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@HonestHick Love my XSX, but the wifi issues were a bit ridiculous

Very regular drops, or needed to restart the X. I wasnt alone either I guess, a lot of complaints.

Crappiest part is remote play when it drops the wifi, so I just went wired. Need a long CAT cord though

I don't often buy dlc so maybe I'm out of the loop.
Do companies not usually give early access for DLC reviews?

I re-downloaded it so I could get the new rover stuck on top of a building in preparation, but I'm waiting to hear dlc impressions. I don't have much faith in Bethesda anymore

Look I'd like to see MS do really well as much as the next Xbox owner, but some of you really need to dial back expectations.
Starfield and Bethesda was supposed to make Gamepass irresistible and it didn't really move the needle. A huge base of CODs fan base are just COD and Live2k/Madden folks who could care less about GP and pay just enough to get online services.

Wonderful idea in theory, but I sadly doubt it

It does have a glimmer of hope as Dan led some really good projects with Far cry

The next console cycle should be a gaming Nerds wonderland.

I'm kind of hopeful that both Sony and MS find a way to provide under the TV powerhouse consoles, deliver SteamDeck levels of " I can't believe how well this runs" in a handheld and further improve remote play. Graphics are already great, let's drive home the perfect gaming experience

PC Gamer has a preview of this, and it sounds borderline terrible.

I feel like Treyarch has lost their touch when it comes to MP, but if the campaign is as good as Cold War, I might use points to get Ultimate and sneak in Senua too

Astounding how badly run the Xbox side is......
Thank goodness for 3rd parties and bottomless MS pockets I guess?

@KvallyX Well except for some of their skybox renderings name one thing that was exceptional.
I can't think of a single example, but I can give you lots of " it was okay"

@AllAroundGamer I havn't purchased a single 3rd party game for Xbox in 2 years because I don't understand what they are doing over there. Stalker 2 might change that, we'll see....
Playstation has at least made an effort, even if they are price gouging every single thing they do. Raising controller prices was absolutely taking the piss

It's okay to love Xbox and be pissed at em too

I know this won't count, but easily FH4. I've enjoyed the heck out of it.

@NEStalgia They have definitely improved it through patches, really is at a great point, put crazy hours into my backlog finally, bright and clear visuals, no pacing issues, or I'm not picking up stutters and jumps.
I've got Chiaki/Greenlight running in Deck, I don't have an Oled Deck so Portal screen is a good bit better. Love Greenlight though and that's why I'd love a dedicated handheld from Xbox with a bigger screen

@NEStalgia @HonestHick
??? Stream quality is near perfect on a Portal, it does take some tinkering though, plug and play is not entirely true.
I won't argue the the completely idiotic proprietary Bluetooth though, sheer stupidity ...... but you can always buy a dongle for cheap to make Bluetooth work for wireless

@jikflet If your upload speeds are robust at home, grab a deck or ally and Greenlight it, or buy the play anywhere versions of digital Xbox and download natively. Cherry on the cake is you also get Steam/GoG/Epic stores and can always get a dock to play on the big screen. So so worth it.

If your home upload speeds are above 25/30 mbps it workss really well for a lot of people.
Could also get a travel router for about 40 or 50 which solves a lot of public wifi whitelisting issues

@Banjo- Why not? The PS Portal has been an incredible option. I've got a SteamDeck, and Greenlight works incredible as well. The Portal is lightweight, nice big screen and great image quality. The Deck gets heavy, and can run a bit hot if playing natively, actually bought a Steam dock for it but still haven't used lol.
Portal was also 400 less, a dedicated Xbox branded Portal would be freaking great@200 or less

Gears 5 has been on sale a lot, pretty cheap to.
Every time I think about it, I'll take speak at reviews....... They are not kind....

I enjoyed 4s campaign, was fun. Seems like 5 is extremely divisive, hmmmm

The movie industry is hilariously creatively bankrupt to a degree that's staggering.

Got to love the "creatives" that take a brilliant idea and " make it their own" to disastrous results...

I shouldn't have watched that, it was really discouraging

The " burning spider web",....uh

Oh wow ......... That was massively underwhelming. It didn't look like it was holding 30fps the whole time either.

Why can't this run at 60? Nothing looks like it's resource heavy.
Textures are very average
Particles effects very ho hum
Low enemy numbers

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON AT XBOX????.??....????????

@eduscxbox What universe were you living in saying g nobody complained. Pushsquare communitu alone whined about FF and it's framerste/ along with DD2/ Ronin endlessly

Nintendo Fandom is surreal, they basically never complain. They let Nintendo pee in their cereal and steal their wallet while asking " please sir, may I have more"

Very well said, even as a physical collector these very things leave me hesitant

So not only are you paying more for Ultimate, but now you can pay even more for 3 days early.
It was gross before, and it's still gross.
Bethesda can really be a despicable company

I simply want to know if building a library on Xbox is a sensible thing going forward.

A year has gone by and I still have no clue.

