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Now I'm not techy but is the switch 2 not the "weaker" console out there so one would expect it to run below the actual consoles? Correct me if I'm wrong as I never actually looked into the switch details.

It's a kids toy in my eyes and that price tag means it's a kids toy that's not getting purchased in our house lol.

The messaging is still very murky as there's just 4 games that are new to me as an ultimate user on console....the other 10 are existing games going to lower tiers and one PC only title.

I have more than enough to play but just saying.... this is a mess.

Put GPU on sale mofos. Although at Costco you can still buy 6 month's of GPU for $134 CAD so that's a pretty sweet deal. Basically $14 off the current monthly price for any Canucks out there.

This is why Xbox didn't launch their own and set it aside....this is the beta device for the handheld OS. I don't believe they will actually launch their own handheld ever but this all relates to their PC console experience as well and the OS will be used for both i imagine.

They are making these things to order basically so I highly doubt they have any major stock of components and as such will be exposed to any increases. Also they definitely don't buy in volumes as well so I wouldn't be surprised that they raise the price again. They are making the next Gen device which will not be subsidized at all and cost over $1K easily...it's their last first party device in my eyes. OEM device's might be around still but I feel like the next Gen is their offramp from dedicated hardware.

I've just started playing this recently and so far the story is fantastic and the music is great as well. Looking forward to seeing how it all goes, just freed the catfish and gator is next

@BAMozzy I'm still getting used to the maps but I'm already missing the smaller maps and the chaos that ensues as a result. The boat map they have now it too big in my opinion.

I'm glad they have such a poor product out at a time that there's so much competition. Hopefully they see a hit to the bottom line and actually put in an effort going forward to make a solid product. I playef some MP last night for the first time and it's not bad but I'm not really into it. Waiting for BF6 to be in EA play and my buddies and I are debating buying Arc to have something for us to play as a group in the meantime. You gotta respect people's time, can't just assume folks will be playing your game if you put minimum effort and launch it with bugs.

I thought i could at least give my son a battle pass with the 1,000 vbucks but I can't even do that. This is definitely useless to me

Anyone get to try the perk out? Anyway to pass this along to a family member? I want to claim this under my son's account as I've no need for this personally

I'm playing this with the kids 100%!!! I was debating buying it over the break so now i can save some cash. We've already all argued why we should be the ones to play as Venom... clearly my argument is the best.

A anyone else has CoD just trying to install the new game without me actually wanting it to? I must have some weird setting turned on but it's looking to install the full game and I don't have room for it and never actually wanted to install it?

I still remember having 3 screens open trying to get one on launch day and actually getting one from the Microsoft store. I would check it every few weeks to make sure I still had it and the day it got delivered....my wife was debating hiding it until Christmas as she was the one who received it.... still married....she didn't hide it. It's a fantastic machine and I've no regrets buying it over a PS5 that I originally started saving up for. I hope the future is still bright for Xbox but the series X was and is an amazing console.

Expect a busy ass year as everyone does backflips to release before November or push to Q1 27

I want to know if there's a way for me to claim this perk under my son's epic account as I don't care at all about fortnite but he would gladly use this

Sounds good but I'ma hold the hype until it's actually released, reviewed and likely on sale lol. Would be great to have all that access in one spot without the PC tweaking and twerking , but I want to see how it all actually plays out. I'll have 2 years of rewards points saved up to cash in at a best buy or Microsoft store to go towards it if it's actually good.

I mean it looks pretty cool and I'm definitely going to be playing it. Will try and co-op it with my buddies.... might be time to let my oldest play Halo as well so we can play it together on split screen too.

Get more folks into infinite multiplayer and I'll gladly jump back into it.

It's been very clear that it's a 3rd party Microsoft gaming so there's no surprise here, it's been rumored by credible folks for a while so really can't be a shock to anyone.

@BacklogBrad there are rumours of 3rd party console's and I'm wondering if the one Sarah is talking about is the Asus one....is Xbox actually making one internally or will it just be a partnership with Asus?

Future gamers are playing Roblox on old tablets with broken screens and they don't care. This would be such a niche market if it's $1.5K USD. I'm excited about the PC/Console hybrid idea but this is a hobby and I'd much rather save money for a family vacation then spend a few grand on a console. I have GPU stacked for 2 years and I'll be saving up rewards points to see if I cash them in towards the new Xbox, PlayStation, likely not switch as it's a kids toy in my eyes still, or something else? Might just ride the series X until it dies and call it quits on gaming? I'm not paying $2K CAD for a gaming system.

Im working my way through Dredge. Goal is to play Contrast afterwards and then jump into Jedi Fallen Order but we'll see if i get sidetracked or not

I still feel that to the average Joe they are miss marketing this to sound like you can play console games. I'm expecting some bad press in the near future as a result of this clear mixed message.

I gotta say they better be coming up with a solution quickly of having your Xbox library on there because they mentioned it like 3 times that you can play your console games on that and it sure ain't the truth from what I'm aware.

I do want this to succeed because i want a handled device and I'm dreaming of costs coming down at some point in my lifetime lol.

This guy's a tw@! Waffle and includes anyone's shows in the summer as part of his summer showcase. Xbox show is the only one worth watching. I'll briefly skim articles about the rest.

