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Why are people talking about COD?

The list is up to November, 11.

Black Ops 7 released November, 14.

We don't know if it sold better or worse than BF6 yet.

So are people finally realizing mainstream games media simply hates Xbox?

That's it. That's the reason. It doesn't matter what Xbox do, the media will never value anything created by Microsoft.

Opencritic/Metacritic scores are not in 90s because of the same reason, scored by the same media outlets that won't ever nominate an Xbox title because it is an Xbox title.

@themightyant 1% alone doesn't say much. 1% compared to last year, but how much was last year of Xbox? 1% of Xbox can be more than 6% of Windows depending on how much profit each division made last year.

@Stocksy Your comment makes no sense at all. So what you own every generation of Xbox? And who said questioning Xbox is a crime or bias?

And i'm not twisting your 'logic' as what you're say has no such a thing as logic.

You use the same argument to say PS Portal isn't a PS because name says everything, but at the same time, the different name (Xbox Ally) means nothing, this is bias, not questioning.

What kind of logic is that?

@Stocksy A PlayStation Portal can't run PS5 Games.
A PS5 can't run all PS games.
A Switch 2 can't run all Switch games
So why an Xbox Series X should be required to run all Xbox Games?

"The steam deck arguement is stupid." because you said so? because it breaks your narrative?

And why Xbox Ally (See?! different product name) must run Xbox Series X games?

I just can't understand the bias.

@Balaam_ It is not necessary to be a different generation, they're different products and that's enough.

Steam Deck can't run all Steam Games, so is it not a handheld PC?

Isn't PS Portal a PlayStation device?

New Nintendo 3DS had exclusive games even tho it was the same generation as the original 3DS, as per Nintendo.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner Yes, and it does play Xbox games. They never said it plays Xbox Series games natively, they said it runs Xbox games, and it does, through cloud gaming.

But this does not matter, comparison still stand. Backwards compatibility is a great feature, but it is not a requirement to define the device as an Xbox.

Xbox One is a console
Xbox Series is a different console
Xbox Ally is a handheld console. It is different. It is not an extension of Series X, it is a next-gen Xbox handheld console.

@DNortonX That makes no sense at all. Why should the Rog Ally X run Xbox Series X games?

It is a different console.

PS5 can't run PS3 games nativelly, so Can I say it is not a PlayStation?

If PS5 isn't required to run PS3 Games to be a PlayStation, Why is Xbox Ally required to run Xbox Series games to be an Xbox?

What a surprise. Satya Nadella and Amy Hood need to go from MS ASAP. Both are a disaster to this company.

@Balie3000 I was responding to @GeeEssEff, it seems I've tagged you too.

What makes no sense?

@GeeEssEff @Balie3000 Why the games you buy on Xbox Series X have to be playable on Xbox Ally for it to be an Xbox?

Can you put a PS2 disc on a PS5 and play the game? Is PS5 still a PlayStation console?

There it is your answer. Xbox Ally plays Xbox Ally games. It is a new Xbox console, not an extension of Xbox Series.

And they're right to do it.
Unfortunately, even Xbox isn't supporting itself lately, so how ask others to prioritize them?!

PS5 and PC are more important for Xbox than their own console these days.

I'm going over to PS5. I'm done.

@Kezelpaso, Yes, it is exactly it. Klobrille adds early access games only after 1.0.

Twice. Ultimate version first on Xbox One, then I got curious and played the original version for the 360 through backwards compatibility.

@JaffeGaffe 24gb is more than enough ram for any game that exists today to run at 1080p. Xbox Series X runs with 16gb, the same goes for PS5 and PS5 Pro.

'You pay me X dollars an hour, I built you a game, here, go put it on your servers'. Yeah, just like sony did all those years with PlayStation exclusives, including during his term. He is a hypocrite.

Best thing that happened to PlayStation was his departure, it really change PS for the better.

I've had an amazing experience with the main game and Shattered Space expansion. Loved both and put lots of hours in it (100%ed)

I'm really happy with the game and of bethesda ever release a new DLC, free or paid, I'll be there.

@OldGamer999 It will play both, PC games and native Xbox games. Already confirmed by Xbox's Sarah Bond.

Ryu Ga Gotoku game is day one for me.

I don't know about Halo. Halo Studios is working on the new project and Master Chief Collection was made on the old proprietary engine that only 343 people know how to operate, so they can't second-party Halo either.

I think Halo will come to PS5 eventually, but it will be the new Halo Studios game.

@Ilyn sales is no better metric than engagement. You can have 100 copies of game at a store and 50 of then are scalpers reselling it.

Sales alone means nothing as well.

This is totally stupid. That's what ESRB and others are for. Stupid decision from Xbox.

