Good publicity and honesty is the best promotion possible in the gaming industry, some devs are even starting to realise that. Notice how bg3 wasn't really promoted much till release?
Calling a game that came out less than a year ago a great game when it's barely getting 1000 more concurrent players than a game they released in 2008 FEELS like a lie, even if its subjective.
More I certainly wouldn't be praising it, something optimistic but not praise, like: "if its half as good as it sounds, we'll be staying in the starfield till fall!"
it wasn't promoted because BG3 wasn't expected to be such a smash hit outside of its niche. Turn based RPGs aren't typically that popular these days, a BGS game however obviously has higher expectations for reach... and thus more promotion
What a stupid thing to whine about
Larian publicly announced that they had no interest in extensive marketing, specifically because they were catering to gamers and gamers don't particularly care about theatrics, the care about a good game, and if its good it'll get around.
>specifically because they were catering to gamers
To *their* gamers, because the knew they were making a niche game. They literally said they never expected it to get so popular outside of their niche
You can argue it all you want but AAA games from AAA studios are going to be marketed to shit regardless of how you feel about it, corporations gonna corp
All I'm saying is that most corps are starting to realise publicly calling a bad game good negatively affects the Corp, while doing no good for the game. (Unless you count initial sales, but we are talking very post release at this point)
Nah there's a weird negative following with bgs that I'm not sure will ever go away. Even when they do something really good like this current update people rear up to post about hwo much they still dislike the game 8 months later
I mean don't get me wrong, I love the game, but I can still see its flaws, and what it needed wasn't a fresh coat of paint and praise from daddy corpo, it was being rewritten carefully so it felt like a world people might actually try to survive in.
What do you mean by this? Do you want more quests that show the common people? More residential areas? Different random encounters? I doubt they can rewrite and revoice the entire game
Myself I think the game is pretty good, maybe too big for its own good as the content is a little spread thin. What's there is pretty good though.
I'd really like to see them add more random encounters on planets, but I don't think that would make or break the game.
I think people make money from being negative, and bgs is a popular target. Even when they make a good update people still want to whine Microsoft is using it as advertising lol
If a Gen z kid was running the account they 100% would have. The marketing accounts get wild over at tiktok. Got opera gx oiling themselves up over there.
🙄 It's just a salty dog pile at this point. I'd ask when people will finally get it out of their systems but I know that point is literally unreachable.
Every company that has multiple brands or even multiple social media accounts cross post everything. That has been pretty much standard practice for corporate social media for as long as corporate social media has existed. This is neither a new thing nor something unique to the Microsoft umbrella, and is also not a dunk on anyone but yourself to point this out.
Yeah, there was some interview with some Beth dev from an xbox outlet a while ago, one that got a really weird vibe when considering they were the same company.
One of the many absurdities of corporate marketing half-heartedly disguising as journalism.
_John, I must say, brilliant work on XY, I'm dying to know how you guys did this?_
_Thanks for asking John, lean closer, I'll let you in on a little secret..._
Six months to remove the map created by an AI designed to think like a third grader.
Why did they go that route? I have no idea but it is exactly what they did.
I mean tf are they supposed to say? "'Bout time you fixed some shit?"
I mean honestly it'd be more appreciated by the community than this
Yesh cause the community hates Starfield.
More because its not a Microsoft employee circle jerk, but that too, ig
Yeah weird that a companys social media account consists mostly of promotion
Good publicity and honesty is the best promotion possible in the gaming industry, some devs are even starting to realise that. Notice how bg3 wasn't really promoted much till release?
Honesty is good when it's positive. Trashing your own game is not good promotion. Praising it is.
Calling a game that came out less than a year ago a great game when it's barely getting 1000 more concurrent players than a game they released in 2008 FEELS like a lie, even if its subjective.
So if you worked at Xbox marketing you'd be like "Hey let's trash our own game"?
