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@rustyduck @NEStalgia so to say on topic i will answer the question first, highs were Diablo 4 (800 hours) i am a Diablo fanatic. Other highs were the SSD’s and quite reliable hardware. Lows were going all of 2022 without any big games and Redfall being so poorly executed. I liked what that game could have been.

Ok so Xbox and the future, 3rd parties etc etc. the biggest player in all of gaming is Windows. Windows and X86 which is all MS. Lots of the core design of game development is windows or MS toolsets. However windows is Xbox and Xbox is windows with just a little bit of work. The PC guys pay MS their windows license fees. Play the games on what store they want with more open builds and controllers options. Xbox hardware goes windows underneath a controller Ui and i think going digital does them a favor, follow me here. In EU what are we seeing with IOS they are forcing apple to have more stores on its OS. If MS went digital EU could say they need more stores for competitive reasons and MS does this with epic or steam or someone. All the games are coming to windows PC, that is not going to stop. So Xbox will always have 3rd parties. Throw in the handheld and now they have that PC model but in a non mouse and keyboard open source build for the non PC players. That alone is money out the backside. Throw in the rumor MS might let others build PC Xbox hardware devices and it’s really a win and like NES also taught me and reminded me. Xbox was started to get windows into our homes more, make sure games stuck to MS tool set’s and to sell more windows licenses. This goes back to that and the timing couldn’t be better with PC being the lead again. I see this vision working out and i am seeing how it looks more and more as NES has been on this blue print for months now helping me see how it looks and truth told it’s a smart move and benefits the devs and players.

Can’t wait. I have around 800 hours into D4 and this mode will easily get more. Diablo is a top 3 all time IP for me tho. Season 4 is great but 5 is looking even better.

@tho_mi And they only needed to purchase two publishers for that.

Cash is king and to make money you have to spend money. Ever heard of that? Cause during the PS1-PS2 Sony didn’t have first party either. They bought it. They were and are a hardware team. They had no internal studios. MS on the other hand i can’t figure out how and why it took a software company to slow to understand 4 studios wasn’t enough. Happy to see they woke up.

@OldGamer999 yeah buddy, it’s going to be awesome. The graphics are going to be insane. I can’t wait to see the city. Of course the story and multiplayer. So excited for it. Can’t wait to see what other titles Xbox has coming, they seem to be clicking now.

@OldGamer999 Rumors floating around it might. We all know to take those with a grain of salt. But if so that would be huge. I’d take days off work to play it at this point i think.

@OldGamer999 you and me both. I need that and Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred and i am set.

I am all for it being in 1st person. I prefer that but to watch his own. I think this game will be really good. It looked good at the showcase and it has a little more time to polish it up before release. Xbox has games!!!

@BrilliantBill yeah great points. I am happy to see it return to what fans have been asking for. But i was shocked to not see it be gears 6. As long as it’s great i am excited.

@Fiendish-Beaver yeah i understand what you mean there. Thats not the same as i heard it. Thinking my sources were wrong and being a little to optimistic about what was really said. Rumors get annoying sometimes cause while many of them are right and come true, some are just way wrong and even do damage to something that turns out not even being true. You know your Gears and when you speak i listen. 😊

@Fiendish-Beaver you ain’t leaving me for another 25 years. 😀

Well dang i hope i didn’t misspeak on that. I seen it on a few channels i follow and it said it as if coalition has said Gears 6 is still in the works and it’s coming. Hmm.. i may need to follow up on that. Yeah the MF collection is now 3 years old and i think you maybe right that E Day is what they thought it to be alongside work of Gears 6. Yeah there is certainly some questions on whats coming when cause i agree with you it’s a little muddy at the moment. I know you and i will love E day and i am excited for it but maybe 6 should have came out and wrapped up that story line. Good points as always my Gears Brother.

I have the launch Series X and PS5 digital plus Switch Oled in my media room, i will get the White Series X digital for downstairs. Might even hook it up to a monitor. Not sure yet.

@Sol4ris yeah i agree, we need a Gears 6. Happy they said it is in the works and look forward to it story wise. Overall i think Gears of War is in good hands. We have some killer titles to look forward to. 😀

@Sol4ris Gears 6 has been confirmed to be worked on and will release. My guess is with the show coming out they want to start from the beginning and i am sure the show will overlap with the games story some. Then hopefully someone else is working on the Marcus Fenix collection and then Coalition finish’s gear 6. Thats a good roadmap for new players coming in and others watching the show and of course us loyal fans that seen it all.

@themightyant i agree i to think gaming looks bright and the big 3 are all doing good. The 50% PS title thing is going to happen when they showed games like Metal gear, assassin’s creed and Doom and COD. However i still think Sony needs to have a more exciting show next year. I am excited to see what they have planned.

@themightyant yeah i agree i just think unless they have it dialed into a for sure window we might not see dates or seasons, Starfield launch date was jumping around all over the place for what like over a year or so? Yeah we will see some of these with more gameplay or gameplay and they will have some new titles to announce and that alone should be a great show. I mean look on Push Square right now they are begging for Sony just to have a show not even asking for release dates but just whats to look forward too. We got that at least. 😊

@PsBoxSwitchOwner i don’t disagree, i am just saying this is likely the new normal unless they really have it dialed in to when it will finish. Starfield taught us telling us something and getting it in our hands is two different things.

