@NishimaruX Yeah, I was there too. I got tired of it when the publishers started trying to mandate what other software could exists on your system. Control freaks obsessed with stopping pirates that won't buy their games either way, but they inconvenience the actual customers to no end anyway. I still remember when someone made Halo 2 run on XP instead of being "Vista Only." I still have that disc. Those were the days. lol
@PsBoxSwitchOwner Honestly, I had enough of the second hand market when I was collecting Xbox360 games. Too many horrible scratched discs. Got to the point I only bought sealed or "Like New" and went nuts if anyone lied about condition. Than you had to worry about them arriving loose inside the damn case anyway. Cartridges were better, but those days are gone.
@PsBoxSwitchOwner I think it's a good thing for digital users. Between updates, DLC, and servers, the majority of discs are just keys at this point. I'm tired of waiting for those to get to the stores. They treat us like beta testers anyway. Maybe things will move along better NOT having to press discs.
They need to solve their issues with licensed IPs though, or stop licensing them. Why can't Disney etc just get a small percentage of the profit so the games can stay on the digital stores forever???
Yet, they won't ever give us full control of cloud saves like PS4/5. We should be able to disable auto sync per game and upload/download on demand.
I also don't understand why every game in our libraries is "Standard Edition" now. I reported that to the Remnant II devs like 4 times and was just ignored. I bought the "Ultimate Edition." I don't want to forever see "Standard Edition" in my goddamn UI. It should be just the game title without an edition tagged on it. Why aren't more people complaining about that????
People should be pissed about the lack of 4TB/8TB expansions for Series X/S, but nobody's even mentioning those being limited to 2TB all these years because of the insistence on using the shorter form factor NVME drives, which could easily be changed.
Requiring an MS account on PSN is a problem. I own both consoles, and I still won't consent to that on principle. I would've bought the game on both platforms.
p.s. Are we cheesing LASO with a 2nd account running on easy now or what? lol
I would've bought it on both consoles if they hadn't pulled this garbage of requiring MS accounts on PS. It's a matter of principle. There's no reason it should be necessary.
Wet is Bethesda anyway, and the 2009 Wolfenstein should be possible since they bought Activision. I want to know why every OG Xbox Star Wars game want BC EXCEPT OBi-Wan too. Also, Genma Onimusha was BS on 360 but it's not BC on XB1/Series. Stupid considering we got cheated out of the OG Xbox enhancements with the remaster.
and when are those folks in the ivory tower going to face the reality that Xbox players should NOT need Activision and Bethesda accounts anymore? Those should've been phased out by now.
How bout a roadmap on when they're finally going to phase out Activision and Bethesda accounts so everything MS owns works with only an Xbox account. Those accounts started as an optional thing anyway, but ever publisher started forcing them after a certain point. They should end them completely or make them optional again for the small amount of people who need cross progression with PSN. They've never been necessary for crossplay in spite of what some sheep claim. Many other games have crossplay without creating a game/publisher account.
@Balaam_ True, but Sony does one thing right. They let the system update download in the background so you don't have to watch it spend 5 minutes "verifying" before you can install it and get back to what you were doing.
Still won't address any of the things they should be:
1. The Bethesda and Activision accounts still existing when we should be able to play everything MS owns on Xbox with just our Xbox account. 2. The store constantly nagging for updates. No other platform does it. You can decline every time and still find new releases. Needs to be handled differently. 3. Why the hell does everything in my library lately showing up as "Standard Edition" regardless of which edition we own? It should literally be just the actual game title. Why aren't all the OCD people screaming about this???
MP doesn't need to be free, but it needs a cheap tier WITHOUT gamepass and without screwing people on sale prices for not having it. They also need to phase out Bethesda and Activision accounts. Way past time everything MS owns works with just our Xbox accounts. Furthermore, they should answer for all the games MS owns now and published that still aren't BC. The 2009 Wolfenstein should definitely be fair game since the Activision takeover.
@ecurb7 They build consoles like PCs now anyway. The cost of porting itself should be minimal and easily recovered even with low sales. The idiots insisting on garbage like Denuvo costs them money. This is the same excuse people keep making for Japanese devs skipping Xbox. I just don't buy that it's not the least bit profitable for companies like Namco to allow Xbox ports of things. Yet, ever since they bought the EDF IP, no EDF on Xbox...even the Yukes spin offs, and Yukes always did full multi-plat releases prior to that.
@Jaxx420 I thought Sony backed down on it because of all the complaints, negative reviews, refunds, etc. People are sheep either way. I'm always the ***** though for complaining about this stuff because I have principles and hate *****.
