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I might have been interested in this if it was rattle cans with realistic spraying. I have an "art" one on Quest and that's been pretty good practice for actual rattle-cans usage but that's just a wall being able to practice on 3D objects and environments would have been handy.

@RadioHedgeFund Where are you getting new films at £10 a pop digitally? Because Amazon, Now, and Apple are charging £14 a pop, and if it's premier, it's £20.

Also, what Cinema are you using? because Odeon charges £16.50 for adults and £11.99 is lethal for our family of 5

I'm not sure these are as big as wins as implied.

As noted, Sony and others were already charging for next-gen upgrades (and upgrading PS4 games to PS5 was a pain in the chair padding (look at the 2K and Activision crossgen nonsense), Don't get me wrong Xbox Smart deliver is fantastic, but if it didn't win over folks by now, they aren't going to care what the Switch 2 does.

Digitally and UK speaking, the most expensive Switch 2 games are £67 (DK is less, the gamekey games are also cheaper suggesting this is production related), that's cheaper than most AAA Xbox games which launch at £69.99. Physical prices are only £5 higher than a AAA Xbox game (if it gets a physical launch) but Switch 1 games were like £10 more expensive at launch before eventually settling down to digital levels.

Wonder if its the remastered remaster?

I'm only interested in an Xbox handheld that can play Xbox games, I'm funny like that.

I expect MS to support the hell put of the Switch 2 but I'm not expecting any to be me tinned during the direct. At best It might be Xbox games in a third party montage.

Anyone else expecting this is going to be "just" an Xbox branded Ally?

@Benjamin if the reports about next gen Xbox are true, not silly at all. I wouldn't be suprisied if on the NG Xbox, and it's reported handheld version, Xbox "mode" is just an app.

I could have sworn getting the Activision back catalogue on Gamepass was one of the (several) stated reasons for trying to buy Activision.

This bug has been plaguing my play through so far, it's hitting both as I'm getting into the game's flow, and when it's frustrating me. Neither is a great time to for a player to be turning the game off.

I wouldnt be suprised if the consoles are all digital but they offer a "legacy drive" an external device that'll "forward compatible" with future Xbox branded devices and be a huge pain in the 'buns' to get hold of after a year.

I do love that track, always said if they do ever do Forza Horizon Japan they should build the world around that track.

If anything I'm surprised it's not trailing more.
I LOVE the Series X, it's probably my favourite non-Nintendo console to play on but at this rate, I wont be buying an Xbox "prime" or whatever it ends up being called.

They are gonna have to seriously woo me with the "Sony beating features" and if the words 8K have anything to do with that I am out.

I'm enjoying Resistance for what it is "a more of the same, standalone game". Don't get me wrong if it was 6 I'd be disappointed.

@Fiendish-Beaver Narratively I think it's supposed to be happening at roughly the same time as 5 (I suspect the actual reason was to "hand a lantern" on the fact this isn't supposed to be SE 6.

@Kaloudz it's a weird thing they do Alan and Casey/Max Payne have separate face and voice actors, it's common enough in older other games but it's super weird considering Alan Wake 2 features these characters in live-action sequences.

Oh Alan's face actor also plays a separate character in live-action but actually voices him so you have this weird bit where this actor is playing two characters interacting but only one is using his voice.

I look forward to it, bought the VR one on sale.

@Kaloudz Max Pane is Sam Lake Remedy's director, he also plays Casey in Alan Wake 2 and a version of him in Qantum Break (also a version of himself in AW2 DLC).

What's wild is Alan Wake's face is one guy, his voice is another guy

@Kaloudz I played it for a few hours after I finished 2. As a remaster it's "fair" it strips out the product placements with in-universe ones, makes Alan look more like the actor, and includes the usual DLC/better framerate (target)/higher res/improved textures.

It still plays like a 360 game.

@Kaloudz So far I still have access, so that seems to be the trick to keeping these "Freebies" technically meet the requirement for the deal.

Probably should finish it before they realise... but probably wont lol.

@Kaloudz I bought AW2 in a sale (got DLC separately) , the next sale had the deluxe edition at the same price and you also got AW remaster for free, I was... displeased

@Kaloudz I haven't got the message yet, I do own AW2 from before the offer so maybe they think I got it that way (watch them yank it from me for saying that)

Been saying it for... well forever at this point, but they should just bite the bullet and make a CoD zombies game.

@Kaloudz yeah that's what I thought "kinda on me for not finishing it in the month"

Interesting, I assume its an actual SH game and not that "experimental" one

Concerns about data and AI in general aside...

I do like the idea of booting up a game after a long period and being able to get a reminder of what I was doing and maybe a refresh on some of the games unique controls.

