I moved to PC years ago and I certainly don't regret it. This kind of nonsense just reaffirms that I made the right choice. I enjoy Xbox games, but stuff like this would seriously annoy me.

Sorry, but no 30 FPS game is "taking over" IMO. I'm not playing GTA6 until it comes to PC even though I have a Series X. It's 2026, I am not playing anything at 30 FPS.

Oh yeah, gaming is the "only" industry where people have a negative sentiment towards AI.

Talk about being out of touch.

That being said - he is right about one thing... everyone is using it. It's funny when gamers badmouth devs that admit to using it, when the only difference between those devs and others is that they actually admitted that they use it.

Keep all of the games on PC and make them console exclusive to Xbox, period. I only say this because both Sony and Nintendo have been much less receptive to sharing their exclusives with MS/PC, so they don't deserve to have access to MS games IMO.

In a perfect would there would be no exclusives and you would "win" by having the best platform/hardware, but sadly that's just not feasible in today's world with greedy anti-consumer companies like Sony and Nintendo.

@AI-Generation One bad review from a non-gaming outlet (The Guardian of all places) is hardly of any concern IMO.

My Steam Collectors Edition arrived yesterday, and I picked up a second Premium Edition for my wife. We're both going to be playing coop tomorrow on PC. The beta was a ton of fun.

Annoying that it's some unheard of pizza shop instead of one that's widely available.

This is way too much of a pro-consumer for Sony to do anyway.

I'm very adverse to any form of input lag, and I've yet to experience any cloud gaming experience that was even remotely acceptable for me, despite having fiber internet. It just isn't ready yet IMO.

Personally, I think they should have focused on fixing the game first before releasing console versions. As a PC player I had my eye on this until it launched and the reviews were so bad that I didn't bother picking it up.

I'm about 10 hours in and loving it on PC at 4k Ultra. It definitely shows that it was developed by former The Witcher 3 devs.

@FatGuyInLilCoat That's probably why MS cut them loose to be honest. That's why I'm not super excited for this. MS looked at it and said, eh, we'll cut our losses at this point.

I moved on to PC gaming several years ago, but the question still applies. Considering my 5090 alone cost about six times a Series X, if it were to break I would do everything in my power to repair it. If a repair was impossible, I would eventually replace it but my eyes might water while doing so lol.

Back before the acquisition they released a game called Spacebase DF9 in early access and then abruptly abandoned it shortly after launch. I politely asked on their discussions forum what happened and if they were ever going to return to it and was immediately permabanned. After that I lost all respect for them, so it's hard to feel any sympathy for them now.

It's not my favorite of the year only because this year has been so stacked. Resident Evil Requiem is my personal GOTY, but Halo CE has been fantastic overall. The only thing I have against it is no PvP multiplayer and the bizarre choice to make the cutscenes prerendered 30 FPS videos. On PC at least it's very jarring to drop from 150+ FPS gameplay to 30 FPS cutscenes.

The ironic thing is that as a PC player on Steam it worked for me from the moment it released lol

Blink twice if you need help Hugo.

Requiem is definitely GOTY for me, but Forza Horizon 6 would be second.

@oopsiezz I received some invaluable advice 20-some years ago when I was interested in getting into game development. Even back then, I was warned that it's a terrible industry to work in due to horrendous crunch and the complete absence of job security.

I get Obsidian making some cuts given that they haven't put out a true win in quite a while. id Software however has been killing it with the Doom revival. Still, it sucks when anyone loses their job, as it's likely the ineptitude at the top that's causing the bleeding at the bottom.

@johnedwin Did you read the article? This is Sony's decision.

I am excited for it, but not nearly as excited as I would be if they had simply included the classic multiplayer with these updated visuals.

Xbox needs to stop the bleeding, and fast. I don't blame them for taking measures like this because the alternative is the end of the Xbox brand as a whole. They need to throw their full weight behind their most successful and productive studios.

@Deshalu Exactly. I imagine Nixxes employees won't be around much longer either. They were a company specializing in porting games to PC that Sony acquired not long ago.

