Mate aren't these all on Wos (World of Spectrum) for free? I grew up in the 8 bit era but while there are some games still worth playing from then, for me gaming really started in the 16 bit era
@Millionski looks like the Switch 2 sold around 6 million before Bananza came out and Mario Kart was a pack in for most (not me) so I still say most bought one because of the success of the Switch 1
Seems to me people buy consoles if they were happy with the last one, switch 2 has few games and none worth buying the system for, yet (when was the last console that did? Halo on the OG xbox?) but still selling really well. I for once am happy to sit on my hand for the next gen consoles as while i've gamed a lot on the Series X it's been mostly older games, so this Gen it's far from getting the best from either of the big main two (in terms of power) consoles Yet
The Alters has pulled me away from 33, had to restart just before the second act as i realised i wasn't playing it right, speed ran it to get back to where i was before and it worked out much better, GREAT game and on Gamepass
@Banjo- Hah, i'm a 'from the start Guy' took me so long to get through the repetativeness of 1 i'm only about half way through 2 but Thanks, that's poked me to get back to it!!
The Alters is a fine distraction from Expedition 33 which is also Great Fun (now i have unstuck myself) and when i'm limited for time Strikers 1945 FTW
@WildConcept6 Yeah I saw multi platform as gamble I before i realised it’s the next logical step (as games get more expensive) to make after putting them on pc, xbox just got there first, as they have the least players; personally, like you I don’t care but also like you said, now PlayStation seem to be planning it too we are in a Crazy new world 😂👍
I’d say probably as it seems the engine they were using wasn’t fit for purpose and that’s why they couldn’t make the most of the initial interest in multiplayer. I love Halo and all the games (hmm, okay even Guardians) and enjoyed the Infinity single player, not Earth shattering stuff but Fun nonetheless ❤️
@somnambulance Fair play as it is all about the games but like I said elsewhere I’m going to be skint for a while for ‘reasons’ 😂 and so apart from games pass throwing things like blue Prince, Expedition 33 and the Alters at me, it’s time to attack my mostly Xbox backlog (been meaning to do remember me for ages but also GameCube games and probably (certainly) some from every console I’ve owned since the ZX Spectrum 🫡
@Millionski Yeah each to their own I suppose, mostly lack of funds means I Love Gamepass plus I have a 30 plus years backlog to run through still, means I’m less bothered about the latest games and hey. always ms rewards when I really need to get a game and yeah started expedition 33 and hoping I can finish it before it leaves 😂 Bloody Good Game though
So all you who don't turn on or barely turn on you xboxes, do you play games elsewhere or not at all? I could go in push square and say i barely put my PS5 on, which is true, but i play games on Xbox or switch almost every day 🤣
@GuyinPA75 what’s the six month rule? Never heard of it but sounds like if you haven’t got anywhere in six months bin it off and start on something else? Makes sense
the old atari 4 bit games stream fine for me and a few are quite good fun (wrong country for Atari nostalga, the Speccy on the other hand 🤣👍) So all new too me 😁
@kuu_nousee Think you are confusion microsoft with xbox, MS are the ones chasing so called ai (the day it thinks for it's self it's teminator time 🤣) and they told xbox to dump staff meaning xboxhad the awful decision of what games and teams to dump, sad times for sure but they have been in hoc to MS ever since the Activison Blizard purchase, so ms say jump and xbox has to say how high
2gb was pricey for me but works well as can easily move games on mass between the (no longer) kids consoles, which is mile quicker than downloading them for us
I'm far from rich (budget for games consoles at £25 a month, does the job over 5 or 6 years) but Loved the Series X so much i bought the Galaxy one for the 2tb sdd, as a hoarder i like keeping games on my machine and am using the original as an emulation machine 🤣
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Re: 13 'Quirky Classic' Games From The 1980s Are Heading To Xbox In Attic Archive
Mate aren't these all on Wos (World of Spectrum) for free? I grew up in the 8 bit era but while there are some games still worth playing from then, for me gaming really started in the 16 bit era
Re: Final Fantasy Boss Says 'There's No Real Need' For Next-Gen Consoles Like A Series X Successor
@Millionski looks like the Switch 2 sold around 6 million before Bananza came out and Mario Kart was a pack in for most (not me) so I still say most bought one because of the success of the Switch 1
Re: Final Fantasy Boss Says 'There's No Real Need' For Next-Gen Consoles Like A Series X Successor
Seems to me people buy consoles if they were happy with the last one, switch 2 has few games and none worth buying the system for, yet (when was the last console that did? Halo on the OG xbox?) but still selling really well. I for once am happy to sit on my hand for the next gen consoles as while i've gamed a lot on the Series X it's been mostly older games, so this Gen it's far from getting the best from either of the big main two (in terms of power) consoles Yet
