@Banjo- we actually do not know what type of Windows will it run. Full exe or anything applicable application able to open OR just simply allows PC game stores to be installed AND be sandboxed in another VM with limited flexibility.
Those two things ARE TOTALLY different situations. Full blown open Windows is still something I doubt. It's still probably a partially locked down Windows OS and don't be shocked if Microsoft pulls the later for Helix.
It's what they are doing and have been for 360, One, and Series consoles anyway. They run on a version of Windows and the games are just VMs. This is probably just expanding the compatibility of their gaming OS. They have done limited Windows OSs for decades. Windows 10S or early Windows ARM OS anyone? This isn't 'new' for Microsoft.
It's been discussed the BOM for a while should be around ~$900 USD via the codename Magnus info. My gut reaction months ago was $750-$850 and we know ram/SSD prices are still climbing.
Unfortunately if it doesn't have a disc drive for older games $900 is my limit or $1k with a disc drive for BC for older games. Still though it's basically gonna be a copy of my current PCs power just easily able to put near a TV, still could be worth it for many people.
Gaming is so important to Microsoft you put someone that has done nothing with gaming in charge of gaming. Does she even play games. Even had an Xbox ever in her life?
To quote Bobby Hill I am concerned about Xbox as his purse: "That's my purse I don't know you!"
The trajectory of Xbox behind the scenes has been okay for about 1-2 years now when things are looking generally positive for games, publishing, and a next gen console we....do this.
If the core team focus has been less on AI (this was the push to get Sharma to get Xbox to making money again) and this is Microsoft of old mentality to get Xbox really back to a strong 360 place without exclusives they better continue pumping out internal games as quick as possible to make this positive for gamers.
Either Phil got pushed to retirement and/or asks to leave for replacement but that person wasn't Sarah nor anyone in Microsoft related to Gaming at all.
It's embarrassing and I totally understand why she left. She got stiffed by someone that likely isn't qualified or knows d*** about video games.
It's just strange Sharma didn't have a position on Xbox for 1-2 YEARS before this. It's just too abrupt to make any sense.
If it's on disc day one on the better version. Whatever it is Series X or PS5 Pro. If no disc version or delayed disc version then I might wait until it's out for PC instead. It's up to Rockstar to ***** this launch up. Good luck.
@Weebleman Correct, even if it's Xbox in name and the app is named Xbox and it does indeed play Xbox games in backwards compatibility via a launcher or a VM window and pops up in front of other windows on the desktop it...is...still....a P...C... If someone wanted that they would have it already. The Windows OS SUCKS on a TV. It's bad, really bad. The biggest problem Microsoft has with a hybrid box is getting the OS to handle a controller just like the Xbox Series consoles does today and has since launch.
If they cannot do that day one next console/hybrid people will complain even if it's a $500-$600 box, let alone a $799-$999 prices box. People want a streamlined OS experience not a very non-controller friendly Windows OS with a start menu. This is their biggest hurdle. Not price. Not lack or missing some 3rd party games. It's the damn OS experience. It's going to ruin the 'Xbox' brand if they cannot get a good solution and the new Xbox full screen experience is not it. It might be a 1/4 of the way to where it should be, maybe. It's bad on the Xbox Ally X, that is like a alpha of a concept of a plan.
I just don't understand why they cannot expand the other way from the Series Windows OS and make it compatible with x86 applications and apps. Using Windows 11 as the place to start ain't it.
No surprises every single game on top 10 was in or still is in GamePass. This is the monster Microsoft created and needs to understand what it did to the platform moving forward.
Enjoyed Avowed, TOW2, and Doom TDA a decent amount. But Ball X Pit, CO:E33 and Ninja Gaiden 4 were the highlights for me this year at least within Xbox eco.
I did notice years ago leaving messages made the UI slower, though I don't have 1000+ friends. I haven't seen significant slowdown unless I'm downloading games/updates and/or jumping in and out of a game.
