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Sometimes I like to stream from my console when I don't feel like chatting or futzing around with OBS, so the Share button would be nice to map to streaming. Like, a long button press to Start/Stop the stream, and a quick press to pause it. Hopefully that could be a thing once they re-integrate Twitch (RIP Mixer)

@Titntin This game comes out the same day as Elden Ring. I realize they're two completely different genres, but let's be real. Come Feb 25th the internet will be talking about one game and one game only, and it won't be GRID. I always wish Codies well, but they've always had budget issues, and its always showed in their presentation. With EA, they don't (read: shouldn't) have those budget constraints anymore. I WANT to see what Codies could do with AAA money.

Codemasters needs a new engine. Time to stop wasting that EA money on live-action cutscenes and start pumping into some new tech. I have played and enjoyed every single GRID game even going back to the OG Pro Race Driver series but this game looks like a slight improvement over 2019 GRID, at best. I'll probably end up playing it at some point, and it will probably be fine, but if they don't want to turn into another Need For Speed dev they're gonna have to turn it up a notch (especially with the likes of GT7 and FH5 in the scene).

Zune was only a joke because of the goofy name. The device itself was awesome. I had an 80 GB and if it weren't for the battery eventually dying for good, I'd still be using it (because I still have it.)

If they did re-release it, even as a gag, I'd buy it again. Toss in Bluetooth and it's a no-brainer for me.

What people also didn't realize was that the Zune service was basically Game Pass for music. It allowed unlimited plays and ten DRM-free downloads a month (to keep) for like, ten bucks. It was a damn good service.

Throw it into EA Play and I'll play it. But neither I nor any of my buddies are paying for that dumpster fire.

I wonder if we'll see ActiveLizzard games on GP before the deal is done. IIRC, I think we started to see Bethesda games on the service long before that deal was done.
I know this situation is a bit different, but maybe they could hammer out a GP deal in the meantime.

I like Seamus Blackley. Dude gives zero ****s.

Until I can play FF7 Remake on my Xbox, i don't really give a **** what Sony "expects."

They'll respond with more back alley deals like the one keeping FF7 Remake off the Xbox. And let's be clear; I don't blame them, but at least man up and own it. The silence is more irritating than anything. I'd respect Sony more if they came out and said, "yeah we paid extra just so Xbox fans don't get to play it. Get over it."

@mythoughts31 $20 is a full price tag?

I'm not excited to check this out, but i will anyway. Thanks Game Pass!

Somebody needs to send these guys a Series X dev kit. If not to update this game, but for a Grim Dawn 2 should they want to make one.

I pre-ordered it and my only gripe was the size of the UI, which they addressed in the patch. The unlocked framerate is nice, but there are hitches (since it's... unlocked) and I almost prefer the locked 30. Either way, though, I'm really enjoying it so far. The multiplayer works(!) and has been pretty solid for my two buddies and I that have been questing together.

Am I the only one that sees *stuck in the 360 era" as a positive?

Well f***.

Yes, PureXbox, that is all i have to say.

I hope its good. My wife played the hell out of one of them on 360 and I know she'd be all over this as long as the gameplay isn't too complex. I'm looking forward to it.

I remain cautiously cautionistic

Can't wait to spend 45 minutes sneaking across half the map only to **** it all up and end up blasting my way out anyway.

They need to bring back story mode and cutscenes like Race Driver Grid had. I used to love bumping and rubbing on the track then getting the pissed off driver confronting me afterwards. GRID Reboot's rival feature was an afterthought at best.

I bought it and have put a few hours into it. Its fine. Not amazing, but i'm enjoying it. It had apparently been in the works for a few years now, so they obviously had some dev issues. It works. The problem it has is a basic HUD scaling issue that (should be) relatively easy to fix. As far as the resolution/fps.. its an xbox one game. As in, 2013 VCR Xbox One.

