So Mark, you are saying that all negative reviews on a particular subject on the Internet should be classed as “review bombing”…whereas on the other hand all positive reviews of a subject on the Internet should be classed as “fact”??
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LuL Obviously I’m talking about patterns and trends rather than universal rules.
Xbox One has sold half the units 360 sold. Halo and Gears sales are down. And even if Gears 5 would lose them money, it doesn’t mean Gears isn’t still financially viable. Nope, they’d put more effort into their next game(s).
What I was responding to was your claim Microsoft isn’t using feedback as basis for future installments. They’re doing it all the time.
“Sales down” does not mean unprofitable… You understand there’s a difference, right? Microsoft’s gaming division is currently a net money earner, regardless of whether sales are up or down compared to the past. GOW and Halo are still their most successful first party games, and there’s no indication that Microsoft is taking a loss on either franchise. I don’t have a clue how you could take what I’ve written and misinterpret it to mean that Xbox, Halo, or GOW should be at risk of being shut down.
Regarding Microsoft responding to feedback on the Xbox One, it’s not even a remotely comparable situation to Gears 5. The launch of the One was universally condemned by media and gamers alike, and the console was in danger of being an actual financial loser for Microsoft. Gears 5, in contrast, received widespread acclaim from most gaming media outlets and players, while the negative response is confined to a relatively small niche who have blown a few narrow problems out of proportion. Again, the idea that Gears 5 is somehow a failure for Microsoft is absurd. The trajectory of the series following GOW4 is clearly upward.
That’s what the dwindling playerbase says is it?! “A relatively small niche”… = the 80% or so of Loyal Gears fans who have left 5 and either returned to 3 or 4 or stopped playing gears altogether… You do make me laugh Mark 
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I disagree.
You seem to have this flawed idea a game has to be unprofitable to be considered a failure. But that’s not the case.
Xbox lost a huge chunk of marketshare to their competitors, sold much less units etc. This is a failure despite gaming division being a net earner. Of course we don’t even know profits of Xbox division anymore as MS isn’t sharing them.
You might need to read your previous responses again because you seem confused. You did imply that if we wish Gears 5 to fail we’re not getting another Gears game.
End of your post is just denial. Small niche… few narrow problems… yeah right. Trajectory is upward despite lack of interest in the game, less sales and lower player base they expected.
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Mark you must be from THE LAND OF OZ… I mean sometimes I think you are not living on Earth here with me man .
you have to come back to Kansas Mark… it’s time to say goobye to the scarecrow, the tin man and the cowardly lion man…
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Its not even the whole hero thing thats the biggest issue
If they would just not lock the hero abilities to a specific character and allow duplicates I think would make a lot of people happy and make it so they could release more characters at a time
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that is correct @ll_R_E_D_l
the game needs to be unlocked on the hero abilites…, allows duplicates so people can play whatever they want, and at least add 3 ammo boxes on horde so the weapons could be used as whatever way you want… that would mean the world…
saying Gears 5 has universal claim from players has to be one of the most "OZ-DRIVEN IDEAS " ever conceived in these forums. …
Tbh, what bugs me the most about this hero stuff(which does not mean I accept it) is that TC definitely made Gears 5 about to have a LOT of player choice… but it isn’t here. Either TC has an extremely skewed and false definition of what “player choice” is or they straight up lied to everyone.
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They are not so much deleteing them now but all of a sudden there are 3000 positive reviews that appeared very sudden mostly perfect ratings with very little explainging why it is like 68 percent. So it is very annoying what they seem to be doing like Rotten Tomatoes is, they should be held accountable somehow really. This is unethical but it isn’t illegal right?
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It is, if the link I’ve posted of the FTC is correct, which I’m sure it is. Thing is, nobody will ever challenge it as it takes time and resources and nobody ain’t got time to go up against MS’s whole legal team… If this were a bigger franchise, there would be more of a kerfuffle over this and something may come of it, but doubt that’ll happen with Gears.
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You never read my lengthy and compelling rebuttal of this point earlier in the thread.
Is there not a law against that, some sort of corporate bull crap thinggy… It does sound very, err, dodgy.
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I admit that I didn’t click the link, but I read the post itself, and the link I’ve provided is as clear as day so didn’t feel the need to.
Your link, misleading headline notwithstanding, confirms what I said:
Some companies had been using contract provisions – including their online terms and conditions – to threaten to sue consumers or penalize them financially for posting negative reviews or complaints. The new law makes that illegal.
The law is about review provisions in form contracts. It doesn’t have anything to do with Microsoft’s right to moderate reviews hosted on its own servers/platforms.
Yes, @GhostofDelta2 also brought that to my attention, but as I’ve told him, that is only used as an example, and was the reason as to why the FTC implemented the act.
MS is in no obligation to have a review/rating section/system. However, if they do, they have no legal right to curate or alter the results in order to favor themselves or anyone else, at least in the US.
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Red i didn’t like the classes in 4…but at least there was a decent choice of characters to use on any class…the locked individual cards for each hero on 5…has simply tied their hands…sorting cards for each one…made a lot of unnecessary work…but deliberate it may be as we see a slow drip feed of characters…theyve strangled the fun from a brilliant mode.
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