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Thank. God.

I detest this Copilot crap.

I have played all but one of these (the original Horizon) on my series X.

…I hope they carryover to the PS5 version when I port my progress over in a few months.

@CaptainCluck …you know that by saying they can’t mess it up that is now GUARANTEED they will mess it up, right?

@epidemikK Thank you for your doctoral dissertation on the value of storage.

@superjas Sony never said either of those games was coming to XBox. And one of them actually did. Your comparison doesn’t seem very fitting here.

@superjas It’s funny you think that, given that FH5 was a massive seller on PS and MS has confirmed multiple times both cross-progression and the PS5 version coming some months down the road.

@IOI Exactly my plan. The only thing missing from FH5 was the cross-progression so I couldn’t pick up where I left off on PS5. Hilariously it kept using all my XBox numbers for my record roads unlocked and such, though.

Yeah, FH5 runs wonderfully on my Pro. Can’t wait to see the difference between Series X and PS5 Pro.

Whelp, guess I’d better start dusting the ol Series X off soon and bust out that 3 month GPU card I’ve been sitting on. It’ll be nice to play this up till the PS5 release a few months later and then carry over all my progress!

I’m a longtime Sony/Nintendo guy. My first and only XBox is a Series X, sitting alongside my PS5 Pro and my Switch 2.

A few months ago, I thought it would be my last as well, kept around only for BC purposes. Seeing the new direction they’re taking…maybe my X will get some more use after all.

Kiki Wolfkill.

Surely, SURELY that cannot be her birth name. If it is, she chose the wrong career and should be a character in some monster-hunting novel instead.

Can we get a weather check in Hell? I suspect it’s snowing.

@eduscxbox DO we have the numbers? I may have missed an article if so.

MS kinda screwed up PS5 releases for folks who prefer physical media as well. Doom the Dark Ages and Indiana Jones being two big examples which didn’t include the entire games on disc. I know I skipped those at release for that very reason and only got Indy after a deep discount.

Happily picked up the GoW PS5 release and Ninja Gaiden 4 tho.

@Ganon7880 You uh…you might want to watch the actual video rather than vent your spleen at the authors of this article.

Huh.

Smart move on her part. That slogan was just insanely stupid to begin with.

I’ve been watching a bit of gameplay from someone playing on PC and what I’ve seen is good.

Once they fix the controls on console (the devs are only NOW realizing the controls are crap and promised to fix it…wish they’d noticed during the last few years of development!) and iron out bugs for a few months, I may give it a shot on PS5. But I’ll absolutely be waiting for a sale at this point.

It’ll be the silliest name possible, guaranteed.

I’d have respect if they went for “XBox McXboxerson,” though.

@darylb24 I’m aware, I’m just saying that I’m always concerned when a game gives CP2077-launch vibes until proven different.

My play will be on PS5, but I hope for good real-world performance on both console platforms!

@themightyant That’s why I said “little or no” as I know they’ve shown very little.

After the Cyberpunk 2077 Heard Round The World, I don’t trust ANY dev that shows so little console video, especially this close to release.

I hope my fears will be proven meaningless.

Still find it odd that little to no console footage has been shown.

@themightyant For my team green friends, I hope so. It’s rather ridiculous that this wasn’t noticed before release.

…did no one at Ubi actually PLAY the game before releasing the patch? How does this sort of thing slip by whatever QC they have, if any?

@ilyn It says a lot that STS2 doing well was a forgone conclusion…but a game made by BUNGIE doing well is less so!

@Cherip-the-Ripper Apparently the original game was well loved! I got the first one ages ago via (I think) PS Plus and never bothered to try it, but maybe I should…

@Balaam_ If they’d remade the original Marathon trilogy, I’d have bought in instantly. I cut my teeth on those back in the day.

Slay the Spire 2 is destroying Marathon in player count currently on Steam.

I offer this as information only, without casting shade on Marathon. Other than using the word “destroyed,” of course.

Huh. I stand corrected.

I’m man enough to admit when I’m wrong.

