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.
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.
@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.
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.
@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.
@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.
@ZuneTattooGuy the reason people buy consoles is because of its ease of use and its affordability. Your solution is to use a more complicated more expensive platform.
@EvilSilentFrame I think like others mentioned the “toys to Bob” name didn’t mean anything to Microsoft. So if the few people wanted to leave Microsoft’s guaranteed pay check and restart their company then Microsoft didn’t mind then keeping their “toys to Bob” name. The shares were in activision, not toys to Bob so there’s nothing to buy back.
I really wish I could play this game with full ray tracing at 1080p instead of the limited ray tracing at 4k. It looks totally different on pc max settings.
I understand the games that were in the partners direct couldn’t have been talked about last week but it was silly for Phil to say he wasn’t going to mention the games because that would take away from big reveals coming. And then 6 days later the news drops with basically zero fan fare on Xbox’s part.
Should have just dropped a trailer after the presentation last Thursday.
@Tasuki I would be really happy if the XFL or CFL would give their license to the Blitz crew and let a game be released. Mutant league was good but I could live without all the stadium obstacles and just focus on football. I didn’t really like the mutants either.
@NeoRatt I went from an s to an x because I needed a larger ssd and the prices are insane for expansion cards. I honestly can’t tell the difference in the visuals. But I do like the black system.
@PopularCorpse I doubt Sony had the foresight to put the 360 era and Xbox one era of call of dutys as a part of their exclusive deal considering activision was hell bent on never being on any subscription service. I don’t think Sony realistically saw the acquisition coming.
@BAMozzy I understand you like single player but MP is why activision was worth 70 billion dollars. MP People are addicts and they buy all the accessories.
@Grumblevolcano I made some great friends from open chat while playing 360. Unfortunately everyone merged to PlayStation 4 and never came back to Xbox.
Not everyone knows someone who has a Xbox so they can have a private chat.
Mute buttons work and are pretty simple. If we’re too lazy to press mute I question how much effort we will have to report people.
@Krysus there’s so many backward compatible games without the one x enhancements though. That’s a problem. I’d rather never have a sale and be able to buy more enhanced 360 games then companies not allowing enhancements because they’re scared they may want to rerelease their own remasters.
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Re: Talking Point: Is Local Co-Op On Xbox Still Important To You In 2024?
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.
Re: Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (August 8)
@Rog-X oh shoot you missed the joke. Good job internet sleuth.
Re: Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (August 8)
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.
Re: Xbox Exec Wants To 'Recreate History' When Bringing Call Of Duty To Game Pass
@BRT15 add the old cod games and Xbox enhance them. Otherwise this whole acquisition wasted a whole generation.
Re: Xbox Exec Wants To 'Recreate History' When Bringing Call Of Duty To Game Pass
@WhiteRabbit beach volleyball
Re: Activision Blizzard Continues To Drive Massive Uptick In Revenue For Xbox
@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.
Re: Xbox Console Sales Struggling As Hardware Revenue Nosedives At Microsoft
@101Force prepare to be disappointed
Re: Xbox Console Sales Struggling As Hardware Revenue Nosedives At Microsoft
@KillerBoy Xbox no longer has exclusives. They only make timed exclusives.
Re: Activision Blizzard Continues To Drive Massive Uptick In Revenue For Xbox
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.
Re: Mortal Kombat 1 The Next Victim Of A Ridiculous Update Size On Xbox
@AlwaysPlaying the problem is the limited amount of SSD space and how much the add on SSD expansion pack is.
Re: PSA: Don't Forget, There Are Ways To Save Money On Xbox Game Pass
How much is the cheapest way to play online now? Not the subscription service but with games we already bought.
Re: PSA: Don't Forget, There Are Ways To Save Money On Xbox Game Pass
Best way to save on gamepass… cancel gamepass.
