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Sonic Adventure 3 baby let's go!

I didn't even know this was the rumour. I heard something about Sega that was meant to be happening but never got round to checking out what it was.

This would've made some sense

Seems highly unlikely but I'd be down for a new Sega console tbh

8 from 10 but a few guesses there tbh

More surprised that I never realised GTA IV and Enslaved were back compat games. Need to check them out again at some point

I don't think it's coming at all this year tbh. I just don't see the point

The end of 2020 should be focused on introducing the Series X and xCloud, and the Xbox One is still set to be relevant with every new game still coming out on that for a while anyway.

I had little to no interest in Xbox then. I'd had a 360 previously but even with that 95% of my gaming was on PS3 toward the end of that gen just purely for the amount of exclusives Sony had that I preferred to the Xbox games

Interesting. Would love a proper Xbox emulator that worked well. It's been long enough imo

I mean.. you do get a blue HDMI cable..

Can't say that I am.

Awesome. Still don't get why they're jumping the gun on this and putting 2 out before the first one though.

I'll wait for Cyberpunk please..

What a game! </3

It still looks great with the One X enhancements as well.

Is it still terrible though?

@TheNewButler Yeah that's a possible reason. I've no problem with them dropping any games anyway fwiw.

The service is still fantastic value even if the biggest titles were only on there for a month or two. They've been advertising it as over 100 games but last time I counted it was over 200 on console alone.

@KratosMD Ah fair enough. Could be I'm just more aware now since this site has started up again haha

Seems to be more titles than usual dropping out lately. I think it's fine as they're still adding plenty of titles and high quality ones as well.

On the Xbox/PC side of things it's still Streets of Rage 4 for me. I actually bought a fight stick pretty much purely for this and am having a blast with it.

@LocalPenguin I imagine there'll be a Switch release at some point but probably will come out early next year

Solid list. 18 is enough. While it would've been great to have more, they're not really as essential as they used to be with the likes of Spotify easy to just load up in the background now

Xbox really need to come out with their equivalent of when PlayStation had the likes of Horizon, Days Gone, God of War etc all lined up.

Reaching that bar would be quite something, but it's possible and should be their aim for sure.

Above all though, just gimme a new Banjo or Conker game already!

See this is the kind of thing that Xbox should've been leading with

Mmm would be sweet if it does get released next week.

Aaaaaaaaaah. We all knew something was coming but it looks even better than I'd hoped!

I already had it so won't be dipping back into Red Dead quite yet. I absolutely recommend it to anyone that's yet to experience it though, especially on the Xbox One X if you've got one. Aside from a top-end PC, it's the best version of the game by far and honestly I think it completely blows the PS4 Pro and Stadia versions out of the water graphics wise. It's a beautiful game regardless, but yeah, it's something special here.

IGN has an exclusive here so that's why they couldn't show it yesterday.

I give it a D. For a "first look at next gen gameplay" it couldn't have really failed much more. Obviously we all know there was hardly any actual gameplay and none of the games looked like they took advantage of the Series X anyway (though I'm sure they may well do come release).

That said, it was still ok. A few games took my interest and I quite enjoy these trailer after trailer type presentations anyway.

I must be one of the few gamers that really doesn't care all that much about framerate. Obviously it's a problem when some games drop to 20/25 fps at times (looking at you Dark Souls and Bloodborne!) but for the most part I'm perfectly fine with 30fps and will even choose it over 60 if it gives me better resolution and graphical quality.

I don't play a great deal of first person shooters though which probably benefit most from the smoother gameplay.

If you lie, you're gonna get called out on it.

Absolutely baffled they tried billing it as this

Trust EA to get picky about this. Their games are worth peanuts 9 months after release anyway so no idea why they're being awkward here

So many Yakuza games!

One day I'm gonna catch up with this series. One day.

Put gameplay in quotes please

I've had a little go on the early access PC version and the controls feel quite nice.

The game world is so empty though. Presumably they've got some plans for the full release but it's a little concerning and they haven't really showed much off of what the gampelay entails (other than the skating of course).

Still, even if the game is completely barren, it could still be fun to whack on a few tunes and finally have a nice little gaming skate session again. It's been a while.

Will be around here with you lovely lot

They definitely do seem to be setting up for something special.

They've seemingly got the most powerful console again, they've got a fantastic offering in Game Pass, and if they can really nail the streaming side of things they've potentially got the likes of Stadia dominated there as well.

It seems to me like they're really setting up on all fronts this coming gen.

It's looking like even if people don't buy the new Xbox they can still join the platform, be it through an Xbox One, a PC, or streaming on their phone or a computer.

The final piece of the puzzle is of course the most important though - the games.

Streets of Rage! Only played about half hour or so but really enjoyed it. It feels like it's as great as I'd hoped.

The fact it's on Game Pass is an absolute joy and I've already convinced a couple of friends to make sure they download it and get playing soon.

Hmmm. These are all still pretty playable via back compat anyway so not too fussed for a remaster of any of these tbh.

We do badly need a new Skateboarding game, although there are quite a few in the pipeline, so I'll go Skate 3.

Awesome. Xbox really making so many strong moves at the start of next gen it's great to see

Less go!

The next few months should be interesting

If they chuck xCloud in there with the game pass subscription still being below a tenner a month that's just insane value.

Are there really 90 million xbox live users? That seems a hell of a lot

Oooh I didn't realise this was going on Game Pass.

Really enjoying this feature.

Another great selection. I gotta go with THUG though. Not my favourite Tony Hawk game but man we really need a decent skateboarding game again.

Game Pass continuing to absolutely kill it with deals like this.

Love the show. Not sure this game will do much for me but we'll see

Hit & Run for sure. What a game!

There's no wrong pick here though. All great games that I've spent a lot of time with over the years.

Only if you're giving out Jaffa Cakes like PS..

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360 for me.

I was intrigued by the original Xbox at the time but already had a PS2 and GameCube and couldn't really justify getting my parents to buy me yet another console. Main reason I wanted one was for Blinx the Time Sweeper (yes!) and Oddworld Munch's Oddysee.

I got a 360 about a year or two after launch along with Virtua Tennis 3 and John Woo's Stranglehold (what a game!). The 360 was my main console til PS3 took over.

Right now I've got 3 OG Xboxs, 2 360s, a One S and a One X.

Nothing on Xbox that stands out to me this week

Love these games.

Runs in 4K apparently. Not sure how it'll benefit from that but that's cool.

Yeah Skater XL looks dope. Really hope that holds up gameplay wise. It's been way too long

This is absolutely right imo.

Whether people like it or not the potential of game streaming is huge and I think it's great that Microsoft are covering themselves for the future.

Hmm something not right about this.

Might be just me but I can't imagine ever playing a Sonic game on an Xbox lol. I've only just gotten used to them being on PS.