IronMan30

Hardware is nothing without good software. Thankfully, XSX has good software even if lacking exclusives, especially single player focused ones. I would rate it a solid B, though.

I have paid for 0 games, but "bought" 2 or 3 with points.

I'm happy that more single player games are going to be exclusive to Xbox. The console needs those.

They don't come too easily in RDR, Arkham Knight, or Witcher 3. That's for damn sure.

It didn't seem as different as I thought it would, but I'm having a great time with continuing the story. Can't complain about a free update on a game I paid $10 to buy, either way.

I own a Switch and I approve of the deal. So are we good, or no?

@NEStalgia eh, they put Tales on sale for $23.99. Then again, that game hasn't sold nearly as well as Elden Ring...

@NEStalgia Sekiro hits $30 all the time. If I said lower than that, I'd say you're right, but I can wait another year for Elden Ring to hit that price. Lol

I'll get Elden Ring when it hits $30.

I can't wait. You could even say I'm counting down the days until the sale, but that doesn't really make sense.

I've wanted this from Microsoft for a while and somewhat surprised it hasn't happened.

It's a Christmas miracle!

I've got so little time in the game, I'm glad that this is coming now. Ready to give it a try when I have my long vacation from work.

Sony has the highest brand loyalty (take that to mean what you will) of the three console manufacturers. I honestly don't think they need COD as much as they want to be able to say PS has the best version of the games.

Xbox is my third-party games console, so I really didn't miss any of the major exclusives. That being said, a release date for Starfield wouldn't upset me in the slightest.

I feel like it'll happen. Even with all the drama.

Weird I'm reading about this on Pure Xbox when I should also see it on NL. In any case, cool.

@Martsmall of course they are, but this is just to show regulators that.

This is 100% to make Sony look like fools. From all parties, really.

@Floki I rarely buy games at full price, anyway.

This is why I never complained about $70 games on PS5. I knew Xbox would follow suit. Nintendo probably will for their next console, too.

Shame this didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped.

Idk if I feel good or bad about that.

@Romans12 Jim Ryan swears that 18% is actually greater than 40%.

Pretty sure I saw this on a Direct and it looked interesting. Seems like it turned out well.

I bought Red Dead Redemption 2 with rewards points. Probably going to start that on my long Christmas holiday.

Release it on day 2, just to troll them.

"So, what's the state of play right now?"
I see what you did there.

Not much longer to wait!

I'd rather it be MS than Sony, as well.

Phil, that's all well and good but I want some more exclusives. Gimme Redfall and Starfield!

@raftos yeah, that would be nice but it still holds up well.

Very nice. I'm playing through Arkham Knight in the meantime.

It's a Christmas miracle!

I'm interested in seeing the game in action.

@BrilliantBill right, there is that. If they wait another year, everything is ready but everyone is mad. And more likely, unless it was an 11/10, gaming outlets and gamers would've torn Infinite a new one. So it is fair to say that while not optimal, that was probably the smarter move.

Someone already said it, but Halo Infinite is 100% the elephant in the room with this statement.

@Darylb88 the verge seems to think it's free.

Fwiw, I have 1 gb/s internet. I'll still probably wait until mid-December to do it.

@Darylb88 it says "update" and iirc, they said it was free but I could be wrong.

Time to reinstall for the update. Ready to beat the game.

Not a Harry Potter fan, but this looks really good.

It's a nice way to clear out the backlog.

I'll wait to see something before I feel strongly about it, but I need to play 3 and Andromeda first. I think I have plenty of time to beat them.

Maybe those can come to Xbox and, Idk, become exclusive to the console?

Am I dreaming too hard with this, or what?

Tbh, I'm a little over the moon with some of these scores. Sounds like it's a pretty good game.

@FraserG nice, looking forward to it!

So when is Pure Xbox's Sonic Frontiers review coming? I prefer Xbox for my multiplat Sonic games, so I'm eager to hear about how it turned out on XSX.

Tie between Colors and Generations, for me.

Microsoft discounts its games enough for me not to care very much. I don't have a PS5, but I'd feel the same way if I did.

Between this and Starfield, I'll be busy on XSX next year.