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There's barely anything that uses the power of this gen yet and that series x black box has rarely got to stretch its wings.
Nice to see some people will support the corp no matter where they lead, but given the issues with this gen there's likely to be a need for persuasion for the general public to buy into their next vision. If they shift to Windows 11as they state, then many people will lose the bulk of their collection which simply won't run on the new machine. Marketing word salad will not disguise this issue and credibility is going to be MS's biggest problem.

Sea of Stars is the one I'll miss as I haven't done the DLC. Well worth buying anyway

Still working my way through Dragons Dogma 2, 93 hours in.

I started having a look at Sand Land today and I have to say Ive found it charming so far, so I expect to play a lot more.
Probably run a few more races in Forza Horizon 5 too.

Whatever you are playing, I hope you have a great weekend!

well its quite clearly a controller, the video leaves no doubt. Maybe its a new design of controller with gyro and haptics? I shall be keen to see.

I'd be delighted to see Halo reclaim the prestige the series deserves and I hope against hope that the same team that have so far ruined it will get it right. I'm not sure an engine change and change of studio name is indicative of them re-claiming that pedestal though.
I know others have a different perspective, and everyone is of course entitled to their opinion. But the infinite campaign was the worst AAA experience I've ever suffered in over 40 years of gaming everywhere, and I've no idea why I persevered it to completion - maybe because I thought there must be some saving grace there somewhere. At least from such a low starting point they can only go up, it's surely impossible to do worse. Given how highly I rated 2 and the first one, I'd love to see it make a come back.

It's a little underwhelming for my tastes, but I will watch anyway and I'm pretty sure there will be a surprise or two which will help with impact.

Thoroughly enjoyed playing this game. I'm glad those with access to just an xbox now have the opportunity too.
I can only speak of my own experience of course, but there are many people who really enjoyed this title and I completely understand why.

The bed is made, there's no going back.
They need to be completely up front about the windows 11 gaming future and make it something to be excited about rather than concerned about.
If they can do the above whilst still holding celebrations of what we have all enjoyed about Xbox gaming, making us remember all the high points whilst believing in a new future, then many will choose to stay and see what they offer.
What they shouldn't do is continue to offer BS world salad excuse laden announcements which say so little, whilst celebrating huge sales on Playstation. This is clearly alienating the very people who made a success of the brand in the first place and who should be cultivated to to be the core group moving to their new windows 11 vision.
I've never not had an Xbox. I need a reason to want one for the future.

Seems like a pretty reasonable controller, and one I'd consider if I needed a new one.
My series X barely manages to run a controller wirelessly these days (like many other people reporting the same in online forums) so I have to use my controllers wired anyway. Most annoying

@Balaam_ That's pretty unlikely mate.
It looks like the overhaul is to coincide with the PS5 release and all previous games which have had such updates have also been updated for Xbox, so I'd suggest you will definitely get the updated engine and all the fixes at around the same time. Sounds like they have done a lot of work so hopefully it will tempt you back in!

Not normally moved by xbox special edition controllers (but I have two forza special editions), but this is a great design. Well worth.

Jesus, thats Fugly. It's hard to imagine anything been uglier than this. I'm very happy to keep mine black - though I like the look of white too!

I agree with the article - it sounds like end of game support options to be added to this game only. I think it's clear now that another motorsport will not happen.
That's a big shame as I really don't like the current game, but have loved previous iterations. I was hoping maybe they would get it right in a future release, but it's clearly going to be a dead franchise now.

As usual, MS paying a price for announcing games far too early.
There's a perception that MS have trouble developing games to conclusion that's supported by them announcing games which are little more than ideas with an FMV trailer. But they continue to do it.
It's always been the case that a large proportion of games will fail and get canned, that's the nature of this business, but those games should never have been announced in the first place until it looks clear they are going to deliver.

Herdling is definitely my type of game. I suspect I'll buy it rather than rent it as its likely to be cheap enough.
Nice enough additions, but nothing head turning.

