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Everything Nintendo you mentioned is a glamorized port with slightly better graphics or reskinned and re-titled game from older generations including Wonder which is basically SuperMarioBrosU and Odyssey is not true co-op. Yoshi's Wooly World (WiiU) and Crafted World (Switch) are one and the same. However, MarioKart, SuperSmashBros, Kirby ReturnsToDreamland, were all on WiiU. And Switch only sold well bc it's cheaper, portable handheld and kid friendly. It's what parents and grandparents bought as bday and xmas presents. Let's be real, Joy-cons are not built to previous standards. I still have eight wii-motes that work like new. I, for one and speak for many, do not want Xbox or PS to learn from Nintendo. Don't get wrong, Nintendo is great at what they do and have great games but its target audience is children in the single digit age range.

@Kilamanjaro What games do you define as AA? The term current-gen is not what it used to mean. There's a lot of last gen games the look and play better than some current. It all depends on the devs and did those games get a boost? Someone compared a Batman game from 10+years ago being superior in all categories to a newer DC game, if Im not mistaken. Also StarWars BF2 remake is inferior to the 2005 version too. Halo Infinite had local 4p split screen in the very being but disabled being able to play it offline in an update/patch for some reason. Incompetency I guess. I'm sure MCC will get another visual upgrade before to long even though it plays 60fps now on seriesX. And I think the last and all previous GearsOfWar have co-op 2p split. CoD still has 2p split but it's not the same. Im not sure what first party games Nintendo has done recently that deserve heaps of praise for offline split/shared screen over Xbox.

Aah. The infamous quick scope marks the very beginning of the end of CoD for me.

@Kilamanjaro There are 100's of 2-4player local/offline games on Xbox. For example, Halo MCC is 4p split-screen but if you have two xbox's you can add a network-switch and have a LAN party up to 8p or more with 3 or 4 consoles. TMNT ShreddersRevenge is up to 6p co-op and GangBeasts is 8p versus shared-screen.

Devs reducing or removing local co-op and multiplayer is a huge mistake. Not everyone has high speed internet or wants to play online. Young kids and tweens need to be playing together next to each other w/o interacting with random teens and adults. Let me point out the fact that BlackOps2 has 4-player split screen w/ BOTS and is still very popular. Don't believe it, look on the any market place and it's usually in the top 20 best selling. The older Modern Warfare CoD's never had bots and they removed 4p split-screen after MW3 and its popularity dropped. BO3 is the last version to have 4p-SS. BO4 had 2p SS but 4p SS with zombies. It's much better than ppl realize. After these versions of CoD they're just not as popular. I could go on but I could make an argument for shared and split-screen gaming to any dev.

Xbox360 market place has been gutted for a few years, a lot of IP licensed games started getting delisted around 2019 and later. I know bc I have many accounts going back to 2010. The remaining games were mostly Xbox Studio games and backwards compatible games.

LEFT4DEAD2, DeadSpace1,2,3, NBAJAM OnFire, ...

Blur, and Transformers FallOfCybertron confirmed???

This version of SWBF games collection appears to be a REMASTER like the TombRaider I-II-III collection that was recently released by the same publisher and developer, Aspyr. They updated the visuals and controls but to look like you think you remember them. I doubt this collection will be compatible with the originals BC versions.

This article had me at BLUR! I own several copies AND play every once in a while. There's no other racing game like to date. Even has a solid 4-player split-screen too.

Looking back it was clearly way ahead of its time with some really great experiences and it's still amazing to play today. I still own both Kinect versions and consoles, xbox 360 and OneX.

@Dimey Companies shouldn't knee jerk to rumors and speculation. Regardless responses are carefully crafted and delivered. Ask Nintendo anything. Hold your breath, we'll wait.

A heads up would've been nice.

@Banjo- The WiiU gamepad is great and was ahead of its time but connects directly to the WiiU console to play. The PSPortal is connected to the PS5 solely through the internet. You clearly have no experience with the Portal to have any opinion.

@Banjo- You lost me at "according to testers". If you don't own PS Portal you're just repeating others opinion without first hand experience. It's all about connection quality. I own Portal and it's great. You can access your games from another location and good wifi if your PS5 is hardwired at home. I also own and use WiiU and there's no noticeable lag of any concern for those games..

