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I hope this doesnt just mean FF7R or just big names. Smaller games like Harvestella (which is a Switch console exclusive for some reason) should get ports to Xbox and PlayStation too.

Gameplay wise, I'm glad none of the three new-era Doom games play the same. It's good to experiment and make sure the games don't just feel like expansion packs to what came before. I say that as someone who didn't care for 2016 (imo felt too sterile and bland), loved Eternal, but am not sold on Dark Ages.

Each one having a unique identity and formula is great. People may not remember now but Doom 2 was heavily criticized for just being an expansion pack to Doom but with the super shotgun... glad that hasn't been repeated.

Quietly canning the Xbox One port... c'mon guys.

Xenoverse 2 will NEVER die. It's the game that will keep going despite all odds. When the earth is destroyed by nuclear warfare in the far future, there will only be cockroaches and an Xbox hooked up to a TV somewhere with the Xenoverse 2 main menu theme blaring.

Add more characters to the multiplayer roster. I need my Boomer Lady.

AI still isn't perfect. I throw math questions at it (I'm 33, not in education, just testing AI for fun) and it frequently gets more complicated ones wrong, at least on the first few tries. If they plan to use it to ease up on complex tasks, they're asking for a world of hurt when it inevitably starts falling apart at the seams. It's really not foolproof or completely trustworthy.

AI hallucinates, misreads things, or spits up garbage in the interest of giving you what you want, not what might be accurate.

I would not. I'm still running my Xbone S. It's gonna have to last me even longer than I anticipated!

@Utena-mobile Pretty much this. Corporations are not friends, they don't like us. They like our money, which a lot of people get confused.

@Coletrain GTA, Elden Ring, etc are rare exceptions. The super-huge popular games will always be an exception, but everything else, 99% of dev output, falls into a gap of "Eh, I'll wait." - it's something you can see even posted on Pure Xbox from time to time

@BacklogBrad I mean, I buy games too so my own argument already has flaws, but I rarely subscribe to Game Pass. A lot of people who own GP though just don't play anything unless it's on GP or say "I'll wait until it gets added".

I did a double take when I saw Max Payne 3 on this list, lol. Not part of golden week but amusing to see mixed in. There's also a LOT of smaller Japanese games still on sale with the spring sale, stuff from Marvelous is real cheap right now.

Microsoft trained their audience to not buy games so it at least makes sense that game pass pays out in a different way. So long as it's profitable, I guess.

Indivisible, My Time at Portia, Story of Seasons Mineral Town, Loop8, Eiyuden Chronicles, Anima: Gate of Memories Arcane Edition, Amnesia Collection, High on Life, BLiNX The Time Sweeper, Beast Quest.

There were a few more I wanted to grab, but for now I'm satisfied!

Well I once said that Xbox wouldn't ever get a Lethal Company (using an example of an indie smash hit) of their own with the way they've been doing things.. but this is kind of proving the opposite, or at least showing they can still do it to some extent.

I can't say this as a fact but I think this is the first time Blinx has been on sale. Ever. (Maybe.)

Wasn't South Park Snow Day 50% off last week? Now 45? Cute.

@Ralizah Yup. But you can't dare to argue for indie games since those are clearly just porn games if they're banned. yay upside down world logic

I guarantee you this would never happen if it was a popular title. Not in a million years would they block a GTA 6 over something like this. Selective roaches over at Xbox bending rules when it benefits them.

Worst kept secret in gaming in a looooong time. I still haven't played Classic properly, so this is going even further back on the playlist than that.

I've played a good bit of this on PC, and if you're looking for something relaxing to play, this is definitely one to consider. It's very laid back and enjoyable.

While I'm not a fan of Bnet, this is pretty interesting. And the fact Play Anywhere somehow is supported is a HUGE win. Microsoft needs to strike while the iron is hot and advertise that feature right NOW. Rub Nintendo's greedy noses in it.

