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Seriously who needs that much storage? There’s no way someone is going to have 30+ games installed and play them at once. I’ve got a 1TB SeaGate expansion card but that’s because games these days are around 100GB and are increasing. What’s wrong with just having certain games installed then uninstall when done with them to make space for more?

@InterceptorAlpha Ah well looks like I’ll just be waiting for the G7 Pro to release then. It still seems to be much better than what other premium controllers out there offer. It’s supposedly going to be around $80/£70.

When I first started playing the game I thought it was bugged with my character being in a T shape pose, as we have seen in other games with bugs/glitches. Everyone else in-game was normal. Least I know now 😅

@InterceptorAlpha I just looked up that controller after seeing your comment. I’m currently using a GameSir G7 SE which I find is great but I’ve just had a new media wall put up and the Series X is stored behind the tv, so I’m now looking for wireless controller that has Hall effects stick or at least TMR. I’m not paying close to £200 for a controller with hall-effect sticks, I’ll have to check out that 8BitDo Ultimate 2 or wait for the GameSir G7 Pro wireless to release.

Why anyone would even consider the Elite Series 3 is beyond me, it most likely won’t have hall-effect or TMR sticks/triggers, no gyro and will only be compatible with an Xbox. There’s other options out there that have all of the above for under £50.

Anyone able to play this? I keep getting a message saying servers are offline.

Great looking controller but I’d never buy one without Hall effect thumb-sticks. Very happy with my GameSir G7 SE but currently looking for a wireless controller with Hall effect sticks but only seeing the Razer Wolverine V3 Pro (£200) and Turtle Beach Stealth Ultra (£180).

Looks unbelievable and to see it captured on a current gen console is mind blowing when it looks like that.

I really hope the movement controls are a lot more fluid and realistic this time round as opposed to GTA V’s which is almost tank-like to today’s standard.

I’ve not bought anything from the sale yet but I’m thinking of buying Nobody Wants to Die before the sale ends. Heard good things about it and reviews are very positive.

Only thing that’s keeping me on Xbox now is my massive library of digital games and game pass. If it wasn’t for those I’d of moved over to PS5 Pro by now.

I will get the next new Xbox console but I do think it will be the final one before Microsoft go full third party publisher and abandon console hardware altogether. It’s quite sad as I’ve been gaming on Xbox since the original back in early 2002 up to Series X.

@VenomUK We won’t know until we’re in-game and Digital Foundry will most likely do a comparison video for the game soon but I’d bet that this will have better graphics since it’s using Unreal Engine 5 over Creation Engine 2 which is used in Starfield, Fallout 4 etc.

@FredBiletnikoff Whenever that happens you just need to click on the game card above the price, it then takes you to another page where it shows the option to download from game pass.

As soon as Tom Mustaine looked at his watch I knew it was a shadow drop. Downloading now and can’t wait to lose myself exploring the world later tonight.

@Kaloudz I agree this is much more than just a remaster, a remaster to me is just a simple resolution bump, slightly improved textures and framerate. What Bethesda have done here is bordering on a proper remake. Downloading as I type this, 123GB so a biggie as expected. Game looks and sounds phenomenal.

I used to enjoy the SWAT series by Sierra Entertainment on PC back in the day. This will definitely be a day one buy for me, it looks great so really looking forward to it.

Looks like a massive transformation from Xbox One version to Series X/S. I’ve not yet tried the game but I think it would really benefit from having a 2 hour trial like Deadside did, the trial proved to really popular and probably helped the game sell a lot more.

@Medic_alert There is no real gameplay to Balatro though for it to constitute as a proper video game. It’s something you could do with a pack of cards irl.

I admit the genre isn’t for me at all but just don’t understand why it’s so popular and received awards when it there are many other card games out there like it. I’ll just chalk this up as one of those weird things I’ll never understand, same as the very small minority who don’t get why GTA V is still popular and selling gang busters to this day.

I played a bit of it earlier but I honestly don’t get why it’s so popular and won many awards. IMO it’s **** and isn’t even a proper video game. Currently playing Hogwarts Legacy, now that’s a proper video game with freedom of movement, exploration, action etc what can you do in Balatro? Click on a few things on the screen? 🤷🏻‍♂️

I could understand the £20 price point (or £18 if you have GPU) if there was an expansion pass included but to only include 2 skins and a digital art book/soundtrack? Behave 😂

It’s obvious this is just a cash grab aimed at people who can’t wait an extra 5 days even though we’ve been waiting over 4 years.

