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@carlos82 @rustyduck i really like seeing some Quake posts on here. I have been asking for a Quake reboot like the doom game got. I love fast paced shooters in smaller maps. If they did that with Quake, i would be all over that. Quake Arena style shooter would be one of the only shooters that could pull me away from Gears of War multiplayer and Black Op’s multiplayer.

@Fiendish-Beaver : Gears of War: The Marcus Fenix Trilogy remaster. Hopefully all the rumours of this game are real, and hopefully the game is actually ready, with a shadow-drop on the day of the reveal so as to tide us over until the release of Gears 6”

Every word you said here is what i need the show to be for me.

@NEStalgia great points and all true. I am on ARM guy. For as much as i like about them there is always trade off. I see MS using ARM in the handheld, where it would be less hot and give it a huge advantage in battery life over the competition. All next gen Xbox rumors i have seen have been saying AMD. With a decent CPU. Man CPU is always the bottle neck for consoles. But i do think MS will have AI in the next Xbox and for sure in the handheld. Tech is so wide in todays world that as much as people want their to be a one size fits all tech, thats just not how it works. X86 and ARM both have their pro’s and con’s and are better for a certain device over the other. I am not sure that changes just yet and again i like ARM. But if Xbox didn’t use ARM in the handheld i would be a bit surprised not going to lie. I think that makes sense and all they need to do is make sure the BC is there. Time will tell cause i think we start to hear about the handheld plans in 2025.

@InterceptorAlpha and that is possible and a great point. I could see that. I think it will need some little extra perk so it’s not all centered around COD. That way it can still sell to others that don’t like COD but see the reason to join that tier. What that perk alongside COD would be, i have no the slightest idea.

@OldGamer999 agreed. Yeah it shouldn’t. That would be way wrong.

@OldGamer999 not so sure we don’t see a price increase. But i buy my games digitally so it won’t hit me. But i am sure we will see some new tier’s as been rumored.

@NEStalgia so i know a decent amount about ARM. I really like it. I ain’t saying if it’s right or not for Xbox. But this rumor was a thing a year or so ago. It kind of died off. The new ARM Surface Pro and Surface laptop are blowing the doors off in performance tests. Not yet the real world experience but it helped surface cut the gap and even lead in some cases over the M chips in the MacBook Air and MacBooks. MS was looking into making their own chips so this all could be very true and if so. Maybe this is their way forward. If and thats a big IF!!! This took off that could leave Sony in a spot where they would have a mess to catch up. Especially in backwards compatibility. This ties into Sara saying they are working on forward and backwards compatibility and i thought that meant a change to Nvida or Arm.

I am so hopeful the rumor, tho some now say it’s been confirmed that this COD is Series X/S and PC/PS5 only. Bye bye last gen. That will make this an exciting game for me this year. I want to see how much they can turn it up without having to use older hardware. 24 hours after COD was announced for GP, Series X sales on Amazon were up 220%. They didn’t report Series S numbers. But i think a lot of Xbox one players will come over for Black Ops. Then next year GTA6 and last gen should largely be moved over.

@NEStalgia Metro was the greatest thing to ever happen to the Mac. It drove numbers of users to the Apple platform.

I will say the COD effect is slowing taking shape. The day after the news broke that COD was coming to GP the sales of Series X was up 220% on amazon. Throw this Ui in and they are pushing players to some sort of Xbox software. Can’t say I’m excited for this, but i suppose i see their angle.

@ZuneTattooGuy there’s a good chance they didn’t have the tech in the last generation to make the games vision they wanted to produce. Not making excuses, just saying sometimes big idea games like this pick and choose their spots. Last gen they had Red Dead 2 doing very well and pushing that tech to its limits. I believe GTA 6 will be a game from a tech standpoint that we be truly next gen. Hell 6 years later and RDR2 is better than most PS5/ Series X games.

