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@BlackMayge
Hive busters even though a cross generation game is still my series x go to game to show some potential of the series x.
Let’s hope the coalition bring it full force with gears 6.

I liked the campaign it was ok and it was gears so enjoyed overall.
Surprised Xbox haven’t acquired people can fly
Think they could be a very good help studio to the coalition for future gears games.

@Stoned_Patrol
That is very true Xbox studio games stay forever.

@BrilliantBill
They two pretty big full price games
So hopefully they will stay forever, like Xbox studio games.

Will games like Atomic Heart and Wo Long
leave game pass?

@NEStalgia
I say it as it is in real life.
Also live from the shop shelves and up to date 😆

That’s why since I’ve been doing the shop shelves and review counts things I have started to disbelieve these analysts sales figures each week and month, they don’t seem to tally up to me.

Anyway it won’t be long now in the UK and it will start to get to the 6 month quiet period as the summer approaches. I think now stock is relatively good overall the buying habits will be seasonal this year in the UK.

@Moonglow
Well three major stores low or out of series x solo console in the UK, my one is getting stock early next week.
It seems a lot of series x consoles were used in the new Forza Horizon 5 bundles, of which some are still available.
Should be restocked next week with solo series x, so that’s good.

@Moonglow
I’m not sure being honest.
I just think they just need to make more and get more stock. Just one of those things.
The chip shortage etc is still about or back log of manufacturing. I mean in the UK you can still wait 6 to 9 months for a new car to be delivered.

@NEStalgia
Well I’m sure between us we can get it work and some sort of soap opera or maybe drama award.

Off subject, Xbox need to get series x re stocking again in a major UK chain, they out of stock in about 80% of stores after very good after Christmas stocks.

@fizban3332
Xbox does good in UK, probably second only to the USA if you go by head count.
In the 360 days Xbox was massive in the UK.

At this rate this will go down as the longest running soap opera ever in the UK, hope it gets voted for the soap awards this year along side East Enders etc.

Pre order the special edition
For a gram of this and an eighth of that.

Game pass members will not be left out and will receive theirs through the post, limited to one per customer.
Once consumed, join us high up on Cloud.

@Sakai
See for the love of gaming we have to go through these phases with these companies.
Sony arrogance PS3
Nintendos complacency WII U
Xbox it works in the USA experiments, Xbox one and series x to a point.
One only difference Xbox has Microsoft with the world’s deepest pockets to help and take risks and buy up big studios.

@Sakai
I think you missing my point, I have all three consoles. Yes the UK is one of Xbox better markets. But worldwide it’s getting further behind now. Month after month. And will stay third place and my prediction will sell less consoles worldwide this year 2023 than it did 2022 and gain less Game pass subscribers than year 2022.

See I have series x but I know Xbox will always be behind and I’m cool with that.
They only hope is buy buy buy studios and that is what they are doing, so who knows maybe one day.

Slightly off subject but just watched a little documentary on USA Company FORD.
I drive a Ford car.
Basically how they are slowly going down in the European/UK market over the years and what they are trying to do now moving forward.

The biggest thing and related to Xbox, USA Company, is that Ford believe now, what works well for the USA market they seem to believe will work for Europe/UK etc.
Which it won’t for good reasons and sales are now definitely showing this.

My connection, I believe that it is what Microsoft believe with Xbox and the whole Gamepass approach and not selling many consoles at all in Europe/UK or not bothered. Is they believe what works well in the USA, which is where xbox is doing slightly ok or it’s best area, will work in Europe/UK.

I know a different industry but both USA companies and what I think, they believe what works or will work in the USA works in other countries.

It’s something to do with how some USA businesses normally big ones end up internally believing this. Which normal ends in trouble.

They gave other examples like General Motors etc that believed the same thing and they had to get government bale out etc.

Have noticed over the last few years there has been lots of car group buyouts and serval very well known manufacturers all in big groups and owned by one big company.

Did they have to go through all this, as I can’t recall all these problems with them.

@Westernwolf4
Have played most of if not all the Arkane games and good times.
I think time moves on, so expectations move up as well, and it all sort of seems familiar basic sort of thing. The vampire part seems great, like vampires.
We shall see not long to wait until May.
At least if Redfall doesn’t do it for me in May I have BOTW2 as well. Then again that is covered in a mystery of doubt a little bit as well.

Won’t be long to see what the games like.
Hoping it is an Arkane hit but we shall see, I’m a little reserved on this one for some reason.

Sony half killed their once dominant Walkman market and TV market, through arrogance etc.
will this be the third time for them.

It’s very interesting how other companies are joining the Xbox deal and moving ahead even Nintendo a very traditional Japanese company.

Let the deal go through, leaving Sony out and they can be at the mercy of everybody else.

Sony are really starting to look like the bad dudes here and the ones being awkward and petty.

Surely the deal will go through very soon.

@Green-Bandit
Totally agree give us a good few games first that push the power of the existing consoles as they are.
Power doesn’t always make good business, look at my little Switch doing ok.

I can see cloud based game pass coming to probably Switch 2.
Or depending on the consoles power downloadable game pass titles.

@BBB
This definitely was not aimed at the the Stalker developers. It was meant for developers in general like the GTA6 leak we had etc and showcase leaks we get etc.

We at work have certain important systems with data kept on internal private networks. So they work just on internal infrastructure with no outside internet just internal IPN.
Separate from email etc and no connection with the outside internet.

I guess it’s too hard for game developers to invest in this or undertake this. As bits of game development come in out of the IT systems from different sub contracted developers helping with the game etc and I guess all that working from home stuff.

