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Well, nothing really. Even the graphics are unimpressive IMO. I just think itâs âairlessâ PR with no meaning, nothing really worth getting worked up over.
sucks because the damage was done to his career already
This guys videos are being hammered in my recommended videos on YT lol, I havenât even watched one so idk.
Tried the new saints row and m y god, the shooting and driving are soo stiff and horrible
Could not continue this any further
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Buddy of mine said there are rumors about Sony buying SE, I didnât see any new rumors other than the usual.
Honestly, they can have them. They havenât brought anything truly great to Xbox in a long time, FF is over anyway for Xbox too. The only reason to dislike it would be Dragon Quest, that would be a loss.
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Nah thereâs no new rumor, itâs just something people are trying to will into happening because acquisition wars, Xbox fans are also trying to will it into happening so that Sony spends all their acquisition budget on something that doesnât affect Xbox.
I get annoyed by those wishing it happens because clearly they donât care about us who enjoys Squareâs AA output on Switch.
Thereâs no point in Sony even doing it when their relationship is so good that they can just lock down all of their AAA output anyway (even if FF7R and FFXVI come to Xbox later, the damage is done), and Sony definitely doesnât care about their AA games (making absolutely 0 effort to help advertise Octopath 2 on Playstation, and now the PlayStation version was an outright bomb)
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Yeah, when I asked him he said it was based on what SE recently said about FF16, lmao. That is not even a rumor, thatâs just speculation based on not a damn thing.
By the way, as for Dragon Quest. Say that in the future SE does end up at Sony(wouldnât shock me), someone a while ago said they wonât necessarily get Dragon Quest with that. I forgot to ask why that is, was this you?
The Square Enix rumour originated from Grubb and some others who heard that there were acquisition talks between Square and Sony last year.
We havenât really heard anything about it since then, but Sony has been railing hard against the ABK acquisition and optics would be dogshit if they tried to acquire a publisher themselves whilst protesting the ABK acquisition.
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The Dragon Quest IP is supposedly not held by Square Enix and instead held by a company created by the key creator(s?) of the franchise. They licensed the IP to Enix, and now Square Enix - it would be their choice whether to continue that arrangement in an acquisition. But, I imagine it is more likely they would stick with Square unless there was some unfavourable aspect to the new situation. This arrangement has been going on for decades and all of the Dragon Quest production is at Square.
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Iâm pretty sure all that âI love you Sony!â stuff was said to just be a joke and whatnot lol
It was not just me who said DQ doesnât come with a Square purchase, but yes, itâs another Kingdom Hearts situation, Square has exclusive publishing rights on the series but itâs not their IP. Yuji Horiiâs own company Armor Project owns some of it, and I believe Akira Toriyama also has some ownership (and side note, Toriyamaâs art being involved with DQXII automatically makes me think this game is not the M rated mature action game people think it will be) and the composer Sugiyama did as well (I donât really know what happened here after his death though).
Basically a long time jointly owned IP between good buddies lol, but I believe itâs Horii who has the final say on everything that happens with it (meaning if Sony ever attempted exclusivity on it, it has to pass by him⌠Extremely unlikely with how damaging it would be to the brand in Japan, it would come to Nintendo no matter what, although itâs worth noting that this doesnât guarantee Xbox)
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I am not against an acquisition of Square Enix by Sony. It would be a good response to Microsoftâs acquisitions (much better than crying to regulators), and it might save Square Enix from its disastrous management. Square Enix could also be an opportunity for Microsoft to expand into Japan, but honestly I donât see Square Enix joining Xbox at all. If that happened it would probably be the biggest WTF in the history of the industry lol
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Aint shit Sony can do to realistically ârespondâ MS buying ABK. Fanboys got to put that to rest.
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I didnât know the expectation for the new DQ was that it would be M rated, but I do hope the combat is real time like a action RPG. Like FF7, Witcher 3, MHW and so on. But thatâs all hope and not really based on anything other than that they said the combat would see a big change.
Just saw this trailer, yeah this looks really good. Man Iâm gonna have to get that PS5, arenât i? But with a strong chance of a new version of PS5 I will definitely wait.
As someone who likes both turn-based RPGs and action games, but dislikes turn-based RPGs being turned into action RPGs, I really hope they wonât do that.
Nah dont worry. Its just Sony desperate fans wanting to will into existence a âcounterâ to MSâs acquisitions. Current market definitions are not favorable for Sony to do big acqusitions if they ever try to do one.
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I saw a PS5 in real life for the first time yesterday. Theyâre um⌠kind of GINORMOUS. Like geez, if I ever wanted one itâs definitely gonna have to wait until a Slim model for me.
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Yep. I saw one in a store last year and my jaw dropped. I couldnât believe it myself. Itâs just too damn large and too high for your regular IKEA shelf.
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Itâs basically a very oversized router.
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Yup
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