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Just received mine - almost deleted it thinking it was yet another MCC multiplayer update. Stoked!

Already have MSFS on my PC but am excited to play it on my Series X anyway. Can I pick "both?" I pick both.

I've already owned both of these for a long time now but what I'm really hoping is that enough people play Crimson Skies to where it gets some kind of reboot.

@hbkay So, I hear you REALLY like Jedi Fallen Order.

Everyone is so obsessed with being able to play Keith Courage on their TurboGrafx/PC-Engine in the year 2067. I support this, really I do, but I fail to see why the industry needs to cripple itself with outdated technologies to satisfy the collectathon needs of a segment of users. Why can't it be both? Personally, I'd rather more users had more access to more artistic works than a scant few obsessives being able to play Mad Dog McCree on the Sega CD.

(I say the above with peace and love as a recovered game collector that sold off my entire collection of physical games last year, including every known US Vita release, etc.)

Also, why isn't everyone down on Steam for the same things? What's different about Microsoft in this case? I get that Sony and Nintendo have been flat out stupid about back-compat and legacy gaming, but Microsoft feels like the only console manufacturer to care at all. So it's a work in progress - give em some time.

@Magabro Couldn't agree more. Once I cleared about half the PS4 exclusives I had (I play all multiplatform games on Xbox and have for about a decade) I realized I was playing mostly the same game over and over with a different (albeit mostly great) story. Once I got tired of it, I haven't connected my PS since.

Yeah, it was fun (mostly) while it lasted but this sort of thing is an instant turn-off. I don't need more Fortnite, I need less. A lot less.

Sekiro and AC: Odyssey would make my month.

Not worried at all. In fact, I'd be surprised if this isn't the best Fable yet. Playground Games has been nothing short of excellent to date.

Definitely giving A Plague Tale another go. I got about two hours into it at a bad time for spare time due to my work schedule. Happy to see it come to Game Pass in all its enhanced glory.

Wanted to like CrossCode. Didn’t. Not really the games fault so much as the fault of the gaming press for gushing over it so much.

Every few months Digital Foundry has to drag out an old CRT for a shamelessly smug episode because slow news day in the land of gaming graphics. Zzzzzz

Gaming exec lovefest. Zzzzzzzzz.

The one-off stuff like the Halo Experience only work because they're one-offs. They're delightful little surprises in an otherwise incredibly deep and satisfying, albeit extremely arcade-like racing game. While I love the Hot Wheels expansion I hated the LEGO one because most of us come for the cars and all of the ridiculous things the game allows us to do with them that we couldn't do in real life (not to mention in most other games). The absurdity dial has generally always been set to `perfect` in my opinion. Setting it higher risks alienating the superfans, those of us that never stop playing, and we are very very many in number.

Loved it. Bought it. Great game.

Exclusivity sucks either way. I'm just happy MS has made themselves a nice path backward and forward so I can play these things well into the future and still go back and play Panzer Dragoon Orta every now and again. Where exclusivity really burns are those PS3 games i never got around to playing before my console died and now my only choice is to use the godawful PS Now service.

I finally have enough bandwidth to make this worthwhile and have been hoping for this for years. My Steam library makes me realize that "ownership" of physical things is kind of stupid when I can take my library from PC to PC. Being able to simply stream to a low-cost laptop of MS Surface is the dream there. Something similar for my Xbox game library and Game Pass would be amazing. I don't need a big stupid box next to my TV to feel happy. I just need good bandwidth, low latency, and all my games. Consoles are over within 10 years.

If ever there was a game that was announced too early is was Hellblade 2. I'm beginning to think that the initial teaser trailer was made mere minutes before the game was first announced. Kind of like "Hey, what else can we put out?" "How about Hellblade 2?" "Yeah! Great! Let's make a trailer!"

