@Banjo- Sony doesn't own blu-ray it was a group of companies Panasonic, Philips, Samsung, LG, and Pioneer who all made it and they can't stop anyone using blu-ray
@carlos82 Wasnt just Spencer though was it, Sarah Bond was also there and she just vanished off the face of the company, her so called This is an Xbox was wiped. Matt Booty was also in the trio and he's managed to keep his job
This is going to seriously raise the prices for used games now CEX will capitalise on this now and start putting up prices for PS4 and PS5 games and if Xbox doesn't come out with anything then it's definitely going to happen.
Looks I'll be starting my used collection again for PS4 if there is a PS5 version out on disc, I will be getting my PS3 fixed soon as well and still have an Xbox 360 and switch.
@Balaam_ couldn't you delete them on Xbox 360 though, but in have to agree just deleting them if you don't plan on playing o would definitely want
Quake 4 😡😡😡 my friend left the disc in his 360 I signed in to my account and because he had auto disc play on it automatically started the game and put the list on my account I was fuming
This is coming from a man who is running Sony and coming off the back of Jim Ryan who was also pushing for live service. Spent £400 million on Concord which was axed after 2 weeks, over paid for Bungie at £3.7 billion then took on another £768 million loss from Bungie. Then when asked about Destiny 3 was told it would cost £500 million and they wasn't prepared to do that.
Why can't they just do a proper list of play this level on any difficulty to enjoy the story and maybe kill so many and triple grenade kill stuff like that.
The I've always said difficulty ones should be in a sub list that don't effect the main list or trophies especially Sony's trophies list system. I know this doesn't have online but online trophies should also be under a sub list
Whatever they are thinking it's not to benefit the consumer that's for sure, but to benefit themselves, AMD and any company that wants to advertise on it as well because even now netflix and prime have ad based subs even though the make billions a year.
Upscaling will be used hugely for it as they will do a mid range GPU and probably just slightly higher than that. I can see 16GB RAM/Mid Range GPU like a 5070 12GB, then a high end 32GB ram/5080 16GB type product but again upscaling used a lot. Probably all 1TB storage as well and offer cloud storage as an extra but price for that is added to the console for a small amount per account like we have now for saves 2GB.
GamePass will maybe increase that per month if they are going to push for backwards compatibility games, and your saves from this gen. Cloud gaming will be another big step as well even though Xcloud is still is beta form and isn't that brilliant
@Banjo- Play anywhere is absolutely brilliant for me as a GamePass premium sub, but I also keep an eye on loaded.com formally CDkeys as they sell Xbox games cheap and if they are play anywhere I buy them because sometimes I can't get on the Xbox due to main TV being occupied
But she gave all the audience in that show a free one of the 25th Special edition lol
As for Helix it will probably be a mid range GPU that will have and rely heavily on upscaling methods as Sony will be in the same boat, Storage and VRAM/RAM are the main issues here
Negativity in the comments just proves how much the world has falling into such miserable *****, end of the day who cares I say bring back E3 but that will never happen
The only issue I have is they are influencers I would have prefered normal xbox fans especially those how may have not got an XSX yet
I'm all for it I really am I'm very very hyped for Xbox right now it's been my console of choice for months since I signed back to GP Premium.
I don't expect many 3rd party exclusives not in this money market, I'm still skeptical about where they are going though because it wasn't long before my XSX was gathering dust
@NeoRatt It would be 2TB I'm sure but with DRAM pricing and availability now been swallowed by Jensen/Altmans AI ***** it could be 1TB. If it's 2TB that will definitely add to pricing alone with VRAM/RAM but then again it could be they've had these machines already built with no covers and then made up the see through green and added it so the systems are already paid for
I was actually shocked that E-Day is exclusive and then go on to announce another one, is this a test I wonder to test the waters of the Xbox pure fanbase that have been voicing it
Id go on record and say they will seriously push for upscaling like look at maybe a decent price GPU and VRAM to cut costs, as well as RAM since Nvidia has basically swallowed it all with partners
They should patch the online achievements and delete them off the list since you can't earn them anymore why I've always said online achievements should be under a sub section away from the main list
Would like to see announcements of new games coming in the next 2 years for XSX and maybe some IPs in its huge portfolio that haven't seen light of day for years
She hasn't done anything really the GP proce drop I don't think was anything to do with her at all more like investors panicked and demanded something be done. The stuff they have announced like achievements changes etc is nothing but a joke why because they've never had to announce such things before.
