Benjamin

Ninja Gaiden 2
Dead Or Alive 2
Destiny 1

Halo 3
Banjo Kazooie Nuts & Bolts
Dead or Alive 2/4
PGR3/4 (360 only)

That’s great news. Further attention to detail like this would be great.

Quite a few for under £5 that I’d like to play but just bought FF7Remake so holding off!

Tempted to buy Lego City Undercover and Jedi Fallen Order though.

Small changes, dynamic themes existing on more than just the home page of the dashboard (like PS manages) and a fresh wave of back compat for classic Xbox games would be great.

But crucially, good games releasing shortly after announcements (12 months max) and capitalising on legacy franchises (Perfect Dark, Banjo!) are the changes I’d like to see.

I but GamePass Essential occasionally play Halo MCC online. I’ve yet to play a single GamePass title included.

I much prefer to buy titles when I’m motivated to play them and then keep them forever, even if that means paying full price occasionally.

Here’s to hoping online play is made free when the Xbox/PC hybrid console arrives.

Add Medals for 1000/1000 achievements points. Make browsing achievements better. Take a bit from PS and a bit from 360.

And while at it, they should take a leaf out of Playstation's book and make the next Xbox's dashboard beautiful. No ads, a theme that remains for the entire console 's life, visuals and sounds that align with the physical console design. What we have for XB1 and X/S is functional but dull as bricks. PSP, 3, 4, and 5 have had increasingly gorgeous user interfaces.

Xbox Helix is already a perfect name for a a hybrid storefront device.

If not, Super Xbox.

@Scrubchub Go for the one you feel most drawn to. Edgy medieval fantasy or upbeat steampunk(ish) adventure.

I bought it a week ago for full price! Have requested a refund or the difference added to my balance. Will let you know how I get on!

FF7 Remake is really fun. Snagged a cheap Series S and looking forward to catching up on a bunch of XB1 and XS games.

I wonder if they’ll keep Xbox Studios games exclusive for it.

This would be a crappy introduction to Halo for new players in my opinion. It plays like a modern shooter and I think people will shrug and wonder why it was ever so beloved.

Porting MCC would have made far more sense.

“We will recommit to our core Xbox fans (…) We will celebrate our roots with a renewed commitment to Xbox starting with console.”

“Gaming now lives across devices, not within the limits of any single piece of hardware. As we expand across PC, mobile, and cloud, Xbox should feel seamless.”

Huh?

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Ubisoft is going the way of Xbox. Soon they’ll just be made up of support studios who help non-Ubisoft studios.

I would add Fable, KOTOR 2, Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath, Jet Set Radio Future, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within and Yager.

Make sure you play it on a 360 with NO title updates if you want to hear the music! 360 classics version and all digital versions (Rare replay included) are bugged!

I'm considering picking up an OG Xbox and a handful of games. Loved the original console and the whole 360 experience. To me the Xbox experience is over. It was those consoles and those exclusive franchises.

Basically a way to get into other platform’s game libraries because Xbox is unable to create and sustain one of its own.

Played Stacking and Psychonauts 2. I have to say Stacking - it's so warm and charming.

Xbox and PS are in a tricky situation: new consoles have stopped offering superior experiences. They hit a plateau with the last generation.

I can't get behind anything that glamourises UK gang culture. I played the Getaway and watched the Guy Richie films in the 00s. Thousands of kids weren't emulating that. But in 2025, they roam in balaclavas, ready to mug strangers and stab each-other before their 15th birthdays. A steady influence of weed, drill and county-lines grooming has ruined so many areas of the UK.

Buying Destiny expansions is like buying new backgrounds for Tetris. It’s the same experience since launch and the usual differentiators of level design and story are so weak they may as well be non-existent.

@fbnaulin It was announced when Xbox was committed to cross-gen releases.

Fable cancellation coming in 3… 2… 1…

@fbnaulin It was announced for Xbox One…

I thought 2 was amazing but its ending was pretty final. It will be interesting to see how they continue the Rapture setting, if that’s what they’re shooting for.

