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The Alters. It's fantastic and was so under the radar, I don't even see it getting mentioned on these types of lists.

I bet it's some corporate BS.

AKA 18% profitability from Microsoft and Xbox on a "per game" basis, but with an additional 12% from internal publishers like Activision (which they HAVE to mandate to hit their own publisher profitability margin that MS separately set for them). 30% total.

Point is - MS can be technically right... but also manipulating metrics and margins to mislead the public.

MK seems a little too much these days. More power to whoever's into it, it's just no longer for me.

Can you imagine how the year would have looked if Xbox didn't go multi-platform? Wow. 2025 would have been THE year.

15 exclusives? Timed or otherwise, I don't think that's ever been done.

Sim is the only game that gave me a different kind of emotional payoff.

I beat doom 3, I knew what to expect… but SoM was unique on every level

Cancelled. I went from Ultimate to zilch. I was playing Silksong on GP, but I saved myself 10 bucks by buying it outright.

Side note: the value of Silksong is INSANE

I loved Jusant! I played it with my daughter and she was utterly entranced by it all.

@Nintendo4Sonic Remember, that's only what we know about too.

WHO KNOWS what else was cancelled.

Weird that we got less press for Keeper than we did Hellblade 2

That logo looks AI generated. That said, best of luck Sackbird!

I could own the entire Ubisoft Classic library in perpetuity for $25 on a year end sale sooooo no. Not worth the GP addition and price hike.

Bought a Series S for $200 as a Game Pass machine. Now? I simply cannot justify that price.

MS in 2026:

"Game Pass Ultimate: Now only $23.99. Bundle and save on over 150 new games!"

3 months later...

"Due to increasingly difficult market conditions, Game Pass will now be sold at a monthly rate of $33.99."

Wow big month for Xbox! NG4, OW2, and Keeper

@Millionski Wait what? Where did you find that news, push square?

Darn. It was probably a live service game, but I was still curious about this one

I’m loving all of the South of Midnight shoutouts! It’s not perfect, but it truly is a special game.

Personally, my top 3 include:

South of Midnight
Blue Prince
Doom the Dark Ages

If they drop the Xbox PC app on the series s and x... They may start selling the series s and x.

Hey but why? Why would anyone buy a new console? There are still third party games releasing on Xbox One and PS4

I've been hyped for this game after watching Mickey 17! I'm on a work trip atm but have the game pre-loaded for when I'm back.

2025 was the juggernaut year for xbox. If 2026 is going to be a somehow going to up 2025, color me excited

RIP console wars 🪦

They really are an incredible company. Their releases are truly AAA. But, unlike the other gaming giants, Capcom has managed to pump them out timely and (presumptively) within budget.

Cheers Capcom 🥂

Sad to see. In retrospect, the 2010s were really good for gaming and growth in the industry. I hope we can get there again!

Aha I see what you did there Ol' Micky Softy.

You increase the price of your games across the board and THEN announce a remake of your top franchises on Playstation. It's almost like you KNEW PS owners were going to buy this. Crazy hustle.

Game Pass has given more this month than Ubisoft+ gives in a year.

A lotta yall saying avowed, but I gotta say South of Midnight. Its reminds me of those early game cube / ps2 games like Beyond Good and Evil and Prince of Persia but with a completely fresh art style and setting.

What's interesting is that Cyberpunk runs notably worse on switch 2 than series S, which is surprising to me

I'm sure Spencer briefed Nadella on this reality. If they moved to a multi-plat model, console sales would plummet even further.

We all knew this, and I'm sure the Xbox team mapped out forecasts detailing this until their new "PC thinly veiled as an Xbox" generation gets released.

For whatever reason, they see more growth potential on this route.

I simply cannot wait to earn achievements for spell-checking my Word Docs.

I'm sure the story is good... but the constant load screens were just too much for me to really get into it

Heyo I was about to buy this later tonight, score! Thank you to my favorite coporate jargon dispenser: Phill Spencer!

Hear me out on this one–

Custom...gadgets. Have a gadget store, an R&D department, or whatever. Give me the option to build and upgrade HUNDREDS of traversal and combat gadgets.

So tears of the kingdom... but Batman

@TheEstablishment I totally agree with you, but I disagree with the full blast third party approach MS seems to enjoy. An exclusivity window of one year would be enough to boost game pass subscriptions.

Case and point–I subscribed to peacock to watch the super mario bros movie. It's on other platforms now, but I'm still subbed to Peacock because I came to like the platform.

Timed exclusivity works and I don't understand why MS seems to be ignoring that for major releases like DOOM.

@Prestige-worldwide I think it dilutes the game pass brand long term.

I assumed that halo would come to PlayStation eventually through a PS-native game pass client, but why would anyone sub to game pass without compelling exclusive content?

Like it or lump it, MS is the leader in games streaming services. They need to start acting like that and less like third in the console business.

Netflix doesn’t share originals because it dilutes their service value.

I'm curious about that skull and bones player engagement award–Does it have a dedicated fanbase of 5 or did the internet over-hate?

This won't be for everyone but damn it's for me. It looks SO good!

@TeiGekiLord which one?

South of Midnight and Ninja Gaiden 4 look great. Loved the day 1 shadow drop. Expedition 33 looks like a work of art. And Doom... Doom gave me testerone-inducing chills.

Gotta give it an A for the macho chills

Stealth Dropping a ninja action game is almost poetic. Well done.

If I were to bet–I'd say we see an "X-Deck" style portable device this year, but not a truly next-gen console.

Buh-buh-buh-blade perhaps?

South of Midnight just looks interesting,

Even if the gameplay is an assassin's creed-esque affair, I could look at the 15 on 30 on 60fps art style all day. I know it's not for everyone, but I love it.

Can you expand this list to include 2nd party studios and partner projects?

Toys for Bob announced a joint project with Xbox Studios for their next game

@Ricky-Spanish SAME. I'm one of the people who loved atomic heart, warts and all.

Atomfall looks to be in that same vein.

Aha looks like I'm booting COD up again to sleigh some zombies! 😏

(I'll see myself out)

I don't have a problem with "everything is an Xbox." I have a problem with them selling games OUTSIDE of their ecosystem.

If you want to focus on services, why get rid of your exclusives Nadella? Tell me now.

MS needs to invest in a support team that can help games across the finish line.

They’re biggest releases (Indy excluded) we’re all good to great games at their core, but we’re muddied down by bugs and technical issues.

Anyway, take your time and polish the game to a shine!

You want to know what’s crazy? When multi-play conversations began to happen, my first thought was a year of exclusivity.

If they don’t have any kind of exclusive offerings, how on Gods green earth can they expect game pass to grow?

Haven’t the other streaming giants shown us that content is King? (Nextlfix, Spotify both have compelling exclusive content)