@ILuvGames

“The next Xbox is coming, I don’t see why people are doubting this. Contracts are signed and production is well underway, but that isn’t until 2027 at the earliest anyways.”

..they don’t make consoles and then stockpile them for over a year. Your statement about production being well underway but no release till 2027 makes no sense.

If they get Switch 2 dev kits before MS gives them one, I will be deeply amused.

@Jenkinss Never attribute to planned obsolescence what you can attribute to…I hesitate to say stupidity, probably lack of foresight.

…Microsoft genuinely didn’t think anyone would be using 360s past this year and want to set the date?

I’m pretty sure my PS3 will handle the date just fine. That’s a very, very odd oversight on MS’s part.

Note that the Switch 2 has only been available since June of this year.

…kinda puts things in perspective.

Zero reason for a new console right now.

Devs simply need to optimize better. In a world where we’re getting really well done ports of PS5/Series X games on the freaking Switch 2, you know devs aren’t even close to tapping the full potential of our current console generation.

We can wait a few more years.

@Brigurugi In fairness, I have many friends on PS! Very few of my gamer friends are on XBox and other than (like you) Horizon I do zero online interaction on XBox.

But I also rarely game online in general these days, the only exceptions being the occasional match of Helldivers 2 or when I was deep into FF14 the last couple of years. Or in Horizon 5 on PS where I DO have online access currently and see random people zooming around.

Ah, the joys of having two people on my XBox friends list and zero messages exchanged. My interface runs quite snappily!

So, which do we see first? This Blade video game or the Blade movie Marvel announced years ago?

…honestly, I expect to see neither happen, sadly.

@JustinSane You obviously don’t understand the difference between a hybrid console that draws 7-18W of power (the Switch 2) and a dedicated stationary console that draws 70-80W (the series S).

@JustinSane The Switch 2 is also a hybrid system that uses a small fraction of the power the X or S use.

The fact that the Switch 2 can do as well as it does at the power level it runs at is a testament to how well that system works.

Got my first XBox ever last year, a Series X. Played it about 30% compared to about 60% PS5 and 10% Switch. Mostly due to some backwards compatibility, playing the Halo series for the first time ever, and Forza Horizon 5/Indiana Jones.

This year…about 55% Switch/Switch 2, 40% PS5 and MAYBE 5% XBox. If that. Got Horizon 5 and Indy on PS5. No reason to fire up the XBox currently.

This makes me glad I picked up GT7 for a pittance a few weeks ago.

reads updated article

I have to admit, it takes a massive set of brass balls to go to Patreon AFTER your game is released to get more funds to support the game you just released.

I think I’ll save my money entirely, thanks.

I hope anyone who enjoys Marathon-in-name-only enjoys it, but this game wearing the name like a skin-suit just rubs me very much the wrong way.

@themightyant I bet they were going to make a good port…but then they took an arrow to the knee.

Everything I’ve seen about the S2 port makes it look like pure garbage. The fact they released it in the state it is…

They’re obviously joking. If anyone takes these posts seriously, they need to take a step back and relax.

The tongue in cheek-ness is VERY obvious.

That said, E33 deserved it all, though if Bananza hadn’t won best family game I would definitely been irked if Bananza didn’t win GOTY.

When I think of accessibility, Doom is always the first game that comes to mind. Pure accessibility!

And a game for impact…well, I guess the few people that played it were sort of impacted by South of Midnight?

E33 deserved everything it got, well done for them!

Must be for COMPLETELY new subscribers. Mine has been lapsed since January or February of this year and it wants to charge me the full $29.99 right off.

Oh, well.

@demian …you actually took that sarcastic comment seriously, eh?

@Balaam_ That would cut into the required 30% profit margin.

“We want a New Vegas remaster!”

“Best I can do is an overly expensive green controller variant.”

All three of my PS4 digital versions upgraded without issue to PS5. Zero issues.

How is this such a problem lately on the green side? First RDR and now this.