An announcement theyre selling Banjo to Playtonic or Nintendo, with the potential of Crash and Spyro being sold as well. Giving them to a company that will actually use them would be huge.

Besides that, Clockwork Revolution or whatever the hell Contraband is supposed to be.

@Banjo- I missed that part, that's reassuring. ... I'll withhold further whining just in case some sick deals are waiting to smack me in the face.

These practices actually make me ashamed to say that I've purchased some of their games. They're not awful if you're into that old RE style done by a small/tiny budget team, but this business practice is scummy and Xbox do need to crack down on stuff like this.

@Utena-mobile An ignore feature is essentially mandatory nowadays with how much junk can flood stores. Trying to browse the Switch eShop is nightmarish... but I probably don't need to tell you/anyone else that.

@EdgarTheBug There is a chance it ends up biting them. The 3DS-- ended its run as an incredible handheld-- started on a terrible foot and had to be slashed in price along with Nintendo eating a massive slice of humble pie.

The Nintendo fans didn't save them during that, nor did they with the Wii U. Of course I'm not saying "guaranteed nintendo flop OMG", just that there's a very real 50/50 shot of either outcome happening-- where it's a success or a vast under-performer that causes them to repeat what they did with the 3DS.

These would be incredible deals if WB didn't constantly put Lego games on massive discount. You could probably get all of these for little under the full price of one, so the deal is... almost maybe worth it? Ehh.

High on Life only had a 35% off sale? Weak.

I know this generation is stagnant but, MAN. Can really feel it during these big sales. Cue that NIN song, Everyday Is Exactly The Same. New sale, same deals.

High On Life. It needs to finally have a high discount, and it better!

From a technical standpoint this is cool, a machine remaking something from its own memory on the fly as an interactive concept is incredibly interesting, but that's about where my excitement ends.

I do think AI can be cool but I don't trust big corporations with it. This at least is an amusing use of it.

I don't pay for games at $70. $60 was my breaking point, so that's just not happening.

I wait for sales. I have a huge backlog, and indie games have increasingly been out-performing "AAA" games quality wise. I'm not missing out on anything.

Grabbing this as soon as I get home. Gotta support the 3D platformers when they appear!

@Wakkawipeout Bullet Witch has been available on PC for a few years now, an in-house team shaped it up.

I hope some more 360 games get a second chance at life. Not only games that were available at shutdown, but even those stripped away earlier on in the lifespan of the console. Splatterhouse really should have gotten a PC port...

@Ricky-Spanish The devs have stated if Croc does well they plan to remaster 2 and even look into a new game... I know I've mentioned it before but I'm just excited, buying it day 1 myself!

Croc! I'm most excited for that. I really want it to do well, devs have stated if it's successful they'll remaster Croc 2 and even see about a new game.

This isn't surprising. Sony will only, only, only consider Xbox ports if it's their LAST possible move. And even then I think they'd have to be dragged kicking and screaming into it. Which is why Xbox porting exclusives to their console will only strengthen them.

I really hope this game finally breaks out of that janky rut Compulsion games have always been in. I haven't been convinced by footage yet but I really hope it's a knockout.

@Kaloudz It's a compilation of the original Gex (a 2D platformer), Gex 2, a 3D platformer, and Gex 3, also a 3D platformer.

I think the different versions will be included in the compilation considering how notable they were, and the compilation has taken years to come out so I imagine a good portion of that was dealing with legal issues.

...Also my mind only retains dumb information, like this stuff. I wish I could remember actually important things, but nope. Obscure 3D platformer trivia yes, remembering the date of upcoming appointments and rent payment = NOPE. lol

@Kaloudz Gex 2 in particular was pretty good, speaking from memory and we know how nostalgia blinds us.. it was really shocking at the time because it had some incredibly on the nose parodies of popular media around the time. One level is quite literally just a Looney Tunes level complete with ACME hijinks, another is based on the Titanic. Dated now for sure, but amusing for the time. I think it had varying levels depending on which console you had, but the upcoming collection has all the different console versions.