@NEStalgia yeah i have lately been talking myself out of it with our conversations and just my own thoughts. I give Sony some heck cause of the controller. But outside not loving their controller i would be fine using a PS5 Pro and PS6 as my main driver. The Ui while not my favorite is still decent, even if it does take 6-7 clicks vs 3-4 on Xbox. Even more if you want to get to the games app. WHY is that on the very end and not front row Sony? But i know those YouTubers aren’t saying it all. I have friends that play on PC. They love it and make fun of consoles and it is what it is for them, they are also more in the rabbit hole on PC’s then me. I am not here trying to sound smarter than i am. I over pay for Apple products because they are intuitive and easy to use. I like consoles because when i ask them to do their job it just works. Does that sound lazy to PC users and gamers? Maybe, but i fish and hunt, i try and spend time with family and friends. I am not saying i don’t have time to game, trust me i do and I make time for it. 800 hours on D4 in a year. But my point is i don’t want my time to be learning how to fix or update something i spent all that money on when i could be gaming, then i am going to be frustrated and hope into a game not relaxed. That just don’t sound good for me. I would take a PC that is a Xbox like you have detailed they might do. That sounds excellent. Trying to remember if i know how to use Legos HAHAHA. I’ll get back to you on that.

@Banjo- i agree and think that would be the best fit for them. If they can turn their hardware around just enough to make it competitive and good business for them they are set. Cause they are raking in cash on software.

@NEStalgia those are a lot of the points that i don’t like about PC. I enjoy my Mac computers even less and less over the years, why? Cause 98% of what i do when i leave my work computer (windows) i don’t do at home on my Mac and iPad. I am not some computer science major, i know enough to make a living using one. I know maybe enough to sound smart to the average user and thats it. So all the basic functions i use at home. I can do quicker and easier on my iPad. Sure i think Apple gimps the iPad so it don’t cut into Mac sales and yes they have a point that a touch based Os on small screens isn’t a great experience. But i love my iPad with the keyboard and mouse. I am not saying to anyone it’s a PC replacement, it’s not. But for 90% of people it can be. I won’t go into how expensive iPad is cause it’s insane. So back to PC gaming. I am not going to be good at most of what i would need to do outside of gaming. Let’s be clear on this, i don’t know how to build them, i am unaware of compatibility and certain updates needed. I can’t use mouse and keyboard for games. I would want a controller, yes even for Diablo 4 on PC i would play it with a Xbox controller and i haven’t even gotten to price yet which is more than I’d like to spend. My work office/desk from home is small, so i would need a new desk, chair, monitor thats another expense. I already have great audio/ video setup for my consoles. I took the bait from the Tango closing and Xbox games coming to PS5 and ran with my favorite console is dying, i better run to PC. But is it dying? Not really, sure MS could do better but i am not convinced Xbox hardware is getting the plugged pulled anytime soon and if it does there’s still PS6. Sure it’s not my favorite but it works. I don’t know. You have a more sensible approach to what PC gaming is like, the videos i watch online try and disprove that notion and make it seem like it’s plug and play. I trust you over someone looking for clicks and free PC parts hahaha those YouTubers are about as truthful as ole JIMBO.

@NEStalgia yeah thats a great point about having to enjoy all of the hobby and not just the fun part. I am still not sure i want to go PC and it’s because i know i would want high end specs to just run everything much better than console, plus i see a lot of ports on PC not run well on medium settings cause the port teams don’t know how to optimize for PC as well as they do console. They just assume the extra power will be enough to run the game. Last of Us was a mess on PC at launch as an example. Not sure i want the bad ports and have to wait for them to correct it when i spent that kind of money. Gears of War on a high end PC will look so good it will tempt me. Otherwise i am fine with console most of the time.

@Banjo- im glad it made sense, cause sometimes i am overthinking what they could do to get hardware moving and maybe it’s GP having more big titles over time but maybe it’s not. I do think the S will be the Handheld and the X will be the under the TV console and thats a good strategy. However build the console really powerful and make sure it’s a 60fps machine for unreal engine 5 games.

