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@GateCrasherUK I was referring more generally to the clear disparity between Xbox and PlayStation in fostering studios and exclusive games.

@GateCrasherUK Playstation fans enjoy Playstation exclusives for what they are. That was the reasoning for the Nintendo comparison. Your or my own personal view on those exclusives is irrelevant. The other platforms are consistently getting the exclusives the platform holders expect and enjoy.

@Dezzy Proof of the pudding is in the eating. They have a track record of poor fostering of studios and releasing disappointing exclusives. Big money spent means naught when the games aren’t on the system and could still be crap when they are.

Xbox has been pretty bad with exclusives for a long time. They show no sign of correcting that course, now releasing consoles without flagship titles. Playstation fans are now getting the Nintendo treatment, able to bank on high quality games of a certain type with few disappointments. No idea what’s going on behind the scenes but it doesn’t seem good.

The first is still my favourite. Those Mako sections look really cool. The OG still looks pretty great on an S/X console.

@Zochmenos 1. The marketing of that scene, in the same way an annoying ad-campaign might put one off. 2. Potential gameplay built for the e-sports scene like Halo 5’s arena modes, call-outs and weapon waypoints.

Long time Halo fan. No interest in e-sports Halo at all. Actively puts me off the game.

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts is my favourite Rare game.

No new maps? When are they being added?

Really looking forward to seeing the final game.

Needless change. Xbox Live works just fine.

@gollumb82 Just get Rise cheap in this sale! Everyone says it's the best of the three.

No. Get a Series S. It’s a substantial upgrade over the One S. It’s sleek, small and quiet.

The only con is the disc drive:
Some BackCompat games are not available digitally.
Your existing physical library is not playable.

But I think waiting for a Series X price drop is a better remedy to these issues than settling with soon to be decade old hardware.

It’s probably easier to balance weapons withot dual wield. I think that’s why Bungie scrapped it after 2 games.

I have a Series S now so although I have them on disc I might grab Splinter Cell and Chaos theory.

It looks much better. Those Banshees look like MegaBlox sets, but better overall.
The Forerunner structures look perfect to me. Let’s hope the writing and enemies have a similar overhaul!

JET SET RAAAAAADDIIOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

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Warzone, Division 2, MCC...... My Series S is full.

Such a great month. I’d like to see some decent OG and 360 titles again. For more modern games, a decent third person adventure.

This has ‘cup of tea and Digital Foundry session’ written all over it.

Cool. Can you put Jet Set Radio and Future on gamepass please?

A really solid month this time. Loving Lost Planet 2 which is a nice surprise. It holds up really well.

Crash Team Racing was really great but have to go with N Sane Trilogy. Crash 4 may play better but I really prefer the trilogy’s visual design.

More OG/360 back compat games or nee updates for existing ones would be cool.

Please don’t promote this man. Just his games.

I am so pumped for this. Loved R-Types/Dimensions. So many great shmups on Xbox but nothing hits quite like R-Type.

I looked through all of them on the dashboard and ended buying Virtua Fighter 2 at its full price of £3.49.

Prediction:
2021 - Halo Infinite
2022 - Hellblade 2
2023 - Everwild, Avowed
2024 - Perfect Dark, Fable

He's right. People are too soft on this.

@VenomousAlbino There's a few titles like this. Try buying through the Xbox website. You'll likely be directed to the old marketplace screen but it will work.

Let’s see if he can make a good game in 2021... then maybe.

I want new stories that have no connection to existing ones. KOTOR was so great because it felt original. It’s all so codified and wookiepedia verified at this point.
Whoever wrote the Zeffo sub-plot for Fallen Order - put them in charge.

Darn, no Avowed. 2022 please!

Is it too late to change the cover art?

I would spend £5 on OXM and play every bit of every demo. It was a barbaric, primordial GamePass.

2 for its visual variety and better pacing.

Stopped as soon as the Splinter Cell games were playable on Xbox One.

Up till then I played it loads.

Why are you letting Banjo-Kazooie go to waste?

Downloading both of those this is a great month for GWG!

She's looking forward to getting started on it... Will it release before 2023?

@GamingFan4Lyf Sony bought the rights to Spider-Man from Marvel. It’s as simple as that.

Spider-Man is such a mainstream pop-culture phenomenon, keeping him off of other platforms sucks. It makes sense financially. But it does suck. More power to those who will boycott.

Dear Phil,

Please let a reliable team finish Scalebound.

Jet Set Radio Future
Burnout 3

Blimey. Xbox really hasn’t delivered on the hype they were building. Most of their big games seem at least 2 years out.

Man those hexagonal towers jutting out of the ground make the environment so ugly!

The art style chosen for the game is bad. 4K won’t fix that.

Patronising comment from Greenberg. The issue isn't my Youtube settings, its the awful art style you’ve picked - which couldnt be further away from the gorgeous 2018 announcement trailer.

Not impressed. Barely any gameplay and far too many third party games that look the same. Compared to the Playstaion 5 showing, this was clearly weaker.

So much better than the previous template of chief stood in a ship. Very clearly evoking Halo CE. Nice.