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@RetroMan71 Sure, I’ve received rewards as well. I didn’t say you couldn’t. As a passive reward they’re great. The type of maxing out rewards that is being nerfed has never been a good deal.

Microsoft Rewards were already not worth trying to collect before this.

I had never really heard of Raw Fury before today but I've played and love a ton of their games. I'll need to keep an eye on them going forward.

Narritive and cozy games seem to have somewhat inflated scores. If you look through the top scoring games each year ineveitbly like 40% will be games from those genres.

I'm sure they're great games and obviously the people playing them love them but they do seem to be reviewed on different more kind scale than everything else.

@abe_hikura Yeah but what about a Series XXX? Would that get you excited?

I love anything I can play on the couch with my wife but I think we are going to have to admit to ourselves that we don't really like Baldur's Gate 3 before we can start this.

Series X is my preferred console but if AAA games are releasing at 30 fps on Series X and 60 fps on PS5 Pro then I will buy a pro and my Series X will be relegated to be a GP only machine.

That being said, I think I am a huge outlier here. I don't think this will hurt Microsoft but mainly because they're kind of already at rock bottom as far as console sales go.

Series X is easily the best console. GP, quick resume, upgraded backwards compatibility, and the best controller.

@ShadowofTwilight Game Pass is on PC and PS Plus also has ample popular stealth options. Most people only buy a couple of AAA games each year so I think subscription services are a smart move for AA games especially for somewhat niche genres.

@ShadowofTwilight The implication of my comment is very clearly that I beleive people will not buy the game. Given that might just be me but when was the last time a b tier stealth game did well? Why would someone pay for this when genre highlights like Assassin's Creed, Dishonored, and Hitman are frequently on subscription services or deeply discounted?

Dumb decision. This was the perfect type of game for GP. I was excited to give it a go but there is 0 chance I'm paying for this game.

I’m surprised by the lack of comments on this article compared to others. People are sleeping on this game. GOTY so far.

I wish I had waited to play this. I don't see myselg going back but these updates seem on point.

Nice. I checked to see if this was on Game Pass or PS Plus last night.

I'm really surprised this didn't get more coverage. The combat and art direction looked great. I guess most souls fans just want to play Elden Ring over and over and over again rather than trying something new and interesting.

I only gave it a go because it’s on GP and I am loving it. It has a fun vibe to it both in the story and gameplay.

I am not a fan of first person melee but this is working for me so well that I’m now considering playing the Dying Light games and will give Avowed a go when it drops.

Lightyear Frontier didn't release already? I feel like I've been advertised this game coming to GP like literally a million times in the past year. I assumed it had already happened.

@Chaotic_Neutral Thank you, I decided to play this game and every time I pass by a mirror, or do something completely unrealistic like make an electral connection with a trail of water, I have a good chuckle at this comment.

I had the opposite experience. I can use Game Pass to stream action games and found PS Plus to be insufficent for turn based games.

@OldGamer999 How has development suffered? I know games that have performed poorly have tried to blame remote work but what evidence is there that they were not simply making excuses for a ***** game? Insomniac has been the most productive studio, releasing three huge well made hits since the start of the pandemic, and they are fully remote.

@OldGamer999 A business requires high productivity. Remote workers, freed from the distractions of an office, have been proven to be more productive. As for the security reason given, the two leaks GTA6 has already suffered, would not have been prevented by having staff in the office. There is nothing about an office environment that would prevent fishing or someone stealing your data off of youtube.

@GuyinPA75 Why is it time for employees go back to the office when remote work is better for both the employees and empirically proven to be more productive? I swear some people just want other people to be miserable for no reason at all.

@DoctorJohnDisco LOL what scam? It’s been proven that remote workers accomplish MORE than people working in an office setting. Whatever benefits there are from being in the office are more than offset by the increased difficulty to focus. Then when you factor in the cost renting office space it just becomes an insane decision to have staff in the office.

If you’re in the business of making video games and you cannot profit from making a Mandalorian game, the problem is not market conditions, the problem is you.

