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Shredders Revenge for me. Superb. Great game and full of nostalgia. Elden Ring is one of the dullest games I have played this year. I kind of get it but is it a game that’s really up there with some of the very best? Not even close for me. Loads of aesthetic quality but a total lack of substance. Give me Cowabunga any day of the week!

There is not even a contest here. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is off in a different universe. Sony have made some welcome changes but when it comes to Game Pass it is so accessible, it gives everyone a chance to play great games for a great price. At a time when money is at a premium for many of us, GPU is so far ahead of the rest.

Is this coming to Xbox?

EA being EA. The lazy devs of gaming.

@Carck If you just download the team updates then you could happily just have one copy for a few years. I’m not saying I wouldn’t or won’t play it but it’s madness to spend 50 quid a year on what is the same game with a different box.

@Carck For me what is needed is a price change. I take your point about there is only so much you can change but they get away with selling the same game every year. It should be 15 quid at most. The devs are not exactly working hard to get this out are they? Yes it’s still good but it amazes me that consumers will waste 50 quid a year to play a game thru already own.

Same game every year. EA really are beyond lazy. But the consumer is as guilty as anyone, buying up this utter guff every year. EA literally take consumers for fools and they let them. I truly hope someone else brings a football game to the arena and we can bid farewell to EA’s turgid re boxing’s.

One thing that I’ve not seen is when Xcloud will love to 1080p. Stadia - as bad as it is due to lack of players - really does look amazing on an iPad Pro but Xcloud still looks a bit meh.

Anyone have any ideas on when the upgrade to 1080 will be incoming? @frasergilbert

Really disappointed that this is for Samsung only. Cant see why this cant be integrated to current eligible SMART TV’s at the same time. Thought this would happen tbh so of all the announcements that’s one that has left me a bit cold. Hopefully it will come in time.

Great news. Surprised it has taken this long but really good news.

Also, GamePass is nothing like Spotify. Spotify don’t pay artists. Well they do but is pennies. That is why it has killed a lot of the business and why many have started to take their music off the service. It’s basically like piracy. Anyone who has Spotify has no understanding of the music business at all.

Xbox are still paying devs and publishers their rightful money and therefore the comparison is totally misguided and just another big wig trying to scaremonger when it’s not needed. Microsoft have plenty of reserves and they can afford to operate this model. It’s why devs want their games on the service and the impact on physical sales is minimal if anything at all.

GamePass is consumer friendly and it just means people try before they buy rather than not but at all and that is a big difference in this issue.

Right now GamePass is awesome. Why would I spend money if I don’t have to. It certainly won’t hurt the industry as a whole - that’s just nonsense. Nintendo sales are still sky high and their physical sales are not slowing down. It MAY affect Xbox at some stage but that’s what their execs are paid to deal with. All I see right now is great games being accessible to even more people. How is that bad? It’s not.

@Fishticon VR worlds. Yeah that’s just not going to happen. VR will always be niche. We will see more digital but consoles are not going anywhere for a long time yet. Every time something new appear people panic. It happened with 3D glasses. Died a death. VR is fine but not mass market.

@NahImgood Xbox don’t have exclusive content? Sony are making loads for the PlayStation. I don’t get your point and there appears to be a realm of fantasy in your comments. Plenty of Xbox gamers so why shouldn’t there be an Xbox magazine? It would be chocked full of games. The PlayStation mag is pretty thin on gaming content.

With so many great indie print mags out there - Ninth Fresh, Sega Mania, Sega Powered, Fusion etc - I am surprised no one has got an Xbox mag on the go. There is still a print PlayStation magazine on shelves and I would love a new Xbox magazine bug no one seems to do one. A real shame that. Sites like her are great bug they are no replacement for the days of print media which was always best and remains best IMO. No offence intended.

Great console and I hope a model that Xbox stick with for generations to come. Brilliant.

One other thing is that you can’t do any of this without owning a console and that’s a big sell to those in tight budgets. If you have a good connection you can play so many Xbox games on cloud with any device. Overall I would say PSPlus isn’t close to being for the players!

It’s an interesting point but I think Sony would be better sorting out their own house right now. I haven’t had access to so many superb, high quality games as I had had since owning a Series S and mainly thanks to Game Pass. I just don’t buy the idea that it in any way reduces quality. In fact it does the opposite.

Sony can do what they want but right now I have more than I want with Xbox and also am not having to fork out sky high prices for a lot of games.

Xbox have proven they can have a subscription service, make it work and still maintain the highest of quality and for a gamer that is absolutely spot on and what I want.

Voice acting. Superb. Special - really moving rendition

So I’ve finally got round to starting this. The music first of all is superb! Absolutely superb. First impressions are very good indeed. Looks beautiful.

For the players? Meh.

Mine is in the UK! I have paid my duty and it will be with me on Tuesday!!! Cannot wait to get this. Will be great when reviewing games when the TV isn’t free for me! Will be giving my thoughts too on our site. Not heard much bad tbh. Great customer service as well.

Undercover is one of the funniest games I have ever played. It’s an absolute joy. GTA in Lego? Yes please. Now where is Undercover 2!

Any of these titles that anyone really recommends at all? I didn’t have an Xbox 360 so some of these passed me by at the time!
Any that I should definitely play/avoid?

