@Kilamanjaro Why thats basic what Sharma is. She's Xbox's version of Reggie. No clue on anything just smiling like and idiot telling people what they want to hear and just treating everything like its one big joke.

I love how everyone is pro Sharma right now but the moment the higher ups do something stupid like raise the prices again they will be quick to throw her under the bus just like they did Phil Spencer.

I am playing

Mafia: The Old Country (Series X) Going to be getting back into this game after a week off due to work.

Final Fantasy IV (Series X) Was in a mood for a classic JRPG and this is one one of my favorites. I saw it was added to Gamepass so I decided to start a new game. Love the fully remade music for this game.

Going to be playing Forza Horizon 6 of course, but I will also be playing Final Fantasy V. While not as good as IV or VI its still better then current Final Fantasy games.

@Gabrie No Phil's plans didnt fall apart MS did and needed a scapegoat so they used Phil. It was their idea for Xbox Everywhere, and to raise Gamepass.prices just because of Call of Duty and go for multiplatform (which I think is great but thats another subject). However when the core fans reacted the way they did they needed to blame someone cause of course it was their faulty.

Sharma, has no clue what shes doing shes just repeating what her overlords are telling her and all these mindless puppets are gobbling it up with their way to go Sharma and shes doing great.

In alot of ways she reminds me of Reggie from Nintendo just a character to appease the puppets and be a PR piece.

I love how the uppers.threw Phil Spencer under the bus and act like this clown is the best thing to happen to Xbox ever.

Been wanting to replay Black Flag lately. Might as well just wait for this one to come out.

If they made Call of Duty games like they did during the Golden Age of CoD instead of the garbage they do now, I would be upset that CoD wont be day one. But forcing people who sub to Gamepass to pay a higher price just because MS wanted to add CoD day one and have no interest in today's CoD was wrong to begin with. Today's CoD are worth it.

Can't wait for the return of HoMM.

Hades II (Series X) Loved the first one so I have been waiting to play this one for awhile.

Mafia: The Old Country (Series X) Will be continuing the story this weekend.

I will be checking it out this weekend when I have the time.

Probably the worst Call of Duty ever. I had high hopes for this game when it came out I even prefer the WWII settings over MW and Black Ops. This game however was such a disaster from the beginning and never got fixed.

Not a damn thing. Either its stuff I own already or not interested in.

Will be checking out Hades II as I loved the first one.

@Noone2025 3's setting is what got mr hooked on the series. Just how beautiful it is an fun to just drive around in. Going from beach to city and then into a forest so much fun and beautiful. Still my favorite in the series.

But let me guess, the price wont change.

I recently just played and finished Forza Horizon 2 for the first time a few weeks ago and it too still looked great. Was thinking about starting 4 but I dont want to be in the middle of it when 6 comes out. I can't wait for May to get here.

Mafia: The Old Country (Series X) Just joined the Family. Really enjoying this one and where its going.

Graveyard Keeper (Series X) I cant say no to a free game. Played this a bit during the pandemic so it's been awhile. Will be starting a new game this weekend.

River City Ransom (NSO) Will be doing a playthrough of my favorite Kunio game in honor of its creator's passing earlier this week.

Thanks for the heads up. Played it during the pandemic and enjoyed it. If you like Stardew Valley then you will enjoy this.

@Kezelpaso I can't wait for this game. I just recently finished Forza Horizon 2 (my second FH game to finished, finished 3 a few years ago) and I am ready to check out another festival. I dont want to start another FH so I can start this one next month as I always wanted one in Japan.

I cant wait to play this game. I just finished Forza Horizon 2 for the first time and now I am ready for another Horizon trip but I am waiting for next month when this game comes out.

@IOI Really, I never knew that, I will have check that out. Thanks.

The only thing I really wish they would do is move or at least give the option to move the achievement pop up notification to the top left of the screen like Sony does. I hate it when you are in game especially during a cutscene or QTE and the achievement pops up at the bottom of the screen and covers up text. So annoying.

Two of Xbox controllers I got rechargeable battery packs and a charger for where you an replace the back cover of the controller so the controllers can charge.

The rest of mine use normal batteries just because I keep forgetting to buy more battery packs and charger stands when I have the money lol.

@FraserG Ah ok I knew it was soon. Good to know I have a bit of time to buy the DLC.

@FraserG Wasn't Horizon Chase Turbo also getting delisted next month?

Honestly now that I think about it I only bought two consoles at launch. The PS4 and The Wii U.

The PS4 lived up to my expectations for the most part. It wasnt till the end of that generation that I started to dislike what they were doing business wise. The console itself was great, probably one of my favorite of all time.

The Wii U however, was the Wii U. It wasnt bad per say just disappointing due to how Nintendo marketed it. The lack of third party support, the off TV play with the pad gimmick. You can definitely tell that the Wii U was a prototype for the Switch.

Now while I didnt by them at launch I bought a few consoles a few months after. The Xbox Series X and that was due to COVID and the disruptions that caused causing limited stock. I got mine in by luck when I saw on Twitter that Walmart was doing a drop at a certain time. I rushed to their website and was able to get one.

