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@Sol4ris I wish I had gamepass when I was a kid....then again I might have turned out a lot differently in life if had all these games and time to play them.

It sucks end of the day but they already said it's coming and it's a corporation doing corporate things. If you have rewards in your area use them for free GPU time, 10.5K points if you auto redeem. I have almost 2.5 year's stacked and it keeps growing. So going to play for free for as long as I can.

@Belkan lol at the rate I play games it will likely take me a decade to finish a single playthrough.

I wasn't pumped for this game at all originally because I tend to avoid long games due to limited gaming time...but man after that direct I'm going to have to get into the game.

I'll likely wait a bit post launch to complete some more of the backlog to allow for some patches but I think I'm going to be putting some time into this thing.

So with the CAT being very annoyed with the CMA abd their blatant attempt at stalling this deal out of existence will the deal be in a closable state of the judge rules in favour of Xbox here? They can just close and move forward?

"How did Bikini Bottom get so mucky?!"I'd tell you but I'd probably get banned. Just open for so many inappropriate comments here.

@Suda52 so Sony by locking up Starfield without buying Zenimax is totally organic and okay but MS buying Zenimax and making it exclusive is bad?

Xbox was in a situation where they had to buy publishers to secure content so they did. Now it's Sonys turn to react. They will be more than okay, don't worry. Jimbo said so

@GuyinPA75 value is different to everyone. I absolutely love gamepass and wouldn't be gaming outside of crappy mobile games without it. Thing is we both get to choose how to spend our time abd money. We're both correct even though we're on completely opposite sides of the spectrum. You do you, I'll do my thing and so will everyone else. But it's good to realize that a lot of people enjoy gamepass and it's great for them.

@Suda52 they don't have the same amount of coin but they didn't and still don't have an issue paying and using their market power in console gaming to keep games away from Xbox and making it a weaker console.

If Phil didn't convince Satya to invest in Xbox it's pretty clear they would have folded and there wouldn't be a Gen 9 Xbox. So now they have that investment and Sony just has to reap what they sowed. They can compete and will do so... resulting in more value for their gamers. They will lose market share and that will force them to react. Sony isn't a victim here, they just a bully realizing they ain't that tough after all.

@Krysus Redfall was all under the Zenimax guy so that one's on Phil n that guy no booty. Also with that mentality having him in acquisitions would empower him more no? I thought he was I charge for all the games as well and wanted his head as well after the Redfall incident, still don't know who was to blame for Halo, but he just looks after the pre Zenimax Xbox studios I'm pretty sure. So Halo launch debacle aside they've been rather good.

@Suda52 legit Sony was spending Xbox out of the market with the exclusivity deals. The punching bag hit back and Sony is the victim all of a sudden? Both are corporations after our money so one shouldn't ever befriend either but come on...Sony is getting some of its own medicine and all of a sudden Xbox is a bully lol. I say keep hitting back. End of the day real competition is only beneficial for the consumer and Jimbo already said that they "will be okay, more than okay" post merger.

PC stuff aside....it's good news for me n my series X? If it was partnered with Nvidia would my console experience be worse off? Or us this a console nothing burger?

Lol i like how it's "hopefully". It's a cost cutting measure and it also kills the second hand market for a one n done game. An accidental benefit is less plastic waste but that's just a byproduct of the financial benefits.

@Hellostranger having things exclusive to gamepass sounds like a horrible idea.

@Fishticon wait....if it's not a cult why did i have to drink green Kool-Aid????

If you're fortunate enough to be in an area with rewards points you can be playing for free or almost free. I have 2+ years of GPU stacked up and it keeps growing. Personally gamepass is what really brought me back to gaming so I'll be subscribed to it for the foreseeable future. Can't say forever cuz you never know what a corporation will do.... but for now.... no plans of unsubscribing.

FTC is getting completely destroyed in this case. I honestly wonder if their lawyers even believe in their case. It's supposed to be about competition and consumers but absolutely everything has been about Sony. I don't know if I've heard them mention a customer once (i haven't listened to the whole trial to be honest).

I don't know if this will even require that last day of testimony, we might actually have a verdict in June on this.

Question now is....will Diablo be in gamepass before summer is finished?

@Kaloudz pretty sure that Sony not sharing the specs is just another BS misdirection from Sony. Jimbo just likes making stuff up.

@Banjo- i don't think that Xbox can just knee jerk react and launch an upgraded version quickly if Sony makes one. I really don't see a need for a mid gen upgrade, they haven't utilized these machines at all yet.

I mean, folks are willing to skip your platform because you're in third or because it pleases the market leader.... so he's not lying. I'm expecting it to be brought up that poor victim Sony was looking at money hatting Starfield before the acquisition. Had no problem with it being exclusive originally....so long as they had it.

@Kaloudz we'll know if the deal is a go by the end of the month i believe. Like you mentioned about the FTC, whoever wins in court gets their way. If MS win they were already going to do a workaround of the CMA and do something unique for the UK market as that's all they have jurisdiction over. But like with the EU before, if FTC wins deals dead. But the chances of the FTC winning are very slim.

Either way this deal will be done soon hopefully and no longer in the news.

Everyone is surely sick of undercooked games so get it finished. No issues with the decision.

@Kaloudz lol no. It's the flood. But i want a dark horror game with the flood in it.

@Kaloudz someone needs to take the Halo lore and make a dark, survival horror flood game. Can be a different Spartan or ODST. But there's so much lore there that they can make great non master chief games. ID would be good for the dark flood game i think. Collation as well but that's odd having them work on Halo vs Gears no?

They said they would support it only for 2 years, it's time to move on.

