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I'll be picking up more 360 games on sale I couldn't fit in the budget last sale. A lot of them are only $10 or $15, but every dollar saved counts.

Being able to bring a limited number of items to NG+ is a great change IMO. Not quite the biggest one the game needed, but a much appreciated one when it encourages you to NG+ multiple times.

@FraserG My hopes are very much dashed, but at least I know the reality of things now. : (

@RejectedAng3L They did show 2 games that aren't currently Backwards Compatible on the promo image. So there'll be new ones, it's just a matter of how many it'll be.

@Brigurugi Imagine accusing it of bot votes because it doesn't reflect your personal tastes.

The 360's Modern Warfare 3 is the only CoD I played, and I loved Survival. As someone who doesn't pay much attention to the series I'm somewhat shocked to hear it's underrated or forgotten.

Gonna be current Backwards games on PC. I guess they could be a bunch of old Activision games being added, but I just have so low of expectations for Microsoft at this point. Would be gladly wrong though.

I'm like 99% certain they took Jurassic Park Collection off sale on Xbox because they want those last-minute FOMO full price sales.

@Tasuki Yes, which is why I said 'pay any licensing fees'. Activision owns the games, they pay Disney/Marvel the rights to use them again. As for Sony, even if they have a say, I doubt they'd be against a Multi-Platform Spider-Man considering things like the Marvel vs Capcom Collection & Marvel MaXimum Collection were allowed which are virtually the same situation.

As much as Backwards Compatibility is my favorite Xbox feature, people just need to admit it's done and over with. The only way these games are coming to modern consoles are Remasters or Remakes. And aside from Silent Hill 2 obviously, the only ones I see even potentially getting ones are the Spider-Man games, as now that Microsoft owns Activision, they can easily pay any licensing fees to get these games greenlit and keep them on the market. Same thing for any other Marvel games or the Transformers ones, which Hasbro themselves showed interest in getting back out there.

But a PlayStation is an Xbox, how could it affect the Xbox when it is one?

Is there really anything to leak? They all but moved away from Campaigns, and it's virtually the same Multiplayer every year just tweaked.

Also overall I'm not sure anyone can hurt the CoD devs more than Activision themselves - there's like 2 dozen studios that used to make games and had hopes and dreams, and have since been forced to polish and patch holes in a yearly released IP. RIP High Moon Studios.

Surely an update for the eventual PS5 and Switch 2 ports so new players can get what they want faster. COPIUM

Will be interesting to see how this compares to Scott Pilgrim EX next week, looking to be another great year for Beat 'Em Up fans. Although from what I've seen of Towerborne it almost looks like Dragon's Crown but not Platform-locked?

@Brigurugi For most people these collections are about nostalgia, availability, and replayability, not how long it takes to beat. And yeah, they 'only' take 30-60 minutes because you can spam infinite lives, rewinds, & save states now. A lot of these are legit hard without being able to cheat.

@sixrings "Just pay for the rights and that’s it." Except you have to keep paying to renew them. And believe it or not, paying money for infinity for things that usually stop selling after the first few months is not super profitable for most companies.

Hoping they added a few more games, as it's really weird they got through the web of Marvel, Konami, & Sega licensing nonsense and didn't include as many games as possible. Really want Spider-Man: The Game in particular but I know there's a few more X-Men games people remember fondly.

Have no interest in GTA. I totally get the appeal, just not something I'm too interested in. Of course since there's such a gap in GTA releases, I'll be getting it years from now when it's $20 bucks.

The more I played Starfield the more I just wanted to quit and play Fallout 4. It's a very similar gameplay loop, but for whatever reason they stripped a lot of the gameplay depth and didn't add anything to replace what they took out. Which is sad, because if Starfield was just Fallout 4 with spaceships battles, it might've been one of my personal favorite games of all time.

Glad to see more Backwards Compatible games going on sale. Though the sudden increase in the number of them almost makes me think they'll be Delisted soon and they want extra sales without saying it.

Gonna be the first time in a hot minute I buy stuff on my Series X, they've been doing better about putting 360 games on sale that probably haven't seen sales since the actual 360 Era.

Microsoft and Sony are gonna have a tough time selling their next consoles considering most games are still getting XBO and PS4 versions, and there's only a handful of the ones only on Current Gen that people even like. Quality of life features and slightly better specs can only do so much when nothing takes advantage of it.

Dropped the Campaign really quickly, as while I love the gunplay of older Shooters, I hate the Levels being puzzles to some degree on what to do or where to go to extend the gameplay. Multiplayer is super fun though when you can get someone in the same room to do it.

Hopefully not, I still I don't feel like I've gotten value out of my Series X or PS5.