@NEStalgia you couldn’t give me a portal cause it’s the one thing i don’t love about PS. The controller. I mean it’s an ok controller. Honestly if the triggers were better and they shrunk it down in size by removing the touchpad, I would be fine with the dual sense. Yeah man i just don’t know if i want the headache with PC. I am playing a lot right now of the new season in diablo 4 and there is a warning on it with NVIDA, saying they are aware and to disable something. Meanwhile i am playing and it runs smooth.

I agree big time and you hit the nail square on the head by saying MS games on PS will be like Square are they coming or not and if so when. That was a money and a half statement.

@NEStalgia yeah man windows updates and passwords all sound like hell to me. But it is part of playing on PC. I think Xbox lives on i just need to know why i need to own it outside of controller and Ui. But maybe it’s just cause i like it better and not worry about if Gears is coming to PS5. Let that be good and exciting for those that don’t want a Xbox. PC is my last resort. Xbox and PS will have to really suck and it’s possible they will. I think Xbox should say you know what we aren’t going to sell much to causals and the ones we do we could get them in on a handheld that docks to the tv so let our console be insane expensive and powerful for the hardcore group and let Sony be more console power and form factor. I would go for that. I would and i ain’t saying everyone or yourself would agree, but i would pay $700-$800 for a Xbox that is capable of being a powerhouse that avoids updates and drivers and all that PC stuff. Sure it might only hit 25 million in sales. But thats not to far off from where they are now and the rest would be happy with the docked handheld experience. If it were to live on like that I would be all in. Dev’s won’t care if it has low install numbers cause they are porting the PC game. The handheld software would fall somewhere around PS6-Switch 2, so that would be the real work for the devs. Not saying they will, but anything to keep me off PC would be fine. Also if it uses windows and PC software mouse and keyboard should be a option, so many WOW comes out to it and i would jump back into that. Throw the mobile store on the handheld and now they are selling to their full strength of the ABK buyout. They would have a place for WOW and Diablo, COD and Candy Crush. On thing is for sure and thats somewhere JIMBO is asking why you didn’t just buy a PS Portal and avoid the windows updates.

@NEStalgia i hear all those points. Just not sure what direction i want to take for the rest of this gen and next. The upcoming game shows in May and June will hopefully help some. Sony say’s they will show their 3 year plan. Which i think we can all guess is more PC and first party games. Xbox will show some great content i have no doubt but how much of it is coming soon and is it all going to PS5? If so that makes their show as much a PS show as a Xbox show. Takes some of the excitement away from it. At least for me it does. Time will tell, i do hope MS get’s back to console like the OG with a handheld on the side cause doesn’t that just seem safe? I mean the devs will just port the PC version over would be my guess. That seems like a win for all parties included.

Really excited, now Red Dead is my favorite of course. But I’m excited cause much like when Red Dead 2 came out it was pushing the tech at the time very hard and showing what could be done. Not to mention it was a great open world experience. I expect GTA6 to do all that but with today’s tech and features. I think this game much like RDR2 will make other games look dated or lazy in comparison. Now if it’s not a game some of you like to play, i can understand. But i like it and think it will be of those games that set’s the bar and breaks sales records at the same time.

@NEStalgia if Nintendo was on mobile the world couldn’t print enough money fast enough to keep up HAHA.

Well i would say the 360 did a little bit of what Xbox was hoping. Remember it was the console that had PC architecture over the cell. It was responsible for bring COD and others from PC to console. While the cell was a mess for it. Hence Sony’s switch with the PS4. 360 was bringing games only ever playable on PC. Plus they had great deals with dev’s to make sure they had big releases when they needed the,m. Unlike the Xbox One that went on droughts like the Texas rain. So i think the 360 did a lot of what they built it to do. Even if the strategy did change some. OG Xbox changed gaming on console in a really great way also, at least for me. But dang it.. the Xbox one was my console purely based on liking the controller mostly. Later it was because the One X ran RDR2 best. Series X i am still wondering if i really like it for more than Ui and controller over PS5. We need a reason and GP isn’t for me or shall I say does much for me. It’s good for what it is. Hoping this showcase gives us great reason to be excited for it and not just hey it’s here if you want to use it.

