It's a day old and already posted on relevant sites, but it's probably good to post here in case some haven't seen it:
https://twitter.com/galgun_official/status/1342395407708536833
Key points:
- Game was never planned for Sony
- Xbox version was cancelled at the last moment
- Reason was censorship
None of this surprises me nor, I imagine, most if not all of you, but it does run counter-narrative to some insane comments that I had seen before about how Microsoft would bizarrely turn a new leaf in order to court the Japanese market.
Also, I've never played Gal*Gun before but have had Gal*Gun 2 installed for over 2 years now. I'll probably give it a try in the mid future.
Gears 5 and Among Us are shit, but I wouldn't agree that they are shovelware.
I just remember what happened when Steam accepted porn games, most of New Releases was terrible hentai puzzle games.
This entire thread is irrelevant, but Neoverse is literally the 2nd game displayed to me when I open that page. And that's only the 1st page.
If you're going to call Gal*Gun shovelware, you'll have a hard time convincing me that Neoverse doesn't fit...and I actually don't mind the card game (though it's probably only worth $1-2 max IMO).
I remember Steam's phase but having dealt with actual shovelware shit (ex: Fight Angel) there and on the Switch, I won't complain about choice, ideally with decent search filters, tagging, etc.
Weird, for me the first 4 are Forza Motorsport 7, Forza Horizon 4, Gears 5 and Among Us. Is it because I'm logged in?
Maybe. I opened the site without any cookies and it defaulted to zero filters enabled and Newest for sort order.
Trust me, gatekeeping for quality is not in Microsoft's MO. They want GaaS (gaming as a service) to succeed, and with Game Pass being a strong contender currently, the largest library possible.
Curation for 'quality' seems to be Epic's thing, not Microsoft's.
I wonder how that will go down. Every time I say something nice about them everyone hates me.
I don't disagree, but so far there hasn't been such absolute junk as there is on Steam on the Microsoft Store. We haven't got Unity asset flips and stupid jigsaw puzzle games with stolen art yet. Those only make it to the W10 store.