Great hardware no doubt. Quick Resume is magical for single player games. BC rules for the games there. But past that point...yeah not much vs other consoles/PC.
5 years in it's starting to age though with zero of it's own generation exclusives. Feels like no other console in history due to this situation. Still enjoy mine but only turn on for the next GamePass game to try. Next summer (when my GPU is up) it will be my legacy games console only.
It's really good some of the Fallout games are getting better versions but not 3 or New Vegas... Old games that need it MORE. It's like they don't even understand which Fallout made the IP so popular on a broader scale also. I get not Fallout 1 or 2, which I hope are getting remade completely in first person but that's exponentially more work.
EDIT: Missed comment @themightyant yep I knew I wasn't the only person that thought his.
Even a person that just buys one Xbox a generation and looks online once a week for game reviews will see these articles and piece that after their massive ABK on GamePass and consoles over and over within 2 years will see that Xbox as a brand struggling. They are unable to sell more of any game or hardware versus all other platforms every single time. Then they see the prices of ROG Xbox Ally | X devices and see $600 for the base unit and realize next gen is gonna be at least $600+ for a console. It's not looking good for the brand just from a marketing, announcement, and data info standpoint for the consumer. No matter how good the experience is right now on their console. Does it suck this is happening? Yes I hate to see a great ecosystem and platform seem like it's fine crumbling after each new official announcement or rumor.
48gb doesn't math on 192-bit bus. It's probably gonna be 36gb at most with the limitations of 3gb GDDR7 chips in 2025. Likely only if 4gb nand exists by then will it be 48gb of ram. I'd have to research if 4gb chips are planned by Samsung or micron even in the next few years.
It need Hall Effects or TMR joysticks otherwise it will be trash like the previous. It's one thing paying $40-$60 on a entry level Xbox controller just because the feel of the controller it's another paying $150-$200 on a controller without premium hardware. If 8bitdo can on controllers in the $50 price range Xbox can for sub $100.
@Simu001 yep I totally get it out of the devs hands and was started/completed since before this was even a thing. I'm thinking Split Fiction/BF6 are my last EA games I play unfortunately.
The tightness of gunplay is better then the added jump/skipping off walls is good and not gameplay breaking. The UI is much better in 7 than 6 but past that who knows. Fine is the best way to describe it, but with all the layoffs especially within Activision what else do we expect really?
@simu001 I would be too if EA wasn't sold out now.
Feedback is: it sucks look at the data and how many people are cancelling. The resell value of the Series consoles is tanking and some stores have clearance pricing them in the USA.
It's basically over, we barely blinked hardware prices went up so did GamePass 2-3 times collectively together within a year. Killed the brand that was already struggling for the people still supporting it past a GamePass sub. Everyone I know hardcore Xbox either sold their console/stopped GamePass, stopped GamePass and will just buy games here or there, or killed their GamePass play what they have in Xbox then buying anything new on PlayStation.
Where is all the old Activision games? WoW sub added into Ultimate? We want quality not Fortnite skins or Assassin's Creed 9-13. Get with the program grandpa. Quality for double the price.
Riding out my pre-paid cheap Ultimate sub end of 2026 in some form (with or without a Series X and) on a PC.
Very unlikely I'll switch to PC GamePass again, $17 is a bit more than I think it's worth and by end of 2026 PC GamePass could be either $25-$30 or loose day one games anyways. Also I want to take note that Ubisoft+ and Fortnite Crew as added "value" is straight up insulting. Ah yes 2 ($25-$30 on sale to keep) AAA games worth of value and some skin to a multiplayer game. LMAO
I'm kind of just soured of the brand even though I liked the controller, the hardware, PlayAnywhere, the dashboard, VRR, Dolby/DTS support, and a decent attempt to keep Series X disc games at the start of the generation. Nice while it lasted.
Well this is effectively as close as you can get to killing the brand before killing it.
