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@ZuneTattooGuy isn't it just early access if you pay for it but it's actually a F2P game? It will be available to everyone in a month or two? Actually curious as that's how i understood it and am just waiting for the full launch.

@grumpypotato lol that would be hilarious

@Quasicat i thought that they took the gold requirement away for F2P games? Maybe it was just for the few big ones but I'm pretty sure it was for all F2P. I have gamepass so i never paid much attention to it unfortunately.

Just release it with degraded graphics in 4 year's and do a "remake" 6 years later with upgraded visuals? The industry needs to figure out something here because 10 years to make a game is crazy! Financially its a massive risk and....it's just crazy!

I'm looking forward to trying this but I'm not paying to play a F2P game in beta. So once it actually launches I'm jumping in.

They 100% need more spin-offs. There's so much lore with Halo it's easy to make something other than Master Chief Halo games. ODST and halo Wars was awesome.

If it doesn't allow you to download gamepass games to play locally without data i don't see it being successful. They need to sort out the DRM and have like a weekly requirement to connect online to validate your game.

I want to know how do all the writers at Pure Xbox feel about the deal almost being done? Are you looking forward to not writing about this anymore or has it been a fantastic well of content that will be missed?

@Sol4ris I'm a big fan of the indies cuz of gamepass. I wouldn't have played the vast majority of the games I've completed if it wasn't for gamepass...and i would have missed out.

Rayman Legends and South Park stick of Truth is all I've played from these games, is this the full list for the service?

Ravenlock looked awesome when they first announced it. I enjoy this art style and am hoping it's a great game

I'm carrying on in Outriders. I had it sitting idle for like a year, booted it up for a weekly quest and just really enjoyed it. Might try n get a few last level ups for the kids in Fall Guy's before the new season hits as well.... some orange shark suit is within grasp and they need some help getting it.

@NEStalgia side note to 30fps I'm starting to feel like Phil needs to take a step back and let someone else come in and run things. He's the visionary that sold the dream internally and got buy in and budget for gaming....but Xbox just doesn't seem like they are managed appropriately. They are too hads off... don't be up their asses....but have your fingers rubbing their cornhole so they know you are there and expect results. And Phil just doesn't seem to like butt stuff.

So I'm more hopeful vs believe that it will have a 60 fps mode at launch. Todd already said he prefers fidelity over frames and it's been delayed twice already (yes they delayed it from June). It's going to be a massive ***** storm if this thing is a buggy mess and 30 fps, only because MS owns them. If they were independent still it would just be expected and folks would move on.....but they have that Xbox hatred tax on them now.

@Sebatrox it's actually the series S's fault entirely...they are under MDA not to disclose it though.

@SplooshDmg we need a behind the scenes documentary so we can understand if it's just really hard to make games currently and anything that was being worked in during COVID is a mess....or if the industry is just making a bunch of ***** decisions. Suicide Squad just looks like a ***** decision but it's been mostly negative things recently. Hi-fi Rush was the surprise positive thing this year.

Whatever they do i ain't touching it until it's fully patched up. Expect other issues to pop up when it launches so i'm going to say we need 2-3 patches for this to be in a shippable state.

@Total_Weirdo their marketing is a tweet....that's all. They are horrible at it, unless they see that the tweet generates enough interest that spending more on marketing isn't worth it?

I can't understand why folks think new hardware is coming. It's still hard getting chips, better than before, buy still delayed. They haven't pushed the current hardware at all and now you want even more SKUs to develop for. I expect the next hardware release to be the next gen. Only thing that could change with current gen is that they increase the memory for the S, maybe the X.

I still think they have been using Series X chips for the cloud servers. Outside of that they are just sucking ass which is less than ideal to think of lol.

So another game that's being shipped before it's ready then? Not just Xbox, it's an industry standard it seems. But I'll wait until it's patched before I try it.

As someone with limited gaming time i ain't messing around with all these things. Do your job and ship a finished product. It's not ready, don't ship. It's why I never play anything at release, it's never actually ready. Can't tell me they didn't know about the issues.

Haven't checked yet but i was about to get my 2.5K points this week on my son's account abd mine was 2-3 weeks away.... hopefully it's still intact. All they need to do is give folks who lost their streaks like 5K points and all is good.

Update: my streaks are still going. I do hope that they give affected folks free points, it's what it's all about.

There's a lot there on my play later lists....I'm hoping a few miss the cut

If he has a massive hand in season 3 and all the stuff they've done then yeah it might be a hit for Halo. But if this is all the work of the current folks in charge I don't think it's actually anything major. Season 3 has been great but the key will be for them to have a great season 4 in that 90 day window and then have season 5 in another 90 days. They can't have that content drought anymore.

@AlwaysPlaying honestly i don't know what the alternative could possibly be lol. We're well stocked with everything in my area (Switch, PlayStation & S/X) but it does seem they are limited in a lot of areas. You sometimes get that waiting for xcloud server room message so i think they need to bulk it up for post Starfield/ABK influx of users?

And that starfield controller looked pretty awesome so you would think a console is possible. Watch it be the S n not the X lol.