Less so about it back seat driving when playing competitive games

It'd be really interesting, mostly because having PC storefronts means Microsoft is making less money from game sales and developers do not need to make a bespoke Xbox version or need it to be available on Xbox/MS storefronts and still be accessible to Xbox players. Which kinda ruins how consoles make money whilst selling the platform at a loss.

From a "the meat lump on the controller side" it should be great I can save money buying the Steam/GoG/Epic versions, have greater control on performance, as well as being able to (in theory) play Fallout London on my Xbox.

I do think it dose face the same problem as Steam Machines and it's gonna have to justify it's existence vs buying a PC.

It would also be highly dependent on how the Series S handles GTA VI, it wouldn't be good if Xbox pushes the Series S as the cheapest way to play GTA VI and boom the Series S version is another "base Xbox Cyberpunk" experience.

Much like the Steam machines before, it would have to justify its existence vs a regular PC.

Is it cheaper than that a PC of the same spec? Because that seems unlikely as consoles are sold at lost and make money from game licensing and store sales, if it supports other storefronts why should we (customers) buy from the Xbox store if the Steam/GoG/Epic version is cheaper? why should they (developers) bother making a Xbox version when the PC version works "fine"

That being said, creating a weirdo Psudo-PC that plays BC console games and has access to PC storefronts is the best way for them to leave the console business as our console libraries would (presumably) be accessible on PC in the future

I do like that this means the actual Xbox handheld is an actual handheld Xbox.

I would be surprised if an Xbox-branded handheld PC makes a dent in that slice of the market.

I really hope Universe Mode actually works this year. From what I've read from early access folks it sounds like there has been some progress but not sure if it's the general mode or the superstar mode (that worked "better" last time).

Oh nice looks like "balanced" mode is starting to be a thing. I played Avowed and Fallout 4 in their 40FPS mode and it was great.

Oh cool it's a standalone expansion, I was worried we had another game doing the "our first game had a subtitle and now we're doing a sequel we're going to keep it the subtitle."

Well my theory that Robocop didn't sell well and that's why it got such a deep discount t this week just took a massive hit lol

All of these games look at least "interesting"

I guess we wont be seeing Tony Hawks 1+2 on GP until after 3+4 launches.

I'll be waiting until I know the Universe Mode has gotten some much-needed TLC* because after the last few it is clear any issues won't be addressed in any meaningful way until the next game.

*the care kind, not the chair kind

Having a bunch of seperate multiplayer modes dose seem like it's going to have issues Halo MCC flashbacks but maybe instead they could bundle the Gears 5 MP with it instead.

Sure Gears 5 isn't going to be included in the collection but at least this would bolster Gears 5's multiplayer with new users coming from PS5 and (possibly) Switch/2.

It sounds like the performance mode is just running at a lower resolution and not turning off graphical features. I hope so, I have a 1440 VRR monitor and happily play "not 4k" at 6 0FPS with all the graphical bells and whistles.

Still amazes me that MS had literal decades lead and covid came along and the world suddenly found video calling important... then Skype was completely ignored.
@Kaloudz Yeah MSN Messenger was certainly "an era", MSN Plus was great

Oh cool! I didn't realise this was going to be getting on going support, I look forward to the new content.

"We've got unannounced projects"
I should hope so they have what 30 studios and we only know what some of them are doing.

Do they get me wrong, games should be released when they are ready, but I do think it's funny we've been talking about how Xbox seems to have gotten its pipeline sorted and now their biggest (known) game of the year isn't coming the year.

I've always said if we're ever to have truly reactive worlds and characters AI has to be part of that, but it can't come at the cost of jobs.

Which it will because for some reason these companies want AI to do the good stuff and leave us the... rest.

Depending how long Avowed takes me, RougeTrader may have to wait ubtill after Pirate Yakuza and MH Wilds.

Enjoying it, it gets an 8 from me so far. It has (so far) addressed my complaints about exploration in Outer Worlds.

There is some weird clunk like some responses don't quite line up with the option I picked and I'm not doing well with "this unique gear have a story" and then it expects you to break them down for parts.

The Kong game is fantastic, I recently replayed the GC version and was impressed at how well it held up.

@themightyant Yeah it is all very "Temu" pricing.

YES!

It seems like such an obvious project to help bridge the gap between "proper" gears games.

It's be so funny if it was remaster of Downhill Jam

These offers never quite seem to quite align for me, like using this one as an example I won't find a third game to justify pulling the trigger vs buying them separately.

I most certainly will be picking it up. I am grateful Sega moved up it's release date a week. I was not looking forward to having to decide between two franchises I love.

don't get me wrong, I get why but it does bother me that I have to wait till 6 PM to play the digital copy, particularly since there doesn't seem to be a physical copy of it