All exclusives need to die. It's an outdated method to hold users and only hurts players.

Lol Comments don't disappoint as usual.

For the people in the back, MS doesn't care if you buy a PS5 or the next one to play MS games. They make more money off of you if you DON'T buy the console first. Lol Your threats to not buy the next Xbox isn't hurting anyone but you.

I'm happy to see more games going to PS. The fewer exclusives the better. More players playing is good for gamers and MS (and the developers for non MS titles)

@Cherip-the-Ripper you would still have to buy DLCs correct?

I logged in late afternoon yesterday and it was fine so they must of got on it quick. Been disappointed as of late with D2 and the "seasons", but it's been a wild ride since the beta. Glad to see they made some changes and I'm vested to the end of the story arc at least. Lol

No regrets overall. However, D3 would have to be fundamentally different to current state of D2 for me to even consider playing it.

I've already played it twice and done but the offline mode will be great for all

If it's coming to GP I'd try it but I'll never buy another Ubisoft game.

Paid cosmetics should be an industry standard IMO. Pay to win is for losers anyway.

Lol at people making threats and losing their mind over rumors. Some of y'all need to calm down.

A price hike is inevitable amd I assumed would happen as soon as the AKB sale went thru. Unless you buy only 1-3 games a year GP is still a solid buy.

And Sony's top tier for full access is still more expensive than GP.

Good news and it makes sense. I enjoyed playing it, never understood the hate. It has issues but still ended up being very fun.

Where did all the "sky is falling" folks go today? Lol.

MS doing exactly what they said they said that would do. For Xbox, it's on GP day one. For everyone else it's buy the game as usual. It now has a broader player base and xbox players get another reason the GP subscription is more than worth it.

Sounds like a solid plan.

Came for the "world is ending comments"...not disappointed. 😂

The sky is not falling and MS gaming isn't dying. THEY MAKE MORE MONEY IF YOU DON'T BUY A CONSOLE. Even though they've already committed to making consoles and are working on their own portable, consoles are sold at a loss. How dense do you have to be to not get it?

I'm eager for more devs to jump on the cross platform bandwagon so exclusives can die off! Worst idea for gamers ever. MS is making it easier for more people to play their games (aka buy their games) and y'all are losing your minds. That's like winning the lotto and then refusing to collect because they only offer it 100 dollar bills. 😂

The dev should have just ignored it. Now they've given the story roots to spread.

I love that PX is just trolling the "sky is falling" folks! 😂 Y'all just trying to get them worked up this week. Hehehe

Being someone who only plays campaigns on CoD, being in GP is a win for me. The few CoD games I own I waited to buy at hella reduced prices. I like GP specifically because I'm not stuck with a game if it sucks, but I still get to try it out. Considering the price of games are going up, a price hike on GP would still be worth it.

@Phil-Spencer-Gate agreed and that is where they are shifting. I just think consoles are quickly becoming irrelevant. Nvidia is a good example of streaming for the future. Even the low price tier in the GForce app is solid!

Came for the usual "the world is ending "comments, not disappointed! 😂 For all these folks screaming about abandoning Xbox consoles, you know MS makes more money if you don't buy the console right? You're tantrum isn't hurting anyone.

@Phil-Spencer-Gate I tend to agree with you except I believe MS will continue to push out consoles as long as they are relevant. They've committed to the next generation already and it's debatable if there will be one after that. Plus, they could continue to offer a "free console" with a GP subscription and/or a GP with a slight higher monthly fee.

The hysterics of it all! First, when in the history of acquisitions/mergers has a new larger company not done layoffs? ....Never. And I fully expect more before it's over.

Two, I certainly don't want GP to go up but it's massive now compared to 4 years ago. Even multiple articles here have alluded to eventual price hikes. It is inevitable. The value still far outweighs the monthly cost. If you disagree you're delusional.

That said, I wonder if they've factored in how many more players would subscribe to GP to gain access to the new CoD? I only play campaigns so I'm probably not a statistic they care about, but it seems like it might be putting the horse before the cart right now. Of course these are conversations not actual announcements.

This was inevitable and most likely not the only cuts coming across the entire portfolio. What is surprising is that people are surprised.

@OldGamer999 point very well taken. They're unlikely to open up any of their IPs anytime soon. But, while I recognize the large base, I don't really see them as direct competition to Sony/MS.