I don't recall on Xbox 360 they ever posting about changing how they unlock with a different sound until it was found out or a system update was released and people found out then
They really could update the Xbox Family app to be even better like add everyone in your family household and monitor everyone including yourself the town you've played etc not just the kids.
I bought Burnout Paradise again because I just love that game and for £4.99 can't complain about that, Space Marine 2 i actually got so bored of the campaign mode i actually preferred the first game. Don't get me wrong it looks amazing but I seriously just got bored the levels just seems so long with walk wave after wave then walk forward but I have to evade more than I did in the first one
Sunsetting paid content and still selling it at lower prices just for the weapons, but then even getting rid of the original story of D2 and putting in it's stupid lore books.
Nerfing weapons when they are used all the time and upping others because they don't get used
Releasing crap DLC
Then they lied to Sony and oversold themselves and the money that was paid was supposed to keep jobs but it didn't. Pete Parsons knew it was out so decided to buy a fleet of cars for himself while others lost their jobs and now the sly f is laughing all the way to the bank probably with his private pension
Oh FFS no you have a massive portfolio of IPs that could get a massive revival and yet again Halo, Gears Forza is mentioned when they could seriously look deep and find games that could be revived and exclusive to console and PC
As much as she's doing something stuff like this should be handled by your team's you employed. We didn't do this for Original Xbox or Xbox 360 id like to start seeing some announcements for some old IPs coming back for god's sake I have a great console that is the XSX and it really hasn't got much going for it that it should have because all the stupid moves they've done
I mean PS5 has been slightly underwhelming this gen as well but Xbox is on another level. They could change that but they just seem to be doing rubbish like this more
A bit like Playstation they seem to be the same games over and over on sale would love to see more Xbox 360 games on sale and original Xbox games come to the store. I've been building my collection up a lot recently
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Re: Xbox Summer Sale 2026 'Teaser' Now Live, 300+ Games Discounted
The sales are the same all the time
Re: Xbox Sends Out Brief Statement Regarding 'Inaccurate' id Tech Reports
Sounds to me this is damage control
Re: Rumour: Xbox Still Evaluating Whether Project Helix Will Support Physical Discs
@Banjo- Sony doesn't own blu-ray it was a group of companies Panasonic, Philips, Samsung, LG, and Pioneer who all made it and they can't stop anyone using blu-ray
Re: 'It's A Franchise We Love' - Toys For Bob Keen To Work With Xbox On Banjo-Kazooie Game
Yes make it exclusive as well
Re: Rumour: Xbox Still Evaluating Whether Project Helix Will Support Physical Discs
Xbox could do a retaliation video for playing a disc game into a drive (short) like Sony did for the PS4 when sharing games
Re: Three Aims Detailed By Asha Sharma For The 'Most Significant Restructure In Xbox History'
@carlos82 Wasnt just Spencer though was it, Sarah Bond was also there and she just vanished off the face of the company, her so called This is an Xbox was wiped. Matt Booty was also in the trio and he's managed to keep his job
Re: As PlayStation Announces The End Of Disc-Based Releases, Will Xbox Follow Suit?
This is going to seriously raise the prices for used games now CEX will capitalise on this now and start putting up prices for PS4 and PS5 games and if Xbox doesn't come out with anything then it's definitely going to happen.
Looks I'll be starting my used collection again for PS4 if there is a PS5 version out on disc, I will be getting my PS3 fixed soon as well and still have an Xbox 360 and switch.
