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Guessing this is what Games Radar was referencing in their latest clickbait article

Negotiating sales cuts in this kind of situation sounds like a nightmare

Anything less than a 9 is blatant bias

@Ricky-Spanish What do you mean? Sony owns the Helldivers IP and published both games. It's good to see a dev succeed to the point where they can do their own thing, regardless!

Hard to say. I probably have a different use-case than most here, as Xbox is mostly a backwards-compatibility machine with a small sprinkling of exclusives that I sometimes feel strangely obligated to get. I was lucky to get my current console for $80 after trade credit from GameStop, but its trade-in value is now more than I paid altogether so it's tempting to ditch it (for about the 6th time).

Series S would be perfect for my purpose except for its lack of disc drive.

Not buying unless it has keyboard and mouse support

Substantial improvements to RAM but especially memory bandwidth. System-wide power increases will make the user experience significantly better.

@darylb24 Companies used to get advanced/lump sums to add their games to The Pass, right? Are they still doing that or does everyone get royalties?

GamePass would kind of be a step backwards if they're chasing sales, no?

@Ricky-Spanish It gets tricky because Microsoft Gaming is a division of Microsoft Corporation and Sony Interactive Entertainment is a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. Even then, net worth/valuation discussion isn't very valuable for gamers!

The nearest location is 5 and a half hours away in Chicago. Might be worth it if the pizza is good enough?

Saw this on PushSquare and rushed over here for the grumbling!

"Xbox truly cares about game preservation."

Sounds like OG Xbox/360/One emulators for whatever "Xbox PC" is. The term "backwards-compatibility" was never mentioned.

@PlatinumMikey I agree, and would pay extra for Xbox and Switch controllers with parallel sticks.

@StylesT Good strategy by Microsoft going to an audience who doesn't mind paying for games

@Cakefish But I was told Microsoft doesn't loss-lead anymore. Did that change, or will it change in the future?

No interest in subscriptions on any console. Plus I feel better and superior paying for my games individually.

Is this just an Xbox-branded Ally? Not really worth it if it doesn't play my console games.

@Cakefish Low-end pre-built PCs from system integrators with 2-3 generations-old hardware are $900+ already. Not sure how Xbox would be able to undercut that.

Hellblade 2, Quantum Break, Sunset Overdrive, Dead Rising 3, Ryse, Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, and then DOA Xtreme Beach Volleyball

Over/under on @OldGamer999 getting mad and selling the NextBox "PC": 4.5 days

@Lucylu1983 Looked more like a DualShock 4, IMO

Trailer was very interesting, but I almost forgot this existed!

At least GameStop's trade value for the Series X is more than I paid for it now

Series S' value proposition has been destroyed.

@Cakefish Completely agreed. My assumption was games that weren't Series X|S Optimized would be mostly the same since S has practically the same CPU, but X showed me that wasn't the case. Noticeable downgrades across the board. I still like the idea behind Series S, but the marketing did feel deceptive in the end.

@RiverGenie FPS Boost is some kind of software and/or game engine trickery. It does achieve the same thing in the end, but I've noticed lots of little glitches and other issues it can cause (example, F.E.A.R. 3's huge fluctuations). Native 60FPS is always preferable, IMO.

I'm a Pony with zero interest in Game Pass, but Xbox still has a use-case: enhanced 7th and 8th gen games! Series X is my 4K retro and FPS Boost machine because I'm fairly certain those PlayStation versions will never get patched.

As far as everyone going multi-platform, I don't see it. I know the diehards are trying to spin it as innovation, but Xbox was in a hard place and needed to do something to quickly bring in money. The other two aren't in that situation and are just fine with their own ecosystems. Putting in time and money to market to a much smaller userbase (who also brags about never paying for games) likely isn't worth it.

I'd love to get Del Tacos at Pizza Hut, but that just isn't realistic.

@WildConcept6 People here were actively cheering the idea of Xbox nerfing its ports.

And the Pro only cost me $187. 😇

If being an obnoxious zoomer is now arrestable, maybe this country isn't doing so bad after all!

@NishimuraX Especially when Nightdive exclusively does remasters! People are always harping about game preservation and then harp even more when remasters help make old games available.

I'd like to see some things that aren't currently backwards compatible like Project Silpheed, Ninety Nine Nights, Condemned 2, or the first Kane and Lynch

Technical Achievement ain't nothin' to shake a stick at, as my late grandmammy used to say.

It would have to feature re-recorded dialogue and new voice actors for me to consider it. Already have the original version which plays very nicely on Xbox Series.

There's some game called Cynthia that seems to have a new edition every week, too.

If it's just a branded pre-built PC, then I worry about price. Cheapest ones right now are around $700 and usually behind Series X in performance.

So is this the Xbox tax in action or not?

For now. Could be a timed exclusive.

People were fine paying Switch tax on PC games (especially visual novels) and full AAA prices for extremely cut-down mobile versions of games, so I don't think this is going to be an issue.

Not a peep today, but there are some more showcases tomorrow and Friday (I think?).

All that "Haha, we're getting all your games!" posturing is looking sillier by the week.

Probably not tomorrow, but announcements will follow. Depends on whether Switch 2 can actually run these games or not. Regardless of how powerful the SOC might be, it'll still be constrained by handheld functionality.

@BacklogBrad Perhaps, but that depends on if they could still turn a profit after all the development costs to cut these things down to Switch level.

@BacklogBrad They're making record profits from their current model, I don't foresee any big push to change that. Plus, the time and money to port these big games to a 237% smaller audience who boast about never paying for games likely won't help much.

Having to renegotiate royalties with every single publisher on Steam sounds like a gargantuan hassle.

The handheld can be the Xbox Series XH (X for Xbox and H for handheld). The new consoles can be Xbox Series XX and Series XS.

I'd like to see Fallout 1 & 2 either remade or ported.

This is the game that put the nail in the coffin of me ever trusting game reviewers. Got it for $13 from GameStop and loved every second!

As far as being ported, the studio was dissolved by Square Enix so I'm not sure who would work on it. Maybe if Xbox were to pay them in advance like they did for Octopath Traveler, but it probably wouldn't be worth it.

Increased my Play Anywhere games from 4 to 7