The other near launch console I bought was the 3DS. I didnt buy that one till the price drop was offered mainly cause I couldnt afford what they were asking for at launch.

The rest of my consoles I got for either birthday, or Christmas or in the case of the Dreamcast and original Xbox years later from retro game stores. In the case of the Gamecube, and DS it was when certain games came out and the Wii it was when I was able to find one.

@FraserG Ah ok. Must not have been anything I was interested in cause I didnt notice anything new.

This is the same sale they had last week. Was hoping for some new stuff like City of Wolves.

Tried the demo a few months ago and loved it. As a fan of the series, I will be playing this game when it comes out. Looks like the first decent HoMM game since 3.

@NeoRatt So then why lie about her Gamertag in the first place? I get it she's not a gamer no big deal. The problem I have is that she did say that and probably would have kept saying that if the truth was exposed. If she lied about something so small as her Gamertag then it makes a person think what else is she lieing about? Not a good start for a new head of a corporation.

Thanks. For some reason I was thinking it was Sledgehammer, dont know why but IW just didnt sound right to me.

Sorry but I dont believe her. She was already exposed for fake she was. Honestly it doesn't matter if shes a gamer at all just because shes in the industry doesnt mean she has to be one but don't lie about. Lieing about it makes it worst.

@Kezelpaso Lol yeah, I wasnt to big on CoD Ghost for that reason, it was a campfest. Anytime you tried moving you'd get sniped. Was that IW or Sledgehammer that did that game?

@Kezelpaso But see that's what CoD has always been a fast paced Arcade shooter, not a slow paced arcade sim. Even going back to the original MW games. You shouldn't be punished for moving around the map like you do in MW2019.

Its obvious what shes doing. She's just doing this stuff to appeal to the fanboys, nothing more then a PR stunt to make her and the her uppers look good.

Its clear now that Phil and the other recently departed executives were the fall guys for the cororporate stooges failed direction of Xbox. Obviously they used it to get the people out that they didnt want and replace them with people.who do what they wanted.

@Kezelpaso To be honest I hav always liked Treyarch's game more but I did play a ton of Modern Warfare Remastered. But after MW 2019 the CoD games where never the same. I get it you had new devs and they wanted to try something different but in doing so they alienated alot of their core fans and the game didnt even resemble CoD anymore. The safe spots, the disbanding lobbies, the SBMM all of it was designed to "help" new players but instead it changed how the game was played. I never got punished as much for moving around the map as I did in 2019 MW. People camping behind doors and such. In all honesty it just made the game less fun.

2019 MW is where the decline for CoD started. Horrible map designs with safe camping spots, SBMM, the fast TTK. All designs to alienate their core fans.

Since I finished up Borderlands 3 and Forza Horizon 2 Last weekend its time to start some new games, that will be

Mafia Old Country (Series X) Looking forward to this one as I love the Mafia games.

Visions of Mana (Series X) Was in a RPG mood and I have been wanting to check this one out since I enjoyed the main line Mana games.

That's it for me have a good weekend everyone.

I have been waiting for Hades II.

I think the big problem was the Battlefield name. If they marketed as an actual Spinoff rather then part of the main Battlefield line it would have done alot better. But they expected fans of military shooters to just jump on board with this game which I am sure some did but most people play Battlefield for the military them.

I am sure GTA Online played a big part of EA going this route with Battlefield which yeah I can understand why but if you are known for a particular thing you cant replace it with whatever is popular at the time and alienate your core fans.

Adding Netflix to Gamepass will not lower the price if anything it will increase it even more. Look what happened when they added Ubisoft games.

Looks like the Fortnite bubble had finally bursted.

@TDHorizon @Millionski Its because all of the older CoD games are hacked to ***** and Activision doesnt want not have the time to go back and make then safe. Its bad the hacking, were are not just talking about cheaters in game we are talking about people able to take over your console, rest stuff like gamerscore, and all other nefarious deeds. But release the games in the state now just opens up Activision to all kinds of law suits.

Not surprising. You lose someone as big as Spencer and others will follow. Its pretty clear that the new management and the direction they are going arent a hit with current Xbox excutives.

@VisitingComet1 Yeah I can see playing it if you have young ones like I said. But if you dont, like me I just found it like a kid friendly water downed Diablo.

@Sindayl Thats why I just stick with Diablo 3.

Played the first one for a couple of hours and it just made me want to play Diablo. I guess its cool for young kids whose parents dont want them playing something as dark as Diablo but for anyone else you are just better off playing Diablo.

Never heard of it till recently to be honest. I still dont know what kind of game this is.

This weekend I am looking to finally finish up a few games that I have been playing for awhile.

Forza Horizon 2 (Series X) Just need to finish 2 more championships to get to the Horizon Finale. I am not quite sure if thats the end or what since I never played this game but it sounds like it to me and if it is I will be putting this game to bed.

Borderlands 3 (Series X) Looking to wrap up this game as well. Right now I am doing Krieg"s DLC and quite possibly my favorite but then again Kreig is my favorite BL character.

Retro Rewind (Steam) Been hearing about this game alot and it interested me quite alot. A video store sim in the 90's sign me up.

Thats all for me this weekend I hope everyone has good weekend and happy Spring to us Northern Hemispherers.