Re: Another Call Of Duty Game Is Gearing Up For Xbox Game Pass
Wish they would put the old ones on like CoD3 I loved that story to that game
Re: Four New Console Features Begin Rolling Out Today For Xbox Insiders (June 24)
@Balaam_ couldn't you delete them on Xbox 360 though, but in have to agree just deleting them if you don't plan on playing o would definitely want
Quake 4 😡😡😡 my friend left the disc in his 360 I signed in to my account and because he had auto disc play on it automatically started the game and put the list on my account I was fuming
Re: Sony Issues Statement Announcing 'Significant' Job Cuts At Bungie
This is coming from a man who is running Sony and coming off the back of Jim Ryan who was also pushing for live service. Spent £400 million on Concord which was axed after 2 weeks, over paid for Bungie at £3.7 billion then took on another £768 million loss from Bungie. Then when asked about Destiny 3 was told it would cost £500 million and they wasn't prepared to do that.
Hulst is an idiot and should have gone ages ago
Re: Full List Of Xbox Achievements Revealed For Halo: Campaign Evolved
Why can't they just do a proper list of play this level on any difficulty to enjoy the story and maybe kill so many and triple grenade kill stuff like that.
The I've always said difficulty ones should be in a sub list that don't effect the main list or trophies especially Sony's trophies list system. I know this doesn't have online but online trophies should also be under a sub list
Re: Eight Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Late June 2026
I had Premium for a few months but cancelled for a while because I don't have time to play games at the moment. But it's far better than PS+ I think
Re: Xbox's New Startup Animation Is Now Live For Everyone, Plus Four Other New Features
@carlos82 Me too but my LG TV has a thing were you have to wait 10 seconds while it initiates the HDMI ports and Streaming apps
Re: 'We'll Start To See Radically Different Business Models' - Xbox Boss Talks Future Of Consoles
Whatever they are thinking it's not to benefit the consumer that's for sure, but to benefit themselves, AMD and any company that wants to advertise on it as well because even now netflix and prime have ad based subs even though the make billions a year.
Upscaling will be used hugely for it as they will do a mid range GPU and probably just slightly higher than that. I can see 16GB RAM/Mid Range GPU like a 5070 12GB, then a high end 32GB ram/5080 16GB type product but again upscaling used a lot. Probably all 1TB storage as well and offer cloud storage as an extra but price for that is added to the console for a small amount per account like we have now for saves 2GB.
GamePass will maybe increase that per month if they are going to push for backwards compatibility games, and your saves from this gen. Cloud gaming will be another big step as well even though Xcloud is still is beta form and isn't that brilliant
Re: Asha Sharma Discusses Why Xbox Decided To Bring Back Exclusives
@Banjo- Play anywhere is absolutely brilliant for me as a GamePass premium sub, but I also keep an eye on loaded.com formally CDkeys as they sell Xbox games cheap and if they are play anywhere I buy them because sometimes I can't get on the Xbox due to main TV being occupied
Re: Xbox Game Pass Lost 'Millions' Of Subscribers Following October 2025 Price Increase
Id rather they remove the Fortnite crap and stuff and lower it even more I don't play those games
It was the CEOs fault because he needed more money to fund their AI *****
Re: Microsoft Aims To Ensure Scalpers Don't Ruin Xbox Series X25 Release
@scorpioMKD DRAM is the issue with RAM as well all DRAM storage is bought up for DATA centers they dont care for anything else
Re: Xbox CSO Says Console Demand Is Outstripping Supply Amidst A 'Crisis' For Component Prices
But she gave all the audience in that show a free one of the 25th Special edition lol
As for Helix it will probably be a mid range GPU that will have and rely heavily on upscaling methods as Sony will be in the same boat, Storage and VRAM/RAM are the main issues here
Re: Xbox Fans Go Wild As Asha Sharma Gives Free Consoles To Everyone At FanFest LA
Negativity in the comments just proves how much the world has falling into such miserable *****, end of the day who cares I say bring back E3 but that will never happen
The only issue I have is they are influencers I would have prefered normal xbox fans especially those how may have not got an XSX yet
Re: Poll: How Would You Grade The Xbox Games Showcase 2026?
