Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: " In past years the answer was pretty obvious that Sony was geared to have better seasons as the PlayStation 4 was not only the platform of choice for third parties but Sony was also firing on all cylinders when it came to their first party line up. 2019 though seems to finally be bucking that trend."
Supercell has released its new squad-building action game Squad Busters in Spain, Mexico, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Canada, and Singapore. This game features characters from different Supercell titles, such as Clash of Clans, Brawl Stars, Hay Day, Clash Royale, and Boom Beach.
As part of its plans to cut 1,900 jobs, Microsoft has reportedly shut down operations at Bethesda France, letting go roughly 15 people
Bethesda France was made up of roughly 15 people... they couldn't of being doing much
Bethesda France mainly did publishing and marketing within the region
Bethesda France focused on publishing and marketing in the region. And 15 people lost their jobs as part of the closure.
I wonder if this is part of Microsoft's strategy to abandoned physical media or possibly gamepass advertising makes their roles redundant you don't need to market a game as hard when the majority of players get the game as part of a sub which already promoted upcoming games
Tbh Microsoft I think Bethesda being 3rd party same with Activision would probably more competitive than thus scenario imo
The recently purchased Activision French offices might take over all the licensing and marketing for Microsoft in France from now on.
Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.
This is something I might use. Sometimes I play some good games but they don’t have difficulty option and are a little too easy.
cool idea
cool idea for horror games especially
the way it's explained here sounds like it could never be forced hopefully, so that's ok with me
Depends on what MS shows at E3 and what PS exclusives release this year. I'm very excited for both and can't wait to see reactions from both sides. We're at the end of the generation so it's unknown what can happen.
Sony, without a doubt.
No exclusives, no chance for Microsoft.
I think Sony does with Day's Gone, Judgment (Judge Eyes) Shenmue, Concrete Genie, Left Alive and Dreams
Edit: I guess this question is for 1st party only
Something tells me Death Stranding and TLOU 2 will also release later this year
Article summary:
If you ignore and downplay Sony's in house exclusives, if you ignore that PS4 will still have more exclusives than Microsoft, if you forget that 99% of 3rd party games are coming to Playstation as well no matter what Microsoft shows, if you downplay Sony's dominance while playing up Microsoft's "fixes," if you forget the many exclusives that are coming out on PSVR, the ONLY console vr platform. If you forget that Microsoft's recently acquired developers still have games coming out on PS4 like Outer Worlds and The Mage's tale. And, if you become oblivious to the fact that Sony has a next generation system coming too and Microsoft would be stupid in announcing theirs so soon after the $500 X,then...
2019 looks about even between them based on this article.
I see no trend being bucked