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Looking forward to it, I enjoyed the heck out of Atomfall and I'm happy to jump in for more.

@themightyant I can still feel the disappointment of the quality of my Elite 1. It just doesn't feel like a 120 product.

No.
1: I'm only interested in one that plays Xbox games, I there are a bunch of PC handheld available out there already and I just don't need a Xbox logo on it.
2: There is no way in hell this is going to be anywhere near affordable. Consoles offset their hardware costs because they have a captive audience. This just isn't going to have that. Your aren't going to buy anything from the Xbox Store and pay console pricing, your going to get your games of steam/GoG/Epic and pay less.

Yes. I love the console itself and quick resume and smart delivery have been amazing.

There are some "howevers".

That's very much at the Day One UK RRP. It's not as easy to recommend it with the 2025 price.

I'm not confident I would have made the same choice knowing what we now know.

I suppose the contextual good news is that this time it's happening "everywhere" at MS and so we aren't going to see any studio closures but it still absolutely sucks

I legit forgot about this, hope this is a "we want this game to be the best it can be" delay and not a "why dose their head keep falling off" delay

I've said before I'm not interested in "just" an Xbox branded handheld PC, I want it to play my Xbox games natively.

I bounced hard. On paper I should love it. I love side scrolling brawlers, I like RPG character building, I love that its online and local co-op but it just felt like the tip of f2p grind. I think I'll introduce it to my kids and then if they like it join them.

One of the reasons I prefer to use GOG wherever possible, its digital games you actually own

@TheGameThrifter it is IF the next Xbox is "basically a PC" as rumoured.

I have to assume this is more next gen Xbox and not more 360/OG games coming to Series XS.

I kinda hope this is aimed at bringing our Xbox libraries to PC.

@xeofate To be fair to Nintendo, they have a fair track record for BC.
The DS had BC with 3 generations of Game Boy, 3DS played DS games, Wii played GC games, Wii U played Wii games and it's always "full" BC not part of the libary

I was expecting anual price increases for CoD so I'm hoping the increase game RRP means they wont be doing that... right...

1. Expedition 33
2. South of Midnight.
3. Oblivion Remaster (SoM isn't a "better game" just actually new)

Don't get me wrong, my Oblivion playtime dwarfs both.

@munstahunta Don't get me wrong, you are very right, the last thing a console with spiralling sales needs is a price jump, but according to one analyst, they are spreading the damage, putting prices up everywhere, so they don't have to drastically increase the US prices alone. Their thinking being it's better to lose "some" sales globally than losing "most" US sales. In that context it makes sense...

Still an insane move in what appears to be a death spiral.

@TheGameThrifter You could never have convinced my MS would price an Xbox X above PS5 Pro, but here we are with that US price.

I already have a Series X, so ultimately the price increase doesn't affect me, but boy, looking at those prices and even an optimistic napkin map has me thinking upgrading my PC for decent 1080p/1440p performance would be either cheaper outright or pay for itself with cheaper PC games and cheaper PC gamepass. Now theres now where it'll out perform an next gen Xbox but with these prices I think I'm happy to "settle".

Though I will freely admit that that's only because I recently checked about upgrading my PC and there was no domino upgrades need (wont need a new PCU or MB to get the upgrades I was looking at).

@Fiendish-Beaver In theory, a handheld PC could possibly function as a middle ground/transitional state.

It's less faff than a PC, the games are cheaper than console, and it removes the headache of working out which part needs upgrading and what's going to kick off a domino chain of upgrades.

@Cakefish Yeah Switch 2 digital games are fairly consistently £10 cheaper digital than physical (unless its a gamekey) which certainly suggests those new cards aren't cheap to make, and when we look at DK it looks like most games will be less than £69.99 physically, it's only their big games (and bundles) that seems to be going past the 'former' standard.

@Ricky-Spanish If the way Switch 2 game prices translate to £, then it's more like £74.99

@HonestHick @RBRTMNZ I plugged the UK Series X launch price in the inflation calculator and said that equates to £561 in today's money, so I guess it "only" costing £499 represents the "savings" we'd normally see.

(out of interest, I reversed it, £499 in 2020's money is £360)

As it stands, I do not see a reason to buy the next Xbox, it makes more sense to me to buy whatever 2026/7s PC handheld of choice is or upgrade my PC, and have access to ALL PC storefronts, all Xbox games, many PS games and CHEAPER Game Pass.

Don't get me wrong, I'm really hoping Spencer's "We're going to be at Sony on features, not by withholding exclusives" manifests something and I'll happily buy NeXbox instead.

