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@Krzzystuff I'll have look into the theft you're talking about , have not followed the game so closely but I'm a fan of extraction shooters and Bungie has always had excellent gunplay

Nintendo announced next gen at the right time, within a few months of launch and with clear timelines for information and then highlighting capabilities and great games. Xbox is covering a time gap with little information to go on.

Yay! I hope they change up the graphics to be more photo realistic. Another 2 years is fine rather than launching a flop

I too would lie to Xbox and release digital only games to receive fixed fees and some royalties on my tens of thousands of copy games

I'd also like Xbox to give us the promised visuals and power for THIS generation rather than saying they're making a machine that takes 10 years to develop games for. They have to release an 8K game I can't even play just to fulfill their marketing promise

So the next generation is PC and streaming from PCs where hardware can't fill the void. I'm happy with that, planned on switching to PC after this gen anyway for Xbox. Hope all my hundred+ Xbox purchases transfer over!

@omegared74 I got mine for the same reason, hand cramps from the standard controller. Plus pushing in the sticks to run a hundred times was killing my thumbs so the two back buttons are saviors for me

Oh this is awesome news. I LITERALLY just received the GameSir 7HE yesterday since I wanted hall effect sticks and the extra two buttons. @fraserg is there a wireless controller guide somewhere on the site? I was looking everywhere to shop for a good Microsoft alternative since I've had so much drift & dislike wired. I might even return this one and wait for the Xbox version to launch!

Can this article make me any sadder? 😭 I also have $40-50 haircuts and 4% fees added at restaurants to cover extra costs. All the $400-800 console make me scared for everything else

@IOI I'd have said the same thing, all great points.

Might this be the end of Sarah Bond's career as President? She is a great marketer but the videos talking about "the Xbox experience" where immediately too corporate for me and dodged what the actual console is: a ROG Ally with an Xbox button and some OS retooling. Plus the everything is an Xbox campaign. Not sitting well with me as a hardcore Xbox fan 😭 I did just get a Switch 2 and they're pretty clear what you get there: games that run great on a handheld with many titles launching in the near future. Plays Switch games too! Pretty straightforward

I think this wasn't a game to shadow drop and Xbox players need better education on Japanese games given the vast majority are FIFA, CoD and Gamepass subscribers. Xbox isn't a great place to sell millions of games when coming from other consoles but Xbox games sell great everywhere else

They should release a virtual casino with all their slots. I'd play it for fun.

@Jett let's see! The ball is in their court to drop, I'm not sure how much of a loss they're willing to take like they do with consoles

Let's see how long GPU remains a business model, I am skeptical of it long term unless people are fine dining on $30/mo subs. I have really enjoyed GPU the past 5 years but not sure how long MS can keep it up

I am glad you like and excited for you. It's only the beginning is the big takeaway, can hopefully only get better from here! Smaller form factor will be appreciated in time!

@Millionski okay, not wrong, my point was on the timing being intentional right after the Switch 2 launch

@Odium I bet it's a 2-3 hour battery so may as well just stick to a home console with these skateboard size behemoths. I am not even joking, and I looked it up as I wrote this, the Series S height is ACTUALLY shorter than the ROG Xbox Ally X width 😂 may as well have just put a screen in the middle of it

$649 and $749 are my predictions

Yes they need to drop as many games as possible on it

Let's go! Freaking love Capcom and Resident Evil makes me happy (and scared)

$649 & $799? Think within a $100 is about right.

Props to Game Freak for jumping from making games that looked like there were from 2004 to 2025 in one go! Looks super cool, all for this. More doggo games are welcome

Looks cool, big fan of Life is Strange

Xbox is selling skateboards with buttons and screens on them. Thing is comically huge, very Microsoft hardware looking behemoth. Hope it's better than the ROG Ally Z1 Xtreme because that turned me off completely from PC handhelds for a while. The marketing jargon about jumping into "the Xbox experience" and beating around the bush wasn't appreciated, I just wanted to know if I can play all my console games on that thing. I'm sure it will get there if MSFT can amend their future game contracts with devs. Won't pass judgment quite yet, want to see how it does in the wild. Need a backpack to carry this bad boy.

@Millionski I think the timing of the message is to get some Switch 2 players to wait. Its a console vs console vs handheld PC comparison, think their messaging isn't quite clear. This might be a make or break moment for Sarah Bond depending how launch goes. No idea where Xbox is heading but I bet the next Xbox will have the same features and allow Steam and Epic stores on it.

