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@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.

@NEStalgia HAHA, don’t forget WORLD PREMIERE!

@NEStalgia no one plays Bingo like you do. HAHA

All i want is Gears of War collection this Sunday. Everything else will be icing on the cake. If it’s not there i am not sure it’s ever coming out. All the signs point to it again like it has for the last 2 years. Hope this is the time.

@rustyduck nope you aren’t alone. I would so much rather have a new Quake game over Doom. In fact a new quake game is fairly high on my overall wishlist in general.

@oopsiezz true but by then there could be close to 20 major games in it. Plus more coming so the value is there for some players. Maybe not all and those players don’t have to subscribe. Last i checked they still sell games digitally on the store as well. So it’s not as if GP players don’t have options to get games at whatever value they see fit for them.

@NEStalgia heavy agree with all that. I think something they need to do is be more hip. That sounds vague and stupid all at the same time i know. Hear me out, this won’t be easy to make sense of haha. Apple has that it hip factor. Teens flock to iPhone cause android isn’t cool or hip as i am going with. All apple products carry that hip factor to them even in area where a PC is better for a certain task. Now some of that comes down to Apple has arguably the best marketing team in the world. But Xbox needs to find a way to make Xbox cool and rad and hip and all those buzz words again. Easier said then done and i have no clue how to do that turn around. I liked when they were the bro shooter. I liked those games and that i knew the 360 had that image. It was an easy sell to someone that loved shooters. They just kind of exist with us old 360 lovers at the moment. They need to do something that makes little johnny and little Tina feel left out if they don’t have Xbox like a iPhone and that probadly just made your head explode reading and trying to understand what it was that i was trying to say. Also it wouldn’t hurt if they tried to innovate every so often instead of follow.

@NEStalgia yeah it really does get tiring. Sat and Amy Hood already said no games are off the table for other platforms. I think they really are going to bring Gears and many others to PS5 and i just don’t see how they expect to not feel the outrage. Players are going to jump ship even more if this is all true. Such strange days these days for team Xbox. I wonder what it’s like working there. Has to be wild.

@Doomcrow It would be great if my Series X controllers will work for PS6”

I already said if MS would make the Series X controller for PS with the PS symbols and logo i would main the PS as my everyday console. Cause i love the Xbox controller so much more.

@RIghteousNixon Now if MS starts bringing titles like Gears, Halo, Forza, Fable, etc. to PS…well, that’s when I no longer support what MS is trying to do as those moves would absolutely threaten the possibility of future Xbox hardware. I don’t think they will make those games available to other systems, but only time will tell…

This is my issues as well. If those titles are coming why wouldn’t most Xbox players just go PS? The rumors are all pointing to Gears Collection coming day and date to PS5. Now today i just seen a leak that say’s Gears 6 coming to PS5. Why would they do that? Gears 4 & 5 aren’t on PS5…. Well yet! The other rumor that is hard to swallow is Halo MCC is coming to PS5. Havent heard anything on Forza but my goodness what is left at that point? I’m good with Doom, Elder scrolls etc etc. but Halo, Gears and Forza i mean that leaves no reason to get a Xbox for many.

@NEStalgia exactly whats different about it? I don’t know. To much mystery around what they are doing or not doing. I don’t like the uncertainty tho.

@NEStalgia yeah good point Gabe don’t seem to be running back to MS, at least not as openly as Jimbo ran into retirement. I think MS should just sell a Xbox and keep some of the games to its platform only but they are hellbent now on being a 3rd party publisher with still making hardware. Thats something we haven’t seen before that i am aware of. We all grew up in the times of certain games were why you bought the hardware. You like Mario? Get a SNES, more of a Sonic guy, get you a Genesis. You like Final Fantasy and Tekken get a PS1. So this thing of Halo and Gears and Forza being on PS just seems so new and risky. It’s not cheap to plan and test and then build and ship consoles. So why even do it if the software is going to be given out and give players a reason to say i can wait and get some or most or even all of the MS games on my PS with all of Sony’s exclusives. Which really mean Spider-Man and Horizon, i kid i kid! 😅

Just not sure about this but the leaks and rumors and even hints from Phil say’s they might go 3rd party even with Hardware and i just don’t know i care for that. I don’t care much for HP, Asus and Dell. They are ok… but not someone i want building my Xbox. DANG YOU Sony for just not making a good controller, or shall i say comfortable. Now if MS really wants to help Sony and be everywhere they should make a Xbox controller with the PS logos and PS6 will be my favorite console ever, at the very least my favorite PS console ever.

@Decimateh you are spot on buddy. There would be no wait times. Not to mention all your games in one place. Which i like. So it will be an option for me no question.

@Decimateh never say never. It could happen. Steam and MS working together could be really big and great. I would give it a look for sure.

@themightyant im hopeful thats the case. Time will tell of course. I just hate to see them not be in a better position that they didn’t have to do this. But here we are.

