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I will probably be going with standard skill based if I play this game. I dont understand the desire to play with people who are vastly better or worse than you.

Skill based match making hasn't been perfected by anyone but I dont think we should give up on it. Ideally it would work well enough where we dont need filter options for things like input devices.

Its not surprising that the company that struggles with fps multiplayers couldn't fix a struggling fps multiplayer studio.

Im at premium but considering going back to ultimate for the winter.

From this "active user" perspective, ps4/xb1 is still going strong. This is kind of a nothing burger. It certainly doesn't mean the ps6 is any further away than we thought.

I always preferred the Dave mirra games to Tony hawk. I might have to check this one out and see if it hild a candle to the legendary DM games.

Series S paired with the xscreen is awesome. I have gotten a ton of milage out of that system for also having the Series x and a powerful pc to play xbox games on.

I would mostly ignore it and celebrate as planned. They can include GTA's long history on xbox in their celebration but they should still do whatever they were going do and release whatever they were going to release (if the hypothetical game is ready for release).

You cant skip such an important 25 year anniversary because another gaming event is happening around the same time.

I imagine they will go back to the outer worlds 3 before too long.

I always liked halo 4. Excellent game, 9/10.

This plus the past data mines referencing a pc launcher and leakers claiming that sources within sony say a pc launcher is being made with cross entitlements, I think we can assume one is at least being worked on. Getting new symbols ready to release suggests they really are going down this route (and soon!). Plans can change but this bodes well for pc and possibly future xbox devices. Very exciting prospect to not have Playstation games locked to their console.

@Fiendish-Beaver at this point, I think its safe to say sony is working on a pc launcher and cross entitlement. Its just a matter of if they see it through to the finish line or change plans.

@Fiendish-Beaver a lot of twitter accounts are talking about a datamined "crossbuy" icon next to ps5 and pc icons but treating it as a rumor.

https://x.com/xMBGx/status/1985809174413131785?t=F_krFJd8c4qff2OWaA3NMQ&s=19

Here is push square picking it up

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2025/11/leaked-cross-buy-icon-on-ps5-hints-at-mysterious-pro-consumer-move-from-sony

More rumors of sonys cross entitlements with pc have been surfacing. This would almost surely mean day 1 pc releases. If this is true and the next xbox really is a pc hybrid then all these games would be playable day 1. A lot of ifs but each one has substantial smoke surrounding them.

Ever notice how many xbox games are available in Amazon Luna at the standard level subscription? All you need is a prime account. Indiana Jones is available to play with just a prime sub.

Not much for me this week. Dark diety 2 and Siberia remastered will probably get my money down the line when they are cheap. But nascar 25 finally hits steam this week so I will be pulling the trigger on that.

Alan wake 1, halo infinite, burnout 3, and south park: the fractured but whole.

Its impressive how much asus has been working to improve their handhelds. I have the og model and it's come along ways. Most of these brands release it and forget about it but they have been constantly updating it.

I have no interest in these games. Playstation is getting a poor introduction to one of the best multiplayer franchises of all time. They are not putting their best foot forward with the new audience.

These campaigns should have been paid dlc for the Master Chief Collection.

The magic of showcases has worn off. I think I liked it better when every announcement was saved for the e3 event. Now its one decent announcement padded with enough filler content to make a 30-60 minute show.

Didn't they lean heavily on AI for that poorly received gta collection a few years ago?

Surely they used AI in some capacity for this game.

I wonder if that is why xbox downloads are way slow for me right now. Tested steam and epic to compare and it was just xbox being sluggish.

Not noticing any other issues just download speeds.

The next xbox will play playstation games natively and Nintendo games if you fancy yourself a pirate. Exclusivity is dead.

This will have access to more games than any console in history.

I imagine they will have the r&d team constantly having handheld prototypes ready for when they deem the time is right. It probably comes down to the performance vs cost. I doubt they wanted an official xbox handheld at the cost of the asus xbox x but weren't willing to sacrifice that much performance for a $500-600 one. And asus can act as a test run.

Either way it will be fun to watch the "xbox hardware is ending soon" crowd try to maintain their fallacy.

@themightyant its time to stop thinking about the plastic xbox under the TV as a separate platform than the xbox app on pc. That era is ending very soon. Next gen will most likely be a full pc and your xbox purchases will work everywhere. It sounds like they have official emulators ready to make the entire current xbox library playable.

The future is bright for xbox and xbox gamers.

If this report ends up being true then pretty much all of my wishes for next gen xbox will have been granted.

Love the play anywhere focus. I hope that becomes a requirement.

That's an impressive week of games. Strike force 3 and bmx streets are the most intriguing to me.

Playstation releases like 1 game per year so yeah not much competition there.