Does it really matter?

Xbox hardware doesn't have to sell more than PlayStation.
Xbox hardware doesn't need to sell more than the previous generation.

All it have to do is give a profit directly or indirectly (Games, Game Pass Subscriptions) to Microsoft.

That's all it needs to do to Microsoft keep making Xbox console for years ahead.

Ps.: As of April 2022 Xbox Game Pass had 21 million subscribers on Xbox consoles.

Riders Republic and give it to Playground Games.

Xbox Series 2 (if there is only one model)

Xbox Model X
Xbox Model S

or simply:

Xbox

As for the handheld:
Xbox Portable
Xbox Mobile
Xboy

@Millionski "Now why MS want to sell xbox-pc hybrid that runs steam with free online and cheaper games at a subsidized cost"

That's not what I said.

Microsoft will keep launching Xbox the same way they always did, with their proprietary Xbox OS.

Microsoft will also allow Xbox OS to run inside the Windows PC (regular PCs, no need to built one for it as long as it has some minimum specs, like it is to run a game)

"PC gaming isn't Microsoft, it is Steam". Right, and still Valve launched a handheld console into the market.

Microsoft can do the same, bring the console into the PC.

@Millionski I think making the PC into an Xbox is a better approach.

What I mean by that is bringing Xbox OS to PC or any other cable hardware (with minum specs defined).

This would be in line with the 'This is an Xbox' marketing and would make sense as Cloud Gaming uses Xbox OS just as the consoles.

The only hardware the doesn't have Xbox OS on the ecosystem is the PC.

So bring Xbox OS to Windows through the same subsystem technology they used to run Linux inside Windows (WSL).

Xbox OS would allow every Xbox game to run on PCs, including Backward compatible titles.

It would also allow for the future Xbox handheld to carry the users library from the home console.

This would make Xbox hadrware themselves more relevant, as developing for PC, handheld, cloud means developing for Xbox hardware (home console).

Great news! I love this game and hope for as many DLCs as they can release. Shattered Space was amazing, and so was the base game.

As for the haters, maybe you guys could find something to play instead of complaining about Startfield, that I'm sure most of you haven't even played.

RIP Gran Turismo. The best racing game is in town!

@jesse_dylan I don't think they will quit doing niche games. Just look at Grounded, Towerborne, South of Midnight, recently Everwild have surface again, so I think that is not going away.

Hardware isn't going anywhere. There are 21 million Game Pass subscribers on Xbox consoles (2022), Nadella loves money, he won't throw 21 million subscribers away.

Also I think it is amazing how people fear monger the end of Xbox hardware when we already have confirmed the next gen Xbox Hardware and an Xbox Handheld from official sources (Phil Spencer himself).

And worse, the reason for all that doom and gloom is because of a rumour about a supposed xbox shutdown in 2021. Come on.

@TeiGekiLord It is not pathetic. They can and should invest in the studios they had, but they simply wouldn't be allowed the time to do so, that's clear.

They needed to acquire because they need a fast stream of new content to boost Game Pass and Bethesda and Activision already have a huge catalog of old titles and new titles in development to help with that.

Microsoft couldn't simple wait 6 or 7 years for their own studios to finish their games so they would finally grow Game Pass.

So they're doing both. They acquired studios and they're investing too (The Initiative, for example).

Also, let's not forget before aquisitions Microsoft only had 343i (Halo), Coalition (Gears of War), World's Edge (Age of Empires), Rare (Sea of Thieves) and Turn 10 (Forza Motorspost).

There is so much Microsoft could do with basically 4 studios, as Age of Empires at the time was PC only.

No matter how bit the amount of money they invested. 4 studios simply wasn't enough to grow Game Pass.

But even if they're not enough, all those studios have current games in development, so it is not like Microsoft didn't invest or supported them.

Halo Studios (New Halo Project)
Coalition (Gears of War: E-Day)
Rare (Everwild)
Turn 10 (Forza Motorsport)
The Initiative (Perfect Dark)

You mentioned Sony, but Microsoft wasn't trying to sell more hardware or recover from a huge financial loss like Sony on the PS3, they wanted to grow a subscription service and to do that you need content.

That's why netflix acquired studios and started their own productions.

They've acquired tons of shows as well, not every Netflix Original was created by them, some are acquired or licensed to Netflix.

That's how you grow a subscription service.

It looks like Microsoft will soon have two PC Operating Systems.

That 'Legend of Cyber Cowboy' reminded me of Gun.Smoke (NES).

@GeeEssEff PS Plus was nothing like game pass in 2010. PS Now managed to be unavailable in most countries until shutdown, and didn't support installs from the beginning, it was a later feature.