Ok........ guess I'll just continue not buying anything for Xbox, unless it's getting delisted

That journal looks pretty cheap, like an afterthought to fill out a thin CE. I've seen those at Art Supply stores for 12 buying papers.
I don't understand how ANYONE can have faith in Bethesda CE's- famously terrible to deal with if your stuff turns out to be broken or wrong

I'm curious if Phil will lay out really awesome sounding news, inflate the hype balloon
As the Xbox community turns to high five each other, Phil runs up and pops the hype Ballon, gives everyone a wet willy and teieports back to his office not explaining a thing and being not heard from until the next Xbox Fest

This is Activision we are talking about, did anyone think this would actually be allowed?

@GuyinPA75 Activision carries the hate pretty well, I doubt MS gets much of the blame

@x3King84 You could always check
" ProtonDB" for Deck compatibility, it's pretty good resource
I've not played it in Deck but I've seen plenty of folks mention it runs great.

@Ricky-Spanish I'm not picky in FPS vs 3rd, and I'm old, I had watched all the Indy movies 20x over, adored Young Indiana.
Some reason it just doesn't look like my cup of tea, agreed on cutscenes🤌

As long as this reviews decently, day one purchase for sure, damn the backlog😵‍💫

It was my main reason for joining Xbox, I was not going to miss Starfield....... boy it was disappointing...
Still so worth it, Far Cry 2, got to finally play Gears and Halo Infinite was certainly, um no comment.
Looking forward to Indy, and hoping Avowed turns out great. Doom looks okayish

@Frmknst I've got PS, SteamDeck as well, so I'm my case Gamepass isn't useful for me in my situation

@Pabpictu That's certainly an opinion....

Below are the top 10 companies by gaming revenue in H1 2023:

Tencent — $15.4 billion (-3.6% year-over-year);
Sony — $8 billion (+8.7% year-over-year);
Apple — $6.9 billion (+3.2% year-over-year);
Microsoft — $6 billion (+3.5% year-over-year);
NetEase — $5 billion (-3.8% year-over-year);
Google — $5 billion (+2% year-over-year);
Activision Blizzard — $4.4 billion (+35.5% year-over-year);
Electronic Arts — $3.8 billion (+5.5% year-over-year);
Nintendo — $3.1 billion (+3.3% year-over-year);
Take-Two — $2.4 billion (+26% year-over-year).

The user reviews are not kind, guess it's a pretty game, but controls are really bad.

Ah the memories, watching Xbox get all the best ports, 1st dibs on COD maps. The absurd console wars, E3 goodness.....

@EVIL-C It was so wonderful playing Bond, huge thanks to the Pure Xbox community who mentioned Replay was on sale when the Goldeneye news came out.

My teenage daughter actual came in and watched me play for a bit and she said
" I wish they still made games like this, just looks simple and fun"

@__jamiie I truly have no idea how you came to the conclusion you shouldn't say you enjoyed it.
I'm talking about the eye rolling conspiracy that ANYTHING negative is some underhanded ploy to demean Xbox, it's exhausting

@__jamiie
😑
Such a bizarre statement, if you enjoyed it, great!
I have not touched it since Dec of last year because I didn't think it was very good...
As a Bethesda game, it was terrible at being a Bethesda game and a lot of folks feel this way🤷‍♂️

Nothing ha, I've spent the last 6 hours trying to figure out how I've misplaced my application file on my steamdeck😡🤬
Can't figure out how to install Greenlight without it and Linux is NOT playing nice

@themightyant Appreciate it! The Portal is flawless at home, and just okay on my hospitals wifi, so hopefully I can get the same or better mileage out of streaming Xbox on the Deck. Did you use any particular app on the Deck?

Random question, but does anyone here stream installed xbox games to their SteamDeck? ( have never used Xbox streaming, would it require installing Windows?)
The PS Portal is just bonkers fun, and i'd love to play my Series X the same way and have a initial release SD.

@Blofse Man thatSteam Deck is bonkers good. I grabbed it a month after release it and still runs petefect.

I even added 20+ games to my backlog!

@IOI Are you freaking kidding me....... WOW, just what the hell.

Who the heck is driving that Porsche that is Microsoft and instead of cruising they are driving it like a bumper car

If I'm being completely honest.....I have no idea.
These past few months at MS have been such a GIGANTIC cluster truck that I'm not sure I trust Xbox just yet.
Will be very interesting to watch them close out the year, if it's more stumbling and bumbling.........oy?

I love playing games on SX, and I love them on PS5.
But I have been conditioned to check which system runs better, and it is usually so negligible I end up just getting which one has the best deal🤷‍♂️

Sounds so good, I was VERY worried it would get dumbed down too much.

I really hope Starwars, Avowed, Astrobot are all brilliant, but this is my " please let it be good" game

@Mustoe Jinx 🤣

@trev666 What hate mob? It was destroyed by critics and gamers, it was a badly made game. 🤨

@JonBoyJ Eurogamer has some sincerely eye rolling reviews. I just can't take them seriously anymore.
It's a shame

So that's the face of Xbox's horrendous marketing program....

I'm sorry, but good riddance.