@themightyant yeah but 7 years and no real progress when ms came knocking for ai money they had to close anything not close to finishing, and i could tell they didn't want to
@thefly0810 Agreed but i belive them, they hit the end of either techincal problems thta could not be solved (maybe next gen?) and licenses they could not get agreed (Outrun 2 i'm glad i still have my OG Xbox set up ❤️)
Yep, it's been Great, playstaion may have Gears one, but i played though all 6 a month ago and they are all Great, likewise Halo 1 is coming to PS but we've had the Master Chief collection for forever (okay wasn't good for a while 🤣) but the vast number of games i have that are backwards compatible from the OG xbox forward is GREAT. Fingers crossed next gen can find a way to play licensed games
As always, i'll be interested in Edge's review, but the beauty of Gamepass is still i can try games like this when, if i didn't have it, i probaly wouldn't buy it; Loving Ball x Pit at the moment but didn't appeal to me from trailers, how wrong i was (becuase gameplay is how the game plays, you cannot see it obvs 🤣) Still Hoooray for Gamepass
Love how it's a rumour that just Xbox will put it's prices up because of the ai server ram gold rush, but not Playstation or Nintendo, odd given xbox is the lowest selling of the three 🤣
Ah was sitting on points for GTA6 but we all know what happened there; now i'm stuck, FF16? Capcom Fighting Collection 2? Not sure but the points are burning a hole in my pocket and having many games still to play has never stopped me buying more🤣
The Drama in this makes me laugh, so thanks; until they an anything we know nothing, except maybe a deal between them and amd to make chips for the new Xbox, so what’s to doubt?
@Kaloudz Yeah given games take crazy long to make they would be better of going either every other year or every 3 years to make the campaign Great while supporting the mutliplaye with Yearly update but it will probaly still sell like crazy so where's the motivation for them to do it 🤣
@InterceptorAlpha i can understand people dropping down or out from a service that raised it's price for finatial reasons but will never understand the drama xbox seem to get for every choice they make; you don't see this when Netflix put up their price 🤣
@TheGameThrifter who are 'they' because they are not Xbox, so it's just rumours, look up past console releases and rumours, they were well out 2 years before release, so this most likely is too
Son of a Gun i'll never beat Stalker 2 in 13 days, guess it's time to pony up for it🤣 They deserve it though 👍And MS was damn good to them, helping them get out of the Ukraine and when they said they would only realse on xbox as thanks, not holding them to it
@cross717 Your call but they haven't for the last 2 years; chasing the live service dollar means only one first party game a year for the last two years!! When this happened to xbox it was all "Xbox has no games" but now it's happened to playstation, no a peep, Xbox Tax i'd say (just means PS have more fans than xbox and so have more Fanatics than xbox fans just by numbers)
@NeoRatt in the uk PS5 Pro is £700, who think the next gen of either system will be less than that and why? They would have to dicontinue the pro or reduce it, even then, i don't think so
@FuzzieGinge88 Think they bought Activsion for 2 fold reasons, one needed games (this has worked) two stop Tencent from getting them and who else could have afforded it? Anyone happy Saudi Arabia bought EA?
@TheGameThrifter Maybe $1000 dollars US as tariffs will most likely still be in place but, £800 uk, to play PC games too, well i have plenty steam and gog games i have bought over time and never much played but if i could on a console....Well i'm in!! But Price is decided last to my understanding so this is all to early to be sure and sounds a lot like the usual pre pre launch times of consoles where no one knows anything but rumours sure are FUN!! 🤣
@cross717 Only that they sold xbox's soul to MS for the money and now ms want it back to pay for the great ai sinkhole ($13 billion last quater) otherwise it was the move XBox needed, have you not notice since they bought them, it's not 'xbox have no games' anymore, it's xbox put out 5-6 more games that Playstation is now a year 🤣👍Which is a perfect cadadence and there was no way they were going to be able to do it without them
I don't mind as it doesn't stop us from playing it; also we've had the original versions of 1-5 and infinite the who time 🤣 Hope the enjoy it and see what they have been missing 👍Speaking of series PS fans only have one of, Gear 5 Hive Busters was GREAT, why the hell haven't we had a sequel to that?!?