@themightyant I’ve been seeing people say no release dates. But honestly i don’t think it’s smart to even say a date anymore and just a window until it’s for sure. Game development is hard, things happen both good and bad. In today’s world the internet will throw a fit and not buy the game cause it missed the target release date. I think the days of coming on stage and announcing more than a couple release dates is the norm and safer for the teams. Now the scary part is MS’s show this year isn’t a fluke, next year and many years after it should look like this. With that many teams and IP’s every June showcase should have content to show a plenty!

@OldGamer999 going to be insane. Plus the graphics are going to be next level. Story should be awesome. Man… this game can’t get here soon enough. Still wish the collection would drop around the time off the Netflix series. That would give 0-3 to all the new viewers and younger players. Then they can work on Gears 6 like they said they are going to do. Now that would be an awesome lineup.

@InterceptorAlpha i too wanted the new controller. My guess is either that plan got scraped or they are just going to hang onto it and launch it with the next console in 2026. So it makes that console feel more new and updated. I really wanted to see it tho.

@Banjo- pleased and sad. I love the E day move. That is perfect with the Netflix show coming out. It will allow many new fans of the show to start from the beginning and for us older fans we get the darker more gears of war style game that 4-5 just wasn’t. Sad cause i really wanted the Marcus Fenix collection. Now it makes even more sense to have it. But maybe i see why it’s not there. Wait a year and drop it so all 4 are ready for the new show? Or maybe the collection just simply isn’t real and i need to forget about it. Neither way man is E day going to be great.

@NEStalgia agreed Sony’s success was CD and Nintendo making the wrong moves. 360 had Sony on the ropes for what looked to be a market of them being spilt 50/50 and then TV TV TV (Xbox One) and gave it all back to Sony. I find most of Sony’s games boring. Pretty, polished even, but not all that fun. PS4 bored me to death at times for years. If MS wanted to be more aggressive and keep their games they would take a huge amount of money away from Sony. I don’t need to list all the games but you know them and that would be a 30% cut for all of them. Sony wouldn’t do well without it. In a year Sony has no big games , MS is like here Sony let us float you some games and money. Like what? Why in the world would you do that? But yes the console industry is fragile more so than average gamer think. Now PC and Mobile is printing money and doing just fine. Mobile should only get better as iPhones and androids can run even bigger titles and of course as you mentioned Candy crush .

@NEStalgia I’ve only played a couple VR games. They are fun but i do have to play them in shorter durations and it gives me a slight headache and eye strain after. So i just dabble into it at other friends houses that have it. Sony hasn’t been successful in much outside of the console. Even handhelds they shown not to be a major player and just quit. I look for VR to be the same. It’s not a huge success we will just quit and go back to our 4% margin machine the PS5. More spider-man and Horizon, horizon then spider-man all with a controller that stinks, and somehow thats the market leader. This is a strange hobby at times.

@NEStalgia PSVR owners deserve better from Sony. It feels like Sony made it just to say they have it or that they could make one. Cause i just don’t see the attention from them to grow it and take it more seriously. Now i could be wrong as i don’t follow that info much. I see what i see and don’t look to get more information. I know it’s a big deal to you and many others and mostly i see customers speaking to its potential and not actual delivery from Sony.

@smoreon you make great points. Something i rarely see anyone say is the difference from convex and concave. Concave my thumbs rest in it and stay to it. Convex i just slip off every few seconds. PS1 controller was the best Sony controller for a long time, Dual sense would be if it was smaller and didn’t have squared off sharp edges. Why it’s not rounded like every other controller is beyond my understanding. Yet everyone and their cat loves the thing. Good for them, i much much prefer my Xbox controllers. Switch Pro controller is really good too. The battery life on that thing is insanely long.

@NEStalgia i forgot about Haze… how did i do that? 🙄

I mean the PS3 struggled for a while. MGS4 was amazing. But again that dang controller made playing those exclusives so much less exciting for me. PS4 the controller was doable for me. Not my everyday but passable. Then they said let’s make a fat tall controller but add motion motors and feedback every where, oh and we have to keep the often used touch pad 🙄

I blame Jimbo!

@Banjo- they spend all the money on the hardware and cheap out on the controller it seems, but thats just a guess. But honestly think about it, most Switches, PS5’s and Series are working with low break downs this gen. Not to much fan noise. So thats a win, but the controller are made so bad it’s laughable compared to generations past like you said. Again i am just guessing as i don’t truly know.

@smoreon from the very little that has leaked that I’ve read it will be in Unreal engine 5 and look stunning. Gameplay is rumored to play a little different. Details are fairly light on it from what I’ve seen and i was surprised it leaked on here.

@smoreon not as much as some would have you think you should haha, whenever i mention bad Sony controller on Push i get heck for it all the time. I mean i have owned every PS, and i like their consoles and games. But i have never thought Sony ever had the best controller of any generation.