Of all the silly things to waste time on. Why doesn't anyone ask Asha and the other clowns in the ivory tower why they're not phasing out Bethesda and Activision accounts to unite all Xbox games under the Xbox account system for player convenience and brand unity????
No. I've had enough of IOI and their online BS for singleplayer games. Freelancer in Hitman 3 is unplayable at this point, and I have 19ms ping on a gigabit connection. Makes no sense everything has delays registering in a singleplayer game.
Back paddles should be standard by now. I wore out 3 or 4 elite controllers and got tired of the fact they weren't even selling the black one without the extra parts like they do with the ugly white. I've been using Gamesir G7 HEs. Wore out one so far, but they're like a 3rd of the price, so.
I desperately want to see an end to Bethesda and Activision accounts. Everything MS owns should work with ONLY an Xbox account. How are people even reaching her with suggestions? There should be a proper way to write to these people in their ivory tower instead of commenting on their twitter and hoping.
I just don't understand devs obsession with animating every little action now. I'm sorry, but I don't want to watch my dude pick flowers 5000 times. Also, the sneaking/stealing/getting away sucks. If they're going to copy AC, they should at least do it right. Too many puzzles, and why are there QTEs? Did the devs start this project back in the PS2 era? ugh.
and where are they getting this feedback? It'd be nice if we had direct contact info instead social media trash. I want Bethesda and Activision accounts phased out. I want console commands enabled on console games like Fallout 4 without having to make and account and install mods. I want the store on the console to stop nagging us to update every time we go in there. A "Get All" option for free DLCs on games in the store would be nice too.
@GuyinPA75 Agreed. Literally the only thing we got out of this generation is faster loading. I want games to really make use of the hardware: more enemies on screen, more chaos, higher building caps in games like Fallout/RTS. Not just tweaking a few GPU sliders and calling it a "next gen" version of the game. They still won't address the absurd update sizes either. They should have to explain how a PubG patch can be 230MB on PC but 9GB for the same tiny bug fixes on Xbox.
Never fix the store though. PSN and Nintendo don't nag you to update every time you try to view their store. Xbox360 didn't either. It's entirely possible to make it function without being annoying, but we've had to put up with this nonsense for 2 generations now.
I'd rather them do an update that enables console commands on the console version like PC gamers have direct access to. We have keyboards too. No, I don't want to make a Bethesda account and download a mod for it. Those accounts should've been phased out before this game even released. They've been owned by MS for years now.
Yet, nobody mentions MW3 is so broken you literally have to put your console offline to play SpecOPs because otherwise it keeps booting you out when it fails to connect to the server for the stupid leaderboards.
I just want an end to Bethesda and Activision accounts. Should've been phased out by now, and it's ridiculous gaming media never talk about the plague of extra accounts nowadays. Only account I want on Xbox is my Xbox account.
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Re: As PlayStation Announces The End Of Disc-Based Releases, Will Xbox Follow Suit?
@NishimaruX Yeah, I was there too. I got tired of it when the publishers started trying to mandate what other software could exists on your system. Control freaks obsessed with stopping pirates that won't buy their games either way, but they inconvenience the actual customers to no end anyway. I still remember when someone made Halo 2 run on XP instead of being "Vista Only." I still have that disc. Those were the days. lol
Re: As PlayStation Announces The End Of Disc-Based Releases, Will Xbox Follow Suit?
@PsBoxSwitchOwner Honestly, I had enough of the second hand market when I was collecting Xbox360 games. Too many horrible scratched discs. Got to the point I only bought sealed or "Like New" and went nuts if anyone lied about condition. Than you had to worry about them arriving loose inside the damn case anyway. Cartridges were better, but those days are gone.
Re: As PlayStation Announces The End Of Disc-Based Releases, Will Xbox Follow Suit?
@PsBoxSwitchOwner I think it's a good thing for digital users. Between updates, DLC, and servers, the majority of discs are just keys at this point. I'm tired of waiting for those to get to the stores. They treat us like beta testers anyway. Maybe things will move along better NOT having to press discs.
They need to solve their issues with licensed IPs though, or stop licensing them. Why can't Disney etc just get a small percentage of the profit so the games can stay on the digital stores forever???
Re: Four New Console Features Begin Rolling Out Today For Xbox Insiders (June 24)
Yet, they won't ever give us full control of cloud saves like PS4/5. We should be able to disable auto sync per game and upload/download on demand.