As a PC gamer I am thankful for Microsoft's Play Anywhere initiative. It's nice to have the option to play these games with PC performance. Sony pulling their games from PC just means that I won't be playing their games. They're not going to strongarm me into buying a Playstation lol

This game seems to have been languishing in development hell for some time. I truly hope it's good when it finally releases. I enjoyed SOD1 and SOD2 quite a bit.

I'm good as long as it's on PC haha. Looks great. In a perfect world they're would be no exclusives on any platform, but if Sony won't play ball then neither should MS.

I've always felt it was a bit petty that Sony always just puts Playstation on game announcements even when they are multiplatform. Why not just be honest about what platforms a game is coming to?

As of now it's my second favorite release of the year after Resident Evil Requiem. I've had a ton of fun with it and have over 30 hours played so far. It's easily the best Horizon game to date IMO. I don't see anything else this year topping FH6 or Requiem for me, but I'm looking forward to Aliens Fireteam Elite 2 and The Blood of Dawnwalker.

I'll never understand why these Lego games don't offer online coop WITHOUT being forced to use split screen. I'd pick it up in a heartbeat if I could play it in coop without split screen.

I played this a ton over the weekend on the absolute maximum settings on my PC (7800X3D+5090) and it's honestly the best arcade racing game of all time IMO. There's an incredible amount of stuff to do and the environments and cars look incredible. Highly recommended.

Can't speak for the console experience. I'm fortunate enough to be playing this fantastic title on my 5090 maxed out at 4k with path tracing. It's absolutely beautiful and I'm loving it. I'm actually looking forward to multiple playthroughs for my 100% completion.

"Switch 2 drops as low as 30FPS in docked and into the 20s via portable play."

Sorry, but that is unplayable IMO even for a console experience. If I were playing on console I would definitely stick with a Series X or PS5.

Thankfully I'm playing this on my obnoxiously powerful PC and it looks absolutely incredible. The performance is actually quite impressive considering how good it looks as well, which is thanks to the RE Engine.

Exclusives have always been a poor way to do business where no one wins. The console manufacturer has to pay for exclusivity, the game developer misses out on sales on competing platforms, and the gamers either have to buy multiple devices or miss out. How about making your hardware and ecosystem the best so that gamers choose your platform because they like it, not because their favorite games are held hostage on it.

Statements like these are always meaningless corporate-speak. We'll likely never know what happened on the inside. The icing on the cake is putting some AI person that doesn't know a video game from a sack of potatoes in charge.

The ship is sinking boys... but fear not! Microsoft Copilot is here to save us all!

@GuyinPA75 Gee, wonder why you felt that way about her...

He's the only reason Xbox has survived as long as it has. With him leaving, and the condition the Xbox brand is in currently, I'm worried for the future of the brand.

Look at PC players... on a neutral playing field the vast majority prefer the Xbox layout. It's just... better.

Way too little and too late IMO. They were warned by fans that they had changed too much during the betas and essentially ignored all of the feedback. The reaction to the beta was so bad the the game was initially delayed, for what little good that did. TWI's overlords at Embracer just wanted a quick cash grab. It's pretty bad when even the beta was pumped full of MTX.

Tencent 🤢🤢🤢 I'm out.

I used to be a huge Xbox fan, but these days I feel like they'd find a way to lose even if they were the only console on the market. I moved to PC years ago and have no regrets.

A boring one for me. Xbox really needs to figure out how to generate excitement again. Too many IPs forgotten or languishing in development for far too long. I truly hope they can turn things around, because a console market dominated by Sony and Nintendo would be horrific for consumers. At least Valve is stepping in with their new console-like device.

I never got into PGR. I was always more of a Forza/Burnout fan for racing games. Burnout 3 is probably still my favorite of all.

@Markatron84 I've always made this argument. IMO, the day it comes out it becomes "current gen."

There's one guy here that always talks trash about the S. He's gonna flip when he sees this article lol

@Iceman247 Uh, no. Most people don't steal games. Not sure what relevance that has to the release date either.

They need to just stop announcing release dates until they are absolutely sure they are ready.

Having no multiplayer in this is a huge mistake.

Some people will never be pleased and are just negative to be negative. This looks great to me. It will introduce Halo CE to a whole new generation of gamers that aren't likely to play the dated remaster, and it will be a fun experience to replay it with modernize graphics and finally 4-player coop with my friends.