Also! Gex had different voice actors for the US and UK versions. They're tailored for each region, but it might be a shock to try different versions of the game when it releases. UK Gex is much more suave and Bond-esque, US Gex is more of a dopey quip-and-reference slinging knucklehead like the 80s ninja turtles.

I'm not sure what to make of the Minecraft movie. I don't want it to be bad but there's still not much that is convincing me it'll actually be good.

Banjo Kazooie animated series when...?

@Kaloudz I think it would still be Pocketpair's fault since they did it (in this hypothetical scenario), because I don't know if their legal team would even think to consider comparing their code with a Pokemon game, since outright stealing that is such a blatantly bad idea.

@Kaloudz I'm not sure, I've heard two patents related to riding a creature you've captured in a 3D space and then also summoning/capturing a creature with an item in a 3D space.

The fact MMOs (or survival games like ARK) have technically done this for decades I guess is ignored.. a lot of Nintendo's patents were rejected recently in the US, so there is SOME common sense at least.

But also if what @ilyn said is true I will also agree pocketpair has it coming, but I would be shocked they'd have lawyers check everything for safety and then pull a negative 1billion IQ move like that.

@Kaloudz Gex, Glover, and Croc all getting re-releases in the same year is really surreal to me. I'm happy for it but it feels kind of like 8 year old me is dreaming about the future as I imagined it back then. New consoles but more of the stuff I loved (and still do) at the time.

@Ricky-Spanish I'm in the same boat. I will happily slap down $30 USD day one but any more and I'm gonna hesitate.

Some cool news though? Argonaut confirmed in a recent livestream that if Croc does well, they plan to remaster Croc 2 AND see about a new game. I'm very optimistic as a 3D platformer fan.

Technically yes it is time for a new gen if you go by years, but for value or showcasing what the hardware can do? HELL no. Most of this generation has been spent spinning their wheels and Sony regurgitating remakes.

Xbox is only finally starting to find their footing after endless years and that's at the tail end of the generation. This has been a horrible generation in general, just based on what they've done (and the PS5 pro was absolutely unnecessary..) with the hardware. I dunno. I feel like this generation is the one that needs to be doubled in length because sweet-expletive-all has been done.

@Kaloudz To the best of my knowledge, they're suing based on throwing a ball to capture a creature with that being a patent. So essentially a net, yes.

@Kaloudz The worst part is that Nintendo is getting huffy over what is basically throwing a net. Maybe we should unfreeze some cavemen to sue Nintendo

Unless the game already had a port finished for Xbox back when it was being developed, I highly doubt they'll port it now.

It's kind of a shame it'll die like this, but it wasn't that great a game.

I've been wondering for years where Minecraft Dungeons, Fallout 4, Skyrim, etc... are. These are games that are technically first party now, so where's the Play Anywhere? I'm not double-dipping on Dungeons.

@NeoRatt If they hadn't bought Activision, it could have been possible. Not too likely now, considering how scrutinized that deal was and how it changed them overall.

I don't see Ubisoft selling the Tom Clancy name, or Assassins Creed. Far Cry is a MAYBE. My blood would run cold if they bought Rayman just to chokeslam him right into the dusty storage bin next to Crash, Spyro, and Banjo. Prince of Persia is a maybe... but why would Microsoft want that? Call of Juarez, Driver, Might and Magic, Brothers In Arms...

They already have too many IPs they're sitting on, it's like a fetish for them to hoard but do nothing with them. The Smiling Friends episode about Gwimbly was a bang-on parody of most modern publishers (including Xbox) for a reason.

Maybe they're looking to grab the rights to some old licensed games like Ubisoft's old TMNT games? This one is REALLY far fetched, but being able to just have the rights to the games published under one roof would make it easier when trying to renew deals with the IP holder. (This one is like 0.000001% likely I'm just spitballing but with them still wanting to preserve their history, these are a few of the 360 games still lost to time)