I also don't understand why every game in our libraries is "Standard Edition" now. I reported that to the Remnant II devs like 4 times and was just ignored. I bought the "Ultimate Edition." I don't want to forever see "Standard Edition" in my goddamn UI. It should be just the game title without an edition tagged on it. Why aren't more people complaining about that????
Re: What Does A $1049 Steam Machine Mean For Xbox's Project Helix?
People should be pissed about the lack of 4TB/8TB expansions for Series X/S, but nobody's even mentioning those being limited to 2TB all these years because of the insistence on using the shorter form factor NVME drives, which could easily be changed.
Re: Halo: Campaign Evolved Has Some Weird Xbox Account Requirements For Local Co-Op
Requiring an MS account on PSN is a problem. I own both consoles, and I still won't consent to that on principle. I would've bought the game on both platforms.
p.s. Are we cheesing LASO with a 2nd account running on easy now or what? lol
Re: Halo: Campaign Evolved Has Some Weird Xbox Account Requirements For Local Co-Op
I would've bought it on both consoles if they hadn't pulled this garbage of requiring MS accounts on PS. It's a matter of principle. There's no reason it should be necessary.
Re: These Are The Top 10 Xbox Backwards Compatibility Requests After 750,000 Votes
Wet is Bethesda anyway, and the 2009 Wolfenstein should be possible since they bought Activision. I want to know why every OG Xbox Star Wars game want BC EXCEPT OBi-Wan too. Also, Genma Onimusha was BS on 360 but it's not BC on XB1/Series. Stupid considering we got cheated out of the OG Xbox enhancements with the remaster.
Re: Xbox Leaders Outline Five 'Realities' That Will Be Addressed Over The Next 100 Days
and when are those folks in the ivory tower going to face the reality that Xbox players should NOT need Activision and Bethesda accounts anymore? Those should've been phased out by now.
Re: Here's A Look At The Updated Xbox Game Studios Roadmap From June 2026
How bout a roadmap on when they're finally going to phase out Activision and Bethesda accounts so everything MS owns works with only an Xbox account. Those accounts started as an optional thing anyway, but ever publisher started forcing them after a certain point. They should end them completely or make them optional again for the small amount of people who need cross progression with PSN. They've never been necessary for crossplay in spite of what some sheep claim. Many other games have crossplay without creating a game/publisher account.
Re: Four New Console Features Begin Rolling Out Today For Xbox Insiders (May 29)
@Balaam_ True, but Sony does one thing right. They let the system update download in the background so you don't have to watch it spend 5 minutes "verifying" before you can install it and get back to what you were doing.
Re: Four New Console Features Begin Rolling Out Today For Xbox Insiders (May 29)
Still won't address any of the things they should be:
1. The Bethesda and Activision accounts still existing when we should be able to play everything MS owns on Xbox with just our Xbox account.
2. The store constantly nagging for updates. No other platform does it. You can decline every time and still find new releases. Needs to be handled differently.
3. Why the hell does everything in my library lately showing up as "Standard Edition" regardless of which edition we own? It should literally be just the actual game title. Why aren't all the OCD people screaming about this???
Re: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Launches This October, And It Won't Be On Xbox One
Are they dropping the Activision accounts yet? Should be Xbox accounts only by now.
Re: These Are The Top 25 'XBOX Player Voice' Requests After One Week
MP doesn't need to be free, but it needs a cheap tier WITHOUT gamepass and without screwing people on sale prices for not having it. They also need to phase out Bethesda and Activision accounts. Way past time everything MS owns works with just our Xbox accounts. Furthermore, they should answer for all the games MS owns now and published that still aren't BC. The 2009 Wolfenstein should definitely be fair game since the Activision takeover.
Re: Digital Foundry Labels Sony's PS5 Exclusivity Pivot As A 'Defensive Move Against Project Helix'
@ecurb7 They build consoles like PCs now anyway. The cost of porting itself should be minimal and easily recovered even with low sales. The idiots insisting on garbage like Denuvo costs them money. This is the same excuse people keep making for Japanese devs skipping Xbox. I just don't buy that it's not the least bit profitable for companies like Namco to allow Xbox ports of things. Yet, ever since they bought the EDF IP, no EDF on Xbox...even the Yukes spin offs, and Yukes always did full multi-plat releases prior to that.
Re: Digital Foundry Labels Sony's PS5 Exclusivity Pivot As A 'Defensive Move Against Project Helix'
@Jaxx420 I thought Sony backed down on it because of all the complaints, negative reviews, refunds, etc. People are sheep either way. I'm always the ***** though for complaining about this stuff because I have principles and hate *****.
