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@GuyinPA75 Pandemic's Star War Battlefront 1 and 2 are some of the most loved video games out there. So much so they still had players on PC using the original and modded version before this release ever came out.

Picking it up day one.

There really is nothing like that 90-2000's Star Wars videogame aesthetic.

The backwards compatibility enhancements.

@Pastellioli Same. Only reason I knew it existed was this website. Then, very shortly at release, a multi box ad for it for maybe a week or two?

@Pastellioli Yea. Microsoft is starting to feel like Square Enix tbh. Setting games up for failure then moaning about it.

@OldGamer999 Couldn't have said it better myself. One thing is for sure, I save some money now with how much pickier I am due to all the "same ol'-same ol". Buying the same game with a different coat of paint, name, and different developer, 3 times a year gets old after all.

@OldGamer999 I can't say I've ever just been a one console person. They've pretty much always had their ups and downs.

But I definitely agree from my perspective as well. Previously, particular PS3/360, both had banger after banger and it was hard to keep up. So you could just have one and always have some new, amazing, first party, AAA, thing.

This gen though, I feel like owning them all was just kind of a waste. I was all into it at the beginning, but now it just feels like I should have just stuck to one+switch and get everything else on PC. Most things are just kinda commercially ruined and devoid of heart resulting in bland games.

They're just not even trying to hide it anymore. Turning everything into mobile games with pretty paint and tons of microtransactions.

This has been the least exciting generation overall by a mile. 😢 I'm honestly feeling like VR is starting to beat out regular gaming for me. Especially now that I have got one of them new fangled VR treadmills.

Now imagine how bad it is when you have 12k followers. I've turned off notifications completely. Not sure they can really do much so long as you can sent messages from PCs and phones.

@BBB May I direct you to Bombrush Cyberfunk? FutureGrind? Sunset Overdrive? Butterflies? Hover?

New IPs in this type of genre tend to be flops. Better to use an established IP or sequel to try to move some copies.

At least with a remake, a proper one at least, it sticks very closely to the original. So people like myself, who have been wanting a Jet Set Radio Future remake, unlike the Jet Grind Radio remake we got, would be all over it.

@Cikajovazmaj You're correct. Nothing about this video indicated this worked out positively in any way. And given we know the Series X struggles to hit 60FPS in cities, sounds like it would be a bad experience on the Series S.

@TheSimulator It makes perfect sense. And he probably did. That doesn't mean he had final say though.

@RIghteousNixon If we're being Distinct 9 in to it, a good portion of those props were redesigns of the ones they made for Halo 3's Believe ad campaign and the Halo movie they were working on before it was canned.

You can even go so far as to see some of them reourposed further for James Cameron's Avatar.

@OldGamer999 I still remember being absolutely floored by the level of environmental destruction that game had. And the day I bead that final boss was one of my happiest when it comes to gaming.

Also had me learn an unnecessary amount about Minamoto Raikou. Got in trouble at school once looking up information on a computer about him. 😂

@TheSimulator No. Still current hardware. IE no gyro or haptics like the rumored refresh for the new SKUs this year.

@UltraGuy Otogi, ChromeHounds, Murakumo, Steel Battalion, Ninja Blade, Tenchu: Shadow Assault, Enchanted Arms. All Xbox exclusive. And I know I'm missing more.

Even Metal Wolf Chaos was an Xbox exclusive until the XboxOne/PS4 rerelease.

As a matter of fact, Xbox has the most number of original IP exclusives from FromSoft as well.

@Fiendish-Beaver Part of me wonders if the companies don't want to pay a licensing fee, or if Microsoft is stingy with it. Because we DO see third party wireless controllers. They're just rare as a Tasmanian Tiger

Now give us a fully imagined New Vegas level where we can fly a Vertibird. Kinda like they did with Arrakis and the ornithopter.

@Lup what are you on about? FromSoft was never Sony exclusive and they've made games for literally every generation of Xbox. And multiple Xbox exclusives at that.

Only time you could have ever called them exclusive was PS1/N64 days. They ever released on Dreamcast.

Sounds like they're addressing the wrong rumor given the biggest one is because of the Series S holding things back. Again.

Dang. Was excited for a minute then saw it was wired. Between kids, animals, and being a decent distance from the TV, wired controllers just don't cut it any more.

Been holding out on plunking down on a new controller until the official refresh that is supposed to have a gyro. How is it 2024 and literally everything, including my TV, has a gyro but not the Xbox controller?

Though that Turtle Beach Stealth is kinda appealing since it is wireless.

Wait. What? We're getting the Gex trilogy on Xbox?

I'm too excited to know what to do with this information.

Own the HD version for the 360. Definitely gonna need a good reason to buy it again.

Well this doesn't inspire confidence.
Makes me concerned for any previously purchased season passes or even just games in general.

@ValentineMeikin In house engine or not doesn't matter. If you say, told iD to make an Elder Doom game on 343's Splitstream engine, they'd still have to completely learn it. And the entire time learning it, figuring out how to optimize, etc, is time and money taken away from development time.

Just because one team uses an engine doesn't mean every team uses the same one, or even knows how to.

@GamingFan4Lyf Same reason games still release on UE3 and UE4. Cost of development.

You can bet that any game that was developed on MT during this time was deemed to not be something that would sell well on Xbox. So they used an established engine people were already familiar and/or developing on to save costs since poor sells and the dev time for an Xbox version would actually reduce profits.

Oooh. I will definitely check this out.

@Ralizah @anoyonmus I can't agree. I have every platform I clouding two Series X and a gaming PC and laptop. And I've been "PC" gaming since the Commodore 64.

My PC is used for a specific set of games. Primarily VR and mouse only games.

