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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.

I'd be very surprised to see this thing actually release. But if they can pull it off and save a ton a ton of jobs I'm all for it. If it's F2P i might try it, if it's not then I won't.

I think I'm close to the end of act 2 and i gotta say that E33 is one of the best games I've played. The combat is fun and i never look to avoid a fight, story is great and the music is insane.

Welp.... that's another weird indy game I'm going to have to try. Never knew I liked these games until i tried them in gamepass. Now these are my jam

I'm going to play both and BO7 will be first as it will be day n date in GP. I'll have to wait for Battlefield until it's in EA Play.

But out of the two I'm looking forward to Battlefield more as the now cartoon skins in CoD are too much.

Hopefully this leads to a hit in CoD player numbers and Xbox adds in a toggle to turn off the skins for folks who don't want to deal with that fortniteification of CoD.

They will go slower than what Xbox is doing but I'd imagine that anything that's been ported to PC is an option. I also don't think them porting crappy games like that Lego one makes sense as that really won't sell as it's just not a good game.

Spider-Man I could really see coming over as it's not really a Sony IP like God of War and the like, it has a PC port.... and they would gladly take the money because for all the praise it's gotten that licensing fee took a big chunk out of the profitability of the title. Returnal also makes sense to me.

Eventually I see the Horizon, Last of Us and God of War coming but that's after the first wave of non pillar games.

Pulling the blinders off slowly so the ponies don't get spooked.

I was pretty interested in an Xbox handheld but with the expected prices I'm definitely not going to be getting one.

Spiderman would be cool but for me personally i have limited time and I'm purely a gamepass player. Most games I've actually purchased I've yet to play unless i bought them for the kids. So in reality i don't care what they bring over because it won't be in gamepass and I won't be playing it.

I've been playing Expedition 33 all week and it's freaking awesome, I'm around the halfway mark i think. I gotta say that the soundtrack is such a standout for the game. That's saying something when the story and combat are as good as they are also. If anyone else is behind the times like me and hasn't tried it already definitely make time for this game.

I wonder if Xbox team can get a bit more control over their affairs after this. The move was stupid from the get go and I have a feeling it was a higher up Corpo decision that they couldn't sway them away from. Clearly it was a mistake, but damage was done and once again mixed messaging and stepping in rakes for no reason.

Was the absolute best multiplayer and loved my time in it...but the ques got too long for w a match as players dropped off and i haven't played it in almost a year? Would love to jump back in but it needs a solid player base

So when i eventually play this, a year or so after launch... it will actually be a finished product? Go me

How long do folks recon until people have no money to buy the stuff that AI and robots are making for the good of the bottom line for a corporation that isn't an actual being? 10 years or will it be faster?

Ohhh robocop is definitely getting installed.... hopefully getting played lol