I still don’t believe this will release this year, I reckon it will be delayed to next year. We still haven’t even got the second trailer, over a year after the first one.

This is great news, just hope the sacrifices are minimal and still running 1440p @60fps. Least the option is there for those that want the buttery smooth framerates.

This is good to know, least I know I won’t have to potentially fork out about £400 for a new Series X if, god forbid, mine ever broke.

Most of us will get used to 30fps in time but it’s going to be awful going from 60fps on GTA 5 to 30fps on GTA 6. But we’ll probably all be in awe once we get in the game to even care about framerates.

@Quickbeamx I’m not sure if you’re joking or not but I’ll bite. Sea of Thieves, High-Fi Rush, Pentiment, Grounded have released on PS5 last year. Doom: The Dark Ages, The Outer Worlds 2 and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle are releasing this year on PS5.

There’s many articles about MS/Xbox's intentions to bring more games to PS5 going forward now that they know how well their games sell on PS5. Also Halo: Master Chief Collection, Flight Simulator 2024, Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2, Age of Mythology, and Gears of War: Ultimate Edition are all rumoured to be coming to PS5. It doesn’t take a genius to see where MS/Xbox are going with their strategy for first party games.

If true then expect it to be announced for PS5 too. That’s fine because we all know MS/Xbox’s strategy now in regards to first party games. I’ll look forward to playing it on Game Pass, again only if it’s true.

I don’t see Microsoft announcing a next-gen Xbox console this year as I can’t see Sony announcing and releasing the PS6 anytime soon when they’ve only just released the PS5 Pro. I think we’ll hear more about the next-gen consoles sometime in 2026 with a release in 2027.

I’m prepared to pay £100+ on GTA 6 especially if it comes in ultimate edition form. I paid £90 for RDR2 Ultimate Edition day one so I’m definitely not going to think twice about paying more for GTA 6. I may even subscribe to GTA+ if the benefits are worth it for GTA 6.

I just bought Gear Club Unlimited 2 - Ultimate Edition as I fancied a cheap arcade racer and it actually looks more fun than Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown.

@Deljo Do you really believe Microsoft would like Game Pass on PlayStation? The sales of their games could be severely impacted even the majority of players subscribed to it. Must be more money to be made when selling a new game for £70 as opposed to someone just subscribing for £14.99 and they may not keep renewing after finishing a game they are interested in.

@StylesT The PS2 was my last main console until Xbox came along and that has been my main console up to the current Series X. Could you easily just exit the Xbox ecosystem just like that? What about the massive digital game library? Achievement system (if your into that), all your friends on Xbox and the incredible value of Game Pass? Those are the things that I’d find hard to just leave behind after almost 23 years of Xbox.

Saying all that I do like the idea of just having one console and the benefit of having all games, barring Nintendo games, on one system. I have no interest in PC. I’d definitely get an official Xbox handheld as well.

@OldGamer999 I’ve seen that there’s hardly any Xbox consoles in stock anywhere as well but it makes no sense if it’s intentional when they are making a next-gen Xbox console. I could understand the stock shortages if there was no plans for another Xbox console.

Come on Phil, get that check book out yet again.

I think Microsoft buying Ubisoft would be great as they are lacking IPs that are open-world third person, they usually always opt for first person but we have enough of them.

If this doesn’t have Hall effect sticks then I’m not interested. Been through enough controllers that have suffered stick drift that I’ll now never buy any controller unless it has Hall effect sticks.

I bought Death Stranding the moment it was released on Series X. It’s the only game I bought from that list as I have no interest in the others.

I would prefer Microsoft to just come out and say there they are no longer making Xbox consoles, with the way they are going with their play anywhere Xbox strategy and Sony allowing Game Pass on their future consoles so I have the best of both worlds. It will never happen but that’s what I’d like to see.

Just goes to show how much the game needed more time for polish before releasing. I’m still waiting for a few more big patches before considering going back to where I left off.

As long as they keep making Xbox consoles I’ll buy it. If/when they stop making them then I’ll be jumping over to PlayStation but will still keep my latest Xbox console due to the massive digital game library I’ve accrued since Xbox 360.

@johnK I’m in UK too. Other than doing everything I’ve listed to earn points what else are you doing to earn 100K more? I’m really curious to know how I’ve been missing out on potentially earning 100K more points which equates to almost £85!

