Sol4ris

Congrats to Obsidian, this looks like another great game from them, and I can't wait to experience it for myself.

An excellent month. There is so much variety on GamePass and it's one of the main reasons I love the service.
Just topped up another 15 months of GamePass Ultimate for just under £10 a month, still great value in GPU I think.

@Banjo-

Push Square Xbox article based on rumours written by Sammy

I know what you mean,😅.
The same author posted another Xbox related article (bout an hour ago), seemingly about Microsoft's exclusivity strategy or rather the lack thereof. Which I suspect will drive more traffic than most articles about Sony exclusives....got to feed the console wars fire I gues😅.

Looks quite nice, but I also like the look of the table😉..

Like someone else mentioned in another post, if the next gen Xbox will be an open platform, then I'm willing to pay premium for it, ( pretty much done) with supporting walled garden systems)

Also instead of having hardware from both, Microsoft and Sony, I'll just go with Microsoft, still, there are a lot of unknowns about this device. Fingers crossed..

@CallMeDuraSouka

Good for you bud.

It must be that Xbox tax eh🙃
Yep, that must be it..

As any Ninja Gaiden veteran will know, the difficulty of this series is a defining trait and in the fourth outing it extends to four options once the story mode is completed

There goes the likelihood of me getting the full 1000G in this game😅.
Although in my younger days I did manage to complete NG Black on hard, so I'll give this a good go too😁.

Thank you for the review!

@Lup

Gonna bet PS gave it an 8.

Close enough, they gave it a 7😅....Perhaps if next time NG5 goes exclusive it will get an 8😉.

I don't know, maybe this is just me, but with 50+ games a month (don't know what the average is in general), how can this industry have sustainability in the long term. When both, play time and players are finite things?

@Duck_Farmer

Ahhh, Lies of P. Such a great game. I'm waiting for a sale on the Overture DLC to jump back in. According to my stats on the game I've put in 7d, 18h, and 38m. It's nuts, because I can't remember putting this much time in any FromSoft title.

@awp69

Yeah, I keep seeing that Eurogamer seem to appreciate these smaller titles more compared to some bigger AAA games.
I think they gave GOY 3 stars and that's looking like a big Ubi - semi open world experience.

For me it will be Keeper, Veilguard and the traditional career play in FM. Nice weekend whatever anyone plays.

@Coletrain

Just seen that it's 25 quid, I'll just buy this one rather than sub on for 23!

I don't in any way disagree with that sentiment, but for 23 for a month you could potentially try NG4 and Outer Worlds 2 too on top of Keeper 😉. And then buy what you want to keep later on.

I stated playing it last night and I'm loving it. It is a bit difficult to characterise what game Keeper is, but just like with games from ThatGameCompany one needs to experience it and draw its own conclusions.
Congrats to Double Fine, this is definitely a Keeper (for me)😁.

Glad to see a developer pushing the Series X hardware past what the base PS5 can do (sadly not often enough).
Time to reply this gem again.

Thank you for reviewing this, and a great score too. I will be going in blind and experience/discover it for myself.

Just to echo what other are saying:
RIP, a true Legend @ Itagaki San.
I'll never forget playing DOA and NG on the original Xbox. What memories....He kept winning indeed

Gamepass seems to only be worth it now for £70 games on day one, or if you're a no-lifer playing 100+ hours a month

Kudos to you for managing to denigrate us GamePass users I guess🤦‍♂️.
But you know what actually makes people seem non- lifers as you put it? The endless craving to come in Xbox articles and troll at every opportunity...

I'm so buying 1000x , even if it's on GamePass.

I’m not one of those 6 million buyers, but nonetheless I think we should jut wait for PlayStation only reporting sites to tell us how BF6 did on each platform, before drawing our own conclusions 😅😅.

@RadioHedgeFund

That doesn't really qualify as playing though😉.

Real Obsidian tongue in cheek😅. I fully completed the Spacers Choice Edition, and ready for this.

I agree a certain section of the population including gamers have mental health issues

So the above derogatory quote from a poster making fun about someone trying to rationalise what is going on with all these rumours, can and apparently passes the PX terms of moderation. But me posting about PS and their constant console wars fueling with the negative Xbox related articles is a big no😅....

The Internet never lies 😅!
It's just endlessly generates alternative facts when it comes to Xbox or it's future.
The Rubicon has long been crossed...

Eventually I will but not now. I very rarely buy games at launch and full price. BF6 is definitely not one of those rare occasions.

@DennisReynolds

Knowing Sony they probably already have a similar deal in place for COD too**😂.