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Re: Talking Point: What Do You Hope To See From Xbox Developer Direct Next Month?
@themightyant yeah but 7 years and no real progress when ms came knocking for ai money they had to close anything not close to finishing, and i could tell they didn't want to
Re: These 30+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (December 8-12)
Thank Goodness You're Here! 89% on Metacritic!!
Re: Seven More Games Set To Be Delisted On Xbox In December 2025
Are these all just licensed games aimed at kids? and maybe it's cheap licensing when only bought for a short amount of time?
Re: Seven More Games Set To Be Delisted On Xbox In December 2025
This is why all consoles need to be hacked, the PS is popluar enough to get attention but seems almost no one is working on xbox
Re: Xbox Winter Demo Fest Now Live, 20+ Games Available To Play For Free
@jesse_dylan 🤣 You read my mind, maybe i'll download a couple and actuslly try to play them this time 🤣
Re: Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About December Xbox Release Octopath Traveler 0
@jesse_dylan 🤣 My memory is awful but i'm so used to getting back to a game with the "where am i and what am i doing" sense, i don't mind it
Re: Opinion: Backwards Compatibility Still Adds So Much Value To Xbox Series X|S In 2025
@thefly0810 Agreed but i belive them, they hit the end of either techincal problems thta could not be solved (maybe next gen?) and licenses they could not get agreed (Outrun 2 i'm glad i still have my OG Xbox set up ❤️)
Re: Opinion: Backwards Compatibility Still Adds So Much Value To Xbox Series X|S In 2025
and it's not just the backwards compatability, it's the ones that have frameboosts and 4k upscale, the OG Psychnauts looks GREAT
Re: Opinion: Backwards Compatibility Still Adds So Much Value To Xbox Series X|S In 2025
Yep, it's been Great, playstaion may have Gears one, but i played though all 6 a month ago and they are all Great, likewise Halo 1 is coming to PS but we've had the Master Chief collection for forever (okay wasn't good for a while 🤣) but the vast number of games i have that are backwards compatible from the OG xbox forward is GREAT. Fingers crossed next gen can find a way to play licensed games
Re: Talking Point: Four Years On, Did Halo Infinite Ever Live Up To Expectations?
Yep, Loved the story and Gameplay 👍
Re: Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About December Xbox Release Octopath Traveler 0
@jesse_dylan I just play till i've had enough, then role onto something else, but come back and finish it later, works for me 😁
Re: Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About December Xbox Release Octopath Traveler 0
@jesse_dylan We are all different, i Love beating games 👍
Re: Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About December Xbox Release Octopath Traveler 0
I still have 1+2 to play 🤣
Re: This Thursday's PC Gaming Show Could Include Some Xbox Game Pass Reveals
Friday morning for me, the days of past midnight E3 watching are long gone for me, Good Times though 👍
Re: When Will The Xbox Countdown Sale 2025 Be Revealed?
@FraserG Well that's that then 🤣👍
Re: When Will The Xbox Countdown Sale 2025 Be Revealed?
Having a quick check i don't think they have so betting on the 19th
Re: When Will The Xbox Countdown Sale 2025 Be Revealed?
@FraserG Have they started it as early as the 12th before?
Re: When Will The Xbox Countdown Sale 2025 Be Revealed?
