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[Draugoth]

From his "predictions" podcast, says that FFXVI will likely be shadowdropped on the Xbox Direct on January 23.

 

[Ozriel]

I've lost track of how many times these insiders have made these predictions for these FF titles.

 

[rofif]

waste of money

 

[Cakeboxer]

waste of money

100%, game is crap.

 

[rofif]

100%, game is crap.

stupid take. Game is amazing
waste of money porting it to xbox. They will not make that money back

 

[adamsapple]

Nate the drake rumors

 

[Ozriel]

stupid take. Game is amazing
waste of money porting it to xbox. They will not make that money back

Shit take. Ports don't cost THAT much to make.

 

[Cakeboxer]

stupid take. Game is amazing
waste of money porting it to xbox. They will not make that money back

I don't think a port is very expensive, consoles are almost pcs anyways. Maybe it's even a Game Pass deal and they already got the money back. Game is still crap.

 

[rofif]

Shit take. Ports don't cost THAT much to make.

I don't think a port is very expensive, consoles are almost pcs anyways. Maybe it's even a Game Pass deal and they already got the money back. Game is still crap.

Consoles are nothing like pcs. Even these consoles.
Port still costs some money.
Even if it's not much, no shoot they are selling well on xbox. Xbox gamers don't buy full priced games too often.
Probably gamepass deal if anything

 

[adamsapple]

Consoles are nothing like pcs. Even these consoles.
Port still costs some money.
Even if it's not much, no shoot they are selling well on xbox. Xbox gamers don't buy full priced games too often.
Probably gamepass deal if anything

They shouldn't release it at full price, see Death Stranding's example of how to do it properly, it was in the top sellers on Xbox for pretty much the entire month it came out.

But this is Square, so I'm guessing it'll be a $69.99 launch.

 

[MagiusNecros]

So they are going to shadowdrop FFXVI on Xbox the same day they release FF7 Rebirth on PC? Interesting strategy.

 

[Cakeboxer]

Consoles are nothing like pcs. Even these consoles.
Port still costs some money.
Even if it's not much, no shoot they are selling well on xbox. Xbox gamers don't buy full priced games too often.
Probably gamepass deal if anything

I have no idea what a port that is already on a similar console (+ XSS tweaking) costs. But let's say it's 1,5 million. That requires less than 40k sales at 40 Dollar, that shouldn't be a problem, even for Xbox. They will get their money back. No offense, but i bet there work smarter people than you and me and they also know the numbers.

 

[cireza]

Could they shadow-drop a good game instead ?

 

[Hayabusabruh]

The annual FF is coming to Xbox rumor

 

[MagiusNecros]

Could they shadow-drop a good game instead ?

I wish they would shadowdrop Bravely Third or a Drakengard 4 or NieR 3 myself but we can't have nice things.

 

[RoboFu]

So switch2 unveil on the 23 with FF at launch announcement and xbox shadow drop?

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Great game. As long as you're wanting an action RPG and not a more standard jrpg.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Consoles are nothing like pcs. Even these consoles.
Port still costs some money.
Even if it's not much, no shoot they are selling well on xbox. Xbox gamers don't buy full priced games too often.
Probably gamepass deal if anything

You guys keep saying that it makes no sense to port these games to Xbox....But more or less every single dev and publisher ports their games to Xbox the minute they can....It's almost like these devs and publishers know something that you don't

 

[Synless]

I've lost track of how many times these insiders have made these predictions for these FF titles.

Broken clocks are right twice a day… they will get it right eventually.

 

[rofif]

You guys keep saying that it makes no sense to port these games to Xbox....But more or less every single dev and publisher ports their games to Xbox the minute they can....It's almost like these devs and publishers know something that you don't

yeah they are stupid. Nothing else to it or microsoft pays for the deal.
There is no money in xbox console platform to be made. Not with full game releases.
And no. Devs and publishers are not rushing to release games on xbox. if anything, they are looking for ways to avoid releasing on xbox...

 

[DenchDeckard]

yeah they are stupid. Nothing else to it or microsoft pays for the deal.
There is no money in xbox console platform to be made. Not with full game releases.
And no. Devs and publishers are not rushing to release games on xbox. if anything, they are looking for ways to avoid releasing on xbox...

Dude, are we in the same reality.....Atlus have been all over Xbox.

Square are constantly talking about releasing games on Xbox.

Kojima released Death Stranding on Xbox the second that he could.

Who is avoiding Xbox? No big publishers or Devs.

And you say Microsoft are paying for it? they arent even manufacturing series X by the looks of it, and they are porting their games to PS. Why would MS be paying for it?

 

[Little Chicken]

Oh

 

[GHound]

Ladies, please. Two dying brands fucking isn't going to suddenly make them both healthy.