Edit: ** wouldn’t put it past Microsoft accepting it either 🙃….

but who knows what the future holds

Yep, I ask myself the same question very often 😅.
Anyway, I can see a scenario were they'll eventually release the game on Xbox, then by that time the buzz would have died down, people moved on and the developers would just blame the platform because it sold poorly.

I'm looking forward to this one. Hopefully I'll be all wrapped up with Veilguard, which is fantastic in my opinion 🙂.

@OldGamer999

You think after waiting all these years we would have got an outstanding campaign a good 11 hours long

You can’t seriously expect an 11 hours long campaign in a game where probably 80% of buying player base are mainly interested in mp and where EA will make the most of its greens.

Playstation players will get more XP than PC and Xbox, apparently it's 15% for Playstation and 10% for Xbox and PC

Can sh*t practices get any sh*tier and weirder? EA and possibly Sony(?); hold my beer 🤦…. deep discount it is then.

Definitely interested, and if this turns out to be a hybrid console/pc that can play my existing library, full BC and play Steam releases too , then I’m getting it.
If it’s crazy expensive, I’ll just buy this one console rather than the usual Xbox/Playstation combo like I do every generation.

If you're interested you can sign up now via the Bungie website, and players will be selected from October 16th

Nah I'm good, Bungie can eat sand for all I care. If any other studio would have stolen art assets to the degree Bungie's done for Marathon, it would have killed the game development by now. Alas...

This is very sad to see and looks like the gaming industry is a really, really savage place to work in.
I played their game on GamePass and later bought it too. Hopefully they'll land on their feet and all the best in their future endeavours.

Glad is coming to Xbox, but Konami took exclusivity money so they'll get nothing from until the game it's on a steep discount, likewise with Squeenix or/and every publisher/developer who is still engaged in the practice. I'm likely in a very tiny minority but that's my stance..

Game Pass Ultimate members are benefiting quite a lot from the change

I'm quite happy to see Microsoft making this change since GamePass Ultimate subscribers bear the brunt of the price hike. Also I keep seeing people complaining about Rewards being nerfed and how it was possible to have years worth of subbing for basically free, being upset now. Did Sony or Nintendo ever had/have something remotely as generous as MS Rewards? Seems to not matter there...

Dragon Age Veilguard, FM, Wheel World and I'll be starting PoP the Lost Crown.

We're listening to the feedback of players..

Right. So we can expect a pricing adjustment to reflect players feedback any day now. Correct?..

I'm staying subscribed for the time being and especially if I can still get the 3 months stackable membership from the likes of CDKeys. There is still great value for me to be a GamePass Ultimate member for the foreseeable future ( that can off course change very quickly if Microsoft can't control their insatiable f@king greed).

Well, this was unexpected and quite a sh*ty move.
I better start looking at deals on Loaded (CD Keys) for GamePass Ultimate, because even though I love the service it's just no way I'm paying £23 monthly..

In addition, we found out during the show that Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is coming to PS5

I think this will do very good with the PlayStation community, and especially the people who invested in PSVR. This game will be a big (needed) shot in the arm for the peripheral.

Happy to see this turning out great. We can finally retire Sonic All Stars racing from my library 😁.

Excellent, most excellent. This is another fantastic month for GamePass.
Need. More.Time. To keep up!

The team took lots of data from testing and used it to optimise the Series S experience, in turn making the "whole game better and more stable" on other systems

Utter blasphemy!! This developer has no clue what he's talking about.

We should just listen to the armchair developers that post here on PX, and use their vitriol and game-blame on Series S tirelessly 😅😅.

I wonder if we'll have to wait another 5+ years for Rebirth too. Sony's money-hat must have been the size of a small country's GDP for Squeenix to hold off for this long 😅.

@Ricky-Spanish

Don't bother dignifying them with an answer mate. They made their mission to do two things at every opportunity:
a) hate on GamePass
b) to hate on Xbox Series S

It's like clockwork😅...

@WildConcept6

Good point. I'm just struggling to see who else within XGS could/would work on it. Perhaps Obsidian(?), they made Alpha Protocol (seems like eons ago) a game I liked and have a soft spot for😁. But they seem to have their hands full too.

The Perfect Dark reboot story gets more and more intriguing.
After 5 years with only a vertical slice of gameplay to show for it, (albeit awesome imo) Microsoft decides to close the studio and cancel the game. Now, Take Two who had a publishing labe named Private Division which they sold not long ago and was set up precisely for projects like PD, now wants to purchase the IP from Microsoft. The gaming industry is really wild at times...
Microsoft should get Machine Games to make PD. They've done great work with Indy.

@ButterySmooth30FPS

Well that's just too rich, especially when it comes from Sony zealots. Try to get acquainted with the meaning of irony....