Hopefully in the near future they'll gain the resources to give it a Series X optimization, but i read before the game launched that they didn't have a dev kit. They have been pretty up front about that, but i will admit their PR department needs a lesson in bedside manner. It would go a long way.

That being said, i knew nothing about this game prior to seeing it in the MS store. So i did research. I bought the game knowing what i was getting into. Sometimes people just need to do their due diligence and make educated purchases (or know when to wait).

About ***in' time.

I'll give it a look. If nothing else it could be a fun time waster with buddies.

They said they'd address it after the first complaints. They also said it would be a process. All this continued whining is just cementing the opinion that the gaming community are a bunch of impatient, entitled brats.

Also, the ones complaining about the cost of cosmetics better never go to Disneyworld.

The things people will do for attention.

I'll be honest, my favorite system from Forza Horizon was the very first game where you had to level up to earn different colored wristbands, and each wristband gave you access to a new set of races. I really liked that system.

I also haven't play FH5 as much as I thought I would, and to be fair, I didn't play FH4 as much either. I think it really comes down to the fact that they inundate you with stuff to do from the get-go, and it's just kinda like you don't have to earn anything. There's nothing to work towards.

Also, they should have waited a week or two to start the seasons. Let us get through the story content first. That felt a little unnecessary, to have all of the seasonal things kick off right from the start, when you're still trying to get your bearings.

Maybe it's so expensive to deter people from buying it because they want people to actually play the damn thing. Or maybe it's a luxury tax. You think that $75 cupcake in Vegas is actually worth $75?? They figure hell if you're gonna throw money at them, shoot for the moon.

Well they added Oblivion, so I'm happy.

Headline should read "People want instant gratification, don't want to earn it."

Seriously though, was anyone expecting anything else when the mp was announced as F2P? I can count on zero fingers how many people are surprised by the pricing model. They don't want you to have everything up front, cuz you'll get bored and move on after a week. The drip-feed keeps gamers playing. How do people not understand this?

Game Pass is their best shot at getting people in. That reputation is so badly tarnished there's no way i'm paying for that game without trying it first. Even if they actually ever release the Series S/X version.

@oldgamerdave If you have Game Pass and can handle the hefty download, there's no reason not to give it a shot. Halo CE is worth a quick playthrough on Easy just to kind of understand the story and the purpose of the halo ring. That said, it's a lot of Halo and could very well burn you out before Infinite hits if you try to marathon it. No pun intended.

Kids nowadays don't know the struggle. Back in the 80's, not only were Nintendo and Sega exclusives strictly exclusive, but when we DID get multiplats, they were completely different games lol.

"Up to 60" makes it sound like it's not a locked framerate. Which, for Souls games, is kinda important. Hopefully these are conservative numbers like what Capcom released for RE Village ahead of its launch.

Framerate issues have always kinda been a thing for Souls games and I'm hoping they clean it up at least on the next gen consoles.

@FraserG If you're looking to Microsoft for clear naming conventions, you might be barking up the wrong tree

@FriendlyOctopus I'm going to assume so. MS is selling the premium add-on pack for Forza Horizon 5 specifically targeted at Game Pass subscribers. I think this is going to be a thing going forward.

What's so confusing about that? To buy the add-ons, it's $20. To buy the whole package, it's $50. Not sure how they could've made it simpler than that, aside from just making the whole thing free (which wasn't gonna happen).

They took a developer known for their single player, linear, narrative driven games and ham-fisted them into a multiplayer GaaS.

Literally everyone questioned that move, and now a few years later, Squeenix is saying they "might not have been a good fit." I think we can all file this away into the "No f******* s***" category.

I put about 100 hours into Breakpoint. It was a guilty pleasure for a while. I'm not gonna say it was a great game, but it scratched an itch.

I've been wanting to see what the next gen upgrade looks like, but I have a physical copy of the game and own a Series S, so I'm gonna use this free-play weekend to see what the differences are and what the new mode is like.

