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Newegg Final Fantasy XV Xbox One Day One Edition $29.99
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Patrick S.
Banned
I so want this but I am unemployed right now and have no money 
That's standard PS4 before you ask, not Pro.
wow, hence $30
This actually works? lol
Damn, the scummy shit I'll do to save basically $8. (GCU + $10 preorder coupon)
Wouldn't be surprised if I could just straight up trade this into BestBuy for $35+ soon as it arrives.
Red Warrior
Neo Member
tbh, I don't even care about visual fidelity. I'm not enough of a graphics snob to care. And it's pretty clear the reason the XBO port is an afterthought is that PS4 was the lead dev platform.
For $30 I jumped in. Yeah the Xbox One won't be the technical best platform to play it on (unless it gets a Scorpio update next year), but for $30 it's probably worth the inevitable confusion and wandering around that I'll experience. I only have a 32" TV in my living room anyways 😅
Plus if I hate it I can easily cut my losses by trading it in (potentially for a profit)
Plus if I hate it I can easily cut my losses by trading it in (potentially for a profit)
It works with retailers that do trade ins. There is no shame in getting the best deal, it's a sale price. Plus, you help Square Enix out by looking like two copies were sold for one person. They quoted a ridiculous number needed to break even.
Yup, they're also single white males ranging from the 15-30 age range.
I think Microsoft did a excellent job at catering to that audience. It's why I find it strange that Microsoft runs up to Japanese devs for platform support when they know their games are going to bomb.
Link to Xbox promo:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYel_3mkuTs
Apparently there is a Win 10 version of FFXV coming but I couldn't exactly "translate" the Japanese article, lol.
Bits N Pieces
Member
The chat about Xbox being the platform of Dudebro's and Meatheads is funny.
I think more than anything, the majority of Xbox owners dont like JRPG's or anime in general - that doesn't make you a meathead or dudebro though. Just shows you have discerning taste
I think more than anything, the majority of Xbox owners dont like JRPG's or anime in general - that doesn't make you a meathead or dudebro though. Just shows you have discerning taste
Maintenance
Member
Wait, what? Where?
BronsonLee
Member
It astounds me this deal exists, it isn't even out yet
Red Warrior
Neo Member
Surprised Amazon and Best Buy haven't price-matched yet, but eh, I can wait a week since I have some backloggery to get to anyway
KojiKnight
Member
Welp... early Christmas present for me courtesy of my wife. Thanks thread.
Cow Goes Moo
Member
has this ever happened before, for a "major" release?
I'm glancing over the article, when I translate the article from Japanese to English it says something about a Windows version?
Here is the whole article using Google Translate: https://translate.google.com.au/tra...pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1029510.html
Original: http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1029510.html
phant0m
Member
Oct/Nov release crowding. Even people that can afford to buy everything (even at full price) probably don't have time to play it all. Hell, lots of people are still playing the GOAT (
Overwatch
Pubs are fighting over what table scraps are left.
BronsonLee
Member
Newegg is a bit special, if a game isn't selling they will bounce it out ASAP
The only thing I can think of is me getting Halo 4 for 40 from Newegg before release
PHOENIXZERO
Member
Yeaaaahh, the XBox One version really is doing terribly, not really a surprise though, imagine even worse for NewEgg since and it could be just me, NewEgg doesn't seem like a "go to" place to pre-order games.
Other places, most likely, Amazon will eventually match it I'm sure.
Yeah, I think it was common for games that sold really well hit the Platinum/Greatest Hits line up around a year after release. Final Fantasy X was somewhere around a year and a half though for some reason.
Other places, most likely, Amazon will eventually match it I'm sure.
Yeah, I think it was common for games that sold really well hit the Platinum/Greatest Hits line up around a year after release. Final Fantasy X was somewhere around a year and a half though for some reason.
KojiKnight
Member
Microsoft's store was doing it earlier today till they sold through stock. Though it was a slightly less good deal at $35.
Slayer-33
Liverpool-2
+ $15 dollars back via reward points that could be redeemed on Amazon.
So actually a better deal but about $7/8 extra because of tax compared to Newegg.
Red Warrior
Neo Member
Don't forget we had an abnormally strong spring season this year -- Dark Souls 3, Uncharted 4, Doom, and the aforementioned Overwatch among others. I think a lot of people were spent then, and looked at fall with apathy.
Chobel
Member
Ah ffs, Win10 store version but no Steam?
Jawbreaker
Member
I'm positive it'll be on Steam.
I think they regret more expend 10 years making a game that shaped up nothing more than a regular game with no improvements over nothing we saw even on last gen.
Toadthemushroom
Member
It's almost as if Xbox 360 didn't happen. Microsoft ended up selling through more 360s in the UK than the Wii by the end of the generation, and the Wii had at the time the highest market penetration for a console in that region.
It was market leader out of the two-horse Sony/MS race (Nintendo went for the expanded audience), precisely because it had games that catered to everyone. See: Xbox Live Arcade, XBLIG, 360 pretty much getting every notable third party release in its early days. If you had a PS3 (I certainly did, ended up getting a 360 late in 2010) you missed out on a bunch of games.
While I believe Wii offered more for everyone, 360 certainly offered a wide enough library for all kinds of players to invest into. XBLA wouldn't have been a success if the system only catered to the stereotypical audience that plays only FIFA and CoD every year.
That's standard PS4 before you ask, not Pro.
Half off for half the resolution.
As the platform that gave a significant amount of attention to Ori and The Blind Forest, KOTOR, Inside, Tales of Vesperia, Viva Pinata, Rare Replay etc. this is basically snobbery
Also seems to be some sort of implication that one audience has more 'refined' taste than the other when both their lists of top 100 selling games are borderline identical
The chat about Xbox being the platform of Dudebro's and Meatheads is funny.
I think more than anything, the majority of Xbox owners dont like JRPG's or anime in general - that doesn't make you a meathead or dudebro though. Just shows you have discerning taste
But even japanese gamers are not into JRPGs nowadays...
I don't think it's a taste problem. Look at FF15, how it ended up. There is some lack of innovation and efforts to grow with the industry from japanese devs in almost every way. Even on graphics they are not good anymore.
Also look at the triple A games from japan this gen: MGSV(cross-gen), SFV(low sales, bad marketing and price) and now FF15.
3 AAA games from japan in 3 years. Is that really good? Now look at the west...
Perhaps they are really moving to mobile games and I'm not conviced yet...
If this bombs as hard on Xbox One as it looks like it might I think Square might seriously consider cancelling KH3's Xbox version... Probably too proud to do it and I highly doubt they will but it would be smart to instead of wasting dev time making that version only for it to bomb probably even harder than XV's will.
better embarrassed than losing more if they sell at full price
KH3 is UE4 so it should be much easier to port over.
I'd also say it doesn't seem like the PS4 version is doing gangbusters either. Really crowded release schedule and I think people are skeptical about the game given some of the demos.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Where did you get that from? I think the game is doing quite well if you looks at PS4 preorders from what I am hearing and reading.
Strangelove77
Member
"FFXV for Xbox One was flying off the shelves."
-Square Enix/Microsoft
-Square Enix/Microsoft
Being easier to port doesn't really matter if the game sells abysmally on a platform. There's no point wasting money on shipping copies of that version if it's going to mega bomb in Xbox's largest market.
PS4 version might not be doing gangbusters but it seems to be doing far far better based on people who work at retail stores on here and Amazon sales rankings. Vast majority of potential buyers won't have played the demos.
Sales are sales BRO
Strangelove77
Member
You should work for PR
Don't worry, I'm sure it'll be $30 in other places very soon.
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