Ah, the rumor mill...

Man that Silent Hills rumor. Hmm. As good as Silent Hill has been and could be again, just looking at how those titles sell? Nobody is gonna drop billions for just a single game. It would be dumb to drop billions for the entire IP. I wouldn't necessarily be surprised to see Microsoft make a deal with Konami, but I'd expect it to be either less $$$ or more series. I could imagine them snapping up Silent Hill AND Castlevania, for example. Or even making a play for Metal Gear. But a billion dollar deal for JUST Silent Hills? No way.

Not to mention we've heard more than enough from various involved parties to know that the whole "it's 80% done" thing is pretty definitely not true. As for Konami taking down P.T. as a good faith gesture to Microsoft? Considering they did it before this rumored deal supposedly started being discussed? Besides, I'd imagine that, similar to Minecraft, Microsoft would enjoy Sony advertising for their new title.

That said, I'd be happy to see Silent Hill, Castlevania, and Metal Gear go to anybody else at this point. If Konami would really sell any of them off...good or bad, I'll take any studio giving them a go over whatever oblivion Konami heads for. And frankly, I could see a lot of potential for Konami IP at Microsoft. They've rededicated the Xbox focus to games, seem intent on doing it well, and very much want to put the initial One plans behind them, which adds up to me thinking they'd be a bit more invested in not fucking them up than others would be.

All that aside, I see people saying that if it's true, they'd rather Silent Hills not exist over it existing as an Xbox exclusive. The fuck is wrong with you people? That's a ridiculous level to take your console fanboy war bullshit up to. Would it be inconvenient to people who own a PS4? Yes. I could understand the annoyance of now having to purchase or otherwise get access to a new console unexpectedly. It's a similar situation to the Rise of the Tomb Raider situation, and I see the frustration, but come on. With Tomb Raider, the developers have said that the Microsoft deal is the only reason the game is getting to happen. With Silent Hills, it IS dead, and if this rumor were true, this would be the only way it comes back to life.

So yeah, it's irritating. If you get mad, I get that. But get mad at Square for their ridiculous budgets that spend God knows how much on marketing and have to declare by every account successful games a loss. Get mad at Konami for fucking up basically everything and chasing people away however they can. But don't sink into some "I HATE XBOX" fog and wish for cool shit to not happen at all. If you're a gamer or a supposed fan of any given series, you should want a game to happen, even if it may be a bit before you personally get access to it.

Yes, that Batman season pass IS bullshit

A pet peeve of mine with a certain sub-group of gamers and a small number of my friends and acquaintances is their long-standing habit of railing against some industry practice or another for years on end, only to turn around and have no problem with it the moment it gets employed by a developer or franchise they're a fan of. The latest instance of this has been the coverage of Arkham Knight's $40 season pass, as I watch people typically quick to anger over Day 1 DLC and "overpriced" add-on content have no comment other than how excited they are for the DLC, or conspiracy claims that WB Games only got ripped a new one in the press because they forgot their payoffs this time. All these fans are quick to claim hypocrisy on the part of any press outlet that dare besmirch the good name of WB Games, oddly ignorant of their own newly minted hypocrite status. And frankly, it's a silly thing to get so defensive about, gamers, because the Arkham Knight season pass is in fact 100% bullshit.

I want to mention that there are two friends of mine that I know are on the opposite side of this argument from me. I know you'll know I mean you, and I don't intend to throw out your names and start some dumb Internet fight. This isn't a longer version of a subtweet, just that I didn't get this done until after you'd said your piece. Probably a weird disclaimer, but this is my blog, not a real publication, so I can do that. Anyway. After the jump, I'll talk about season passes in general, and then more specifically the Batman issue. I'm sorry this is so long and ranty - it was LONGER, I cut some stuff to try and help, ha ha. But please, read on, and feel free to respond in the comments.

Holy shit Mortal Kombat X is so good y'all

If this were a GameFAQs board the entirety of this post would just be the word "topic"

I spent entirely too long, longer than I'm proud of, trying to come up with a fun Mortal Kombat headline. I spelled a lot of words with a K, Fun times. But in the end, I figured I'd just open with my overall opinion of the game. Follow after the jump for a quick review, a longer bit about the shitty DLC, and a few personal observations.