 

[rofif]

Dude, are we in the same reality.....Atlus have been all over Xbox.

Square are constantly talking about releasing games on Xbox.

Kojima released Death Stranding on Xbox the second that he could.

Who is avoiding Xbox? No big publishers or Devs.

And you say Microsoft are paying for it? they arent even manufacturing series X by the looks of it, and they are porting their games to PS. Why would MS be paying for it?

xbox is paying so there is SOME money to be made if these ports are really cheap.
At least not much ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Darsxx82]

I have no idea what a port that is already on a similar console (+ XSS tweaking) costs. But let's say it's 1,5 million. That requires less than 40k sales at 40 Dollar, that shouldn't be a problem, even for Xbox. They will get their money back. No offense, but i bet there work smarter people than you and me and they also know the numbers.

98% of the games that are released have an XBOX version..... Imagine thinking that 98% of the studios in the world are stupid people and make versions of their games for Xbox knowing that they will lose money...

As you say, the reality is that they do it because the potential is there and the objective of every Studio is to squeeze the maximum profitability out of a project. Then people forget that launching on Xbox is more than sales of copies of the game on XSeries. The potential of MS Store, Xcloud, subscriptions, promotions, marketing... The profitability of the projects goes beyond the launch date.

 

[DenchDeckard]

xbox is paying so there is SOME money to be made if these ports are really cheap.
At least not much ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Literally a tweet with no link to the data or anything. C'mon man, you are better than this. And obv some PS fanboy.

Edit: not you as a PS fanboy i mean the twitter account.

 

[rofif]

Literally a tweet with no link to the data or anything. C'mon man, you are better than this. And obv some PS fanboy.

Edit: not you as a PS fanboy i mean the twitter account.

maybe. I don't have the source but it kinda goes together with my gut feeling ?

 

[Ozriel]

xbox is paying so there is SOME money to be made if these ports are really cheap.
At least not much ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Lmao, get this brain-dead fanboy shit out of here.

 

[Edmund]

Literally a tweet with no link to the data or anything. C'mon man, you are better than this. And obv some PS fanboy.

Edit: not you as a PS fanboy i mean the twitter account.

A fanboy calling another person a fanboy is damn bloody hilarious.

 

[Punished Miku]

I'll turn it on hit pause for 15 min for reward points a few times.

 

[Darsxx82]

Literally a tweet with no link to the data or anything. C'mon man, you are better than this. And obv some PS fanboy.

Edit: not you as a PS fanboy i mean the twitter account.

Imagine quoting a PS fanboy using fake data and seeing yourself as having the authority to reply to others

 

[LordCBH]

How many times has a shadow drop resulted in success?

 

[mayham2199]

Man I hope this is true. I really want to see if they can get FF16 running on the series S.

 

[Rush2112]

Dogshit game tbh

 

[tylrdiablos]

Guys, whenever you see a forum post/tweet with words like "could", "might", "rumored" etc - just ignore it.

Seek sanctuary in the #BustMust and "Best Butts In Gaming" threads! Be at peace; away from lies, speculation, broken-promises and broken-hearts.

 

[adamsapple]

maybe. I don't have the source but it kinda goes together with my gut feeling ?

Your gut also made you support Forspoonin.

 

[rofif]

Your gut also made you support Forspoonin.

And it was a right call. I had so much fun with it

 

[adamsapple]

And it was a right call. I had so much fun with it

 

[Fabieter]

I heard the sales are automatically gonna double when it hits Xbox.

 

[cireza]

xbox is paying so there is SOME money to be made if these ports are really cheap.
At least not much ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I made it better just for you.

 

[Mercador]

Great game. As long as you're wanting an action RPG and not a more standard jrpg.

That was my issue, I was expecting a Final Fantasy.

 

[Fabieter]

That was my issue, I was expecting a Final Fantasy.

The father of Final Fantasy called it exactly that. So do you know better what's a final fantasy game?

 

[rofif]

I made it better just for you.

deranged behavior

 

[Mercador]

The father of Final Fantasy called it exactly that. So do you know better what's a final fantasy game?

Different perspectives

 

[Yoboman]

I wouldn't put it past Square to do something as dumb as shadow dropping FFXVI on Xbox the same day Rebirth launches on PC

 

[balls of snow]

The demo probably will.

 

[Ozriel]

I heard the sales are automatically gonna double when it hits Xbox.

 

[Kumomeme]

isnt every device is basically Xbox nowdays? so 'technically' FFXVI already on xbox since the launch day /s

 

[Bernardougf]

Dropping like a turd

 

[Fabieter]

You need to do that at the next sqaure enix financial report .