All are ugly lol. But I'm sure someone will enjoy them. If i would win it I'd definitely be selling that

That gameplay in the starfield deep dive looked great so I've no concerns if that's what i will be playing. Wasn't super hyped about starfield but after watching the show I'm really looking forward to it.

Trying to wrap up man-eater before it leaves gamepass. Been enjoying it so far, halfway through i believe.

@Somebody the show is all pre recorded stuff so the big worry is that they look at these shows and think they can withhold an announcement or two and still be fine. I think they should go full bukkake here and just bust everything, everywhere, all at once. If you were going to show it just show it. You just launched Redfall....you gotta make it up to the fanbase.

It definitely feels like they are going to be THE showcase of E3 week but man.... they sure know how to miss an open net lol. I'm expecting a great show for me personally and hope that they have learned from ALL the past mistakes.... they've made so many....that this should be an almost perfect show by now.

Personally the Xbox showcase is all i care about and actually watch. I'll check out the post portum articles here and anything for gamepass I'll check the trailers out. For whatever reason I really don't like Geoffrey and his duchiness as well si definitely avoiding watching him lol.

Still gotta drop that price, it's $200+ before taxes in Canada so better....but better crap. Still it's new competition and hopefully with sale's they get pretty decent. My buddies with the series S need some more storage, I'm good with the series x memory.

I'm just looking forward to the show. I like surprises so just curious what's coming to gamepass. Lots of titles are leaving in June so I'm expecting some announcements for titles that are dropping into the service that day or in the 15th of June. I do think FM is getting a 23 release date and the fable tease will be gameplay, Booty was saying last year he wanted to show it but Playground said not yet, so they definitely ready now to show something.

@Serpentes420 brutal legend 2 would be awesome!

I wonder what's going to be announced for gamepass at the showcase and if there will be June titles in there.

I'm camping so I'll be watching it back home after the fact.... either with popcorn cuz I'm exhausted or on the bike cuz I'm fat lol.

Diablo in gamepass is all i would ask for. I'm so behind on games that it don't matter what they announce as i won't be playing it until months/year post release anyways. I would prioritize Diablo though.

I finally finished Outriders the other night so I'm either carrying on in Quantum Break now that it's back or going to finally finish the alternate ending in Injustice 2. I have a long history of not finishing games and have been really trying to finish up games since getting the series x. Gamepass does distract you a lot with all the games it has especially when something you wanted to play is leaving and you drop everything to play it.

Another way to look at this is that Sony looked at the game and thought it wasn't worth any investment in keeping it exclusive? Kinda sadistic way to look at it but if this was something special I'd imagine it would have been locked down.

I've never had any interest in this but I do hope it burns to the ground. In general publishers need to be shown that they can't push out turds, demand full price and will eventually actually finish the product. Only way this will happen is if you don't give them your money. So please folks who buy games, don't pre-order stuff, only buy it once it's actually released and in a finished state. Turdfall also deserves the same fate so they don't do that again at Xbox.

I'm going with an 8. The story was absolutely fantastic and i believe chapter/act 3 was amazing. But the last chapter kinda went downhill after that for me personally.

I haven't played infection before so will definitely be giving it a go. Gotta say fiesta is the go to mode me and my buddies play most of the time. The BTB Fiesta with the white weapons was also a big hit in our crew.

So he's saying that all those series x servers will be replaced or just outdated? Adding more SKUs for developers will make optimization easier and hardware that hasn't been utilized in any way will be replaced by newer versions with new chips in the current supply chain?

Right.....

People were already fantasizeing about the mid gen upgrades before these consoles launched... what's the obbsesion here? Sony i could see doing it as the PS5 did seem to be a rushed last minute revision to not be too far off the Xbox in terms of power. But the Series consoles seem like that's it for the gen. Forza Motorsport will be the first proper release for the current gen hardware from Xbox no?

I can see them selling a version with more built in memory at some point, maybe a slimmer version if the tech allows if but that's all.

Just watched the video and it's from before the EU decision was announced.... Satya was definitely laughing at one point talking about them trying to justify this as bad for competition and consumers. Going to be a long while still before this isn't the main news cycle isn't it?

@AlwaysPlaying Hary and Meghan we're in Canada for a bit and just ruined it for the rest of the you folks trying to move here. Move to Oz....they love being called convicts to this day...true story.

@Tharsman I'm pretty sure the world won't let the UK block it globally. I'm sure India and Africa will really appreciate that their decisions are overruled by the UK just because they said so. CMA rules within their boundaries, at least currently they still do.

I really found the comments by the CMA in their original decision about the deal being blocked globally very odd and it looks like it's going to be a mess around and find out situation for them. If you are the only one who blocks it then only the people within your borders get to benefit from your "protection". Clearly MS sees things that way.

Basically seems they had everything the same between the CMA & EU until the CMA decided it's easier to block vs overseeing the remedies like the EU did?

Still smells funny on the CMAs part. Their initial criticism of the deal mentioned Sony vs consumers like 5-1, their numbers weren't from our dimension and then they went totally quiet a few weeks before the decision and met with the FTC. Like you are just setting yourself up for accusations of fraud/collusion. I also found it very odd that upon their decision they right away said their decision is global and no way the deal could happen without their approval.

I wonder if Sony pictures will ever make this into a movie?

@JONOFTHEJONS it's never coming to switch. If it's approved it will be on the new hardware

If this wasn't initially offered to the CMA then this also gives the CMA an out to save face and approve it because they could say they were right originally and now this meets their concerns.... however I'm pretty sure they already replied to the EU decision saying that their stance still protects the consumers and the EU fell short on that?

Just get ABK into gamepass for me and I'm fine, UK can do it's thing