I hope for these things:

Perfect Dark release date
New Rare and Double Fine games
An exciting new IP, we're still being drip fed Gears Halo and Fable....
and as always, signs of life for Banjo-Kazooie.

I'm playing Ocarina of Time, for the first time, in 2025. It has made clear what FromSoft games lack: gameplay variety and fresh new ideas throughout the journey. After six VERY similar gameplay experiences across DS, DS2, BB, DS3, ER, Sk I'd encourage anyone feeling SoulsBorne fatigue to give Ocarina a go.

Looks very UE5. A bit sterile, anachronistic UI. Reminds me of the Demon’s Souls remaster.

Hold me closer tiny Spenceeerrrr

The key creative forces behind Halo and the first Destiny are not involved with this game.

@sp00nard I don’t have a pc!

I would love a way to consolidate my PC and Xbox library. Is it silly to expect the Xbox handheld to play both libraries?

Nintendo's main audience is families and children, that audience doesn't want cutting edge tech.

They should call it Zune 2

10 more amazing games/franchises not listed here:

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts - Still a seriously impressive game in 2025.

Ninja Gaiden Black and 2 - These are considered the best versions of these games and are still unavailable to play anywhere else.

Splinter Cell series - The entire mainline series is playable on Xbox - you'll need discs for 2 and the "old gen" version of 4.

Call of Duty series - The true high points of the series are all available and (I believe) playable online.

Banjo Kazooie, Tooie and Perfect Dark Remasters. Far better than the versions available on Switch.

Elder Scrolls series: Morrowind and Oblivion - The strangest and the most charming worlds in the series.

Rainbow 6 Vegas series - Online is no longer present but the campaign and T Hunt modes still shine.

Halo 3, ODST, Reach - I still like booting these versions up for the menus and loading screens. So much identity in those elements which didn't make it over to the MCC.

Star Wars: Kotor 1/2, Republic Commando, Battlefront 1/2 - still some of the best Star Wars games out there.

Metal Gear Rising Revengence - Possibly Platinum Games' best effort and easily my favourite Metal Gear game (sorry)

@burntends I enjoyed it much more than Fallout 3 which I played at release. It's a proper role-playing game, I maxed out speech and smooth-talked my way through major parts of quests. The Fallout TV Show is a sequel of sorts to Fallout NV. I recommend giving that a watch.

Microsoft will make poor decisions and drive the franchise into further disrepair. It was best with Bungie, it at least had a creative direction with Halo 4 but it's clearly now on borrowed time.

Welp. OG Xbox and 360 were an amazing time but I'll be relieved when XB franchises appear on all platforms. Now, if we can get Rare Replay, PGR 1-4, and Gears ported over, I can pack up the 360.

Replayed the Bungie Halo games and put 40 hours into Fallout New Vegas. (And the same for Pokemon Shield!)

The Initiative - Perfect Dark

Would like a series x for back compat but I can’t justify the price at all.

@Stephan123 But you can spend it once, over and over again, without playing the things you’ve bought. Buying multiple things in a sale is rarely a money saver. Buying something for full price when motivated to play it leads to less purchases and more fulfilling game time.

Ignore the sales. Purchase games when you want to play them. Don’t stock up and don't buy something new if you have something unfinished. Games will be more fun for it.

My favourite memory is of refunding the console because there was nothing exclusive to play on it.

It would be great for XB1, 360 and OG XBOX era games. But there’s a lot that doesn’t come to Switch due to the power limitations and Xbox doesn’t have the first party games to make up for the third party games that won’t play on handheld.

I was a bit disappointed in how little the story progressed and the confusing nature of T Zane. (New guy or retcon?!?!) I preferred the Stephen King style the first game had. Dark but fun and somehow uplifting.

Doesn’t matter if there are no exclusive games. There will be a new Steam Deck, there will be a PS6. What will these new boxes offer?