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@Weebleman PS5 ports are not paying off for the most part, but I'm curious to see what they do with Steam. By exclusivity they mean the Xbox store (console+PC) that will be available not just on Helix, but also on PC. That is what is supposed to compete with Steam, if they decide to partially or completely launch their first-party line-up on their own (overhauled) marketplace. They have announced that they are reconsidering exclusives and will take a data-driven and a strategic-driven approach.

@awp69 Yep, I remember reading bitter statements from the owner of the studio when Xbox stopped funding their games.

@Sindayl They'll likely do that, seeing what Asha is doing and the most upvoted feedback on Xbox Player Voice (not on Twitter like PS fans say), but that will start next year at the earliest. The most they can do for now is hide the PS logos as Sony hides the Xbox logos.

I'm looking forward to some of these games: Rayman Legends Retold, Tomb Raider... I'm still watching the trailers. Stuntman Hollywood looks like a lot of fun.

Funny that gory, I mean "horror" Ill game censors genitals after dismembering bodies and piercing heads.

@Millionski Day one for me as well! This is something that Nintendo would have charged full price for, I mean, they charged full price for emulated Wii games on Switch. I like the voice acting and the new 3D graphics look great.

TMNT: Shredder's Revenge is easily my favourite beat 'em up.

I just hope that Digital Eclipse don't add a lot of input lag like in other classic collections they have made.

@DJKingaling So the key thing here is that he's your son, otherwise how could you ever forgive that? 😂 It will be better to make his own profile for games.

@Nakatomi_Uk In this case, it's because Series X runs the game at much higher resolutions with higher quality assets and textures. Let's hope they iron the performance dips out with a patch. The Series X performance modes run at higher resolutions than on PS5, so maybe they can tweak the resolution numbers on Xbox. I guess this shouldn't be that difficult to fix.

@DonnieTACO It's a professional judgement, nothing personal. I have found tons of inaccuracies in his videos and, on top of that, they are soporific.

Back to the topic, I'm very happy that the trilogy is coming to Xbox, where I'm collecting all the Final Fantasy games.

@FraserG Have you seen this Steam leak? It might be a spiritual successor to Diddy Kong Racing, unless it's just... karts.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/06/super-yooka-laylee-kart-playtest-listing-appears-on-steamdb-after-dev-teases

Unless it's a Thomas Morgan's video, I'm watching this.

EDIT: It is 🤣.

@Brigurugi There is the typical loading icon at the bottom of the screen every time you complete or unlock something.

Rayman Legends deserves the 10 out of 10. It's one of the finest platformers ever made, and it looks gorgeous, so I'm not really sure what they want to do with it. The rumour reported on PC Master Race is that Rayman Legends Retold is a 2.5D remake. Yes, I'm going to get this bundle but, besides new games, Rayman 1, 2 and 3 should be remade.

By the way, I beat Rayman Legends on Wii U and on Xbox. I prefer the Xbox version without the touch controls, but what I wanted to say is that I beat it 100% with all the collectibles, including some crazy "8-bit" levels that have the screen mirrored or controls reversed without notice... and more. I hate those ridiculously difficult indie platformers but I swear, Rayman Legends is worth the effort!

Rayman Origins is the only Rayman I haven't played, but even if you have, Legends only has 60% of the Origins levels, 40 out of 66, and Origins has a proper story and worlds, so I'm even more excited about the "free" game (yeah, I read the comments above).

@Runex2121 I found that this video covers everything. Short answer, price hasn't be revealed and there might be two bundles. The good news is that Asus/Microsoft have no plans to raise current prices.

https://youtu.be/Xek5fRWjOtg

@Glimjii Rog Xbox Ally X owners are happy about it, but I was also waiting for a revision that seems better than what I expected and that makes it harder to resist.

@Scummbuddy We'll still get standard Xbox controllers because they are so popular and relatively cheap, but there should be an Xbox controller like this, with a switchable D-pad and TMR sticks bundled with Helix and sold separately.

I played this late, then read the review and agreed with Fraser to a worrying degree 😂. The beginning is a bit boring with clunky controls and a walking introduction, but it gets better and better. Actually, I also had doubts between 7 and 8 but rated it 8/10. I like how the puzzles are organically presented, the subtle, deep narrative, the sense of discovery and the art style. The weakest point is the soundtrack. It's short but satisfying, so a Game Pass must-play, at the very least.

@RegnumSolipsi @PressR2 @GoldenPants Oh no, it's not that, at all. That's just the beginning.

