Talking Point: How Do You Feel About 2024 On Xbox So Far?

My game of the year so far is Banishers Ghosts of New Eden. That might change with The Veilguard but overall it's been a great year so far when it comes to gaming.

From a first party front, same as most every year. Next to nothing more than one game between Christmas and July.

@pip_muzz Yep, first-party is very back-half of the year leaning. We should be in for a good few months ahead!

Nothing has topped Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth yet, but just with that game alone it has been an incredible year.

It's been really disappointing in general (I play on Xbox and Switch), almost every game I'm waiting for is coming on the second half of the year so looking forward to them (Starfield DLC, Indiana Jones, Black Ops 6, Flight Sim 2024, Dragon Age, Metal Slug Tactics, Life is Strange).

So I've been enjoying a lot playing the same things, playing a ton of Forza Motorsport and Fallout 76. As for new releases, loved Balatro and Still Wakes the Deep

No different to the PS5 really though Sony did use third party exclusives to help.
Most third party games are on both systems.
I don’t count remasters and old games that are backwards compatible.
New games only for me.

I’m hoping both do better exclusives wise the second half of the year.
I don’t count any games until released and reviewed as my trust in this crazy business is very low.

Games are rolling out pretty consistently and are from a variety of genres. I think 2024 is doing fine.

For XB itself I think they are doing fine as well. Some new console offerings coming, a new IP before the end of the year, Hellblade II already released, and constant support for live service games such as Flight Simulator, Elder Scrolls, Forza Motorsport, etc. is also providing gamers with additional things to do. To me their showcase in June was the best since the FF surprise announcement back in the 360 era.

Infinite Wealth and Dragons Dogma 2 have been fantastic hilights of 2024 for me.

There have been plenty of good if not great games but none that have really connected with me yet. The indies have carried the year with Still wakes the deep, Brotato and Balatro for me… 2023 was so good that my backlog is the real winner here…

i just got my Xbox 2 weeks ago. Enjoying Forza Horizon 4

Game Pass has been good but the first party input is lacking on both Xbox & PlayStation.

Don't play on Xbox, but if I did, I wouldn't be disappointed this year, since every game I really dig has released on Xbox as well thus far.

Given the only things I've played this year, aside from Starfield, have been backwards compatible games.

Not the hottest IMO.

Pretty meh. I’m actually considering cancelling my Game Pass. I paid for it even though I rarely used it outside of Halo Infinite but there’s not much coming up to keep me subbed.

From a business and gaming perspective I have really not got on with Xbox this year.

Nothing is living up to the expectations they set and the business appears to have no coherent direction.

Ultimately it has been a bad 6 months for me and Xbox.

All I'll say is we should have loads more Activision games on gamepass by now! Apart from that everything seems grand to me🤷

Not terrible but nothing really special thus far. Our Xbox has been reduced to a Forza/MLB/Ocassional crossplay box for the last few months or so. Not that thats bad thing just hasn't been a standout 1st half of the year at all

actually the same as every year, for me personally the first game I look forward to is Star Wars Outlaws because I just love Syfy, I like everything Star Trek, Star Wars actually fun

I think the Game Pass has had a strong start to this year, but that's me , others may experience it differently

Pretty happy so far, i finished about 40 games this years and i enjoyed all of them, Senua 2 for me was an amazing experience. The combination of game pass pc and meta quest 3 using UEVR mod gave to my games another dimension.

It's been a good year that should turn into a great year when the tidal wave of 1st party games start hitting in a few months.

Frankly, this year has been unimpressive to me. I am thinking it's going to be one of those "latter year" years. Really looking forward to Dragon's Age: Veilguard and Avowed. I suspect they will GOTY contenders, but we'll see.

@ParsnipHero I mean, Flintlock and Avowed are probably to be looked forward to in regards to Game Pass. The new Call of Duty campaign looks interesting... It's amazing that I mention Call of Duty. Has never been my thing. Lol.

It’s been a fantastic year, so far. Stellar Blade is definitely my GotY so far, though Shadow of the Erdtrrr could be if it wasn’t a DLC, though it might as well be Elden Ring 2.

