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Holy smoke, David, is not rocket science! I'm sure his next game will get a PS4 and a PS4 Pro version, as well as a PS5, just to make sure the numbers are there for sales figures.
This is the man that gave us "Press X for Jason" for goodness sake!

This is great news, as I'm tempted to shift the console around different rooms at times. It's going to be a really good feature. Cannot wait to release date !

The VR experience was hard going. Once you've learnt in to examine something ( I wanted to have a good nosey at the TARDIS console!) The whole scene would push away from your face. Very disconcerting in VR
I would think that with the changes they're making it will end up being a better game, but do think they should have fixed VR first

I suppose any info is appreciated, but just want to get my hands on the xsx now

@FraserG everyone loves a bit of copy and paste now and then, don't be embarrassed

Is it bad that I was day 1 for the xb1, and don't remember the game (singular) I got to play?
How things are so different this time round, not only BC on both consoles, but GPult is just fantastic!
I voted Black Flag as it's the one I enjoyed most

I'll be using my 480gb sdd more than I thought then, and the 2tb HDD will be a site for things I don't want to DL again at a later point.
So transferring between ext SSD and ext HDD will probably happen a lot for me

@BlueOcean well spotted, didn't notice that connection

Very thoughtful, might not use it often, but might come in handy one day.
I expect it to be extremely handy most of the time to some people and that's what matters.
The thing that struck me was my inability to every get a usb cable the correct way up first time!
Seriously hope that simple dots and dashes for ports could be taken as an industry standard for all consoles in future, IF other companies swallowed their pride because they didn't think of it first.

Stats look good but more important to me, is this a single player game? When I read up on it yesterday it seemed like a multiplayer faction based game. Confused

A few things I'll dip into, but maybe not much to hold interest. Time will tell

Yes looking forward to this one, it'll be a nice Christmas treat

I didn't really like it and voted ok, special effects and acting was good, but feel the transformation between 'scenes' too jarring for me. Like wtf just happened?
hope it works better for the general public who it's for, maybe not for the gamers who come to these sites...

Brilliant solution, hope it all works out, really don't like Apple, (and Amazon, and Sony, lol).
Hope they expand web access for laptop & win 10 too instead of a dedicated app

@Bmartin001 exactly what I was thinking, though wasn't sure if you were joking... I'm not lol

It'll be a fair few years before my TV is 8k. Just got a half decent 4k 65" to replace 4k 55" , so no way... Still at least I'll be future proof on the console front for now

@Pi3rc3y I feel your pain. Have an old 360, just finished Thief. Relying on my faithful switch now

I wish I could be streaming gamepass to pc , as I've traded in my xbox1x . Might try Android app again...

Thanks for clearing that up, I had wondered, but wasn't too fussed, as I'm not a huge racing fan.
But of course now that here's a freebie I'm definitely going to give her a rattle when I get the xsx !

@Lupaie79 agreed, when I got GP, I couldn't understand why this was missing. @senua said about licensing, but surprised car images or music (?) would have stopped it turning from "buy outright" to "subscription" , but then what do I know

Think I'll wait til it's on game pass - is that a thing?

Looking forward to getting a few previews of what we can expect.
I think the problem with releasing game footage for this gen is to make sure it looks sufficiently better to what we've had before.
MS have talked a lot about 60 fps & 120 fps, the very low latency between controllerconsole, and (as with ps5) the SSD. But very hard to actually show that on the web (stills or videos)
The only thing to really go all out on on, demo wise, is ray tracing, and it better be good enough to stand up to to fair bit of analysis (like the latest Spider-Man game was by DF and others).
Remember in the early days of 3D games when specular lighting became a thing? the bleeding effect was everywhere on everything in every game, even whenever it was not really needed.
Saying almost jokingly that ray tracing will be the same as that effect - it will all look very nice, don't get me wrong, but is going to be shoved down our throats at every opportunity
And that's because that will be be the visual thing for screenshots to show how much worthwhile this generation actually is.

One of the reasons I traded in my x1x for the xsx

Was excited for this before my OCD of playing games in order kicked in, just cannot face it as haven't played Doom2016 yet.
Mind you, I've traded in the X1x, and only have 360 for now, so didn't matter for the next 7(?) Weeks anyhow...

Probably ACVal but want to find something for ray tracing if I can - browsing GPUlt for that
will spend time moving games from 2tb HDD to internal, eg BL handsome!
@fraserg should there be a similar article How are you doing in your time (eg for those who have traded in old box)?

