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@Tasuki that's what ill do, play Lego Batman with my son and Forza 6 solo on game pass.

Good times!

ff7 remake and high on life 2 (which i just finished last week). Great games! I'll get to RE Requiem when it comes down a bit from that $70 price, too rich for my blood.

Tried Planet of Lana but couldn't get into it. Looking forward to Aphelion and Replaces in April!

@Globo do tell!

As others have said, Aphelion has my attention!

@Banjo- i cant keep up with nintendo's ridiculous prices these days, hence why i didn't get a switch 2 yet. with them missing the BIG demanding games that come out, and really only caring about mainline Zelda and Mario these days, I may just borrow from a friend for those and call it good.

@Gemini53 This edition isn't the original version, this one came out on switch last year for 39.99 (which is the current price as well on switch) so it is, technically, discounted from that.

It's very grindy and old school, though.

@Balaam_ sad party is sony's first party single player games they said they'll make 1-2 a year, and thats about it.

I understand it is early (and only one metric and platform) but the steam concurrent player already cut IN HALF from 87k to around 46k while Slay the spire is absolutely crushing it at almost 400k concurrent. I would be shocked if this doesn't fall off within a month or so, especially when even more games get released.

Been hearing "xbox wont make consoles anymore" for like 10 years now, and they continually get proven false. Until they actually stop i simply wont listen to the nonsense anymore. This box will play all my xbox AND pc games in one convenient form factor? Sony already lost me with their lack of output on first party games and the switch is just too under powered and feature incomplete (while also missing major demanding games and they just released it).

The next xbox will be the only one I need, the other 2 are just falling behind in making any real innovation these days. Yeah, I'll stick with xbox.

i was told they weren't making another console. shocking.

Game Pass, the gift that keeps on giving ...

@Sol4ris I think the fact that people thought MS was and is the one doing this isn't paying attention OR are hiding their heads in the sand.

@Scribedby

My man!

The sad fact is Sony can brag about console sales all they want but this generation has been a HUGE letdown in the games department from their studios.

Once the next xbox comes out with steam and epic game integration i'll never have to buy another sony console again, that'll be the only one I need.

Looking forward to that day ...

Game Pass, the gift that keeps on giving the whole year!

this game looks great!

This will play GREAT on the Ally X. AND it's play anywhere!

This i fully what i expected it to be. People thought it was going to be $1050 with the price conversion? No way. When that preorder goes up I'm copping.

@HonestHick Indeed. Having xbox play anywhere and all those other storefronts on there (which admittedly the Steam Deck didn't have, loved that thing but it being a little underpowered and no native game pass ect hurt it) I cant wait to have all that flexibility

A MAJOR MAJOR reason i'm getting the Xbox Ally X is because of play anywhere ...

Can't wait to pre-order that bad boy. Already got money set aside. Will be tuning into GamesCom and eager to see!

@WildConcept6 i agree. and exclusives will only start dissolving more and more over the years. Good for everyone, IMO.

@HonestHick couldn;t agree more. Once I get that xbox ally x to go along with my series x I'll have MORE than enough games to play for a lifetime.

@Kaloudz in the future (which might be the not too distant future) we're all going to be playing games on anything with a screen. The younger generation doesn't care about console wars or exclusives, they just wanna play games.

The industry is headed that way.

@Fiendish-Beaver indeed. someday people will STRICTLY be talking about just the games, like the old school internet message boards of the late 90s early 2000s. I remember those days.

@Millionski the things is the whole "it's just LS" games doesn't work because they canceled 95% of em! All they have is Marathon, Fairgame$ (if that even releases) and Helldivers 2. They didn't create a whole job listing and say all this moving away from hardware centric business just to put 3 games everywhere.

The day a single player "banger" comes to xbox is the day the internet melts.

@Kaloudz The writing couldn't be more on the wall, but of course the usual suspects REFUSE to believe it because "it's just 4 games, right?"

Every week more evidence just points to the inevitable, I wont need a PS6 next gen to enjoy their games.

@HonestHick The constant deflection over at Push Square is getting more and more hilarious by the day. Any time more and more things are said by Sony proper and things start to unfold it's seen as "a taken out of context quote, it's just a job listing, xbox gamers port begging ect"

They are doing anything and everything to hold onto that "it's just four games" narrative like we don't all see what's coming in the future. The console war is gonna be coming to an end and i for one can't wait for that day.

