CaptainCluck

The one unique Japanese studio they owned gets shut down..

@PROPS
Good riddance? We are only getting started. Woke video games are going the way of Disney, and it’s fun to clown on them. PROPS to Grummz.

@NEStalgia
The Steam Deck in its stock configuration is not a walled garden though. It can run anything that is compatible with Linux. If Square-Enix, EA, Ubisoft or Microsoft wanted to release a launcher for it, they can. It sounds like you’re talking about compatibility - which is what they’re working on. The launcher on SteamOS makes sense for a handheld and gives it a good experience to use. Windows 11 ad spyware is not optimised for handhelds which is why the battery life sucks.

Removing the Xbox name from PC Game Pass was an early indication. Microsoft are killing the Xbox brand and console.

Nintendo and Valve are the best stewards of gaming right now. Hopefully Valve will pull more people away from Windows and onto SteamOS/Linux.

I’m guessing Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will be delisted from the store soon..

They should have honoured it for those that purchased. Big corporations are going to have a problem with resurgent piracy soon anyway.

Not mentioned is that it only targets 60, and that you need a VRR display to use it or you will get heavy screen tearing. It even warns you in the menu.

Xbox is now echoing the last days of Windows Phone. The rebrand on PC to “PC Game Pass” makes more sense.

Xbox 360 used to be really great for social features, voice chat and parties. I would never use them now because you can lose your whole account, purchases and progress just for cursing. It’s lame.

@TheCrafter1578 It’s a terrible finished product. Local maps and planetary vehicles won’t fix the awful writing and boring characters.

I can’t help but compare it to Stellar Blade. Another sci-fi release but with attractive characters and an interesting world. Outlaws will be typical Ubislop.

Xbox developers just aren’t listening to the gamers/customers. Fair enough, but don’t complain when sales and subscriptions are down, and you lose your jobs.

Are they building these games in new bloated engines that struggle on Xbox? They should roll it back so we get 4K60. Xbox One games boosted to 4K60 still look really good.

Phil Spencer is a very safe and boring person which now reflects the Xbox brand. Boring and inoffensive.

A huge contraction of AAA devs, publishers and budgets would be good for gaming right now. I would like to see smaller studios and indies dominate the market. People that actually have a passion for videogames.

More anti-gamer e-waste. Hopefully it’s a failure.

Xbox is now a weak and lame brand thanks to Phil Spencer. In-game chat ruined. Achievements ruined. Game hubs pointless. They only care about virtue signaling now, instead of creating good exclusive experiences.

@rustyduck
He’s worse than Don Mattrick. At least Xbox was still a cool brand back then.

@AlwaysPlaying
That’s ridiculous.

Not really interested in putting more money into the Xbox platform. It doesn’t have a good future under Phil Spencer and Satya Nadella.

Honestly they should just cancel the show. Phil Spencer and modern Microsoft have destroyed the Halo franchise.

Hopefully at least one memorable, interesting character and storyline. The cringe writers really let down the whole team for the main game. It’s worse than the smaller issues that people always mention - like local maps and planetary vehicles.

Cloud-only gaming is when I bounce and find a new hobby.

Hopefully he can get President Trump’s agenda through quickly.

Probably a good idea. The show went downhill fast after season 1.

Hopefully they can get a decent animator to help on faces.

The Original Xbox is the easiest Xbox to repair. Usually it just needs a modern HDD installed, a DVD drive clean with laser tweak, and capacitor removal/repair. Most special editions are super rare with the Mountain Dew green being sought after.

So it’s an inferior version of the current Series X.

What about the upcoming adorably all-digital console? Hopefully they think about releasing an external disc drive for that and the Series S.

Most of these will be restored on PC versions where you have file access. Hopefully a version of Insignia is made for Xbox 360.

Cancel the closure of the 360 store then. Let people buy the games and DLC for long into the future.

@IOI They could have been forced to pull the brakes on a few of their plans because of this backlash. It doesn’t necessarily mean everyone was wrong if they waited a week, discussed behind closed doors and changed their plans.

@Kaloudz It’s not that I don’t like them, but they’re a different genre and style of game. A narrative third-person shooter with heavy Uncharted influences. If they were the first Tomb Raider games someone played, I could understand why they prefer those.

An unlikely but interesting crossover.

These games are much better than the Survivor trilogy. I enjoyed that they didn’t hold your hand and give you waypoints on where to go next. You need to explore everything and do risky acrobatic moves. The old controls have a charm to them and make these games a different genre compared to a typical third-person shooter. Agreed on the lighting of some scenes in remastered graphics.

@Tomato_Goose Thankyou sister goose!

The Xbox team will be the nervous ones. They don’t want another Xbox One moment.

Will the Xbox console become the Lumia of Microsoft Gaming though..

Multiple failures mixed with terrible communication and bad management. It isn’t surprising that people are worried about the future of Xbox.

This game looks more like a Disney pirate imitation.

@Kaloudz
It’s a predatory business practice. See one of the thousands of video essays on YouTube to have it explained well.

Microsoft will say one thing to calm the consumers, whilst gradually doing another and moving toward their end goal.

Xbox fans aren’t contracted to defend Microsoft’s corporate vision and future plans. It isn’t about stopping PlayStation users from playing some games. This is about Microsoft removing all reason to buy an Xbox, killing all the buzz around the console, and inevitably seeing more third parties not bother developing for it. A death spiral.

Microsoft better get their business event right because all eyes will be on it just like the second Xbox One reveal event. Any anti-consumer practices like the “adorably all-digital” Series X aren’t going to fly.

Another Xbox disappointment. I’m glad I still have Forza 3 and 4.

I do regret buying a Series X for numerous reasons. If they kill off Xbox, do they really think everyone will just become GamePass subscribers? I feel the word ‘GamePass’ will end up evoking the same emotions as Denuvo.

This definitely doesn’t have “Top-notch writing”. The dialogue is Reddit cringe mixed with Saints Row reboot.

Xbox and PureXbox deciding to be really divisive.

Already purchased this, but why can’t Microsoft or publishers let people know ahead of time when they will be removing games from the store permanently? Missed out on Enchanted Arms and Soul Calibur 2..

PS5 is getting the better Kojima games and we get the interactive movie game by Jordan Peele..

If the adorably digital Xbox Series X materializes, I won’t be buying another Xbox console. PC and Switch 2 will be better.