@trev666 let's put it this way, with it only being possible to play online by subscribing to gamepass and with call of duty coming to it in the future, if people have purchased call of duty (which would be dumb) and they only play call of duty they're theoretically still paying for that game, plus if they are playing it via game pass only for 2+ years, they have either spent between 200 to 300 wads of cash including the purchase and the micro-transactions, compared to a measley 70 beans, it's easy & better money for Microsoft/Xbox in the world of capitalism.
Some of these don't have a series of them but for me it would be great if they could manage to put these on gamepass, Crash twinsanity, Gun, Scarface: the world is yours, Simpsons hit & run, True Crime: Streets of LA, Soldier of fortune, the tenchu games & the guitar hero games and many more.
I'm guessing some of them will be drip fed, because why not, especially if people don't know about the acquisition down the line, they would think "woaaaaaah crash bandicoot is on game pass I am going to subscribe"
That's good because mine are mostly garbage anyways, except for one on red dead redemption 2 where a online player was glitched into the back of a horse's bum, it was very peculiar and a great sight to be told, it got me 1k+ views, if I could post it here i would 😆
I never said people don't, I'm in that boat, i love graphics, next gen games but I bought a series s after the series X for retail emulation (when it was possible) with a separate account, plenty of people bought one in the homebrew community including my friends, you can still play next gen games and do emulation at the same time, try it dude it's really good, the consoles are that good it's possible to upscale old games up to 4k.
@ebony-shabba What I am saying is a good percent of those sales are from people wanting a emulation box to play old school games, you know what the developer mode app that you can buy on you're Xbox can do right? But I'll word it better next time.
For me it was black ops 3, mainly for zombies which was a great game for that mode, then not long after that the Xbox one disc drive became faulty whilst I had really bad download speeds at the time so i grinded that game with nothing else to play on xbox for about three years, I got to the top 1000 range on the leaderboard but then a unlimited death machine glitch for all maps was found, it ruined the competitive flow on the leaderboard so I gave up after that.
If you know for a fact that people will still blow 70 beans on this popular game then.. delaying it for gamepass isn't a bad move but i wont be paying for it out right that's for sure. (Call of Duty)
Now if it ends up being possible to stream via YouTube that would be the cherry on top but I imagine some kind of conflict has happened in the past between the two.
I am one that bought & uses a series s for emulation and for that reason only, it will be offline forever as a dedicated emulation/movies machine due to me having an old Xbox one and a high-end pc, I haven't checked yet on the old console to see but I know you can't have a look at the social tab via the Xbox website so if that is included with the ban I have been suspended but oh well I've won either way.
Looking at the sixth console in that picture, a stick of rock from sea side springs to mind, but i am contemplating on getting the black console because the current one I have has hit the limit already with 3 games only.
Now with Xbox acquiring ABK, hopefully they can get those dusty old games out of vault 713 that still have plenty of nostalgia ,appreciation & memories not long after devouring some MTX revenue from cod and the like.
@gollumb82 Great shout i emulated SOF not so long ago but not many, they will think they are crap, most people only play COD, FIFA, Fortnite these days.
@RetroMan71 Yeah man, I'm hoping they bring Scarface, GUN, and Simpsons Hit & Run for example but I think they have their eyes on the live service type of games only to be honest because the current Activision Blizzard catalogue is just that really along with Microsoft's games at the moment excluding hi-fi rush, I dislike them all but I do enjoy a bit of Minecraft with the family.
Now dust off the Vivendi Games, Sierra Entertainment, Vicarious Visions, Neversoft catalogues, we don't care about call of duty trying to be fartnite with stupid super heroes.
But the main question is if they didn't acquire Bethesda what else would we have seen at the recent showcase that could be coming out towards the fourth quarter, holiday season besides maybe a 6th version of gears 6?
I don't mind 30fps as along as the motion blur isn't super heavy but I'm contemplating on upgrading my GPU 😆just for 60fps atleast, hopefully a 3090 will do the trick with all the bells & whistles.
