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This was an Xbox now everything is an Xbox.

I simply don’t care at this point. I’ll continue to watch MS gaming flourish while the Xbox brand becomes a subscription slogan.

When this happens and at this point I’m certain it will, any brand identity Xbox has left will be dead.

I do not care at this point it’s clear the path they’re going, when there’s no dedicated Xbox hardware in the next decade or so don’t be surprised.

This will sell gang busters on PS5. MS are diluting the Xbox brand into oblivion but they’re sure making a ***** ton of cash while doing it.

Crazy times.

Big fan of this guy. I agree with him I think Sony will follow, although they’ll still stagger their releases on other platforms like they do now, we’ll see more and more Sony exclusives become less exclusive.

@AverageGamer I’m not sure I agree. Even if that was the case, Gears 5 was released in 2019 and all we’ve had since was Hivebusters and an E-day trailer last year, which we now know they aren’t working on alone. I know they’ve helped on other projects like Halo Infinite but still, there are questions as to what they’ve been working on in the 5 or so years since Gears 5.

I hope Gears 1-3 on unreal engine 5 but who knows they’ve shown nothing.

@Isolte I feel this is a common misconception. He has not taken a step back imo. I think he’s been onboard with this all along. His biggest success is tricking gamers into thinking he is one of them while being a corporate stooge. If he really didn’t like the direction they are heading, he’d have stepped down, it’s way past the time for him to believe he could have any influence to change things and he’s still there.

Trust me, he’s fully onboard with MS top brass.

@Isolte I quite enjoyed 4, 5 was good but less enjoyable imo but both are worth playing I’d say.

Hivebusters, a short standalone, is also worth playing, it nails gears more than 5 did in its whole campaign.

What are the coalition doing? Why do they need another dev to help make the next gears game? Seems bizarre to me and I won’t lie, lowers my expectations somewhat.

@MrMagic ‘Philnocchio’

😂 I love that, it’s a good one.

It’s a con I won’t pay it for any game.

I’ve been playing Robocop and have been having a blast. I just wish he’d walk a bit faster 😂

Clair is the only game here I’m really interested in.

lol. Good to see. Triple A gaming is a cesspool.

@Banjo- I’ve always said Infinite’s gameplay was fun. I think they nailed how a Halo game should feel with Infinite. My problem with it was the dull, lifeless open world and lack of any real variety. The indoor more linear missions all felt copy and pasted from one to the next. For the time spent in development I thought it was shameful what we got from 343.

I think it’s the most fun modern Halo game, but the franchise deserves better.

@ironcrow86 I understood. It’s just that I saw Infinite as a kind of soft reboot and that’s exactly what they did, went back to basics. Sure it was open world which was a first for Halo but at its core it was your basic, fun Halo gameplay with what I thought was a less convoluted story without multiple pointless side characters we’ve seen in the more recent Halo games. That could just be me but I thought Infinite went back to basics to some extent 😂

@ironcrow86 you can’t get more basic than Infinite. The most basic open world I’ve ever seen coupled with Halos fun gameplay. So I’m not sure going back to basics is even the answer at this point.

Are you mad? It is an Xbox. Switch? What’s that?

@bazchillin yep, you ain’t wrong.

Everything is an Xbox though so in real terms they’ve got billions of potential Xbox’s out there. 🤣 or something.

Terrible name if true. Makes it sound like a subscription service rather than a console, which would make sense considering how Microsoft are moving forward with the Xbox brand.

@Fiendish-Beaver it’s meant to be awful. Avoid mate.

I picked up Robocop and have been having a blast with it. Reminds me of games like Riddick and The Darkness.

That’s all this game appears to be, face scans, how can anybody be excited for this pretentious rubbish yet.

Oh so it seems as I called it at the beginning. The Series S has held back another game coming to Xbox.

The series S isn’t the actual problem, Microsoft’s policy of needing to release on both consoles simultaneously is.

Avoid even more triple A slop.

Merry Christmas all 🎄

The creation engine is the least of Starfield and Bethesda’s problems and stutter engine 5 would have probably made the game even worse.

@NEStalgia I would correct you and say Microsoft Studios are doing very well. I’ve said for a while now that Microsoft are going to rake in more money than ever through gaming and releasing everywhere, while the Xbox brand itself fades away or becomes a sad umbrella term for anything that can stream games.

I think it’s sad as a fan of Xbox since the original console.

When everything is an Xbox, what’s the point of an actual Xbox?

Pure stupidity, brand suicide. This is going to continue.

If it’s ALMOST perfect there will be numbers to back it up. How many people are jumping on board? Are Gamepass subs rising? Are people being fooled into thinking an iPhone is an Xbox?

I have no doubts it’s good for business, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s good for the Xbox brand, a smart tv or a phone definitely are not Xbox’s.

He’s feeling very very good because he gets home from the office and jumps into his pool of $ bills. No other reason.

This Nutella guy, every time he seems to pop up he’s an annoyance. My opinion of Xbox and where they are going is low, this fella makes it worse with his jargon.

No need to have an Xbox going forward then. Series will probably be my last. Like I always say for me the choice is easy, I’ll buy one console I can play almost anything on ahead of one with no exclusives.

No interest in this game on PlayStation so no interest in it on Xbox either. Aloy is as likeable as a wet sock, even in Lego form I don’t wanna play as her.

Good game, but not great. Can’t argue with the awards it walked away with.

Poor. I subbed for 1 month to play Hellblade 2 and that was it. Nothing else has interested me. Doesn’t look much better next year.

@HappyGamerGirl @johndoe89 well said both of you. They’re a joke, not to be taken seriously.

I read this review. Reviewer seems to have legitimate criticisms of the game and some of its mechanics. Everything said seems fair to me.

Interesting review.

People using Eurogamer as some sort of bastion of reliable quality 🤣🤣 so funny.

I don’t. Football stadiums can have their lights on 7 days a week, I’ll use what power I like regardless of it’s ‘environmental’ impact.

As a cyclist, I will say wear a helmet! This guy is lucky it wasn’t much worse.

@Ryu_Niiyama the issue is the consoles are more of a closed off eco system than PC’s will ever be. If physical goes away on console you’re then limited to each companies store front and pricing with nothing you can do about it. PC has multiple store fronts, although steam dominates, and the threat of piracy is stronger. There are alternatives.

@darylb24 ‘ The plastic disc in 2024 is about as much use as a bit of paper with a code on it’

True in some cases but if I can pay 38 instead of 60 for that disc I will. I do not give a fart about its eco impact and I hope those that claim to don’t drive their cars around or fly anywhere.

Physical should always be an option even if it’s a niche. In no future do I want Sony/MS/Nintendo 100% controlling what I have to buy on their systems.

I got Space Marine 2 on disc for £38 today, it’s still £60 digital, who in their right mind wants to take away that alternative. Options for us consumers are good.

I don’t care at this point. I’m assuming every game will come to PlayStation.

Kingdom Come Deliverance please. Still looks phenomenal just needs that sweet 60fps.

It’s fun deciding which games to avoid in February, from what I’ve seen so far nearly all of the big tiles are no buys for multiple reasons.

At least KCD2 might be good.

The only thing funny about it is that it’s becoming true.

None I didn’t have one.

Man what a poo show. From what I’ve watched and read there’s a good game here somewhere, but much like this review points out the game is an absolute mess.

This isn’t a title that’ll sell Xbox’s let’s be honest, it was never going to, much like Hellblade 2.

@Wizzle08 Eurogamer are a joke, they review games based on their backwards ideology and not gameplay. Stopped taking them seriously a long time ago.