Sony wants more people to buy Avengers on Playstation, so they pay for certain exclusivity rights. X-box fans get mad and decide not to buy the game. Sony's like "great, more marketshare for us!" Boycotting does nothing but play right into Sony's hands.
So for huge 20 hr plus games this is great and totally makes sense. What about games that can be completed in 2-6 hrs that can be finished in an afternoon? A 3 day wait seems a bit extreme in that case.
The options for this poll seem rigged to inflate the better outcomes. If it were asked with different options, it might lead to more accurate results. Though, granted, this is an Xbox site, of course the results would show higher confidence than the general public.
My first (and so far only) Xbox was the XBox 360 (albeit we did get a second after the first red ringed), and the first game was Scene It: Lights, Camera Action.
@ralphdibny Ok, that's pretty funny. You don't even want backwards compatibility for the next gen, you want it for the current one? How does it help Microsoft to enable more backwards compatibility on a last gen system once the Series X comes out? If having those past gen libraries available to you is that important, you should upgrade. Microsoft is clearly catering to those who prize BC above all else with Series X. If not, suck it up, because I wouldn't expect MS to prioritize making past gen games more compatible with other past gen consoles. They'll be looking ahead.
It's a feature that's nice to have, especially early on in a console's life, but one that's rarely actually utilized. Once in a blue moon, I'll have a desire to replay a game from a previous generation, but honestlythe vast majority of gamers will spend the vast majority of their time (if not all of it) using their new console to play new games. The idea of backwards compatibility is so much more important (to most at least) than its actual implementation. You don't buy a brand new system to play games that you can already play. You buy it to play the new stuff. I'd be surprised if a single person on this site who has an XBox One has spent more than 10% of their time on it playing xbox 360 or xbox original games. This will be no different.
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Re: Random: The Official Xbox Controller Cake Has Been A Huge Success
Most stores don't keep their game controllers in a refrigerator surrounded by cakes.
Re: Can You Identify These Mass Effect Characters?
10/10
By far the easiest of these quizzes I've done
Re: Can You Guess These Upcoming Xbox Series X Games?
10 out of 15 is my score.
Re: How Many Of These 2020 Xbox Games Can You Recognise?
I got 9 out of 20 correct
Re: How Well Do You Know The Tony Hawk Series?
6/10 Better than I expected honestly.
Re: Some Xbox Fans Want To Boycott Marvel's Avengers Over Sony Deal
Sony wants more people to buy Avengers on Playstation, so they pay for certain exclusivity rights. X-box fans get mad and decide not to buy the game. Sony's like "great, more marketshare for us!" Boycotting does nothing but play right into Sony's hands.
Re: Can You Identify All Of These Games From July's Xbox Showcase?
14/15 like many others the double Crossfire X threw me for a loop.
Re: Metacritic To Make Gamers Wait Before Posting User Reviews
So for huge 20 hr plus games this is great and totally makes sense. What about games that can be completed in 2-6 hrs that can be finished in an afternoon? A 3 day wait seems a bit extreme in that case.
Re: Can You Guess Which Games Phil Spencer Is Talking About?
5/10 Most I got wrong I was torn between the right answer and the one I guessed.
Re: How Well Do You Know The Modern Tomb Raider Games?
I've played 2 of the 3. Got 6/10.
Re: In What Year Were These Xbox One Games Released?
4 for me. Not great
Re: How Well Do You Know Forza Horizon?
1/10 Truly abysmal
Re: How Well Do You Know Backwards Compatible Xbox Games?
6/10 not too bad
Re: How Well Do You Know Xbox Game Pass Games?
6/10. Never used gamepass
Re: How Well Do You Know Halo?
4 of 10. Considering I never played more than an hour of any Halo game, that's honestly better than I expected.
Re: How Much Do You Know About Xbox Launch Titles?
3/10! I don't know Xbox clearly!
Re: Talking Point: Did Your Xbox 360 Suffer The Dreaded Red Ring Of Death?
Eeyup. Mine red ringed 2 or 3 years in.
Re: Poll: How Much Confidence Do You Have In Xbox Right Now?
The options for this poll seem rigged to inflate the better outcomes. If it were asked with different options, it might lead to more accurate results. Though, granted, this is an Xbox site, of course the results would show higher confidence than the general public.
Re: Talking Point: What Was Your First Xbox Console And Game?
My first (and so far only) Xbox was the XBox 360 (albeit we did get a second after the first red ringed), and the first game was Scene It: Lights, Camera Action.
Re: Talking Point: How Important Is Backwards Compatibility To You?
@ralphdibny Ok, that's pretty funny. You don't even want backwards compatibility for the next gen, you want it for the current one? How does it help Microsoft to enable more backwards compatibility on a last gen system once the Series X comes out? If having those past gen libraries available to you is that important, you should upgrade. Microsoft is clearly catering to those who prize BC above all else with Series X. If not, suck it up, because I wouldn't expect MS to prioritize making past gen games more compatible with other past gen consoles. They'll be looking ahead.
Re: Talking Point: How Important Is Backwards Compatibility To You?
@Bmartin001 Be honest with yourself though; how often over the next 8 years are you going to want to go back and play those 50 last gen games?
Re: Talking Point: How Important Is Backwards Compatibility To You?
It's a feature that's nice to have, especially early on in a console's life, but one that's rarely actually utilized. Once in a blue moon, I'll have a desire to replay a game from a previous generation, but honestlythe vast majority of gamers will spend the vast majority of their time (if not all of it) using their new console to play new games. The idea of backwards compatibility is so much more important (to most at least) than its actual implementation.
You don't buy a brand new system to play games that you can already play. You buy it to play the new stuff. I'd be surprised if a single person on this site who has an XBox One has spent more than 10% of their time on it playing xbox 360 or xbox original games. This will be no different.