Re: Xbox Boss Teases 'Awesome' Future In Hardware, In Response To Handheld Rumours
We can’t even play games without an internet connection. How exactly is this going to work?! B
Re: Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 Live Action Trailer Lands Following Xbox Game Pass Confirmation
@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.
Re: Samurai Shodown's Delayed Update For Xbox Series X|S Is Now Available
@Azathoth the real benefit of this generation was load times and if this game can’t figure that out then im out.
Re: Samurai Shodown's Delayed Update For Xbox Series X|S Is Now Available
Load times still suck?
Re: Xbox Could Be 'Gearing Up' For Call Of Duty Back Catalogue Announcement
I want all of them Xbox one x enhanced.
Re: Xbox's Sea Of Thieves Becomes 'Best-Selling' Pre-Order On PlayStation 5
@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.
Re: Xbox's Sea Of Thieves Becomes 'Best-Selling' Pre-Order On PlayStation 5
@ZuneTattooGuy the reason people buy consoles is because of its ease of use and its affordability. Your solution is to use a more complicated more expensive platform.
Re: Xbox's Sea Of Thieves Becomes 'Best-Selling' Pre-Order On PlayStation 5
@ZuneTattooGuy I think having access to all the games but Nintendo is more important than what controller.
Re: Xbox's Sea Of Thieves Becomes 'Best-Selling' Pre-Order On PlayStation 5
As a Xbox gamer who does not subscribe to gamepass it makes no sense for me to continue to buy Xbox consoles.
Re: Toys For Bob Is Becoming An Indie Studio, Leaving Xbox And Activision
@EvilSilentFrame I think like others mentioned the “toys to Bob” name didn’t mean anything to Microsoft. So if the few people wanted to leave Microsoft’s guaranteed pay check and restart their company then Microsoft didn’t mind then keeping their “toys to Bob” name. The shares were in activision, not toys to Bob so there’s nothing to buy back.
Re: Toys For Bob Is Becoming An Indie Studio, Leaving Xbox And Activision
@EvilSilentFrame they aren’t slaves. Don’t the few people just quit and restart their own studio.
Re: F1 24 Joins The Starting Grid This May Across Xbox One & Series X|S
I really wish I could play this game with full ray tracing at 1080p instead of the limited ray tracing at 4k. It looks totally different on pc max settings.
Re: Sea Of Thieves Sets Sail On PS5 This April With Xbox & PC Crossplay
I understand the games that were in the partners direct couldn’t have been talked about last week but it was silly for Phil to say he wasn’t going to mention the games because that would take away from big reveals coming. And then 6 days later the news drops with basically zero fan fare on Xbox’s part.
Should have just dropped a trailer after the presentation last Thursday.
Re: Microsoft Announces Official Date & Time For 'Updates On The Xbox Business'
I’ll have my popcorn ready to watch Microsoft botch public relations.
Re: God Of War Creator Suggests New Exclusive Strategy Could Be 'Desirable' For Xbox
I don’t know how Microsoft went from supposedly buying up a monopoly to just throwing in the towel so fast.
They should have lowered the price of the systems by $100 undercutting Sony and never increased their game pass subscription price this generation.
Re: Five Activision Games We Want To Become Xbox Backwards Compatible In 2024
I just want all the 360 era activision games to be Xbox one x enhanced.
Re: Killer Instinct: Anniversary Edition Announced For Xbox And PC
Still not 1080p on series s.
Re: Reaction: Forza Motorsport Should Be Feeling The Pressure After New Gran Turismo 7 Update
I don’t need split screen. I need system link. Now to have a lan party all by casual friends have to have a gold account. That sucks.
Re: Microsoft Increasing Xbox Series S Price In Brazil
Maybe they are just phasing out the 512 model.
Re: Microsoft CEO Namedrops Call Of Duty: MW3 In 'One Of Our Strongest First Party Holiday Lineups Ever'
@K1LLEGAL next year when you load up cod on PlayStation it should say “included day one on gamepass”
Re: Nintendo Boss Showers Praise On 'Great Relationship' With Xbox & Microsoft
Nintendo blocked the xbla version of goldeneye. That’s not exactly a great partnership.
