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@HonestHick it will probably look as real as a movie and it’ll still be at 30 FPS. Haha

My grandma died, my wife is having sextuplets and I won the lottery. Now this. What a roller coaster week.

@HonestHick RDR 3 release date is 2032.

Exactly. They are never fun for anyone, people don't like doing things that aren't fun, so we won't be doing this. They said it themselves.

I wish they had a tier that only included online multiplayer for the people who have thousands of games already and don't need anything to do with Game pass or cloud streaming. Oh wait, they did and they took it away.

Now I'm starting to feel like I overpaid for Donkey Kong Country, $69.99 in 1994.

@ZuneTattooGuy Gaming since 1982 here. Odyssey 2 and Atari 2600. I did reread your post and saw that you said recently. They need to bring back multi-disc games as standard.

@TapeLoader Incorrect, most games are in a completely broken and unfinished state on the disc nowadays. They require a download to function properly. Or the discs only include a very small portion of the game and the rest needs to be downloaded. I was also in my head thinking about Nintendo switch 2 key cards, and in that case makes my statement completely true.

@Nexozi Awesome. I wouldn't think they would release a game like that in a broken state.

What I think is funny is nowadays when people buy a game on day one they get an unfinished and/or broken product and pay full price for it. When you wait a while, and sometimes not very long if the game was extremely broken during its release, you not only get a discount, you also get in most cases a finished, polished game. What I'm wondering is why doesn't everyone just wait? This has been going on for a very long time and with a lot of games. Common sense would tell you to just wait for every single game to be reduced in price and patched.

@Nexozi There might be something wrong with your Series X, maybe even the HDMI cable or the TV. Maybe see if other people are having the same experience with those games.

@ZuneTattooGuy Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. 🫵

@ZuneTattooGuy You must have not been gaming very long. Right off the top of my head thinking back as far as I can in a moment, the first games that I thought of that were multi-disk were Fear Effect and the Final Fantasy games on PlayStation 1. Those were four discs each I believe. There have been so many multi-disc releases it's not even funny. That's what I don't understand about new games. Why aren't they just including multiple discs like they used to? I think I even had some Sega CD and 3DO games that were multi disc.

@Balaam_ different people have different preferences for different experiences. That's why they make all of these different things. Also, you can connect your PC to your "77" 4K 144 HZ OLED".

@Nexozi I think the series X is going to last a lot longer than people realize.

@Ricky-Spanish I don't even need a controller. I just look at the screen like if it doesn't do as I say, there's going to be trouble.

You know the terms of service everyone agrees to before they use anything? You know how they're always sending us updates to these terms of service? They say if we don't agree then we can stop using whatever the terms of service are for. Well, that's not really how it works. If you buy something and it comes with a terms of service, that terms of service can only be changed if both parties agree. They present it to you as if you're not allowed to use the thing you paid for anymore if you disagree with the new terms of service that they have altered. The truth is they are not allowed to change the terms of service unless both parties agree. Most people don't know that a contract between entities or people can only be changed if both parties agree. When they change the terms of service they are voiding the contract if you don't agree. That doesn't mean that you can no longer use the thing that you paid for, it means they are in violation of the contract and you can sue them. Any changes to a contract after the fact are invalid if both parties don't agree. With that being said, if we participate in the manner in which they do, and this is law, if they are able to tell us when a contract changes, we can do the same thing. We can send them a notice of us changing the terms of service and if they don't agree, they can give us our money back. People don't realize they have that power. I hope one day everyone does realize they have that power and these terms of service will be written to benefit everyone and to protect everyone. All you have to do is send them a terms of service that has been updated to change something you want changed, send it notarized, certified with return receipt and state they have 30 days to respond. If they do not respond, you have now updated your contract with that company. If they want to play that game with us, we have the legal right to do the exact same thing. I have already done this multiple times and when you do send something like that, they just throw it in the trash most of the time. I have won multiple times in court doing the exact thing with other companies. So everyone, I suggest everybody start updating the terms of service to something that benefits you.

@CoolDadTx and all this time I thought they made money from the products that they sell us.

@chesheer I like to eat video games as well.

@Ricky-Spanish Yes.

How hard is it to put it back the way it was before the ads and allow us to resize and arrange the tiles the way we like, like how it is on Windows? We know it's possible because of Windows. We know it's possible because the Xbox runs on Windows. I paid good money for the Xboxes that I have. I did not purchase them under a subsidy. I should not have to look at ads. I will not purchase another Microsoft anything that contains ads. Companies need to realize we are either the customer or the product, not both. That's just disrespectful. They also need to make it clear which one we are. If we are the product everything to do with the service should be provided for free. If we are the customer everything should be provided to us at a price. Nowhere in any of the terms of service or purchase agreement or receipt or anything does it say that I am purchasing a product partially subsidized by ads. Any company that behaves this way will not receive my business. If all of us who disagree with the way they do business, made the same decision, they would not be conducting business in that manner. I think companies and customers alike forget that the customers are in control. It's about time we exercise that control. We are willing to pay good money for good products with no bull$hit. If you can't afford it, don't buy it. Buy what you can afford when you can afford it. It's really simple. On a similar note the McDonald's app today asked me if I wanted to finance my order. If I need to finance a McDonald's order I do not need to be ordering McDonald's. That's how I feel about Xbox lately and anything really.