@ZeD @Nexozi Quick Resume is a time-saver, but some old games don't work with it and some online games have issues when the server disconnections are not coded properly.

The good thing about quitting a game like I explained is that you are reserving Quick Resume's memory for other games that benefit of it more. Of course, you should quit the game after saving. Even when using Quick Resume, you should save before leaving the game, just in case.

@ZeD If a game is causing issues because of online connections, yes, I'd turn it off for specific titles. However, he said that

Should really be an option to turn it off completely rather than having to do it on each game.

For doing that without changing any settings:

So, to not use Quick Resume, when you finish playing a game, press the Xbox button on the controller, then select the game icon and press Menu button (the button on the right side) and select Quit. This way, the game is closed and Quick Resume is not activated. It only activates when you open another game or turn the console off with the game running.

@ZeD Yes but he's talking about not using Quick Resume, what you're saying is for turning it off for specific games and for deleting them from Quick Resume's memory.

For turning it off for specific titles:

Game icon, Manage game and add-ons, Quick Resume settings, Disable Quick Resume.

For deleting a game from Quick Resume's memory:

Upper bar on the dashboard, My games & apps, Groups, Quick Resume, game icon, Remove from Quick Resume.

@Nexozi So, to not use Quick Resume, when you finish playing a game, press the Xbox button on the controller, then select the game icon and press Menu button (the button on the right side) and select Quit. This way, the game is closed and Quick Resume is not activated. It only activates when you open another game or turn the console off with the game running.

@Nexozi It's easy to not use Quick Resume. You just need to quit the game pressing the Xbox button on the controller, instead of opening another game or turning the console off.

@FraserG

Honestly, I wish I'd have known about this before waxing lyrical yesterday,

Don't punish yourself. Most of us like reading your experiences as a gamer and, actually, appreciate that you don't post cheap clickbait pieces!

@HonestHick It's the first D-pad of this kind and I like it. Do you know what makes this hardware even more exciting? The prospect of Windows PCs like this running backwards compatible games on Xbox Mode in the near future!

@J_Mo_Money Here as well, replacing all TVs that broke with LG OLED since 2019...

@AverageGamer Yeah, it's a dockable computer. FraserG even wrote in an article that he uses it for work at the office.

I'm also looking forward to this reboot of sorts after my disappointment with 5.

@Decoy_Snake That's right, computers are getting very expensive. We don't know the price of ROG Xbox Ally X20, but the ROG Xbox Ally X is relatively "cheap", or rather good value, compared to Steam Deck and Nintendo Switch 2, considering the power gap and limitations.

The video review got me excited about this handheld. Not just the brighter, bigger OLED screen, because I'm a fan of OLED displays, but the TMR sticks that have no drift like hall effect sticks, but use much less power, and the switchable D-pad looks awesome! Those are impressive features, but there's more, like the improved cooling.

TMR sticks and OLED are substantial upgrades. This is the handheld PC I'd buy. I haven't bought any yet.

@Kiltedhaggis I only found if funny there's people here I've never seen before or are usually negative about Xbox saying that Quick Resume is the worst thing ever. There are users I do believe and I'm aware of the online disconnections that it might cause. Still, a much better feature than Sony and Nintendo's standby feature, a comparison I didn't start. I hope it's clear to you now.

@FatGuyInLilCoat It seems that it never works for and it's not liked... by PS users? 🤷🏼‍♂️

@MrStark I agree. I was thinking about Nintendo Switch 1&2 standby feature. It's for one game only and drains the battery massively if it's not docked, as if the game is running but the screen is off (basically, what PS5 does). What amazes me about the Xbox is that you can completely turn it off, take it to another room and Quick Resume still works.

It works for me most of the times. One of the best features of the generation along FPS Boost.

Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie faithful remakes, please. 😁

@SGTSHMELTON Here. To make it simple, there are two scenarios. When you upgrade any tier to Ultimate you get a discount and when you are subscribed to Ultimate and use a lower-tier code you get the same value as Ultimate's regular price.

For instance, if you upgrade from Essential to Ultimate you get 45% of the time, but if you are subscribed to Ultimate and use an Essential code you get 29% of the time.

https://support.xbox.com/en-GB/help/subscriptions-billing/manage-subscriptions/xbox-game-pass-conversions

@abe_hikura None of those possibilities seem logical except the last one, but they can also make Xbox Game Studios titles exclusive to the Xbox store (console and PC) and keep Minecraft and Call of Duty multiplatform.

