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@Tharsman the context of the two words "right now" which means they have obviously considered it for the future. It suggests to me they are considering multiple options in the future if it doesn't get improved. I am not suggesting they have considered doing it right away but more of a we will wait and see approach.

The fact that from their own words they seem to have considered closing them because of the negative backlash makes it seem like unless its improved by the next major update then it will happen sooner rather than later.

Seeing a couple of people say Fatal Frame 1-3 when only the first two came out on Xbox, but I would be up for those and Obscure because I love a good cheesy survival horror.

Why though? We have barely got any games this gen that haven't been held back by the previous one and if anything those games are only just starting to come along.

I noticed this pop up yesterday myself. I still wonder how Microsoft can afford to simply give so much away for free as it is now you can redeem monthly for Game Pass Ultimate for a little over 10,000 points which is relatively easy to get. I'm not complaining I just have to admit it's almost overly generous.

I had World Championship Boxing manager back on my C64. I sunk quite a few hours into it. Not sure if I would be into this new version as much as I was 30 years ago though.

It's functional but at times a bit cumbersome and not really ideal that you have to have the EA app downloaded and installed to be able to download and play those games. If the pc xbox app had some kind of big picture mode that was the Xbox dashboard it may make it more useable because navigating it and the store on there is even worse than on console.

How can you have pride in releasing something that isn't finished? Can you imagine after all the time it took James Cameron to make each Avatar movie if it released with some scenes filled with story board place holders and him saying he is so proud of the work but if people are patient for the blu-ray release they would get the complete experience. Video games seem to be the only form of media these days that get a pass by some for releasing in an unfinished state. Personally I would be ashamed if something I worked on was given to a customer unfinished.

I have done 3 yesterday and 3 today on Guilty Gear Strive and nothing has happened obviously a bit on the broken side as I noticed the daily achievement was also there for 50 points and also didn't work.

I was going to play it tonight but I'm now on the fence after seeing the reviews coming in. Not only is it launching on console at 30fps but clearly not in any kind of finished state. When they announced that it should have been obvious it was no where near finished and being released just to have something on Gamepass for a deadline.

The thing is now it seems even with Gamepass it looks like the PS5 will still sell way more this generation and that many people who do have and Xbox use it solely for games on Gamepass and are not buying much else. It seems to have become their only revenue stream and I would guess that even sales of first party games are down significantly when at full price on launch. If that had a massive lead in system sales and people were buying more games outside of Gamepass then yes I can see it being a possibility but as of right now it's the only thing that is keeping them relevant and competitive which is not a great long term business strategy.

One that seems to be missing is through the Bing app you can get 30 points a day reading news articles so that is another 900 points per month.

If you directly compare it to something like EA Play then it's really not good value for money even if you don't get it through gamepass. Then if you directly compare it to Gamepass or even Playstation Plus Premium it's even worse value.

@Techno92LFC It's not that FIFA don't want them to it's because they raised the fee for the licence by a lot from the sounds of everything and FIFA thought they would pay it or there would be no game. When all the FIFA name gets them is the name itself and the World Cup everything else EA has licenced from the other individual leagues and continental governing bodies like UEFA as well as some individual teams. So overall very little will be removed from the games.

With rewards I haven't payed for gamepass in over a year anyway.

The thing is this is a design that's actually been refined to the controller we have today and it being wired only is a massive negative.

Started Soul Hackers 2 yesterday and there sure is a lot of dialogue early on but I am not hating it so far it definitely fits in between the SMT and Persona games just maybe not up to their higher standards.

@shoeses I have had the same issue the last two days

None as I rarely if ever buy games on Xbox these days just primarily use Gamepass then maybe pick up an older game when a deal is on that's incredibly low.

"Anime" yep very loose term there and Cyberpunk 2077 is definitely the most anime of the lot...

Won't lie because of Gamepass and Microsoft rewards not only have I picked up very few games on Xbox I also haven't paid for Gamepass in nearly a year and and am currently subscribed until the middle of next year without paying a penny. I tend to spend my money on games on Switch and PlayStation as a result since I know I will get to play all first party Xbox games day one with out paying.

While I was a fan of the Project Gotham games I would still have to go for Simpsons Hit and Run as it was the best Simpsons game ever made and could arguable be improved with a modern remaster the other two maybe not as much.

How can you have no idea if a story about you is true especially if you were supposed to be there at the time? I get he is using this as an example and isn't saying that's an event that happened but if you were there when something happened you would know if a story about it was true or not.

He praises everything he sees he is an easy man to impress. I don't think it is news anymore.

He praises just about everything he can.

@Doublecell you don't want to buy an Xbox because of this selection of free games? You need a little perspective there.

No Zune music app?