So Yes, game pass was the one bringing it to the real market, worldwide, and was actually used by people.

By the way, sony killed PS Now in favor of the new PS plus, that now, mimics Game Pass model, without Day One tho. Also, continuing tradition, sony streaming service is not available in the majority of countries were PS Plus is at, contrary to Xbox Cloud Gaming.

As for a Sega subscription service, if there is Yakuza Day One I'm in.

@PSDeckSwitchOwner Because Microsoft acquired Minecraft and it is still multiplatform. Microsoft acquired Call of Duty and is still multiplatform. There is no history of Microsoft acquiring a multiplatform IP and making it exclusive.

Sony on the other hand, try to make everything it can a PS exclusive, they even did contracts to have exclusivity of game modes on Call of Duty for a year before MS acquisition.

They made FF XVI exclusive even when FF XV was multiplatform.

Sony is the one who can't be trusted in that case.

No, it would not. Creation Engine is made for Bethesda RPGs and use Unreal Engine would be an enourmous amount of work to even get started, let alone for the devs to master it.

They did a great job with Starfield, I don't see why would they change the engine.

Anyone thinking sony won't follow Xbox steps will be surprised in the future.

Sony is mimicking every single Xbox step towards multiplatforms. It all started with Play Anywhere in 2016, bringing games to PC, then with cloud gaming (who sony already have too), until it finally come to games on rival consoles (MLB on Xbox, Horizon Lego on Switch).

Sony is going much slower than Xbox in that direction but they will reach there eventually, it is pretty clear.

Also, no problem for me with using 'Xbox' name in this strategy. Xbox is Microsoft brand for Games. So Microsoft Gaming = Xbox.

Xbox got bigger and is now everywhere, which gives them the highest user base among the big 3.

Think that way: To play sea of thieves on PS5 you need Xbox Live account. Minecraft on Switch? Xbox Live account. PC? Xbox Live account. Sum that to Xbox Cloud Gaming and you have xbox live everywhere.

So now Xbox has users on their own consoles, on PC, on their rival consoles. So even PS5 sales can mean Xbox customers.

They're everywhere now.

"Said Jez Corden". Okay, we can ignore this.

So the speculation from Grubb is that Perfect Dark, a game that has no date so far was... delayed?!

There is no such a thing as delay of game without a date. Speculation is speculation. If the publisher have no date there is no delay.

Perfect Dark was never confirmed for 2025.

Jez Corden hasn't been a trustable source for a while now. Not getting into it until official confirmation from Microsoft.

Starfield: Shattered Space (5 points)
Like a Dragon: Infinity Wealth (4 points)
Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 (3 points)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (2 points)
Kena: Bridge of Spirits (1 point)

I've played Kena back when it release on PC tho.

Haven't played Indiana Jones yet but looking forward to.

It will be announced Early 2025, on the Xbox Direct.

That's good news. Some people said Rare hasn't done any games in years, of course they did, it is called Sea of Thieves and is one of the best multiplayer games available in terms of support.

Always getting updates and expansions and with a lots of players, an example of successful game.

Having someone who knows how to do this leading Xbox Game Studios sounds great.

I don't mind the development going slow. It is better than release completely broken like some games do.

Let's Rare take their time and hopefully we'll have a great game.

@andrewsqual Of course, since you owned them before and played on another platform. We're talking about new players, people who already played those games before have no reason to play it again.

That's the kind of content that makes me sure PureXbox editorial is formed mostly by Xbox haters.

The game is great, so is the expansion, way far from 5/10. Its an honest 9/10.

I don't think the results will be what people think, specially for big companies.

Most companies, specially but not limited to Japan, don't even know how much potential Xbox have.

It is not that they think is not worth it or that the game won't sell, they just don't know at all how much potential the platform have.

That idea of games not selling on Xbox was proved false time and time again. It might not sell more than PS on copies per platform (which doesn't matter), but it has to make a profit for the publisher, and it does.

Big proof of this is Yakuza. Yakuza was for years released only on PS.

Sega released their titles on Xbox Game Pass and it was a huge success.

Yakuza games that are not on Game Pass also sold well.

At TGS another Yakuza game was announced for Xbox, that's a sign that the investment is worth it, it is profitable.

So any company that believes porting their game to Xbox will not bring profits, just talk to Sega and listen to what they have to say.

About the recommended level 35, it is not locked for lower levels it just will be way more difficult, but it is available if you want to risk it.

I'm loving it. Finished the whole base game, 100% achievments and just started shattered space yesterday. It is amazing how beautiful that game is, story is interesting as well.

There was a negative review that said "is just more Starfield". Well, yeah, that's kind of the idea. What did he expect? lol.

Must play for sure, just like the base game.