I've no need for a handheld, but its a smart looking unit and I'm very interested in how it performs in terms of the OS.
I hope it's brilliant for all those waiting for it.

Apparently it's a 13 hour game. I want more game per $ than that so I'll pick it up maybe when its half price and not before.

@Banjo- Sorry, was only referring to ps5. As you say, I dont think you could on ps4.

@Banjo- "the start-up beeps of PS are annoying" Just for info, you can turn it off or indeed adjust the volume to low/medium if you want.

Edit: Sorry, old news I see someone already mentioned it!

Nothing to tempt me back here. At least I have more time to clear the backlog!

I loved this game, really enjoyed it.
I'd be happy to see more people get a chance to play it, but I completely agree with @Fiendish-Beaver - this is the very definition of people clutching at straws. It's pretty funny to see it tbh...

Great that this is wireless as well. Decent price considering its specs...

Vanity editions only make sense if you are selling the original item. Who's gonna buy it? There's only so much you can milk the salwart few who hang on.

It's gonna be awful anyway, Ken Levine was the soul behind what made 1 & 2 such memorable games. I don't trust Take 2 to do anything interesting with a 4th title.
Judas is the title I really want to see.

Thats right up my street I must say. Id definitely like to play this. Maybe if theres a couple more titles on GP that interest me I can resub for a month and give it a try, otherwise I may consider purchase elsewhere as my wife would potentially enjoy this as well. I think its a nice gp addition.

Still enjoying Dragons Dogma 2, despite some oddities!
Itching to try Banishers so I might start tomorrow..

Whatever you are playing this weekend, I hope you have fun.

$5b GP revenue seems dissapointing? It only implies something like 30 million subs and given the bangers that have been launching on GP, I'd have certainly expected a bit higher.
As many people have said it would be nice to see the profit, but that completely depends on accounting decisions. Im pretty sure it must be fairly profitable.
Though a statement like this is carefully crafted to present data in the most favourable light, I genuinely believe MS has picked a path to great steady profits, and their publish everywhere philoposhy is clearly the way foward for continued success.

@FraserG Be awesome if you remember. It doesn't matter much of course, but I think it every single time

@Fiendish-Beaver You are not the only one mate it really irritates me as well. They are not Xbox games, they are games releasing on Xbox, its poor english.
Having said that, I'm glad that there's a lot of em!

After such a wait, its almost certainty an anticlimax now.
I do wish them well though, I enjoyed the last release a lot untill it got too difficult for me to progress 😂

@HonestHick Yes mate I agree completely. Im well up for a console PC (Ive a lot of games on Steam), so if xbox gets this right I'll definitely be on board for the journey, it will be fantastic.
Im a little concerned that some people who have invested in current xbox may lose access to games they paid for as so many dont have windows equivalents, but thats certainly not an issue I need to be worried about.
Whilst I couldn't be less interested in a portable pc, the front end and how they manage updates/security/drivers etc could be really exciting to check out as its how they will approach their 'Steambox'.
Exciting times.

Its an Xbox in name only imo. But interesting to see how it does and if the front end wrapper is a proper job.

@Millionski ...and the next xbox will be called an xbox while its running windows 11, so I wouldnt expect a job description to make that distinction!
I would happily take that bet as I think youd lose your money, but I have little stake and as stated, were I to be wrong it would not bother me. We already mainly use the two ps5 pros we have, and I have a series X for the times I think its worth subbing to GP.
It would be good to see the games on the series machines, that way everyone enjoys them, but it wont happen.
However Ive noted that you will definitely have bragging rights over me if it does, so we'll revisit this next year maybe😀 Hell, maybe even before xmas this year, if they are going to do it, no point in waiting!

I purely see this as recognition that Xbox will soon be a windows 11 platform and sony are already making games for windows.