Lol "Oh no MS is making more games available to more players. How could they?!" Grow up already.

The death of exclusives can't happen soon enough IMO. Sony will hold on to its exclusives for dear life because it's all they have now. Why do you think they fought the ABK merger so hard.

As long as it doesn't have that ridiculous storyboard feature they added to Alan Wake 2 I in.

I was an avid player of Destiny all the way back to the beta. If it follows the same format as D2, it would be a hard no for me. I'm resigned to getting the last DLC to finish the story, but I'm done after that.

I'm excited for he on a offering good campaigns.

Maybe now some of the sky is falling "fans" can take a breath and relax. 😂

@Fiendish-Beaver sure, bro. I guess time will tell.

I think PX is just trolling everyone now. Every time this subject comes up, "the fans" are outraged. 😂 If you're upset that MS is making it easier for more players to play it's games, you're not a fan, your selfish.

Wishing him the best!

I'm surprised it didn't get more hate like Redfall. Visually, the graphics were a bit dated,, but the game overall was fun. Most of the baddies required only tenacity to kill vs any real skill. However, the last boss was a b*itch! 😂

It did seem a bit short but overall a solid GP addition. I never got bored. I probably would recommend waiting for a sale price if you plan to purchase.

Anyone who thinks MS is about to shutdown or walk away from Xbox is willfully ignorant.

@lacerz so a one off agreement that did not work on the PS2 btw (if you read the article) and an article from 2013 before the push for cross play really gained any momentum. Sure that's technically correct, but doesn't really change my point. MS making more games available to more players regardless of console is good for gamers.

@GrandValkyrie how are you harmed if a game is available on Xbox and PS? Sony didn't want cross play either but got dragged into it because yMS supported it. Then the devs and players hounded them until they relented. I'd say that's a win for all.

Why do you care about Sony as a "loyal Xbox fan"? Even if no other third party dev made games for Xbox moving forward, MS has a large enough studio base to continue making a plethora of games for decades.

So how exactly are you screwed?

@Chaotic_Goat it's already a PC with a variant OS and fixed hardware.

Gamers: We hate exclusives, why can't we play with our friends on other consoles? Why can't we play on portables?
Microsoft: Were making more games available elsewhere, even some of our exclusives....
Gamers: How could you do that to us, we've been so loyal?

Lol The hysterics here are truly laughable. If leaving Xbox because they want to make it easier for gamers to play together (while they make money, no one doubts that), then you were never loyal. You were selfish. MS was the first to support cross play btw. Sony only supports it begrudgingly and would still love not to.

If you don't buy an Xbox console but end up subscribing to GP somewhere else, MS still wins and makes more money than if you had bought the console. You get access to more games, regardless of hardware. How is that bad?

Does anyone think it's coincidence they finally confirmed they are also working on a portable? MS sees the future and it's not console sales, even though they plan to continue building consoles. GP is currently quadruple the size of PSN and now MS has the merger behind them, they have even more games coming to GP. It's all good IMO.

I'm still playing this game and it doesn't get better than this. The devs have totally built back any trust they lost in the beginning.

This is still one of my go-to games. It's easy to pick up where you left off and they keep packing in more and more things to do. Some items, like base building or recipe hunting, can consume hours alone if you wish, others you do once and done. Either way I'm shocked they keep offering free upgrades. I'm hearing the game development is actually nearing its end but I'm still happy to log in for expeditions and these new perks have been long long awaited!

People have been losing their sh*t for easily a decade over the console wars. Microsoft is moving to end that by making gaming everywhere a reality and now the "fans" are losing it again. 🙄🙄🙄

MS will continue to make consoles and Devs talk smack anytime any game doesn't do well. MS is building a coalition of Gamers thru GP and cloud. Said service currently quadruples Sony's sad PSN service. If you wanna shoot yourself in the foot over a short term loss as a dev, I say go for it. With publishers raising game sales prices purely out of greed every chance they get, the cheaper, play anywhere service starts looking more attractive all the time.

Y'all throwing a tantrum over a rumor that doesn't even listen the devs by name. When the big players walk away from Xbox, be worried. When some podcast bro puts out a rumor with no names, ignore it. You'd think the tiktok generation would have figured that out by now.

Honestly, the "everything on the go" comment has me worried. A solid portable would be great but I don't want a portable to try and replace my phone and I doubt "Gen Z" does either. That attitude is how we ended up with the Kinect forced down our throats.

