@FraserG I played the game this last weekend at PAX Melbourne. It still feels right, but admittedly enough the visuals are very flat. (And not the biggest fan of the AI usage)

I invested a ton on Rock Band 4's dlc and things like the custom Guitar Hero World Tour DE PC version that I'm not sure if this will move the needle too much.

I'm hoping to be wrong. Either way, I still have a ton of instruments, and the digital copy might not be too pricey.

Any info on a review maybe? Or is it still too early to tell?

@TheSimulator Interestingly enough, back in the day xbox and sega almost DID join forces. The first xbox was supposed to even play dreamcast games, but a lot fell through due to them telling SEGA their games wouldn't have online support (which funny enough, the xbox would proceed with being a big innovator in the space of online gaming.)

Japan's laws also would make it near impossible/ difficult however to just straight up buy companies as a foreign company anyways.

Also, there was no scenario where Microsoft could've bough just part of Activision Blizzard King.

My Forza Horizon 2 disc looks fine but struggles to get read by the xbox series x. I recently managed to get it to pop up enough for me to download the data files from the Microsoft Store, but that's still hit and miss.
Seriously hoping support comes to the forza games, if only for me to keep this one game alive.

I mean for anyone interested in the vita homebrew scene, I'd recommend r/vitahacks. There's some pretty surprising ports / new games coming to it.

Some of my favourite are things like the android exclusive dead space / mass effect games that are chef's kiss on it.

Heck, I even gave The World Ends With You a go again on it.

And if you're extra adventurous, you can use a raspberry pi (or pc if you want) to turn it into a switch with video out and bluetooth controller support.

I know this is just me being "old man yells at cloud" with this idea, but I legit thought that instead of doing a bunch of layoffs, they could've gotten the studios to develop android/ios ports of a lot of their older titles to save some jobs. Like imagine they release a "Rare replay" app that has maybe 1/2 games free by default, and lets you buy individual games for it extra.

@munstahunta I bought SOM on steam to play on my steamdeck. My biggest thought during the game was: "They should've just made this a platformer action game instead of having combat arenas."
I really think that would've flowed better.

Funny to think that MGS4 was up and running on xbox360 but then they decided to opt against it due to the DVDs they'd need to use.
I bet if they just discussed it with Microsoft, Microsoft would've created an exception for it to download data or something like that.
Or maybe it would've gotten them to allow installs on DVDs and USB sticks earlier on the 360.

My friend and I would often smoke inside while gaming and drinking back in the day. I made a point of at least putting up protection for the consoles and/or making sure the place really airs out with a fan.
He didn't, and recently 3 of his consoles all croaked. I opened them up to see if I could figure out a solution and it was just DUST.

I see Xbox1 base models going for anywhere between AU$30 - AU$70 at times. Honestly, if you got that and a bunch of secondhand games or gamepass I honestly think a person can be set for a really long time.
With a bit more know-how, and using developer mode for homebrew emulators, I think you can still get a ton of value out of one.
THAT BEING SAID! The xbox series s also goes for REALLY cheap secondhand at times here. So much so that I've almost thought about getting one for the heck of it even though I have an XSX.

Honestly I'm still baffled how a ton of their backlog hasn't been ported to android / ios for easy cash.

@Kaloudz I don't understand most of Microsoft's limited runs and give aways this generation. The amount of times I see them doing them for licensed controllers / xbox series s and x when I think: "You know how many people would go out and buy that?"

The series S was so perfectly positioned to do themed releases.
Monster hunter coming out? Release a Series S themed to a Rathalos and a range of controllers themed around the different weapons.
TMNT coming out? Make a series S look like their car with a controller for each turtle colour.

But no, they're stuck for some reason on these weird promotions.

@shoeses Honestly was just thinking of Mighty Doom. I would've happily paid for an offline version on mobile. Heck, even on xbox or switch.

Kinda surprised they haven't put quieter games that require more multiplayer players on this list like Crash team rumble and redfall.
Still if I only had core, there's still a good amount of entertainment to get out of this collection.

What's interesting in this video is new issues they mentioned with the BC version.
I wonder if that's something to do with downloading it from scratch these days.

I still had mine installed from years ago and I haven't had any of those issues. Even poked around to see if maybe there's a new update for the old version that might cause it.

I honestly still don't understand why Microsoft doesn't make more themed xbox series s consoles. (Outside of competitions which barely anyone will get one)

What mod is the main image from? I can't for the life of me recall it.