100%

However, whoever is in charge of scheduling needs a kick in the bottom. Having Oblivion drop 2 days before Clair Obscur was silly.

I think this shows just how much the term Remaster has been abused over the years to the point where Oblivion, Dead Rising, or Tomb Raider are heralded for doing what Remasters are supposed to do, improve the graphics and controls to let fantastic games find a new audience.

Don't get me wrong, the Oblivion Remaster is riding the very edge of the difference.

@Kaloudz I fear we might be stuck with "deluxe remaster" thanks to Dead Rising...

I'm really excited about this game but I'm not sure about bouncing between oblivion and it.

Could be cool, provably wont work on either of mine.
LG TV support is "weird". Like Paramount+ isn't supported on my 4K TV but is on my HD one.

Hopefully, more people are actually playing through it. I was taking my time, doing a chapter a day and missed several days, and every "complete chapter X" achievement was Rare with an incredibly low %.

@Kezelpaso When everything unlocks, it's a good base. I did find myself wanting a combo list, something I could play with without making the actual mechanics more complex.

Fantastic game let down by the most "okayist" combat that ever did "fine" in the history of "eh".

@Ricky-Spanish I'd be surprised, purely because the last few day one game pass titles have been dropping at 5PM

I'm not fully on board of replacing the app remote play with a browser-based solution. I would gladly be happy to be proven wrong, but it seems like that's less efficient than a dedicated function within an app.

Don't get me wrong, it's a step in the right direction but I still smile at the irony of championing "your games your way" requiring a subscription to stream games you own. (I still think between this and the "everything is an Xbox" push there should be a stream only tier)

Again, fully understand they need to control the number of people using it during "beta", it's more complex, and it has to be funded and all. I get that

But it's hard to ignore that I don't need a sub to stream, my purchased content on Amazon or Sky Store on other devices.

Don't get me wrong, it's not all that better, but it is still... humorous that the "definitive" console experience for an Xbox game is on PS5.

I have no idea about these games but it is feels that Xbox "we have trouser snakes in our version of Conan" has taken such a stance against it.

Don't get me wrong, finally get to play 33 but also ooo Dredge.

Don't get me wrong, looks nice but what's up with the tree density?

(obviouslty the shot is slightly different)

Now, assuming this isn't Disney/EA's attempt to get in the Gacha market, I am so in.

After Destiny 2 launched and had to relearn their lessons they learned with Destiny 1 and charging us for the experience, I'm gonna be passing.

I suspect the fact they added offline modes to the other online only games after this is going to work against that if it gets to court.

@Gloki_junior It does feel like some monkey paw wish.

So far, Pirate Yakuza.

@CallMeDuraSouka I think we're sticking buttered toast on the back of a cat here.

I do find the symmetry of the idea that Titanfall 3 is a Skunkworks project in the shadow of the larger work on Apex Legends (and Jedi) appealing, as that's how Apex itself came to be.

I don't think Respawn has distanced itself from Titanfall; it's widely agreed that EA killed Titanfall 2 by launching it between CoD: Infinite and Battlefield. Respawn making Titanfall 3 (and realising the engine wasn't up to it) is how they ended up with Apex Legends.

I think it's more than they got busy. Apex took off in an insane way, and they got the chance to make a Star Wars game

Not to "slam" Outer Worlds but it's kinda weird to me it's getting a post Not-E3 showcase, that's usually reserved for their big tentpole release of the year.

I am really enjoying the game, was not expecting it to punch my in the heart.

I wouldn't be surprised IF it exists they don't want it overshadowing South of Midnight. They'll want that to breathe for a bit and then drop it.

Said it before and I'll say it again I have no interest in a Xbox handheld if it's just an Xbox-branded handheld PC. There's already a bunch of those that are going to be cheaper/better than whatever this is (which is almost certainly an Ally with an Xbox button.)

I'm funny like that, I want an Xbox handheld to play my Xbox Library.

Ah cool
statutory grumble about having to wait until 5PM before I can play

I played those for a bit on my Retroid. Was fun enough but really taxed that system.
I'll give this a shot wheb it comes to Xbox. I ended up bouncing from Genshin oretty hard.
That being said my gacha quota (where I don't spend a penny) is being filled with Frontline 2: Exilum which got its narrative and sRPG hooks into me before it got... a little letchy.

@Kaloudz Personally, I'm not fully convinced yet BUT Spencer saying they plan to beat Sony on features is VERY interesting I look forward to hearing more about it.

I do like that it appears here that quality/performance modes are just resolution vs framerate and not disabling graphics options.