For CoD games, perhaps they look at the amount of copies sold on Xbox alone and figured "well, to play those games on our platforms, they need to pay for the subscription anyways, why include it?" Maybe the growth in potential subscribers isn't predicted to be enough.
As for me, I probably got the really hot take that Xbox shouldn't approach day one the way they are at the moment. It feels like they do it without much consideration to the scale and profitability of doing such a thing for specific games, and while it certainly is better for the consumer, it can be hurtful for the developer. And when it's hurtful for the developer, it can be hurtful for the consumer. So good for the consumer in the short term, but bad in the long term. Not that I'm an industry specialist, they're doing what they believe is the best in the long term for their own brand, but I don't like when they drag down others for it. She mentioned that the quality keeps rising but in terms of AAA titles I just can't agree - Forza (both Horizon and Motorsport) and Halo got worse while Starfield is just there. Oftentimes it can feel like certain games are "fodder" and that they push the titles out to meet a quota. So I really just desire they'd get more considerate about which titles to release day one and which not rather than just "this Xbox, this day one" especially with how much they try pushing their smaller AA game divisions.
I don't really care about CoD though, that one's gonna make a profit either way.
Series S and 1TB HDD I'm struggling but i remove what I'm not playing at the moment which hurts bc I have weak internet download speeds, I generally keep a bit of storage free on the HDD and move the games around when I'm playing X|S optimized games and others are "in the plan but not yet but also I don't feel like downloading them again". For the ones that are X|S optimized but can be run off the HDD (like Halo MCC and AC Odyssey) I just play em on the HDD and suffer thru the loading times. Maybe my standards are just low
@AlienigenX Bringing up the point of "getting criticized for being a God of War clone", reminded me of another game that I played recently and thought was pretty decent - Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. That one deserves another non-biased chance from fans imo, it was somewhat disliked around launch bc it wasn't what people wanted
Honestly, it's harder to decide which games didn't age well because it's generally a case of "it's always been bad" rather than aging bad when it comes to the BC titles (like Escape Dead Island, Call of Juarez The Cartel and Hydrophobia).
I'll pick some games that weren't mentioned (or that I missed):
Catherine (sadly no Full Body on Xbox, this one's still as fun as always), Condemned Criminal Origins (the horror it attempts and combat are still incredibly special and I believe it aged well considering I played it for Halloween last year), Midnight Club LA (it's midnight club it's great), NBA Jam (have a lot of memories playing it with my cousin, playing it again it felt like i was a teenager again; sadly delisted nowadays), Ridge Racer 6 (it's ridge racer it's great) and Saints Row 2 (best SR, no FPS boost sadly but still the best way to play SR2 considering the PC version is broken). Not my only games, just felt they were worth mentioning.
Shout-out to Jade Empire and Panzer Dragoon Orta, how they aged depends on who you ask but it's incredibly cool to have them on Xbox BC.
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For CoD games, perhaps they look at the amount of copies sold on Xbox alone and figured "well, to play those games on our platforms, they need to pay for the subscription anyways, why include it?" Maybe the growth in potential subscribers isn't predicted to be enough.
As for me, I probably got the really hot take that Xbox shouldn't approach day one the way they are at the moment. It feels like they do it without much consideration to the scale and profitability of doing such a thing for specific games, and while it certainly is better for the consumer, it can be hurtful for the developer. And when it's hurtful for the developer, it can be hurtful for the consumer. So good for the consumer in the short term, but bad in the long term. Not that I'm an industry specialist, they're doing what they believe is the best in the long term for their own brand, but I don't like when they drag down others for it. She mentioned that the quality keeps rising but in terms of AAA titles I just can't agree - Forza (both Horizon and Motorsport) and Halo got worse while Starfield is just there. Oftentimes it can feel like certain games are "fodder" and that they push the titles out to meet a quota. So I really just desire they'd get more considerate about which titles to release day one and which not rather than just "this Xbox, this day one" especially with how much they try pushing their smaller AA game divisions.
I don't really care about CoD though, that one's gonna make a profit either way.
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Series S and 1TB HDD I'm struggling but i remove what I'm not playing at the moment which hurts bc I have weak internet download speeds, I generally keep a bit of storage free on the HDD and move the games around when I'm playing X|S optimized games and others are "in the plan but not yet but also I don't feel like downloading them again". For the ones that are X|S optimized but can be run off the HDD (like Halo MCC and AC Odyssey) I just play em on the HDD and suffer thru the loading times. Maybe my standards are just low
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@AlienigenX Bringing up the point of "getting criticized for being a God of War clone", reminded me of another game that I played recently and thought was pretty decent - Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. That one deserves another non-biased chance from fans imo, it was somewhat disliked around launch bc it wasn't what people wanted
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Honestly, it's harder to decide which games didn't age well because it's generally a case of "it's always been bad" rather than aging bad when it comes to the BC titles (like Escape Dead Island, Call of Juarez The Cartel and Hydrophobia).
I'll pick some games that weren't mentioned (or that I missed):
Catherine (sadly no Full Body on Xbox, this one's still as fun as always), Condemned Criminal Origins (the horror it attempts and combat are still incredibly special and I believe it aged well considering I played it for Halloween last year), Midnight Club LA (it's midnight club it's great), NBA Jam (have a lot of memories playing it with my cousin, playing it again it felt like i was a teenager again; sadly delisted nowadays), Ridge Racer 6 (it's ridge racer it's great) and Saints Row 2 (best SR, no FPS boost sadly but still the best way to play SR2 considering the PC version is broken). Not my only games, just felt they were worth mentioning.
Shout-out to Jade Empire and Panzer Dragoon Orta, how they aged depends on who you ask but it's incredibly cool to have them on Xbox BC.