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I'd be tempted to say wait and see where it hits for November. Don't forget it launched right at the tail end of the month.

B for me. Redfall was a big disappointment and has to be taken into the factor, but we’ve had a great year for Game Pass, the other games have been really good.

@OldGamer999 Let's see what Black Friday brings.

I think in the context used it will be interesting. My hope is that it is used as a supplement and not as a replacement for writers.

I remember when Xbox were selling 200 consoles if that a week in Japan so it is good to see.

I hope they continue to take creative risks personally which I think GP allows them to do. Yes I say that knowing we’ve had Redfall this year but we’ve also had games like Grounded and Pentiment from Obsidian.

@JetmanUK the way I interpret the cloud stuff is you can still do it through Cloud Gaming, just MS will be licensing those the same way other Cloud providers like Nvidia will be

Sony acquiring SE would hurt Nintendo a lot more than it would do Xbox.

I just want to see release date parity going forward, especially with games that are revealed for other than PS

Great to see. Really enjoying it.

@OldGamer999 Which is mad really, you'd expect a big push in London.

I did see someone tweet about there being a numbered poster on one of the underground lines.

@OldGamer999 It's everywhere down where I am. I've seen it on buses, I've seen it on billboards, they were showing bits in the cinemas before films.

@Kaloudz field of view slider

Really enjoying it at the moment.

I brought FF7 on Playstation, and would quite happily buy both on Xbox again if they came to it. Loved those games.

Just ignore it. Ultimately you know if you’re going to play it or not. If happens to every console unfortunately.

It’s a shame metacritic don’t introduce some sort of system that verifies you have actually played the game first.

@CaptainCluck despite all the noise, isn’t the UK like their 2nd biggest market outside the US?

And also if they want to get future acquisitions through they need to play nicely now so they can without issue.

Not long now though I imagine.

Personally I wouldn't at the moment, however I also buy a lot of games digitally so for me it really wouldn't be a problem. But I do hope that a disc method is always offered in the future for those who do still collect physical.

Really looking forward to it. Got the early access done so will be jumping in on the 1st. I really hope that they knock it out the park with this

I like why they did it in the first place, but it has backfired heavily in my opinion for them. They should have had the Series X and a digital edition of it, £100 cheaper. As others have said, I think as this gen goes in, more and more third party games will continue to have this issue. Personally I don't think first praty will be too biggie because they are only developing mostly for the ecosystem.

Hopefully next gen they just do the one console in terms of spec, a disc version and a discless one.

I absolutely adored the Telltale games when I was younger and was devastated when they went under. So glad to see them back and really looking forward to jumping into this.

Have been actually quite enjoying this. Takes a bit of a grind to unlock other bits yeah I’ve been pleasantly surprised

Yeah it’s a great feature and it’s a big shame they stopped supporting it. Maybe one day they will get back to it.

@S-Bacc I would suspect there will be some leanway around the order and being able to close in the interim.

We might even find out a bit at the CAT meeting on Monday if not before

@S-Bacc not strictly true. Rare, Ninja Theory, Playground are all UK studios and I’m pretty sure Sledgehammer have a satellite studio here too. So they do both have presence in the UK.

Either way I think the CMA issue is resolved by the deadline

Can they close over in the interim? No one seems to know

Really looking forward to it. Roll on Sunday.

At least we should know much sooner than we thought either way

Roll on next Sunday. Really looking forward to seeing what they have on offer. Fingers crossed they bring it all on cylinders.

Maybe a reveal at their show in 2 weeks?

No chance of this ending any time soon then. Pressure is back on the CMA.

@Snake_V5 yes, they need to get it overruled in the UK before they can buy

I will be waiting for the perf update regardless unless I dabble into it on PC.

Not acceptable on a FPS in 2023 to not have a performance mode at launch. I’ll hold off until the update comes

@Dsswoosh yeah I think I will be doing the same for just over £8

I enjoyed it, so I’m looking forward to giving it another play through on Xbox.

We know what SE's and Sony's 2 year exclusivitity contracts are like, so I wouldn't worry about Forspoken

Octopath Traveller 2 out of the list above, purely because the 1st was on Xbox, but the 2nd is not.

Picked up the Planet Coaster Premium Edition. All DLC for £23, not bad imo

Some interesting games there, The Explorator stood out massively.

The IP is owned by Microsoft isn’t it?

Microsoft rewards seems to have really gone to pot the last few months, although I know I shouldn’t moan as it’s free points after all.

Just feels like they are almost winding down and cutting back massively.

Sony acquiring Square would make no difference anyway, Xbox don't see any of Square's titles as it is

Even the cloud gaming aspect, which they’ve said more are coming, I suspect will be satisfied.

Why would it be brought up to any authority? It had not been announced prior to acquisition, and had only been revealed after, and they quite clearly stated games would be exclusive on a case by case basis.

Unfortunately you knew the minute the interview was published it was going to be turned into a fanboy zone on both sides.

Each side is allowed to have exclusives, believe it or not.

I would argue game cases like Stellar Blade are even worse.

No, too early in my opinion, for both consoles.

To be fair, Bethesda have just launched HiFi Rush, and have got Starfield and Redfall, both releasing this year, all new IP.

My hope is yes, I hope that they would get the chance to bring back dormant IP. I would love a new Spyro, Crash, Starcraft, Guitar Hero even.

HiFi Rush by far, and it's been great to play through

Going to be a great year for games.

Merry Christmas all.

17 games this year, 4 physical, rest digital

Starfield, Redfall, Indiana?