OldGamer999

Looking forward to this one.
Though not sure of its release date now fable is autumn, which I though would be no later than June 2026.

Not much for me
Will probably try space marine 2
I think Feb on GPU there is high on life 2 which I’m looking forward to.

Ok here we go with a moan.
So far cry primal series x 60FPS update.
Cloud save worked perfectly and got my save and settings.

Right playing FCP made me see how poor and over large open world games have become and how boring at times and full of to much filler and open gaps.

FCP is a smaller map very dense but so more real with what is going, the wild animals, the other tribes that are out and about, doing things and attacking things and you, the noises the atmosphere.
The world created in general.

It’s just all there and better than today’s open world games.

Graphics wise really has stood up well and the 60FPS has no shimmer or pixel crawl like today games.
The sound atmosphere wise is so spot on.

Game Development has really not advanced that much and even gone backwards in someways.

Would have liked to have seen a bit more, but guess we will get some more nearer the release date in the Autumn. Shame we didn’t have a date to it, which was a little surprising.

Was expecting the PS5 release not to be day one, but being honest I think that is why it is realising in Autumn for a multi platform release.
Playground did a good of the PS5 Pro upgrade for FH5 so expecting the same for Fable and FH6 which releases later on PS5.

Also most games so far from Xbox studios have done nice little PS5 Pro upgrades.

I mean fable day one and halo and gear e day I think so that’s some top games day one PS5. And FH6 about 5/6 months after, they doing well now as a publisher.

I don’t mind an early upgrade for GPU did it with Indy.
But wow that is to much money really.
I guess it might depend on the size and quality of the 2 expansions.

Someone has to pay for the developers trip to Japan 😂

@HonestHick
It’s definitely got worse on the other side since Xbox have put games on PS5, like the superior race type thing.

Don’t get me wrong I get some stick on here, but it is more a well thought out response and gamer lead than crash bang wallop response.

The other day I was trying explain the Sony TV thing and the TCL sort of buyout, I gave up as I got crazy responses and I was even praising current Sony Tvs and that I was concerned about the future quality of Sony TVs.

@HonestHick
I agree if Sony put some of their games on Xbox consoles say Uncharted 4 it would not make may difference to PS5 console sales at all. Maybe even new games day one or 6 months to a year later.
Nothing will stop the PS5 console selling machine now really.

I put this on Push Square a month ago, anyone think I had declared world war 3 over there.
They really don’t want Sony games on another console, even Xbox which is no threat to PS5 sales and puts games on PS5.

This is the game I entered the show with least interest and came out the most interesting, even above the mighty fable.

@Questionable_Duck
I thought that and I know we knew it, but that is final. Xbox are a publisher first and foremost now. Which is cool.
Just add Halo and Gears also which they are doing PS5.

Gave it a B was a really good show.
Also I know we sort of knew it, but really showed Xbox is a publisher now.

@BAMozzy
Oh well.
I’m prefer the higher quality AAA games.

But that is not my point, they really do stretch their teams to far and what have we seen so many times over the last year and now this year.
All that time and money wasted on half developed games.

These companies really don’t know how to run a gaming business.
There is no excuse for their terrible incompetence.

These developers and studios are stretched too thin.
If you want to make a top AAA 90 plus game. Critically acclaimed.
Just make that game with most of your team on it.
We know that’s mainly what Nintendo and Sony do most of the time.

I will be honest apart from Skyrim I have no faith in Bethesda and I think overall the time they had and studio size starfield was terrible overall.

They seem to me like a studio stuck in the past and produce nothing that great.

Watch Playground games show Bethesda how it is done with FH6 and Fable.

Being very honest I don’t want any remasters of any old games really.
The old game of the remaster always shows through as being old. Just focus on giving me new games.

@Fiendish-Beaver
Wow did your hear the Sony TCL news today
Go read on What HiFi.
Basically TCL will own 51% of Sony TV, Audio and Home entertainment. Not PlayStation of course.

How things can change in a split second.

@Skedaddle
Well when I get a great experience with cloud gaming I will smile.

@Fiendish-Beaver
At least we will be ok for woolly jumpers and lamb chops.

I’m almost begging for this game now in 2026.
And I would say it will release this year, it is in the January showcase in a big way.

I could not be further away from wanting anything to do with Cloud gaming than I have ever been.
I’ve tried recently on series x, UK.
And what a mess on my TV screen and lag. Absolutely pathetic.
We are many years away from cloud gaming being anywhere near the download game experience.
I want quality to moved forward not backwards, so I really hope they don’t think they can replace the console download game for this cloud rubbish.

