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I'm sure enough some ponies will say Microsoft moneyhatted IOI to get this result

@blinx01 we will need another 20 years before everyone on earth can have comfortable and reliable cloud gaming experience, especially those accessing with cellular network.

I mean it's kind of the truth but that guy over exaggerate the matter like it's the most confusing naming scheme ever & low key telling most gamers are just that dumb to figure out the differences. But yeah, there are actually confused people like parents ordering One X instead of Series X.

While Sony can simply slap word "Pro" for the buffed up version of PS5, i don't know what Microsoft will do with the Xbox. Series XX/SS? Sounds super dumb. Series X Pro/S Pro? That would be blatantly copying Sony so, no. Series X+/S+ or X²/S²? The latter kinda unique but lol. Series X Ultimate/S Ultimate following gamepass tiers? Maybe, idk.

If one them is a new K.O.T.O.R game, that would be dream come true

Lol for a good few minutes my smooth brain thought this was that dead space remaster rumour confirmed to be true and will be released on march

Complete overhaul would be too much work for a game that have been played by literally almost every gamers out there

Ngl most of them are too good to be true but if i have to pick some then point 4, 7, & 8 are reasonable enough to happen

@Lupaie79 MHS2 on xbox .... maybe MS need to pay $6 million to capcom first for that to happen 😆

Really wish to see God Eater series get ported to xbox and put to gamepass

Man seems like the entire twitter and jp gaming community at gematsu are mad at this one even reaching Phil's tweet lol ... I cringed and laughed a bit when i saw the trailer and stopped midway so i probably won't play this game at all but i'm against censorship and i do believe people should be at control in choosing and enjoying what type of media/games they want.

That said, what worries me more is this will scare away relatively small jp developers(and those with creative issue on sony platform) and will make the notion of xbox being "jp-unfriendly" stronger, ultimately results fewer jp games on xbox this gen. Just my thoughts and hopefully that won't be the case at all and more jp games keep coming to xbox in the foreseeable future

Of course W. This game deserves all the power & resources it needs and at least on xbox side this decision will help drive people to migrate to the current-gen faster

My always go-to site for all xbox news👍🏻 sometimes i reload the site few times in a matter of minute to check whether there is something new to read. Great job @FraserG & team! 👏🏻

If it's only topped at 1728p max on Series X with stock Xbox One graphical settings then i wonder what will be the sacrifices in the next gen patch ...

CODE VEIN!!!!!! Now i have hope that the whole God Eater franchise will be ported to xbox and enter gamepass at some point

So does this mean the sequel will be story-driven?

Thumbnail and first screenshot looks great, can't wait for new gameplay showcase!

Devs obviously just did some lazy ass port that's why they don't even bother to optimize the data size for Series S

Toxic shareholders they actually ask how to win the console war, lol 😂 that's some fanboy level of question.

Sales wise, i personally think xbox won't win this gen but will close the gap significantly compared to the reality we had now. Playstation is officially available in much more countries compared to xbox and that's already a huge advantage.

I thought this was new info, too bad it wasn't. Hopefully we get new official info from Microsoft soon.

@Menchi ok

@stuie123 Cool, then just subscribe gamepass for a month and not a year or longer. Smh

LOL... Very interesting and can't wait until someone decided to port rpcs3, ryujinx, yuzu, cemu, & citra to UWP

@Richnj i genuinely want to see this happen lol. But that's not gonna happen until a group of passionate UWP coders deciced to work with RPCS3 devs to port the software to UWP.

Partnership is ok, doesn't have to be total company buy out. If this partnership is big enough to the point they gonna port and release SMT & Persona franchise to xbox, that's all i need.

Genshin impact might come to xbox because of this 😂

That's cool, i will wait for some patched vs unpatched comparison videos on youtube

@blinx01 idk and i'm curious to know lol. Would be great if Xbox come up with something regarding that.

Well i honestly thought something like setting up your account through xbox console to temporarily store physical games' license in there and you need to put your owned game discs every few days to renew games' license in your account. Idk whether my idea is doable or not 😝

On a side note, maybe they don't have to do anything at all about that. Afterall, people who bought the game physically will most likely only play on the console anyway and not gonna bother with xcloud. I just thought that it will be little unfair for those who had the disk but need to buy the game again in order to play it via xcloud.