@Dezzy70 there have been reports of limited series x stock for a while and i wonder if they've been redirected to build up the xcloud servers some more and are preparing for a starfield edition console?

I tried playing it last night and it wasn't working already. Hopefully it gets added back sooner rather than later so i can carry on.

I haven't played Fifa in a long long time but just looking at the name and logo does make is seem like a cheaper product.

If it's still the same feel when you play it will be one thing but right now it's not looking as great.

Mind you i expect that the official Fifa game will be a drop in quality as well, they will just have a better logo.

@Kaloudz definitely sticking him up the aliens ass, easy choice.

Of all the things I'm looking forward to not hearing about once this ABK is sorted....this man's BS baby crying is definitely top of my list.

I've still never played this game, looks pretty interesting though. I just need more time to play games....how does one get that? Please do a feature article on getting more time to game please!

Ryse was an amazing game, first thing I played on my series x. They definitely need a second one.

That's awesome! And only an hour vs that twitch 5 day marathon ***** show. I'll watch it on my demand while riding the bike, video games and exercise??

@BRT15 it's been on my list and I am playing it now.

Remember @zunetattooguy that some folks are new to Xbox so a lot of the old games are brand new to them. I still haven't played through any Gears game yet

First one was pretty great so looking forward to this one. You're supposed to be able to cut off limbs and such in this one right? Making it more mature actually makes it more immersive....cuz slashing a dude with a freaking laser blade should leave it's mark.

Current at 98.8% but I have a bunch of games that I've started playing and haven't touched in a while and some I haven't played once yet lol. I just make room as needed, unlimited internet, so it's really not an issue... just a messy room but a console. Quantum Break was almost 90GB so that took a chunk.

I have it installed and ready to go but the random announcement of Quantum Break leaving has sidetracked my intentions

I saw the Quantum Break rumor yesterday so i installed it and started playing as it's been in the backlog for some time now. Finished chapter 1 and gotta say it's a great story. I was caught off guard that it's a legitimate show and game combined but it's good.

I'm curious to see what the first party titles look like and if it is just a case of folks not optimizing for the S. And if that is the case is it because they made it harder for devs to develop for it or is it just a pain because PlayStation is the default console they develop for and then port to Xbox?

I'm not techy so i don't know what goes into making games but I don't see a way that Xbox allows a game to skip the S. Conflicting reports from different devs about their love/hate for the series S. So make it work for both or it skips Xbox entirely. Also i don't think there will be any mid geb upgrades, they will just ride it out until the next gen.

The fact that Summer Games fest is happening a week or two before this just made it redundant. I feel bad for all the folks who were looking forward to this and booked flights/hotels for it. Personally i prefer just checking out the Xbox showcase as I just play gamepass so any announcements outside of it i don't pay attention to. All the other shows throughout the year i just come to pure Xbox to see the highlights and watch any trailers that sound interesting. Annoying that Keighley is in control of some of the biggest showcases as it's all about ad revenue for him in the appearance of putting games first. He also has a clear bias which is why I think Xbox has been showing less big announcements at his shows and just saving it for their own.

@teknium_ EU n CMA are the major one's that need to pass it though so that's why it's not massive news. They already said from the day FTC kinda sorta said no that they will go through without the FTC approval as it's purely political and won't stand in court. It's why the FTC hasn't actually filed an injunction to stop the deal and go to court....they know they going to lose.

@Tharsman if it's a hobby go get into it. What type of games did you used to make?

Just straight up ha motherfu$@*&g ha! All those visits to Brussels and London fell on def ears but now you have congress asking questions of the Japanese government and an FTC subpoena for your dirty laundry. Reap what you sow Jimbo....reap what you sow.

I've been buying up GPU time cards for a while now with the rewards points and as a result I'll be gaming for free for the foreseeable future. Have 2 years and 3 months currently.

Witcher 3, anything Lego, some Rayman . Something i can play with the kids and witcher 3 basically

I just rolled credits in High on Life earlier this week and started MWII. On the last mission so hopefully i can get that wrapped up this weekend. Would like to finish the alternate ending in Injustice 2 as well so we'll see if I get around to that.

Almost there folks. Unfortunately EI delayed till May so we have 2 more months of this....but almost there.

@Thenewguy haven't played the lone wolf one yet. I usually play with two of my buddies so we do fiesta and now that BTB one. I actually bought the season pass this time around because we always play it so what the hell right? I like that I can go back to prior season passes as well, once i finish this season I'm just getting last season. Since i completed it to lvl 100 already I'm basically just insta unlocking all the premium stuff and another 1,000 credits for next season.

Gonna pimp my Spartan out. The samurai is still my favorite core. The one new one is actually pretty good as well.

@Thenewguy they definitely improved it. It also just being a 3 month season will hopefully help keep it fresh. The new BTB with the crazy weapons and all the vehicles is just good times.

@BlackMayge totally agree it's not a gamepass game but I've been on the approved deal train since day one so I'm envisioning my playtime in Diablo post acquisition. NGL i ain't buying it otherwise as i have a backlog longer than the great Wall of China. If it's not in gamepass it really doesn't exist to me.