If they didn’t use SO MUCH space for stupid ads and those long rows of games for sale between the main board and the pins list, it would look so much cleaner with these new tags.

God I’m so tired of seeing stupid soccer players on my Xbox dashboard!!!!

So we are almost back to the Halo Forza Gears triangle of Xbox exclusives? Exactly what we wanted to escape like 8 years ago?

And you can bet that next year Xbox will announce its separation from Activision and Activision will keep the IPs… And why not, in five years, Sony could buy the franchises and make Halo a PS exclusive… lol…

@BacklogBrad I wouldn’t say « not familiar ». Almost all his games have eventually made their way to Xbox at some point, even MGS4 now, except for Snatcher, Policenauts and some of the PSP Metal Gear spin-offs. Even Death Stranding 2 will certainly make its way to Xbox too.

@BAMozzy Let’s keep it simple and settle this once and for all: games on discs are not beta versions. They are at least official v1.0 when you check the version data on the disc. The majority are fine, some can be flawed but they’re perfectly playable. They’re always inferior to the latest updated version, obviously but they’re not trash at all. Sometimes, games on disc don’t even receive any patches. However, a minority of titles contains playable but terrible builds though (like Fallen Atlas. I tried myself. It was fun). And lately we got more fake physical releases with a big warning text telling us it’s just a key and these one are avoided by physical collectors for obvious reasons.

@CallMeDuraSouka sigh 🥲

@BAMozzy Omg this is way too long and way too much energy spent on this pointless topic 🤭.

I didn’t read all of it except the first part and you can « scream » in a wall of text all you want, it doesn’t change the fact that most games are totally fine without a day one patch and certainly not ALL of them require a download. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve tried it myself haha.

Take care 🌝

@BAMozzy this is untrue. The vast majority of Xbox games contains totally playable builds on it. Not just a beta mess. It’s well documented on doesitplay.org

They better have some budget to advertise it or else… Fable is mostly famous among older Xbox fans.

I hope it’s not gonna be 200go of mini games and dull conversations this time 🤭

@Kang81 my copy of Sunset Overdrive worked

« The only exception was for certain discs produced during the first 6-12 months of the Xbox One era » Hence why I couldn’t convert Dead Rising 3, Ryse and Quantum Break. Too bad :/

Ewww Travis Scott? No thanks.

The thing that surprises me the most is that there are Japanese Xbox players 🤭

The game pass core / gold (or whatever the name is now) is still TOO EXPENSIVE just to play online once a week some random games!

I cancelled it because paying for a service that’s completely free on PC just to play Minecraft or Elder Scrolls Online is insane. And in the past, I’ve already had to buy subscriptions codes on these platforms… I’m not exactly drowning in money!

I love the Series S of my friends. Always surprised how well Xbox games run on it for the (original…) asked price and size.

I totally forgot about the leak though.

@Millionski good point!

Microsoft has everything it needs to make a real comeback but they’re still being way too quiet about it imo.

To me, it’s a bit irrelevant unless Xbox makes it a console exclusive (for at least several years, just like Sony does) and properly advertises it.

Regarding Ubisoft, I tried even more games and the only one with an issue now is the original Assassin’s Creed Black Flag.

I really, REALLY despise the battle system which is a total mess to me and never clicked with me, so I’m hoping the newly added job system will make it a bit more enjoyable for me. And then there’s the forced padding too, but, well… fingers crossed for this one. It looks really gorgeous.

Great news! All of my Ubisoft games worked, even licensed ones like Avatar. Can’t wait for SEGA and Square to join the program.

I can now gameshare most of my physical collection with my friend which is great! We can even play the latest Monster Hunter together and agree that it’s a terrible entry in the series haha…

SEGA, Square Enix and Ubisoft better get on board, though or all of this will be almost pointless if we can’t make sure their games will carry over to the next Xbox. If I can’t bring my entire physical collection with me one way or another, the Series X will be my last Xbox and I’ll continue my gaming journey with a Steam Machine.

We need some good console exclusives that are outside the Halo-Forza-Gears Bermuda Triangle… But this one looked like a future Xbox flop… in the style of Recore (Which I really enjoyed btw).

However, Platinum still seems very attached to the project so maybe it could have been much better than what we saw?

I personally know three people who have already bought a cheap Xbox Series S just to play GTA VI. They don’t really care about having the best looking version. They just wanna play the game as cheaply as possible.

They didn’t want to push the cloud feature to its full potential a couple of years ago? Anyway, I still dislike cloud gaming. The added input lag drives me crazy, even though it has gotten better over time. And when I want to play one of my games on the go with a mobile controller, most of the time I just stream it directly from my Xbox.

Oh! I wish we always knew what was causing bugs like this! 💚

@Raffles must be Capcom and another one since all of my Capcom games worked.