There are several directions they could go but let's hope they learned from Steam's 1st gen mistakes. A fully portable would need a significant battery, so let's hope that's a given in the design. (The irony of the previous rumors regarding the Surface team being reassigned to Xbox isn't lost on me.)

I'm truly curious to see how far they are willing to go. A portable with docking could technically eat into console sales. That being said, MS is already pushing past the idea of needing consoles so could also be a moot point. With MS also working on making game libraries available for streaming as well as GP games, it could also forgo the need for fastest chips, which would save on battery and costs. The console could offer the best options but a portable would be an ok compromise for many.

I have a Steam OLED with access to GP, but Im only half there in relation to game access. An Xbox portable with access to Steam would truly be the best of both worlds IMO.

So...this begs the question, why are all the investors passing on these potential games?

Ubisoft kind of has a history of doing this. I think only the die hard fans buy early. I honestly avoid their games completely unless it comes to GP. And even then, it's meh. Couldn't muster the enthusiasm to even finish far cry 6.

Amazing game, can't wait for the 2nd. Already own so don't need on GP, but highly recommend if you haven't played. The skill tree is quite large but integrated smoothly into the controller. The DLCs were great additions as well.

I use it off and on, more so since I got a steam deck. It has improved since it's inception. Streaming seems smoother more often on various connections.

There was a period last year where there was a wait time to get online that would sometimes peak near 10-15 mins. Honestly, I wouldn't wait. Maybe I'm spoiled but I found it insulting considering how much they hype the service.. Lately, I haven't seen much delay in getting online at various times so maybe it was a temporary issue.

I can usually stream No Man's Sky with very little lag on a moderate connection. On a good connection it's barely noticable. For fast paced quick moving FPs it's probably not a good choice, for everything else it's good.

Control Is one of my top games. They did an excellent job blending a rather large skill tree with the controller. The story is unique, interesting, and has potential for various spin offs or continued story.

I was sorely disappointed with AW II. The whole storyboard nonsense was so annoying I finally just stopped playing. Let us hope they don't screw up Control II.

Ubisoft has become synonymous with greed. I tried FC6 on GP but couldn't stick with it. It was such a let down from 5. This one doesn't even interest me.

I can't actually remember the last time I bought a physical game. They are basically saying "we aren't ditching physical media, but it's being ditched by manufacturers", which has the same outcome. Sony is also looking at digital only consoles so it's inevitable at this point.

@cardcrusher29 agreed. Over priced as hell.

I've been waiting for this feature for awhile now. It's always been my biggest beef with xCloud's "play everywhere" motto. xCloud had a rocky year with wait times but has improved lately.

Let's hope it is the precursor to streaming owned content on xCloud as well.

I don't play much Ubisoft, but even I notice their games end up on sale quickly.

As for tiers, the Sony version is terrible. It's a constant bait and switch unless you sign up for the premium tier already. I'm not optimistic.

Ugh. So tired of the "rumors" and fake outrage. I'll reserve opinion until action news is released. 🙄🙄

@Banjo- I like the Surface, but MS has roughly 4% of the tablet market. I wouldn't call that a success. In shareholders meetings, they've admitted to "scaling back" on Surface production to "meet" demand.

Im not kicking MS, but they've always done software better than hardware. And their hardware seems focused on back end more than everyday consumers. As they push to make GP available everywhere, streaming definitely seems to be their long term focus. Adding a large dedicated hardware division to manage a portable in house doesn't seem logical.

But...it's all conjecture at this point. 👍😉

I'd love a native Xbox portable, but the devil is in the details. Devs would need to be assured they don't have to produce yet another version of every game to work with the portable. I honestly think this is one of many reasons why Sony abandoned its original portable.

And I worry based on the mostly failed Surface, how well MS would succeed producing it internally. They basically tried to make the Surface a portable PC vs a tablet. It ended up being prohibitively expensive for many and has floundered in the market. I fear the new MS portable would end up the same way.

Sadly, I think streaming is the only successful option for the immediate future. They need to bring more portability to GP.

They could work with devs and Sony to set minimum portable hardware standards, but that is even more unlikely.

People seem to have forgotten all the fallout surrounding Blizzard prior to the merger. This seems like a solid choice on all fronts.