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Getting Sony games on Xbox was always going to need either a Xbox in position of strength (which just isn't happening) or via some sort of very public trade offer.

"PS5 gets Sea of Thieves, Xbox gets Helldivers 2 and we both get more people buying the games and paying the MTXs".

But with Xbox seemingly happy to port everything onto PS there isn't any reason for Sony to engage with that.

It's a shame they couldn't sell this to CoD players who really hate BO6's omnimovement.

I have to assume the free to play shooter Market is "full" now thanks to all the forever games eating up all the customers.

Not really fond of what the Game Awards has morphed into so I wo t be watching.

It would be nice to get an big meaningful Xbox announcement that isn't "hey we're finally getting that big game" again.

Unrelated note: had a real hard time actually getting into this article via the mobile site as it kept loading the playstation advert instead.

Really need to finish The Bunker before it leaves.

Still haven't received my FH4 code.

@StylesT agreed. Even if the next gen system is real, is good and they boldly declare "exclusives are back" no one is going to believe them knowing Xbox is one poor year from porting everything to PS and probably Switch 2.

All I need from this entry is "more Sniper Elite 5 co-op" and that seems to be what it's delivering.

Related, was super bummed that neither the VR Sniper Elite games had co-op but at least the VR Zombie Army will.

If it actually launches on Xbox I'll be delighted but more suprised they managed it. Game made my PC weep.

@parappatherapper to be fair it seems many Unreal games seem to be suffering performance problems too so the alternative universe version of the game probably has new and exciting (read: different) performance issues lol.

@Donutsquad00 in terms of bugs, at launch.
I got really lucky and the whole thing played well bo noticible bugs or crashes whilst pretty much everyone else was hitting every bug and crash.

Now with Stalker 2 I'm hitting all the bugs and my friends are not seeing a thing.

When the game isn't freaking out at me, I love it but it is freaking out at me a lot.

I think this might be "balance" after Cyberpunk where I didn't get any noticeable bugs or t-pose in my first play through. Stalker 2 hits every bug it can lol.

I get not supporting it anymore but pulling it completely? That feels like more effort than just "keeping the lights on".

Lots of stuff I want, some stuff I would have bought, but I'm not comfortable buying Xbox digital anymore.

What a weird selection of titles.

Kinda surprised to see WWE on there with all the custom content and all. Guess they store that in the cloud data now.

@Rangers420 @Ricky-Spanish I bought the upgrade for Gamepass before the game come out, I haven't got a key yet either. I know some who got their keys though.

Maybe we're right at the bottom of the list for "reasons"

Kinda surprised Conan's going feels like it's been there forever.

@CallMeDuraSouka I love the actual series X console and I love playing on it, where ever possible I bought games for the Series X.

With the way Sony is pricing the Pro, I'm might as well go PC.

@JokerBoy322 it's already stopped me buying games on Xbox, it's a gamepass machine now.

I can't justify adding to my Xbox digital library. Hope something changes and I can return to it (My PC really isn't happy about this lol)

1. This push means nothing whilst you can only use an non-console Xbox as an Xbox with the premium Ultimate Sub.

2. Was that supposed to be reassuring?

Concern: addressing the lack of growth in Xbox sales by removing the reasons to buy an Xbox is a death spiral for the consoles, a spiral that threatens the digital libraries we built across three generations of consoles (remember the big deal they made off forward compatibility.)

Spencer: but we can make money.

(Yes, they keep saying they plan on more consoles but they change plan every 6 months.)

@TheEstablishment They'll need to prove that before I spend any more in the Xbox console ecosystem. An Xbox layer on Windows seems doable, we did see someone doing that with X1 not long ago.

I'm looking forward to this, I like what they are doing with the quest design but I do suspect a lot of people are going to roll into this expecting it to hold their hand and bouncing off it.

@Jenkinss Baring some major twist, I'm gonna be PC+Nintendo going forward. No point in investing in my Xbox console Libary anymore.

@pepsilover2008 That's pretty much my fear. We've already gotten a taste of Sony "not needing to compete" with the Pro pricing, and if Xbox as a console keeps fizzingly away it won't be long before they're back to trying to gouge devs and gamers again. We gamers NEED the competition.

@B_Lindz True, though I'd probably go for one of the open handhelds, seems like a lateral move to go from being limited to one library (Xbox) to another (SteamDeck Certified). So if I got the Ally or Go (much more expensive granted) I'd get access to part of my XB library, GP if I want it, my GoG titles, along with all the freebies I've gotten from Prime and Epic, and Steam.

@Savage_Joe they don't want it.

Getting gamepass on other platforms is only possible from a position of strength. A
"You need our games, our games are only sold where gamepass is avaliable" sort of thing.

Right now it's the other way, Xbox (seemingly) needs their games on PS/Nintendo/Steam.

After what happened to Tango I'd say the studios of Asia are not interested in being bought. Deals and partnerships sure, but acquisitions never.

Being able to turn off the animation should appeal to those who was saying it was making them sick.

@themightyant yeah 12 hours is "just right".

@Deljo @Ricky-Spanish yeah. Whilst I like the idea of a system agnostic future, this isn't how you do it. Sony doesn't need to engage in this and let Xbox death spiral itself.

Well we wanted clarity, we got it. Crappy news that I'm sure will do wonders for Xbox hardware numbers.

