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@ilyn haha hell yeah, I reckon close to daily numbers during the start of lockdown grumbles bloody kids grumbles bloody job...

@GeeEssEff I do have a dock but I've found that unless a game is running natively at 1080p the results are a little underwhelming on my 24" screen. Everything else from 720p upwards is much more acceptable at 7"!

Thanks for the insight though, if I can YouTube some decent settings it might be worth a punt on the old M&K setup

@Questionable_Duck ah right, I didn't know that. FPS boost is such a great feature. God only knows how MS has managed to fall so far behind this generation when they've released arguably their best consoles yet

I think those hours reflect my weekly playtime better than monthly lol. I will say, having an Xbox has made me a more "hardcore gamer" than I was before, not sure why, but I'm more engaged and playing (and buying) more than I ever did on my PS4. So maybe there's something in these recent spates of Xbox ports...

@Kezelpaso I hope I speak for all of us when I say nope, we don't mind at all if you need to use another platform! I'd imagine if you don't then you lose all momentum on the review by releasing it a week late

So, I haven't jumped on this game yet (I will do in due course), and they've optimised it so much over time that I genuinely can't decide if this will be a better experience on my XSX or Rog Ally z1e.

Larian seems like a wonderful studio, always liked the way they interact with the public and their messaging

@Questionable_Duck so Xbox will be the best place to play all your Yakuza titles and Final Fantasy ones 😯

Wonder why Yakuza 6 never got a 60fps update on PS5, I'd imagine that's where it's sold the most!

This is awesome news, love Yakuza. If I remember right, when I played Kiwami 2 on Xbox couple of years ago it's still at 30fps so I'd imagine that'll be a really good update

This must be so frustrating for you as a reviewer Ben, both xboxera and DF have been vocal recently about Xbox review codes shipping later than ps5 and Steam codes.

@Chrisgamer yes, hence why I said fear of lack of support, not actual lack of support. I then said support from 3rd party Devs keeps rolling in.

@Pat_trick I must admit, I've pondered a few times about whether or not I should just move to ps5 based on fear of lack of support. But then despite the complete lack of backing from MS themselves, 3rd party Dev support keeps rolling in.

It's fast becoming my favourite console ever!

@FraserG mini typo in the article that says series s 1tb is down to 399, I can see from the links you mean X 🫡

@fbnaulin I've heard good things about xbplay, you have to wonder what MS are thinking when 3rd party apps outperform their own 🤔

@Nenoeil I use better xcloud but on a ROG Ally, can you even add that kind of plugin to a mobile browser? It is a heck of a lot better than the PC app though isn't it!

@Fiendish-Beaver you sir, are undoubtedly the man in this forum that plays the most games now, you've more than made up for your past indiscretions 😉 always trust your judgement when I see a comment.

As for the older ps games, what can I say, they're in the annuls of time now. One of the most pleasant surprises when I grabbed my SX was the back compat. Truly remarkable playing through all Halo and Gears titles for the first time.

@fbnaulin I've not seen any rumblings of the mobile app having higher res, but I'd imagine if you run it through mobile edge or chrome it's 1080p?

@Fiendish-Beaver I was much the same until this era, and haven't owned a ps5 unfortunately. Moved to Xbox on a whim and found the controller and ecosystem to be more to my tastes.

Now, PS1 takes me back, I can think of wipeout and crash bandicoot, final fantasy 7/8/9, perhaps Syphon filter was PS1 too...PS2 was the jak and daxter games, sly racoon, killzone and (still going strong) god of war 1 + 2!

It's a nice move forward, but until they unlock the bitrate a bit more and run series x versions then it's a fun way to play but not a serious one.

@Banjo- yeah I agree with both of those potentially being able to do well on xbox, especially God of War (What's the real GoW though, that or Gears!!). The ones I don't think would move the needle would be Ratchet & Clank and Ghost of Tsushima, great as they both undoubtedly are

@Fiendish-Beaver I had it on PS4, but I'd happily buy it again on SX with the increased framerate. Plus, we know from death stranding that the decima engine works really quite well on Xbox...

Yeah this one was vvverrrrryyy quickly debunked. Still though, out of pure speculation, this is a game that I think would do ok on Xbox especially if Sony is looking to put the IP on TV

@Jenkinss on point 2) I agree, I don't think this 2nd price rise is tariff related. Whilst we're all getting royally more screwed by every company we have any connection with, the tariff situation hasn't changed since the last price increase.

As a UK XSX owner (and a very happy one as I got it shortly after launch), where the tariffs don't really hit us the same way, this just seems like hardware suicide in MS biggest market. Which leads me to believe next gen is coming a little sooner than we thought, albeit likely through OEMs first

Anyone else think this is just a prelude to the "nextbox" in 2026? They have obviously given up on the X/S sales

@TrollOfWar nice. My assumption is this is all to be stored by MS, but you would assume they need some kind of security in place when accessing games that you start on steam first

@TrollOfWar well it's specifically where the cloud saves will be that I'm confused by. Are you saying that even if I'm playing a game on steam (let's say one not published by Xbox) it can use my Xbox cloud data on Steam (I.e. MS provides the whole infrastructure), or do you think it transfers to steam cloud and vice versa?

