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Interestingly, the very thing for which he was so heavily criticized, the need to be constantly online, ended up becoming a widely accepted reality shortly thereafter.

I think this game is a bit like Cyberpunk, I think it'll be worth the wait to play it on Xbox Helix and the new consoles.

Well, I have the console in preview mode, and there are frequent dashboard updates, although I usually don't even know what they're updating since I don't really notice any obvious changes xD

After all, this is just an AI model, and not a particularly impressive one at that. Perhaps the biggest challenge is implementing it with very low input lag.

If the next Xbox has enough GPU/NPU power, it could implement it, not this specific model, since Nvidia isn’t going to license it, but a similar one that could be trained by Microsoft or AMD.

If we count the Xbox One X and Xbox Series S as two separate consoles, this would be the seventh Xbox.

So I’d call it the Xbox 7.

Even though it's pretty tough for me to afford GPU, it's day-one releases like these that keep me going for another month.

That’s the big problem with Xbox PC right now: games aren’t coming out, or they’re taking too long, and some don’t even have achievements. It’s pretty disheartening if you’re coming from the console. I don’t know what the solution to this might be, Epic has been trying for years by giving away games without much success.

I just hope the console doesn’t catch this bug, it would be really sad if the Xbox platform ended up being reduced to an Epic Store on its own hardware.

@Nakatomi_Uk Well, with Xbox mode, most of that junk doesn't start up, not even the desktop in the background.

This mode works relatively well and brings Windows 11 closer to the way a console works. The problem for me is the lack of catalog, many games skip Xbox PC these days, and games like those from EA or Ubisoft don't even have achievements.

@Gemini53 I think it's only a matter of time before there's another Forza Motorsport. It's a legendary series that has been very important for Xbox. However, the success of Forza Horizon is so overwhelming that Motorsport probably isn't a high priority, so it could be many years before we see the next one.

And from what I can see, it's PlayAnywhere

I've never played it, so now I have no excuse.

For me, the campaign wasn't bad, and honestly, I think it's a great idea to be able to play my Xbox games on PC, TV, mobile, etc.

I think the problem is that it coincided with the console's neglect. If that hadn't been the case, and Xbox Series had continued to “fight,” I don't think this campaign would have been so poorly received.

@trev666 Emulation shouldn't be necessary. Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Xbox Series games (I'm not sure about the original Xbox) are based on DirectX libraries, so with the right adjustments, they should work natively on PCs, just as X360 games work natively on Xbox One and Xbox Series.

If there is a problem, I think it will be licensing. I don't know to what extent they can bring the entire catalog to PC without publishers blocking it.

If the Xbox Ally X already costs $1,000, and they are being forced to increase the price in some territories, it is unlikely that this Xbox Helix will cost less than $1,200.

I don't think Phil was fired in any way. At his farewell event, you could feel the good vibes from the team, and there's no denying his great legacy at Xbox.

For me, Spencer has been the best CEO a videogame company has ever had, along with Iwata. You could tell that deep down, they were gamers. I think the purchase of Activision was too big for him in recent years, and Xbox has suffered as a result, but that doesn't detract from the previous years when Phil did great things for Xbox and its community.

Another thing is the case of Sarah Bond. I think she was forced out. I don't know how true the reports are that point to her as the person responsible for Xbox in recent years, but it looks like she will go down in Xbox history as another Mattrik case.

I would say November 2027, although I suppose memory prices will be key.

I'm quite afraid of this direction.

Imagine a hypothetical scenario in which Xbox closes its platform, no longer wants to continue in that business, and becomes a third party. As an Xbox user, you buy a PC and connect it to your TV. You have no other choice. You download Steam and start playing there. Xbox is dead. It makes you sad, so to console yourself, you put an Xbox sticker on your PC.

I'm afraid we're heading in that direction, but by a different route. If they add Steam, no developer will bring their games to the Xbox Store, and if that happens, Xbox as a platform will be dead, but hey, it says Xbox on the box.

I don't know what they're creating, but adding Steam is extremely dangerous for the Xbox platform. I hope they've really thought this through and know what they're doing.

