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@mjarbo A bunch of movie reviewers were not honest about Shelby oaks because of who made it.

I keep thinking about Chris Stuckmann and SHELBY OAKS right now. Not in a dunking way. I genuinely hope he is doing okay. But it has to be strange watching OBSESSION, BACKROOMS, and even IRON LUNG connect theatrically in a way SHELBY OAKS just did not. All of them come from the YouTube/online creator space. But SHELBY OAKS was the first one out of the gate, and it stumbled. The movie started as a record-breaking Kickstarter tied to the PARANORMAL PARANOIDS internet mystery. It was always described as a traditional feature with found-footage elements, but the hook was still very much missing investigators, fake online lore, and found-footage horror. Then the final movie became more of a hybrid. That may have hurt it. BACKROOMS also mixes found footage with traditional filmmaking, but it seems to understand exactly what its audience wanted from that world. OBSESSION understood its audience too. SHELBY OAKS feels like it may have been caught between the movie people backed, the movie NEON helped finish, and the movie general audiences were willing to show up for. That does not mean Chris Stuckmann failed as a filmmaker. It means he was in the worst possible position: first through the door, before Hollywood fully understood how to sell this new wave of YouTube-driven horror. I hope the internet does not beat him up too badly over it. Because one movie not connecting does not end a career. But watching the next wave of YouTube filmmakers break out right after your debut underperforms has to be a rough thing to sit with.

@tomwarren Meanwhile the Switch 2 is going to wait 3 years before adding an OLED screen to their handheld.

ASUS just announced an Xbox Ally X with an OLED display. The new X20 model has drift-resistant GuliKit TMR joysticks, a transforming D-pad, 7.4-inch 120Hz OLED, and an action button instead of the library one. The Xbox button also lights up green theverge.com/games/940722/a…

@10kiloCapital @countmagic He already said it on Make them remember

@countmagic Facts. They don’t accept him because of his skin tone and roots. But ain’t brave enough to say so!

If Drake has realized anything after the Kendrick beef, it's that he'll never win with "the culture" and the "real hip-hop" crowd. This isn't about him winning anything. This is like Iron Mike saying "I don't even want the title, keep it. Just fight me. I just wanna hurt 'em."

@astaranx All Booty said was that they are going to show every platform where a game is available which means if a game is exclusive we will not see a PS logo.

People should stop making story about useless subject like logos in Xbox Showcase 🤡 What’s the point to hide it when it will be confirmed minutes later on rivals consoles ? Better to be transparent and show the advantage of Xbox version like Play Anywhere and Gamepass. Be Smart

It’s too many fake Xbox fans in the community. That journalistic influence fucked up the hobby i once I loved with this kumbaya Bullshit. Crazy how the most successful brand is the most selfish anti-consumer brand. It’s okay as long as yall get free hoodies, sweaters, PJS and embargo’s eh? Where’s your integrity.

@Silv3rJS @Fallout7295 @klobrille @DMC_Ryan @asha_shar That is true and I think Halo going to PS is a terrible idea. Something tells me it won’t even sell that much on Ps so they will be sacrificing their brand identity for nothing.

@dfresh177 @Fallout7295 @klobrille @DMC_Ryan @asha_shar A trailer doesn’t mean anything. Project Eve was announced for Xbox and when Stellar Blade launched it didn’t end up on Xbox

@asha_shar @klobrille Is doing what Sony does really any more helpful to gamers, though? Meaning, pretend a game doesn't exist on other platforms on your Showcase when in fact it does. Who does that help? Exclusives are another matter, but if it's multiplatform, why try to convince anyone otherwise?

@Silv3rJS @Fallout7295 @klobrille @DMC_Ryan @asha_shar There already is a halo campaign evolved trailer on the PS channel it’s too late. When Microsoft was still doing exclusives and bought bathesda death loop and ghostwire Tokyo still had to come to PS because they were already announced for it and had a contractual agreement.

@dfresh177 @Fallout7295 @klobrille @DMC_Ryan @asha_shar I can guarantee you that there is no contract that says Halo remake must launch on PlayStation lol. They COULD pull it but they won’t

@tebogstaT @thamieverywhere Tell her to come to the gym with you because you hate being apart from her.

@thamieverywhere So if the skinny girl gains weight?

bro to bro: if you like skinnier girls, get yourself a skinny girl. if you like thicker girls, get yourself a thick girl. if you like fitness girls, get yourself a fit girl. you are entitled to your own preferences. but what you are not going to do bro, is date a girl who is not your type and make her feel inferior to other girls.

