He's just a fan I wouldn't put too much stock into what he says
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He's just a fan I wouldn't put too much stock into what he says
Nintendo the best dev on the planet and MS got no one to make Banjo 3, why not?
Yeah, that's what I kind of got by glancing at his account. I hate fanboyism as I like all platforms and I cringe from all the bullshit fights. Thanks for the clarification, fam!!
Yeah he just confirmed he is talking about starfield exclusivity.
The Bethesda deal was announced less than two weeks ago. I'm not sure I'd consider that "long debated," but whatever.
I'm not one to hype myself up, but they've left themselves some runway here. I bet we get one more preorder wave and one more big news story. They don't like being quiet.
Yeah, so far it seems like they've squandered it overall. :/
But there just has to be something if they are collaborating like this for Nintendo. Otherwise, they give Nintendo a reason for people to get a Switch and Super Smash but nothing in return for Microsoft. Which seems very, very odd.
My bet is that it will be Playtonic (in collab with Rare)
Is Playtonic Games Teasing the Return of Banjo-Kazooie? [UPDATED]
A few cryptic tweets and some new hirings have fans suspecting that Playtonic Games may very well be resurrecting Banjo-Kazooie for Xbox.screenrant.com
They're the logic fit. Maybe they're already working on it.
I'm not sure that Yooka Laylee and The Impossible Lair worked that well commercially (at least at launch in the UK when looking at its ranking).
Playtonic would be the absolute best studio to do it as far as getting an outside studio to do it and most of Rare's games have been collaborations with outside studios. Makes sense.
I just hope that ESO is still supported for years to come (at least until Elder Scrolls VI). Juggling two MMOs could be weird, but one may be more Game Pass friendly with that model in mind (like you mention) while ESO is a more traditional F2P MMO.
I hope so true. I feel like it has to be in development, but I would have said that a few years back too.
That's what the Tweet chain seemed to imply (trailer announcing it was exclusive to Xbox and PC). IF that is true, then that either means Starfield is launching in Spring of 2021 because Todd Howard likes to release games fairly close to announcement OR Starfield looks so good that Xbox wanted it shown as an additional pre-order initiative. Either way, it being exclusive to Xbox and PC when there's a potential trailer at the end of the month showing us what Starfield is really about feels like burying the lede.
If Sony was truly trying to buy timed exclusivity as early as back in March then I think it would have to have a release date planned that was fairly soon (within a year from that date, maybe).
I think you guys are reading that tweet chain wrong. I think he quoted that Starfield guy because he thought that person was confirming the news. Then he speculates on top of it. I think what Timdog is talking about is the RDNA2 thing.
Interesting that Tim thinks we'll see a Starfield trailer in October. Maybe X0 is moved up to late October or a separate "launch event?"
I think you're right. He says "wow" at the end which indicates surprise. Doesn't seem related to the news he was thinking about.
I initially expected a Starfield trailer around E3 time next year indicating a Fall release. But I also kind of expected Halo Infinite to be a Spring release to separate those two out (so we'll see, I have no basis for this other than guessing).
Did anyone really believe otherwise?
IF you did, I have a bridge to sell you.
Yeah, both of the other Bethesda games Sony got timed exclusivity deals for were supposed to be released in 2020 (Deathloop) and in 2021 (Tokyo). It makes sense that Starfield's release couldn't be much later than them. Could Starfield actually be ready for a Spring 2021 release? That would be a total micdrop moment.
WHAT ARE YOU HIDING FROM US?!?! =P
That would... oh man, I'm getting excited just thinking about it. I really want to see Starfield be another Skyrim in popularity. I miss those days. It's also Todd Howard's first original IP ever, so that's exciting (and say what you will about Todd Howard, but he does know how to make good games).
At most I would see a port of Rare Replay to PC and or Switch.
I would see Switch first though, with just the Nintendo specific stuff + Banjo. On PC, you have the issue that half the games are for 360 and won't work on PC unless they get that emulator ported over - which would have pretty crazy implications.
A new Banjo or really any legacy Rare franchises reappearing in new games outside of cameos is out of the question imo
Edit: I mean Rare developed. So Perfect Dark is something interesting, but not made by Rare as far as I know
Yes, the same with Killer Instinct.. and I wouldn't mind if Playtonic takes care of Banjo and Conker games.
That's Giant Bomb. The East coast team's podcast, the Giant Beastcast.
Should I worry about heating issues with external SSD?
They're literally the only ones saying this....
Some moron on Twitter today tried starting a similar rumor that was clearly fake, the Sony fanboys picked it up on there and ran with it though.
This isn't some new revelation. NVMe drives get hot as fuck. Some of the gen 4 that are out right now can hit 50-60C and need to be used with heatsinks to avoid thermal throttling
Wiki says they have 15 employees. Seems like a useless purchase
Yup. They're only doing mobile games if I remember correctly.
Damn that explains a lot, it's a shame :( ..although I think they could acquire them and form a new studio and make some JRPGs imo.
That is what they are doing currently. But to be fair Mistwalker has always had a small amount of team members. They are basically a concept and design studio based in Hawaii that collaborates with other developers to bring their games to fruition. That's how it worked with all their previous console games. Last I heard was that they were opening a development studio in Japan called Dawnwalker so they don't have to find new partners to work on bigger games all the time, but I don't know what stage they are at there.
Really hoping all this Banjo-Kazooie talk lately will convince Microsoft it's finally time. Makes no sense as to why they keep ignoring this franchise. The Banjo-Kazooie Smash Brothers character trailer has hit more then 10 million views which is more then nearly any Xbox Series X/S trailer by far. I mean it's time, people want these characters and games back. Not sure why Microsoft isn't getting the hint yet. Especially with the rabid success of Crash and Spyro. Take the hint Microsoft. You can do it.
Honestly, at that point, they should just make a new studio. I'd rather they invest more resources into devs like compulsion at this point though
full rnda 2 vs rdna 1 for the consoles
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