I came close to deleting the app, it was getting so bad. Probably got 50 notifications before it finally stopped.

“I didn’t expect such scrutiny”

Then someone failed to warn her how dedicated the internet is to researching new people put in charge of the things they love.

That said, the explanation makes sense. Weird that someone ostensibly in charge of AI things didn’t understand how this would go, though…

Gosh, you mean neglecting your actual customers in favor of chasing one that doesn’t exist is a BAD thing?

Huh. Whodathunkit.

It’s blindingly obvious she didn’t play any of those games herself and this is an utterly disingenuous “hello, fellow gamers” moment. Also notice she didn’t say WHICH Halo, just “Halo.”

Amused that this article doesn’t express any doubt as to the validity of this response or this account’s very improbable achievements in such a short time. Either this was an intern under a deadline to boost that gamerscore, or she’s been training AI on those games using her account.

@Millionski I haven’t trusted MS since Windows 95. Hell, since DOS.

I totally believe the previous head of AI development that no AI slop will be used. Especially when her X replies seem generated from AI and her gamertag has only existed for a few months with easily AI-trainable games being the only ones played on said account.

I totally believe this will be a great thing!

“MS decided I wasn’t needed anymore, but we’re pretending this is my choice.”

I’m sure the person in charge of MS’s AI initiative will TOTALLY not shove AI into games left and right.

Totally.

Never forget that, as stupid as MS can be with studio closings and firings…Sony can be just as idiotic.

Seriously, I kinda hate MS (tho I own a Series X) but Sony is doing nothing to endear themselves to me right now. And I’ve been a PS guy since the original, as well as a Nintendo guy since the NES.

The rate things are going, I might just focus on Switch 2 games and call it good.

@chesheer Looks like they had backing from Tencent. I think they qualify as greedy, even if not the actual publisher.

@themightyant So you’re saying that Gamefreak needs to start outsourcing the Pokémon games! I can get behind this.

It’s truly amazing that THIS is coming from the same company that gave us those barely-worth-bothering graphics in the last few Pokémon games.

@HonestHick It just boggles my mind that they’re willing to pony up the cost for a full 64GB game card…but they couldn’t do the lesser cost of a second disc for series X/PS5.

Sigh. The life of a physical gamer can be an annoying one! Still, I support real physical releases and I will reward them with a double-dip on S2!

@HonestHick Again: Multiple disc releases exist already. Hell, the standard XBox game case is MADE to hold multiple discs since the Series X can’t use the high capacity discs the PS5 can.

A dual disc release would be far cheaper than using a 64GB S2 game card. Discs are cheaper to produce.

Bethesda boggles my mind sometimes. But I will likely be buying Indy on S2, even though I played it on GP and own it on PS5 digitally!

Bethesda just confirmed on Twitter that Indy will be fully on Switch 2 game card, not a game key.

Which of course begs the question…why did they give us a game key disc for PS5 and series X? Or two discs?

I truly do not understand the publishing decisions made anymore.

@themightyant It was awful for me. I very much disliked it. And I own it on disc!

It’s almost like two different people can have differing opinions on the same thing!

Team Green can keep Starfield.

But as an owner of all three current consoles, I love seeing this.

@Cakefish Yup. Somehow it isn’t an issue on PS or PC, but MS’s nanny censoring makes it an utter joke.

12.7 billion instances were people playing FF14 and censoring the in-game chat words “Thanalan” and “class” due to rear-related letters being contained within.

…you may think I’m joking, but these examples actually happened. The FF14 chat censorship on XBox is pretty much why I’ll never play it on my Series X again and only on my PS5. It is utterly ridiculous.

I hope the tens of tens of people who played this game appreciate the effort.

Hilariously Woot has WWE2K24 for $4.99 for XBox right now.

I’m sure this will attract tens of tens more players.

I love seeing this game succeed. Thanks to my Team Green brethren who continue fighting for Managed Democracy against the alien hordes!

I saw this news and am ready to bust out my PS4 disc copy for a hopefully free upgrade. Hopefully my primarily Team Green friends will get the same treatment!