I hope Xbox after buying activision rereleases goldeneye reloaded with Xbox one x enhancements.
Re: Digital Foundry Host Discusses Missing 'Resolution Boost' Program For Xbox One Games
Very disappointed
Re: Talking Point: What Do You Want To See From Xbox & Activision Blizzard?
Xbox one x enhanced 360 games
Re: Soapbox: This Five Year Old Multiplayer-Only COD Would Be A Great Get For Xbox Game Pass
I just want the 360 games Xbox one x enhanced. Please let me play 360 games in 4k with all the other toys.
Re: Microsoft Plans To Appeal As IRS Requests $28.9 Billion In Back Taxes
I plan to appeal my IRS request of $15 in back taxes.
Re: Two New Football Games Are Kicking Off For Xbox This Week
@Tasuki I would be really happy if the XFL or CFL would give their license to the Blitz crew and let a game be released. Mutant league was good but I could live without all the stadium obstacles and just focus on football. I didn’t really like the mutants either.
Re: As Of Last April, Xbox Series S Accounted For 75% Of Microsoft's Current-Gen Console Sales
@NeoRatt I went from an s to an x because I needed a larger ssd and the prices are insane for expansion cards. I honestly can’t tell the difference in the visuals. But I do like the black system.
Btw I play on a 75 inch 4K Samsung.
Re: Talking Point: Xbox Live Gold Members, Are You Happy With The Game Pass Core Launch Titles?
I don’t want a service. I want free online.
Re: Call Of Duty's Biggest Ever Xbox Sale Is Now Live, 40+ Deals Included
@PopularCorpse I doubt Sony had the foresight to put the 360 era and Xbox one era of call of dutys as a part of their exclusive deal considering activision was hell bent on never being on any subscription service. I don’t think Sony realistically saw the acquisition coming.
Re: 'Xbox Console Wraps' Are Launching This Year, Pre-Orders Available Now
@Bobarino I gave up and bought a series x because of the white and needing more hard drive space.
Re: Classic FPS Series 'Delta Force' Is Making A Comeback On Current-Gen Consoles
@BAMozzy I understand you like single player but MP is why activision was worth 70 billion dollars. MP People are addicts and they buy all the accessories.
Re: Talking Point: What's Your Favourite Xbox Live Memory?
@Kaloudz you mean you never heard so many incel basement dwellers.
Re: Xbox Introduces New 'Strike' System For Handling Bans / Suspensions
@Snake_V5 piece of Sh@t
I grew up in a pretty liberal Christian house and sh%t was part of every other sentence. If that’s getting blocked then I dunno.
Re: Xbox Introduces New 'Strike' System For Handling Bans / Suspensions
@Grumblevolcano I made some great friends from open chat while playing 360. Unfortunately everyone merged to PlayStation 4 and never came back to Xbox.
Not everyone knows someone who has a Xbox so they can have a private chat.
Mute buttons work and are pretty simple. If we’re too lazy to press mute I question how much effort we will have to report people.
Re: Talking Point: What's Your Favourite Horror Movie Adaptation On Xbox?
Alien isolation is not Xbox one x enhanced?
Re: Xbox Backwards Compatibility Had A Major Effect On July's UK Charts
@Kaloudz Xbox one x enhance all the 360 call of duty’s and they will sell like hot cakes
Re: Quake 2 Remastered's 8-Player SplitScreen Mode Looks Like Absolute Mayhem
So whoever wins is just a really good multitasking screen watcher.
Re: Reaction: Red Dead Redemption PS4 Port Highlights How Amazing Xbox Backwards Compatibility Is
@Krysus there’s so many backward compatible games without the one x enhancements though. That’s a problem. I’d rather never have a sale and be able to buy more enhanced 360 games then companies not allowing enhancements because they’re scared they may want to rerelease their own remasters.