The above is my main concern with the new Xbox hybrid thing. But I’m sure the new games or PC games of course will be full downloads for the Xbox hybrid thing.

I guess being January we will get release dates for FH6, I know maybe leaked and Fable.

Then the next showcase in June I think, will give us release dates for Halo and Gears E Day.

The above seems to make logical sense to me and a very good schedule and hopefully four outstanding games for GPU as well.

It’s definitely not my type of game.
But if it’s great for the type of game it is then I hope it does well for the developers.

I know Microsoft have said this before.
But for me looking at this potential release schedule for 2026, it really would be the year for Xbox.

And having GPU stacked at the old rate is a Brucie Bonus for me. Good game Good game.

Day one with the original Xbox from Game UK, when we used it go to the shops 🤣
Have had every Xbox day one since, hence probably and not so much now, why I used to get so frustrated and passionate with some of my posts on here.

Overall it’s been a Greg time over the 25 years, of course the highlight for me was the xbox360 and less so the Xbox one x.
Anyway me and my series x and GPU are still a trio as of today and looking forward to the Xbox studio games probably coming this year.

For me to play Hellblade 3 it needs to be far more god of war but in its own way, with amazing action and combat throughout.

After Hellblade 1 and 2 I don’t know how a company stays a float financially, lots and lots of development time and costs for not much return sales wise.

@LaurenceJ1987
I’m the same as you, this is almost constant action like RE4.
One of the very few games I have completed.
Also played on series x and it runs and looks brilliant.

The reason I’m not sure about RE9 is because it looks more like the run and hide horror, but we shall see very soon.

Obviously had Xbox one but went Xbox one x
When that came out.
One x was a great console and good clearly see the resolution difference on most games. Farcry stood out very well.
My daughter has my old Xbox one x now and still uses it now and again.

AC Shadows series x got it in the sale just before it finished the other day.

Playing in performance mode with console set at 120hz and VRR on. QD-OLED 65” Dolby Atmos.
It an extremely graphical game and plays very smooth with a shaper image than I thought it would have.
With good Dolby Atmos rear effects.

Just to say about my post above and the non future of consoles.
I don’t want that to happen I always want the most system under my TV downloading full games top quality.

Luckily by the time it happens for real, I will probably be dead 💀 🤣🤣

@Questionable_Duck
Yep overall consoles sales are slowly decline yes the switch 2 was the fastest selling console but outside Japan it’s falling off as per Nintendo life wrote.
The PS5 is behind the PS4 and that was after the massive discounts all of December in the UK and Europe.
And we all know the Xbox story.

Surely tech wise etc the long future will be no consoles
Just like sky have now stopped selling sky q and only sell sky stream. We will be forced into it one day.
Game steaming and that’s it, like it or not.
I think Xbox first, then Sony, then Nintendo will be the last of a console breed.
Maybe PC gaming will be the last download and play system in the future.

@cross717
I think you are right in many years from now.
But wint Sony and Nintendo just be sort of publishers and Cloud stream gaming by then with subscriptions, I guess.

Just like we don’t have CD and blu ray players anymore.

What I’m saying is out in the future none of them will have hardware, then the whole thing will be really interesting.

@dskatter
With games you do have a point about the internet etc.
with music it’s all on a tiny USB stick in my car and movies are downloaded on a hardrive so those don’t need the internet or an account. So that’s good.

@Coletrain
Great minds think a like 🤣

Fable
FH6
Surprise
Beast.

@Sol4ris
I’ve fallen out with Sony.

I’m totally in the same boat as you and just bought ACS on series x in the sale. So ok price.
As you know I’m GPU stacked until March 2027 and with this years games it’s looking really good.
Also I loves the quick resume and Xbox controller.
I’m staying with Xbox and just have my fingers crossed.
If they stitch us up then we go later on 🤣
Sony have began to grind on me anyway, more TV and sound bar wise. So I sold the lot and got a new 2025 Samsung QD-OLED and soundbar with sub and rears and have not looked back.
I think Sony charge to much AV wise and do not really deliver nowadays and come with things missing, the others have really caught up in 2025 sharpness and motion wise as well.

@Fiendish-Beaver
I’m totally in the same boat as you and just bought ACS on series x in the sale. So ok price.
As you know I’m GPU stacked until March 2027 and with this years games it’s looking really good.