I have Ultimate just because a cheap conversion to end of 2026. But after that? I don't even think any version of GamePass, maybe PC but this about seals that I'm done with Xbox consoles after Series X (and not even because disc games on Xbox are about dead).
Nice run for Xbox I guess, but a big wet fart to kill itself even with still existing.
@FrenchVaniIIuxe with Satiya's and Trump's help absolutely but let's not kid ourselves many bad decisions for a few years.
The craziest thing is though how amazing the January show they had going for them but with so many other issues with communication, announcements hardware price changes, firings of employees, and cancelling internal games it feels like nothing positive happened this year for the Xbox brand.
They can really only blame themselves as they have so much money they could literally eat the costs of both of these price increases and kept the consoles at the same prices below PlayStation or Nintendo. But they didn't, it's their choice.
I think the cheaper unit is a better deal overall, and potentially worthy for anyone in the PC ecosystem without a Deck, Ally, or Legion. Otherwise just look away from one of the easiest product launches to omit form memory.
Have a Switch 2 and a Deck so these seem extremely redundant. If we had OLED screen 120hz screen and powerful enough to run 1080p120hz with VRR for about $749 I'd have considered. But the problem is we just aren't there yet for handheld performance/price either.
Easy skip until 3-5 more years when a premium product will be here in a handheld for sub $800.
It sounds like there may not be traditional gameplay mechanics. Either they will appeal to you and something fun or it will end up as brutal to people as Heavy Rain was when it came out. Just a damn chore to play.
Movies Anywhere has always been a great platform that generally works well until you have to re-verify logins due to policy changes every year or so. It would be nice to see it go outside the US for everyone else at some point.
Will it be PlayAnywhere? Or on disc on Xbox? That's the real questions. If it was PlayAnywhere then I'd consider it digital but that's about the only way digital Xbox. Microsoft needs to get it as a standard all games PlayAnywhere until the start of next generation. I'm tired of this half-ass approach.
It looks like more of what Battlefield 4 should have been when they talked about destruction. But still I need to see actual gameplay on console to verify it is like it was just teased.
DICE is really good about not executing what they show in teaser trailers. Actually notoriously bad just like that Killzone 2 trailer at E3 Sony/Guerilla faked two decades ago.
@awp69 he cannot even see if you want it save time gain more profit why would you get rid of people? Those people could have been using AI to create more faster. It's just simply he wants to 'save money' by replacing humans with AI. Whatever his take at this point in this very very early stage of AI there isn't much reason to get rid people of their jobs.
Still doubt it's a playable build on disc without internet. If it is I'll be shocked as I believe it will be the first time for first party since Pentiment in 2022. Microsoft sucks.
@BAMozzy I got over Scalebound due to the situation and it just being one game at a weird time for Xbox brand. Now it's game after game after game along with studio after studio getting axed.
It's basically like they do not know how to manage game studios at this level of investment and tier of involvement of resources and studio counts. Sure they did pretty well during the OG Xbox & 360 generations but they just didn't have a damn clue during Xbox One and even more now so for Series generation. There is basically no way Xbox isn't moving to 3rd party publisher by mid next generation or earlier.
@Nintendo4Sonic just after I held out on GamePass Core only for a year I saw a good boost of games coming for Ultimate to switch for a year. They had a great showing early this year it seemed they were headed in the right track to being solid on releases like PlayStation & Nintendo. Now they just throw away all their good will to appease the Microsoft overlords and shareholders.
Now next July I will not only be not subbing Ultimate but un-subbing and not switching to PC or Core, I'm just over their madness and chaos. My Series X will be a BC machine and 3rd party physical games box moving forward (like there is hardly any releasing on disc anyways today).
Don't even care anymore, most of the good will is gone with Xbox. They ruined everything great they built to make just to advance AI. Which won't make anything new creatively by itself.
Better late than never, but this push is just soooooooooooooo late. It's obvious they are looking to move away from consoles and this is the support for that with a 'bigger push'. The start of this generation should have been the start and forced all games to be PlayAnywhere if Microsoft truly cared they didn't care where we played our Xbox paid for & GamePass games.