@INeedGoodGraphics It has been a long time since it was necessary to install antivirus software on Windows, as the OS itself already includes its own security tool.

Consoles and PCs are now very similar. Gone are the days when you had to fiddle around to get a PC game to work; now you can usually just download and play. The problem with Windows as a console is its usability. It's clearly not designed for a controller, and the chaos caused by update failures is a QA problem that is one of the weakest points of all current Microsoft products.

If so, will it be PlayAnywhere? The Witcher 3 wasn't for some reason

For me, it's an 8/10. I'm enjoying it, but I think the series needs a new approach, something similar to what RE4 was at the time.

I'm really sad because Bungie was one of my favorite studios in the 2000s, but I think it's been one of the worst acquisitions in history.

I feel optimistic, but I don't know what might happen. I think that in 10-15 years or so, consoles might not even exist. I'm not sure what we might be playing, let alone what will become of Xbox. Although I like to think that Xbox, along with Valve, is one of the ecosystems that is likely to still be around by then.

Without a doubt another of the great legends of Xbox, alongside Phil Spencer, Peter Moore will be difficult to forget, not unlike what Iwata or Miyamoto have been for Nintendo.

I still remember how he announced GTAIV for X360 by rolling up his shirt sleeve. Those were incredible times for the brand.

I thought it would be a typical phishing message. I receive so many of them from so many places that I automatically ignore them xD

I guess we'll get the announcement this year, if not at the showcase, then at the game awards.

1. Release the most powerful console and try to win back lost customers.

2. Try to negotiate exclusivity deals with each ecosystem/platform. If they can get the others to bring their games to Xbox, then I think it makes sense for Xbox games to be available on the others, but if not, then no.

3. Improve the achievement system. Force Ubisoft, EA, and Blizzard to use the achievement system on Xbox PC.

4. Prepare the brand for new generations: improve the quality of cloud gaming, launch an Xbox store on smartphones, and promote Xbox PC. BUT, without abandoning consoles while they are still viable.

5. Invest MUCH more in marketing.

For me, along with Iwata, he is the best CEO a videogame company has ever had.

I like her, she seems sincere so far. Let's see what decisions she starts making, that's what matters in the end.

It is essential that there be a mission to deliver tofu in a Sprinter Trueno AE86

It's just as bad to be late as it is to be too early.

They should have learned this lesson with Xbox One and its “always online” policy, which ended up happening, but it wasn't the right time.

No, don't give me hope.

Meh, the PC version doesn't have achievements

@DennisReynolds I think you've misunderstood what I said, or I didn't explain myself well. I don't think consoles are "doomed", but inevitably times change, generations change, and especially the world of technology changes.

Gaming devices are going to change a lot in the coming years, just as devices for listening to music or watching movies have changed. I don't know if consoles will simply disappear or if they will evolve. I can't know that, but I think Xbox is much better prepared than Sony or Nintendo. I think we have to give them credit for that, at least.

The second point is truly heartening. We will see what this new leadership brings us over time. I hope it will be more than just words.

@DennisReynolds I think we are facing a scenario similar to that of Nokia before iOS and Android arrived. I would say that it is going to be increasingly difficult to convince developers to make so many versions of their games, some of which only work on a specific device. I think it will make more sense to develop games for Android, Windows, or SteamOS and use these as the basis for a multitude of devices. I don't have a crystal ball, but I think this is going to happen.

The other compelling reason is that it seems that the younger generations are not interested in consoles. Sales of PlayStation and Xbox are focused on an audience between the ages of 25 and 40, an audience that will gradually decline.

For the record, I don't like this xD I've been playing on consoles my whole life and that's what I like, but this is what I see among those younger than me, all with PCs, phones, or tablets, and no interest in consoles.

@DennisReynolds Well, I think that even though we may not like it very much, Xbox is in a better position for what's coming than Sony or Nintendo. I'm not sure what this industry will look like in the coming years, but I do believe that in about 10 years or so, traditional consoles will no longer exist, and that's where I think Xbox and its team have done their homework better.

