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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.

I’m starting to really dislike the future vision of Xbox, and regret buying a Series X. I should have just spent more for a gaming PC or ROG Ally. It’s just failure after failure, and most of their recent game releases are bland and boring. All the talented developers and designers left years ago. They have a console for someone like me and it’s the Xbox 360.

@JayJ I only own a Series X, but I’m just not an unpaid marketer for Microsoft when writing comments here.

@JayJ You're repeating Microsoft's leaked Powerpoint, but I don't agree. A completely locked-down digital console that doesn't have any secondary market to purchase games is terrible for gamers and will kill any Xbox momentum. Sony's latest console release has merged both models with a detachable drive, and the Nintendo stuff is a complete guess.

I hope Xbox learned their costly lesson in 2013. The competition should do a quick video on how to share games with friends if Xbox try to go through with this.

Top Spin 4 is the only reason I keep a 360 hooked up. No Tennis game since comes close, plus I liked the roster which had Djokovic, Federer, Nadal, Borg and Becker. Virtua Tennis is fun but more arcade-y. I hope they keep the same mechanics with the forehand timing, better animations and movement.

The management team leading Xbox are uncool. They turned a cool gaming brand into something lame.

The Phil Spencer era really took away the gamer edge to Xbox. So much is banned. Everything is toxic. The original Xbox and Xbox 360 were awesome and had a great vibe.

Mass Effect Trilogy, Mafia 1 Definitive Edition and LEGO Skywalker Saga are the remakes I enjoyed a lot.

Starfield would have been awesome if they had focused on 20-30 planets instead of over 1000, if they had written an adult sci-fi story with interesting characters, and also left the current day politics out of it.

I don’t think it’s fixable just because they add some vehicles or local maps. Vehicles will just highlight the flaws with random generated events and places on the planets.

A good remote control like previous consoles. The IR sensor on the Series X is woeful.

A lot of the adapters just convert the composite 480i signal to HDMI and it looks terrible. There are adapters available for $50 that convert the component signal, and it looks great at 480p/720p. Xbox2hdmi being a good one.

The Mass Effect trilogy is the LOTR trilogy of video games. Amazing experience, interesting lore, galaxy, characters and continuation. Mass Effect 2 wins.

Everyone is pretending it’s good, but playing it less than any other Bethesda Game Studios game.

I like using the Xbox Dev Mode to play emulators, and quick resumes get deleted when you switch back.

I loved the movies, but this is a Disney product in 2025+. Not hyped.

Starfield was a big disappointment and wasn’t worth the development time and cost. Bethesda’s reputation has gone, and I have no hype for Elder Scrolls VI with that team and direction.

Hopefully they send all the hideous New Atlantis NPCs to the Enhance shop. I'm not sure how they can fix the terrible storyline and dialogue with patches though.

Turning a beloved character into lame Master Cheeks.

The original Mass Effect did vastness better, and you can land on many barren planets, collect resources and find something random - in a vehicle.

In Starfield, even the populated planets are boring because of the NPCs. I can’t remember the name of a single one. They all looked hideous though.

Xbox just isn’t a cool brand anymore - like it was during the OG Xbox and 360 days. They definitely aren’t prioritising the games and gamers.

The writing is just horrible. Terrible story and quests. Not a single character in the game that is memorable. That angry bald guy shouting about how it's BORING was right about Starfield.

A tone close to Daniel Craig sounds boring and like a typical third person shooter.

Suddenly, I'm not so sure it’s a great thing for the industry anymore.

This is 100% greed, under the guise of safety and security. Microsoft want money from every accessory sold - either first party or from third party certification.

Not sure about that main character in the Star Wars game.

Good luck to he/him.

An optional disc drive for BC games would gain Microsoft a lot of goodwill after its leaked future console plans. We are headed to the digital future for new releases, but backwards compatible games are being removed for digital sale. I want to play my copy of Half Life 2, King Kong, Driver, FEAR, Syndicate, Indiana Jones, Telltale Guardians of the Galaxy and others on the Series S and the next Xbox Console.

They may have wanted to save FF7R, FF16 and others for a Nintendo Direct event, and then have a simultaneous release on Xbox - rather than announce everything at the Xbox Tokyo Game Show.

This game will not stand the test of time or have longevity like previous Bethesda games. It’s technically impressive, but lacks soul and good writing. There isn’t a single good character and it feels like an obvious social lecture. I now have zero hype for TES VI.

The shooting mechanics were the best in any Bethesda game to date, ship and outpost building is a fun side activity and I felt levelling up was rewarding and exciting. It’s technically very impressive, but soulless.

I didn’t get immersed in the “world”. The storylines are boring. The characters were horribly written and I didn’t care for ANY of them. Mass Effect and KOTOR are still better spacefaring adventures and had a greater feeling of exploration - despite the linearity.

Starfield is a 6/10 game and not GOTY worthy.