@Brigurugi I should sit down and see how much my PS1/2/3/4/5, Wii U/Switch collection would be worth…

@Brigurugi I look forward to selling my Series X in near perfect condition someday as the down payment on a new house. XD

@Brigurugi My Series X is now worth FAR more than when I bought it last year!

@BrownOwl The cognitive dissonance is real, sadly.

@eduscxbox “It didn't sell because fans already have one and the rest of the consumers will go to the best deal. Xbox didn't had any deal, PS5 got discounts. So that's what happened.”

…so you’re basically saying the installed base of PS5 owners just expanded massively but the installed base of XBox owners didn’t.

You’re really not making this sound better. MS has basically declared victory while abandoning the battlefield.

A discount this early, eh? I’m sure that’s nothing but a good sign for this model.

Apropos of nothing, you can get a Switch 2 with MKW bundled for $449 on sale right this moment.

@BaldB3lper78 Not just the UK, given that some weird little Kinect wannabe game system outsold the XBox over the whole Black Friday time period. MS has fallen and it hurts to see it even for this Sony/Nintendo fanboy who also owns a Series X.

@Gabrie It’s generous of them to give away all their profits like this.

I’m amazed they can afford to do this, given the roaring success this game isn’t.

Not going to lie…I don’t think I’ve even heard of this game till today. That’s…probably a bad sign in and of itself.

Other: I’m accessing it on PS5 and Switch 2.

It’s a shame, I’d track down a disc copy if they gave Xbox owners the same upgrade options they gave S2 and PS5.

@Echtzeit Wow, XBox owners getting a slightly raw deal here. Us PS5 and Switch 2 owners get it for free with physical copies.

But then again, there was no XBox One native version, so I guess a free upgrade for a two console generation old disc is asking a bit much.

@FrenchVaniIIuxe It gets so much worse! PS got at least $100 off at numerous places, and Walmart just put the S2 Mario Kart World bundle on sale for $449, $50 off list.

That said, hope everyone enjoys their new hardware, whatever they spent on it!

It’s just a shame that each and every one of them paid more than launch price for the privilege.

@SuntannedDuck2 My confusion stemmed from your original comment being a) very unclear and difficult to understand and b) having absolutely nothing to do with the subject of this article.

@SuntannedDuck2 …what?

@Chip-Douglas I freely admit I do aim for platinum trophies on PS at times, but only for games I truly love and am willing to spend the time on.

But in all my PS playing time since the orginal, I have a whopping 20 platinums. Which honestly is 19 more than I ever expected to have.

@Chip-Douglas I wish your friend well, even as fail to comprehend them!

I’ll take “utterly silly things to do with your time to inflate a meaningless number,” for $1000, Alex.

You have to expect to sell more new consoles in order to manufacture more, don’t you?

Zero interest, zero influence.

Of course, my Series X is basically a BC box at this point. Hasn’t been turned on except to earn those daily points for a few months.

I laughed my rear off playing it on the PS, and this is coming from a filthy American! Glad my green gaming brethren will get to enjoy this!

@TrollOfWar I played the hell out of the original trilogy (on my trusty old Power Macintosh 7100/66, I might add! Yes, I’m that old. ) and seeing the name resurrected in this fashion just makes me sad.

May you enjoy the final product! I definitely won’t be playing it but I do appreciate this game is also VERY much not aimed at me’

@TrollOfWar Bungie would have had me if they’d done a remake/reimagining of the original Marathon.

This…this might as well be named Dave’s Run And Gun as far as I’m concerned.

Marathon-In-Name-Only looks horrible, and as a PS fanboy…yeah, this was one of the dumbest purchases Sony ever made.

Old Bungie is gone forever, only this shambling reanimated corpse is left.

I haven’t had GamePass for months. But I also rarely touch my Series X these days, S2 and PS5 are my main focus till Forza Horizon 6 comes out.

@TrevorP86 glances at the Series S

The Switch 2 is slightly less powerful than the S. I think MS can make things work.