Cheers!

It was touted as being amazing and ended up being......pants.

@FraserG I agree. And it will sell gangbusters.

@FraserG It’s decent game this. As you say, perfect for Game Pass.

Street Power soccer is absolutely awful. Terrible game. Awful. Dreadful. I wouldn’t want it for free.

PS5 will sell more physical consoles eventually. Xbox is about having as many people playing in as many ways on as many systems as possible.

@redd214 To get the best experience you need to play it where you have good work fi or 5G.

Totally misses the point of playing ‘on the go.’

Have been playing with one of these heavy duty portable consoles. And…Look and feel great. Screen is nice and actually it’s not too heavy at all. But there are so many bugs when trying to download games and stream at times.
It feels very rushed and for the price it’s not really worth it. They will bring out an updated version in the next 2 years and maybe then it will be a mainstream handheld, but right now it’s just feels a little bit undercooked.

Should be about £50. I may try again then when I get paid as really want this

@Krysus I was advised of £100 but am sure that’s far too much.

@Metalder how much did you pay for the import taxes?

The import taxes you have to pay…put me off. You pay for the thing and then get hit again when it arrives. And you get hit hard.

The issue with this handheld is that it’s only worth it if you have Steam - yes I know I’m being captain obvious here - but unless you really want to play mobile in the house it’s battery life is dreadful. If you could download games from Xbox to it then I would be interested for sure but Xcloud isn’t that great at the best of times. The only place I can play Xcloud is on my phone or I pad at home. 5G hasn’t reached Derbyshire and it’s shoddy in a lot of places.
Steam Deck is after a very specific audience and I can’t see it becoming a huge mainstream success like Switch.
I’ll wait until they upgrade it maybe and it has more to offer. For now it’s just something that looks great in theory but needs more to convince me.

@Quaali Other than the 26 they have already won you mean? Football began before the Premier League. Ignorance.

So they will they be offering part of the service without the need for a console?

Nothing much coming to cloud

@Richnj Xbox and Sony are after different things. Sony want to sell the most consoles, which they will.
Xbox want to have as many people playing their games on as many different platforms as they can - which they do.
Nintendo do their own thing.
And everyone will be just fine.
This Adam guy is just scaremongering and clearly had nothing better to do with his day.

Let’s take a look at this shall we? Firstly yes, the acquisition of Activision/Blizzard was massive and the sums involved crazy. They are paying more than Nintendo’s net worth - let that sink in. BUT.. GamePass and Xcloud means that those on tighter budgets can play games day one that they would not ordinarily be able to afford. How is that bad for gamers? It is not bad for gamers. It makes gaming more inclusive. It’s not a cheap hobby by any means but Microsoft are making one that anyone can have access to. Xcloud isn’t perfect. It’s not even that good yet tbh and Xbox gaming on the go isn’t really a thing because without decent wi fi or 5G - in the UK forget it unless you live in one of the big cities - it’s just not good enough.
But at home you can play without a console. Play on your iPad. And there are hundreds of games to go at.
For parents on a budget they can try Xcloud at home and see if the kids really want an Xbox. It’s a great way in for so many people.
As long as all companies do what they do and continue to do it well then I see no problem at all. Nintendo will stick to Switch and ensure that you can only play their games on their systems. It works so why change it? They won’t.
The idea that PlayStation is suddenly in some sort of major trouble is so laughable and wide of the mark it makes me think that some ‘analysts’ have been taking something too strong and should lay off the hard stuff!
Xbox is an eco system and of course they want it on as many systems as possible but it won’t stop people wanting a PlayStation 5. The PS5 will still beat Xbox sales wise this generation and by some margin. And that is not bad for any player. It gives everyone an opportunity to have access to even more games all of the time. Imagine if Sony bring a GamePass style service to us. That would be phenomenal. Imagine if for the cost of 2 controllers and 2 subscriptions you could have access to a crazy amount of games. How on Earth would that be bad? And fans of Nintendo will still enjoy those games and Nintendo will still be absolutely fine.
Analysts need to stop analysing nothing and just accept that gaming has never been better.

@Banjo- cheers for your help. I got further by trying this workaround but still couldn’t buy the game. Just said page no longer exists. Changed my settings to US browser etc but still no joy.
Appreciate the help though.

@jarvismp Tried US browser as well and just get that game not available separately. Will have to give it up as a bad job. Thanks for all the advice though. Just one of those things.

@jarvismp Even tried opening pure Xbox via opera browser but just get the wheel of doom all the time.

@FraserG yeah using the link from the article

@Banjo- tried this and still no joy. Just brings up the game but says there is no option to buy it

@FraserG UK mate

@FraserG Still Daytona and also tried Ridge Racer 6 but never had bay success with those two. Mainly Daytona but have tried pretty much every tip and trick and no joy sadly.

I get the marketplace. Get the game but no option to buy. Says game not available separately. Have been trying on and off for months, tried everything, every browser and nothing. Time to give up. @fraser

GamePass will have a silly amount of games on it! Well, it already has but it’s going to grow and grow. It’s frightening to even think where GamePass will be in say, five years time.
I still believe that most games will remain multi platform because at the end of the day that will make MS even more money!