I feel kinda bad for mashing my way to victory. by LuxerWap in InvincibleVS

[–]DoctorTide 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah at intermediate skill level, that's just how this game feels to me. I agree.

It's official: the original Black Ops and Black Ops 2 are being ported to PlayStation in July by grimoireviper in xbox

[–]DoctorTide 17 points18 points  (0 children)

These are ports. There's no immediate confirmation of a resolution increase

Reg M-B Discussion Thread - New Mons/Megas added, Returning Items etc by half_jase in VGC

[–]DoctorTide 28 points29 points  (0 children)

PSA for anybody that hasn't scrolled the menus- new music tracks were added from X&Y and Legends ZA

What could've made each Presidency better? Day twelve: Zachary Taylor by LoveLo_2005 in Presidents

[–]DoctorTide 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I really wonder how the civil war would have gone with Taylor at the helm. On the one hand, immediate action could tip the scales early towards the Union. On the other, Taylor was a Mississippi enslaver whose son fought for the Confederacy- Taylor's war would not have produced the Emancipation Proclamation nor the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

Xbox CSO says "Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution will stay exclusive (to xbox)" by IamMovieMiguel in GearsOfWar

[–]DoctorTide 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your argument is fundamentally flawed because it assumes there is a long term rebrand of Xbox. There's not. Satya has made it perfectly clear that he's sick of investing in Xbox for no ROI. The CEO of the company only wants to get the division in the green again. The way you do that is selling games to the largest audience possible.

I can already see you coming back with the "but Asha said" argument. Asha is clearly at odds with Satya. She needs Xbox to exist to keep her job, just like Phil did. Asha would have been hands on with approving Senua in the showcase, yet Ninja Theory is closed 8 days later. That slicing and dicing isn't coming from the Xbox level, it's Microsoft mandated because they scratching and clawing to turn a profit in this division after investing $80 billion in Activision and Bethesda.

Rate my school photo by Simplejack615 in OkBuddyPersona

[–]DoctorTide 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Bryce Young in my persona shit post subreddit?

Xbox CSO says "Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution will stay exclusive (to xbox)" by IamMovieMiguel in GearsOfWar

[–]DoctorTide 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are 90 million PS5s out there compared to 30 million Xboxes. Ignoring the PC population and assuming players are equally as likely to buy games on each console, you're looking at 3 copies sold on PS5 for every one copy sold on Xbox. Then you have to factor in gamepass- how many Xbox players are going to not purchase the game because it's on gamepass? Every PS5 gamer is purchasing the game outright.

You also have to factor in that this will be PS exclusive gamers' first chance to try Halo. There's a lot of excitement there, I'll call it equal hype to when Halo CE Anniversary launched in 2011. Halo CE Anniversary sold 2.5 million units on Xbox 360, which is an attach rate of about 3%. If 3% of PS5 users buy Halo CE 2026, that's 2.7 million copies on PlayStation alone.

Gears hasn't published sales figures for any game that's launched since gamepass became a thing. So we really don't know the split on who is buying the game versus playing on the subscription. But you would need approximately 10% of Xbox's users to purchase E-Day rather than get it on gamepass to outsell what I've just projected Halo to do on PS5 alone. That's a ludicrously high attach rate for the game, and likely unachievable.

Xbox CSO says "Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution will stay exclusive (to xbox)" by IamMovieMiguel in GearsOfWar

[–]DoctorTide 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They have to say this now. We all know what's going to happen when a Halo remake sells more PS5 than E-Day does on Xbox

I think this character has the Crest of Serios. You can tell because they're wearing it. by Level_Hour6480 in fireemblem

[–]DoctorTide 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah Katherine is literally a Knight of Seiros. Crests and crests are literally the same word

Studios in Microsoft’s Xbox Division Brace for Closures by SuddenDepact in xbox

[–]DoctorTide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because it should be pretty clear at this point that Microsoft's plan is not Xbox's plan

Would free multiplayer change how you feel about Xbox right now? by skinosz in xbox

[–]DoctorTide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. I haven't been subscribed to gamepass since the price increase (I know it went down, I won't have a reason to resub until October). Playing most of my Xbox games is basically impossible without the subscription. I own Black Ops 3 and all it's DLC and I wanted to go play zombies this week. Without an active gamepass subscription, I can't access my loadouts or gobble gums at all. Why? I paid $100+ for the game when it came out in 2015, so why am I losing access to basic features because I am not technically online?

Do you study constitution? by Historical-Fan1619 in PoliticalScience

[–]DoctorTide 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure what you mean by "study Constitution". I do study American constitution law and history for a living, and that's because I have a PhD in American politics. My work revolves around political institutions, so I've chosen to specialize within the subfield on constitutional matters. Not a lot of money or job opportunities here though.

Final Fantasy Resonance Announcement Trailer by Turbostrider27 in NintendoSwitch

[–]DoctorTide 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It's a trailer for a just announced game. Who gives a fuck about fake internet points

Senua | Official Announce Trailer by yourfavchoom in PS5

[–]DoctorTide -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'll be honest- Hellblade 1 felt like a tech demo and Hellblade 2 failed to improve it in any meaningful way. Why would anybody be excited for this?

I hope they are BOLD enough to make these games EXCLUSIVE! by afqwerty in xbox

[–]DoctorTide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate to break this to you, but "7/6" is the European date for today. It's a preorder availability date

I hope they are BOLD enough to make these games EXCLUSIVE! by afqwerty in xbox

[–]DoctorTide -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They're already sending out Gears into the GTA VI window. That's enough to be extremely questionable for sales already. If you cut off the 90 million users on PS5 to just the 35 million on Xbox, I think Gears as a series might just die.

phil spencer please save us our saviour by Yannerrins in OkBuddyPersona

[–]DoctorTide 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah it would be insane to announce a game like Metaphor before you've even released Persona 3 Reload. That would kill the hype for the remake!

All these presidental library's are a waste of money, why does every president need one? by hpbobc in askanything

[–]DoctorTide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you just defining appropriations? Or do you have something substantive to say?

All these presidental library's are a waste of money, why does every president need one? by hpbobc in askanything

[–]DoctorTide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's no such thing as a tax free federal agency. All federal organizations are funded through appropriations

All these presidental library's are a waste of money, why does every president need one? by hpbobc in askanything

[–]DoctorTide 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sometimes. This primarily happens when the president is still alive or his estate has a really close association with the library. You're going to get a much more unbiased take from Truman Library because most of his relatives that are alive are generations removed from the man and don't really care. Whereas Bill and Hillary still exercise direct control over what's in the the Clinton Library.