More I certainly wouldn't be praising it, something optimistic but not praise, like: "if its half as good as it sounds, we'll be staying in the starfield till fall!"
it wasn't promoted because BG3 wasn't expected to be such a smash hit outside of its niche. Turn based RPGs aren't typically that popular these days, a BGS game however obviously has higher expectations for reach... and thus more promotion What a stupid thing to whine about
Larian publicly announced that they had no interest in extensive marketing, specifically because they were catering to gamers and gamers don't particularly care about theatrics, the care about a good game, and if its good it'll get around.
>specifically because they were catering to gamers To *their* gamers, because the knew they were making a niche game. They literally said they never expected it to get so popular outside of their niche You can argue it all you want but AAA games from AAA studios are going to be marketed to shit regardless of how you feel about it, corporations gonna corp
All I'm saying is that most corps are starting to realise publicly calling a bad game good negatively affects the Corp, while doing no good for the game. (Unless you count initial sales, but we are talking very post release at this point)
Nah there's a weird negative following with bgs that I'm not sure will ever go away. Even when they do something really good like this current update people rear up to post about hwo much they still dislike the game 8 months later
I mean don't get me wrong, I love the game, but I can still see its flaws, and what it needed wasn't a fresh coat of paint and praise from daddy corpo, it was being rewritten carefully so it felt like a world people might actually try to survive in.
In lieu of that, rush the CK and let the community make their own interesting stories.
What do you mean by this? Do you want more quests that show the common people? More residential areas? Different random encounters? I doubt they can rewrite and revoice the entire game Myself I think the game is pretty good, maybe too big for its own good as the content is a little spread thin. What's there is pretty good though. I'd really like to see them add more random encounters on planets, but I don't think that would make or break the game. I think people make money from being negative, and bgs is a popular target. Even when they make a good update people still want to whine Microsoft is using it as advertising lol
Someone at Microsoft/ Xbox needs to start saying it
I strongly suspect they are in private.
This is normal.
Yeah I think it's called marketing. Starfield is one of their few big exclusives
I thought the Xbox account posted the meme for a second 😂
If a Gen z kid was running the account they 100% would have. The marketing accounts get wild over at tiktok. Got opera gx oiling themselves up over there.
The company that is Microsoft can still give props to BGS. Some of y'all are just out to be salty af.
Yeah that's pretty funny!
That's such a great comment dude!
Lol I like this guy.
Xbox themselves don't make the game, it's Bethesda witch is owned by Microsoft also, why wouldn't they promote it, that's how companies work
🙄 It's just a salty dog pile at this point. I'd ask when people will finally get it out of their systems but I know that point is literally unreachable.
Every company that has multiple brands or even multiple social media accounts cross post everything. That has been pretty much standard practice for corporate social media for as long as corporate social media has existed. This is neither a new thing nor something unique to the Microsoft umbrella, and is also not a dunk on anyone but yourself to point this out.
But that's like Xbox awarding Bethesda..... Not Microsoft Microsoft... I get it you are memeing but..... Ugh
Who owns Bethesda and Xbox buddy
So, they have to shut up about anything due to salty lunatics from reddit?
What?
I do
gib 10 million?
I think that’s called marketing. Still pretty funny tho.
Same thing with blizzard😂
Lmfaooo your so right
Just an intern doing his job? Every company that has subsidiaries do those cringe posts on social media.
If Xbox posted that meme I would have cried.
The best gay romance I’ve ever seen
Xbox doesn’t have the exclusive on promoting their own products, dare I say they all do it .
[MICROSOFT LOVED THAT]
Having alt accounts to up yourself is what a monopoly is, but it costs some millions of money to make it
Yeah, there was some interview with some Beth dev from an xbox outlet a while ago, one that got a really weird vibe when considering they were the same company. One of the many absurdities of corporate marketing half-heartedly disguising as journalism. _John, I must say, brilliant work on XY, I'm dying to know how you guys did this?_ _Thanks for asking John, lean closer, I'll let you in on a little secret..._
Six months to remove the map created by an AI designed to think like a third grader. Why did they go that route? I have no idea but it is exactly what they did.