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Xbox has 50 minute showcase in Japan, focusing on Japanese games and content and for what is now their biggest IP, that is literally set in Japan, they do this.

The game will likely be amazing but come on now, at least show the game

@Banjo- Series S is dreadful value these days and at these prices and with Microsoft's current release strategy, I see no reason whatsoever for anyone to buy an Xbox over a PS5 at this point. We're early in Switch 2's lifespan but it's 3rd party ports are showing great promise, with some not being far off what the S can do, plus it's main selling points of having Nintendo games and being portable and I'd certainly recommend it over the Series S

You've got to be crazy to buy an Xbox at any of these prices, especially that Series X for more than the PS5 Pro.

Consoles prices in general are becoming ludicrous and thats before any next gen machines arrive

Same issues on Playstation, whilst on PC it just has dreadful optimisation and shader compilation stutter, but hey, Randy knows best

I did have Bubsy for the Mega Drive back in the 90's and it wasn't terrible but also nowhere near the best platformers of the day. Bubsy 3D however is the worst game I've ever played and whilst I've seen they've given it full analogue controls, I think it would only take it up to a 1.5 out of 10 😂

That said, the upcoming new game does genuinely look really good and I do want to play that one

I can't say I'm too surprised that Switch 2 comes close here. The hardware in the Switch 2 is vastly superior for RT than the RDNA2 GPU's in these consoles, with its limitations being its power draw and lack of CPU resources to offload calculations to.

Don't get me wrong, in general the Series S will have better versions of games but in this case, I'd much rather play the Switch 2 version

"Insane" FPS but its not real performance 😂😂😂

I'm sorry but I don't even touch frame gen on my PC unless I'm already above 60fps as the latency is much too noticable and gorgeous this I'd lock it down to 40fps (if it maintains that)

I enjoyed it, I don't think its as good as Mario Kart World or even Transformed which felt better to play and had a more interesting character roster but its pretty good. For this type of game, most of my time playing them is in local multiplayer, where in MKW you can actually play 3 lap races and I think this isn't going to pull me away from that anytime soon, so its one I'll pickup in a sale

The Mega Drive Bubsy game was a mediocre platformer but Bubsy 3D is the worst game I have ever played and by some distance. Bubsy 3D is the game you introduce your kids to if you want them to have a different hobby

I've seen they have updated the controls of Bubsy 3D and from the clips I've seen that probably elevates its score from a 1/10 to maybe a 2 as it still has awful visuals and dreadful level design.

I am tempted by one of these, though not for the Xbox stuff as so few of my Xbox games are play anywhere and my PC library is dominated by Steam. I have considered the Steamdeck for a while but will be looking at this and this also looks more comfortable to hold than the Deck and existing Rog Ally as well

@BAMozzy I was a huge fan of Metropolis Street Racer which in turn became Project Gotham when moving over to Xbox and PGR2 is in my top 3 all time racing games. Forza Horizon may have borrowed some of it's mechanics but it's never been quite as good at the actual racing bit as Gotham was

About to? I'd argue it took over since Forza Horizon 4 released and I think it'll be difficult for Motorsport to recover after the huge disappointment that the current game is.

Right now there are less than 700 players on Motorsport through Steam but over 13,000 on FH5 and 5,000 (higher than FM all time peak) in FH4, which you can't even buy anymore.

I'd argue that Forza Horizon and Sea of Thieves are actually Xbox's 2 biggest IP these days (outside of those they bought)

"Moving away"

The Last of Us
Ratchet and Clank
Spider-Man
Uncharted
Horizon
Ghost of Tsushima
Days Gone
God of War
Helldivers

None of these are exclusive to PlayStation hardware and in fact, Gran Turismo is their only major exclusive now. They've already moved away from being hardware centric

Rare were a huge part of my gaming back in the 90's and early 2000's and are responsible for so many of my favourite games. But as is the way with modern gaming, the lifespan of Sea of Thieves covers the same period of time as 3 DKC games, 2 Killer Instinct games, 2 Banjo games, Diddy Kong Racing, Blast Corps, Jet Force Gemini, DK64, Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, Conkers Bad Fur Day and soon you could add Star Fox Adventures.