I don't expect this to mean games for Series S/X, but I have no issue if it does - the more gamers can play these titles the better, as I think they are best gaming experiences of the last 5 or so years bar none reaching quality standards that very few match and doing so without filling the titles with MicroTransactions. It would be great if those that wanted to could access these on their current Xbox.
But I don't expect to see it...

Another poor GP month imo. I let my sub drop 3 months ago and I've missed nothing at all I'm interested in. I'll sub again when they have titles I want to play, but the days of having choice and 20+ titles a month appear to have long gone. It seems it's only a cracker when MS have some decent first parties to release now.

@Fiendish-Beaver
Xbox have already stated they are going to be windows 11 gaming.
Given that Sony already port for PC and these jobs will be for overseeing future projects, they will definately be porting to Xbox, when Xbox is all windows. It seems crystal clear to me, but I guess we will see

Still working my way through Dragons Dogma 2, most enjoyable.
I have an urge to play Banishers soon as Ive been highly recommended it.

Whatever you are playing this weekend, I hope you have fun.

Im not a fan of infinate, but I do see a lot of issues that are not engine dependant. It may have been easier to bring more timely updates or create some different art assets with UE, but it wouldnt have fixed the game for me.

Id expect this to include Starfield, which will allow MS to make decent money Id expect.
Im glad I tried it on gp as its not a game for me so no money wasted and definitely no double dipping.
Its not really news now, as their 3rd party publishing ambitions are obvious to all. Xbox remains a good machine and Game Pass remains its reason to have one. I do tend to play elsewhere by choice, but GP keeps me coming back occasionally.

I'm glad, but if anyone honestly thinks MS has a consistent direction this has to be another nail in that coffin of belief. They could say anything, they could do anything - you cannot rely on what's happening or being said at any one moment.

@Dodoo I'm afraid I also had real problems with motion sickness and the Indie game. The net is full of others that suffered similar.
I got the best settings I could, bought some wrist bands with beads that push into you to help with sickness, and played for 90 minutes to 2 hours max and got through the game that way, but it still gave me headaches.
Unless a sequel is much better, I wouldn't persevere again.

There was apparently never any exclusivity deal, so you might have thought they would have brought it across sooner. Nice to see it now though.
I think I'd enjoy it though, so maybe if I catch it in a good sale or it comes to GP or PS+...

I'll definitely keep an eye open for this, having enjoyed the original film quite a bi.t
I always wanted one of those cubes in the film - and having just looked there are some pretty decent ones up for sale, so maybe I'll get to visit in person!

This looks like really good fun. I was a big fan of the 'SSX' series back in the day, and though this isn't as madcap, it looks like it could scratch that itch.
I'm not currently on GP for a bit, but as soon as I am again, I'll definitely try this..

The projected sales are obviously much smaller on xbox because of the install base and spending habbits. If they genuinely cant handle making for xbox and ps5 at the same time and have to make the choice, then it was obvious.
I would have bought on the PS5 anyway, but I really hope they dont take too long to release on xbox too.

Loved this game but for some reason I moved on while I was about 80% through. Maybe this will get me back to finish the game. Its a very beautiful world..

I think its been a great boon to have the EA games on GP and I hope the deal lasts another 5 years....

It seems like a fine idea for the cost of a tile. Its more useful than the advertising.
I also think its another step in the direction of the 'play anywhere' initiative, so I think its interesting...

@Kraven Thats a great point and its one of several reasons Im invested in the Trophy system, sometimes it can add a lot of value to a game Im loving...

I own one game on Xbox, FH 4, bought before it was discontinued.
Everything else is played on games pass.
I buy between 40 to 60 games a year, but I buy them on PS, very occasionally switch.
Im old, seen enough to know trusting MS is a fools game, so Ive been certain to not invest in the eco system despite always buying the platform. Game pass is enough to ensure Ive played some great memorable games on Xbox platforms, and publishers get plenty of my cash when I buy elsewhere...