Also I loves the quick resume and Xbox controller.

I’m staying with Xbox and just have my fingers crossed.
If they stitch us up then we go later on 🤣

Sony have began to grind on me anyway, more TV and sound bar wise. So I sold the lot and got a new 2025 Samsung QD-OLED and soundbar with sub and rears and have not looked back.

I think Sony charge to much AV wise and do not really deliver nowadays and come with things missing, the others have really caught up in 2025 sharpness and motion wise as well.

@dskatter
Enjoy yay physical. It’s all about personnel preference 🤣
I just find digital so seamless and easy to use.

@dskatter
Quick resume for me is the best feature this new generation along with ssd drives.

Can’t for the life of me understand why Sony have not done the same with the PS5 and Pro.
Imagine that super fast ssd in the PS5 and five games sitting there in quick resume, would be amazing.
Especially as it would suit Sonys single player campaign games so much.

I know I’m slacking Sony with this, but I think they are just lazy as I believe it is just a little programme that memory dumps the game position on the SSD.
However someone in defence of Sony said Microsoft have the patent for QR.

Why does discs keep coming up in a lot of threads also on push square.
Let’s get with it and all digital.
I am an oldie and love all digital, music, movies and games.
It’s so smooth and seamless transitions from all devices and all entertainment at home at work and in the car.

Let’s get with you young ones.

@Fiendish-Beaver
As you know you took the words right out of my mouth.
That’s all I want to know the same as you, from Microsoft.

They must have the answers by now and what they doing next generation.

Being honest I am starting to have that stringing me along vibe, then they gonna dump me feeling, I hope not.

I think 2026 will be the best and probably the pinnacle year for Xbox studios and GPU in this current console generation, including games for other platforms as well.
2027 could be good as-well depending on what pans out and any new hardware releases be it Xbox or PlayStation.

However cross generation games will feature even more for Xbox and Sony when they move into next generation.
I can actually see from both Sony and Xbox and third party studios releasing major AAA titles for cross generation next generation for the whole generation.
This current generation was just a cross generation warm up.

Glad the Sony gang get to play it finally, one of my games of the year in 2025.
The more I played it the more I liked it.
Looks like Xbox studios are giving PlayStation a lot more love than Sony studios in 2026.

First half of 2026

Yay we have a date can’t wait.
Yep me thinks FH6 and fable first half of 2026
Gear and Halo second half of 2026
Seems to fit and some dlc and a few surprise games.

It’s gonna be a very good year me and GPU.

ALSO AS ALWAYS GIVING GREAT RESPECT TO EUROPE AND THE UK 6pm GMT.
Unlike some of the others with silly UK times.

They really need to get this all up and running perfect along with very good switching and transitioning.
Including how all drivers and things update.

If they release a half arsed mess, then it will be DOA to me.

I would shocked if we saw a new Xbox tote console thing in 2026.
But I suppose we have to remember we never got a sort of slim series console or a mid generation upgrade.
So you could say their hardware team have had a long time to focus on a full new console compared to Sony for example.

@Martsmall
Yep I know that.
But in some peoples minds compared to dual sense 5 the current Xbox controller is out of touch with certain features.
Having used both a lot, to hold and trigger wise I prefer the xbox controller elite 2.
But feature wise and if used correctly the dual sense 5 does have some nice haptics and trigger tension and the built in speaker does create better gaming immersion in some cases.

I would think why bother with an elite 3 controller until the new Xbox console thing.
But let’s not forget Xbox thinking.
Your TV, PC etc are Xbox’s so maybe thinking that way a new modern elite 3 controller does make sense as we are not tying things to consoles anymore in the traditional way.

So this controller would be used of course for the series consoles but also everything else that is an Xbox, but of course not the PS5 or switch 2.

And I was there at the age of 30 and have enjoyed every moment since, but with lots of ups and downs of late of course.
Had every Xbox console day one since the original Xbox, including upgrade models.

It’s been a strange journey with the powerful original Xbox, the era of the xbox360 and so on.

How gaming and times have changed over that 25 years.
The advances in technology and me being all digital and the GPU subscription service.

One thing I do miss is the monthly magazines where you got your fix of gaming news, sometimes a video of up and coming games and then disc demos.
Something to look forward to each month, now of course it’s all there every day and bang up to date on the internet.

Anyway let’s see what the next 25 years bring.