Re: You'll Soon Be Able To See 'Personalised' Ads On Your Xbox Dashboard
i don't notice them either, but sure advertise me games i want all you like but i'm skint 🤣👍
Re: Two Huge Games Are Available This Week With Xbox Game Pass (August 26-28)
Beat Gear 1 so many times but haven't finished any of the others, but seems it's about time i did 🤣👍
Re: Microsoft 'Wraps Up' Xbox Series X|S Era As Hardware Chief Teases What's Next
@Aeralto each to there own Mate, as i feel the opposte (ps one first party game a year for the last two years? even if Astrobot was nigh on perfect)
Re: Shemnue 3 To Make Xbox Debut With 'Enhanced' Version For Series X|S
@Lup I will just for this reason 🫡
Re: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 Listing Further Hints At Huge ActiBlizz Xbox Game Pass Drop
Didn't happen though 🤣👍
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 2-3)
The Alters has pulled me away from 33, had to restart just before the second act as i realised i wasn't playing it right, speed ran it to get back to where i was before and it worked out much better, GREAT game and on Gamepass
Re: Roundup: Here's What The Previews Say About Xbox Horror Title Cronos: The New Dawn
The Meduim was just that but companies that keep making games seem to get better and they have, so fingers crossed for a good review score
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 26-27)
@Banjo- Thanks for the Unity tip, not tried Fenyx Rising but Rayman Legends is an all time GREAT!!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 26-27)
@Banjo- Hah, i'm a 'from the start Guy' took me so long to get through the repetativeness of 1 i'm only about half way through 2 but Thanks, that's poked me to get back to it!!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 26-27)
The Alters is a fine distraction from Expedition 33 which is also Great Fun (now i have unstuck myself) and when i'm limited for time Strikers 1945 FTW
Re: Xbox Will Apparently Announce More PS5 & Switch 2 Ports 'In The Coming Weeks'
@WildConcept6 Yeah I saw multi platform as gamble I before i realised it’s the next logical step (as games get more expensive) to make after putting them on pc, xbox just got there first, as they have the least players; personally, like you I don’t care but also like you said, now PlayStation seem to be planning it too we are in a Crazy new world 😂👍
Re: Xbox Will Apparently Announce More PS5 & Switch 2 Ports 'In The Coming Weeks'
@Banjo- Hah, maybe, been looking at this site for an age and only got bothered to post recently, I’d rather be playing games 😂🫡
Re: Talking Point: Would Halo Infinite Have Been A Bigger Success Using Unreal Engine 5?
I’d say probably as it seems the engine they were using wasn’t fit for purpose and that’s why they couldn’t make the most of the initial interest in multiplayer. I love Halo and all the games (hmm, okay even Guardians) and enjoyed the Infinity single player, not Earth shattering stuff but Fun nonetheless ❤️
Re: Xbox Will Apparently Announce More PS5 & Switch 2 Ports 'In The Coming Weeks'
@somnambulance Fair play as it is all about the games but like I said elsewhere I’m going to be skint for a while for ‘reasons’ 😂 and so apart from games pass throwing things like blue Prince, Expedition 33 and the Alters at me, it’s time to attack my mostly Xbox backlog (been meaning to do remember me for ages but also GameCube games and probably (certainly) some from every console I’ve owned since the ZX Spectrum 🫡
Re: Xbox Will Apparently Announce More PS5 & Switch 2 Ports 'In The Coming Weeks'
@Sindayl kind of me too but if it plays steam games I’m All In 😂🫡
Re: Xbox Will Apparently Announce More PS5 & Switch 2 Ports 'In The Coming Weeks'
@Millionski Hey no worries, can’t be too many of us but I still have all my old machines hooked up, so I play anything I like 😂👍
Re: Xbox Will Apparently Announce More PS5 & Switch 2 Ports 'In The Coming Weeks'
@Millionski Yeah each to their own I suppose, mostly lack of funds means I Love Gamepass plus I have a 30 plus years backlog to run through still, means I’m less bothered about the latest games and hey. always ms rewards when I really need to get a game and yeah started expedition 33 and hoping I can finish it before it leaves 😂 Bloody Good Game though
Re: Xbox Will Apparently Announce More PS5 & Switch 2 Ports 'In The Coming Weeks'
@TrollOfWar ah memories, used to rock my eldest to sleep with one foot why playing on my 360, those were the days 😂
Re: Xbox Will Apparently Announce More PS5 & Switch 2 Ports 'In The Coming Weeks'
@TrollOfWar Well you have an excuse, i too have a family but they are a bit older so am scrabling to claim my free time back 🤣👍
Re: Xbox Will Apparently Announce More PS5 & Switch 2 Ports 'In The Coming Weeks'
So all you who don't turn on or barely turn on you xboxes, do you play games elsewhere or not at all? I could go in push square and say i barely put my PS5 on, which is true, but i play games on Xbox or switch almost every day 🤣
Re: Talking Point: As A Game Pass Subscriber, Do You Still Spend Money In Xbox Sales?