I got the feeling that it was going to be a decent lineup to further tempt people towards game pass ultimate and 'prove' how great the whole synergy etc, was better than PSN, Especially with the next gen coming up.
Fail

All these articles are very heartening to hear. Can't wait to get my hands on mine in launch day.
Console is definitely my place to be, have hardly used my 1070ti at all, just happy to know it's there more than anything, but will never ever be spending £600+ on a new GPU.

Glad to have my external ssd, even if it's quite small,
on saying that it'll take me a while to fill up to the 802 internal

802? Yeah, guess I was expecting about 825 same as ps5, certainly wasn't expecting 1024!
But fine my me, & happy with 6 slots for fast resume, less wouldn't have been great
Might not be as lightning fast as the ps5 but these are still fast speeds

Wouldn't it be nice to have the option to boot a specific generation sound, even if it was the same animation? (Or random Xb, xv360, xb1, xsx)

Had forgotten all about this! Even if it isn't Skyrim in Space (lol) it's still going to be AAA. How good will this look on XSX!?

No interest in the title, but another string in the bow for MS being more "for the players" than Big Blue ever were.

I was first in line at local Game UK. Wouldn't even consider ordering online

I played all 3 a couple of years ago on BC, so not too interested in this remake, but yes, ME1 was looking dated then.
Will be worse now...
Traded in my X1x and struggling to enjoy 360 Thief game, is so dated persevering as not much else to play!

I'm looking forward to seeing what this is even if it isn't a 15+ game. That's not a big issue for me
The next few years with these studios Microsoft has bought up there's going to be a wide range of games to suit all tastes. Cannot wait

Let's hope it was a fairly high number, and not, like, 100, lol

Such an important area of modern life.
I hope all parents get to grips with this even if they're not gamers themselves.
It's another string to Microsoft's arsenal, even if it doesn't make the big news, such as SSD prices, preorders and takeovers.

I'm hopeless at twitch based shooters but will definitely be first in line for this, as I've got game pass ultimate. Loving life

By now I'm very used to only playing one or two games at a time, so the 2tb HDD, and 250gb SSD will do me fine

A lot of good points raised above. I just think it's a good move and hope it works out for them.
One of those studios they have is bound to be working on something for that market.
Money is a good motivator and the XSS is a great next gen machine, so good luck over there!

Thankfully my new 5.1 (not Atmos) is ARC so every thing through hdmi (out), but that means I lose one of the three hdmi on the telly, so XsX, ps5, switch, pc... Mmmm

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@BlueOcean @kelticdevil agree with you both, with all those companies we will get diversity, and game pass ultimate will give us variety (so that we don't have to fork out money on games that might not be out first choice but that we get into and surprise ourselves!) I'd never eg buy a racing game but EA NFS yes please lol. Similarly, I'll never buy or enjoy a brawler ever, but it's there for others. So need variety.
But the reason I'm getting a ps5 is cos of those block busters that are story driven (etc), and they are missing from the GPUlt ATM. Great news about The Initiative.
If I want signed up already, I'd be signing up again

@BlueOcean thanks for the list longer than expected and a few big names really do jump out and shine.
Now we need something really big to happen like Uncharted, The last of us, ratchet &clank
A big exclusive that really slaps you in the face

I came to this thread because I'd realised there is a series X version due at launch
But it worries me that there is no one Central character to play... I didn't really mind the first two games at all but it had a beginning a middle and an end, without a main character, I don't know how they can achieve that and make it personal

I'm afraid the 4K Samsung 65-inch we bought in February is only HDMI 2.0a.
Will be a long time before that baby gets replaced

If it's 24th Dec and wee Johnny is expecting one, parents will pay anything

That is just unbelievable news, well done to the big MS! I'm so bought into the whole ethos, it's such a good direction.
I'm hoping that they will keep a few exclusive games for 6 or 12 months before they launch with Sony consoles.
See how they like it lol

These announcements are why I'm all for the big green X ! It's been a really great year for the fans (and Xbox players, lol)
(I'll get a ps5 and a few exclusive games but no PSN)

I'm intending to use my switch for the next decade! It's an almost perfect machine.
The man is an idiot

Too rich for me I'm afraid, even if it was the newer XSC, XSS controller.
Looks nice though!