If you plan on always staying subscribed to Gamepass I don't see a need to ever buy a first party game again or games from studios they buy only third party ones and indie titles would be worth buying if they have any replay value long term as many probably play the game once and have no reason to go back because they have already seen and experienced it all. That's why I think the likes of EA and Sony have it right by not adding their big new releases day one so they can get sales beforehand from those that really want to play it. It also says a lot if people are using gamepass to try a game before buying it on a different system instead.

Oh well there goes me entering as its on social media I stopped using all that stuff years ago.

A new Fifa released around a year after the last? This is quite unexpected there were no rumours or anything.

Do we get a free Intellivison Amico with it?

Breaking news the more powerful console is in fact more powerful. Although that alone isn't the reason most people will buy a system if one has more of a selection of games that aren't available else where it has more of a chance of selling more even if the performance isn't as good overall. Most don't obsess about that as long as they have fun playing it.

Can't really say anyone should be surprised that a system that everyone knew was more powerful was actually going to show that though. If history has taught us anything the most powerful system on paper isn't always the best seller.

@Tangerine with the launch of the most of their content will also be coming off of things like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Now TV so it will get to the point where in order to keep up with all of the latest shows it will be just as expensive as having a standard TV service like Sky or Virgin Media

I am going to wait a while to claim it after the first season of Strange New Worlds and Halo are on there. I tried out the free trail and right now there isn't much on there and some of the shows are missing the vast majority of the seasons because they are still tied to either broadcast channels or other streaming services. Also with this and Disney+ they have pretty much killed the stuff Sky shows on their movie channels. Before if you wanted to go to a place with a great selection of movies after their cinema release you could just get a one month pass on Now TV now though you have to subscribe to loads of different services to keep up slowly starting to catch up in price with a standard Sky or Virgin Media package.

@dsar9012 I don't hate any system I own all current ones and enjoy games on them all. You are the one assuming a simple statement is trolling because you are defensive over a single system so much, You are also the one throwing around insults calling everyone a fanboy because you don't like what they are saying. My advice is don't scream fanboy at everyone while acting like one and using childish insults.

Only thing I don't like about it is it is essential just going to be full of micro transactions because its a free to play model and obviously as a result on competitive online play only. It's like football games don't think anyone want a decent single player or local multi player experience anymore and it's all about getting you to pay for virtual items that will be redundant the following year.

@dsar9012 damage control I'm simply saying not all games need to come out on every system why does that offend you so much. The fact you resort to calling them a childish name show this offends you for some reason.

Not every third party release has to come to every system or right away. It's like the meltdown people were having with the Persona games being announce on Xbox first and not being instantly announced on everything else qt the exact same time. Here we are a couple of weeks later and those in meltdown look silly for over reacting.

You should add the option "I'm never happy with anything" as that would cover most people these days.

I thought that said Xbox ANTS at first. I'm sleep deprived.

World record other than the standard size system was there really any other competition to be bigger? It not really a world record when no one else is competing to try to do it. Plus you have to pay them to even acknowledge it in the first place.

@Enigk towards the end they had all episodes running all day long but yeah no streaming option you would have had to sit and watch them in one go

@Kooky_Daisuke The new season was all streamed free on Pluto TV it wasn't exactly well advertised though.

Always someone willing to answer questions no onw asked. Still amusing to see people play games with the weird controllers of the 80s and 90s.

This is the problem with announcing games years before they release to try and build hype as often showing a game too early in development can mean showing a game that doesn't actually look like what it will do when closer to completion. Take Halo Infinite as an example they shown that at such an early stage that it really wasn't ready to be shown. Some games get announced way too early which is often why they need to try and keep that hype with brief trailers over the period.

@UltimateOtaku91 i would imagine if there story missions in certain locations those planets won't be randomised and will be a set design. Depending on how the rest of the game is designed if it's a shared universe or unique to each person's save file I would imagine the non story based planets will be generated the first time you enter their orbit or something.

Was surprised when I had a message pop up on my phone not too long ago saying I had £8 in my account as I rarely give it a second thought. Might finally pick up the Witcher 2 and 3 and pay the 73p difference since I have never really played them and only really played the original years ago.

He says in the video "just wide open fields as far as the eye can see" and that is the problem currently from what people have seen is those wide open fields are empty. I get there are still months to go but unless there are a lot of different things to do in those wide open fields then it could possibly just be space for the sake of giving Sonic somewhere fast to run through to get to the next objective. Perhaps a character who is known for his speed and doing everything fast isn't suited to a big open world where you have to usually slow down and explore.

@Fishticon sounds broken if the reason people are employed isn't taken advantage of. Essentially all they are doing is employing people to see of the game turns on. Seems like an expensive waste of time.

I did try out on or two games and noticed the input lag it was very annoying on the platform games as it made timing jumps so much harder. Still baffles me how the ones testing these games don't pick up on it. I often wonder what testing games involves if it isn't to check such things like this and bugs and glitches what do those people do?