@BAMozzy An essay wasn't needed to explain you're upset to see MS giving up on exclusives. I love my XSX but there truly is almost zero reason to own a physical Xbox at this point, aside from BWC and free cloud storage.
@BAMozzy Conveniently left out "if you didn't buy digitally at the time, and it's been delisted, and there's no physical copy, you're SOL". I can't buy Deadpool, Armed and Dangerous, Forza 1, 2 or 3, 50 Cent BOTDS, nor NBA Jam on fire digitally.
NBAJOF never got a physical copy, and Deadpool and 50 Cent are quite expensive physically.
Also, with 80+ Million 360s sold, chances are one can still find a working unit. Plus all the games I mentioned (sans NBA) are BWC from disc on an Xbone/XSX. The PS1 is 30 years old, and there are plenty that are functional today, so the idea of a broken console stopping someone isn't very convincing. This isn't the Jaguar CD we're talking about.
It's wild Bounty Hunter never released on Xbox. Although maybe not as wild as ROTS not releasing on GameCube. Glad to finally see this one on Xbox at long last.
@CallMeDuraSouka ๐๐ฅนโค๏ธ Wow, see I love hearing stories like that. Were I ever to find myself being a parent someday, I'd make sure to expose them to as many of the timeless classics as possible. ๐
I too re-bought Rare Replay digitally just so I could own GoldenEye. ๐
@BAMozzy On the contrary, I still return to Perfect Dark every now and then. GoldenEye being released last year with Rare Replay was wonderful, and it's just as fun to me now as it was in 1997. I wish the FPS genre could replicate the magic of those 2 titles today; the spy genre is virtually dead.
The loss of Vigilante 8 Arcade is another huge loss, which again the modern market offers nothing like it.
And I love BWC. This past May I finished Far Cry for the first time, with several others from XB/360 eras waiting to be started. I also chipped away again at Timesplitters 2 a few weeks ago on XSX, and I have zero complaints. ๐
Seeing Vigilante 8 Arcade being permanently delisted, as it was never released on disc or ported to another system, absolutely crushes my soul. I love Vigilante 8. ๐ญ๐
@Dimey A similar thing happened to me trying to install BLOPS 3 from a disc! I couldn't for the life of me understand why my download kept failing, so I had to download a digital copy using the disc as a confirmation key, like a BWC game does.
@NEStalgia @__jamiie Let's just go with a naming scheme that appeals to all our basic instincts, while still able to stand on par with Sony, and crown the next console the S6XBOX. ๐ ๐
People laugh, but bad naming conventions are a real thing, and companies need to be aware of this problem.
Personally, "Xbox One", and "Series X|S" were horrible choices, and someone deserved to get fired over that.
They should have just picked a completely different name like "Xbox Alpha" or "Xbox Cypher", etc.. You get my point; something completely different and unique to any Xbox naming scheme beforehand.
@Ricky-Spanish Yeah I appreciate the return to the setting and atmosphere of the earlier games, as they were the best. 5 is the worst Gears title. So bland and... meh.
If Sony owned Gears, it would have gone the way of SOCOM, Resistence, MAG and Killzone; into the dumpster, along with many other great, forgotten Sony I.P.s. ๐ข
Despite owning many titles, I can't think of a single XB-specific game I've ever preordered prior to now, with the one exception being the Snake Eater Delta CE . ๐ค Might cancel it though, since I got the PS5 CE reserved as well. ๐ค
I will gladly preorder 1st party Nintendo stuff, games with price errors, or stuff I genuinely want to play at launch.
@AdolBannings-Laylee It's a non-BWC sale, so yes, however I know of 2 exceptions; Black and Splinter Cell Chaos Theory can be bought from the 360 marketplace for the discounted price, and they'll work on XSX.
Those discounts are pathetic! Let this be a foreshadowing of how much the price of GamePass will increase now that Activision is a 1st party studio. ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
@TJ81 I for one am greatly looking forward to this remaster, being the massive Thing fan I am. As someone who only had a GameCube and a weak PC at the time, I missed out on it. ๐ญ
@Banjoisfanboy Yeah I'm too wondering if this may be a negative financial outcome for MS. ๐ค I've zero interest in COD but I'm very interested in the financial and business models of the industry, and ultimately if GamePass remains or runs out of money. It'll be interesting to see the effect but, I just have a nagging suspicion this may not pay off...
@pip_muzz Maybe try playing a quality remake/remaster and experience how awesome they can be. If I missed out on a great title from its original release, then of course I'm going to check out it's modern updated version.
