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Mmm that’s a bit disappointing. Star Wars Outlaws looks so close to the Series S on the Switch 2 that I was expecting the same for Ass Creed Shadows. I guess I’ll skip the portable version and go with the Xbox one instead.

@Scrubchub and sometimes… the bandwagon is a real thing anyway

@Lup A solid 7 for me too.

Nothing has embodied the concept of a bandwagon quite like Claire Obscure in the last decade 🌝

What comes next? Obviously another ps5 port for sure…

It’s gonna be Metroid Prime 4 for me too. That list of « Xbox » releases though… It doesn’t even make me twitch my lashes 😐

The input lag is still ridiculous. I’ve got high speed fiber and I still can’t play an FPS, fighting game or platformer properly because of the latency. It’s straight-up not reactive enough for a huge number of players (some people seem to be okay with it though… probably those already used to high input lag tv I guess).

If this is what Microsoft is trying to sell as their next main Xbox experience… good luck with that…

The Xbox 360 represents everything Nadella despises about gaming. I’m not even surprised by this total disinterest. They’ll probably be more excited about the first anniversary of Halo… on PS5… and its financial gains…

WOW! What an amazing deal for a 5 year old, super popular system! Truly a steal with so many exclusive titles. If this doesn’t push Xbox S|X over the 100 million mark…

Thank you so much Microsoft 🥰

They are mostly PC and PS5 players for sure anyway…

Ridge Racer 6 and, the following month, Dead or Alive 4. 2 pure Japanese arcade masterpiece 🥰

I miss game chat so much. It was so fun to meet random people. Now it’s all quite and boring… even games like Elder Scrolls Online would feel more alive if ppl were talking in proximity chat for some rp.

LOL

Listening to feedbacks and doing the exact opposite.
I think she is confusing « fans » with « shareholders ». I can’t stand anyone at team Xbox anymore and will keep on playing on Xbox until the end of the gen because… I paid for it…

@Jenkinss oh yes you must be so right

@Lrapsody Classic franchises aren’t being « destroyed » by diversity. They’re being wrecked by brutal deadlines, constant reboots, bad engines, chaotic management and yes, sometimes that annoying TikTok or influencer style writing that doesn’t fit a fantasy setting. But that’s a tone issue not a queer issue.

Mass Effect already had gay romances and nobody screamed because… it was optional and invisible to most players. It’s like « I’m okay with gays as long as it’s not visible » which is ridiculous. Now that representation is actually visible, suddenly it’s « forced » and « cringe » ? Please.

And what about the vocal minority getting furious about having to play what they call « woke garbage featuring a forced female main character, and an ugly one at that! » in Star Wars Outlaws? This is getting absurd.

Veilguard, Andromeda or Battlefield 2042 didn’t flop because of LGBTQ characters. They flopped because of bugs, mismanagement and inconsistent creative direction. This idea that « activists posing as gamers » killed the industry is just a convenient distraction from the real problems. And no, backlash didn’t destroy studios but years of terrible leadership did, which is exactly why Saudi and Chinese investors are swooping in now.

Diversity never bankrupted a studio. Bad decisions not related to the allegedly « woke agenda » did.

@Lrapsody « Wanting devs to just make games fun and an escape is an ideology, okay 🤣 » They actually do. I find games with (often vague) lgbtq+ topics fun and escapist However, not what I pointed out. You’re using a strawman, not responding to what I actually said.

And yeah, because there are LGBTQ+ people in every single game, sure… eyeroll
The overwhelming majority of games still put you in the shoes of alpha males or strong male caricatures. And LGBTQ+ people and non-sexualized women exist in huge numbers in the real world, they’re not some rare collectible.

Honestly, if seeing anyone outside the tiny box you approve of in big games bothers you that much, just pick another game. There are plenty that fit your vibe 💋

@Lrapsody thanks for sharing YOUR ideology, grandpa 💅🏼❤️

Like it or not, we’ve always existed and we always will (we all know exactly what you’re referring to 🌝).

Topic: very sad news indeed… Looks like the AAA gaming industry is officially having a meltdown

@Questionable_Duck wow, that’s really surprising! Maybe I’ll unscrew a few things then 😏

Screw them, it’s too late anyway and the usual « everywhere but Xbox » damage is already done (even if we had the bc version). We’re always treated like the fifth wheel.

Xbox has completely ruined everything with their latest decisions. I’ve been a loyal Xbox player for decades but enough is enough. I didn’t renew my Game Pass subscription and I’m only keeping my Xbox for my existing library. I buy new games on the Switch 2 now.

That generation was a fiasco for Xbox so this is a pretty salty anniversary. Like pretending to be happy before the funerals. Plenty of Xbox players are leaving the ship after the latest stupid decisions made by Nadella and his friends. No doubt they will get even richer with Xbox becoming mostly a publisher with a niche hybrid system to keep the last survivors entertained.

I just hope my Series X lasts forever, because I have a ton of games in my library that won’t follow me to whatever next gen system comes next in my living room.

And next year, the end of New World Aeternum, already…

The Mass Effect trilogy is probably one of the most memorable franchise of the 360 era.

Can’t wait ❤️

Can’t wait for this birthday event. They will probably announce even more Xbox « exclusives » going to PS5. YAY…….

@TrollOfWar most of Sony’s gaming income comes from third party games sold on their store, so giving console players the option not to be forced into buying a PS anymore or even worse, watching PlayStation gamers switch to a more open console that lets them play more games (including PS exclusives) than on a PlayStation, would be really bad for them.

