Brigurugi

@oopsiezz it's much deeper. January is going to be ugly for the company, after nobody buys GTA6 for an xbox because it plays better elswhere, the cleanse will really take shape.

Couldn't gel with the cover shooting stuff and the thick necks. MS have anything fun coming soon?

Sounds like code speak for the main game is as bad as leakers have stated.

@betterthings Like this is some surprise. I can time the whining and complaining how EA sucks down to the week for the last decade.

I miss the old 2K and when they forced EA to be better. Really need Tape to Tape on consoles.

Still not coming back for some simple really underwhelming changes that cost nothing to implement. Commit to physical, 86 GamePass, sell Activision, make one powerful console and a handheld that doesn't need dumbed down games to run(like Series S), no A.I., fire Booty and Asha. Company solved, xbox in the black.

I've played and finished 3 Compulsion games and really didn't enjoy any of them, had most fun with WHF, playing with the physics, but they all felt like work to progress through rough gameplay and an ultimately mediocre story in all 3 games. Support work on a new Bioshock or that Atomic Heart sequel would suit them best. Or make a cheap hit puzzle/rogue-like and fund the boring stuff they want to make. A cheap hit game in the spirit of Slay The Spire or Balatro would save any of these companies. Even xbox, like Cuphead saved the xbone.

Be nice to see all the effort put in to the Plague Tale series go to a series of games that are actually fun to play and not a depressing slog. Gorgeous games empty soulless story and gameplay.

There should be a discount reward, if they don't want to give you free money, give a discount per redeemed points(1000 = 10% off for example) to be used on any available store purchase. As in for: that game that never goes on sale in your wishlist, a controller through design lab or just a discount on GP. I cannot fathom paying full price for anything digital or paying for anything digital in general, discounts I can earn from playing my games on your ecosystem may change my mind.

No weapons, no thank you

Where's the updates and stories about no more 3rd party game contracts being negotiated for Gamepass and the active shopping of Machine Games and Arkane to Take Two? How about the liquidity of assests and the fact that there is none? xbox is quickly becoming eXxed out of eXistence. Sharma is the clean up hitter, said it from hiring, say it now, she's there to sell the farm to the highest paying butcher.

They were sold to a "Japanese" led company and an industry leader, wait and watch. Too bad they kept making boring "message" games, such potential, needs better guidance than what microslop provided.

Way too little waaaay to late. Should have had more content at launch. Forza Horizon 6 was the last disappointment I waited for from MS. Somehow they screwed that up too. Deuces. Asha gone before 2027, taking all bets.

My list, NBA Street 2, NFL Street, Sega Soccer Slam, Crazy Taxi 3, Virtua Tennis, The Bigs 1/2, Blitz The League, Burnout 3, Splashdown, Midtown Madness 3

@BIG3 nope, I quit playing out of boredom, not waiting for seasons, I'm no achievement hunter. Just felt I completed all the vanilla progress faster than the original Horizon.

Did they add any content to the game? They say it's the biggest one(forza) yet but I finished everything and bounced off this a week ago(soon as I got the season achievement) and canceled Game Pass. Haven't turned my xbox back on since to see if my save is there.

1st person games, a ton of them, they aren't my bag. So I was wholly disappointed. Like completely. Major fail for me. Couldn't even mention some Forza dlc, just a bunch of clicker walk and talk 1st person 2k/bethesda-looking bologna. The likes aren't adding up to the perceived quality, I don't buy it and I don't think many will, at all and looking forward to xbox being a publisher before next gen.

I really hope it was abandoned or given to a different studio/console dev all-together or Marvel has taken rights back. I don't want a first person ugly arkane Bethesda game.

@Brigurugi and I was right

This is pathetic. Begging and pamdering a Trillion dollar company to use old IPs and give us controller support. It's not working, while you all watch the dog and pony show and play the little games, the numbers don't lie and Xbox is still tankiing hard. I expect sell offs if things dont turn around by October, record lay offs starting Jan 27. Mark those worda.

Never use quick resume and especially for online games. However, I think the problem is the way you quit the game. Unless actively watching you don't really know when the game saves and there hasn't been a save and quit option in this game since ever... I think.

