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This definitely sounds more promising than FH5. 4 was my introduction to the series so not sure how they were prior to it but the way that cars were just thrown at you in 5 really was a step backwards from 4. So hopefully it's implemented correctly and it's a good game. I mostly play the game solo and so some online modes here n there so campaign is a big part for me.

I'll have to make time for spacemarine and ragebound

I really enjoy the format in the January show. The behind the scenes with the devs is pretty good. We'll see how many games are actually revealed, definitely expecting at least 4 and max 6....5 most likely.

I'll keep playing pillers of eternity to completion regardless lol.

Xbox exclusives are dead. We're going to see some still and it's just because the studios don't have the manpower to get them out at the same time. Any new games will be built for everything from the start, something going on PlayStation or Nintendo really shouldn't be a shock to anyone.

Remember..... everything is an Xbox

@Lup I loved the game until act 3 and then I was lost. I found my way after a bit of googling but I almost stopped playing it. I'm not down with grinding for XP just because, I know a lot of games out there do that but that wasn't my jam. However, the annoying last chapter can't erase the fact that Acts 1&2 we're amazing, the music and gameplay was phenomenal and I cared about the characters. So I have no issues with them cleaning up with the awards as they earned it.

@themightyant I can picture sith Kermit on his shoulder saying "do it!" When he's thinking about the post button lol

Me and 2 of my buddies got Arc Raiders. There's telltale games I was looking at but I have so much to play in gamepass that I figured I can just buy them in the future when there's actually time to play em

@ZYDIO but they got that good rumble...hard to beat

Have fun and try to ignore all the doom n gloom coming from the industry. For something that's supposed to be a fun escape from reality it sure has a lot of baggage if you engage with it beyond just playing games

For all the crap Xbox manages to step in they definitely have been putting out a lot of good games and their shows are always good. Looking forward to this one, I like that it's limited to a few games with a bit more depth on them. No clue what the surprise will be but I'm definitely expecting something to be there that's not on the initial slate.

It's a hobby that I have very limited time for. Im really not excited for anything over $1K CAD and it's definitely sounding like it's going to be at least $1.3K and maybe more. I'm going to be sticking with the series X for as long as I can and we'll see what happens when it's time to upgrade.

I got arc raiders, it's not too bad. Gonna put some more time into it and playing it with a crew hopefully helps it out. Definitely not as impressive as I was expecting it to be. I'm hoping to play some more cosmic invasion with the kids, we're building roller coasters in Minecraft on the PC with a mod and I've started pillers of eternity.

I primarily play in the series X but x cloud has definitely been getting more use as of late from me. Nothing beats playing it on a TV though so if given the option I'm playing it there. I only play certain games on the phone as I want the proper experience for something like South of Midnight where I've not issue playing monster train or ball x pit on the phone.

I'm just in the final chapter of the game actually. Highly recommend you play it if you haven't. Glad to see them given the chance to get more eyes on their game.

He's a smart businessman and is successful....but this is about making money vs. celebrating the industry. He'll celebrate what and who he likes though. Kojima will get an hour to talk random nonsense and everyone else gets 10 seconds lol.

They getting stomped out here and that's good. They can't take people's time and money for granted. They likely weren't expecting BF6 to actually show out and really seems that Arc Raiders took everyone by surprise. Now next year they need to put out a solid product and in a tighter deadline as they need to be out in October to avoid November incase GTA6 actually does launch. Really put themselves in a bad spot. I'm sure that there's definitely some pain being felt from the eye of Satya and the Hoods demanded layoffs, but you can't be launching buggy products and hoping to fix it later.

@JON22 he's said it multiple times... once people stop buying Skyrim they will stop re-releasing it.

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.