Anyway, the Xbox brand is so screwed right now and the PlayStation brand is seen as the cool one to such an extent that Sony knows the chances of them losing their monopoly at this point are thinner than thin… Whatever Xbox does.

@VeganH this.

Console war is over, my butt. The only one saying that is Microsoft, just to shove the fact that their first-party games are going to PS5 down Xbox fans’ throats. I wouldn’t be surprised if Sony pulled another shady move like saying, « This platform is not compatible with the PlayStation PC launcher.» when trying to install it on a future Xbox device.

@TheGameThrifter This too. Yeah just like achievements and many other Xbox stuff. Now people always talk about « Trophies ».

@Fiendish-Beaver if you watch blu-rays HD and 4k on Xbox Series X, depending on your TV set, upgrading to a dedicated reader is worth it. On my OLED I couldn’t stand the macroblocks, banding, color conversion and the broken 24p mode on 4k discs with the Blu-ray app on SX.

It’s now much better with a Sony Blu-ray 4k player.

It’s obvious that Nadella and his dear shareholders friends always wanted to ditch the Xbox anyway. Phil Spencer used to be the Xbox guy but now Nadella is slowly taking his place in the public eye. I really don’t like him or his vision.

And if their next « Xbox » doesn’t support physical Xbox games AND the ability to play Steam games without having to switch between the Xbox UI and Windows PC mode, I’m 100% out.

@OldGamer999 it feels more like they’re literally parading it around like a trophy… « Look everyone, we’ve got Xbox’s head! »

Ofc other consoles aren’t their competitors anymore… since they’ve basically capitulated and now need sales on other systems as they transition into becoming a third-party publisher.
eyeroll

@Romans12 You’re actually not that much in the minority. Quite a lot of Xbox fans are turning their backs on Microsoft right now for the exact same reasons you mentioned. It’s pretty obvious on many forums and social networks.

I won’t even answer this clickbait… Oh well I will:

IT SUXX

A remake of a remaster of a remake. Genius. This will never end.

Like others said, they can plaster that dumb slogan everywhere all they want, it’s not gonna make it true. Only THE Xbox is an Xbox. Period. The rest is just clunky streaming with input lag nonsense or a Windows PC with an Xbox button slapped on it with no way to play the vast majority of Xbox games, including physical discs. Absolutely ridiculous.

What makes it even more pathetic is that they haven’t spent a single cent promoting the real Xbox in ages but suddenly they’ve got money to throw at this stupid slogan. Please… I seriously can’t stand Microsoft anymore.

There’s a new ridiculous Xbox headline every other day. This TV show is iconic. The final season is getting insane omg! 🤩

popcorn munching intensifies 🍿

Yeah sure… so no one can afford it. All Xbox issues solved 💁🏼‍♀️

Oh wow, what a shocking prediction!

gasp in utter disbelief

MS is obviously gonna port everything they can to PS5, so yeah, even I could’ve seen that one coming next year.

Now we are not in the « remake/remaster » era anymore but the remakes of remasters one… and in 10 years ? Remasters of remakes of remasters ? This is getting ridiculous. The remaster of RE0 is already great.

The only thing that comes to my mind now is « blablabla… ». They won’t change the way they manage Xbox, prices, exclusives or advertises so it’s gonna be the same story as it is right now.

Good news! But they should really just release a dedicated peripheral. There were tons of accessories for dancing, music, fishing and shooting back in the late 90s and 2000s so why isn’t that a thing anymore? I used to think motion gaming would get amazing with time but turns out online shooters won the gaming war.

Modern gameplay like adaptative trigger and gyro aiming 🌝🌝🌝🌝

@DennisReynolds Cute troll deflection but that’s not an argument, that’s just whataboutism. Try again when you actually have a point 🤭

@DennisReynolds this is not even close to any kind of exclusive deal… lol… Nice try though 🌝

@DennisReynolds except that we all know that MS won’t do it and that shady "exclusive stuff" are now considered "outdated" by MS itself

My goty isn’t on Xbox though :/ It’s Donkey Kong. As for Expedition 33, it’s clearly not in my list… ew… But I know it’s going to win 😒

Psychonauts 2 by ultra mega far! One of the best game I played in the last decade.

« only 4 games »

Consider this the day I stopped listening to MS. I still love Xbox, just not what it’s become.

@BacklogBrad exactly this and us poor Xbox players will get the barely enhanced version for « free » if we bought the first collection so it’ll go down easier… kinda like with another totally minor franchise tied to Xbox called… oh I don’t know, Gears of War?

BTW, it’s seems that we are now in a gen where remasters of remakes is becoming acceptable… wtf. (GOW, Dragon Quest VII…)

I love Virtua Fighter so much. I’m gonna buy it on Switch 2 though… because playing online on Xbox is getting ridiculously expensive.

Well unless it runs at a sh**y res on Switch 2.

LOL… I’m literally speechless. Microsoft’s swimming in cash and these « chair guys » are just greedily topping off their yachts while we pay to feed their exuberant lifestyle.

I’m done and can’t wait for this Gen to end already so I can finally ghost Xbox for good.
Their first party games are not even that great…

lol… the guy is disconnected from reality or what? Even as a teenager I didn’t have that much time to play so many games so that excuse is just absurd...

I prefer to buy discounted games just like we all do on Steam.