@Ricky-Spanish That's why you are part of the problem. Even if you love the ads you should never speak such things for the sake of the rest of us.

@Fishysensei Especially since we all purchased the hardware absent a subsidy.

@OldGamer999 There is this long lost concept. It is incredibly simple. It is a solution that works every time. Ok, here goes..... If you don't like a product or service..... Don't purchase or use it. Find something that fits your needs, that you enjoy. I really hope this helps. Choice, who would've thunk it?

I will be playing Hairy Ballz: Scratch and Sniff all weekend long. So much scratching, so much sniffing. Such a wonderful experience, I just can't get enough.

Censorship has no place in art.

If I don't own anything that I buy from them, whether it be a physical item or a license to something, I will continue NOT owing anything from them by not buying anything from them. Most of us understand that we are buying a license to a piece of software, but it is implied that the license does not expire unless otherwise stated and we have the expectation that it will be accessable indefinitely. Maybe the money I paid them to BUY the license should be revoked when the license gets revoked.

@RentedPanda haha, I didn't catch that. I fixed it though.

Why don't they just release an updated Elite Series 2 with hall effect sticks and make everyone happy? It seems like a trivial change that would benefit them as well.

I've been playing Farty Marty Bubble Fart Quest, it's been pretty good so far, very strange game though. The game came with a scratch and sniff card. I regret scratching it. I can't get the smell of soapy farts out of my nose. It's a smell you'll never forget.

I searched for " Bing points unusual activity" then I got the message " unusual search activity detected, we are limiting your searches".

Since it seems the future is going in the digital only direction for software, it would be nice and make the most sense if when we buy a piece of software, that it would come with a universal license for all platforms that it is available on as well as any platform that it may be available on in the future. You just purchase the game and you automatically have a license for whatever device or ecosystem you choose to play it on.

@Steel76 Xbox consoles already run on Windows.

@CoolDadTx Companies to not create laws based on their TOS. Just because they may state it is illegal in their TOS does not mean anything. Their may laws that exist that they are referring to, but most of the time they are just making things up and the things they say in their TOS are not criminally legally enforceable, but they may be civilly legally enforceable. On the other hand, maybe Microsoft should purchase this and utilize it to the fullest. That way it would be 100% legal. It would also greatly expand "Xbox everywhere".

@Jenkinss That describes me. After watching the TV show I had to play all of the games again just to forget about the TV show.

@Millionski I'll rephrase that, I think Game Pass is killing gaming period. At least the way it's implemented. I think Game Pass should be reserved for old games and little cheap games. Putting new AAA titles on there I think is a mistake. I don't see how they're making more money. $20 subscription versus $70 or more. Then they start making games for Game Pass instead of making games the normal way through creativity. They end up just pumping out a bunch of cheap crap to make it look like they have a lot so people perceive increased value. Like I said, if they want to put older things on there I think that's awesome because no one's going to pay for those anymore anyway. I just don't see it being sustainable in the long term even though the data suggests the opposite. I don't want gaming to turn into Netflix. At the same time Netflix does have a lot of good stuff that's made just for Netflix. Maybe they'll pull it off, if they do that would be awesome. I just want quality games with no compromises. Like the 360 era.

I knew the Series X had the power. 4K/120 no problem and it looks amazing. Why are other developers having problems getting power out of this box? I now have to boycott anything less than 60 frames a second unless they do it on purpose and really on purpose, not pretend on purpose just because they are lazy. These 1080p/30 games that are coming out are a joke. 1080p/60 is I guess okay if there's a lot going on, but other than that there's no excuse.

I think Game Pass is the worst thing to ever happen to Xbox. On the other hand I think Game Pass is the best thing that happened for the consumer. I just wish they could both coexist.

@StylesT it's kind of weird, because it seems like everyone works for Microsoft. Whatever happened to just being the customer and buying what they have to offer and not worrying about the internal business, unless you're a shareholder. All this s_h_i_t all the time about everyone worrying about all this nonsense just takes away from enjoying playing games. Buy the games, play them, and that's it. I don't give a f_u_c_k about all this nonsense. It's like everyone thinks they work for these companies now, acting in some kind official capacity. They don't know who you are, they don't give a fu¢k and never will. They sell a product, you buy it, that's where the relationship ends. It's getting really weird and creepy how people are acting about all this, being all up these companies a$$es. Man, I miss the '80s and '90s.

@kuu_nousee DUDE!!! WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT!!!!

@StylesT I have a question. What..is...your...and...the others...like...you... obsession...with...exclusives? I just don't get it. It makes no sense whatsoever.

@InterceptorAlpha I have the 520 and 920. I really enjoyed both of them. That 520 is the best cheap phone I've ever had. Still runs like a champ to this day. Windows phones don't slow down over time for some reason. I really liked my 920 that's what I upgraded to from the 520. It was kind of heavy though. Excellent camera. My mom had the 1520. I still have all of those phones along with all my old cell phones just in a box somewhere. I come across the box from time to time and take them out and mess with them.