What's strange about all of this is that many (though definitely not all) of the Akihabara stores have a lot of Xbox presence. I've always wondered how they justify the shelf space with so few sales, especially since I was mostly over there from 2014 to 2019, the absolute low of Xbox popularity in Japan. It's so weird to go into all of the used game stores and see all of these great old OG Xbox and 360 games, many of which I'd never seen in the USA, and then the same old XB1 crap over and over - though I did buy a few Japan exclusives. Here's hoping Series S cracks 4 figures...and beyond.

I'd love some Persona but couldn't care less about Final Fantasy at this point. 7 remake and 15 didn't do it for me. What I really want to see are updates from each of the studio acquisitions. I don't need 50 new games tomorrow but it would be cool to see what everyone is up to. Its almost summer so I'm not going to game much until the fall anyway. Still, it'd be nice to have a few things to look forward to.

Game Pass or not, it's a day one for me. I really enjoyed the demo. It would have been cool to get it for free but I'm not butt hurt to have to finally drop money on a game either.

@P3nguinprisM Great game at full price. Fantastic game on a sale.

Already bought the Master Chief shirt but man, I’d jump at the chance to get that controller too.

I am all over Hired Gun. The trailer was amazing.

@uptownsoul I have every PS5 PS+ game released to date. Bugsnax is marginally interesting for about an hour, the rest are shovelware. I did enjoy Maneater but I don't think that really counts.

Still, GWG has been super disappointing so far this year.

@NEStalgia I may actually prefer to never play another game again than listen to that guy.

My first 24 hours with Series X was a mild disappointment - sort of like upgrading from an iPhone 11 Pro to an iPhone 12 Pro. The more I used it, the more I realized that the difference was more akin to iPhone 7 --> iPhone 12 Pro.

It isn't a whole new beast, and that's what we're used to, so I can see where some people are mildly disappointed. Covid messing with game release schedules probably didn't help either.

On the plus side, my impression of PS5 over PS4 Pro isn't nearly as good. I've played my PS5 a total of 4 times and hadn't touched it since the holidays. I recently bought Returnal as I'm a huge Housemarque fan and didn't enjoy it in the least.

This Epic Games vs The World thing is still going on? Eh. I lost interest once Apple replied, "Bring it." Now I just know Epic Games as that awful PC gaming storefront that doesn't have a cart but gives away really old Xbox Games with Gold quality shovelware for free every other week.

I'm not sure that I even care what comes through Games with Gold anymore. Game Pass is giving me new stuff every week it seems, why do I need to bother downloading shovelware like Truck Racing Championship?

This feels like it's for every would-be Ark fan that didn't like the ridiculously slow frame rate and overly complicated crafting garbage.

I JUST WANT TO KILL DINOS! Don't make me build a damn bow and arrow and chop wood.

@SegataSanshiro 100% agree on Minecraft Dungeons. I bought every last DLC for it so far and absolutely love it. Would I have risked $39.99 or more on it without trying it first via Game Pass? No way. I feel the same way about Sea of Thieves and State of Decay 2. MS has made more from me on all of these games by distributing via Game Pass than they ever would have otherwise.

Simple economics:

Fortnite made $1.8 Billion in 2019 alone and it's free to play - that's just dlc, cosmetics, etc. All in a single year.

The future is base games via subscription with paid DLC, seasons passes, etc. - this 100% puts the power in the hands of consumers to decide what is worth playing vs not, what's fun vs not, and what has longevity vs not. I can't wait to play Dirt 6 on Game Pass as I've already 100% Dirt 5 after buying at launch. Worth the $60 I paid, even better on Game Pass .

Safe to assume that the "next gen" version (it's current gen now, is it not?) is free if you bought The Borked Version a few months back? I have it on my Series X but I've put off playing it for the next gen version. Now I'm mildly worried that they'll pull a 505 Games/Control move and charge me for the next one.