SMH... ๐คฆโโ๏ธ Good lord. The bigger issue is Microsoft sinking to low depths of using f-ing Limited Run. Remember games like Cuphead? That got a standard release. But no longer, just keep fueling the LRG fire of BS. ๐ก
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Re: $10 Multiplayer Game 'FuzzBall' Has Suddenly Been Made Free On Xbox
Link to store page would help: https://www.xbox.com/en-CA/games/store/fuzzball/9n9z4ggbn0zc
Re: Indiana Jones And The Great Circle 'Story DLC' Confirmed
@BAMozzy So take away GamePass, Xbox has pretty much nothing left. ๐ GP is nice, but I personally don't use it that much. I prefer to just buy stuff when it gets cheaper. And anyone who already has a decent PC can use PC GamePass, reducing the appeal of Xbox hardware further. More prices increases again so soon won't help either. These are just my objective observations, from someone who wants the hardware to continue. The Series hardware is barely at half of what Xbone reached nearly 4 years in (around 28M now). Not good.
https://x.com/Welfare_JBP/status/1674533475158835202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1674533475158835202%7Ctwgr%5Eca2f024f55857a5cc59a457604c0dd5fae9b6f23%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgamingbolt.com%2Fxbox-series-x-s-has-sold-21-million-units-xbox-one-at-58-million-as-per-microsoft-brazil-presentation
Re: Indiana Jones And The Great Circle 'Story DLC' Confirmed
@BAMozzy An essay wasn't needed to explain you're upset to see MS giving up on exclusives. I love my XSX but there truly is almost zero reason to own a physical Xbox at this point, aside from BWC and free cloud storage.
Re: Directive 8020: A Dark Pictures Game Promises 'Edge Of Your Seat' Horror On Xbox In 2025
@UndyingInsurgent95 @GamingFan4Lyf
I third your excitement! Dark pictures is a great series! ๐
Re: Poll: Are You Picking Up Star Wars Outlaws On Xbox This Month?
Big, fat no.
Re: Rumour: Xbox To Announce 'Big' Game For PS5 Next Week
Microsoft logic: How to excite people and current players about Xbox? Answer; release games on competitors hardware... ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
@CenturianShark The saying is "I couldn't care less".
Re: Highly-Anticipated Xbox Platformer REPLACED Has Been Delayed To 2025
REPLACED replaced it's previous release date. ๐
Re: Random: Xbox Fan Discovers Their '$13K' Copy Of Halo Is Only Worth $25
Christ, I can't believe Pawn Stars is still on. ๐คฆโโ๏ธ Fake, phoney staged BS.
Re: Microsoft Announces Xbox Series X|S Price Increase For Japan
Just give Japan up already, Microsoft. Mother of god... ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
Re: GameStop Takes Jab At Xbox 360 Store Closure, Backfires Immediately
@BAMozzy Conveniently left out "if you didn't buy digitally at the time, and it's been delisted, and there's no physical copy, you're SOL". I can't buy Deadpool, Armed and Dangerous, Forza 1, 2 or 3, 50 Cent BOTDS, nor NBA Jam on fire digitally.
NBAJOF never got a physical copy, and Deadpool and 50 Cent are quite expensive physically.
Also, with 80+ Million 360s sold, chances are one can still find a working unit. Plus all the games I mentioned (sans NBA) are BWC from disc on an Xbone/XSX. The PS1 is 30 years old, and there are plenty that are functional today, so the idea of a broken console stopping someone isn't very convincing. This isn't the Jaguar CD we're talking about.
Re: Review: Star Wars: Bounty Hunter - After 22 Years, Jango Fett's Adventure Comes To Xbox
It's wild Bounty Hunter never released on Xbox. Although maybe not as wild as ROTS not releasing on GameCube.
Glad to finally see this one on Xbox at long last.
Re: Xbox 360 Store Completely Removed From Console Dashboard After Shutdown
@CallMeDuraSouka ๐๐ฅนโค๏ธ Wow, see I love hearing stories like that. Were I ever to find myself being a parent someday, I'd make sure to expose them to as many of the timeless classics as possible. ๐
I too re-bought Rare Replay digitally just so I could own GoldenEye. ๐
Re: Xbox 360 Store Completely Removed From Console Dashboard After Shutdown
@BAMozzy On the contrary, I still return to Perfect Dark every now and then. GoldenEye being released last year with Rare Replay was wonderful, and it's just as fun to me now as it was in 1997. I wish the FPS genre could replicate the magic of those 2 titles today; the spy genre is virtually dead.
The loss of Vigilante 8 Arcade is another huge loss, which again the modern market offers nothing like it.