@Banjo- the layout and battery life is for sure trash to me. But as far as the build.. I’ve been lucky and not had any issues on any of my controllers. Which is saying something for how many hours i got in on some of them. I will however trade or sell my Xbox controllers and get 2 new Sebile ones if they launch it.

@NEStalgia Phil was usurped by Nadella, I wonder if Nadella was really usurped by Gates and we're back to 90's bad microsoft after all.

There was a good decade of MS? HAHA i kid I kid… not really 😅

Oh yeah man Lair was so good as i was told by PS hardcore. I was like there is no way i am taking a break from Resistance fall of man. Which was a good game but playing it on that controller was like putting your fingers in a moving bike tires spokes.

@NEStalgia not to butt in and interrupt but the Six axis from PS3 is the worse controller ever. I mean that thing was dog s***! Nothing about it was good. Playing a shooter on it was insanely bad.

@GuyinPA75 i can’t argue with that. Sony needs to ditch the touchpad. It’s never used for much and takes up a lot of space. The share and options button’s on dual sense are in goofy spots cause of the touchpad. I never liked PS controllers, always just used them. PS3 Six axis was the worse.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner yeah i am looking forward to the Xbox controller refresh. That solves many issues that you mentioned and you are right. But the layout is just so good in my hands and i like the textured grip better than Sony’s. Both controllers had quality issues in the beginning that seems to have gotten better.

@JudasOmega thanks, yeah i own all 3 and i like all 3 for different reasons. But man Sony controllers just never feel good in my hands and this one is just to fat and tall for most games i prefer to play. So i limit it to the exclusives. Even beating the last of us on there was hurting my wrist and hands and trigger finger tho. So Xbox is my main platform for sure and i don’t see that changing any time soon. I learnt to never say never in this business.

@Banjo- yeah they weren’t even in the ballpark with those claims. Typical and they won’t come out and say they were wrong either.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner yeah and at the end of the day i prefer to play on Xbox. I like the controller, Ui and Dolby Vision more. Not saying i don’t like my PS5. I just use it for exclusives only like Nintendo. So much of all these rumors don’t do much for me. Unless Sony ever released a controller i like better then i might take more notice in where games are going.

@Banjo- I’ll throw in they said if COD comes to GP there would be a new expensive tier and that is not true we now know. MS hate online makes more money than positive news for any platform. The truth is most people want to see and do negative over positive.

So i have been hearing Halo runmors for around a month or so. All they would leak is there is 2 Halo games in development with one being further along than the other and they are switching to unreal engine 5. Suppose to look stunning and also that the Halo MCC collection is coming to PS5. Not sure how it will all go down. But i would love to see more Halo and for it to be good.

@MrMagic yeah rare makes awful games until they come to PS and sell boat loads. I kid i kid… most games these days are online but i would love to see rare do a Banjo game for Xbox. There is a rumor they are working on it with another team and it could even be shown this Sunday. I’ll believe it when i see it. But that would be killer.

@GuyinPA75 i personally didn’t. But you can see the survey online for it. It asked a lot of questions. Seems like they are taking better build quality very serious. Then there was a few questions about LED lighting and a few cosmetic designs. It was only a few months ago if i remember right.

@Fiendish-Beaver HAHA fair enough. You are right about that.
I really want that new Sebile controller to come out. It’s the perfect update to my favorite controller. Elite 3 has to be somewhat close. It’s been a long time. There has been some survey’s asking what players want for the elite 3. So that tells me they are doing one at least, but when? Man i am excited for the showcase. Seems like the one that will speak to me the most.

@Nexozi agreed. The industry is changing and i think exclusives will be more and more less seen. But they need some. Even if they only keep them for a year or two.

All i need is Gears collection, Gears 6 and the Sebile controller. Everything else will just be nice to see and appreciated. But those 3 things will make the show for me. A+ show.

@Fiendish-Beaver we are on it buddy. You have been saying shadow drop on the collection for a while now. I hope you are right. That would be so cool and really make the show.

@Nexozi yeah I’ve seen many places saying it’s going to PS5. Which is crazy but thats what they do now.

Shadow Drop the Marcus Fenix collection. That would rock my socks off. I would play that so much. My favorite trilogy ever and easily favorite Xbox IP. Sunday needs to get here i am excited for whats to be at the showcase. The handheld is for sure coming in 2025 or so but even light details would be nice to see.

@Nexozi yeah it’s suppose to be in UE5 looking great. Hope to see it at the showcase. Same with Gears 6, some people that seen it say’s it’s the best looking video game ever made. High marks. Time will tell 😊

@Nexozi all the games in unreal engine 5 is a dream game for me. Not to say anything is wrong with the 360 ones. It’s just thats my favorite trilogy ever made and to get it with new modern tech is exciting to me. Plus it will bring back the multiplayer and add PC players. I enjoy seeing older games get new tech upgrades.

Please shadow drop Gears of War collection. I would lose my mind!

I like that. Even tho I don’t have any physical games. Good looking artwork. I wish there was more steel cases for games i do love. Those I would buy just to have and display.