@Coletrain it's pretty non-existent in the US also. Last commercial I saw was for Starfield, and last ads on a non focused gaming site was sidebars on YouTube. Maybe they cover some buses and trains in other cities like Seattle, LA, or New York but I haven't seen big posters/murals/ads in person in basically any city since the Xbox 360 era.
Yet I see Nintendo commercials and ads when a big game is launching or when the Switch 2 released. Then about every other month see is some PlayStation commercial online in an ad/webpage or via YouTube
These are primarily based on a third party game or their next console exclusive.
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Re: 'It Will Lead In Performance' - Xbox's Price Tag For Project Helix Could Be Pretty High
@Banjo- we actually do not know what type of Windows will it run. Full exe or anything applicable application able to open OR just simply allows PC game stores to be installed AND be sandboxed in another VM with limited flexibility.
Those two things ARE TOTALLY different situations. Full blown open Windows is still something I doubt. It's still probably a partially locked down Windows OS and don't be shocked if Microsoft pulls the later for Helix.
It's what they are doing and have been for 360, One, and Series consoles anyway. They run on a version of Windows and the games are just VMs. This is probably just expanding the compatibility of their gaming OS. They have done limited Windows OSs for decades. Windows 10S or early Windows ARM OS anyone? This isn't 'new' for Microsoft.
Re: 'It Will Lead In Performance' - Xbox's Price Tag For Project Helix Could Be Pretty High
It's been discussed the BOM for a while should be around ~$900 USD via the codename Magnus info. My gut reaction months ago was $750-$850 and we know ram/SSD prices are still climbing.
Unfortunately if it doesn't have a disc drive for older games $900 is my limit or $1k with a disc drive for BC for older games. Still though it's basically gonna be a copy of my current PCs power just easily able to put near a TV, still could be worth it for many people.
Re: Microsoft CEO Shares His Thoughts On The Major Leadership Changes At Xbox
Gaming is so important to Microsoft you put someone that has done nothing with gaming in charge of gaming. Does she even play games. Even had an Xbox ever in her life?
To quote Bobby Hill I am concerned about Xbox as his purse:
"That's my purse I don't know you!"
Re: New Xbox Boss Makes Official Statement As She Takes Over From Phil Spencer
The trajectory of Xbox behind the scenes has been okay for about 1-2 years now when things are looking generally positive for games, publishing, and a next gen console we....do this.
If the core team focus has been less on AI (this was the push to get Sharma to get Xbox to making money again) and this is Microsoft of old mentality to get Xbox really back to a strong 360 place without exclusives they better continue pumping out internal games as quick as possible to make this positive for gamers.
Re: Xbox President Sarah Bond Is Also Leaving The Company, Microsoft Confirms
Either Phil got pushed to retirement and/or asks to leave for replacement but that person wasn't Sarah nor anyone in Microsoft related to Gaming at all.
It's embarrassing and I totally understand why she left. She got stiffed by someone that likely isn't qualified or knows d*** about video games.
It's just strange Sharma didn't have a position on Xbox for 1-2 YEARS before this. It's just too abrupt to make any sense.
Re: Poll: As Things Stand, Will You Be Buying GTA 6 On Xbox This November?
If it's on disc day one on the better version. Whatever it is Series X or PS5 Pro. If no disc version or delayed disc version then I might wait until it's out for PC instead. It's up to Rockstar to ***** this launch up. Good luck.
Re: Two Games Have Quietly Been Cancelled For Xbox Over The Past Week
First one I heard about and that's just unfortunate for Xbox only users, it looked good.
Re: Digital Foundry 'Highly Impressed' With Final Fantasy 7 Remake On Xbox Series X And S
Where's my physical copy?