@M20B25 Yep, same here 👍
Re: Roundup: All The Xbox Reveals From The June 2025 Capcom Showcase
@Vipor007 I'd like Both 🤣👍
Re: Perfect Dark Actor Calls On Fans To 'Speak Up' And Help The Game Survive
@GuyinPA75 what’s the six month rule? Never heard of it but sounds like if you haven’t got anywhere in six months bin it off and start on something else? Makes sense
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 5-6)
@galson Interesting and yeah double sorry to hear it’s put you off games
Re: Xbox Retro Classics To Expand With 100+ More Games In 2025 & 2026
the old atari 4 bit games stream fine for me and a few are quite good fun (wrong country for Atari nostalga, the Speccy on the other hand 🤣👍) So all new too me 😁
Re: These 10+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (July 7-11)
@kuu_nousee Think you are confusion microsoft with xbox, MS are the ones chasing so called ai (the day it thinks for it's self it's teminator time 🤣) and they told xbox to dump staff meaning xboxhad the awful decision of what games and teams to dump, sad times for sure but they have been in hoc to MS ever since the Activison Blizard purchase, so ms say jump and xbox has to say how high
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 5-6)
@galson Really, that's all that it takes to make you stop playing games? Sorry to heat that
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 5-6)
@Ricky-Spanish Poking my nose in, i've played a few hours and it's FUN (thought i'd get lost but seem to have found my way quite easily so far)
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 5-6)
@TheCityPop Bloody Loved thst Game, but Yeah, took FOREVER!! 🤣👍
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 5-6)
Only 14 minutes left of it 🤣 But i finally beat Outer Wilds (Great Game) and am onto Clare Obscur as i heard it was Great too (enjoying it so far)
Re: System Shock 2 Remaster Gets New July Release Date For Xbox
Loved the first one, will hardcore try to get this one too but....LIFE 😮
Re: Remedy 'Hoped' For A Better FBC: Firebreak Launch, But Game Pass Is Helping
Uff, still need to play this but life is being tight with my spare time at the moment 😂
Re: Two More Xbox Games Are Being Cancelled, Including Perfect Dark
7 years and not ready to release? obvs cancel it
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (June 28-29)
Outer Worlds, when i get a chance, preparing for the new one 🤣👍
Re: Talking Point: What Do You Want To See From Xbox In The Second Half Of The Year?
Better be 27 otherwise they'll have to wait a year for me to buy it 🤣👍
Re: Five New Games Added To Retro Classics On Xbox Game Pass
@NeoRatt Modded 360 FTW 😂🫡
Re: Talking Point: Have This Month's Announcements Made You Excited About Xbox Again?
@husker42c Agreed, might be the first one i won't have picked up at launch but "Multiple store fronts" if true will mean i will as soon as i can 🤣👍
Re: Roundup: All The Xbox Reveals From June 2025's State Of Play
And I thought I was the only nutter working at 11pm 😂🫡
Re: Xbox Quietly Releases New 4TB Expansion Card For Series X|S
2gb was pricey for me but works well as can easily move games on mass between the (no longer) kids consoles, which is mile quicker than downloading them for us
Re: Capcom Has Made Record Profits Again, For The 8th Year In A Row
@Kaloudz Yeah, belated agree sadly
Re: Capcom Has Made Record Profits Again, For The 8th Year In A Row
@Kaloudz Surely in remake terms they could get around this? Make the Ashford's twin sisters and job done
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (May 24-25)
Doom 2016 and Yep it's still Great!!
Re: Xbox Insiders Can Now Remove Tiles On The Dashboard, And It Looks Weird
Super want to pin games to the front and youtube, so i'll be happy to see this released
Re: 'Retro Classics' Raises Questions About The Future Of Xbox Backwards Compatibility
Oh i'm going to be the one this time, works fine for me 🤣👍
Re: Talking Point: Xbox Fans, How Are You Getting On With Microsoft Rewards In 2025?
Slowly saving for GTA 6, Glad it got delayed might be able to afford it by then 🤣
Re: Talking Point: Do You Feel You've Had Value For Money With Your Xbox Series X|S?
I'm far from rich (budget for games consoles at £25 a month, does the job over 5 or 6 years) but Loved the Series X so much i bought the Galaxy one for the 2tb sdd, as a hoarder i like keeping games on my machine and am using the original as an emulation machine 🤣
Re: Surprise! SEGA Is Bringing Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. To Xbox Series X|S
Happy Days!! Wonder what happened??