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My local Target seems to have an Xbox shelf so...

@Nexozi ah well then yeah. That would make sense given the other rumors and they stated that in the article, which I clearly missed the first go around. That's still a high rumored price, regardless.

@AverageGamer I'm sure people would be able to justify it. The question for the average consumer though is why would you buy into a new ecosystem if you've invested in another? But without anything concrete this is all pointless speculation.

If it's a mass marketed hybrid and considerably more powerful than Switch 2, expensive is a very wishful hope. This thing would be borderline unaffordable for a lot of people. But I guess MS is targeting higher income people with these?

I'm sticking with my current plan but will look for a discount online.

I guess Core is getting PC games at least.

As I predicted, the pricing on these is very high. For those who would want one in the first place, I doubt that's a massive deterrent, but it would give many people sticker shock.

What a crap show.

I would like to see more settlements and animals. There are a few of the former, but places like Titan could be much more interesting and forget about realism with the latter.

But yes, perhaps a sequel is where the devs need to focus more effort on to build upon the foundation of the original.

I enjoyed my time with the game so if they add anything else I like, I'll continue my second play through.

@Ricky-Spanish I 100% agree with you.

Can't complain about that.

That price may be higher than people are expecting. Otherwise, they would feel better about announcing it. Yes, politics are affecting their decision but I feel like of it was remotely affordable they would have given a price.

Series X is great for backwards compatibility. And...that feels about it. I guess as budgets balloon, gaming companies will rely more heavily on cross-gen releases and multiplat.

I may jump back into multiplayer in Infinite because the gameplay is actually solid and it's generally enjoyable.

Once Sony started making first-party for PC, I figured they would start doing more of what MS was doing. When they allowed Lego Horizon to come to Switch, that solidified it. This will be interesting and a Halo crossover is completely within the realm of possibility.

TLOU would probably sell okay on Xbox.

And tbh, after Sony put some of their games on PC, it seemed inevitable they'd follow Xbox's (at least) semi-multiplat strategy.

Nintendo owns a portion of Bamco, IIRC, so I doubt this will have an impact on anything.

@AlwaysPlaying nope, they let the fanbase do their dirty work. Well, their clean work too, for that matter.

I can only assume this was posted here as pure rage bait because what dunce would honestly think this person is giving good advice?

The way this contributor writes about a $40 game is absurd. That isn't even 'full price' for the majority of video games from a lot of major studios. If it doesn't sell at least decently, that's kind of scary.

@Jaxx420 that's a likely outcome. Eventually, they won't have any red lines, imo.

Funny story, I was thinking about how Sony will follow MS' general multiplat strategy just this morning. I just assumed it was later down the line, but it's happenning...

It really seems like Microsoft has zero oversight of its studios and that's a major problem that explains their relatively weak output over the years.

@NintendoByNature rare time I laughed at a joke on this site.

There really wasn't much shown, so...meh?

Well, that is slightly surprising and not great news since the game did look at least mildly promising. And yeah, that trailer made it look pretty far along. Really, after the 2024 showcase, I wouldn't have expected Outer Worlds 2 to get a release date and then this to get cancelled.

No surprises there.

My kids will play this, for sure...

@ButterySmooth30FPS I'm not defending MS doing it (I've said on other articles there is no way I'm spending that much for their games), just stating that Sony will do it as well and walk away with no criticism.

Sony will follow suit, then it will be normalized because the gaming press won't attack them for it.

@Millionski I agree, Sony will 100% follow this because an actual handheld will make no sense. I'm 50/50 on them making PC games day and date with their console counterparts, though. They may stick with their current strategy and only do it for certain titles.

@Millionski "Neither sony, nor nintendo could not sustain 2 closed system platforms with different architectures and games."

This, exactly. Which always made these rumors and the alleged intention for MS to make a handheld device alongside consoles seem a little absurd to me.
Side note: that also makes the idea of Sony making a new handheld that much more baffling...

I mean, Bethesda said there would be a year 2 so...

If you think an OLED wouldn't make this more expensive at launch and that won't further push it into "no way am I buying this at that price" territory, you're kidding yourself.

Keeper is one I will 100% buy on day one.

No surprise there, really.

$600 for the lower end and $800 for the higher end sounds about right.

Like every Xbox showcase, it has been good but nothing mind blowing. That is perfectly fine, imo. Not everything has to be "the best" (which is statistically impossible anyway) to be enjoyable.

I have paid for perhaps 2 Xbox Series games and even then, didn't pay much. This trend will continue unless I decide to buy Outer Worlds on Switch 2 (assuming it gets a port, which is not outside the realm of possibility).

Also, we knew this was coming. Microsoft told us so. It'll just be interesting to see how PS and possibly Nintendo fans respond. No, not every Nintendo game is $80, btw.

@Kaloudz it actually looks surprisingly interesting compared to the last few entries, tbh. I'd consider the Xbox version if NS2 isn't an option.

I'm sort of interested to see if this comes to NS2. I haven't played a COD in a while and I don't have GP (please stop throwing tomatoes) so I may get it there.

@Millionski yes, it likely won't be cheap.

The real question is how much will this cost?

I'd be on board with that.

Maybe MS just figures the ship has sailed (no pun intended) with Xbox Series and raised the price regardless of what was happening with competitors.

I need to play the expansions of Witcher 3. It was a solid game.

I actually agree with him. Yes, people can still buy GP games but you have less incentive to do so when it's day and date. But a related question is "Is the Sony model better for consumers?" To which I'd say, "Probably not."

However, in a capitalist economy, companies will look at what maximizes profits in the long term. MS is more likely than not working towards having gamers not own anything, which will get them more money back. While the service looks nice today, it could eventually morph into something we don't like. No way to really know long term, but it's a possible scenario.

I wouldn't expect them not to have confidence in it...

I beat Starfield and NG+ seems nice, but I'd rather wait for either another major update or just get 2. Starfield 2 will likely be great.