If one forces the other (and it doesn't matter which) to innovate, who cares? I have all the consoles and though I prefer Xbox because of their ecosystem, their community, and their commitment to backward compatibility, I don't think any of those 3 strengths exist without PS4 dominance last generation. If PlayStation grows up and learns to rely on something other than the same old 3rd person adventure game in new clothing every 6 months, that'd be awesome too - cloud powered or not. Fanboyism is so 1992.

Meh. I'll wait until it's 75% off in 90 days and buy it then anyway. And in my backlog it will sit, next to RE7.

WRC9 is so good I have no regrets having paid full price. Best rally game out there now and I don't expect EA will be kind to Codemasters' offerings in the future so maybe the only one worth playing here real soon.

I really liked Deliver Us the Moon but now I can’t remember if I actually finished it or not. Probably something to look into this weekend.

I have a Switch so I'm not sure I'd even play an RPG on my Xbox given how nice it is to play them on the go, but great news for people that don't have that option I suppose. I miss the 360 days where at least JRPGs had a presence (and yes, I know this isn't a true JRPG but you know what I mean).

All this "coming together" talk. BAH!

Sadly the underwhelming nature of this remaster has nothing to do with the Xbox hardware and everything to do with the dev that put it together. I wish I'd got a refund.

Quantum Break is Remedy's masterpiece, not Control. Control is like a lame excuse to re-use a metric ton of assets from Quantum Break and not even bother with a cohesive plot.

Eh. As games where the protagonist is armed with a flashlight go, I still prefer Luigi's Mansions 1 and 3.

Finally! It feels like I've been waiting months for this.

Oh yeah, I have.

@NEStalgia The demo content was easily the worst content in the whole game for the most part. Square should consider rethinking their demo department as they made some very odd choices as to what to show and what not to. That said, I'd still put it above most of the recent, similar titles. I enjoy it quite a bit more than say Spyro or Yooka.

I'm not at all surprised at how many people "reviewed" this either without playing it or off of the demo. It's not game of the year material by any means but I'd give it a solid 7.5/10 easily. It's extremely simple without being easy, rewards you for replaying levels (if you're into 100%ing anyway), and is rather charming all the way around. The big freakout over the 'strobbing lights' thing was a concern if you suffer from epilepcy but I'd think that's pretty obvious when it comes to many games out there now. Watching a YouTuber over-exaggerate how it almost killed him made me unsubscribe vs. hold it against the game. Now is it worth $60? Nope, but it's definitely a great $39.99 game in a winter/spring that doesn't have a whole lot to offer those of us with families who are bored of looter shooters.

Can't. Wait. Fingers crossed it comes out in 2021 but I'm a patient man.

Loved the first game but the others have done nothing for me. Too similar in tone I guess. I did really enjoy Tell Me Why and Twin Mirror though.

I support this. Xbox Live is sooooooo America Online.

@Hypnotoad107 100% agree. As much as I wanted to love BotW it never quite took hold of me, where Fenyx Rising kept me going straight through. It's rare that I play a single game only from start to finish but man, I couldn't quit. I was bummed I had to work and couldn't wait to get back to it.

I already own a Steel Series Arctis 9X and have been relatively happy with it, it certainly packs quite a bit more punch than my PS5 Pulse headset anyway. That said, I bought one of these anyway based 100% on the internet hype and have to say that in my opinion, most of the hype is sufficiently under-hyped to say the least. Everything from Halo to Gears to Forza to CoD sounds amazing. True to the review above, I've heard sounds in all of these games that I've never heard before and it's one of the few headsets that I can "turn to 11" and get more than enough volume. I love me some skull-rattling gun noises and this thing more than satisfies.

Couple that with the ease in which I also managed to pair it with my gaming laptop and I've already bought another pair for a friend who is a little too "frugal" for his own good and is quite content with his crap $29 Turtle Beach headset. Happy Birthday, buddy.

Microsoft has truly outdone themselves here. I wasn't expecting a $99 headset to blow me away but here we are.