🤣 Just resisted the Black Friday event now the christmas one is impending 🤣
Re: Routine Is Getting All Kinds Of Review Scores Ahead Of Its Xbox Game Pass Launch
As always, i'll be interested in Edge's review, but the beauty of Gamepass is still i can try games like this when, if i didn't have it, i probaly wouldn't buy it; Loving Ball x Pit at the moment but didn't appeal to me from trailers, how wrong i was (becuase gameplay is how the game plays, you cannot see it obvs 🤣) Still Hoooray for Gamepass
Re: Six Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Early December 2025
Hah, might have to buy some of these then 🤣👍
Re: Xbox Series X|S Could Go Up In Price Again Due To Potential RAM Shortages, It's Claimed
Love how it's a rumour that just Xbox will put it's prices up because of the ai server ram gold rush, but not Playstation or Nintendo, odd given xbox is the lowest selling of the three 🤣
Re: Talking Point: What Have You Bought In The Xbox Black Friday Sale 2025 So Far?
Ah was sitting on points for GTA6 but we all know what happened there; now i'm stuck, FF16? Capcom Fighting Collection 2? Not sure but the points are burning a hole in my pocket and having many games still to play has never stopped me buying more🤣
Re: Sarah Bond Insists Hardware Is 'Absolutely Core' To Xbox, Teases Powerful Next-Gen Console
@Romans12 Well we shall see but i shall come back and say 'told you so' when the next Xbox is released 🤣
Re: Seven New Games Added To Xbox Retro Classics, Including A PS1 Title From 1997
Loved Blackthorne on the SNES!!
Re: Talking Point: Xbox Is 24 Years Old Today, What Do You Expect From Next Year's 25th Birthday?
@OldGamer999 Yep, I expect GAMES GAMES GAMES that I’ll have to make time to play 👍
Re: Sarah Bond Insists Hardware Is 'Absolutely Core' To Xbox, Teases Powerful Next-Gen Console
The Drama in this makes me laugh, so thanks; until they an anything we know nothing, except maybe a deal between them and amd to make chips for the new Xbox, so what’s to doubt?
Re: Black Ops 7 Campaign Review (Xbox): Black Ops Pedigree Can't Save This Mess Of A COD Campaign
@Kaloudz Yeah given games take crazy long to make they would be better of going either every other year or every 3 years to make the campaign Great while supporting the mutliplaye with Yearly update but it will probaly still sell like crazy so where's the motivation for them to do it 🤣
Re: Poll: Now That The Dust Has Settled, Which Xbox Game Pass Tier Are You Subscribed To?
Stayed on Ultimate, but cancelled one of my kids, as the don't use it, to make up for it
Re: Roundup: All The Xbox Reveals From November 2025's State Of Play
Diidn't think the show was too bad until the end where i was expecting maybe a good game and instead they banging on trying to sell us stuff 😂
Re: The Original Modern Warfare 2 Appears In Xbox Game Pass Premium Ad
@themightyant Damn Right, i've been waiting forever 😂
Re: Five Years On, Xbox Series S Is Still A Fantastic Place For Current-Gen Gaming
@Medic_alert Ah, yeah not new is always cheaper 👍
Re: Xbox Confirms Its First Two Game Pass Titles For December 2025, And They Both Look Brilliant
@InterceptorAlpha Fair play, but as i said i get financial reasons, but not the drama
Re: Poll: How Much Are You Enjoying Ninja Gaiden 4 On Xbox Game Pass?
Yeah enjoying it loads, if not for the Silent Hill kick i'm on at the moment, now managunz is behaving, i'd might have finished it but will do
Re: Five Years On, Xbox Series S Is Still A Fantastic Place For Current-Gen Gaming
@Medic_alert still worth it in anywhere that's not America
Re: Five Years On, Xbox Series S Is Still A Fantastic Place For Current-Gen Gaming
@TheGameThrifter only gone up that much in America and we all know that's not XBox's fault
Re: Xbox Confirms Its First Two Game Pass Titles For December 2025, And They Both Look Brilliant
@InterceptorAlpha i can understand people dropping down or out from a service that raised it's price for finatial reasons but will never understand the drama xbox seem to get for every choice they make; you don't see this when Netflix put up their price 🤣
Re: Talking Point: Exactly 13 Years Later, How Are You Feeling About Halo 4 These Days?