I so wish this game would get a heavy remaster. Bring it up to current gen graphics. But the PS5 copy at least runs at 60fps. Speaking of 60fps, i think i am giving up on it ever coming to RDR2 on console. Players and fan’s been asking for it for years now. Not a word from rockstar about it. All the game did was sell over 50 million units so you know… it’s not a priority for rockstar.

@Romans12 maybe not, rumor has it Sony wants the marketing rights for GTA like they had for COD. Sony wants casual gamers to know PS5 Pro plays GTA best. Rockstar will take a check from Sony cause they’re Rockstar!

@NEStalgia MS screwing something up isn’t surprising news to me. Even Halo was a Mac and Apple thing they bought. They just don’t do creative and entertainment well at all. Never have. That’s more an Apple, Samsung, Sony and others thing. Look at Google they are like MS in a lot of ways with their Apps. They try something hoping it will be big and then a year or so later they closed it down and move on to the next. Google has closed down more apps than they have kept open. They have some MS in them. I think the Xbox 360 fooled us into thinking MS is going to be a major player in console and then they screwed it up. Now it seems like it going to take forever to reverse their mistakes and what do they do? Make more mistakes. Can’t make this stuff up i tell ya.

@NEStalgia @OldGamer999 the one thing the video game or tech industry should teach you is a min is a hour and a year is an eternity. Things happen and change so fast in tech. Console’s and mobile phones are tribal tho. Hard to get users to uproot. Rightfully so. I just for the love of me can’t believe MS plan is to just buy up ABK have no plan for its budget and expense and leave the console market. MS and Apple has some of the best people on earth giving them trends and info along with financial reports. I don’t get guys. I just can’t make sense of what they want to do outside of wait out the future for PC, Cloud and Mobile. It’s well written MS wanted ABK for PC and Mobile. Console wise they wouldn’t have done it, and even the strict and uneducated European courts were like we clear this deal on the console side. It’s Cloud holding us back. MS fought it and i knew at that point they are look Loooooong down the road with this deal and even short in the sense of getting a mobile store front out of it. Damn i wish i knew where this ended up. Gears of war is my top 3 franchise all time alongside Diablo and Red Dead. This showcase next month is suppose to be Gears heavy. Maybe this is my swan song exit but damn it i am going to enjoy it. No internet rumors or MS idiots are going to stop me from seeing Gears back on stage something many years ago brought me and my cousins online together over Xbox Live to play together and countless friends chainsawing hordes. Outside of getting super Mario Bros 3 for a birthday gift has any game meant so much to me. To see it on PS potentially is just insane how the tech world can change on a dime.

This game is going to crush all games coming out next to it and after. We are talking over a decade in the making. Fan’s might even jump off COD and Fortnite to play this. PS5 Pro was build with it in mind is still my opinion. Sony has some marketing deal with it i just know it.

Good to see new studios opening, the industry has talent waiting at home unless they of course decided on a career change. This won’t get everyone back to work, but it’s good to see. Exciting even!

@NEStalgia don’t you mean call from Booty!! Hahaha JIMBO!

@OldGamer999 yeah i understand that completely. It’s a tough call and you have to do what’s best for you. I just don’t see them leaving the hardware space. They have a handheld coming up, next gen console likely. I think they stick with a PC small form factor Xbox hardware for a long time. I also don’t think we will see Gears 6 on PS5 soon. They will use those games to keep hardware sales and GP going. Gears collection on PS5 could be day 1 from what i am seeing and hearing. They really open their mouth too much and make us players question everything instead of just enjoy the hobby.