@Blastfemur They announced them far too early and thats the issue with those 2 games it's probably just come out of pre production
Re: Xbox First-Party Title 'Clockwork Revolution' Is Yet Another Console Exclusive
I'm all for it I really am I'm very very hyped for Xbox right now it's been my console of choice for months since I signed back to GP Premium.
I don't expect many 3rd party exclusives not in this money market, I'm still skeptical about where they are going though because it wasn't long before my XSX was gathering dust
I haven't been on my PS5 for ages now
Re: Poll: How Would You Grade The Xbox Games Showcase 2026?
@NeoRatt It would be 2TB I'm sure but with DRAM pricing and availability now been swallowed by Jensen/Altmans AI ***** it could be 1TB. If it's 2TB that will definitely add to pricing alone with VRAM/RAM but then again it could be they've had these machines already built with no covers and then made up the see through green and added it so the systems are already paid for
Re: Poll: How Would You Grade The Xbox Games Showcase 2026?
B grade
Just the ending was COD FFS
Clockwork and E-Day I'm now looking forward too a lot
Re: Here's Everything That Was Revealed At The Xbox Games Showcase 2026
For me...
Crazy Taxi
Clockwork revolution
E-Day
Maybe.... Maybe Spyro
Re: Xbox Confirms Its Two New Console Exclusives Are Not 'Timed'
I was actually shocked that E-Day is exclusive and then go on to announce another one, is this a test I wonder to test the waters of the Xbox pure fanbase that have been voicing it
Re: Xbox Adds More Perks For Game Pass Members (June 2026)
Why does this site keep singing me out every time, and I don't use any so why not remove them so I can lower the cost
Re: Xbox Will 'Innovate' To Reduce The Price Of Project Helix, Suggests Asha Sharma
Id go on record and say they will seriously push for upscaling like look at maybe a decent price GPU and VRAM to cut costs, as well as RAM since Nvidia has basically swallowed it all with partners
Re: Two Xbox Games Are Shutting Down Their Servers In June 2026
They should patch the online achievements and delete them off the list since you can't earn them anymore why I've always said online achievements should be under a sub section away from the main list
Re: FF7 Rebirth Comparison Highlights Pros & Cons Of The Xbox Series X|S Versions
I don't get how S can be better than X when it's got half the RAM etc it baffles me when I've seen it run some titles slightly better
Re: Four New Console Features Begin Rolling Out Today For Xbox Insiders (May 29)
The network issue icon is the only thing that's good
Re: Four New Console Features Begin Rolling Out Today For Xbox Insiders (May 29)
@Balaam_ Yet they used to tell you what the update did on PS4 but then for PS5 and later life of PS4 the stupid QR code started
Re: Matt Booty Explains Why Xbox Won't Talk About Project Helix At June's Showcase
Good because XSX hasn't had it's use aka full potential
Re: 'We Are Building A Stronger Xbox' - Asha Sharma Updates Employees On Progress In 2026
Would like to see announcements of new games coming in the next 2 years for XSX and maybe some IPs in its huge portfolio that haven't seen light of day for years
She hasn't done anything really the GP proce drop I don't think was anything to do with her at all more like investors panicked and demanded something be done. The stuff they have announced like achievements changes etc is nothing but a joke why because they've never had to announce such things before.
I don't recall on Xbox 360 they ever posting about changing how they unlock with a different sound until it was found out or a system update was released and people found out then
Re: PSA: Microsoft Is Removing SMS Authentication From Everyone's Xbox Account
Should do something like Steam Guard or they actually use their own 2 factor authentication app
Re: Unreal Engine 6 Revealed By Epic Games, Will Likely Power Lots Of Project Helix Titles
Unreal Engine Super Stutter, Shader Compilation engine 6
Now GPUs will need 24GB VRAM 64GB RAM for 1080p med settings
Re: Xbox Ships Its First Mini-Feature In Response To Player Voice Feedback
They really could update the Xbox Family app to be even better like add everyone in your family household and monitor everyone including yourself the town you've played etc not just the kids.