Terrible trailer. I have seen the gameplay though and I cannot wait to play this! I love a good extraction shooter, high hopes for this

@Millionski I just got mine too! Hope they just drop tons of online 3rd party ports. There are a few online games I'd like to play on the go that my Xbox Gamepass + Razer Kishi just can't handle 🥲

Just ditch the Box part, they're not making substantial investments into hardware, just very niche high powered consoles with the rest coming from their mega software services and gaming revenues. Think they need to just bite the bullet and fully rebrand already. Xbox PC is a bad name and confusing. PC gamers are well aware of various storefronts including the Microsoft store and we all know the MSFT store icon as Xbox gamers. All for the change! Just keep making great games like they've been doing all year and we will all accept whatever the brand morphs into

Yeah should've waited another year to add that stuff before release. Building a game with your players to get money at first and then work to build out the features is maybe cool for project management but not in this industry. People want high quality, fun content at launch. Too many good games out there to not start out with a nice experience

The next Halo game needs to hit it out of the freaking park. Franchise has been stagnating and I am such a massive fan of the series, I've put over 20+ days into Infinite's multiplayer and I loved the campaign. They just dropped the ball with their launch so REALLY need them to make their next Halo game a smash hit for the masses, nothing I'd love more than for them to succeed in that. I hardly play the game anymore & it got super repetitive so hope they find the right rhythm and soon

I'm considering getting an HDD since majority of my games downloaded are actually 360 and Xbox OG.

Xbox is supported fully by Microsoft so they don't really have worry about being competitive in that space. They want to move to PC and are keeping the lights on for Xbox until they can find a way to bring their hardware & software ambitions to marry together that let's them only invest on PC. I'm all for it at this point since they want to simplify their software making strategy for their studios and developers

I mean I've been saying the same thing since it was announced, Microsoft needs to stick to software. They need to really hone in on making great games & the success will follow.

Day One isn't much of a benefit when games launch full of bugs. Week 3 is better imo

Capcom deserves all the praise for this golden period in its history and smart product management

They should make one with a proper launch without drama

I don't know if I have the attention span for this game lol

BioShock prequel would be great to see Rapture in all it's glory and then fall apart

I loved Starfiel, I'll hop back into it again someday..I have the DLC and some awesome ships so gotta get back into it eventually. I want to level up faster so hope there are some changes there between playthroughs

Can Rayman even be AAA? A and AA, think they don't need to ballout to make a great Rayman game. They're always pretty fun & I'm sure this isn't a console seller.

I love the Microsoft Store reviews: 25 cents game for my $500 gaming system 😂

In all seriousness I love retro games and making more available is great for everyone. I own some retro and "new" retro consoles so like this type of stuff

This game is better on a handheld. Something about playing it on a big TV doesn't feel right. I love the look and feel of the game but barely finished the tutorial 😢 seriously need to put time into this one

Wow what a great year for Gamepass. Last year really sucked for the price so I'm very happy to just see non stop bangers coming to the service.

@Cakefish I think they are just gonna make it Xbox a gaming PC, it'll take a generation to rebrand and get the message to consumers but it'll happen in time

@smoreon I really miss devs Jam packing content and fun stuff into games, feels so corporate now

Missed opportunity for real. It was cool when the N64 was still a console and so many gamers have been born since then they likely don't even know the franchise well and when they do it's the 360 version which was very meh. I don't really care about it or understand what sets it apart from the absolute juggernauts of shooters that have launched since then. Perfect Dark to me was all about local couch multiplayer so this seems to be a solo adventure with maybe some online if we are lucky so it's gone really far away from the early days of the franchise.

This sells maybe 10 million units if it's lucky. Not sure why they're doing this when they can hardly sell consoles to begin with. Nice idea if it launched with the hype of PC handhelds 2 years ago. Sony pulled out of this area for a reason, I'm hyped for those that want it. I would've bought this up earlier in the XSX lifecycle when I got the ROG Ally Z1 Extreme. Might sway me still if it's under $400

@jesse_dylan tbh I think it's Xbox and Sony just marketing FPS like it's a big deal. I do expect higher FPS because they claim it but I'm fine with 30 FPS. I played the Switch for years and that is proof graphics and FPS are unimportant to enjoy an excellent set of games

This game doesn't even need more tbh. I love 120 but 30 is fine for a cinematic game like this

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