The harsh reality is, the Xbox is a media device now not a dedicated gaming console, excluding YouTube via TV and the console, most people have other devices to watch and consume other forms of media but if there isn't a top eye catching IP like let's say Spider-Man then people (especially kids) are not going to be running to you waving their money in the air, they need one big time instead of focusing on the subscription-xcloud route with games funded and developed on a budget, it's just like Disney+ & Netflix, they all become junk in the short term, most people only know & play "AAA" games, COD GTA & Fortnite and that's the problem.
I use the original Xbox one for movies in bed but my god its super sluggish without an SSD just loading up the xbox user interface compared to the new consoles, I was playing COD WWII, loading up the class load out system when inside a lobby with a timer changing a few attachments quickly before a game starts, the asset's (guns) loading on screen do set you back a couple of seconds because of it. The lack of stronger/faster WiFi frequencies on that thing is a bummer especially when paying for 500mbs, the console likes to receive roughly 70mbs only most of the time but all in all I do have a Series X now and the Xbox one was used for retail emulation but with that now nuked it's just junk at the bottom of my bedroom shelf ready to be turned on for a random movie night.
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Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (October 28-29)
Frogger, currently on canopy capers.
Re: Reaction: Seriously, Microsoft Doesn't Care About Using Call Of Duty To Sell Xboxes
@trev666 let's put it this way, with it only being possible to play online by subscribing to gamepass and with call of duty coming to it in the future, if people have purchased call of duty (which would be dumb) and they only play call of duty they're theoretically still paying for that game, plus if they are playing it via game pass only for 2+ years, they have either spent between 200 to 300 wads of cash including the purchase and the micro-transactions, compared to a measley 70 beans, it's easy & better money for Microsoft/Xbox in the world of capitalism.
Re: Talking Point: Which Activision Blizzard Series Do You Want To Play Most On Xbox Game Pass?
Some of these don't have a series of them but for me it would be great if they could manage to put these on gamepass, Crash twinsanity, Gun, Scarface: the world is yours, Simpsons hit & run, True Crime: Streets of LA, Soldier of fortune, the tenchu games & the guitar hero games and many more.
Re: Xbox Says The 'Work Has Begun' To Bring Activision Blizzard Titles To Game Pass
I'm guessing some of them will be drip fed, because why not, especially if people don't know about the acquisition down the line, they would think "woaaaaaah crash bandicoot is on game pass I am going to subscribe"
Re: UK CMA Approves Microsoft's Acquisition Of Activision Blizzard
Let hope they find the key for vault 687, quicker the better.
Re: Xbox Confirms Game Captures Will Be Deleted Beginning January 2024
That's good because mine are mostly garbage anyways, except for one on red dead redemption 2 where a online player was glitched into the back of a horse's bum, it was very peculiar and a great sight to be told, it got me 1k+ views, if I could post it here i would 😆
Re: Michael Gambon, The Voice Of The Prophet In Elder Scrolls Online, Has Passed Away
Rip Sir Gambon, I always enjoyed his deep royal "posh" voice or should I say proper British.
Re: As Of Last April, Xbox Series S Accounted For 75% Of Microsoft's Current-Gen Console Sales
I never said people don't, I'm in that boat, i love graphics, next gen games but I bought a series s after the series X for retail emulation (when it was possible) with a separate account, plenty of people bought one in the homebrew community including my friends, you can still play next gen games and do emulation at the same time, try it dude it's really good, the consoles are that good it's possible to upscale old games up to 4k.
Re: As Of Last April, Xbox Series S Accounted For 75% Of Microsoft's Current-Gen Console Sales
@ebony-shabba What I am saying is a good percent of those sales are from people wanting a emulation box to play old school games, you know what the developer mode app that you can buy on you're Xbox can do right? But I'll word it better next time.
Re: As Of Last April, Xbox Series S Accounted For 75% Of Microsoft's Current-Gen Console Sales
I can imagine retail/dev mode emulation is a good portion.
Re: Call Of Duty's Biggest Ever Xbox Sale Is Now Live, 40+ Deals Included
It baffles me they still charge a fair amount for games like black ops 2 & beyond that are broken (hacked).
Re: Oh Look, Starfield Is Getting Review Bombed On Metacritic
I made some harsh remarks, it wasn't relating to anyone here or at other reedpop communities but in short some other internet realms are ridiculous.