Re: Xbox Series X|S Ranked 5th In List Of Platforms Developers Are Most Interested In
@Weebleman Correct, even if it's Xbox in name and the app is named Xbox and it does indeed play Xbox games in backwards compatibility via a launcher or a VM window and pops up in front of other windows on the desktop it...is...still....a P...C... If someone wanted that they would have it already. The Windows OS SUCKS on a TV. It's bad, really bad. The biggest problem Microsoft has with a hybrid box is getting the OS to handle a controller just like the Xbox Series consoles does today and has since launch.
If they cannot do that day one next console/hybrid people will complain even if it's a $500-$600 box, let alone a $799-$999 prices box. People want a streamlined OS experience not a very non-controller friendly Windows OS with a start menu. This is their biggest hurdle. Not price. Not lack or missing some 3rd party games. It's the damn OS experience. It's going to ruin the 'Xbox' brand if they cannot get a good solution and the new Xbox full screen experience is not it. It might be a 1/4 of the way to where it should be, maybe. It's bad on the Xbox Ally X, that is like a alpha of a concept of a plan.
I just don't understand why they cannot expand the other way from the Series Windows OS and make it compatible with x86 applications and apps. Using Windows 11 as the place to start ain't it.
Re: The Top 10 Xbox Game Pass Titles Of 2025, As Determined By Your Votes
No surprises every single game on top 10 was in or still is in GamePass. This is the monster Microsoft created and needs to understand what it did to the platform moving forward.
Enjoyed Avowed, TOW2, and Doom TDA a decent amount. But Ball X Pit, CO:E33 and Ninja Gaiden 4 were the highlights for me this year at least within Xbox eco.
Re: Xbox 360 User Shows What'll Happen When It Reaches Date Limit On December 31st, 2025
@TheOfficialJW because there are still exclusives or console exclusives locked to 360. This is like you know common sense.
Sure I play my PS5 and PC more often but I have a Morph4K hooked up to my 360 for 720p -> 1440p on a 4k tv.
Re: Xbox Owner Thinks They've Found A 'Major Design Flaw' That Impacts Game Performance
I did notice years ago leaving messages made the UI slower, though I don't have 1000+ friends. I haven't seen significant slowdown unless I'm downloading games/updates and/or jumping in and out of a game.
Re: Fallout 4: Anniversary Upgrade Launches For $40, 'Creations Bundle' Also Available For $20
Not even the upgrade is on GamePass Ultimate, super embarrassing.
Re: It's A Big Birthday For The Xbox Series X, So Let's Look Back At Our Review From 2020
Great hardware no doubt. Quick Resume is magical for single player games. BC rules for the games there. But past that point...yeah not much vs other consoles/PC.
5 years in it's starting to age though with zero of it's own generation exclusives. Feels like no other console in history due to this situation. Still enjoy mine but only turn on for the next GamePass game to try. Next summer (when my GPU is up) it will be my legacy games console only.
Re: Fallout 76 Is Officially Getting A Native Xbox Series X|S Version In Early 2026
It's really good some of the Fallout games are getting better versions but not 3 or New Vegas... Old games that need it MORE. It's like they don't even understand which Fallout made the IP so popular on a broader scale also. I get not Fallout 1 or 2, which I hope are getting remade completely in first person but that's exponentially more work.
EDIT: Missed comment @themightyant yep I knew I wasn't the only person that thought his.
Re: Roundup: Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About Xbox's The Outer Worlds 2
All of sudden we have Ninja Gaiden 4 and Outer Worlds 2 to play. Almost too much at once.
Re: Xbox Journalist Says Latest Rumours Are 'A Huge Challenge For The Brand Right Now'
Even a person that just buys one Xbox a generation and looks online once a week for game reviews will see these articles and piece that after their massive ABK on GamePass and consoles over and over within 2 years will see that Xbox as a brand struggling. They are unable to sell more of any game or hardware versus all other platforms every single time. Then they see the prices of ROG Xbox Ally | X devices and see $600 for the base unit and realize next gen is gonna be at least $600+ for a console. It's not looking good for the brand just from a marketing, announcement, and data info standpoint for the consumer. No matter how good the experience is right now on their console. Does it suck this is happening? Yes I hate to see a great ecosystem and platform seem like it's fine crumbling after each new official announcement or rumor.
