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Bit of an odd list to start with. I wonder how often we will see more games added. Is this Xbox finally going full Stadia?

You can access the games straight from the app now as well. It didn’t seem to appear at first but it’s there on a banner. @FraserG

Sounds like another lazy release to me. If it isn’t ready don’t release it!

@themightyant as I say, it just seems to be laziness. If it’s nit ready then don’t release it!

@themightyant These devs really do need to stop pushing out games when they are not ready. It’s getting ridiculous and is just an insult to gamers. You don’t make people drive a car that has no brakes!
Devs are getting complacent and very lazy and just thinking - let’s push this out and then fix it later.

It’s become a disease in gaming and must stop.

Fair enough. Although worryingly sounds like another Xbox big game flop could be on the cards. Really need some consistently positive news on Xbox soon we really do! 🙏

Still not working now? That’s actually ridiculous.

This is where Xbox and PS differ. Sony will keep the games as 1st party only.

I cannot believe that Hellblade II is not up for game of the year. That is utterly crazy. I know it’s short in length but it’s the best looking game of the last few generations, the story is incredible and for it to not even make the cut at all is just ridiculous. But typical of Geoff Keighley and the more and more pointless Game Awards.

@FarmDog08 agree with you 100%

@__jamiie I used to use Blockbuster the same as I do Game Pass. Try before you buy . Game Pass gives everyone so much choice!!!

@MeanBeanEgg I play a lot of retro games via emulation these days. But fancied this in game pass for a bit.
Thats the whole thing about Game Pass. It gives everyone choice.

9/10 Not the toughest games ever made but still some of my fave 3D platformers. Love the character and the mechanics of all 3 games and having a blast with playing them all again.
The joy of Game Pass strikes again!

Playing through the first Spyro before moving into 2 and 3. In between that I have been playing Asterix on the Master System!

Exactly this. More revenue means you can build consoles and keep bringing bigger and better games to Game Pass.

Who loses out? No one.

The way I look it now @FraserG is that I have a series X which I love. But I also can play games on my iPad, Logitech GCloud when I’m on holiday without taking the whole console and with just lives, I just see this as meaning more people on many diverse budgets can access brilliant games.

Of course cloud and internet in the UK is still not the best, with apps- that Xbox are fine with may I add - like better Xcloud and also GCloud now runs cloud on the Xbox app in 1080p, things are vastly better and will get better.

I totally get what it’s controversial but the way I see it is, is that I can game more than ever before as an Xbox gamer mainly.

I actually see a huge and bright figure for Xbox and it will be a case of the best experience will be on Xbox hardware but if you want to play with a more restricted budget, Xbox will allow you to do so and then some.

@ButterySmooth30FPS Stadia actually ran really well. Never had any issues with it but then no one played it……
That said, 1080p is now being added to cloud at last so that’s well overdue.

I love taking my Xbox with me anywhere and by my Xbox I mean my IPad and Logitech G Cloud. And it’s brilliant to game anywhere.

Xbox has a future, just not the one many wanted. But I don’t think they will suffer anything like Stadia at all.

We will still have an Xbox hardware option and then that’s who want it have it, those that don’t have the budget can game some brilliant games at a very reasonable price indeed.

Any losers in this?

Hardly.

@kezelpaso Good article and it is great that beyond the hype and hate of social media, that we have a well reasoned piece about Xbox and the future.
I know and understand, myself included to a degree , that in an ideal world we would love for Xbox to stay with its exclusives and look after us Xbox players who have invested so much.

But things change so fast in technology and it’s clear that hardware wise, Xbox has taken a new route overall, but I don’t believe it is one that mean they are conceding anything.

I play much of my Xbox games on my iPad or Logitech GCloud now. It’s convenient but I still love playing on my Series X as well when the TV is free just for me.

Game Pass is incredible value for money - I have games more at the age of 46 through Xbox and Game Pass than ever before. I love the accessibility and volume of games it brings me. Love it.

Xbox can still give is a console and even with lower sales numbers, Game Pass and games on other platforms mean that we can see even better games comes either from Xbox game studios or to Game Pass. And that is fine by me.

If every screen is an Xbox - who actually loses anything? The reality is that for gamers, they get a bigger world of games to play at any time, in many places.

Xbox is Game Pass. The end.

As long as Xbox makes money for Microsoft then that that is all they care about - as do most businesses - but I can’t truly see a future where Xbox will exist long term and is heading down the route of becoming Microsoft gaming now.

@Fiendish-Beaver He has always been a cretin and a toad. He’s just a puppet now for Nadella

@TheGameThrifter Most of the games will be Xbox first and GamePass day one so it depends on if you want to play the game day one and if you want to pay £70 or £80 for it.
But yes, it’s not news Xbox fans wanted but it’s also not a surprise at all.

@FraserG Cheers FraserG Been hoping for this

I will definitely get an Xbox handheld which seems to be inevitable.

As for a huge leap, I just don’t see that and let’s not forget that was said at a time when Xbox was announcing games moving multi platform. It came across as a desperate statement at the time and it still sounds that way now.