@Fiendish-Beaver @NEStalgia from the rumors that are starting to leak about hardware and software from MS. It looks like they will be a 3rd party software publisher so many if not all games will come to PS and other platforms, and it looks like they will allow other hardware makers to make Xbox’s. So we will have a lot of Xbox options in hardware like a pc. If that comes true and it’s shaping up that way. That will be the explanation we are asking from them. But of course those plans will slowly take shape.

@themightyant @Fiendish-Beaver i agree they need to be more open about it. The leak was the CEO and Amy Hood of MS said no game is off the table to other platforms and they have a code name for that project now. So maybe they do have a way of rolling it out. The Rumors of Halo MCC and Gears of Wars Marcus Fenix collection coming to PS5 is everywhere right now. So it looks like plenty more to PS in the coming months.

@nomither6 i can’t say your wrong. I loved Halo 4 and thought it was one of the best looking in the series for sure. Halo fans got a little weird with what they did and didn’t like. I think it will go to UE5 and that way it will be easier to work on and bring content to and even get some help from the other teams.

I think you have to go unreal engine 5. Turn the graphics way up and make it more modern. I know they wanted to try something new with 5 and fans wanted it to go back to its roots. But a really good Halo game is still out there and if made it could get a nice following.

@Ricky-Spanish i agree, it’s crazy to think they never did anything with the series. Likely never will like you said.

@Ricky-Spanish Yeah the Orange Box on 360 was great. Does seem strange that isn’t on the Xbox store. Who know’s why. I can’t imagine how many copies a new Half life game would sell. It would print money on the PC for a few years.

@BRT15 i wouldn’t say that this year. It is rumored to be leaving behind PS4 and Xbox One and adding new movements and other new features to the gameplay. It’s been in development longer than any COD in a while as they got an extra year with it. So this is the year it changes things up for a while. Then it will be the same in 25, 26 and so on HAHA

@Ricky-Spanish true tho if they gave me a Left 4 Dead game that would be close while we wait for HL3! Haha

@Banjo- agreed he’s better at it than me. I think Xbox will find its grove since the ABK deal mainly cause the software sales are about to kick in hard. They need to figure out hardware yes. But after that, where is the weakness? I don’t see many from a financial perspective. I am the most anti Microsoft guy as it get’s and yet Xbox is my daily driver and a place i feel at home. I hope the June showcase blows the doors off!

@NEStalgia @Banjo- yeah Nes got them good on that. Had i a done that. They would have ripped me for 35 comments. HAHAHA , NES made it look easy and didn’t even get hate. Lol

Nah Banjo, NES and a few others we ain’t leaving Xbox and Pure. This is our home, i mean where else can we watch MS bigwigs shoot their toes off only to try and win us back in ways no one asks for? Jokes aside, i think the June showcase is going to be really good and we will have some good things to discuss.

@NEStalgia that was funny !!! I mean Push has a Xbox article every few days. I mean they can’t need that many clicks and comments. Then the people that comment bash the games and then turn around and ask for them to come to PS5 in a new article a week later. I mean am i making this stuff and need my head checked or am i seeing this correctly. Goodness man!

@NEStalgia true, my point is it’s hard to get an apples to apples comparison is todays tech. So many factors of whats it’s doing and then throw in the exclusive tech consoles use to get more power gains. But i would like to see Xbox stick to x86, i just think for now it makes more sense, but i really love ARM for what it does well right now and i am sure it will continue to advance as well as will X86.

Dude that controller needs a diet. Like a glass of water and a few crackers a day diet. No way i am playing Gears of war on that. Not doing it.

@NEStalgia DUDE that bingo comment on Push has me laughing still man. Dang it that was funny. I don’t think there has ever been a fan base i would love to see lose more than the hardcore PS fan’s. They are not gamers that I respect and i say that as nicely as i can.

@Banjo- yeah for sure. I mean velocity architecture and other things that consoles have into them or not in a laptop built to run spreadsheet and send emails and have security checking for viruses and updates, etc etc. consoles push way above their weight in terms of specs. I expect to see further advancements made in the next gen to gain those capabilities from lower end pc specs.

@NEStalgia one thing to consider on those ARM laptops running games at 30fps. Those aren’t optimized to be great for gaming. The system resources are hogging power and taking resources that a handheld would not need to do. Not saying that gets everything running butter smooth. But it will get more performance. Thats the thing about PC and windows I never liked, you don’t get all the power of your machine like you do on a console. If consoles had to give up the same amount of juice that a desktop and laptop did we would be seeing games run at 30fps and below in some cases. Thats why i never liked when YouTubers would take the specs of a console and compare it to a PC. You can’t. The PS5 and series X is going to run GTA6 better than most if not all similar spec’d console. Windows resource hog is a thing is my point. I don’t know where MS goes next with it console, but as long as they have one i will be happy, cause i did a little test this week.

I downloaded Xdefiant for PS5 to see if i could play a FPS game on that controller. Just in the event Xbox is no longer and the short answer is I’d go to PC and play with the Xbox controller.

It hurts my trigger finger and the paddles are just to wide and fat. I can not believe this thing sells in Japan. That size is very not Japanese. 5 generations of Sony and not one controller that i can say i loved. The consoles and games sure the controllers are insanely bad and somehow most people love them.