Thankfully the rather excellent Donkey Kong Bananza retained the spirit of those classic Rare games

Awesome, I can't wait to play Perfec......, never mind, maybe one day we'll see another Banjo, Conker or Rare IP in general

Utterly absurd, why do I need to prove I'm over 18 on my Microsoft account, which itself is over 18 years old? Not to mention they've regular been selling me 18 rated games for the best part of 20 years

Well today I learned that Anthem was still online. I tried it at some point (feels like a very long time ago) and it was a hugely disjointed experience. The town hub felt like it was from a different game and many environments seemed like they weren't designed for the flying mechanics. I also remember a cutscene where there was a campsite full of people and when it switches to gameplay, there was basically nothing there.

A huge mess of a game that had no direction but did have some half decent mechanics slapped on top

The days of "fully utilising" consoles are gone, these are just PC components cobbled together these days and then you have the fact that we've long since past the point where all the big graphical jumps have already happened. Even on a high end PC you can't really push much past the visual fidelity of the PS5/Series X outside of RT features

Bought this day one back when it came out on PC and it became my favourite game of that year. It perfectly encapsulates what made the the character so good and is a much better sequel to Robocop 2 than that 3rd movie was

I really enjoyed it at launch (Steam) and recently returned to it and love the new updates, especially the recent Watchtower dlc/creation club, so now I can have a fleet of ships and have all new parts to make them from. Well, when I'm not modding in the Enterprise that is

Ironically the current financial climate is made me decide to not renew my subscriptions as they are poor value for myself.

As for Xbox, there are still games I enjoy and am very much looking forward to but they're just a 3rd party publisher to me these days

Unfortunately the IP is owned by Microsoft and gaming is very clearly not a priority for them. I wouldn't ever expect to see another Perfect Dark game now

What's surprising about the more powerful console with a significantly higher power draw running games better? It's a handheld console that can also be used on the TV and let's be honest, the overwhelming majority (myself included) aren't buying it to play the standard AAA games that are everywhere. We're buying it for Nintendo's games.

I also wouldn't call the Series S good value, in fact I'd say it's terrible value in today's market. The 1tb option is almost the same price as a digital PS5 (actually currently more expensive due to an offer on PS5) and not that far behind the digital X

Serious question, why is Phil still in a job? He's the one who's overseen countless failures over the past decade and its not getting any better

Yeah sure, they're just sacking tons of staff and cancelling games, no wonder they're putting Steam on it as thats all it'll be good for

@The-Chosen-one thing is, Cyberpunk worked well on PC at launch, it was just the last gen consoles that it should never have released on, whilst No Man's Sky worked fine, just its content was lacklustre vs how it was marketed. This though is a disaster on every level and basically broken on every platform

"Here's hoping we'll get a 60FPS performance mode eventually"

I mean at this stage a 30fps mode would be nice 😂

Thankfully I saw this disaster coming so didn't get conned into buying it. I don't mind the concept of the game being something of a Headhunter style game but releasing it in that state is completely unacceptable

When its worked its been a decent experience but with noticable lag. The premise of it is fantastic and I enjoyed the challenges but it really should have an option to download it and without that, its not something I'll continue to play

I'm sure it is getting closer as thats just how time works but I'm not expecting to see it anytime soon, let alone actually playing it

On that list there's only Doom The Dark Ages I've really put any time into, so it wins by default but I'd also say its a very good game and in my top 3 overall so far this year, just behind Mario Kart World and with Death Stranding 2 at the top. In terms of the modern Doom games, I prefer it to Eternal but Doom 2016 is still the best of them.

Just a bit of a shame Oblivion has such performance issues as I really want to continue playing that as well

Sadly still just a tiny amount of the games I actually play, about 13 altogether.