Total playtime: 1245 hrs (Series X)
Games played: 261
Achievements earned: 2,365
Gamerscore earned : 121,530
Top 2% for time played
Top 1% for gamerscore
Top 1% for achievements unlocked

@Th3_Highlander How have you earned that much MS reward points? I’ve only earned 65,500 and I do pretty much everything I can like daily, weekly, monthly in rewards tabs barring play a PC game for 15 minutes, bing searches, MS Edge searches and it’s daily set and activities, logging into Xbox app daily and playing Jewel. And here’s you with 100K+ more lol

The HDR on this game is terrible so I’d of thought they’d of done something about that in this update. They really need to add a picture/scene from in-game in the HDR settings so we can see the calibration. I’ve turned HDR off in Xbox settings and the game looks so much better, on default with HDR on it looks oversaturated during the day and way too dark when it’s night in-game.

I was looking up about the game’s HDR settings and how there isn’t a scene to see how it looks when changing the settings. Then I saw someone recommend to turn HDR10 off and wow what a difference it makes, game looks so much better and just goes to show how badly the HDR is implemented in this game.

@el_pieablo I know what you mean about enemies being bullet sponges, when I fought the bloodsucker in the prologue I think I went through about 2 or 3 full magazines from the AK-74 before I took it down, that’s not fun at all imo and I was playing on Rookie.

They still haven’t fixed the ‘Customize Identity’ feature, which shows the red man holding an error board. When trying to change anything the game just shuts down and dashboards you back to Xbox Home Screen, this is preventing us to make a start on Career mode and prevents us to board and leave the aircraft to walk around.

Also when in the game is anyone seeing very low res textures on buildings, landscapes etc? Don’t remember MFS 2020 looking this bad.

I’ve only just got past the prologue but my initial impression of the game was that the graphics didn’t look anywhere near as good as the gameplay videos we’ve saw before release. Those videos were obviously running off a powerful PC but still I’d of expected it to look similar on Series X quality mode.

I recently finished Shadow of Chernobyl so I know I’ll enjoy the gameplay, exploration etc.

@awp69 If playing on Series X what mode are you playing it on quality or performance? I’ve toggled between the two but don’t think quality mode looks good enough to sacrifice the extra frames.

@Dalamar73 I’m with you about that. We have enough first person games on Xbox, I would of preferred Indy to be in third person that plays a bit like the Uncharted games. Can only hope it launches in a decent state compared to others recently.

I’ve only played through the intro so far but I’ve got to say I was expecting the graphics to be much better than this after the gameplay videos that we’ve seen before release. It was obviously running on a powerful PC and certainly not representative of Series X/S.

Aviator Edition buyers, your in our thoughts 😔

It’s not right that the game has launched this way but as others have said there must be other games you can play in the meantime and also we’ve got Stalker 2 releasing at 4pm.

This is what the future of gaming looks like people, we best get used to it. Xbox and Asobo should of anticipated that the servers would buckle on release so therefor should of made preparations to avoid these issues.

@gollumb82 Stalker 2 should be fine since it’s not a game that requires a constant internet connection.

I’m pleased the download size is a lot smaller this time round despite me having a 1TB SeaGate SSD card with my Series X. Although I do expect it to increase with free world updates like we saw in MFS 2020 which almost doubled in download size if all the updates were downloaded.

It’s going to be interesting to see how the game is graphically when out exploring on the ground, surely not every location on Earth will have the same detail? I’m expecting certain landmarks to be very detailed but else where to be very flat and bland.

I’m like the majority here who’s a fan of the game. I hear people saying it’s boring, it’s just a walking simulator etc but imo there’s nothing else out there like it, it’s so unique in its own way and I absolutely love it. I only just got past the first chapter but I’m looking forward to continuing my journey through the game after playing other upcoming games like MFS 2024 and S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2, also got Black Ops 6 campaign to finish.

@GotRedOnMe73 I played the game for several hours last night on graphics mode and honestly it runs so smooth, it targets 60fps as opposed to locked 60fps on performance mode but I never noticed any dips in frames. I do have a tv that has VRR so don’t know if that has helped or not.

Now that Death Stranding has been ported to Series X/S, DS2 it’s now a matter of “when” not “if” when it comes to an Xbox release. They’ll certainly be some timed PS5 exclusivity deal between KJP and Sony so I won’t be expecting DS2 on Xbox for at least a year if not more.

I’ve noticed quite a drop in my friends list since this update, some who have been on my list for almost a decade. What an inconvenience and pointless update for me.