@tslog Hardcore disagree but each to their own 👍
Re: Talking Point: Exactly 13 Years Later, How Are You Feeling About Halo 4 These Days?
8/10.
Halo's 343 era is much maligned but while not as good as the Bungie era, 4, 5 and 6 are 8/10's, which is better than most games 👍
Re: Xbox 360 Classic 'Condemned' Has Quietly Been Delisted, And Nobody Knows Why
@Fiendish-Beaver Play 1, it's GREAT
Re: Talking Point: What Do You Think Xbox's Release Schedule Looks Like For 2026?
@ILuvGames Well they have say next year will be a big 25th anniversary, so fingers crossed 🤣👍
Re: Talking Point: How Do You Feel About Halo: Campaign Evolved Launching Day One On PS5?
@TheGameThrifter who are 'they' because they are not Xbox, so it's just rumours, look up past console releases and rumours, they were well out 2 years before release, so this most likely is too
Re: Five Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Early November 2025
@FrenchVaniIIuxe They don't own it
Re: Five Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Early November 2025
Son of a Gun i'll never beat Stalker 2 in 13 days, guess it's time to pony up for it🤣 They deserve it though 👍And MS was damn good to them, helping them get out of the Ukraine and when they said they would only realse on xbox as thanks, not holding them to it
Re: Talking Point: How Do You Feel About Halo: Campaign Evolved Launching Day One On PS5?
@cross717 Your call but they haven't for the last 2 years; chasing the live service dollar means only one first party game a year for the last two years!! When this happened to xbox it was all "Xbox has no games" but now it's happened to playstation, no a peep, Xbox Tax i'd say (just means PS have more fans than xbox and so have more Fanatics than xbox fans just by numbers)
Re: Talking Point: How Do You Feel About Halo: Campaign Evolved Launching Day One On PS5?
@NeoRatt in the uk PS5 Pro is £700, who think the next gen of either system will be less than that and why? They would have to dicontinue the pro or reduce it, even then, i don't think so
Re: Talking Point: How Do You Feel About Halo: Campaign Evolved Launching Day One On PS5?
@FuzzieGinge88 Think they bought Activsion for 2 fold reasons, one needed games (this has worked) two stop Tencent from getting them and who else could have afforded it? Anyone happy Saudi Arabia bought EA?
Re: Talking Point: How Do You Feel About Halo: Campaign Evolved Launching Day One On PS5?
@TheGameThrifter Maybe $1000 dollars US as tariffs will most likely still be in place but, £800 uk, to play PC games too, well i have plenty steam and gog games i have bought over time and never much played but if i could on a console....Well i'm in!!
But Price is decided last to my understanding so this is all to early to be sure and sounds a lot like the usual pre pre launch times of consoles where no one knows anything but rumours sure are FUN!! 🤣
Re: Talking Point: How Do You Feel About Halo: Campaign Evolved Launching Day One On PS5?
@cross717 Only that they sold xbox's soul to MS for the money and now ms want it back to pay for the great ai sinkhole ($13 billion last quater) otherwise it was the move XBox needed, have you not notice since they bought them, it's not 'xbox have no games' anymore, it's xbox put out 5-6 more games that Playstation is now a year 🤣👍Which is a perfect cadadence and there was no way they were going to be able to do it without them
Re: Talking Point: How Do You Feel About Halo: Campaign Evolved Launching Day One On PS5?
@CadErik Don't be it will be Great!!
Re: Talking Point: How Do You Feel About Halo: Campaign Evolved Launching Day One On PS5?
I don't mind as it doesn't stop us from playing it; also we've had the original versions of 1-5 and infinite the who time 🤣 Hope the enjoy it and see what they have been missing 👍Speaking of series PS fans only have one of, Gear 5 Hive Busters was GREAT, why the hell haven't we had a sequel to that?!?