Re: Oh Look, Starfield Is Getting Review Bombed On Metacritic
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Re: Talking Point: Have You Ever Bought An Xbox For One Specific Game?
For me it was black ops 3, mainly for zombies which was a great game for that mode, then not long after that the Xbox one disc drive became faulty whilst I had really bad download speeds at the time so i grinded that game with nothing else to play on xbox for about three years, I got to the top 1000 range on the leaderboard but then a unlimited death machine glitch for all maps was found, it ruined the competitive flow on the leaderboard so I gave up after that.
Re: Xbox Boss Warns Of Potential Delays With ActiBlizz Titles On Game Pass
If you know for a fact that people will still blow 70 beans on this popular game then.. delaying it for gamepass isn't a bad move but i wont be paying for it out right that's for sure. (Call of Duty)
Re: Surprise! Age Of Empires 4 Is Now Available On Xbox Consoles
Preciously excellent.
Re: Talking Point: Would You Be Interested In A Digital-Only Xbox Series X?
No we want physical media, nothing more, nothing less, down with the digital future mindset.
Re: Discord Is Getting A Huge New Feature On Xbox Consoles
Now if it ends up being possible to stream via YouTube that would be the cherry on top but I imagine some kind of conflict has happened in the past between the two.
Re: Xbox Begins Handing Out 15-Day Bans For Using Retail Mode Emulators
I am one that bought & uses a series s for emulation and for that reason only, it will be offline forever as a dedicated emulation/movies machine due to me having an old Xbox one and a high-end pc, I haven't checked yet on the old console to see but I know you can't have a look at the social tab via the Xbox website so if that is included with the ban I have been suspended but oh well I've won either way.
Re: Microsoft CEO: Xbox Remains 'Confident' About Activision Blizzard Acquisition
Fingers crossed they get the backwards compatibility program going again due to all the games Activision have locked away deep in the cellar.
The first one that springs to mind is Crash Twinsanity.
Re: Many More PS1 Games Are Coming To Antstream Arcade On Xbox
I would to love have international track & field (2000) with something like this.
Re: Talking Point: Would You Be Interested In Buying A New Xbox Series X Model?
Looking at the sixth console in that picture, a stick of rock from sea side springs to mind, but i am contemplating on getting the black console because the current one I have has hit the limit already with 3 games only.
Re: Xbox Exec 'Gets Chills' From The Moment Phil Spencer Revealed Backwards Compatibility
Now with Xbox acquiring ABK, hopefully they can get those dusty old games out of vault 713 that still have plenty of nostalgia ,appreciation & memories not long after devouring some MTX revenue from cod and the like.
Re: Xbox Wins FTC Court Case As Judge Denies Preliminary Injunction
@gollumb82 Yeah I remember that, hopefully it is the case man I would love that.
Re: Xbox Wins FTC Court Case As Judge Denies Preliminary Injunction
@gollumb82 Great shout i emulated SOF not so long ago but not many, they will think they are crap, most people only play COD, FIFA, Fortnite these days.
Re: Xbox Wins FTC Court Case As Judge Denies Preliminary Injunction
@RetroMan71 Yeah man, I'm hoping they bring Scarface, GUN, and Simpsons Hit & Run for example but I think they have their eyes on the live service type of games only to be honest because the current Activision Blizzard catalogue is just that really along with Microsoft's games at the moment excluding hi-fi rush, I dislike them all but I do enjoy a bit of Minecraft with the family.
Re: Xbox Wins FTC Court Case As Judge Denies Preliminary Injunction
Now dust off the Vivendi Games, Sierra Entertainment, Vicarious Visions, Neversoft catalogues, we don't care about call of duty trying to be fartnite with stupid super heroes.
Re: Red Dead Redemption Rumours Point Towards Upcoming Remaster
I may be the odd the one out but I would love a android port.
Re: Jim Ryan: Publishers 'Unanimously' Do Not Like Xbox Game Pass
Jim dogg at it again, giving a public message to his lapdogs and troll army so they have a script to go off.
Re: AMD Announces 'Exclusive' Starfield Partnership That Will Benefit Players On Xbox & PC
"See that X over there? You can Y it." - Todd Howard
Re: Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol.1 Officially Arrives On Xbox This October
I'm guessing the price will be something like 70 beans.