Re: Digital Foundry Labels Sony's PS5 Exclusivity Pivot As A 'Defensive Move Against Project Helix'
PC gamers told Sony to shove their PSN accounts on Helldivers 2 and singleplayer games. Sony is just butthurt.
Re: 'Xbox Or XBOX?' - Asha Sharma Hints At Rebrand Based On Poll Results
Of all the silly things to waste time on. Why doesn't anyone ask Asha and the other clowns in the ivory tower why they're not phasing out Bethesda and Activision accounts to unite all Xbox games under the Xbox account system for player convenience and brand unity????
Re: Poll: Are You Planning To Buy 007 First Light Later This Month?
No. I've had enough of IOI and their online BS for singleplayer games. Freelancer in Hitman 3 is unplayable at this point, and I have 19ms ping on a gigabit connection. Makes no sense everything has delays registering in a singleplayer game.
Re: Two New Xbox Controllers Have Leaked, Seemingly Including The Elite Series 3
Back paddles should be standard by now. I wore out 3 or 4 elite controllers and got tired of the fact they weren't even selling the black one without the extra parts like they do with the ugly white. I've been using Gamesir G7 HEs. Wore out one so far, but they're like a 3rd of the price, so.
Re: 'Dear Asha...' - Xbox Fan Desperately Wants New CEO To Remove Irrelevant Ads From Dashboard
I desperately want to see an end to Bethesda and Activision accounts. Everything MS owns should work with ONLY an Xbox account. How are people even reaching her with suggestions? There should be a proper way to write to these people in their ivory tower instead of commenting on their twitter and hoping.
Re: Xbox To Retire Features That Don't Align With Future Plans, Starting With Copilot AI
What about Bethesda and Activision accounts? Way past time to phase those out and unify everything under the Xbox account system.
Re: Talking Point: What Are Your First Impressions Of Crimson Desert On Xbox?
I just don't understand devs obsession with animating every little action now. I'm sorry, but I don't want to watch my dude pick flowers 5000 times. Also, the sneaking/stealing/getting away sucks. If they're going to copy AC, they should at least do it right. Too many puzzles, and why are there QTEs? Did the devs start this project back in the PS2 era? ugh.
Re: 'Keep The Feedback Coming' - Xbox Boss Says New Console Features Were Built Two Weeks Ago
Someone tell her expansions bigger than 2TB are long overdue. Use full size NVMEs in the proprietary casings. Nobody cares.
Re: 'Keep The Feedback Coming' - Xbox Boss Says New Console Features Were Built Two Weeks Ago
and where are they getting this feedback? It'd be nice if we had direct contact info instead social media trash. I want Bethesda and Activision accounts phased out. I want console commands enabled on console games like Fallout 4 without having to make and account and install mods. I want the store on the console to stop nagging us to update every time we go in there. A "Get All" option for free DLCs on games in the store would be nice too.
Re: Playground Games Says Ditching Xbox One Will Help Forza Horizon 6's Post-Launch Plans
@GuyinPA75 Agreed. Literally the only thing we got out of this generation is faster loading. I want games to really make use of the hardware: more enemies on screen, more chaos, higher building caps in games like Fallout/RTS. Not just tweaking a few GPU sliders and calling it a "next gen" version of the game. They still won't address the absurd update sizes either. They should have to explain how a PubG patch can be 230MB on PC but 9GB for the same tiny bug fixes on Xbox.
Re: Xbox Series X|S Is Getting Its First Dashboard Update In Ages, Quick Resume Upgrade Included
Never fix the store though. PSN and Nintendo don't nag you to update every time you try to view their store. Xbox360 didn't either. It's entirely possible to make it function without being annoying, but we've had to put up with this nonsense for 2 generations now.
Re: Starfield Gets Major Free Update & New Expansion Next Month, Alongside PS5 Release
I'd rather them do an update that enables console commands on the console version like PC gamers have direct access to. We have keyboards too. No, I don't want to make a Bethesda account and download a mod for it. Those accounts should've been phased out before this game even released. They've been owned by MS for years now.
Re: Xbox Backwards Compatibility Helped Me Rediscover This Forgotten Call Of Duty Horde Mode
Yet, nobody mentions MW3 is so broken you literally have to put your console offline to play SpecOPs because otherwise it keeps booting you out when it fails to connect to the server for the stupid leaderboards.
Re: Talking Point: What Do You 'Expect' From Xbox Over The Next Five Years?
I just want an end to Bethesda and Activision accounts. Should've been phased out by now, and it's ridiculous gaming media never talk about the plague of extra accounts nowadays. Only account I want on Xbox is my Xbox account.