8BitDo responded to me quickly and replaced a knob at no charge when it broke on my keyboard. Their support has honestly been better than anything I've ever gotten from Microsoft...
The fact they're charging $20 for Lego 2K Drive when it is being delisted and online functions, read most of the game will not work, is a absolute joke.
@Markatron84 I have tons of games on disc. Same reason I still use my Series X disc drive
Disc games also still come out from time through various establishments. .
It is an infinitely better 4K bluray experience than my Xbox.
And finally it further my ownership of things. Want to watch a movie? No worries about finding what streaming service has it, if licenses have changed to a different one, if you have to buy it on top of a subscription, etc.
I can backup movies with it and have access to them from every device I own, anywhere in the world, without a subscription fee.
CoD never made sense on gamepass past it being a first party game.
People that want CoD will buy it. So they just gave the game away to those people hoping some gamepass only peeps would play it and get wrapped up in micro transactions.
At this point the only point to gamepass is if you want paid for demos or if you quite literally have no life and are burning through entire games in a couple days.
Otherwise you're getting ripped off paying a sub for a bunch of things you're never gonna play while getting gaslight by people being told it is a good value.
If you know what you like, you can buy the game you want on sale for $15 etc, play it for a few months, and still be ahead.
There have not been any worthwhile changes to significantly changed the reviews IMO. Is is by far mostly the same as launch with some QOL fixes here and there.
That's not to say anything is wrong with that I enjoyed it at launch.
That said, I'm expecting higher reviews for the Playstation version when all is settled
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Re: Steam Deck Has Gone Up In Price Massively, And It Makes ROG Xbox Ally Look Great Value In 2026
Definitely the best deal if you're into modern handhelds.
Re: The Outer Worlds Dev Alters Free Xbox & PS5 Upgrade Due To 'Platform Limitations'
I wonder if this has anything to do with the game not doing as well as they'd like. Trying to make a little extra back.
Re: 8BitDo Unveils New 'Pro-Level' Xbox Wireless Controller Built For 'Serious Players'
@Zandy I find this hard to believe.
8BitDo responded to me quickly and replaced a knob at no charge when it broke on my keyboard. Their support has honestly been better than anything I've ever gotten from Microsoft...
Re: 007 First Light Xbox Frame Rates Revealed, Including Series S
Looks like to is getting prepaid on Playstation while skipping preload for Xbox as well.
Re: Poll: So, Is Forza Horizon 6 Your Favourite Game Of 2026 So Far?
@SMJ Came out on PC this year.
Re: Poll: So, Is Forza Horizon 6 Your Favourite Game Of 2026 So Far?
Death Stranding 2 imo.
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Xbox Preload Now Live, And The Download Is Absolutely Massive
Only another 5 years until the third part comes out and you can finally finish the game.
Re: Bethesda Sets Release Date For Massive Fallout 4 'Creations' Update On Xbox Consoles
As long as they don't update and break Fallout 4 VR, I'll be happy
Re: Five Xbox Games Are Set To Be Delisted In May & June 2026
@Jenkinss RecRoom is one of a few games that let 2D and VR players play together.
Re: Two New Xbox Controllers Have Leaked, Seemingly Including The Elite Series 3
If the Elite Series 3 doesn't have a Gyro it will be an instant skip. This isn't 1999 anymore, even my TV remote has gyro.
Re: Hell Let Loose: Vietnam Finally Brings Another Vietnam-Themed FPS To Xbox Next Month
I've been patiently waiting on this one, though a bit worried after the direction Hell Let Lose went after their acquisition.
Re: Five Xbox Games Are Set To Be Delisted In May & June 2026
The fact they're charging $20 for Lego 2K Drive when it is being delisted and online functions, read most of the game will not work, is a absolute joke.
Re: Rumour: Project Helix Unlikely To Include Disc Drive, But Xbox May Have A Digital Solution
@Markatron84 I still have things on 3.25 floppies. My 5.25s are loooooong gone
My PC is just lucky I've not taken a fancy to wanting to use them or I'd use the last bay for an A:/ drive lol. Right now it just has a storage bin.
Re: Rumour: Project Helix Unlikely To Include Disc Drive, But Xbox May Have A Digital Solution
@Markatron84 I have tons of games on disc. Same reason I still use my Series X disc drive
Disc games also still come out from time through various establishments. .