Re: Xbox 'Magnus' Leak Suggests Next Console Will Be Powerful, Expensive & Maybe A Hybrid Device
48gb doesn't math on 192-bit bus. It's probably gonna be 36gb at most with the limitations of 3gb GDDR7 chips in 2025. Likely only if 4gb nand exists by then will it be 48gb of ram. I'd have to research if 4gb chips are planned by Samsung or micron even in the next few years.
Re: Talking Point: Would You Still Buy An Elite Series 3 Controller For Xbox Series X|S?
It need Hall Effects or TMR joysticks otherwise it will be trash like the previous. It's one thing paying $40-$60 on a entry level Xbox controller just because the feel of the controller it's another paying $150-$200 on a controller without premium hardware. If 8bitdo can on controllers in the $50 price range Xbox can for sub $100.
Re: Black Ops 7 Beta Review (Xbox) - A Bit Of A Re-Skin, But Zombies Mode Shines
@Simu001 yep I totally get it out of the devs hands and was started/completed since before this was even a thing. I'm thinking Split Fiction/BF6 are my last EA games I play unfortunately.
Re: Black Ops 7 Beta Review (Xbox) - A Bit Of A Re-Skin, But Zombies Mode Shines
The tightness of gunplay is better then the added jump/skipping off walls is good and not gameplay breaking. The UI is much better in 7 than 6 but past that who knows. Fine is the best way to describe it, but with all the layoffs especially within Activision what else do we expect really?
@simu001 I would be too if EA wasn't sold out now.
Re: 'Price Increases Are Never Fun For Anybody' Says Xbox Exec Defending Game Pass Changes
Feedback is: it sucks look at the data and how many people are cancelling. The resell value of the Series consoles is tanking and some stores have clearance pricing them in the USA.
It's basically over, we barely blinked hardware prices went up so did GamePass 2-3 times collectively together within a year. Killed the brand that was already struggling for the people still supporting it past a GamePass sub. Everyone I know hardcore Xbox either sold their console/stopped GamePass, stopped GamePass and will just buy games here or there, or killed their GamePass play what they have in Xbox then buying anything new on PlayStation.
Where is all the old Activision games? WoW sub added into Ultimate? We want quality not Fortnite skins or Assassin's Creed 9-13. Get with the program grandpa. Quality for double the price.
Re: Poll: What Are Your Plans For Xbox Game Pass After This Week's News?
Riding out my pre-paid cheap Ultimate sub end of 2026 in some form (with or without a Series X and) on a PC.
Very unlikely I'll switch to PC GamePass again, $17 is a bit more than I think it's worth and by end of 2026 PC GamePass could be either $25-$30 or loose day one games anyways. Also I want to take note that Ubisoft+ and Fortnite Crew as added "value" is straight up insulting. Ah yes 2 ($25-$30 on sale to keep) AAA games worth of value and some skin to a multiplayer game. LMAO
I'm kind of just soured of the brand even though I liked the controller, the hardware, PlayAnywhere, the dashboard, VRR, Dolby/DTS support, and a decent attempt to keep Series X disc games at the start of the generation. Nice while it lasted.
Re: Xbox Game Pass Is Getting A Major Overhaul With New Names, Games & Price Changes
Well this is effectively as close as you can get to killing the brand before killing it.
I have Ultimate just because a cheap conversion to end of 2026. But after that? I don't even think any version of GamePass, maybe PC but this about seals that I'm done with Xbox consoles after Series X (and not even because disc games on Xbox are about dead).
Nice run for Xbox I guess, but a big wet fart to kill itself even with still existing.
Re: Microsoft Announces New Price Increases For Xbox Series X|S In The US
@FrenchVaniIIuxe with Satiya's and Trump's help absolutely but let's not kid ourselves many bad decisions for a few years.
