CaptainCluck

@dskatter
That's how it works pretty much, but we will be fine on Xbox with the MCC.

Creatively bankrupt. At least they can't mess these up I guess.

It does look fun, but podracing was already cool and unsanctioned racing in the Outer Rim. Now it's mostly regular speeders and vehicles.

I thought they were letting the public have an @xbox.com email at first. That would be a good idea and place Xbox back into the consciousness.

I'm really looking forward to Helix, regardless how it ends up. My 25 year old Xbox library combined with my Steam library is just a no-brainer. Hopefully the OS isn't locked down too much, except for people that want a contained console-only experience.

If GamePass Premium drops in price in future, I might subscribe to that one.

If I can play EVERY single game on the Xbox Helix that I can play on Series X/S, including backwards compatible titles, then I'll be happy to make the switch and don't have an issue.

Xbox 180 would be a good name to suggest they are changing direction from the last decade.

So now my Xbox only chills my food?

One of the benefits of Xbox switching to the PC platform. This will likely still be available and playable on PC.

2/10 for optimism, so hopefully they can exceed that. Satya only cares about software, AI and insane profit margins. The games are all sanitised corporate slop. I hope they can get some of the fun renegade spirit of the early years, but we don't live in that world anymore.

This is built for small mobile screens. Will look terrible on a TV.

Steam is just better in every way for PC. Free online play. Better refunds. Real user reviews. Community, forums, art and guides. Modding and workshop.

Plus, there won't be a real Xbox platform after this generation since it's just a PC with an Xbox-theme launcher.

Bought the game on PS5 and reached Aerith's home. It has beautiful graphics but was so boring to play, that I stopped. I have played FF3 3D Remake, 8, 10 and 13 before, so maybe I would prefer the original FF7.

A 5-hour movie game that takes 8 years to develop.

Great! Every game should do this from now on.

If you already have a Series S, then picking up a cheap One can be a good idea if you want to play delisted or disc-only backwards compatible stuff like Forza and Orange Box.

I really dislike this Microsoft. I already cancelled Gamepass and Office 365. Windows 11 is next once SteamOS is matured. The only reason to keep an Xbox is if you already have a games library built there.

Is Hellraiser not slated for 2026? That looks interesting. I loved the first movie, but not so much the others.

OG Xbox games in the Activision back catalogue. Let's see Return to Castle Wolfenstein, GUN and the True Crime series.

I want to play videogames under the oversight of Copilot. Or Clippy.

Microsoft will only give recognition to Xbox as a multi-platform cloud subscription service going forward.

The all-new Xbox Copilot. The power of Xbox, combined with the creativity of Microsoft AI.

The death of Xbox and now making inroads into Windows.

If they can promise a disc drive, internal or external, to play our entire libraries, then I think this could salvageable for me.

It would be fine if they delayed it until there are better market conditions or the technology catches up so they can get a Series S into a handheld for reasonable prices, but their PR has been terrible and the Xbox ROG Ally is disappointing if you actually have an Xbox library. It's an "Xbox" for people that are new to Xbox, and those people are probably better off buying a Steam Deck.

Halo MCC exists, so there's no point splitting the player base.

Lazy, pointless cashgrab. It was probably made by AI also.

Xbox needs an entire leadership change and a new direction. They're useless and have created all this bad news and publicity.

I don't value these Xbox social features enough to verify. It might even be a more beneficial experience to have them disabled. Not sure what I'll do if forced for a platform I like - such as YouTube.

I don't want to support GamePass anymore, and I don't want to continue building a library on Xbox. I will enjoy my backlog and hope an exploit is found for the Series/One consoles one day.

"This is an Xbox" branding is so lame. I'm not paying to push Microsoft Gaming slogans.

They don't serve the customer/gamer anymore. Feels like they're just socially engineering the future of gaming by figuring out how people will slowly accept worse terms and conditions.

The final straw for me with Xbox.

It always was. Many people say the Series S is "holding gaming back", but in reality it's holding back ballooning costs of nonsensical console revisions like the PS5 Pro. It's also forcing UE5 devs to do better with optimisation.

The reason for a new console is to be able to handle the bloated Unreal Engine 5 and upcoming Unreal Engine 6 games.

@Kaloudz
The first game was an immersive sim RPG with branching story and exploration. The closest games being the Deus Ex series, Prey, Thief and Dishonored. It's really, really good, but PC only.

20-30 backwards compatible Original Xbox titles released. They can look through the Activision catalogue.

He's trying too hard to be a Hollywood guy that subverts expectations.

Xbox is forced to comply, but this legislation has nothing to do with protecting children. It's more about removing anonymity and allowing the government to identify everything you do online in case they need to prosecute for speech crimes.

Good decision. Fan backlash works.

Genuinely interested in this one. The original movie with Uncle Frank gave me nightmares because I watched it too young.

The initiative doesn't ask for eternal support. Companies are going to try to misrepresent this to make it seem like they're being reasonable. They could stop supporting their game after just 6 months and it wouldn't matter. Just leave a playable game that people paid for, an offline version, or allow people to setup their own dedicated servers.

I buy games on sale because I don't plan to always have GamePass since I got the 3 year stack deal.

Xbox needs a fixed console spec regardless. They have development teams creating games for server blades running Cloud and Play Anywhere, that need to be optimised for those specs.

@Fiendish-Beaver
Wouldn't it be easier to just bring the whole Master Chief Collection version, combine the player base, and add Xbox login to get Playstation players into their tent?

@AverageGamer @shoeses
You're both probably right, on reflection. We aren't the target audience for this.

We had Halo CE Anniversary, and then the Master Chief Collection. This is unnecessary.

It's boring with cringe 2023 dialogue and the characters look horrible. The entire galaxy is a current-day US city in space with cowboys, pirates, corpos and starbucks, but without aliens or anything interesting. It's hard to get invested or immersed in, and most of the other content and exploration is procedurally generated so you know you're wasting your time.

It's a big disappointment for me since it's the first game I bought at full price in 10 years, and I also bought the limited edition headset and controller - which I recently sold.

Is Microsoft altering the EULAs for everything. Update to comply.