Nowadays I find 30fps to blurry and not smooth enough when moving and panning around the environment.
I play 60fps for every thing now with VRR on and it looks far better and smoother and less blurry.
I take a slight hit in resolution sometimes but the 60fps butter smooth and better panning visual quality wins easy.

Glad I’ve not started just yet.
Though after that patch it might be time to.

So being very realistic and keeping real live expectations in check.
Release date this year 2023 for Forza.
Then very good gameplay with 2024 release dates for:
Hellblade 2
Avowed

Maybe Gameplay only for:
Fable
Perfect dark
Gears 6

It’s so tough for any kart racer to get close or live up to Mario Kart especially now.
It has so much nostalgia, very well known characteristics and the drift system, after trying many others is simply the best there is.
The weapons like red shell etc are just imprinted on the brain and what they do, playing Mario Kart is like just breathing so automatic and natural.

@Magabro
Totally agree with you and I moan about xbox a lot. But Starfield in September is fine.
If the game is big AAA quality and delivers the delay until September is absolutely fine.

Others do it Sony and Nintendo to get the quality of their big AAA games, so it is fine Xbox do it as well. Just to many people in here being picky about it.

@Green-Bandit
Hi, hope you keeping well?
Yes I was 2 months out Sep to Nov.
But that’s mean my expectations have been achieved 2 months early so that’s cool.
Don’t think it will get delayed again and hopefully the showcase in June will be fantastic.

@Bleachedsmiles
Amazing how things change year on year,
My multi console games preference 2022 to 2023:

So for me if I had to rank this year 2023 on what we know so far it is totally different from 2022.
Game wise only 2022
PS5, Switch then Xbox

Game wise only 2023
Switch, Xbox then PS5
Amazing how game release years effect things.

Well I’m GPU until March 2025 so locked in there anyway.

@Bleachedsmiles
I don’t mind as i thought it would get delayed.
Now if the game is top notch AAA then we talking definitely worth the delays.
Sony and Nintendo do it as well with their big AAA titles but usually then bring the big AAA quality all round, so if Xbox do the same with Starfield then that’s cool with me.

I’m sure with this deal of ten years Sony are big and strong enough to take it and have ten years to consider a strategy moving forward.
Having said that, I think Sonys true fear is COD being on Game Pass day one and all advertising rights, promotions are with Xbox etc.
It could be made to look like it is and Xbox exclusive.
But then Sony do that buying advertising rights, look at Hogwarts and Sony tv advertising, you would have thought it was a Sony exclusive.

I would never thought one single game would have caused so much business commotion 😂

@Bleachedsmiles
Well I said back in June 2022, Starfield November 2023 so my expectations have been improved by two whole months, so I’m ok 😊

Looks like maybe Starfield will get some decent advertising along with promoting game pass and Xbox consoles, fingers crossed.

They need to give Redfall some advertising love first, May not far away.
As general public and some gamers won’t know these potentially amazing games exist on game pass and Xbox consoles and eco system.

@AlwaysPlaying
Well I almost got the release date right.
So I’m going 96gb

Anyway the sneaky game footage in the background actually looked dam good.
Time will tell but looks better than I thought it would. But need to see more.

@Chaudy
I’m sure it is on game pass
Bit it is a bad omission by Xbox to leave it off the end roll.
Someone ask Phil please 😊

@Kezelpaso
The end roll did not say Game Pass, which I have.
But it should have done?

@Kaloudz
End roll didn’t see gamepass.
Just the consoles and PC

@Chaudy
Notice at the end it doesn’t say gamepass
Just the consoles and PC.
Any idea?

@Chaudy
Currently Xbox are the easiest of all three to predict. Then Sony and last Nintendo.

@Chaudy
I wasn’t far wrong then two months out and considering I predict it last June 2022.

What is the point this late on the day and also muliplayer only, where it’s not needed.
I’m sure they have better things to be working on.
Studio management all gone wrong yet again.
Wasting time, resources and cost.

@Moto5
And what I’m I playing right now
Metroid prime remaster I know an old game 2002 and a remaster but what a game and good looking for Switch docked on a 65” LG C2.
Then a bit of MK8 online to get my points up, one of the only online games I play.
Then tomorrow start finishing up HFW, love open world adventure/action. Ready for the expansion in April.
That is how gaming is done Microsoft.

@Moto5
Exactly my point, if I can get 80% on PS5 sales and only 20% on Series consoles, as a business where is my priority going to be.
Also and maybe just developer rumour, but they prefer the PS5 pool memory architecture being one pool and all access, instead of Series X two different memory pools at separate speeds.
That was the only thing I didn’t get about the Series X memory pool. Just make it all one pool and at the same speed and all accessible if possible.

@Moto5
Correct not in every game but I’ve noticed some more recently.
Yes for obvious reasons. But it’s not good for Xbox at all, especially with those 12tflops of power.

@Fenbops
Well I’m bit concerned that the more powerful Series X is not getting the multi platform development love just recently and the weaker PS5 is performing those multi platform games better.
It’s all about business and what console or platform has the biggest user base and buys the most games, so they get a return on development investment.
Now I’m being real and predict the PS5 to Series console gap will grow even bigger and Series consoles sales will be lower in 2023 than in 2022.
This will spurn multi platform developers to spend more time optimising the PS5 over Series consoles.
Then not only will Sony have their big AAA exclusives, better multi platform games, which all in turn will create bigger sales of the console, which will then create more multi platform optimisation on the PS5.

I really can’t see how Microsoft are going to improve any thing for Xbox this generation now.
I did have massive high hopes at the beginning of this generation but none now really.