@OldGamer999 just hang in there with me buddy, if we are going down we are staying on the ship to the end. Thats what fan’s do. I think we will be ok. I still think they see the money in gaming and know they need to stick in this business and not leave it like they did mobile phones. But I’d be lying if I didn’t say i am getting concerned and annoyed with all the bad news lately. They must really have a heck of a showcase coming trying to get all the bad news out first haha

@OldGamer999 Buddy. The writing is on the wall, MS will keep Xbox around for the 30-40 million players that want it. But they are chasing the big money on Mobile, PC and Cloud. Yes Cloud in the future will be big money. I think after this Gen or slightly before it ends, i will Grab my Switch 2 and head to PC. NEVER did I think i would go to PC after being a console guy for 30 years. I still want to wait until this May show where Sony say’s they will lay out their plans for the next 3 years. Want to see what their PC plans are first.

@Savage_Joe cause you like the ecosystem, controllers etc etc and if not run to PS, they get your money there. Don’t like PS, run to PC, Cloud or Mobile, they got your money there. This is no longer about the console for MS and starting to become the industry as we seen Sony and Square say this week they are going to PC sooner and for good. In a decade we will be looking at Mobile, PC and Cloud as the growth and software leaders. MS will continue to keep Xbox around for it’s 40-50 million player base and the gaming world moves on to where the next set of younger kids becoming adults want to spend their money on and it’s likely not console.

@GamingFan4Lyf as a Mac user we love ole Satya. He gave us the only useful things a Windows PC has and thats Excel and PowerPoint. With those on Mac under his leadership i now have the best PC (Mac) in the world software wise. Well not counting gaming cause we know Apple isn’t going to do that. But my point is you are right Satya loves to sell software and doesn’t want hardware to be the divide between a customer. MS is playing the long game of Mobile, PC and Cloud. They know they aren’t going to move the needle much in the console space and the console space is having the leader Sony run at 4% profit models and running to PC. That shows MS all they need to see. Cause they know they aren’t going to sell PS numbers and yet with those results it wouldn’t matter if they did.

@sonicbooming the one i want was code named Sebile. I haven’t seen or heard anything on it since the FTC leak.

Good for those that need it. Nice to see things Iike this exist. Now MS when are you going to talk and show that new controller code named Sebile? I want that day one. Already trading in all my older ones for 2 new ones. It was leaked for May 2024 and here we are.

@GamingFan4Lyf i’’m right there with my friend. I am going to see how they do over the next year or so and continue to save money on the side. Cause of course i am going all in if i do PC. Never did PC gaming before. So i want all the settings HAHA 4090 or 5090 and treat myself. However i would like to hear more about what the next Xbox is before doing so. Plus i am weird and love to save money and then find a reason not to have to use it. At least we would save on GP and PSN a year. For me thats $200 a year or so. Plus i can finally play redneck rampage.. haha

@RedShirtRod thats an excellent point and well delivered. I do think sometimes we forget Xbox makes money. Especially with the ABK move. But man they need to get some hardware out and show how good it can be. Cause the series consoles are well made. Now if we could only get the improved controller that was leaked. Be even better. Good post.

@nomither6 yeah i may or may not keep the Xbox around if i go PC. Honestly these days i am just happy to play a handful of the games i love and go way down the rabbit hole with them then try a bunch of busted games at launch. If i can play Diablo, Gears of War and Red Dead Redemption then i am fine. I have 800 hours on Diablo 4. The new season 4 is insanely good. So PC would do me just fine for those titles. Of course I’d love to see MS pull its head out of its backside and turn Xbox around. But that is looking like a tall order at this point. They would need a GTA6 level type exclusive game that sells gangbusters and brings every one over to the platform and i don’t see GTA’s growing on trees.