More games will be coming to other platforms from Sony "not just live-service" and I can't wait to see how THAT website spins it for the clicks ...

Sony is going more and more 3rd party, and people are just going to have to come to terms with it. I definitely wont be needing a PS6 next gen and the Senior Vice president just has an update today saying they are moving AWAY from Hardware centric business to a community and engagement business.

The console war is done and dusted, time to move on to gaming everywhere!

ill be there day 1!

Sony discontinued tv and movie purchases through PlayStation store what, 4 years ago? and didnt they removed access to paid content as well? I wonder if the usual suspects had the same "PlayStation is dying" as well. I'm guessing not.

@Ricky-Spanish agreed, going from the RPG trifecta of Oblivion remastered to Clair Obscur to Final Fantasy XVI and trying to find the time to complete those was an endeavor, but absolutely peak 2025 for me. Add in Avowed, South of Midnight, and Doom and Game Pass has kept me so well fed and saving so much money FFXVI was the only one I had to buy outright.

Xbox already sent me Gears Reloaded for free for owning the ultimate edition and THPS and Final Fantasy Tactics in September it's just game after game after game this year.

Oh, and I'll 100% buy Final Fantasy 7 remake for the 3rd time and play through it!

@Questionable_Duck which is a shame. Hence another reason i like xbox/pc. Sony's console is far to restrictive and backward thinking.

@BAMozzy very well said. not locked to a single store so yes ps wont need to put their games on the microsoft store itself but since everything will be a windows device in the future you'll be able to play them through steam.

Let's be honest, Xbox was always making another console. Only fear-mongers thought otherwise.

Already got my money set aside. Day 1.

Also, of note, the guy that put out that estimate deleted his Tweet, as he got the estimate based off number of reviews on Xbox, which is a TERRIBLE way of estimating it. As of today, Final Fantasy XVI Complete Edition is #11 top paid games on Xbox US store, for an older game priced the way it is i'd say that's actually not that bad.

I can only speak for myself, but I have played and beat every main line Final Fantasy game, and I purchased this a few days ago on my Xbox. Starting to make my way through and hopefully FF7 part 3 is day one multiplatform release. The franchise could use that boost in the zeitgeist by releasing everywhere. When the other 2 FF7R games come to xbox i will also be there day one. You start making everything multiplat releases SE and Ill purchase.

The fact of the matter is Xbox has something like 12 first party games this year releasing (if you count Ninja Gaiden 4 since they are publishing it). Just an insane amount of game output and keeping my game pass sub well fed. I remember the years when they had almost no first party output (some rough years). the amount of value i am getting from Xbox Game Pass is great and finally starting to see the benefits of all those studios. Will certainly be playing this day one when it releases.

It's also nice to see i got a free code for this game since i bought Gears Ultimate when it released. Awesome to see.

@Questionable_Duck ubisoft+ has games day one. thats how i consume my Assassin's Creeds if i want to, sub for a month, then decline.

Personally, if they show off Persona 6 (a new Persona) or the new DQ THAT would be big. Personally, I want to see more Final Fantasy. We're already getting a GOAT in Tactics, let's see 7 and 16 up there. It's time ...

Still Wake the Deep ... you have my attention.

Come tomorrow I'll be jumping into that Fallout 4 next-gen update, even though I've beaten it multiple times. That and Rift apart on the Steam Deck have me plenty satisfied until Hellblade 2 next month!

The reason shadows look better on the PS5 is because the PS5 renders shadows on Unreal Engine better than xbox. There's nothing xbox can do to make shadows look better for UE on xbox to overtake ps5 in that regard, it is what it is. So it's not an optimization of the game to bring it "up to par" on xbox, there is simply nothing they can do with that engine with the hardware the way it is, because shadows and UE will simply always be that way with these consoles.

Just give me the original SimCity or SimCity 2000 on steam. I prefer those 2 over the current city builders.

CPU is gonna be bottleneck city, and looks to be another half step for these consoles. MS looks to be doing it the right way and coming out with next gen in a few years. I'm good now that I have my Series X and my Steam Deck OLED. It's ALL GOOD.

Well, any debate between this and Rise of the Ronin (if you have a ps5) is becoming increasingly clear ...

This will fall into the "wait for sale" like Gotham Knights did. Gotham Knights was actually a top 5 game for me that year, i REALLY enjoyed it.

Will play this at some point I'm sure.