Also Bond, Booty and Spencer have even less control anyway now as Nadella has pretty much taken centre stage with Xbox as he presses ahead with moving it all to Microsoft Gaming.

Cloud and streaming is what they want and with games we own being tested via cloud soon, Xbox is basically heading toward Stadia land.

I guess we may see a hybrid but with rumours now - only today - that Halo is going to PS and PC lock stock and barrel- it is clearer than ever that Microsoft Gaming will be the name in the future.

Nadella is in full control now. Anything Spencer or Booty say may as well be taken with a massive pinch of salt.

@Ricky-Spanish Much appreciated mate

@Markatron84 @FraserG meant more interest in the game itself

Still enjoying BO6 but actually playing a lot of efootball. Might not be graphically the best football game but am really enjoying it and the online games are more fun than EAFC and better matched.
I’ve not bought EA2025 as have been ill with bi polar since March and skint.
Remember fellas - don’t bottle it up. Talk to someone. X

Microsoft Gaming will decide. Xbox isn’t even a thing now. It’s just a name. Nadella wants Xbox gone and Spencer, Bond and Booty will be all redundant soon. They are all quieter than ever and they have never been great at communication anyway.
Cloud is the only way we will play Xbox soon.

Xbox don’t want to be Xbox anymore!!! When will everyone wake up and realise this! They want to be Microsoft gaming. They will no doubt put Acti/Blizzard games on all systems and remasters as well.
I love Xbox but if you can’t see that they don’t care about consoles anymore, you are blind

@Balaam_ Series S is brilliant. Allowed affordable next gen gaming.

I have no regrets about getting a Series S and then a Series X. None at all. But I have to say that when even @FraserG is talking this way, it feels like Pure Xbox is heading for its end and Xbox itself also.

I know that Xbox wants to put its games everywhere, and trust me when I say that I applaud the idea of games being available to more people.

But reason this article, there feels an air of inevitability about Xbox and perhaps where it’s heading.

I just hope that Phil and Co start taking more but Phil, Sarah and Matt are no longer in control. Satya is. And he doesn’t want Xbox. He wants Microsoft gaming.

Let’s just hope we can enjoy a few more years of Xbox hardware.

It’s going to get a PS5 reveal.

Would love a proper Xbox handheld that is native. My Logitech G Cloud is my current handheld Xbox and that’s superb but a native device would be awesome

Yep. Will check this out later.

Not really a game that I would be worried about moving but Nadella seems to refer to Microsoft Gaming a lot now and that says it all.

@Weebleman Agreed but sadly I can’t see it going any other way. Nintendo will always remain as they are but Xbox have set the wheels in motion and there is only one way they will go from herein.

@Weebleman Xbox are just gifting PlayStation the hardware space and it will get worse for us Xbox fans. Sure, MS will make loads of money but more and more games will come to PlayStation and Nintendo (although I can’t see as many coming to Nintendo as even their next Switch will underpowered to run most games well) and eventually Game Pass will be a cloud subscription available on all systems.

I am sticking with Xbox as long as they give me the hardware, but I can’t see them carrying on for much longer and despite Sarah Bond saying the next system will be the ‘biggest leap ever’ Satya Nadella could easily pull the plug on that any time he likes and it’s clear he doesn’t see Xbox’s future as being in hardware sadly.

One more that it will get in Geoff Keighley’s yearly abomination

Xbox will allow others to make the best hardware whilst they take the revenue. We know that’s where this is heading.

Put it this way, Xbox isn’t short of games for us to play!!!

Along with more Zombies on CoD Black Ops 6 which I am becoming addicted to lol, I have also returned to Forza Horizon 4 - my fave of the entire series.

Have a happy gaming weekend everyone!

@TheSimulator that’s why they will go for a mega hybrid

It’s fabulous. What a game. The campaign is back to its very best and the zombies mode is a down fun.

One thing that is interesting is that he refers to Microsoft gaming rather than Xbox

Yep, Black Ops 6. What a game and although I’ve always been a fair weather COD player, I am loving this, especially the batsh1t crazy Zombies mode!!

And since the games release , it’s seems that Xbox is no longer dead or dying….. who knew eh @FraserG

Am sure this will go down well.

@MistaJ it is but not until 10pm tonight BST. It is available via GEForce though already

It’s ready! Got a few jobs to do first so the Mrs doesn’t think I booked the day off to play a game all day!!!! Aww

I do understand that Xbox have a different vision and also why many are frustrated by this. But ultimately, if they can still sell 30 to 50 million consoles or more, they will still make hardware or some kind and they are committed to long term backwards compatibility.

Whilst ever I can still game on Xbox hardware, that’s where I will continue to play and tbh, even if the hardware goes, Game Pass is likely to still be there as Xbox only and since Game Pass, I have played more games than I ever have before in over 30 years of gaming.

I get the concerns but Xbox will do what it wants to do and I can’t change that. But I can still enjoy my Xbox and my Series X and I don’t see that changing in the next 10 years or more.

About time with the visuals. Even 1080p via third party apps is terrible on a bigger screen now.

Perfect for handhelds but the visual quality needs to be improved massively if this is the route Xbox are focused on in the long term.

Cracking little showcase that!