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Hopefully they get to a point where most or all of the xbox store is natively playable anywhere you have the xbox app. This would be a major advantage to xbox as all playstation and Nintendo purchases are currently locked to their device. I do not consider any 3rd party purchases on those platforms for that reason.

There are rumors that Sony is also working on a pc app with cross entitlements for all purchases, hopefully that becomes a reality too. Until then I am primarily steam/gog/epic with an eye on xbox for play anywhere titles.

Not shocking that they couldn't provide enough evidence of it lessening competition because it doesn't lessen competition at all. It was not a good faith argument from the beginning, they just wanted to get in the way of a major company. I'm glad Khan is out of the FTC and her policy of tying up companies in court to inconvenience them out of their legal behavior is over.

Series X and S are both great consoles. They offer a lot more than just gamepass. Yes gamepass is amazing and the best deal out there but both consoles are great even without it.

Series S with the xscreen attached is underrated. Such a great device. I can't wait to see the next line of hardware they offer. I dont think xbox has ever had a more exciting future.

There are much better devices to emulate gamecube games on. Mini PCs wirh Batocera OS are my current preference.

This sounds promising. I love this game, it is the multiplayer game of this generation for me.

My 5 year old nephew loves firefighting sim. We have been playing a ton of that game on steam. He wants to be a firefighter when he grows up.

Avowed is probably next but Halo is definitely going eventually. I would love to see more people playing the spectacular Halo Inifinite.

They got 2042 into a really good state. I am confident they can deliver a good one out of the gates with this one.

We need a new name for this asus with xbox controller branding. I am saving "xbox handheld" for refrencing Microsoft's device.

Xbox is the best publisher right now. The cadence and quality of games lately is unmatched. Hopefully they can maintain this pace and caliber going forward.

I wonder why they aren't announcing a switch 2 port. Why bring the franchise multiplat but skip a major market?

I hope the multiplayer pops off with the introduction of ps5 and steam users. I will dive head first into that again.

Personally not that excited for the campaign to be getting yet another remaster/update. The 360 version is still fun and the ultimate remaster was great. I imagine i will end up doing another playthrough but it will probably end up like oblivion where I still feel the original is my preferred way to play the game.

I wish they were wrapping 1-3 and judgement into one package so the multiplayers would be in one place.

1. Oblivion
2. Commandos:origins
3. Far Cry 4
4. Hunt showdown
5. Borderlands 3

I don't mind ai being used in game development. I think it will be a very helpful tool.

I might have to rethink the buy every console mentality. I have a great pc and since I love gamepass ultimate paired with console/pc/cloud, I would probably keep buying the new xbox as a secondary platform. Switch 2 and ps6 might not be happening for me though.

Pc is thoroughly more appealing than anything console related now. They really just can't compete with steam anymore.

They will give fh5 some time on ps5 before releasing 6. It will have a very short console exclusivity window, if it even has one. I'm guessing early 2027.

The oblivion remaster was one of the more heavily rumored announcements in a while. A lot of people were declaring a shadow drop was coming weeks in advance. Surely they couldn't have been that caught off guard by it.

Not for me, oblivion is the only one i am playing. I doubt any month will ever compete with the bethesda dump.

This is one of my most anticipated games for this year. Looking forward to sept 12th!

It's hard to get excited for the prospects of another extraction shooter. I doubt it had much to do with titanfall anyway, it probably just had the same guns as apex and tf.

@Elbow i must be doing it wrong then. I have had gamepass for years and still buy hundreds of games.

I imagine it's kind of like a study done on pirating movies. The study showed that people who pirated movies tended to spend more money legally than average consumers on movies as well.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/study-again-shows-pirates-tend-to-be-the-biggest-buyers-of-legal-content/

With the ps5 user base it would be downright shocking if games sold better on xbox.

I cant imagine how someone could honestly feel gamepass is not a viable or profitable business model. This sounds like more baseless console warring on x.

Subscription services are definitely a part of the future but won't take over the industry like it has for music and film/tv. Publishers that do have subscription platforms have made the right call by not releasing exclusives into the subscriptions that can only be played with a sub. Game sales and subscription services will both continue being a valid option.

Subscriptions services will be a major part of playstation, nintendo, and xbox for a long time.

I have been hearing from friends that there are frequent crashes on series x the later you get in the game. I havent had a crash yet but I am only 6 hours in and using pc gamepass. Performance hasn't been amazing there either.

Letting Sony pay for the marketing is not a bad strategy.

@themightyant so far civ 7, assassins creed, and avowed but really looking forward to doom, ghost of yotei and endless legend 2.

It has always been easy to see the benefits of going multiplatform. I think all publishers would benefit from being fully 3rd party. It's nice to see the industry trending towards this reality.

I'm looking forward to xbox focusing on making innovative hardware that isn't relying on exclusive games as the sole selling point.

It's looking like another year where the game of the year candidates are firmly in the "not for me" category.

Year on year drops aren't really newsworthy at this point in the consoles life. If you haven't bought one by now, you might as well wait for the next one.