Those that are missing include GTAV, GTA Trilogy, Cyberpunk, every Resident Evil game bar RE2 and even Xbox's own games such as RRAE Replay and Doom 2016

This is great for those handhelds but I don't see myself using it on my PC as the Steam UI is significantly better than the Xbox app, plus 99.9% of my library is there. Not only that but you've been able to add non Steam games to your library there for as long as I can remember, so I already have a consolidated library

Makes sense to be limited as its not a long term viable product, though kinda strange its effectively just the same price as buying all the bits independently. Personally I'd advise anyone to simply pay a bit extra an buy the Quest 3 (non S) as it has a higher resolution display and better lenses

Not in the slightest, mainly because I've been enjoying their games recently so was already excited for those and their upcoming games. As for their hardware or PC's with some Xbox logos on, they're not products that I have any interest in but as already said, I'm excited for their games

I've got a Quest 3 but streaming Xbox games from the cloud is pretty low on the list of things I'd use it for and if this doesn't actually come with VR controllers, then I think its a pretty ridiculous product

So likely Windows based with some form of compatibility layer for Xbox One/Series games (most of them) which aren't play anywhere

@FraserG for newer games it makes no real difference it being a PC over a console but for me personally, if it had been a true Xbox handheld that could play 360 and og Xbox games I'd be very tempted, as a PC I just don't care as I wouldn't ever use it over my actual PC.

@deadmaker exactly, out of around 120 or so digital games that I own on Xbox, 13 show up on PC as play anywhere, with even games from studios Xbox have bought still not available to me

No, I don't really play games handheld and already have a powerful PC, so have no need for a handheld PC, even one with an Xbox sticker on it

@Scrubchub @Ricky-Spanish they do have some subtle differences, I have the Starfield controller and it has rubber grips on the back and a different texture on the triggers, making it much nicer to hold.

That said I've just got a standard white one from Argos for £36

I need to get back on this at some point, I played a lot back when it came out but still not returned for the dlc yet

@awp69 yeah I suspect it's location based as Xcloud barely works for me either. Luckily I have other ways to play these games but it'd be nice if these worked for me

That does look really nice, I have the Starfield controller for my PC but could do with a second one for multiplayer instead of messing with Bluetooth controllers

It's not even just a good Internet connection but your location. My Internet is great but this is basically unplayable for me, as is Xcloud in general but when Stadia was around, that worked fine.

I don't see why these simply can't be downloaded as I'd guess that even in their best state, it'd still have noticable lag for the Atari games specifically

EDIT: I tried it again today and it worked much better, still noticable lag but not unplayable and I even managed to survive for 120 seconds on River Raid without dying

Just gave River Raid a go and the whole experience was dreadful, with completely unplayable input lag and stuttering

This is a cool addition but them being streamed puts me off playing them and I'd ultimately much rather see Xbox's own classics (og Xbox and 360) be added to PC

There's not that many games that I buy full price day one these days but some that I do and would probably pay £80 are

GTA
Mario
Zelda (mainline games)
Resident Evil
Fallout
Elder Scrolls

This just tells me that the Xbox Series is the last real console from Microsoft and after this, they'll effectively just be PC's

Perfect Dark on the N64 was amazing and is very much a "sequel" to Goldeneye, building upon its foundations in every way. Zero almost feels like a completely different game with the name attached, so not really much of a franchise as such but I'm still looking forward to the new game

I don't have a preference, other than to say if a game is open world, then the world has to do something to justify it other than simply being a large area to scatter icons to check off.

GTA and RDR need no introduction for how they use their open worlds and then you have Dsath Stranding which made the world itself an obstacle to be overcome

Absolutely not, a Series S isn't far off a digital PS5, whilst the X is either only a bit cheaper, or more expensive than a PS5 Pro depending on the model and in a world where Xbox are bringing most of their games to Playstation, they've made their console unviable for me