The craziest thing is though how amazing the January show they had going for them but with so many other issues with communication, announcements hardware price changes, firings of employees, and cancelling internal games it feels like nothing positive happened this year for the Xbox brand.
They can really only blame themselves as they have so much money they could literally eat the costs of both of these price increases and kept the consoles at the same prices below PlayStation or Nintendo. But they didn't, it's their choice.
Re: Square Enix Confirms That Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth & Part 3 Are Coming To Xbox
Good, who knows if day one but at least generally a confirmation is great for every platform. Let's just hope by 2027 on any platform.
Re: Square Enix Reveals Xbox Tech Specs For 2025 RPG Octopath Traveler 0
I went from day 1 to not really carrying at all after hearing about town building and this is an existing mobile game offline.
Re: Roundup: Here's What People Are Saying About The ROG Xbox Ally At Gamescom 2025
I think the cheaper unit is a better deal overall, and potentially worthy for anyone in the PC ecosystem without a Deck, Ally, or Legion. Otherwise just look away from one of the easiest product launches to omit form memory.
Re: Leaker Reveals 'Final Prices' For ROG Xbox Ally Handheld In The US
Have a Switch 2 and a Deck so these seem extremely redundant. If we had OLED screen 120hz screen and powerful enough to run 1080p120hz with VRR for about $749 I'd have considered. But the problem is we just aren't there yet for handheld performance/price either.
Easy skip until 3-5 more years when a premium product will be here in a handheld for sub $800.
Re: Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage Hits Xbox In October, Price & Beta Details Revealed
Need the next Virta Fighter. The wait has been too long.
Re: Talking Point: Battlefield 6 Or Black Ops 7, Which Xbox FPS Are You Looking Forward To Most?
Multiplayer: Battlefield 6
Campaign: Black Ops 7
Re: Square Enix Announces Two Brand-New RPGs For Xbox Series X|S
Best games at the whole direct, pretty cool Square finally decided to stop skipping Xbox.
Re: Hideo Kojima Says We're Either Going To Love Or Hate His Xbox-Published Game 'OD'
It sounds like there may not be traditional gameplay mechanics. Either they will appeal to you and something fun or it will end up as brutal to people as Heavy Rain was when it came out. Just a damn chore to play.
Re: Talking Point: So, What Other PS5 Games Do You Want To See Come To Xbox?
Marvel Token, Ghost of Yōtei, Returnal, Silent Hill 2...
Re: PSA: Movies Anywhere Allows You To 'Sync' Your Xbox Purchases With Other Film Providers
Movies Anywhere has always been a great platform that generally works well until you have to re-verify logins due to policy changes every year or so. It would be nice to see it go outside the US for everyone else at some point.
Re: Battlefield 6 Price & Release Date Leak Ahead Of 2025 Xbox Launch
Will it be PlayAnywhere? Or on disc on Xbox? That's the real questions. If it was PlayAnywhere then I'd consider it digital but that's about the only way digital Xbox. Microsoft needs to get it as a standard all games PlayAnywhere until the start of next generation. I'm tired of this half-ass approach.
Re: Battlefield 6 Looks Very 'Modern Warfare', Multiplayer Reveal Coming This Month
It looks like more of what Battlefield 4 should have been when they talked about destruction. But still I need to see actual gameplay on console to verify it is like it was just teased.
DICE is really good about not executing what they show in teaser trailers. Actually notoriously bad just like that Killzone 2 trailer at E3 Sony/Guerilla faked two decades ago.
Re: Xbox Will Apparently Announce More PS5 & Switch 2 Ports 'In The Coming Weeks'
Cool? Physical versions? If so I might buy otherwise don't care unless it's on Steam/GoG.
Re: Microsoft CEO Comments On Recent Xbox Layoffs, Doubles Down On AI
@awp69 he cannot even see if you want it save time gain more profit why would you get rid of people? Those people could have been using AI to create more faster. It's just simply he wants to 'save money' by replacing humans with AI. Whatever his take at this point in this very very early stage of AI there isn't much reason to get rid people of their jobs.