@deadlyheadley_ Then why even flirt with the idea of exclusivity if she is not planing on bringing them back? If anything it’s going to make her look worse she was better off not saying anything about it.

Can’t wait for a bunch of people to get super mad at Asha Sharma when Xbox doesn’t return to exclusivity because of two politely ambiguous, non-committal words given by a CEO freshly introduced to the pointy end of rabid fanboyism on Twitter.

@Fallout7295 @Silv3rJS @klobrille @DMC_Ryan @asha_shar There are contractual agreements that were made before Asha took over XBOX. Unfortunately she cant just cancel ports that took time and money to make however she can make sure future games remain exclusive.

@dfresh177 @Silv3rJS @klobrille @DMC_Ryan @asha_shar if she heard you she would of cancelled all the xbox ports to playstation.

@Silv3rJS @klobrille @DMC_Ryan @asha_shar Gears E day will be exclusive Asha said she heard us lol

@dfresh177 @klobrille @DMC_Ryan @asha_shar Will it still be forgiven when it shows up 8 months later on ps5 🤷‍♂️

@Mr_Supeme @BoTalksGames Xbox has the best showcases so I doubt it would suck plus most of the games shown go to game pass day 1 which makes it better for me personally since everything is getting too expensive and not all games are worth full price.

@dfresh177 @BoTalksGames Well the general idea is if the Xbox showcase sucks I’d sell both my ps5 and Xbox for a ps5 pro, and I mean PlayStation does have ps plus which houses a lot of cool games and for back compat it is good to see but I’m not having a brand new console just to play older games.

This is all so goofy. Can XBOX (gotta spell it right) fans not handle SEEING other platform logos? It’s not like this changes if it’s releasing on PS5/SW2 😭

@Mr_Supeme @BoTalksGames If you already own a ps5 why get the pro if the ps6 is apparently not to far away plus it doesn’t have gamepass and good backwards compatibility.

@dfresh177 @BoTalksGames Well I also have a ps5, so it won’t be so hard to fully switch but my Xbox digital library consists of games I’ve already completed so I don’t really care to replay them, also I buy most my games physical

@Mr_Supeme @BoTalksGames So your going to abandon your entire Xbox digital library and buy a $900 console to start all over I doubt it.

@BoTalksGames If June 7th isn’t good im selling this Xbox for a ps5 pro

Yes it will !

@drthug23 @DestinLegarie Gears E day will be Exclusive

@dfresh177 @DestinLegarie It wont be and see u online with crossplay lmao 🤣

I don't think Xbox needs to remove logos. Everyone is just going to rush online and use it as an "own" now. If it's on PlayStation, it's on PlayStation. Why remove the logo if it's going there anyway? The real solution players are asking for is to make them exclusive again.

@klobrille @DMC_Ryan @asha_shar All will be forgiving when Gears E day gets announced as an Xbox exclusive.

No matter if we talk about exclusives, or logos, or Showcases; it always comes down to this: Xbox does not exist in this industry in isolation. None of these decisions will make or break Xbox on their own. Yet each of these decisions seen individually can give the impression that Xbox has no interest in actually competing on a platform level today. No player on Xbox wants to have exclusive games just for the sake of having exclusives. If you invested money into Xbox, you want to be part of a platform that competes, that puts you as a costumer first, a platform that is healthy and ideally grows. Exclusives are only a tool to achieve that. Not showing the logos of your competitors, for anyone other than Xbox, is the most normal thing ever — it has been for decades. It is a proven marketing concept. Because Sony and Nintendo have a very strong desire to protect their brand and platform. Can this be annoying after the next State of Play? Yes, maybe. But Sony has zero obligations to anyone other than their costumers on PlayStation or those who will want to join their ecosystem. This industry will be better with an Xbox that is hungry for competition — something that, quite honestly, got lost with Xbox trying to be full third-party and a platform holder at the same time these last few years. Every other industry ever shows that competition results in a better experience for everyone. This is the Xbox many fans want to see.

@JMaine518 Where in this does it say they are not going back to exclusives? All it means is that games that are multiplat will still have the logos of the platforms they will be available at.

Microsoft looked at that Xbox fan request list, saw exclusives at the top, and said…

@klobrille It’s not too late to remove the logos they have a whole week

The Xbox platform inevitably will be a better place with the voices of the many that care for this brand being taken seriously. Appreciate the honesty!