I did not have this being a good game on my bingo card, looks heaps of fun and dare I say it better than MKW

I'm glad this is happening, I just can't grasp the logistics behind it. Is it effectively MS and Steam allowing each other access to save data?

Really looking forward to seeing what this can do. Ideally, I'd like to see a combo, less ram and less total power draw. I know it won't perform miracles but with the ROG ally battery so small every little helps

@Ricky-Spanish yeah, I get that he's running a PS enthusiast site but you can tell which articles are his by the title before you even click in. Lot of Xbox news on push 🤔

(Still enjoy reading it though, the comments sections are gold)

@BattleMonkey oh mate I know. Even those that do have them though, I'm not realistically going to play cyberpunk or star wars outlaws on a switch 2 over a series x! It's all about the ninty exclusives baby

@Markatron84 day 1 games are extremely rare for me for this reason. Why pay more for less, when you can pay less for more a short time later

@Ricky-Spanish nice to see you back fresh from your trolling adventures on push 🤣 very much enjoyed you getting into the weeds with the forums my friend

@nomither6 yeah I'd prefer options for no crossplay with M&K rather than PC specifically. Aimbots are easy to spot on controller anyway!

Please be good, please be good, please be good 🙏

@Stoned_Patrol yeah I'd want all the same things bud. I'm just leaving it for now, waiting until that killer mario or Zelda game comes. Still having a ton of fun on my switch 1 thankfully!

Good write up, partially mirrors my feelings (I don't have space anywhere that I'd use a series s, but I don't want a switch 2 and pro controller for £500 until it's a better device than it currently is)

Series S is getting some love today at PX!!

@TrollOfWar sums it up perfectly, good work dude.

The biggest change for me this gen was gaming regularly at 60fps. And this is always better when it's stable than dipping around all over the place. The XSS seems to help create a more stable 60fps experience on my XSX, so it's been my favourite console that I've never owned ever 🤣

@Pat_trick I always think that it's lack of sales was the issue as opposed to the machine being a technical hindrance. If it's not in mind from the start and it has to be scaled down to, then memory issues were always going to get in the way. So then it's whether it's worth the extra time and money.

We have to remember that Devs were all in on getting awful ports of games onto the original switch, because the install base is massive. And I bet some of the stuff they learned made games scale better on other machines, just like the XSS (which I personally think was a wonderful idea, just very poorly marketed as always by MS!)

These are weird features that I personally don't appreciate, half the fun of an RPG is growing with your character. But also, I don't really care that it exists, power to the players and all that 🙏

An excellent use of the XSS memory specs that will benefit all users. Given how many games release with poor performance on XSX and PS5, this is refreshing to read

@BattleMonkey to be honest I still love my OG switch, use it quite often and have a decent backlog of Nintendo games (galaxy 1+2 will add to that even more!)

In most ways the switch 2 looks amazing, but you just know they're going to do a better model with better screen and battery life so I'm happy to wait and get a premium upgrade this time 🤞

This is my favourite news story on PX for a long time. Happy Xbox gamer.

@FarmDog08 I played the first remake on PS4 and thought it was excellent. Just a new way to experience the characters you love, environments and cutscenes are gorgeous.

It's definitely rubbed a few FF7 purists the wrong way, and having 3 parts is a bit of a cash grab, but I don't care when they're so good

Yeah I'm in just to see what kind of music it has!

I'm trying to think how a live service far cry would even work. Outside of drop in coop or squading up, it doesn't seem like the far cry formula fits the live service model.

If it was more normal kind of multiplayer with a bit of a factions element that would work but it wouldn't be some kind of golden goose

@MaccaMUFC @Gabrie this is where the auto SR feature (that's not present at launch) gets interesting, obviously for a AAA game this won't really handle higher than 1080p (maybe not even that for some games) but that NPU could potentially allow for higher scaling to bigger screens 🤞

@Markatron84 you know, I never played shovel knight, but it's the old school Zelda vibes that I'm loving. The pixel art looks gorgeous too which doesn't hurt!

This year has been absolutely stellar for games with old school graphics and I'm so here for it. Sea of Stars reignited my passion a couple years ago!

@Markatron84 I'm really looking forward to trying this one out tonight, it's been top of my most wanted list since the first gameplay trailer

How they've not increased the bitrate cap for so many years is beyond me. Better xcloud is the only way I've been able to reliably enjoy Xbox cloud gaming, which still has the same cap, just a lot easier to force it to the maximum.

I know MS are going to forge ahead with the cloud thing no matter what I think, but if they removed the "beta" term then it had best be actually good, like geforce now ultimate

@TrollOfWar yes agreed. I was thinking exactly of the death stranding strategy being pretty much the only way I'm going to buy intergrade earlier than rebirth. It worked on me before. Fingers crossed 🤞🤞

@TrollOfWar yeah true, I played it on PS4 through PS plus. I'm just thinking from a current POV (I only have series x now as a AAA console) do I bother getting intergrade, or will they announce a bundle later