I prefer shooters on controllers for example. And if I want to do that on PC I have to play against mouse and keyboard users. So I either have to use my steam controller, which is great for games like Foxhole, but not really shooters IMO, or wait for an Xbox controller with a gyro.

My Xbox are used for anything multi-player, shooters, and some other things, as that's where all my friends are. Meanwhile my Ninty and Sony platforms are for single player games only. Barring outliers that also happen to have multi-player like sya Mario Kart or Animal Crossing.

You also have the bit where console games generally launch in better state than the PC version. Especially if the PC version is a d***waving contest between AMD and NVIDIA essentially segregating performance for games between GPU mabufacturers.

I am incredible excited for this one.

Finally. I've been waiting on news on this. Every time I fire up the 360 no deals have been showing.

Now just gotta compare these against digital monster nly things that were never made backwards compatible.

@GeorgeKal It isn't easy at all. Between having to move over to using a split memory pool with various speeds across multiple SKUs, to a completely different type of APU, it takes quite a bit of work.

Enough work they decided that paying everyone the hours, as well as publishing, distributing, and after Xbox takes their cut, the amount they'd make back is either less or too close to what was spent, to make a profit.

Xbox's install base is less than half of Sony, greater if you include last gen, as games are still being released there. And Nintendo outsells both Xbox and Playstation combined.

Then you have to factor the genre attach rate of Xbox. Where if it isn't a shooter, the attach rate is pretty abysmal. So of the already smaller audience on Xbox, you've an even smaller one still that's interested in these types of games.

Then you have the audience like me that owns every platform. And I'm not waiting for an Xbox release to buy something if it is elsewhere already.

@GeorgeKal It is likely opposite they did they math and found that the R&D to make an Xbox version would cost more than the potential sales they'd receive. So they're actually saving money by not releasing in Xbox.

@thefly0810 They do. They're just very particular on the wireless controllers they allow.

@Krzzystuff I can't really agree. It definitely fell off with the Xbox One. Prior to that they knew how to ad campaign.

The OG Xbox'S marketing was fantastic. Everything from the in-your-face ads, typical of the time, and the iconic green x tearing open.

And they turned it up higher for the 360. In my opinion you'll never see a better ad campaign for anything than what was done with Halo 3's Believe campaign. I between Blomkamp's amazing live action work(still mad his Halo movie was canceled) and the diaoramas with the vet actors. So good. And while that stands out, they were repeatedly on top of their game. Even going so far as to do a TV show for Viva Pinata and collectible cards.

It was only really in the Xbox One era, but in particularly after Nadella took over Microsoft, that it pretty much died out. Though he has repeated shown he is not a fan of hardware and would prefer Microsoft be software only.

I guess Unity is needs a PR guy with all they bad press they've been getting.

Would be great to try. But it disables achievements.

If they're going to be charging for mods, they they need to be curating them properly. There is no reason mods that aren't cheats should disable achievements.

@Kooky_Geezer Weird. I if a game does 60fps I pretty much never have an issue on my Series X. No issues arise when I an playing at 120fps though.

@dreadful The most rabid fans I've seen of this game have been women. Never did understand this "argument". Women like looking at women just as much as men do. More so, depending on the statistics you look at.

Nope. Two launch Series Xs. No need for another.

My body is absolutely not ready.

Was hyped until they finally added the store details showing there's no 4-player, split screen, zombies. I reckon we'll be sticking to BLOPS4.

@oopsiezz How do you expect a small indie dev to provide dedicated servers?

The only reason this is even happening to begin with is because Microsoft offered to step in.

@Jenkinss Nah there are no limits on third party dedicated servers, players can run so long as the game supports it. Pretty much everything from Space Engineers to Arma Reforger and Ark supports them.

Now first party, dedicated servers, the player can run? Yes. Pretty much unheard of.

They definitely need a way to filter for only mods that don't disable achievements.

Linear? LINEAR?!

We're finally getting another game that doesn't have open world stuff tacked on?

Now that's what I'm talking about.

Not everything has to be open world. And that's okay.

@LikelySatan Exactly. I'm going through gh New Vegas Right now for the first time. Currently level 50, and doing Lonesome Road. And man. You can tell they can really do Fallout, especially in the DLC where they had more time to fill them out.

So.... Parity issue?

@themightyant Realistically, it could never be a different design.

Microsoft spend a metric ton in developing the mother/daughter board set up with the giant heat sink in the middle.

Anything else would have required whole new R&D. The X is a much more though out layout than just a MOBO with soem fans and heatsinks slapped on.

And the inside of the Series X is wall to wall. You don't have like an inch of buffer like you have had on pretty much every other console.

The thing also isn't rigig because of a solid frame. It is rigid because it is well to wall hardware. The guts just kinda slip in and out like a well fit glove.

@GuyinPA75 Agreed. I'd have been happy with just confirmation of the new controller revision. Because that by extension would have essentially been confirmation a revised elite was coming as well.

And that's exactly why there's no need to buy Xbox anymore.

Might as well buy the better hardware with more features instead of the Xbox which is still missing controller features introduced as far back as 2006 on the Wii, that is somehow standard for everyone in the industry, except Xbox.

As someone with two day one Series Xs, and been here since 2001, I legitimately don't ever forsee buying another Xbox. And as a huge fan, even have 20th anniversaey hoody, that is sad to say.

@CallMeDuraSouka Wait until you hear I never bothered unlocking the jet pack. 😂

No thanks. Let me download everything and play it.

Was already skipping it because they skipped 4 player split screen zombies. But this isn't doing it any favors.

Over 200 hours in a melee main and this sounds like a fantastic change.

Nothing shown of this has been instilling any hope for the game.

Gonna be a great bargain bin purchase. Konami is on the F-list with how they've been doing their IPs.