Certainly money's already changing hands as far as betting on just which kind of showcase will get to host the next teaser--will it be one of Rockstar's own? One of Microsoft's? One of Sony's? ...Dare I even say it, one of Nintendo's?
@Markatron84 Uh, just how is the white background on the Switch the "wrong choice"? I personally tend to prefer keeping default backgrounds, and if I have to choose between light and dark, I actually tend to prefer light (personally, the dark choice on Switch kinda creeps me out)--yet you don't see me going around insulting dark-mode preferrers over stuff like this...
@GuyinPA75 Since when was there a Shadowrun game on the original Xbox? Something tells me you're mistaking the Xbox 360 Shadowrun title as if it were on the original Xbox...
@Balaam_ You do realize that the Evercade line includes portable systems, right? And last I checked, the UMD--the type of disc that the PSP played--wasn't exactly all that practical when all was said and done, given its successor on the Vita was a type of game card (admittedly, THAT didn't exactly sell like gangbusters either--given the Vita's sales, the Switch essentially inherited its role as well as that of its own predecessor, the 3DS)...
@KiritosNightSky The Hookshot family has a common account system. This gives a regular of Nintendo Life, Push Square, or Time Extension the necessary credentials to put up a comment on a Pure Xbox article.
Taking a quick look at numbers across the brands, the user you're calling out is a Push Square regular with the bulk of comments there. (If you were to do that with me, you'll find the bulk of my comments at Nintendo Life.)
Hardware price rises, a disturbing trend...Quite honestly, the fact that we've seen prices of established hardware rising in recent times rather than falling is a key reason why I went ahead and grabbed a Switch 2 over this Christmas season, even though I'm usually never that much of an early adopter (usually a full year at minimum). Under what used to be ordinary circumstances I'd've probably held off another few months at minimum, probably would've considered waiting until the subsequent Christmas--but given just how the prices have been "falling" in recent times, no thanks to AI demands, who knows what the prices will be across the board roughly this time next year?
"Pill Spencer", that's one thing. "Banjo Kazoo", that's another. But how in the world would one get "BNSS" out of "Xbox Game Studios Pte. Ltd."? Yeah, I can tell this one's been blatantly edited from the press release where Nintendo acquired Bandai Namco real estate in Singapore:
@BacklogBrad They might have realized a college football bowl game might not be the smartest place to front-and-center AI features, given their divisive nature. Probably a better call to emphasize an established but struggling brand than a young but potentially-controversial one...
(Now, I don't really know what the thought processes were into deciding what to front-and-center. For all we know, they may have made the branding arrangements well in advance and are only revealing them now, and Copilot may well be too new to have been considered...)
So, a Switch 2 port might still be somewhere in the deck? Wouldn't be directly competing against Gran Turismo on that platform...unless a bizarre decision gets made within the Japanese divisions of SIE...
37 GB, huh? ...What's the current Vegas odds on the number of heads that'll roll if physical SKUs go for any sort of "game-key disc" (especially on the PS5)? Given that even a 50 GB disc should be able to hold the base game just fine...(And yes, keep in mind that we are talking about an Xbox-distributed release...)
(Now, if there does eventually end up being a Switch 2 version down the road, we'll cross that bridge if and when we come to it...keep in mind that, even if such a version were to use a game-key card claiming costs, they'd have to be upfront about it...)
Clearly we're dealing with a practice even scummier than the Switch 2's game-key cards. At least those are upfront about their nature, and the cards aren't exactly the cheapest things around on the publisher end (case in point, even Nintendo themselves were long hesitant about using the largest size of Switch 1 game card, the rarely-used 32 GB model, due to costs--news flash, the Switch 1 version of Metroid Prime 4 uses it, if its eShop download size is any indication). These so-called "game-key discs" that have been appearing on the Switch 2's competitors are rarely, if ever, completely upfront about their nature, not to mention the media they're on are cheap enough to make full multi-disc releases more practical than even a Switch 2 game-key card release, let alone a full-on-card release. Too bad there's (currently) no Switch 2 version of this particular game, odds are we'd probably already know whether or not such a release would be using a game-key card or not at this phase...
Wonder what kind of showcase this news'll be presented at officially? I'm sure there's already active betting odds at what might appear in a certain April showcase of Nintendo's, and something like this wouldn't even be the most outlandish space on a bingo card...
Don't expect these games to be space-hogs by any stretch of the imagination. The combined file sizes of all five of these titles on Nintendo Switch adds up to only 1237 MB. Not even two CDs worth. Even assuming the file sizes'll be a bit bigger for the Xbox versions, don't expect them to come anywhere close to the big gargantuan space-hogs...or maybe even the gargantuan space-hogs' save files!
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Re: 'Romeo Is A Dead Man' Receives Wide Range Of Review Scores, Hits Xbox This Wednesday
First I've heard of an Xbox One version of this, especially given there's no PS4 version...
Re: We'll Start Seeing More GTA 6 This Summer Ahead Of November Launch, Says Take-Two CEO
Certainly money's already changing hands as far as betting on just which kind of showcase will get to host the next teaser--will it be one of Rockstar's own? One of Microsoft's? One of Sony's? ...Dare I even say it, one of Nintendo's?
Re: Microsoft Adds Three New Dynamic Backgrounds For Xbox Series X|S
@Markatron84 Uh, just how is the white background on the Switch the "wrong choice"? I personally tend to prefer keeping default backgrounds, and if I have to choose between light and dark, I actually tend to prefer light (personally, the dark choice on Switch kinda creeps me out)--yet you don't see me going around insulting dark-mode preferrers over stuff like this...
Re: These Are The 10 Highest-Rated Original Xbox Games Of All Time, But Do You Agree?