@RIghteousNixon Then Playstation Portal doesn't work based on your opinion. And that couldn't be further from the truth.

@RIghteousNixon No. You missed the point. In six years, games streaming on Xbox will be and look like games from this current gen, Series X|S. Not next gen. The newer games at that time will be available to download onto the device. I guarantee you in 6 years tech will have changed dramatically.

@RIghteousNixon It's closer than you think and I was being modest. Six years ago in 2018, XboxOne & PS4 gen was peaking and technology has evolved a lot since then. By 2030, streaming games to a little Xbox/Roku/AppleTV like device will have reduced graphical quality like mobile games do today but they'll look more like current X/S & PS5 games and not next gen. If that makes sense. Notice I said it'll have 2-4tb SSD? That'll be for downloading the larger more performance demanding games. Physical media will be a thing of the past too. FTR, I've never thought that until recently. And MS bought Activision/Blizzard for CallOfDuty-mobile more than anything. This is the big picture for GamePass.

XBOX will be a ROKU/APPLE TV like 4K streaming gamepass device w/ 2TB to 4TB SSD storage by 2030.

@ZuneTattooGuy I know MS has stopped developing for Xbox One but thats not the case for 3rd party devs. EA and other companies will continue to do so as long as ppl are buying them. Thatll be next generation.

Xbox One & PS4 generation will not be over until Next Gen arrives.

I WAS very interested until they announced no offline with bots

Transformers games will be available again soon

@IronMan30 Easy. License expired.

Solid “old school” fps with some modern touches. Made for fans. Experience the future as seen in the movies. Starts slow but gets a lot better after the first third. Weapon modding is interesting. The end game has all the franchise action feels. Interesting story with all the characters makes it more compelling and choices do matter to them and outcome.
***potential minor SPOILER***
Ive seen all the movies and the one thing I wish I knew before playing is that we knew (unless I missed it somewhere) ***last chance to not read potential spoiler*** this is a prequel to the first movie and tells that story leading up to it.

Can you play offline or does it always have to be connected to play??

INJUSTICE Rejects. I still like it though.

(Re)Played through the first 3 within the past year due to a lack of games like them. Take the first half of GoW2 and focus on that moment-to-moment action and you have a recipe for huge success.

@jkald IF you're connected online it doesn't start. I think you have to go into the menu system and select Go Offline for it to actually work. Bad on Ubisoft for not correcting this.

@Lightweight And youre whats wrong with gaming. Hope youre banned from this site for admitting.

@Chuffer Its 99Vidas reskinned by the same dev I think

WWE ALLSTARS (arcade gameplay, roster, dlc, caw, modes) > Every wrestling video game

What does GP have to do with acquiring Activision/Blizzard? Nothing other than rasping at straws.

SoD was great despite its flaws. SoD2 started rough but is polished and still supported by devs. When I think of SoD3 I just play DaysGone. Lol.

$1600 is not expensive for a 4K projector. The brightness needs to be at least or more than 2800 lumens if you have any windows or ambient lighting.

FTC and SONY are in bed together

In a galaxy far far away…
A check list of errands was born.

Temper expectations. Under promise, over deliver.

WWE ALLSTARS
BLUR
GUITAR HERO Series
MK Arcade Collection
TONY HAWK PROJECT 8
I could keep going....

@Tasuki Yes

Royal connections will influence the outcome with CMA. It'll go to arbitration and get overturned in favor of MS.

@GADG3Tx87 MS is the only adult in the room with Jim Ryan stomping his feet over this deal.
When a company has billions to throw around their threats will only be ignored by the ignorant.

The true launch date of games is 6 months to 1 year after the release date.

OneX will always have a seat in my cabinet bc it supports Kinect, optical audio and games still looks great. Loads are med/long esp noticeable after using SeriesX. OneX will be supported for a long time bc very few games push these consoles this gen and the console is not that inferior to SeriesS.

Halo is not dead. 343 decided to not do a BR and it was a bad decision.

Grand Theft Lego Worlds?

I really hope this players name is Midas for turning his controller into gold

Wow, five years??! That just doesn't seem right.

@Sam_TSM You managed to contribute nothing to the conversation and somehow follow it up with even less with that comment. Lol. I'd say watch a short video play-through of GoW1, GoW2 is a must-play, and GoW3 is an optional watch or play.