And I love BWC. This past May I finished Far Cry for the first time, with several others from XB/360 eras waiting to be started. I also chipped away again at Timesplitters 2 a few weeks ago on XSX, and I have zero complaints. ๐
Re: Xbox 360 Store Completely Removed From Console Dashboard After Shutdown
Rest in peace, Vigilante 8 Arcade. ๐ญ ๐ญ ๐ญ
Re: Last Orders! What Are You Getting Before The Xbox 360 Store Closes?
Seeing Vigilante 8 Arcade being permanently delisted, as it was never released on disc or ported to another system, absolutely crushes my soul. I love Vigilante 8. ๐ญ๐
Re: How To Install Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 On Xbox Game Pass
@Dimey A similar thing happened to me trying to install BLOPS 3 from a disc! I couldn't for the life of me understand why my download kept failing, so I had to download a digital copy using the disc as a confirmation key, like a BWC game does.
WT F-ING F! ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
Re: Four Years Later, People Are Still Getting Confused By Xbox's 'Horrible' Console Names
@NEStalgia ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ I think we have a winning name! Too perfect! ๐๐
Re: Four Years Later, People Are Still Getting Confused By Xbox's 'Horrible' Console Names
@NoCode23 "S6XBOX" is all one needs in their life, lolol. ๐๐คฃ
Re: Four Years Later, People Are Still Getting Confused By Xbox's 'Horrible' Console Names
@NEStalgia @__jamiie Let's just go with a naming scheme that appeals to all our basic instincts, while still able to stand on par with Sony, and crown the next console the S6XBOX. ๐ ๐
Re: Four Years Later, People Are Still Getting Confused By Xbox's 'Horrible' Console Names
@__jamiie Right, and then they couldn't call the next system Xbox 4 alongside PS4, cause Xbone was the third iteration.
... Actually maybe they could have, just look at Windows jumping from 8 > 10. ๐ค ๐คฃ
Okay, MS should just call the next one "Xbox 6". Problem solved. ๐
Re: Four Years Later, People Are Still Getting Confused By Xbox's 'Horrible' Console Names
People laugh, but bad naming conventions are a real thing, and companies need to be aware of this problem.
Personally, "Xbox One", and "Series X|S" were horrible choices, and someone deserved to get fired over that.
They should have just picked a completely different name like "Xbox Alpha" or "Xbox Cypher", etc.. You get my point; something completely different and unique to any Xbox naming scheme beforehand.
Re: Xbox Studios 'Player Numbers' Graphic Provides Interesting Look At Microsoft's Most-Played Franchises
@Ricky-Spanish Yeah I appreciate the return to the setting and atmosphere of the earlier games, as they were the best. 5 is the worst Gears title. So bland and... meh.
Re: Here's The Final List Of Xbox 360 Store Sales Ahead Of July 29th
They didn't add a single new game for the "part 3" of this sale!!!! Absolutely f-ing unbelieveable...
Re: Xbox Studios 'Player Numbers' Graphic Provides Interesting Look At Microsoft's Most-Played Franchises
@Ricky-Spanish
If Sony owned Gears, it would have gone the way of SOCOM, Resistence, MAG and Killzone; into the dumpster, along with many other great, forgotten Sony I.P.s. ๐ข
Re: Microsoft Releases Dynamic 'Blades' Background To Mark Xbox 360 Store Closure
So what exactly was added? Should've provided a seperate list. Ugh.. ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
Re: Forza Horizon 5 Adds New 'Coffee Shop' Car Meet Location In Latest Major Update
Wasn't today supposed to be the start of a Forza Horizon 4 digital sale, as well as the final 360 marketplace sale?
Re: Talking Point: Two Months On, Did Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 Live Up To The Hype?
I really enjoyed the first one, and I'd say HB2 is as good, if not better. It's easily one of the best looking games this generation.
Re: Talking Point: Do You Ever Pre-Order Xbox Games Anymore?
Despite owning many titles, I can't think of a single XB-specific game I've ever preordered prior to now, with the one exception being the Snake Eater Delta CE . ๐ค Might cancel it though, since I got the PS5 CE reserved as well. ๐ค
I will gladly preorder 1st party Nintendo stuff, games with price errors, or stuff I genuinely want to play at launch.
Re: PSA: We're Officially In The Last Month Ever For The Xbox 360 Store
@AdolBannings-Laylee It's a non-BWC sale, so yes, however I know of 2 exceptions; Black and Splinter Cell Chaos Theory can be bought from the 360 marketplace for the discounted price, and they'll work on XSX.
Re: PSA: We're Officially In The Last Month Ever For The Xbox 360 Store
A few of the discounts STILL aren't even working, like Burnout 3 is still displaying as $10. ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
Re: Capcom Announces New Dead Rising Remaster, Likely Coming To Xbox Series X|S
Talk about totally random announcement.