Re: Phil Spencer Teases Multiple Games That Weren't Shown In This Year's Xbox Showcase
But the main question is if they didn't acquire Bethesda what else would we have seen at the recent showcase that could be coming out towards the fourth quarter, holiday season besides maybe a 6th version of gears 6?
Re: God Of War: Ragnarök Dev Chimes In On Starfield's 30FPS Xbox Limit
I don't mind 30fps as along as the motion blur isn't super heavy but I'm contemplating on upgrading my GPU 😆just for 60fps atleast, hopefully a 3090 will do the trick with all the bells & whistles.
Re: Xbox Says Big Budget Games With 2-3 Years Development Cycles Are Over
Well that could possibly decrease the backlog I have built over the recent years 😆
Re: Starfield At 30FPS Is A Creative Decision, Says Xbox's Phil Spencer
As long as the frame timings are really low along with light motion blur, I don't mind.
Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Announced For Xbox Series X|S
This is one that will be on my list when it comes out.
Re: New Porsche-Themed Console Designs Feature White Xbox Series X Hardware
When looking at it, I just imagine some stick of rock from the sea side or something.
Re: Our Predictions For The 2023 Xbox Games Showcase
Doritos Crash Course 3
Re: Capcom Is Asking Resident Evil Fans What Remake They Want Next
Code Veronica X
Re: 'Phantom Blade Zero' Developer Hints At Potential Xbox Version
I'm all for this game along with black myth: wukong...(journey to the west), bring it on.
Re: The Lord Of The Rings: Gollum Is Getting Dreadful Reviews At Launch
The hobbits,es ruined it, my precious.
Re: Review: ASUS ROG Ally - The Xbox Handheld We've Been Waiting For?
Tempting tempting, preciously tempting.
Re: EU 'Expected' To Approve Xbox Activision Blizzard Deal Next Week
Bring it on, I'm hoping it goes through so they can put scarface on Xbox.
Re: Deals: Xbox 'Next-Gen' Sale Now Live, 300+ Games Discounted This Week (May 9-16)
Getting assassin's creed Valhalla sound's precious and possibly worth the cash, thanks for the insight purexbox.
Re: Xbox Gaming Revenue Down 4% YoY In Latest Earnings Report
The harsh reality is, the Xbox is a media device now not a dedicated gaming console, excluding YouTube via TV and the console, most people have other devices to watch and consume other forms of media but if there isn't a top eye catching IP like let's say Spider-Man then people (especially kids) are not going to be running to you waving their money in the air, they need one big time instead of focusing on the subscription-xcloud route with games funded and developed on a budget, it's just like Disney+ & Netflix, they all become junk in the short term, most people only know & play "AAA" games, COD GTA & Fortnite and that's the problem.
Re: Xbox Mini Fridge Gets Dramatic Price Reduction Across Multiple Retailers
Lemony fresh.
Re: Talking Point: Xbox One Users, What Do You Think Of The Console In 2023?
I use the original Xbox one for movies in bed but my god its super sluggish without an SSD just loading up the xbox user interface compared to the new consoles, I was playing COD WWII, loading up the class load out system when inside a lobby with a timer changing a few attachments quickly before a game starts, the asset's (guns) loading on screen do set you back a couple of seconds because of it. The lack of stronger/faster WiFi frequencies on that thing is a bummer especially when paying for 500mbs, the console likes to receive roughly 70mbs only most of the time but all in all I do have a Series X now and the Xbox one was used for retail emulation but with that now nuked it's just junk at the bottom of my bedroom shelf ready to be turned on for a random movie night.
Re: Microsoft Reveals Frustration With Group Of 'Gamers' Trying To Sue Over Xbox Deal
@Bleachedsmiles Basement dwellers.
Re: Microsoft Reveals Frustration With Group Of 'Gamers' Trying To Sue Over Xbox Deal
"You always get one"..........never mind ten.
Re: Sony Blasts CMA's Xbox Verdict As 'Surprising, Unprecedented And Irrational'
Poor Jimbo and has "exclusive" mindset for his peasants.