Maybe some time in xbox series lifetime, Xbox should make it mandatory for developers to make their games available on xcloud as well even though they are not available in game pass. People who already bought the game digitally can play the xcloud version free of charge and xbox need to develop a solution so those who bought the game physically can enjoy the xcloud version free of charge too.

@Porridge2215 idk why are you assuming this isn’t available on Series X. The whole dev mode and retroarch thing is already available since xbox one days

https://youtu.be/CoQYpS7I_B8
https://www.gamespew.com/2020/11/observer-system-redux-is-simply-better-on-ps5-than-xbox-series-x/

Just like BOCW, PS5 seems to be better at running multiplat games. Both consoles occasionally drops fps but XSX drops to overall lower performance with around 10fps gap compared to PS5 in 120fps mode. Observer System Redux also reportedly has overall better performance compared to XSX version and raytracing is exclusive to PS5 for now.

It's either developers are s h i t when it comes to optimization in early days of new consoles era or what Mark Cerny said is true, developers had easier time with and games benefit more from fewer but higher clocked CUs.

@FraserG just giving some info in case you didn't know before, Series X|S can run Retroarch under dev mode. 4 gens xbox games + retroarch, xbox series become more & more appealing

https://www.resetera.com/threads/retroarch-runs-on-xbox-series-x-s-under-dev-mode.323971/

This is what i'm waiting for. Lets go Xbox BC team!!!

@Kamalen well sadly that's pretty much the situation of soulsborne games. Like fan-made Bloodborne patch is just not framerate unlocker and need some more tinkering in order to get animation speed right and Dark Souls 2 case when 60fps made weapons 2 times break faster

Microsoft should release software to make these dynamic backgrounds and let the community do their job so someday i can download jiggly anime gir... nah nevermind.

Hey Phil please support more third world countries ..... 😔

@LtSarge yes i agree that their games are very underrated so much so they feel like niche games based on their sales. Falcom themselves announced few months ago that total sales of the ENTIRE Trails series only amount to 5 millions. Surely Falcom would be great addition to XGS but idk man they financially seems fine enough and had plans for releasing many of their games to multiple consoles(minus Xbox as usual) & PC so maybe it's hard for Phil to convince them for now

@Royalblues YES! I love trails series... There should be more of that jrpg on xbox

This is worrying... idk if it's real or not but at least the 1st video is more believable to me, 2nd one can't be real

I like the kfc one but this design is better

Why not make it dynamic 4K & dynamic 1080p... At least it sounds better on paper

I'm honestly(& pleasantly) surprised. Let's hope the trend continues among 3rd-party developers to implement RT on Series S games & with this proof, i'm assured enough that i can expect RT to be available as well on Series S 1st-party games whenever it's available on Series X.

@KelticDevil it might look like a hot mess with that low framerate but it has lots of potential. With the power of XSX, Scalebound could be truly awesome Dragon JRPG experience. I honestly think it should come back, as that game could be potent system seller for Xbox Series console. Kinda sucks that the chance is next to nothing at this point.

Ah yes please bring Nioh and couple of Atelier games to xbox. That would be great😗

Also, why not revive Scalebound? Platinum Games themselves said they would love to work on it but the IP itself is owned by Microsoft.

@graysoncharles good news indeed. I honestly don't mind 1080p on Series S but the machine itself is being advertised as 1440p60 console. The console hasn't even launched yet most game announced so far had 1080p resolution and it seems as not a good sign to me.

Moving forward games are going to be even more and more power hungry and in near future there will be advancements like more advanced rendering & lighting techniques also new engines specifically developed for next gen. It just worrying for me that more games in the future might have permanent or "up-to" resolutions below 1080p like 900p or(god please no) 720p.

If devs are able optimize and make their games runs at 1080p on Series S the entire generation, then that's fine

Wow, literally the first 120fps Series S game that runs at 1440p. 😧👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@blinx01 might be too early to judge for now but it seems the improvements are only a higher framerate and no additional visual improvement like better lighting, textures, etc. I believe with more effort on the optimization itself, it can reach 1440p60 on Series S no problem.

Holy crap that was unexpected...

Great!

Although it sucks from the outside, it's truly a wise & thoughtful decision from Phil Spencer.

Another 1080p60 game enhancement on XSS and it came from FIRST PARTY studio. Yo Rare, bump that up to 1440p so you won't add more wound to the whole XSS impression out there.

This is embarassing 🤧

Microsoft can provide new box design as simple as changing the green background to black and change 'ONE' to 'SERIES'. Or just do the latter for even more simplicity.