@GuyinPA75 Since when was there a Shadowrun game on the original Xbox? Something tells me you're mistaking the Xbox 360 Shadowrun title as if it were on the original Xbox...
Re: Xbox Has Begun Licensing Old Games For Physical Cartridges, And More Are Coming In 2026
@Balaam_ You do realize that the Evercade line includes portable systems, right? And last I checked, the UMD--the type of disc that the PSP played--wasn't exactly all that practical when all was said and done, given its successor on the Vita was a type of game card (admittedly, THAT didn't exactly sell like gangbusters either--given the Vita's sales, the Switch essentially inherited its role as well as that of its own predecessor, the 3DS)...
Re: 'Nintendo Buying Xbox' Begins Trending After Hoax Goes Viral On Social Media
@KiritosNightSky The Hookshot family has a common account system. This gives a regular of Nintendo Life, Push Square, or Time Extension the necessary credentials to put up a comment on a Pure Xbox article.
Taking a quick look at numbers across the brands, the user you're calling out is a Push Square regular with the bulk of comments there. (If you were to do that with me, you'll find the bulk of my comments at Nintendo Life.)
Re: ASUS Sparks Fears Of Potential Price Increase For The ROG Xbox Ally
Hardware price rises, a disturbing trend...Quite honestly, the fact that we've seen prices of established hardware rising in recent times rather than falling is a key reason why I went ahead and grabbed a Switch 2 over this Christmas season, even though I'm usually never that much of an early adopter (usually a full year at minimum). Under what used to be ordinary circumstances I'd've probably held off another few months at minimum, probably would've considered waiting until the subsequent Christmas--but given just how the prices have been "falling" in recent times, no thanks to AI demands, who knows what the prices will be across the board roughly this time next year?
Re: 'Nintendo Buying Xbox' Begins Trending After Hoax Goes Viral On Social Media
"Pill Spencer", that's one thing. "Banjo Kazoo", that's another. But how in the world would one get "BNSS" out of "Xbox Game Studios Pte. Ltd."? Yeah, I can tell this one's been blatantly edited from the press release where Nintendo acquired Bandai Namco real estate in Singapore:
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/11/nintendo-to-acquire-bandai-namco-studios-singapore-as-a-subsidiary
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Remake Comparison Shows Difference Between Xbox Series X And Series S
@IronCrow86 Actually, "Intergrade" was first introduced with the PS5 release.
Re: ESPN To Host The First Ever 'Xbox Bowl' In Texas Later This Month
@BacklogBrad They might have realized a college football bowl game might not be the smartest place to front-and-center AI features, given their divisive nature. Probably a better call to emphasize an established but struggling brand than a young but potentially-controversial one...
(Now, I don't really know what the thought processes were into deciding what to front-and-center. For all we know, they may have made the branding arrangements well in advance and are only revealing them now, and Copilot may well be too new to have been considered...)
Re: Xbox Boss Says Forza Motorsport Isn't Dead Despite 'Scaling Back' At Turn 10 Studios
So, a Switch 2 port might still be somewhere in the deck? Wouldn't be directly competing against Gran Turismo on that platform...unless a bizarre decision gets made within the Japanese divisions of SIE...
Re: Ninja Gaiden 4 Is Now Available To Preload On Xbox Game Pass
37 GB, huh? ...What's the current Vegas odds on the number of heads that'll roll if physical SKUs go for any sort of "game-key disc" (especially on the PS5)? Given that even a 50 GB disc should be able to hold the base game just fine...(And yes, keep in mind that we are talking about an Xbox-distributed release...)
(Now, if there does eventually end up being a Switch 2 version down the road, we'll cross that bridge if and when we come to it...keep in mind that, even if such a version were to use a game-key card claiming costs, they'd have to be upfront about it...)
Re: Oblivion Remastered Is Getting A Physical Release For Xbox Series X
Clearly we're dealing with a practice even scummier than the Switch 2's game-key cards. At least those are upfront about their nature, and the cards aren't exactly the cheapest things around on the publisher end (case in point, even Nintendo themselves were long hesitant about using the largest size of Switch 1 game card, the rarely-used 32 GB model, due to costs--news flash, the Switch 1 version of Metroid Prime 4 uses it, if its eShop download size is any indication). These so-called "game-key discs" that have been appearing on the Switch 2's competitors are rarely, if ever, completely upfront about their nature, not to mention the media they're on are cheap enough to make full multi-disc releases more practical than even a Switch 2 game-key card release, let alone a full-on-card release. Too bad there's (currently) no Switch 2 version of this particular game, odds are we'd probably already know whether or not such a release would be using a game-key card or not at this phase...
Re: Microsoft Announces First Batch Of Accessories For The ROG Xbox Ally
The slow-model microSDs? What, they afraid fully supporting the fast-loading Express model would've added even more to the price tags?
Re: Silent Hill F: Release Date, Release Times & Early Access Details On Xbox
If I read that map right, it looks like we're about to see some tickets to New Zealand booked in the coming days at the Xbox Travel Agency...
Re: Xbox Leaker Believes Gears Collection Is Real, Will Launch On PS5 Day One
Wonder what kind of showcase this news'll be presented at officially? I'm sure there's already active betting odds at what might appear in a certain April showcase of Nintendo's, and something like this wouldn't even be the most outlandish space on a bingo card...
Re: Kairosoft Is Bringing Five Simulation Games To Xbox Next Week
Don't expect these games to be space-hogs by any stretch of the imagination. The combined file sizes of all five of these titles on Nintendo Switch adds up to only 1237 MB. Not even two CDs worth. Even assuming the file sizes'll be a bit bigger for the Xbox versions, don't expect them to come anywhere close to the big gargantuan space-hogs...or maybe even the gargantuan space-hogs' save files!