So good to see I’m not the only weirdo that carefully takes them off without breaking the seal and stick them somewhere inside the box .

I dare to say that the day that happens it is going to be the last time an Xbox has been started in my house hold … EVER

@asdfghjklz

There was a time where you could brag about your gamerscore but in a time where you can get 100.000GS a day if you are willing to put in the time and spend some cash there is not much to celebrate. I assume he does not have to worry about the cash as those people probably get sponsored in some way so this could indeed be his daytime job.
Don’t get me wrong , I really respect the time he put in ‘playing’ all these crappy games but the bundled shovelware where pressing A a bunch of times is enough for 1000GS is hardly an effort.
But in the end I guess he did something he liked very much so I’m happy for him to reach this milestone.

I assume they did decide not to include a disc drive but the news and reaction to that last week opened up some opportunities.

@ToxicRageDude
On the other hand Sony does let you look at a progression bar for whatever time it takes when you move your games to another drive.

All weird solutions that could have handled a lot better.

PGR 3/4 , Blur , Forza ( horizon) games ..
just a couple that sound way more interesting than that list tbh.

Well … I’m not holding on to my seat for this one …
A couple of weeks ago I FINALLY got a message that I got a gift card for the huge sale … only to find nothing to redeem in my account. It sends me to the new part in the store but there is nothing to redeem, nothing expired and nothing already claimed. So , I got the message of a free card but never got anything.
I always seem to have these problems as there were a couple of instances where I was eligible for a freebie but never got one.

That makes sense of course .. first push everyone to the most expensive tier , then tell them that they still have to pay for the AAA games. I don’t believe COD is going to be the only first party game skipping gamepass. This is just a test.. first COD , then the rest of the big AAA releases.
Sharma doesn’t get a break does she ?

I liked the game but the vast amount of collectibles really distracted from the real gameplay. Although they were a giant part of the (back)story , I got the feeling most of them were put into the game to add some extra playtime.

Bringing up ideas about a cheaper gamepass???
Ouch !!
I see a new Xbox boss announcement in 3 - 2 - 1…
Woman please … Don’t say stupid things that the big bosses don’t understand. Before you know it you’ll get a “promotion” to another division.

OR he knows what kind of new direction they are going and does not want to be held responsible for it. ( no no , don’t blame me ! ) I’m retired ! (I’m only) Asha’s assistent.

Most of the time those fan made concepts look so much better than what we have right now.
It feels like a good moment to freshen up that dashboard again with something more than adding a couple of tiles and other small things.

Somewhere last year changed something.

All I can hear now is , “We are going to celebrate all year ……. And you are going to pay for it.”

@Hern4ndeZzz
Worten had a very small corner with Xbox related stuff but once sold , nothing new is coming back.

But hey !
Everything’s an Xbox right ?
I’m finding the PlayStation a very good Xbox lately.

Got it ,
Showed up in the “just for you” section with a discount of 100%. I bought the digital 360 version somewhere in 2023.
I certainly did not expect it because I usually have lots of problems getting free content I’m eligible for.

Oh really ? Are they planning to show us another price hike that is in the pipeline between the lines ? Or an ad version of some sub to increase profits?

Sorry , I am a bit sceptical towards presentations / publications by MS when looking back at the past year.
They really need to have a banger show to put them in to the positive column again because they really screwed up with their fake promises and weird strategies.

To be honest .. I couldn’t care any less anymore.
I have the feeling Xbox is moving in a direction that I am not interested in. Cloud gaming , handheld play anywhere , bumping up prices of their subs , losing identity or better said , changing its identity.
Good for a new generation but I rather stick with the old approach.

MS is a on a roll lately !!
Raising the prices of 5 year old consoles that can probably be manufactured for a lot less than when they were released.
Release a handheld that is a fine piece of machinery but a bit on the expensive side so pointed at a (very) small group of gamers.
Raising prices of their subs by an absurd amount that made a lot of gamers run away.
And now , the gamers that they still have have to fork out a premium price for the next gen console.
MS … if you want your user base to jump to another console , just ask them. No need to do all this.

Strange they did not mention it in the mail that I got yesterday … also pretty weird that they sum up all of the “benefits” but none of the prices.
Scream about the pros , just hide / don’t talk about the cons. Seem to be a pretty popular way to communicate in America lately.

If only the people that are responsible and get very well paid came up with this.

“A 50% increase over last year”
If he is talking about the price of gamepass I have to correct him because that is closer to a 100% increase over last year.

Nope … nothing can save the day after that disaster that was yesterday.

I am completely lost in the middle.
I DO want to play the games on release , but to have an Ultimate subscription just for that just does not feel right. It’s nice that they add Ubisoft+ but out of the X amount of games added today , only 8/9 of them show up as new / not played for me. Cloud gaming is so not my thing and I am pretty sure as long as there are consoles that play games natively , I will stay away from cloud gaming when I can.

I am still trying to figure it out.
Do I want to play ( most of ) the biggest games on release ? Yes
Do I want / have the slightest interest in all the cloud stuff ? NO , no , oh , did I say no ? I meant NOOOO !!
Neither subscription feels right for me now.