Won't be buying more games on Xbox, looks like I'll be PC+Switch2 next gen. Will already seen Sony reaction with Pro pricing, so might as well buy a decent PC instead.

I hope they patch the abilty to chose to have the "beard mask" or not. I get that it's supposed to stop clipping but is annoying my character can't show of Tavinter 'stache and wear a hat, or display my fine dwarf beard with a open face helm.

@PhileasFragg I think they can or do somethi that forces it, because I'm playing Shadows of Doubt and Quick Resume is very much not a thing.

Oof.

I think witcher 3 had a similar bug on X1 where if you didn't close the game fully before going into standby you couldn't save

Just let me buy the thing.

I like the game but the f2p nature bothers me so much I wont play it. Let me pay for the game with a fair roster and then I'll buy a character pass, and maybe even costume DLC.

Right now this game is getting £0.00 off me, give it a paid release and I'd pay £40-70 off me (depending on the included content).

Weirdly, Mafia over GTA.

Not saying GTA6 is going to be "worse" than Mafia, I know GTA6 is going to be great and very impressive.

Just when I look at that list my brain is going "ooo Mafia".

Doesn't seem to have the final mission bug, though it seems the Zealots Overach bug in the notes seems to be "same problem" so maybe it is fixed (probably not)

I'm 19 hours in and loving it so far. I'm impressed with the level design. I was worried the more linear approach would mean there would be less to do but so far, so good. (also with how amazing the other nations look, they make Ferelden look like the backwater it's supposed to be)

I'm enjoying all the companions and their stories so far, which makes me miss having the four-person party even more.

I love that I was able to further define my character beyond the creation options, like how my character feels about his tattoos or how he feels about his backstory. Many RPGs don't do that even if they let you pick a backstory/origin.

I do miss having control of my party (and the stuff that comes with that like inventory and equipment management) but I do like the actual moment-to-moment combat that's on offer (It'd be cool to have both the tactical party control AND having the gameplay actually feel good).

@Elbow @Balaam_ Considering how... aggressive CoD development is I wouldn't be surprised if it wouldn't be a few years before there could be any meaningful changes. No idea if any changes will actually happen, Corpo Daddy MS wants its 69 billion back with interest.

@Ryu_Niiyama It apparently EA best "day one" on steam beating Jedi Survivor. Friend reports its "topping" the PS Store charts, so seems to be doing well enough there.

Seem to recall the director before launch saying it wasn't going to have DLC because he felt the Trespasser DLC for 3 "should have been part of the base game"

Leaving the planet could give them the freedom to do more.

I'm looking forward to E-Day but it would have been better to wrap up the current arc before doing something else.

E-Day feels like the sort of project that could have existed along side Gears 6. One of those "we took the last game and used it as a base" things. I think with ballooning budgets and extended dev time that sort of thing could help the wait between main entries.

Well... That's something I no longer need to buy.

I know obsidian will deliver choice, i have zero doubts about that.

Deloverong a living world that reacts to said choices and not saved for the final mission falvour and text on picture endings or a world that doesn't actively punish exploration that I am less convinced about.

The world being segmented hopefully address my personal complaints

Really depends on the game, I'd really much prefer to play something like Stardew Valley/Story of Seasons on Switch.

Been waiting for this, can't wait. I think when we got the very first trailer I said something along the lines of "probably the closest thing to dogma 2".

@Titntin not saying its true but I can see the logic of not promoting it. It pushes an useful narrative that even without a deal Xbox struggles with third parties because of weaker hardware, and look at that Sony have even more powerful hardware coming.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner I don't think it's actually linked to their other game, it "just so happens" to have a similar naming convention lol

Super excited for this, I suspect it's whole "doesn't have enough quests, it has leads" thing is going tovdivide players but I'm very much here for that.

It's a game I very much want but it's constantly being pushed back by other games I want more, GP titles, and sale items.

Honestly after seeing clips of invisible walls blocking perfectly normal looking terrain I've cooled a lot on the game. So I'll wait till I see a decent sale.

Super excited for this.

Lucky me, those are all games I want to actually play.

Stoked co-op subnautica is on there, no need to pressure my pals into paying to try it

Could have done with more "gamepass" but was pretty good

Man, this feels like peering into a weird alternative reality.

Apex Legends exists because Respawn decided partway through development Titanfall 3 needed a new engine and devs playing around with the parts of the now-dead TF3 made a little Battle Royale game.

Oh, look the deal cost even more money. checks notes hopefully this is the last "Xbox-Activision court case" news, feels like we should have a party.

I like the (probably fictional) idea the "gamers" saw Microsoft's "exclusives policy" and decided "you're actually doing more than we were trying to force you to do" and dropped the case.

Traditional comment about "I have a 1440 screen, can I drop the resolution and keeps some graphical nice ness at 60fps" aside

@JoyfulFire @themightyant There is a weird effort to paint this game as terrible. I've come across people trying to turn the fact it doesn't have spiders into some sort of outrage. I'm a huge fan of the series and I probably wouldn't have noticed there weren't any spider enemies until someone pointed it out.

I can see Defiant becoming home to some of the CoD faithful who despise the new movement system in BlOps 6 when it reaches Warzone.

Obviously, much like the MMO Era, they'll eventually drift back to CoD.