It is an infinitely better 4K bluray experience than my Xbox.
And finally it further my ownership of things. Want to watch a movie? No worries about finding what streaming service has it, if licenses have changed to a different one, if you have to buy it on top of a subscription, etc.
I can backup movies with it and have access to them from every device I own, anywhere in the world, without a subscription fee.
Re: New Console Start-Up Animation Rolling Out To Xbox Insiders, Gamerscore Badges Also Detailed
Oooh hey. I'm in the 100k club. So that'll be kind neat to see.
Re: Talking Point: What Dream Reveal Would You Like To See At The Xbox Games Showcase 2026?
Another Viva Pinata farming game.
Re: Rumour: Project Helix Unlikely To Include Disc Drive, But Xbox May Have A Digital Solution
Even the gaming PC I built in the last year has a disc drive lol.
I'm not buying console without a disc drive unless it has a sharp discount.
Re: Gears Of War: E-Day Might Release In September 2026 As Xbox Shooter Sponsors Upcoming Event
I hope beyond hope this brings back the horror of the first.
If it does, day one for me.
Re: Forza Horizon 6 Dev Vows 'Strict' Action Against People Playing The Leaked Version
This drama is the most interesting thing from the Xbox camp in a while.
Gonna have to look into some of the videos of the leaks.
If the urban areas are as small and threadbare as the map and previews appears, this will be a huge swing and miss for me.
Driving in Japan is about cutting city streets and right mountains roads.
Re: Xbox Needs To 'Sweat Every Detail' In Winning Over 'Frustrated' Players, Says Asha Sharma
she also indicated a desire to "focus on players coming back every single day"
Why does this read like the implementation of aggressive FOMO promotions?
Re: Xbox Partners With LEGO For Two New Forza Horizon 6 Sets, Complete With In-Game Bonuses
Does anyone else find it goofy, Microsoft licensing out a license they have? That seems just like unnecessary licensing fees on licensing fees.
Re: Roundup: All The Biggest Xbox Reveals From The Nacon Connect Showcase 2026
Dracula, Werewolf, and Cthulhu.
Hot damn those are nice names to see. I feel like it is 2005 again.
Re: Xbox Dedicates Entire Showcase To Stranger Than Heaven, Releasing Winter 2026 On Game Pass
Definitely looks interesting and will likely be picking it up.
That said, offerings like this will not get me to resubscribe to gamepass after canceling my subscription of over 20 years.
They're going to have to do much better on their first party offerings before I'd consider that.
Re: Elite Dangerous Players Warn Of Downsides With Console Version On Xbox Game Pass
They abandoned the console version with an official announcement soek time ago.
Why is it even allowed to be sold at this point?
Re: The Next Plague Tale Release 'Is Almost Here', Launches On Xbox Game Pass In 2026
It has been.....4 years since Requiem already?
Re: Microsoft Issues Xbox Email Addresses As Part Of 'Strengthening The Xbox Identity'
I have that keyboard.
Re: Steam Controller Vs. Xbox Controller: What The Critics Are Saying So Far
TMR sticks, tracks padss, and gyro.
What's there to debate? The steam controller is taking over as my daily driver.
Re: Talking Point: With Forza Horizon 6 Imminent, What Are Your Predictions For Its Final Review Score?
I feel people are gonna be disappointed by the lack of urban sprawl.
Re: 'I've Ordered A Series X, I'm Back In' - Lapsed Xbox Fan Attracts The Attention Of Asha Sharma
Some people are won over too easy.
20 years of consecutive Xbox subscription and two launch Xbox Series Xs.
Going to take a lot more work to get me to even entertain the idea of buying or subscribing to something on Xbox again.
Re: Xbox Is Officially 'Reevaluating' What To Do About Exclusivity
Wild how it took an entire generation for Sony and Microsoft to both realize "Maybe exclusives are a good thing after all"
Meanwhile Nintendo was content to never even chance it.
Re: 'This Change Is Not Surprising At All' - Industry Analyses Xbox Game Pass Price Drop
CoD never made sense on gamepass past it being a first party game.
People that want CoD will buy it. So they just gave the game away to those people hoping some gamepass only peeps would play it and get wrapped up in micro transactions.
Safe to say it did not go their way.
Re: Xbox Unveils New Controller And Headset For Forza Horizon 6
Hopefully better than the last one.
Got it for my wife and she is gentle as can be with things.
