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If you haven't tried Lies of P. Do it before it leaves. Probably my favorite game ever.

I am probably in the minority here but that is the main game that has me subscribed to Game Pass.

I think I bought mine from a Gamestop and the guys there were laughing at me asking why I didn't just get a PS2.

Loved the original, played a ton of Halo, Burnout Revenge online and GTA Vice City. Everything looked so much better on the Xbox than on the PS2. Wish I still had it.

I never notice the ads. I think my brain is just wired to completely disregard most ads at this point.

I would say it's fine. It's better than the PS5 which is a nightmare to navigate. Slight exaggeration but PS5 has the worst UI of any console I've ever had. I still get annoyed when I turn it off.

The worst thing about the Xbox UI is that when you back out of something it takes you to the home page instead of one or two steps back. Other than that it's pretty intuitive.

I really like Xbox, the controller, quick resume, smart delivery, achievements, the shape of the box. But I have to sell it and go blue cause they have the games and I only have time for one box. I wish they had games I cared about. There is not one game I want to play that I can't play on PlayStation. I've owned every Xbox but I just don't like the exclusive games.

1. Does anyone actually like the streaming landscape of TV Movies? Is it really better than the old DVD model? You have access to less and less and you spend most of your time in discovery instead of watching content. How many people jump in and out of subs because there is no new content they want?
2. How many decent games has come out of XBox directed studios in the past 10 years? How many games have THEY actually produced that you would want to be a subscriber to have access to? Are you willing to pay $204 a year for access to games you could buy for $15 and the occasional new game you like?

As a consumer its starting to look like the value long term isn't great. I could spend $200 on games per year and not have to hope that the games i want are on GP. If I don't care about having the latest game i can get a lot of games for $200 per year. Especially if I'm not into multi-player. And if the game you like leaves game pass, you are going to end up paying more. I feel like you have to be a particular type of gamer with at least a semi-significant income to find the value. I have a hard time seeing this as something a casual person would pay $200 a year long term.

If Game Pass is the primary focus and most of Game Pass users are console users, then how do they suppose they are going to grow Game Pass with dwindling console sales? I get that platforms will change and XBox has always been at the front of innovations but its hard to see the steps to get from A to C.

Kinda cool that it still updates. The Playstation one does not. Embarrassingly Powerwash Simulator is my number 2 game. I could not stop!