"It's Apex Legends without any of the stuff that makes Apex Legends good," was a pretty accurate description.

Rhythm Games are much more niche than even other niche Genres. And sadly, an Xbox-exclusive Indie that isn't on Game Pass just isn't going to get any attention, and that's an Xbox-made issue. If it was only on Switch or only PlayStation, it would be less obscure by default comparatively.

State of Delay: 3+ Years

I won't be in a hurry to buy them either way. As much I love 3 & New Vegas, Remakes will have new bugs and I doubt they'll fix any pre-existing ones, so a new coat of paint will not be worth the price tag.

I don't think this will be a good first impression for the PS players. I hope it turns out well, but there's too many questionable choices being made, and that's just from what they've been open about.

Probably gonna be a bigger reveal for PlayStation than Xbox at this point, but hopefully news of an Activision game new or old being released. Hasbro seemed eager to talk terms for re-licensing the Activision Transformers games since they have modern toylines now, but at this point Microsoft doing anything with Activision other than using CoD to bump up the price of Game Pass seems like delusion.

Don't typically enjoy Platformers, but if they do make a new one, I hope it is good for all the people who do want it.

Define 'bought', because I did get games... just with Rewards Points...

My gaming was all over the place this year. Up until MultiVersus got shutdown it was primarily Xbox until then (although I don't think I bought any games), Summer was mostly Xbox and Switch 1/2 (but not Switch 2 games, barely played MK World), and since October Dailies excluded it's almost all been PS5 since I've decided that'll be my Platform for Third-Party games going forward.

I feel like if you haven't tried 76 at this point, you never will. Least of all for an update regarding a show that was popular with people that don't play the games.

The fact that it was done through AI makes me wonder if Microsoft actually would care, as AI is pretty stupid, and Halo 3 multiplayer is not exactly booming in 2025.

I'm not sure anything new Microsoft does could appeal to me personally. I'll be waiting for the Remasters of licensed Activision games if they ever happen.

My interest in this will entirely depend on the price and if there's Crossplay for the Co-op, because I know a lot of people who will be getting this, but not on the same Platforms. While QoL changes that the series got over time along with changes to CE itself (we've seen Pure Form Flood added, which will certainly make the Library different for better or worse) are really cool, at the end of the day, it's CE again, and I'd rather wait for a sale if I can't play it with friends.

See games like this in that $20 range make way more sense for a Promotion like this since the sale prices aren't too different unless they're really old. Like why would I buy 1 full priced Lego game to get 1 free, when I could buy 5 or so Lego games with all the DLC on sale for less than or equal to the full price of the 1 game?

@OldGamer999 "Just make new top end AAA games critically acclaimed and they will sell."

Well you see, that's hard to do when most companies fired all the best devs, writers, and ideas people they had to cut corners financially, among other stupid reasons, thinking that just the brands themselves would be enough to sell. And since they can't make good gameplay or stories now, that's how you get these ballooned development times and budgets with a lot of inexperienced people just making something that looks good, but isn't actually a good game. This is why people would rather buy Assassin's Creed Black Flag a third time than try any of the 3 most recent Assassin's Creed games.

The exciting plans are to keep increasing the price of Game Pass until only the hardcore fans who will never leave are funding it completely, which they will do no matter how bad things for Xbox get and how poorly they are treated.

One incompetent company buys another.

@Kieduss Mhhh, and can you explain how searching random people, places, and things isn't 'random ****', but searching movies, games, anime, manga, & their characters is to get me suspended?

I haven't been able to use my Points in months, because if you don't search exactly in the specific way Microsoft wants you to, you get flagged as a bot and there's no guaranteed way to fix it. Would love to use it for the Black Friday Sale, but oh well.

Nothing from Xbox, PlayStation, or Switch 2's official sales. Saw a lot of stuff I wanted, nothing that I can't wait on with the current backlog though. I did get 4 AAA Nintendo games for half price from Target though.

@Banjo- The real sales from Nintendo AAA games are always from places like Best Buy or Walmart. Got TOTK for $30 the year after launch which was a steal even by non-Nintendo standards.

Think the only thing that really popped up on my price tracker is Ninja Gaiden 2 for $15, but that's a normal sale price for it and I'm not gonna pretend I'm looking for many games on Xbox anymore.

@HeavyHoggJP Beat 'Em Ups have always generally been games that are meant for repeat playthroughs, with newer ones usually because the characters play pretty differently.

I'd rather directly support and own the game for $25 than rent it monthly for more.

Wonder if that means the Switch port will be back on the table.

Remember Mighty DOOM? It was a good mobile game. Didn't even last a full year. I have no doubt Microsoft will can it if it doesn't meet their ridiculous expectations.