Xbox killing Tango for no real reason really left a bad taste in my mouth this year

@UltraGuy I seriously don’t know how people can say that Sony’s first party output has been lacking this year?? Helldivers 2 has sold over 12 million copies. Stellar Blade was a great debut on console for Shift Up and Bungie more then delivered on the final shape. Sony has been kicking Xbox’s ass in terms of first party output this year so far.

@Willbo47 I played a bit of MW or MW2 back in the day on the 360 with friends as after Halo 2 my friend didn’t really enjoy Halo any more. So I’ve never really played it for the story.

I’m sure Flintlock and Awoved aren’t really my thing. Not really sure what that is right now as I’m avoiding online shooters, don’t have the attention span for anything other than roguelikes/lites and might be getting tired of them too.

So I’m looking to take a break from gaming and cancelling game pass makes sense right now even though I think the service is a great idea.

I've not found a reason to switch it on since I dropped GP last september. Im afraid theres been nothing exclusive that attracts me so far, and my 3rd parties are consumed elsewhere (partially cause my wife wont touch an xbox controller unless she must).
Im pretty looking forward for Avowed though so Im more hopeful the big black box will get used later.
Nice as it was to see so many trailers in the last show, we are still waiting for most and this year is pretty dry up till now. Im still living on a promise, but with such a huge backlog on the other machines Im happy enough to wait and hope to see more!

@Fishmasterflex96 Helldivers 2 & Stella Blade are not first party exclusives. Destiny 2 The Final Shape is also on Xbox. Helldivers 2 is a great game, the reason why it sold 12 million is because it was £29.99 on launch.

I bought my Series X 1 1/2 years ago and I absolutely love and with these incredible exclusive games on the horizon, it can just get better.

I am waiting for the games Gamepass or Retail
New Fable
Skyrim 6
Decay of the state 3
Cities skylines 2

All these games I would want !! ASAP

It's been a pretty average year to date, but a lot on the horizon. There has been just enough to keep me busy across all 3 consoles and PC, but nothing that really stands out on any of them from 2024. (Last amazing game was AW2)

Its going to be a really back heavy year though, thats for sure.

@UltraGuy It sold a lot, but Im not sure Id call it great. It was a new idea at a budget price, but the controls were crap and the post launch support has been less than ideal. Its an AA game at best and one I personally feel I wasted $30 on.

@Runex2121 Fair enough. I've put over 100hrs into it but haven't played it in a while, my opinion could change.

As someone who returned to Xbox relatively recent, I'm catching up with a LOT of great games. The somewhat lack of first-party games doesn't bother me in other words.

However, things are going to ramp up significantly, and I'm absolutely stoked for the fresh upcoming experiences. Already purchased an external SSD for future awesomeness!

@UltraGuy they are still under Sony and are exclusive. Sony played a role in those games and deserve a lot of credit. Helldivers 2 only costing $40 doesn’t take anything alway from it. In the US it is the best selling game of the year in terms of total $$$ made. And also if Xbox as a whole includes black ops 6 and vessel of hatred when talking about its 1st party The final shape is for damn sure fair to be included with Sony considering they own bungie. Back to the 2nd party games Yes you are right that they don’t own shift up and arrowhead but they still directly are exclusive and they earn $$ from them.

If I'm being completely honest.....I have no idea.
These past few months at MS have been such a GIGANTIC cluster truck that I'm not sure I trust Xbox just yet.
Will be very interesting to watch them close out the year, if it's more stumbling and bumbling.........oy?

Very happy I switched back to Xbox last year. only really feel like I missed out on Helldivers but fingers crossed starship troopers ends up good

Huge disappointment, they released more games on PS5 & Switch than their own console (Xbox). More Japanese games also skipping Xbox, Square-Enix still skipping Xbox with Romancing Saga 2 Remake, FF 7 Rebirth & FF16 (their timed exclusivity already ended & no Xbox), more publishers skipping Xbox e.g. Capcom with Marvel vs Capcom, Bandai Namco with Gundam Breaker 4, NIS with Legend of Heroes & Ys still skipping Xbox. Terrible year so far, Hellblade 2 also a disappointment

Same as every year this gen. Another year to wait through until next, when we might get some games. I don't have faith that they will deliver what they promised next year.