I quit playing Xbox with 469,000 gs almost a year ago now. Badges aren't inspiring me to even come back for the 500k. I want discounts, in game gear or even free games for my work, not trinkets.

Not looking like a 99% discount could even move a 2tb Series X rn. Sales are abysmal getting beat by the og Switch and Playstation 4 in most regions and the US. I'd like to see retro numbers as all the young folks around here a going ananlog and selling their systems and canceling streaming in droves. My retro game store has shelves of used this gen consoles atm.

Controls are horrid for this ugly game, online only is a huge turn off. Willing to bet this lands like a wet fart on any platform.

@CallMeDuraSouka Mom sold mine in a garage sale, learned a hard lesson on collecting from that. Imagine a game something like The Witcher or Shadow of Mordor with less RPG, more action and set in Eternia, with a Battle Ram, Sky Sled and Cringer/BattleCat your transportation, fighting BeastMan and Lockjaw outside the gates of Grayskull, power-ups and skills from The Sorceress or Orko, Man-at-Arms your weapons specialist/planning source, multiple skins and playable characters, maybe even an evil campaign playable as a MOTU character from the massive rogue's gallery. Can you tell I've thought about this?

The fact that we never had even a decent He-Man game in my 50 years is a shame. Let this cook, keep the price under $25 and sell a bunch so I can get a 3rd Person open world Eternia before I'm 65.

Hey, this might be a reason to dust it off and turn on the old Series X, seems as though I haven't had one in a long long time(Last Summer I think). However, this simple fix that should have happened years ago is far too little too late to win back this whale, I found plenty of other fish in the sea that wants my money.

Not true wireless, has those wonky back buttons right where my fingers rest, those suck, no haptic feedback, too small and way overpriced. That's a no sir to GameSir. Where's my refund for my Elite 2 being garbage out of the box and where's the new controllers we were promised MS?

@Fiendish-Beaver or just not play and save a few bucks. I see no value in GamePass especially with majority of games that really want your money having a demo of some sort. Maybe there are no good demos on Xbox since they want you to be a tester while paying for Game Passé.

Don't sleep on The Thaumaturge, it's kinda a cross between STS and Ex.33. Some fantastic creature designs and great deck building. Also, physical copies will be worth triple(good luck getting an Xbox version) as the press run was very limited.

Give that schwag to the actual people that matter, the people that actually have to pay for your console and ecosystem. Pulling a Sony here by playing favorites.

That guy is really good friends with Danny Masterson. If you don't know, check it out. He's just as creepy and the reason why he's never made it off the C-List. The reporting here really needs to vet their topics.

Pinball FX always gave me the feeling the game was data mining or stealing my identity while I played. Just an "ick" certain games give off, almost like a smell... and Pinball has long felt like the worst offender no matter who makes it.

April 1st marked my first full year without any gaming subscriptions(I have been a PSN and XBL member in some form since inception) and guess what? I didn't notice missing it, realized I never play anything needing "online" services and bought a PS5 pro(pre-price hike) with the savings. I have not been this happy as a gamer since pre-covid. Going for my video streamers this year(YouTube premium is going to be a hard loss).

This is the saddest list of games and so called "perks". Remember when you got a movie or TV show season and a discount on pizza? Why on earth would anyone pay for GP only to play all the free to play mindless content? Or any f2p games on a console in a first world country?

Anything is better than the awful Xbox app. Heck, trying to find an open KMart is easier than navigating the Xbox app.

I have the Starlink:Battle for Atlas starter set and the only add-ons I could find for Xbone. Spent a few hours with it years ago and enjoyed my time, no need for the toys 2 life aspect.

Tired location, tired progression, half assed reskin. First Forza I haven't pre-ordered since FH1 and will likely skip entirely.

@Skedaddle just mark those words, sit back and watch.

They had to know Fortnite is a sinking ship... the disdain towards anything "games as a service" is only growing.

I don't care about colors, groups and I've never used quick resume, ever, it's a terrible strain your system and chances are it won't work properly even after one use. Those little download niggles you all have... Quick Resume. I want a list of my games installed and that's it, I don't care what my background is. I don't stare at it, I play games on my game console.