InterceptorAlpha

To nobody's surprise.

Nadella hates hardware. Full stop.

@MaccaMUFC Unfortunately it does not work on Xbox. Though there is a version that does in wired mode.

I just really needed soemthing to replace my Elite Series 2.

This one has TMT sticks, four programmable buttons, and had a gyro.

Been excellent for shooter. You just can't aim thumstick as tightly.

Gonna be hard pressed to replaced my 8BitDo Ultimate 2.

Nice to not have to see ads on my PC. Atleast I can block all of Microsoft's BS there.

No.

0 interested in a handheld.

Not buying another Xbox controller until a gyroscope is added and stick drift is fixed.

Especially an expensive elite controller.

AAAA Rayman game, made on federal grants, by a skeleton crew, because nobody is applying to Ubisoft after everything they've been doing.

Makes me glad I still have access to the PC copy. The PS1 version was awful in comparison.

3 and Pirates Moon blew the socks off the both though.

Who does the main quest at the beginning?

That's the last you do before putting the game away.

I've spent a dozen hours just exploring random caves alone.

If I need "just a Gamepass machine" my PC does it, cheaper.

Hard to justify a premium price for walled garden that requires you pay to even play online.

Meanwhile my PC lets play Xbox, Playstation, PC, and VR, all in the same place.

I love my. Solid built. Satisfying mechanical keys. Reminds me of a Commodore 64's "keyboard".

My daily drivers now.

Nope. I'd save the money and stick to my PC.

The audacity of them raising the price of their stick drift prone controllers is hilarious.

One more nail in the coffin for Xbox.

Higher prices means now, more than ever, people are going to be more restrictive with their leisure funds. Therefore a person is more likely to get the platform they can play more games on. That is to say anything except Xbox.

This is essentially Xbox's path to being a cloud gaming platform and 3rd party publisher instead of making consoles.

Glad I upgraded my PC before everything got screwed over.

I called this back when they bought them up. Knew they'd not renew the contract because EA.

Back when Microsoft cared about usability. Having everything readily accessible instead of a corporate hell scape of UI that requires jumping through menu after menu.

If a mod was ever available to inject my Series X with this, I'd do it in a heartbeat.

Ever since NXE replaced blades, the UI has been going down hill.

Thankfully I can still do whatever I want on my PC for UI.

@Deshalu Well this is just untrue. PlayStation has tons of games you can play without ever connecting online. Pop cart or disc in, install what's needed off the disc, sans internet, and play.

Microsoft on the other hand is pretty threadbare on these.

Just objective fact.

@Fiddleroyolanda

Exactly. There's even a website dedicated to show all the console games that you can play without installs.

PlayStation and Nintendo are heads above Microsoft on this.

Cyberpunk 2077.

If it is a live service extraction shooter as rumored, we can expect to see EA spool up a subsidiary with Tencent having 25% control.

Definitely highlights benefits of PC.

I can still play DOS games from the 90s on my Windows 11 PC. 🤣

They're doing as intended.

Make rewards so paltry most quit using.

And that in turn reduces the payouts they have to give, further.

Not holding my breath. Xbox controller have been absolutely abysmal this gen.

You can really tell they cheapest out, even in just how it feels in your hand. The launch Series controllers felt like flimsy Mad Katz you'd buy back in the day.

At this point. I'm just about to to buy a wireless PC controller with hall effects and gyro.

@Krzzystuff That's already a thing.

I can play Helldivers 2, God Of War, etc, through my PC, from my Xbox with the app Moonlight.

As a matter of fact my Xbox is seeing a lot of use as just mirroring my PC...

What's wild is that it runs on last gen, but is 30fps on Series S.

I'm sure Halo did wonders for their confidence. 🤣

Steam controller still beats it out because of track pad and gyro though.

Really hoping the Elite Series 3 brings these to the table as I could see it being my go to moving forward.

Really telling to see that the PC version is selling more than consoles combined.

Assassin's Creed lost me when they turned into a BS RPG.

This has nothing to bring me back.

Looks very similar to a VR controller.

Hopefully has VR support.

After Metro Awakening, 2D Metro just feels bland.

You know what would also save space? Being able to select screenshot resolution. I don't need every one to be 4k.

If they don't bring back 4 player split screen, I'll skip it and stick to Black Ops 4. Like I have the last few.

Definitely lame to see. But it is obvious why it happened with the writing on the wall.

Best of luck and I'll be following your new channel Craig!

My nephew ran into this over the weekend.

Showed him how to play the game without using the Xbox ecosystem and he's back at it.

Good thing there are options to Microsoft's progressively worse and worse offerings.

Might as well stick with 1&2 then. Guess I'll skip this.

Ironic given Xbox is kinda in the same waters.

I easily use my VR more than Xbox. Especially because I have a VR treadmill and can do cardio at the same time.

Xbox isn't giving me reasons to spend on it, or even use it TBH.

If this releases in good order, I will be buying to day one on Steam.

I played way too much of it on the PS1

Things like this are why my hopes for any future Xbox are in the gutter.

And that's to say nothing of the companies' IPs Microsoft has gobbled up at this point

Glad to see this coming to Steam.

The first was a blast on 3DS.

One less reason to buy Xbox I reckon.

GOG is the only marketplace worthing using other than Steam.

I never understood idle mode.

If I'm going to be away long enough for it to idle, I turn the screen off. Reduced brightness is still needlessly burning electricity and aging the screen. Especially if you have OLED.

That said, wasn't this posted already?

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2020/04/did_you_know_you_can_manually_put_your_xbox_one_into_idle_mode

Last shadow drop they closed down the developer didn't they?

Not much faith in that given that nobody thought Xbox was at threat when it was almost shut down in 2021 by Nadella.

Though at the same time, I reckon if everything is an Xbox, it wouldn't be at threat.

Nadella has never been a fan of hardware and never will be. When he sees an opportunity to gut it, he does.

@ChickenPossible

Wish you all the best!

And thank you for all the hard work!

Is it really cross play when everything is an Xbox?

Not really. Obsidian has burned any goodwill they had with some seriously lackluster releases. And bled off a significant amount of their good talent a couple years back.

"but what happened?!"

Microsoft's new direction happened.

It is pretty obvious when Microsoft got fed up with Spencer doing things like this and tightened the leash. Happened shortly before the backwards compatability program cancelation announcement.

@fatpunkslim Again, 1st and 2nd party games are not comparable to 3rd party games.

No games owned by Sony are coming to Xbox.

Games owned by Microsoft are going to Playstation.

Simple as that.