However, it's clear that Xbox hasn't achieved many of its goals despite spending large sums of money, and that has to make a lot of people nervous, probably more so than the poor sales figures for the latest COD, which must be weighing heavily on Xbox right now.

He had been practically missing for a long time. I don't know what has happened internally at Xbox over the last two years, but clearly nothing good. But looking at his career, I think he really loved Xbox and did everything he could to give us some really good years with Xbox One.

The Witcher 3 isn't PlayAnywhere?

I have the feeling that this device has sold everything it had to sell at launch, which I don't think was a small amount, and now it will hardly be selling anything at all.

I increasingly believe that this will be the last generation of traditional consoles. Everything feels strange, lacking the excitement and hype that usually accompanies a generational change.

@OldGamer999 Yes, DLSS is far superior to other similar technologies. Nvidia opted for AI to rescale from the outset and now has a huge advantage.

Even so, it's a technology with pros and cons, and I don't know to what extent Switch 2 can apply it. DLSS works thanks to dedicated cores in the hardware, and there's quite a difference depending on the GPU. In January, for example, an update was released that significantly improves artifacting and ghosting issues (which I thought were quite serious). I don't know if Switch 2 can use this latest version, for example.

I'm not surprised. I think the only platform that has managed to successfully implement something similar is Steam, where the high volume of users allows small communities to form around games.

The Xbox situation is very delicate right now. Microsoft is embroiled in a huge race for AI, a race they are not winning and which is characterized by burning through tons of money to keep going without a clear vision of how to recoup all that investment.

This is causing enormous stress on all of Microsoft's classic products, which are rapidly deteriorating: Surface, Windows, Xbox... In the case of Xbox, this translates into the need for short-term profit, which causes long-term damage.

Xbox is half right: the new generations are not buying as many consoles; they are sticking with mobile phones and tablets for the more casual sectors, and PCs for the more hardcore. But this is a vision of a possible future; the present is not yet like this. Players between the ages of 25 and 40 continue to play mainly on consoles, and these were the core of Xbox.

Microsoft has “broken” its current customer base in order to position itself for a possible future. As a result, its platform has reached a very dangerous impasse, failing to gain large numbers of users for its new ventures or the cloud, and also failing to retain its traditional players, as these were console players, and consoles depend on identity and exclusives. Without large numbers of players on Xbox Series, Xbox PC, or Xbox Cloud, I think many developers can afford to ignore or not prioritize Xbox

It's quite funny, but also sad, what's happening with this company. I don't think Xbox Series will have a much longer life. It's hardly selling any units, users don't seem very happy, and I don't know how long developers will continue to support the machine, given that games like Dispatch are already ignoring the system.

Microsoft should be the first to support its system with incentives and marketing, but they haven't done anything for years, with policies of complete abandonment. The outlook is very complicated.

I don't see it as a problem either. This is basically a PC with a Valve skin, so it shouldn't offer anything new beyond what's already on the market. If it's delayed, you can still build a PC to get exactly the same experience.

I think support for traditional consoles is very low.

I am increasingly convinced that in a decade or so, this industry will be very different, and who knows where businesses like Nintendo, which are too locked into their own device, will end up.

@Godot25 Yes, all consoles are gradually declining, and in general it seems that the new generations are not very interested in them.

But it's one thing to decline gradually, until perhaps one day in the distant future we'll be playing on the cloud, on mobile phones or who knows where, and quite another to do what Xbox has done: in a matter of two years, it has killed off its console when it was the core of its brand.

I don't know how Xbox PC and Xbox Cloud will fare, but it's unlikely to do worse than the console.

I played it again to unlock some achievements and I thought it was pretty good even today. It's a game that was made with a lot of love.

But I couldn't complete it, games from those years were definitely more difficult xD

@Lup You can change it somewhere in the settings. I have them set to appear in the upper right corner.

@BDK71 I suppose it depends on the country. Where I live (Spain), Xbox no longer exists. In stores, there are only Xbox controllers, and they are in the PC section.

In fact, I am commenting here because the Xbox communities in my country have disappeared