What a bunch of BS. The leaks rockstar recently experienced would not have been prevented by being in the office. They just found an excuse to pressure people back into the office so they can micromanage and exploit their staff leading up to launch.

Everyone should be using Deku Deals for their wishlist. It is just plain better than any of the console stores plus you can track games across all three consoles.

I'me loving this game. 4 hours in two days. I would give it a 9/10. That being said, I think it is a bit overrated. It's like people are just now learning that deckbuilders are fun. Within its genre I think Slay the Spire, Monster Train, and Inscryption are all much better games.

Rough drop but Indivisible is great. The combat system is fun, the platforming is shockingly good, and I enjoyed the story.

I would rather just purchase Ubisoft on an as needed basis. This past month I beat Prince of Persia, AC Mirage, and The Crew Motorfest for $18 and then cancelled. I’ll do it again for another single month after both SW Outlaws and AC Red release. I can’t imagine I would pay less by having it bundled with Game Pass.

It snowed in my neck of the woods last night so this weekend I am going to try this outside thing I keep hearing so much about. It is supposed to be very immersive.

Fast gameplay built around a jetpack combined with the Mandolorian's arsenal? Sounds like the gameplay could have Armored Core vibes.

@Dimey Here we refer to the time period from Christmas through New Years as the holidays. I think we make a lot out of that time period because it is the only time most Americans have any days off work.

@Dimey Y'all don't celebrate Christmas and New Year and have a winter break?

I'm excited for plans to make a much more powerful console. I think having a premium console would do much more to win over PS fans than a budget console like the Series S.

@IOI This kind of blew up after Jez made some slippery slope assumptions. He is very far from an ***** when it comes to Xbox.

They did not really say much new at all but I think they did a good job of saying nothing. I think this will do a lot to quell the panic.

Y'all are sleeping on Towerborne. That game looks awesome.

It sucks that these polls are so frequently ruined by people who have not played the game voting their uninformed opinions. The View Results button is right there people.

You left off Streets of Rage 4. It is the best couch coop game on Xbox.

Series X download speeds are black magic. I pay for 100mbps and the Series X dowloads at around 130mbps. My hardwired Switch only gets 70mbps and my PS5 gets 95mbps.

@nomither6 Reread my comment carefully. I’m not being critical of whatever plastic box is making you feel the need to be hostile.

@GuyinPA75 It’s beyond me but the smart people I follow on this say that it won’t be possible to do a reasonably priced S level handheld until 2026. The S is significantly more powerful than Steamdeck.

@OldGamer999 I hope they continue to make consoles. I own all three and the Series X is always my prefered place to play besides games I want to play handheld.

I hope they use their current reality as a reason to diverse their console offerings. I would buy a Series S level handheld for $500+. I would also buy a premium Xbox capable of running everything at 60 fps/4k/RT for $1000. I just don't think there is a way forward for them in the console space that is focused on making a mass market box to compete with Playstation.

@tho_mi I do think PC sales help some but I would argue that the PC market and console market are different enough that it doesn't fully make up the gap between install bases. The best selling PC games are markedly different than the best selling console games. There is some overlap but not enough.

@OldGamer999 I agree it is inevitable that Microsoft becomes multiplatform. They cannot compete with Playstation without making $300 million dollar games and it doesn't make economic sense to make those games for an install base of 40 million consoles.

I voted Gears #1 in that poll. It is easily my favorite Xbox IP. Gears 6 is probably my most anticipated game besides a new 3D Mario.

@CharlieChooChoo Yes! Those old games blow. I played GoW 3 and it was easily the worst AAA game I have ever played. As a longtime Nintendo fan it felt like what I imagined Playstation/Xbox games to be like because it puts visual spectacle way ahead of making a fun game. The camera is always way too zoomed out for cinematic framing and it makes the game way worse. Also that version of Kratos sucks.

He is talking *****. Did you not understand that?

@xxk7xx It's like this in every Forza game I have played so I don't think they see this as a necessary feature. It's bafffling.