And a couple of days ago there was an article that said that they could not subsidize the Ally more … to get the most out of your new gadget you’ll need to have Ultimate. With the price of this ( almost mandatory ) sub I have the feeling there is still a little bit more room to play with.

@Ricky-Spanish
That is why I don’t have any expectations. An investment group .. the word says it all. Not connected with anything game related , only interested in profit and how to generate that profit with the least amount of costs. So I’m afraid there will be no exciting games anymore , just the yearly updates of the sport franchises.

@Ricky-Spanish
Oil finding simulator
Human rights simulator
Crowd control simulator
And a couple of more which i probably will get banned for here if i name them

“I want to …… but I didn’t” , yeah .. those are the best stories.
“I wanted to decline my raise …. But I didn’t”
“ I wanted to donate all my money …. But I didn’t”
“We wanted to sell the ally for less … But we didn’t” There is a huge difference between wanting to and actually doing so. It sounds like a noble thought but in the end it didn’t make any difference because it was just words.

Funny how MS talks about game preservation when they still release owned ip’s like the Forza (Horizon) games with licenses that expire after a couple of years and they delist them never to be seen again.

Yes please let it be over ….
Now MS and Sony , go work together to make crossplay much easier by making a cross console friends list !! Go go go !!

Underwhelming is an understatement.

With all the crossplay and formerly exclusive titles releasing on both consoles both Sony and MS should work on cross console friendslists so it would be much easier to find someone on the other console.

@Ricky-Spanish
Still very welcome my friend !

Too bad .. I was hoping for something more revolutionary like haptics or force feedback triggers. More like the ps5 controller.
This is just the next 3rd party pro controller.

Is it me or is it A LOT of Medievel times with the games lately ?

@kmtrain83

Same here. These games are so tempting and are good fun in the beginning but after an hour or so , after the 50th missed run - slide - parry - slide - jump and so on and so on section I get frustrated and never touch the game again.

As a technology lover I would love to have one but I know for sure it is 10 minutes pure fun before I let it collect dust for the rest of its life. Happened before with the Atari Lynx to the switch and every handheld in between.

I’m pretty positive it is but just to be sure … this is the DLC that was included in that special edition upgrade for the gamepass edition is it ?

I can hear a Streampass subscription incoming .

Nice !! It was the first and only background that I kept throughout the 360 period.

Ahhh I see it is the ‘2025 Marcus’ with the Botox filled wrinkle free babyface…. Good to see our war heroes take care of their skin nowadays.

@RBRTMNZ
It is just like that.
“Do you have any relevant experience?”
“No , not one tiny bit , but I was member of the board of …”
“SAY NO MORE !! , You are hired”

Those clear shells are fun for a moment to see how the inside looks and works , but once I’ve seen it I like everything nice and smoothly hidden under a nice dark colored cover. Blending in as far as it could.

When I see those clear shells I always have the feeling the device screams to me : “Hey ! Here , look at me ! Complete chaos over here !!!”

I liked it a lot. It was a fresh breath after the immense worlds of origins , odyssey and Valhalla.
Just before boredom kicks in the game is finished.
As an inbetweener this was very welcome.

Oh wow … there was a time that I’ve had around 1150 games installed at the same time before one external hdd gave up on me.
At the moment I still have 2 separate 8 Tb gamedrives connected and an expansion card.

To answer the questions “why in gods name” .. I’ve lived in a place where internet speeds were very low. (Re)downloading games would take ages. So everything bought was downloaded and stored locally to make sure I could play it when I wanted.

At the moment still 650 games installed and there are even days when there is no update at all. Just the newer games seem to update regularly but older games are just there with a tiny update once in a couple of years .

It seems like the game is “gold” , if they still need polishing the whole download would be a stupid move when they release the polished version 2 days prior to release as a day 1 update. So … If everything’s ready to go …. It would be a waste to wait another 20 days isn’t it ? Just release it next week !!

Let’s wait and see. Last year there was a trailer of Neo Berlin 2087 that looked nice , (voice)acting was kind of tacky but on the other hand showed potential. That one is also on my radar.
But we were fooled with Mindseye a couple of months ago. So we have to wait and see if it develops in the right way.

Both games appeared to be “free to buy” in the store.
I have no idea if this was a mistake but both games have been added to my OWNED library.

@Kaloudz
I’ve read about separate lists. No idea what is going to happen to the cod launcher list.
I always thought an achievement list could not be changed afterwards but I guess anything is possible now.

This sounds great but help me a bit.
These titles will start to work as older COD titles ( wwII , advanced warfare , ghosts etc etc ) completely separate , stand alone , no shared stuff ?
And wait a moment … “after redownloading each title” ? So the games are being deleted and , if you want to, you can redownload each title individually.
I’m so confused with COD installations nowadays.
I would not be surprised that the installation size will actually be larger if you have everything installed seperately.

Still have it.
If I want to see some info it is right there and if I don’t want it I press the A button two times in succession. Problem solved. That wil take me about 0,5 seconds of time in total so I don’t really feel like I’m losing game time.

Thanks !!
This is great. Picking it up as we speak

I hope they know that the monitor screen is on the front.