Re: 15+ Xbox Games To Buy In The Microsoft Store's Late May 2026 Sales
I bought Burnout Paradise again because I just love that game and for £4.99 can't complain about that, Space Marine 2 i actually got so bored of the campaign mode i actually preferred the first game. Don't get me wrong it looks amazing but I seriously just got bored the levels just seems so long with walk wave after wave then walk forward but I have to evade more than I did in the first one
Re: Bethesda Sets Release Date For Massive Fallout 4 'Creations' Update On Xbox Consoles
That's another patch that will break the game even more
Re: Xbox Reporter Sheds Light On Why Game Pass Family Plan Might Have Been Cancelled
Should have dropped EA and Ubisoft games in fact I wish they would drop them now on Ultimate if it would make it cheaper
Re: Destiny 2 Is Reaching End-Of-Life Status, And There's No Sign Of Destiny 3 Yet Either
The problem with D2 was is a few things
Sunsetting paid content and still selling it at lower prices just for the weapons, but then even getting rid of the original story of D2 and putting in it's stupid lore books.
Nerfing weapons when they are used all the time and upping others because they don't get used
Releasing crap DLC
Then they lied to Sony and oversold themselves and the money that was paid was supposed to keep jobs but it didn't. Pete Parsons knew it was out so decided to buy a fleet of cars for himself while others lost their jobs and now the sly f is laughing all the way to the bank probably with his private pension
Re: Xbox's New Chief Strategy Officer Is Planning To 'Revive Storied Franchises'
Oh FFS no you have a massive portfolio of IPs that could get a massive revival and yet again Halo, Gears Forza is mentioned when they could seriously look deep and find games that could be revived and exclusive to console and PC
Blue Dragon
Lost Odyssey
Project Gotham Racing
Re: Fable Gets Rated In Multiple Regions Ahead Of 2026 Xbox Release
@datamonkey I agree he doesn't fit the game to be honest
Re: Digital Foundry Labels Sony's PS5 Exclusivity Pivot As A 'Defensive Move Against Project Helix'
So now Xbox should do the same
Re: Darksiders Warmastered Edition Upgrade Is Free For Existing Owners On Xbox
THQ Nordiq milking those IPs still huh
Re: Xbox Fans Share Their Top 10 Requests After Day One Of Player Voice Feedback
Oh hell no on avatars no way do I want those back,
Re: Forza Horizon 6 Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass, And Here's What's Coming In Season 1
I still never finished FH4 and I got bored of 5 a lot more quickly than 4
Re: 'Xbox Or XBOX?' - Asha Sharma Hints At Rebrand Based On Poll Results
As much as she's doing something stuff like this should be handled by your team's you employed. We didn't do this for Original Xbox or Xbox 360 id like to start seeing some announcements for some old IPs coming back for god's sake I have a great console that is the XSX and it really hasn't got much going for it that it should have because all the stupid moves they've done
I mean PS5 has been slightly underwhelming this gen as well but Xbox is on another level. They could change that but they just seem to be doing rubbish like this more
Re: Xbox Has Just Discounted Another 1000+ Games On The Microsoft Store
A bit like Playstation they seem to be the same games over and over on sale would love to see more Xbox 360 games on sale and original Xbox games come to the store. I've been building my collection up a lot recently
Re: Two Games Are Available Today Across Various Tiers Of Xbox Game Pass (May 14)
Is the first subnautica got base building as well and do you need to play that first
Re: Batman: Arkham Knight Joins Xbox Play Anywhere, And More Major Titles Could Be On The Way
These are the type of game I'm buying because if I can't play on console I can go up to my pc and continue it's great