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I love the Xbox Hardware but honestly unless you care about BWC and free Cloud backups, there's no reason to get an Xbox anymore. 😢

This US sales data really should be publicly available. 😡

@nomither6 As angry as I was with the XBOs launch, and ultimately going with PS4 at launch, I eventually got a XBO S on launch and quickly gained appreciation for it, the BWC really being a key factor.
Also bought a XSX at launch, with an extra controller (on the same bill), and through a mix-up/clerk error with returning that unopened extra controller a few days later, the store accidentally refunded me the entire console, which they never noticed! 😂 😂

@nomither6 As much as I prefer the Xbox hardware, this is still the greatest gaming troll since the E3 1995 PS1 "two ninety nine" one sentence speech. 😂

Well played here, Sony. 🍷🧐
https://youtu.be/kWSIFh8ICaA?si=H1SB09L3QUQ_EYRI

BWC is still my favourite modern Xbox feature. I've been snatching up the more expensive delisted BWC 💿 games lately like King Kong, 50 Cent and Deadpool (XBO). 🤗

@nomither6 And not say "used & borrowed game discs won't work".

@Banjo- @LogicStrikesAgain Ubisoft could become more profitable by actually making games people actually wanted to play, combined with streamlining their bloated development costs. POP The Lost Crown was their one genuinely exciting release I can remember in years.

@Scummbuddy You're in for a treat. The Thing (1982) is one of the greatest, most intense, tension-filled horror films ever, with some of the best practical effects imaginable. Definitely watch it first before playing the game. 🥹

Shutdown all the way, like I do with everything but my phone. Turn that s-t off when not in use.

@Deformedpye Half of "news" these days is just reposted randos from Twitter, Reddit, etc. 😩 I literally read the title as "Random XSS User". Accurate, lol. 😋

Life lesson: wear your helmet when biking, scooting, etc.. I always do. ⛑️ 👍

@InheritNegative Yeah Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection was outstanding. 🥰 if only they'd add a few extra Classics like Crazy Taxi and nights into dreams, it'd be perfect.

Well there's your problem.. ; Twitter/muskrat social was used to post something. 🤮

@Major_Player They're still salty about cross-play, and their majority hates even the idea of GamePass (regardless of the reported financials), so I'm sure play anywhere would be one of the worst things ever to them as well. 🙄😒🤦‍♂️

For Nintendo, well, every switch game is essentially "play anywhere", lol. 😝

@WildConcept6 "Re-list" is the word you're looking for. 😉

@Zaphod42 Yeah, 3 years later and not a single price drop on those. 😢

Speaking of spiking console costs, the chump tarrifs plan, assuming it gets fully implemented, will artificially spike costs of ALL IMPORTS, everything from Apples 🍏 to Xbox components 🎮. #wetoldyou 🌊

M$ never should have abandoned the BWC program. Still the best feature of the modern Xbox platform. ❤️

@ironcrow86 @Elbow The era of regular price cuts is over. It started with the previous generation. Now, waiting 4+ years to get your new console is foolish, cause one won't save anything. Buy early, enjoy the generation while it's current. 😊

Excellent. I've been a believer in this since it's announcement. As with Silent Hill 2 Remake, it pays to be optimistic, not the "boo everything sucks" mentality that so many seem to have.

The few times Ubisoft makes a great new original title, it almost never seems to be deemed successful. If not for Nintendo backing Sparks of Hope, that likely would've not been produced. POP finally returns, and it's deemed a failure. No follow-up to Starlink, or Fenyx. No sequel to Rayman legends... All genuinely good, fairly recent Ubisoft games. Ugh... So sad... 😔

@FraserG That one I've never had a chance to play, but I'm all for more classic Star Wars remasters. 🙏🥹

Sigh...still no Rogue Squadron.

@PhileasFragg Lucky! I've not played one in decades! I'd love to buy that repro version that Arcade1up made a few years ago, but I don't have space for it, lol. 😅

Not just a digital release, but a physical version too!

I've got SH: Downpour, albiet the NA version, but it still averages $50 USD on vgpc.com.
I always welcome these lists with "rare" games, so please make more. 🙂

Simpsons Arcade game needs a physical retail release. Hit and Run would be great as well, or even better, a sequel.

@ironcrow86 I was just thinking Scarface. I played the Wii port and it was absolutely fantastic. A direct sequel with an entirely original story, or even just a straight remaster/remake would be most welcomed either way. 😍

@PhileasFragg Nightfire absolutely deserves to be brought back for a new generation. Easily the best Bond game EA produced. Bloodstone from Activision was also very good and would be a great pick.

I'm still sad about Starcraft Ghost, even all these years later. It looked really fun. 😭

Three hundred, sixty nice games. 😉

$0 These "Pro" consoles are BS and a total waste.

I had an issue with a disc copy of barebones BLOPS III. The disc install failed 3 times, yet I located the game's store page and downloaded a digital copy, and now it loads up just fine. Very strange glitches these are. 😵

Coming to essentially everything now, that's great. 🍭 😃

@Elbow You're welcome, and thank you! 🙏😊

Just remember, Timesplitters, Smash Bros Melee and Metroid Prime all ran at 60FPS... on the GameCube...

Link to store page would help: https://www.xbox.com/en-CA/games/store/fuzzball/9n9z4ggbn0zc

@BAMozzy So take away GamePass, Xbox has pretty much nothing left. 😕 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

@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.

@UndyingInsurgent95 @GamingFan4Lyf

I third your excitement! Dark pictures is a great series! 😍

Big, fat no.

Microsoft logic: How to excite people and current players about Xbox? Answer; release games on competitors hardware... 🤦‍♂️

@CenturianShark The saying is "I couldn't care less".

REPLACED replaced it's previous release date. 😋

Christ, I can't believe Pawn Stars is still on. 🤦‍♂️ Fake, phoney staged BS.

Just give Japan up already, Microsoft. Mother of god... 🤦‍♂️

@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 🙏🥹❤️ 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. 😃

I too re-bought Rare Replay digitally just so I could own GoldenEye. 😍

@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. 😁

Rest in peace, Vigilante 8 Arcade. 😭 😭 😭

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. 😭💔

@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! 🤦‍♂️

@NEStalgia 🤣🤣🤣 I think we have a winning name! Too perfect! 👏😂

@NoCode23 "S6XBOX" is all one needs in their life, lolol. 😉🤣