Re: Seven Activision Games Just Got Discounted On The Xbox 360 Store
Those discounts are pathetic! Let this be a foreshadowing of how much the price of GamePass will increase now that Activision is a 1st party studio. ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
Re: Xbox Fans Confused By 'Weird Temu Spam' Plaguing Direct Messages
@Enigk They'll be "shopping like a billionaire ๐ถ" in no time! ๐๐คฆโโ๏ธ
Re: Xbox 360 Sales Continue As Microsoft Discounts Another Batch Of Games
I'm wondering if buying Black on 360 marketplace for a mere $1 will also apply to the version of Black on the Xbone & XSX store?
EDIT: Can confirm it appears as "Owned" and works perfectly on XSX. What a deal for $1. ๐
Re: The Thing: Remastered Brings The 2002 Game Back To Xbox This Year
@TJ81 I for one am greatly looking forward to this remaster, being the massive Thing fan I am. As someone who only had a GameCube and a weak PC at the time, I missed out on it. ๐ญ
Re: Here's The Complete List Of Xbox 360 Exclusives Disappearing This July
@FraserG List isn't complete. Vigilante 8 Arcade is missing.
Re: Report: Call Of Duty 2024 Will Launch Day One On Xbox Game Pass
@Banjoisfanboy Yeah I'm too wondering if this may be a negative financial outcome for MS. ๐ค I've zero interest in COD but I'm very interested in the financial and business models of the industry, and ultimately if GamePass remains or runs out of money. It'll be interesting to see the effect but, I just have a nagging suspicion this may not pay off...
Re: Rumour: Xbox Planning To Bring More Games To PS5, Despite Some 'Unease' At Microsoft
Truly then, there will be no reason to even have Xbox hardware. ๐ข
Re: It's Official! GTA 6 Launches For Xbox Series X|S In Fall 2025
Expected. Cool. ๐๐
Re: Alan Wake 2 Still Hasn't Made Profit Despite Huge Critical Success
@TheGame004 SBI...? *insert huh cat meme here. The internet has truly broken the minds of right wingers. Holy crap...
Re: Embracer Group Is Splitting Into Three Companies Following Recent Layoffs
Yeah, a new chapter; one in which that Timesplitters was just murdered in the previous one... ๐ก ๐ก
Those names are also terrible. Coffee stain? Embracer's management is a nasty ๐ฉ stain on the entire gaming industry.
Re: Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon's Limited Run Xbox Releases Go Live This Week
@Kezelpaso It actually did get a physical release technically. https://www.ebay.ca/itm/386796602092?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=706-89093-2056-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=386796602092&targetid=1659316980137&device=m&mktype=pla&googleloc=1002300&poi=&campaignid=17288923165&mkgroupid=135230546845&rlsatarget=pla-1659316980137&abcId=9300873&merchantid=10252592&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwrIixBhBbEiwACEqDJUNS7mVDlj76pBL_5KcqpWB0ynihqHwS7B2mxUgxhYknzhsi8UqBMRoC7dYQAvD_BwE
Re: Rumour: Multiple Reveals Confirmed Ahead Of June's Xbox Showcase
How about a remaster of Vigilante 8??!!! ๐๐ญ
Re: Multiple Games Are Reduced By 90% On Xbox This Week (March 19-26)
@Mr_Wolf12000 I think these are GamePass sales, cause I don't see ๐ฉ on sale. They forget not everyone subs to GamePass constantly, like myself.
Re: Helldivers 2 Dev Urges More 'Compassion' In Response To Negative Xbox Tweet
Fanboys who need to base their entire identity on a plastic box, or the code running on said plastic box, are beyond pathetic.
Re: Halo's Legendary Composer Marty O'Donnell Announces Political Career Switch
Dear god... joining the cult of chump. Horrifying and disappointing.
Re: Halo's Legendary Composer Marty O'Donnell Announces Political Career Switch
Removed
Re: Poll: How Often Do You Buy Games That Have Been 'Remade' Or 'Remastered'?
@pip_muzz Maybe try playing a quality remake/remaster and experience how awesome they can be.
If I missed out on a great title from its original release, then of course I'm going to check out it's modern updated version.
Re: If Your Xbox Wishlist Has Suddenly Disappeared, You're Not Alone
Good thing I use dekudeals as my primary wish list. ๐ฅต What a strange glitch.
Re: Obsidian Blasted By Xbox Fans For 'Prioritising' PS5 & Switch Versions Of Pentiment
SMH... ๐คฆโโ๏ธ Good lord. The bigger issue is Microsoft sinking to low depths of using f-ing Limited Run. Remember games like Cuphead? That got a standard release. But no longer, just keep fueling the LRG fire of BS. ๐ก