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@Jarobusa A little yes, but before HiFi Rush, when is the last time Xbox got a Japanese exclusive? And on that note, look at how many Japanese games Xbox doesnt get that the Playstation and Switch get.

They can't get third party games and just now got an exclusive for the first time in forever. There's almost no reason for Japanese players to consider Xbox so that price increase will only make it more irrelevant in the country.

Raise the price without any games to make anyone potentially willing to pay the higher price to actually pay it. Outstanding move.

Phil Spencer isn't as bad as some, but he's a Microsoft lifer. He's corporate through and through.

343's days are numbered. Bonnie Ross was well respected at Microsoft so she was able to shield them through all the crap. But with her gone it's open season.

With Microsoft owning multiple legendary FPS franchises (Doom, Quake, Wolfenstein) and Call of Duty on the way i can't see them caring much about Halo anymore.

Devs are still "hard at work" on Star Citizen too

I have a feeling this game is gonna get lost in the shadow of Atomic Heart

They still aren't doing anywhere near enough. They're trying to get big games from the big companies like Atlus and Koei Tecmo but they're completely ignoring smaller ones like NIS, Idea Factory, and Tamsoft.

The big games are great and necessary but if that's all they have that will only get them so far.

I swear they are having indie studios make cheap games for gwg. I can't remember the last time i actually even heard of any of them.

Phil Spencer has been talking about Xbox's dedication to the Japanese market for years, but with this job just now coming up, it makes me wonder what they've actually been doing all this time.

Microsoft seems to be making ads it's main priority moving forward, i have no doubt they're working on this.

No surprise it's getting universal praise. It's The Witcher 3, all they had to do was not screw it up lol

@NEStalgia toucé 😂

Can't wait for Bill Clinton to announce his new studio and the new game he's working on!

We all knew this was coming. Gamepass price increase is imminent.

Gotta go with The Witcher 2

@UndyingInsurgent95 <---- What he said

@Deshalu Nah i don't think it's like that, and i don't want Sony buying more studios either

Microsoft is that awkward rich kid completely incapable of making friends on their own so they just buy people's friendship.

These devs never just say no. It's always "we have no plans" or "we have nothing to say about that" or something in that vain.

I'm so happy we can play the originals via back compat

Xbox: We want your feedback
Fans: We want blades
Xbox: We dont want that feedback

At this point i think the intrigue over Scalebound would bring new people to gamepass just to check it out. It's almost like the Snyder Cut of the games industry.

They better show something new. After everything Nintendo and Sony showed yesterday, a bunch of old crap going into gamepass isn't going to cut it.

No multiplayer AND its not the remake? I can't even think of an analogy to use cause i can't think of anything that makes that little sense

Obviously you hope everything is ok with her and her family.

But from a business standpoint, it was time. I have a lot of respect for Bonnie Ross but 343 has dropped the ball time and time again since Halo 4 and as head of the studio ultimately it was her responsibility. Hopefully they can get someone in there that can right the ship.

It'd be nice for it to get a simple remaster for Playstation and Switch players, but a remake isn't necessary. Its quirks are part of the game's charm and that would be lost in a remake

Funny to see such an even split between the classic and modern games (38 and 39 percent when i voted) just shows there's a big audience for both styles.

Terrible. Removing customization options is by far the worst thing, just turns it into one giant ad for gamepass

I seriously doubt it. It's pretty obvious they didn't care at much about it as The Witcher and only saw it as a cash grab. Hopefully Mike Pondsmith can partner with a different studio for any future games set in that world. Id love to see Obsidian get a shot with the IP.

I just want to be able to organize my games. It annoys me to no end that the tomb raider games are split up or that Bioshock Infinite shows before the first two

I do everything from my Xbox. I never saw a reason to switch hdmi ports just to watch tv, movies, or youtube when the Xbox can do it all.

@Would_you_kindly I honestly forget all the time that the PS5 isn't backwards compatible past the PS4 (not counting ps plus) I've gotten too spoiled 😂

They don't need remasters to begin with. FPS boost would be nice but they both still hold up very well and im sure Rockstar would only do more harm than good remastering them.

Normally that's good, but the story, narrative, and characters all look so lame. This looked like a game a bunch of old dudes sat down to make and just said "This is what the kids these days like isnt it?"

Generic post apocalypse, colorful guns, young adult protagonist, "student loan debt" joke. Maybe it's just not for me, but i was very unimpressed.

If it gets announced I'll look forward to playing it in 2029

Love the corporate speak. Then when a new Call of Duty or Diablo, or whatever comes out Microsoft says "Well its a brand new game, it has no community, therefor it is now Xbox exclusive!"

It's a shame Microsoft never had a studio full of people with experience not only in making RPG's but with the Fable series as well.

They couldn't have, it's not like if they did they'd of shut them down and fired everyone, that would just be stupid!

It's taken so long my enthusiasm is just gone. A year ago i wound have gotten it day one, now id be content to just wait for it to go on sale.

It's pretty cool that Ubisoft is still updating these old AC games. Here's hoping Syndicate is next.

Member when they gave out Halo and Assassin's Creed games? I member.

Xbox One games can look amazing. As long as those can be made to run at 60fps on the new consoles then I'm ok with it.

Wouldn't it be something if one of them was Sonic 06 after idiots like me bought it when it got put back up 😂

Something might be going on, I've noticed a couple new games added to the 360 store recently. Hopefully it means new back compat games incoming, but I'm not gonna get my hopes up.

@Shigurui Ahh nice! You can see it's been a while since i played it 😂

If this is true hopefully 60fps options will be added for Unity and Syndicate as well.

I really hope this doesn't happen. Between the Mass Effect Legendary Edition, Dead Space remake, Dragon Age 4, and a new Mass Effect, EA seems to finally be (slowly) turning things around. Selling to an even bigger corporation can only be a bad thing.

cough*Recore*cough

Remember when Plankton tires to get SpongeBob to make him a krabby patty by giving him whatever he wants? Xbox is Plankton.

Giving studios all the time, resources, and freedom in the world is why their games take forever/never come out. Don't screw them over like they did with Ensemble and Lionhead but you gotta be willing to put your foot down before things go too far.

I only play Halo for the campaigns but even i can see that that roadmap is insulting. I feel bad for all the players that love Halo multiplayer.

Id have a little sympathy for 343 if they didn't actively ***** on fans but they've flushed any goodwill they had down the toilet.

Guy must be really full of himself if he actually thinks he can take CBS to court and win.