Xbox has the worst at messaging and clearly need that AI to get smarter faster because their human stff have been failing at communicating for years if not decades.

If they make a console PC hybrid that doesn't actually require any of the tweaking and twerking of PC gaming I'd likely get it. Best of both worlds, let's see how it all goes. Hopefully it's also upgradable over time with off the shelf parts.... that memory card was such a disaster when you look how much it still costs today.

They need to just start from scratch and do it properly. Find someone ugly to play chief that won't mind not showing their face most of the time maybe?

I mean Microsoft has killed lots of hardware before and there was a surface device that was ready in warehouses for imminent launch that was cancelled too no? Since ABK the Xbox team has definitely had control taken away and it's now Microsoft gaming proper. Eye of Satya is upon Xbox and it's definitely been a negative impact from a consumer side.

Feels like this in being heavily subsidized by the other tiers with the new pricing

MK 10 & 11 were in gamepass eventually so that trend is continuing it seems

When BBC writes an article about your price increase you know ya f'd up. The only feedback they are taking is from the shareholders and their wants. Activision was a poisoned chalice (I was cheering it on myself to be honest) and Xbox has the eye of Satya and the shareholders on it now which is why we're seeing all this. They are sabotaging the hardware and services to justify the move to publisher only in my opinion. It's where the money's at and MS is a software company.

Damn! Wanted to play cocoon but never got around to it. Can't play everything but maybe one day

I'm not cancelling per say because I'm stacked until Dec 2027....but I honestly likely won't be extending that time anymore so I'm looking to cancel? It all depends on what hardware comes out in that time and what I'm able to do. But i feel like I'll be dipping out of gamepass and just buying stuff on sale....on a PC console? No idea... just know this is very frustrating and really makes you feel like you're being kicked out of your ecosystem by a greedy landlord who's doing renovations no one asked for.

So are they going full 3rd party publisher and they are just pricing everything so high that people stop buying the hardware and subscription to a point that they can say it's not sustainable and they aren't going to be doing that anymore?

What's the point in buying something from them if you don't know that they will be around...or if they are just a PC storefront eventually are they better than the competition?

Series X was my first Xbox and i was super excited when i started....will it be a one and done?

Damn....I'm guessing my stacked ultimate subscription won't be changed as a result of the price increase? It's a massive jump at a time when folks are tight on cash, I'd expect that there will be a dip in subscriptions as a result.

I'm hoping i can use that fortnite crew thing for my son's account as I don't care at all about fortnite.

I'd have to wait a year or so after launch to see what the reviews are... wasn't the Elite 2 the worst one for defects?

I want whatever new standard controller they make to be hall effect sticks at a minimum for stick drift. I'll get my kids to make me one in the design lab as a gift once they do.

Well i quickly redeemed my son's points for a month of GPU. After today I'll either have to use his point's for other gift cards or if I want to buy some indie game or dlc i guess I can gift it to myself from his account?

It's annoying but it's been an amazing deal and I can't complain about the year's or free GPU I've gotten.

Apparently if you buy a month of gamepass and cancel it a week of two afterwards folks are getting a full refund so I'm guessing that loophole is going to be closed next?

I'm good until Dec 2027 and i imagine I'll still rack up a few months of free time before then so by 2028 I'll have to decide if i stick with Xbox and even see if Xbox is around. If they can stick the landing with the PC Xbox and play anywhere with cloud saves and such I really don't think I'll be going anywhere.

Pretty sure FH5 is still the only game I've played at launch... everything else I wait for patches before even thinking about playing. Hopefully this is awesome and I'm forced to predownload this as my second ever launch day game

Definitely sounds like not something I need to waste my time on to watch this later on. The February and Summer showcases are the only one's that they really put emphasis into so I'll just watch those

So a 5 year old game sells for around 19.99 right?

Looks awesome, I'd like one, not buying it cuz its going to be mega expensive.

I don't know how to feel about this. CoD has great campaigns for story and action....but will it translate to a movie? Like someone already mentioned if it's an 80's/90's action movie then yes....but modern age I'm not sure. They need to go R rating on the movie even though 12 year olds are a massive player base. F them kid's I say.

Prices need to drop but unless Xbox compensates ASUS for subsidized pricing I don't see ASUS dropping the price. They make hardware so they need to make their margins off the bat.

First one was great, watched commercials in the main hub because they were just too good to walk past. For the humour alone I'll be playing this, haven't watched any of the gameplay and don't need to.

I would like one but I'm guessing it's going to be out of my price range so no...I won't be getting it

@Tasuki they really need to put in a toggle to be able to turn off the skins so you just see the base operators if you want. I wasn't too bothered with the ninja turtles even as they were "realistic", but the cartoons were what did it for me. I really hope battlefield sticks to their word on this

When the batteries die I just swap them and I'm back at it. I have rechargeable ones and just keep a pair ready to go always. People have the option to buy a battery pack if they so choose. I like the choice and hope they keep going.

It already has.

Still trucking along in E33. Just about to wrap up act 2 i think?

Not surprising. Not a peep since they announced the game and in the current market would some sort of extraction/hesit game succeed? Surprised this wasn't announced in the big layoff news weeks ago.