The biggest market is PC, but the next-gen Xbox store will be a PC-console store. Will Steam users move to Xbox store? No, but they will be able to buy every single Xbox game for the same hardware. Xbox games will sell well regardless, sacrificing extra sales elsewhere (Steam and PS) for a more solid ecosystem that is packed with software.

Obviously, they need to keep improving Xbox Mode and overhaul and merge the Xbox and Microsoft stores, but they have the most important thing: games. Publishing everywhere hasn't paid off and they haven't received anything in return.

@Friendly Again, she just arrived. I don't know why you're so pessimistic about Xbox.

@Friendly She just arrived. That would explain why you're not seeing any changes, although there have been some, like adjusting Game Pass and making it more affordable, creating a new team of console experts, the console updates and Xbox Player Voice, with one minor request fulfilled after just a week.

Jurassic World Evolution 3 looks awesome. We are one step closer to the complete trilogy of Final Fantasy VII Remake, who would have thought.

@LostInBlue0 It's like the Xbox tax. Unlike the other two, you suck, Xbox, so be perfect or be gone! 😂

@InterceptorAlpha Yeah, I can't picture Asha reading and replying random tweets at her office. That's also why they created Xbox Player Voice, where Xbox users' requests are ordered by upvotes. It's not like Xbox is going to serve what every single tweets orders. Another irony is that, previously, they were criticised for not listening to what fans wanted and having terrible marketing.

One thing I'm liking is that she admits that there's a lot of work to do and that correcting the course takes time. She also mentioned that they will have to make difficult decisions, and I wonder if that includes getting rid of a first-party studio, something that all the big publishers are doing, unfortunately. As a positive note, she's energetic, analytical and realistic. Exactly the kind of person that Xbox was lacking.

Because Sony and Nintendo don't even show the Xbox logo for third-party reveals that also come to Xbox, my answer is if Sony & Nintendo start doing it, then yes. Otherwise, no. That takes us to exclusivity itself. Asha said, "We’ll take a data-driven approach and a strategic-driven approach." Then, you consider how Sony (but not PS 😉) avoids anything Xbox, the feedback on Xbox Player Voice and the limited sales of most Xbox ports landing on PS5, and you realise why they are reconsidering exclusives. For Xbox, exclusives have an extra value on top of sales: Game Pass. We know that exclusivity includes PC, obviously, because next-gen games will be the same for Xbox and PC, but then you also have Steam, a PC storefront not owned by Microsoft, to think about.

We've seen first-party games ads with the PS5 boxed version on top of the Xbox boxed version. That's a joke on yourself. However, the logos of PS5 and Nintendo, if the game is releasing for those platforms as well, make sense. That's why opinions are so diverse. The problem is not the logos but building games for other consoles that are walled gardens. Not showing their logos in your shows is a half-baked strategy. I have the feeling that Bethesda, Call of Duty and Minecraft will remain multiplatform, and Xbox Game Studios will be exclusive.

@Decimateh Gaaaaaaaame Paaaaaaaass 🎵.

@Friendly

Banjo- so, nothing substantial for the players yet. Just pr talk so far. Few new suits and considering a strategy, with some user feedback. That’s it. @Banjo and @Qozmyk funny how you two have completely different answers

My answer is descriptive and objectively true. Yours and his are subjective and based on negative predictions. That's why they're so different. At first, I thought that your answer was genuine, so I answered you.

@PennywiZe666 Your opinion matches the most upvoted request on Xbox Player Voice, and they have already said that they're reconsidering exclusives. I think that Bethesda, Minecraft and Call of Duty will be multiplatform, but most Xbox Game Studios games will be exclusive to the Xbox ecosystem.

@somnambulance The tweet with the release date of GTA VI was posted by Xbox, so basically they got the confirmation from Rockstar and right after picked Fable for next year, because I think it was planned for November. Understandable.

Call of Duty will likely be the second best seller, but I know what you mean by letting you play Fable instead. As a positive note, they might iron out Fable's performance and will be even better... or like others say, survive the apocalypse.

@Friendly Console updates, new Xbox teams and members, Xbox Player Voice, reconsider the whole Xbox ecosystem and exclusives... Basically, rebooting Xbox.

@dskatter Yeah, it's like when Nintendo broke my heart. I hate the company's attitude towards the industry, other companies and their fans, but I don't hate their games unless they really disappoint me, and I still love the masterpieces I played growing up. At least, Xbox has improved its software output and from a consumer's point of view.

@dskatter Funny, I also like Nintendo, but my story is the reverse version, from PS4 to Xbox One and enjoying much more the Xbox games than the PS exclusives since then... and the Xbox controller. Anyway, I hope you enjoy your non-Xbox future! 😁