Re: Two Xbox First-Party Games Now Shipping On Disc In 2025, Says Retailer
Still doubt it's a playable build on disc without internet. If it is I'll be shocked as I believe it will be the first time for first party since Pentiment in 2022. Microsoft sucks.
Re: Microsoft Is Seemingly Cutting Back On Its Quality Assurance Efforts With Xbox
@BAMozzy I got over Scalebound due to the situation and it just being one game at a weird time for Xbox brand. Now it's game after game after game along with studio after studio getting axed.
It's basically like they do not know how to manage game studios at this level of investment and tier of involvement of resources and studio counts. Sure they did pretty well during the OG Xbox & 360 generations but they just didn't have a damn clue during Xbox One and even more now so for Series generation. There is basically no way Xbox isn't moving to 3rd party publisher by mid next generation or earlier.
Re: Poll: Helldivers 2 Isn't On Xbox Game Pass, So Will You Be Buying It?
Negative, it's digital only anyways.
Re: Microsoft Is Seemingly Cutting Back On Its Quality Assurance Efforts With Xbox
@Nintendo4Sonic just after I held out on GamePass Core only for a year I saw a good boost of games coming for Ultimate to switch for a year. They had a great showing early this year it seemed they were headed in the right track to being solid on releases like PlayStation & Nintendo. Now they just throw away all their good will to appease the Microsoft overlords and shareholders.
Now next July I will not only be not subbing Ultimate but un-subbing and not switching to PC or Core, I'm just over their madness and chaos. My Series X will be a BC machine and 3rd party physical games box moving forward (like there is hardly any releasing on disc anyways today).
Nadella and Spencer need a reality check.
Re: These 10+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (July 7-11)
Don't even care anymore, most of the good will is gone with Xbox. They ruined everything great they built to make just to advance AI. Which won't make anything new creatively by itself.
Re: Former Xbox Dev Claims Turn 10's Forza Motorsport Team 'Is No More'
Remember even 5 years ago the pillars we expected were: Halo | Gears | Forza
I guess now we can say the brand officially transitioned to these games as pillars: Minecraft | COD | Horizon
The Xbox of the past and its games we knew is gone, Gears and Halo are niche titles at this point and are not primary focus anymore due to $.
Re: Xbox Play Anywhere Is Growing Massively In 2025, And There's A Lot More To Come
Better late than never, but this push is just soooooooooooooo late. It's obvious they are looking to move away from consoles and this is the support for that with a 'bigger push'. The start of this generation should have been the start and forced all games to be PlayAnywhere if Microsoft truly cared they didn't care where we played our Xbox paid for & GamePass games.
Just really really poor execution this late.
Re: System Shock 2 Remaster Launches To Excellent Reviews Ahead Of Xbox Release
Hoping for a physical release. No matter I really need to get around to playing this game now since it has controller support.
Re: Two New Black Ops 7 Game Modes Leaked Via Call Of Duty Xbox App
If wall running and/or gun game I'll be there, but I'll stay for a single player campaign.
Re: Xbox Is Adding New Game Save Features, And Hopefully There's More To Come
This is a great idea and will benefit everyone.
Re: Microsoft Planning To 'Restructure' Xbox Distribution In Central Europe, Says Report
@Coletrain it's pretty non-existent in the US also. Last commercial I saw was for Starfield, and last ads on a non focused gaming site was sidebars on YouTube. Maybe they cover some buses and trains in other cities like Seattle, LA, or New York but I haven't seen big posters/murals/ads in person in basically any city since the Xbox 360 era.
Yet I see Nintendo commercials and ads when a big game is launching or when the Switch 2 released. Then about every other month see is some PlayStation commercial online in an ad/webpage or via YouTube
These are primarily based on a third party game or their next console exclusive.