The only sad part for me is that xbox seems to be following playstation/nintendo down that route where they keep re-releasing games that were already updated. They expect us to be wallets out excited for another marginal update. Even with gamepass not making me buy this game, it is only getting a meh from me on excitement levels.

@CaptainCluck MCC doesn't exist on ps5 and ps5 is the whole reason this remake exists. They are giving the new players a neutered version of Halo and they will never get another chance at a first impression with these players.

MCC and Inifinite could use the ps5 player base. Unless those are getting ported to ps5 soon (fingers crossed), this game should have had pvp.

What a missed opportunity. It should have pvp. That is what halo is at its core.

Forza motorsports doesn't seem like the type of game that needs a new release every 3-4 years. Hopefully they keep updating this one.

Horizon is for the casuals and motorsport is for a smaller, more dedicated fanbase.

They will have to wait until it hits the premium tier to add me to the player count or download count or whatever number they are pushing these days.

@TheGameThrifter is that why xbox is just this year setting all time records for monthly active users? Because people are "leaving"????

@TheGameThrifter ah the "golden age" of xbox 360 when they had three 1st party franchises and paid other companies to not release games on other platforms. Not to mention a console that flat out didnt work. That era was the golden age of Ubisoft, ea, and Activision but a black eye for xbox.

Blame the failures of xbox one and beyond on whatever you want but the fact is nothing drove people away faster than the 360 that bricked on them shortly after purchasing it.

Couldn't care less about the game going to ps5. Exclusives are a cancer. I wish they were putting infinite and MCC on ps5 so the new players could join in multiplayer.

Feels like another pointless update to an already updated game in regards to xbox. Hopefully this one performs better than the last two. Im not that excited for the game in general. I might give it a try whenever the heck it hits premium but also might just pass.

My new guitar has captured most of my attention. I plan on playing some civ 7 and silent hill 2 as well.

Maybe a few rounds of halo infinite too.

Introducing Halo to a whole new audience and leaving out multiplayer is a wild decision. Master chief collection and or infinite would have been a better choice to port to ps5. Hopefully the updates bring it on par with every other modern shooter, these players will not have the rosy nostalgia glasses on when they play it.

For xbox users it is yet another case of an update to an already updated game.

I like the approach of letting the dev teams decide if/when they want to use AI. I also have no issue with AI being used in general. AI in the hands of the creative people will be used to benefit the project.

I am of the belief that if anyone other than AI made things like the end credits then human skills and time were wasted.

They still haven't fully reached the potential for the xbox anywhere but they are getting there. Personally, I like the direction away from a one dimensional box under the tv.

I wonder if this is the first instance in gaming history where the cost of a dev kit was a news story run by every gaming outlet. I cant recall ever seeing anything about how much developers have to pay for a console dev kit.

There is a certain stink to this story. It has that 'make anything remotely negative for xbox into the lead story for the week' stink.

This has a very low impact on xbox players.

Stole this from someone on Twitter

As of today, the ID at Xbox program will deliver an #Xbox Series devkit free of charge.

• Developers who do not need extra processing headroom can use their local Xbox Series console as a devkit.
• The GDK (game developer kit) is free of charge on GitHub and officially supported by MSFT. A developer can start on the GDK without even applying for ID at Xbox, or spending any money up front.

@Krzzystuff xbox has pretty much confirmed that there will be a console made by microsoft. If it really is the pc hybrid then it would probably be a version of windows and anyone could use it even on our own pc builds.

I am curious what the form factor will look like. Will it be customizable like a full blown pc that we can upgrade things like memory or will all that be proprietary stuff?

There is a very high probability that there will be multiple models available. Xbox themselves might have a series s type of console or they could let 2nd party handle the lower models. I fully expect there to be a wide range of pc consoles branded as xbox available. There should be options in all price ranges. This is the benefit of having an open platform, we will be able to decide how powerful/expensive we want our console to be. Very exciting future for xbox.

I liked each of the first two. They didnt have the endless replayability that tropico or cities skylines have but they were very enjoyable.

I will check this one out but maybe not at full price.

I love Starfield. I completed the main quest line 4 times and have a 5th ng+ that I go back to here and there. Another classic from bethesda.

Not surprising that xbox didnt want to subsidize the machine so it could be sold at a loss. You are getting what you pay for which is a premium best in class handheld pc. If you want a cheaper/worse pc handheld, there are plenty of options out there.

I wouldn't be shocked if the next generation of xbox consoles has the actual Microsoft made product for around $800 and a wide range of 2nd party "xbox" consoles in all price ranges from something like $500 to $1500.

Not worth the price for a minor upgrade over my Steam deck or OG rog ally.

South Park: the fractured but whole
The evil within
Dead Space 3
Wreckfest

Im excited to check this one out.