Yes, none of my SEGA, Ubisoft, Square Enix or even Namco games work… I hope Japanese developers won’t be against the idea for some reason and completely ruin the program… For the other games I’ve tried, it works really well and only takes a couple of seconds.

In the first pop up they also ask you to keep your disc handy in case they need to recheck the license or something.

@Katiecooh2313 in that case, Helix also needs one for backward compatibility for 360 and og Xbox discs.

Really curious to see how it plays on Xbox Series S.

Maybe it’s one of the few games where the Xbox version was the lead platform during development. And regarding the difference with the base PS5, the Xbox Series X is stil more powerful anyway.

@Katiecooh2313 just like « it’s bizarre that folk are still claiming the » PS6 will have an optional disc drive?

I’m not okay with an all digital future unless they change the rules since with digital Xbox games, we’re only RENTING a right to use the data and that right is tied to a single account.

If you lose your account, get hacked, banned or if the company decides to change the rules for whatever reason you can lose access to some or everything you’ve paid for.

I wanna OWN my games, just like I OWN my movies and my records. They can’t take a disc away from my shelves and as I’ve said multiple times, the data stored on discs is most of the time perfectly fine.

It’s going to be a mess trying to fight against this for the (relatively) small number of people like me who actually care about ownership.

The controller is already out of stock where I live… wtf? I thought nobody played on Xbox…

I love this feature. It really gives you the best of both physical and digital. This is a killer feature on par with Quick Resume that makes Xbox so special.

However are they okay with the fact that the physical disc will technically still work in another Xbox that isn’t connected to the internet without sending Microsoft any information that the disc has been inserted into another Xbox? That would make it somewhat possible to keep the digital license on one Xbox while using the disc on another one. (Even though staying offline is far from ideal, of course.)

Not even available in the country I’m living atm. The collection is a bit disappointing though…

People are really that excited for an emulated snes rom that we can already play on basically anything whenever we want, with our own custom « quality of life options »? And I bet they won’t charge 5$ for that… 🤭

@VisitingComet1 On my side, though, I didn’t have to ignore them.

I embraced them.

Dragon Age The Veilguard was a bit repetitive but great… and gorgeous. It’s often much cheaper physically though and comes with two discs containing all the playable data… that you actually own

For me, physical media is one of the main reasons to play on a closed system/console, along with some (rare) real exclusives.

If Xbox completely gets rid of physical media for the next generation, I’d rather build my own Steam Machine if I’m forced to go fully digital and keep playing on my Switch 2. At least online play will be completely free and I’ll have total control over what’s installed, including retro stuff. And I’ll keep my Series X to play my existing Xbox collection.

Is it really the biggest video game launch in history?

I mean, I know it’s hugely popular and I enjoyed the solo campaign in GTA V but aren’t ppl just as hyped for a brand new Zelda as they are for a masc-bro sim? 😏

Probably just me, though. And one of the main characters is finally a woman so I might have to change my stance after playing GTA VI 😏

Regarding spoilers, well… I will just avoid them and not watch any leaked footage.

The dashboard needs more than just this option, though. I still can’t get to my pins list without having to scroll past two or three rows of ads.

Anyway, there are some nice features in the list.

Can’t wait to find out whether the rumor about disc to digital conversion is true and will be coming soon for insiders

I love it! The price though… I need one anyway

Hopefully, the sticks are black so they’ll be easier to replace years down the line unlike some of my colored ones that look totally worn out now.

I’m okay with a delayed physical release as long as it includes fully playable data on the disc.

@8th_Observer good, you won’t @ me in that lion’s den anymore then 🌝

@EvenStephen7 Well I was really disappointed by the game, like some of my friends, especially considering the asking price. The stick controls are still terrible and should have been completely revamped. The stages are still short as hell, the checkpoints are still in stupid places and Falco’s edgy attitude has become incredibly cliché. The graphics are absolutely gorgeous though.

I think I would get a second hand Series S because I absolutely can’t afford another Series X. It would suck really bad for my huge physical discs collection though…

Anyway I play mostly on Switch 2 now.

@EvenStephen7 I totally disagree. Star Fox Remake is far from perfect. Many people found it to be a lazy remake and there’s a lot of room to make something much better.

I have 100%ed games maybe only twice since the beginning so I don’t really care, I’ve never been obsessed with it haha… I just like to see my Gamerscore growing

Yeah it doesn’t make sens to actually OWN a game and to let people with low incomes buying it second hands… but who cares right?

90% of sales are digital… well yeah many people are okay with digital games when they are heavily discounted 2 years later, not at 80$ / 100$…

Helix has to give a disc option. This is a chance Xbox has to take!

Wow! This is great! I’m gonna try that on my Switch 2 💚

Even with the occasional discounts the game is still too expensive for me but at least we’re now getting two versions for the price of one which is great.