or was it just entirely made from whole cloth?

Apparently the title is Red Dead Retribution

Nobody thought it wouldnt be reasonably priced, except some cows. Anyone who believes MS would be stupid enough to price the console $100 more than the competition again, well, thats just another rung on the new Cow Narrative, cows created to cope since the Scorpio/pro.

The rungs on the new Cow Narrative are as follows:

• Lolol the scorpio will be $799-$1299
• Just wait till PS5

You can see the levels of cope are on astronomical levels, as there are actual cows who believe Sony is going to rush out a PS5 in 2018 just to not lose a bulletpoint in the console wars. (If you believe we're getting true 9th gen consoles any time before 2020/2021, I have blinker fluid to sell you)