@OliverOwen An opinion cannot be correct, sir. That's why it's an opinion.

I didn't say I never used them, I still have a lot of games that have never been re-released. I definitely use them a lot less since my CRTV crapped out. But the fact of the matter is, I'm not going to keep them hooked up indefinitely, and playing a version of an older game on a newer piece of hardware, with a better controller, higher resolution and frame rate, and faster loading times will always be preferable to playing on one of the older systems.

I buy new consoles, especially Xbox, not just for those new, next-gen games, but also to play better versions of old games.

Not gonna lie, Master Chief's swampass is probably more legendary than he is.

I bought an Xbox as a "why not" because I was bored with my PS2 and Gamecube (lol wtf MS making a console). It's been my primary console ever since. 4 generations and counting.

@OliverOwen I have a shelf here in my computer room that has an Xbox, Gamecube, N64, PS2, PS3, Wii, and a Dreamcast sitting on it. Hooking up one of those means dusting it off and finding some place to put it on my desk, digging the wires out of the closet, along with the rickety old ass controller, scavenge my memory cards from whatever dark corner they might be in, finding the AV adapter for my HDTV because they don't have composite inputs anymore, and hooking it all up, just so I can play a completely awful looking up-res 480p signal on my tv.

No thanks. They can give me all the remakes and remasters they want.

A lot of people are assuming this means cloud streaming or cloud-based services, but they didn't mention that in the article.

If anything, what I get from it is that post-pandemic, remote development is here to stay, and the challenges that developers have encountered is that of multiple people in multiple locations all working in sync. Builds have to be uploaded, shared, etc. before the next department can do their part. With a cloud based development environment, they could possibly work via the cloud and see the live results of everyone working on the project, similar to how it would be if they were all in the same office. I believe this is going to be 100% development, as opposed to hinting at what kind of end products we'll be playing on our consoles.

Resident Evil gets my vote just out of pure longevity. That series has some staying power (obviously). Silent Hill gets a nod but let's be honest, the first two games were great and then came a whole lotta 'meh.'

MS is pooling their resources into tent-pole releases for Game Pass. GWG is now the poor man's sloppy seconds.

In truth, GWG isn't any different than Game Pass, you still lose access to them if your sub expires. They should just retire GWG already.

Personally, I would've double down on old Craig. Remove most textures. Simplify the mesh a bit. Tuck him away somewhere secret on the Zeta Halo. Then have him jump out at Master Chief in all his OG Xbox graphics glory and scream "Craig forevah motha****as!"

But that's just me.

Wow these are overpriced. I bought a 40-inch Samsung for a little over 200 bucks. It doesn't do VRR or 120hz, but VRR will be less and less necessary as the gen goes on, and 120hz isn't important to everyone.

I'd rather just wait for OLED to get cheaper and more reliable.

Maybe it'll enhance my ability to stay awake while playing it.

With this, Tales of Arise, and FFVII Remake, it's nice to see JRPG's getting with the times in terms of graphics. They're finally not looking like PS3 games anymore! Now all Japan needs to do is evolve their anime style. I swear I've been playing as the same characters for 30 years.

Not to mention 16% of a few billion dollars is still a significant amount of money. It's not "just" 16% of the previous year's revenue, it's 16% MORE.

I've been pretty happy with my Series S, but I do still have my One X for the enhanced games (and my physical games).

I've been trying to sell my friend on the Series S. He's still on a base XBO console, so literally any of the new consoles will be an upgrade. He won't budge though; just knowing the Series X exists he's insistent on waiting. That's fine and all, he can do what he wants, but he's going to be getting more and more hard-pressed to stick to his XBO when we're playing the newer multiplayer games without him.

I have a feeling he (and the other holdouts) will eventually grab a Series S as a "for now" console until the X is more readily available. But right now we're still in the cross--gen phase. The FOMO will win out eventually.