@TakeItEasy i am close to making the switch from Xbox to PC. Just not sure yet and want to save up more money for it. Sad to see MS with all the money and resources they have be so bad at gaming. They just don’t learn and continue to shoot their own toes off.

@PROPS thats awesome, you been with them since the start. Oh heck yes Quake 3 was insanely fun. If they remastered that for Xbox and PC, i would day one that as well. I was just hoping the rumors of a Quake reboot in the way of the Doom reboot is real cause that would be an outstanding game. Unlikely we hear about it this year since Doom Zero seems to be real. But i am sure that will be a killer title. ID rarely if ever misses.

@NEStalgia wow there is just no way I’d want to use a PS controller on PC. That trackpad is so lame to me. But if it has to stay can we for the love of god get concave sticks. Convex just slips right off my thumbs. That’s why i can’t use it well on shooters. Well one of the reasons.

@NEStalgia is it to much to ask for Phil to nuke rockstar for not updating RDR2 to 60 fps on Series X? If so nuke the Sony PS controller designer. Jimbo push the red button!!

@fabio1 oh yeah Nintendo is never lacking in fun. I love their games. So much so i wish they had more power to get 3rd party titles more and i would use my Switch even more. It’s a great console and i always support Nintendo as much as i can.

@PROPS for sure, that would be great. Doom is a great IP for sure. I am just more into Quake. I remember playing Quake 3 on a friends PC and just loved it.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner yeah the N64 game was really good. I played the one on Xbox it was so so for it time. But i am excited for this one and yes i used to love playing spilt screen halo matches in the OG days.

I am hoping this one gets the love and time it needs. Cause Perfect Dark could be a nice hit for Xbox. I am interested in it. Again take your time, get it right and it will do well. Hope to see a little bit of it at the showcase. Then next year it should be one of the bigger titles to show at the 2025 Showcase.

@Banjo- i am hopeful. There was a rumor saying they are working on it. It would have a single player and multiplayer. I love fast paced shooters. Despise battle royals. So Quake would hit home with me if they did it and made it really good.

Well it’s less exciting for me than a Quake reboot. But i hope the rumors of a new Quake is still true and comes out after this Doom game. I.D is one of the best dev teams MS has. This should be a huge hit with the fans.

I love final fantasy 16, so to see that come to Xbox will be great. I have been saying it makes no sense to keep their games on one platform. PC in Japan is a decent size. I hope they see more sales as we don’t need more people losing their jobs in the industry.

@tatsumi if the rumors are true and the Switch 2 docked is as powerful as a Series S. Then it could become some players go to only. That is powerful enough to get some nice games on it for a while. The only issue i have with Nintendo is they hold onto the console to long when it’s already underpowered. 7 years with switch is just to long and showing it’s limits in year 4. So for 3 years Switch has been rough in performance as devs have done all they can with that tech. Now if Switch 3 came out say 5 years after switch 2 to gain some more power. I could see Switch like you said coming back into play with a lot of gamers that don’t care about power. The Nintendo is doomed talk always made me laugh, they are to good at their craft and knowing the business of gaming to be dead. Exactly what Xbox is showing they are bad at and thats the business side of gaming and consoles.

@IOI here’s the thing with that. MS knew what condition Xbox was in in the state of the industry before writing the check. They also knew the moment the ink dried on the paper to own ABK. 5 games weren’t in the pipeline to be ready and come out. Thats not how game development works. MS still wants to see more games come out and see what happens, hence they are well under way on work on a rumored handheld and console. Now i agree if those big hitters come out and don’t move the needle any or their future hardware bombs then plan B of being a 3rd party publisher kicks in. But i think we are years off from seeing if that happens. One thing i know about gamers is they will follow great games if in fact they are great and MS needs some great ones and they need to be on Xbox Hardware only as was said in this article. If gamers think they can just wait on these to come to PS, then MS is hurting Xbox and why even support it. I would be lying tho if i didn’t say PC is starting to look better and better to me if we are in fact watching the end of Xbox.