It looks nice but feels like an unnecessary visual remaster. They could have done more on the combat side.

Looking at steam where the original game of the year edition is $15 (often on sale for $2.99) vs this one at $50, I think I would recommend the original at sale price $2.99.

I was always of the opinion that this game didn't need a remaster (fallout 3 and morrowind do) and I still mostly feel that way. It does look better and play slightly better but it's still very much the same. If you played it already and didn't love it then, I doubt you will now either. Great for newcomers and maybe people who really love the original like me.

@OldGamer999 119.22gb on xbox pc app

You had me worried for a second. I thought they were not including the dlc with the base version. That would have been a gross thing to do on a 20 year remaster.

Since it is only skins/soundtracks etc. I can easily pass on this.

Downloading it now. I just replayed it for probably the 5th time like a year and a half ago. The presentation didn't blow me away with the upgrades but it will probably end up being another full playthrough.

It is neck and neck with Skyrim for my favorite game of all time so I figure I better run through it again.

@ZuneTattooGuy played both games and loved them but it's definitely an unknown quality. We dont even know if it will have dlc at this point other than it is currently planning to. I love ID but there is no chance I blindly purchase something with zero details. Halo infinite, and redfall were planning on campaign dlc too, starflied dlc was poorly recieved. Those are some of my favorite studios too, misses happen. If you want to blindly support something that doesn't currently exist by all means go ahead. It's a complete unknown at this point.

Even if you don't think ID is capable of missing, they report to bethesda which reports to xbox which reports to Microsoft which reports to shareholders. There are infinite ways that this can be screwed up.

$32 for two days early access and dlc of unknown length, quality, or release date seems like a ripoff to me. Pass.

If the dlc content actually comes out I will consider it at that time. They can keep the skin, soundtrack, and two day bug test.

I'm glad they don't lock games behind the subscription like the crooks at Nintendo. They had a good thing going with Virtual Console. It's no wonder pirating Nintendo games is so popular.

Finally a round of removals that I have either already played or am not interested in. No rush throughs for a few weeks

I don't plan on playing this unless it changes to free or is part of gamepass. Odds are neither of those happen. Extraction shooters don't do it for me and I certainly don't want to pay $40 to see if this is the one that somehow overcomes that. I am also not a very big Bungie fan in general. I'm staying far away from this one.

It's going to go down to the wire on whether I finish botany manor in time.

I could see them waiting for the new consoles to raise the price. They could potentially have Series S,X, Handheld, new console, and xbox branded 3rd party systems on sale at the same time covering lots of different price ranges.

Trying to finish off Botany Manor before it leaves Gamepass. Also replaying Destroy All Humans on PS2 and Rush on PSP.
Plus some Civ7.

It shouldn't be seen as deceiving since many, many games shutdown like this and they have a disclaimer but I do think people have the right to complain about the shutdown.

That lawsuit will go nowhere if it hasn't already been thrown out. The only recourse is to boycott their other games, post bad reviews, tweets, etc.

@Millionski civ 6 and all the content is probably still my favorite but this one should overtake it soon.

Civ 7 by a country mile. Avowed was good too.

I will have to see the extent of the remaster/remake. I just replayed it a year ago (for like the 5th time) so I am probably good on another run for awhile unless it is a jawdropping upgrade, which i doubt.

Charging $10 for what they are calling "nintendo switch 2 welcome tour" might be the most out of touch moment in gaming history. If there is actually substance to this "game" instead of the pixel counter or rumble demonstration that was shown then definitely show that instead.

And call it something else, it sure sounds like they are charging you for the tutorial you would see when booting something like a phone for the first time. Maybe that is all they are doing, it is Nintendo after all.

Playstation basically gave a 3 hour game on par with any 3d mario for free as their ps5 tech demo.

@StonyKL if it is fully pc based it would essentially be a pre-built which is pretty popular for those who don't want to put a machine together. Designing one as a "console experience" would have some appeal. From Microsofts perspective buying a different pc that is still windows based would be similar to buying their xbox pc. It would still require a windows key be purchased so it really wouldnt be that much of a loss if you opted for a different windows based machine. I imagine theirs will have an xbox UI out of the box that will make this more controller friendly than straight windows.

But it's important to realize that microsoft isn't trying to make an Xbox that will outsell every other platform. If you choose a different pc they say "great! Thanks for choosing windows. Have you tried pc gamepass, the hit new Xbox games, or any of the other microsoft products like office, teams, etc.?"

Consoles have been due for an overhaul for years now. Hopefully xbox can shake things up. I believe the pc "console" revolution is happening regardless of what the big 3 do but I believe that xbox can be a leader in it with the biggest pc operating system and experience of designing a console UI around controllers.

I am sure the steam console will work great and lenovo, asus, etc will make their own. Microsoft can really deliver with a windows designed for this but xbox needs to be in control of that project. Office 365, teams, outlook, etc have no place in a handheld or home console pc.

That movie looks horrendous so I'm not too excited for another ip to get the film treatment.