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If Microsoft thinks cheaper consoles sell better why do they keep raising the prices of their systems.

The sad thing is my series x can’t emulate this. And I miss outrun 2.

I’m buying it as an emulator box so more power is good.

When I figured out I’m not a developer but I could install developer mode and get my neighbours kid to install retro arch turning my Xbox into a Dreamcast.

@Millionski well there is no option for Xbox users unless they go the PC route which is cumbersome to some.

@Wisegamer that’s not true. The best experience is on the best console no matter what your financial situation is. That would be like trying to tell me a regular theatre is better than a THX theatre just because you don’t have as much money. Is a 720p-1080p tv better than a 4K tv as well?

Best place to play apparently.

@HonestHick the problem is that without care video game franchises die. They end up almost worthless. Now Nintendo knows how to keep franchises alive. But think about the franchises that have died a slow or quick death. Crash. Perfect dark. Banjo. A whole bunch more. If you don’t take care of the franchise and just release a game once in a blue moon people simply don’t care. So I don’t know what bragging about old games does unless you don’t understand the industry

Xbox doesn’t understand the entertainment industry is a what have you done for me lately industry. And all they’ve done lately is increase game pass prices while let everyone know their games will be available elsewhere.

Or maybe another way of saying it is… Sony now has the most powerful system with added games.

See how it seems like theyve done something for their fans while it feels like Xbox fans have gotten screwed?

@Fiendish-Beaver I’ve played solo over the years but it’s significantly harder because zero revives. I can get to say 12 solo but I can get to 30 with friends. I find solo extra frustrating because sometimes you just get hit unexpected and that’s the game. Multiplayer that rarely happens.

@BowsersBuddy I bought a series s. I liked everything but the hard drive size. As a result I upgraded to an x. And now since I don’t trust microsoft anymore I use it as an emulator instead of something I actually buy games on.

@OldGamer999 the lack of comments on this site these days makes me think everyone ghosted Xbox.

Good emulator boxes if that’s what you’re looking for.

Outrun 2 coast to coast.

Arguably the best arcade racer of all time.

Changed the world and then delisted. Thanks Microsoft.

@Major_Player whatever debt I leave my kids will have to pay. That’s how it works. So your example doesn’t exactly make sense.

@Major_Player well I would be 130 then. So that doesn’t make sense. Also at 45 I wonder how much longer I’m actually going to be able to game for. Another 20 years.

@Major_Player I’m not buying the Sony because I detest its controller. That may sound dumb but it’s my personal reason.

I got into an accident last year where I crashed into a semi and into the concrete highway barrier at 120km. Walked away from a written off car like John wick without a scratch. But more than ever recognize death is always closer than we think.

@Major_Player everything has an expiration date. The older I get my expiration date is closing in. With the time left I would prefer to have incremental upgrades than to have to wait for console cycles.

@Decoy_Snake there’s always a demand to play wherever the games play the best. Microsoft games will now look better on PlayStation. What exactly is the reason to own. Xbox. Game pass. I can’t understand people’s excitement about spending hundreds of dollars to buy a box to buy a subscription service. If Netflix forced people to buy a box to subscribe to a service they would be out of business. What does that say about this plan of attack at Microsoft.

I saw F1 25 on the pro and it makes me wish I was either a Sony player or Xbox had a pro.

I’ll be ready for a new platform in 2026. I just want to be able to play my games in 4k 60 fps with ray tracing. We are no where near that currently. So yes I will be ready in 2026.

Isn’t fifa and madden only 1440p this year. Don’t they both have 30fps cut scenes. I don’t know how people can say 2027 when I’m sure we all have 4k TVs.

@Titntin this site constantly puts out PlayStation news here to stir up the comment threads. And when they are called out for poor wording or click bait they say that is not their intention and it was a mistake. Or they default to we are just going where the algorithm is pointing us. Either way this is poor journalism. It’s bias and meant to stir up the comments.

I just converted my Xbox into a Dreamcast machine. This is what my series x has become.

Where is the backwards compatibility one x upgrades on these tile’s Microsoft now owns.

So this will have better ray tracing and native 4k on the pro?

“Should be a fun week ahead for PlayStation owners”.

F Xbox hardware

@Rodimusprime13 I just wish they would keep the original games up and charge 10-15 more that way its at least there.

@MSX no one’s hurt. We just think Microsoft’s slow drip feed of their catalogue is pathetic and no one has been waiting for crash to be announced to subscribe.

Hate that lan play is non existent on Xbox now. We have to have four Xbox live I mean game pass accounts. Forget it. My lan room is essentially all Nintendo and early Xbox one call of duties.

@Rog-X oh shoot you missed the joke. Good job internet sleuth.

Amazing. I’m so happy I waited and passed on this seven years ago. Paying for game pass for all these years has finally paid off. Long term planning suckers.

@BRT15 add the old cod games and Xbox enhance them. Otherwise this whole acquisition wasted a whole generation.

@WhiteRabbit beach volleyball

@NEStalgia if the activison purchase was solely about candy crush then there is no reason that game pass sub prices went up twice since the acquisition basically killing any subscription growth and killing any reason to buy an Xbox.

@101Force prepare to be disappointed

@KillerBoy Xbox no longer has exclusives. They only make timed exclusives.

The way subscription services work is you keep the price low to get people in and then you raise prices.

Ok now hear me out.

If you acknowledge that this generation was going to be hard to win because people grew their digital libraries from the last generation.

If you acknowledge that PlayStation user base is significantly higher than yours.

Then when you bought activision these are the theoretical new subscribers.

Microsoft needed to heavily discount their subs and consoles to get these PlayStation owners to say that’s such a great deal I have to jump on it.

Instead Microsoft says we will release our games on PlayStation and we will raise the price of game pass.

So why again if I was a PlayStation fan would I buy an Xbox?

I just don’t understand what was the purpose of wasting a whole year or two in court. Xbox fans basically waited for this to wrap up. Just to be greeted with two subscription raises. If you couldn’t take a loss to lure over PlayStation fans when you could see the play anywhere tactics were doing nothing then you shouldn’t have spent 69 billion dollars buying something.

I guess the one thing they could do when the next generation starts from the get go advertise that these games will be from now on exclusive to Xbox. So think about that when making your next generation purchase.

@AlwaysPlaying the problem is the limited amount of SSD space and how much the add on SSD expansion pack is.

How much is the cheapest way to play online now? Not the subscription service but with games we already bought.

Best way to save on gamepass… cancel gamepass.

We can’t even play games without an internet connection. How exactly is this going to work?! B

@InterceptorAlpha same and I was hoping that with xbox acquiring Activision that my Black Ops4 would have seen an xbox one x enhanced patch to get that crappy resolution up.

@Azathoth the real benefit of this generation was load times and if this game can’t figure that out then im out.

Load times still suck?

I want all of them Xbox one x enhanced.

@ZuneTattooGuy that’s fine but the fact is I haven’t had a PlayStation since PS1. There’s plenty of PlayStation games I can play and catch up on. Another reason to buy PlayStation 6 instead of Xbox series whatever.