Stick drift 3 days out of warranty.
Re: Talking Point: What's A 'Good Deal' For An Xbox Series X or S In 2026?
Anything under launch MSRP
Re: Xbox Boss Declares Game Pass Is 'Too Expensive' And Needs A 'Better Value Equation'
@duncanwarrior99 Because people aren't paying.
I canceled GPU after having 20 years of uninterrupted subscription, to Xbox Live because of this mess. Even has the badge in my profile to prove it.
Re: Mouse P.I. For Hire Performance Specs Revealed, 120FPS Confirmed For Xbox Series X And S
Very nice to see 120fps supoort.
Re: Preview: We've Played Forza Horizon 6, And It's Potentially The Best Entry To Date
Hopefully it supports VR on PC, otherwise probably gonna be another pass.
Re: Remember Call Of The Sea? Its Sequel Is Launching On Xbox Game Pass This May
First one was excellent.
I hope this one supports VR as well
Re: Talking Point: How Many Consoles Have You Bought At Launch, And Were They Worth It?
Xbox was the only day one system I ever bought.
360,
One,
One X,
2 Series X, all day one.
Not a chance of me doing that again.
Re: Quantum Break Actor Celebrates 10th Anniversary Of The 2016 Xbox Console Exclusive
Absolutely loved Quantum Break and even hold it above later Remedy titles.
Re: With 2025's GOTY Now In The Library, Xbox Game Pass Premium Is Becoming Too Good To Ignore
At this point the only point to gamepass is if you want paid for demos or if you quite literally have no life and are burning through entire games in a couple days.
Otherwise you're getting ripped off paying a sub for a bunch of things you're never gonna play while getting gaslight by people being told it is a good value.
If you know what you like, you can buy the game you want on sale for $15 etc, play it for a few months, and still be ahead.
Re: Xbox's State Of Decay 3 Finally Returns, Signups Now Live For Alpha Playtests
@Markatron84 Agreed. I work with various play testing teams where I'm paid, under contract, and fill forms out all day.
Not faffing about with discord though.
Re: Xbox's State Of Decay 3 Finally Returns, Signups Now Live For Alpha Playtests
I was so interested until I saw Discord was involved. I'll pass
Re: The Elder Scrolls Online Is Coming To PC Game Pass With Xbox Play Anywhere Support
@MinervaX76
Xbox will be able to play with the PC version of the game in the Xbox store.
Ideally in the future they'll add Steam and standalone to the party
Re: The Elder Scrolls Online Is Coming To PC Game Pass With Xbox Play Anywhere Support
I'm so happy to finally have a date!
Been following it since it was announced so I could pickup where I left off on PC, without needing a gamepass sub.
They really need to drop that requirement in console.
Re: '$1000 Consoles Will Be The Norm' - Analysts Discuss Cost Of PS6 & Next-Gen Xbox
Yea. I'll stock to my PC with free online and amazing sales.
Re: Xbox's Starfield Is Already One Of The Top Three Pre-Orders On PS5
There have not been any worthwhile changes to significantly changed the reviews IMO. Is is by far mostly the same as launch with some QOL fixes here and there.
That's not to say anything is wrong with that I enjoyed it at launch.
That said, I'm expecting higher reviews for the Playstation version when all is settled
Re: Bethesda Says Starfield Looks 'Amazing' With Nvidia's DLSS 5, But Don't Expect It On Xbox
"Amazing" sure is one word for it.
Looks like some awful AI generated stuff. It even needlessly lightens scenes that were intended to be dark.
Re: Over 50,000 Votes For 'Xbox Game Preservation' Titles Have Been Added In A Week
If you like Jet Set Radio Future, check out Bomb Rush Cyberfunk.
Even got Hideki Naganuma back for some music.
Re: Nintendo 3DS Classic 'Bravely Default' Releases On Xbox Today In Its HD Remaster Form
Oh nice.
I just picked this up for my 3DS, so now I'm torn lol.
And before someone asks, yes I use my 3DS still. Just picked up a blue N3DSXL from Japan recently as well.
Re: Assassin's Creed Unity's 60FPS Upgrade Is Seemingly Broken On Xbox Series X|S
Why am I not surprised they didn't have any play testers when making the Xbox port?
@Papa_Emeritus Even if it is, with how key of a feature auto HDR is, a playtesters should have caught this with auto HDR on by default.