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I must admit that this is one area of gaming that I think Microsoft has let gamers down on very badly over the past lot of years.
After doing such an AMAZING job with brain the brand back to what it is today, (with the help of game pass ultimate) it's a crying shame that we still get headlines like this.
I wouldn't say anything bad against Phil, IPWT, but he needs to have a word with hardware...

Seems quite harsh to me...
Peter made mistakes, yes, but he got death threats over some! Surely OTT.
Sean? Well, NMS had trouble when people started making up features and things that is had never ever claimed to have, so others hyped it!
Cyberpunk might run badly on last gen, but I've absolutely loved it, few bugs, no more than you'd expect

Hoping it'll have a really easy mode, so that I can concentrate on the scenery ! Looking forward to the likes of Switzerland, or Grand Canyon

I'm playing some old games until more modern games get the next gen features

Not too sure how much umph I'll get from a 1070ti, but gameplay wise I think I'll be happy with this

Can I connect my Xbox 360 guitar hero & rock band accessories ?

Must say I love my shock blue, using it in of a lot and they are more comfortable, and more practical with the non-slip areas.
Don't need a red one, & I'd have bought blue anyway

Perhaps justifiable, not here to argue, I'm enjoying the game.
But who actually benefits from the fine money?
So millions (xxx00k or whatever) of copies sold, this office take 10%, and.. what?
Do they refund me a fiver? 50p? Nothing?
Then who gets it? the polish gov?
Great! Does that mean the polish people get 50 cents off their tax this year? Towards a covid fund?
Or towards the investors who kinda have their own thing going on, and likely have enough money to fight for themselves without spending taxpayers money?
Can someone enlighten me please?

NYR for last year, no, 2018 was to play through only 1 game (maybe 2, for online) at a time.
Stuck with that somehow, and have ploughed through lots of games on all consoles/pc happily.
Before that, I was grabbed by the next big thing and didn't finish what I bought!
So still to start Zelda BoTW lol

Merry Christmas All. Hadn't realised that this site had been defunct for 4 years, but was pleased to discover it for the first time 6 months ago. Well done and thank you.
Good tidings to all the above, particularly @blueocean @dezzy70 @fraserg

I played through ds1-3 a few years ago, and this looks amazing

"by offering ample additional content "
Like Spiderman on the Xbox?
No? Ah don't bother then...

Do you think they did bothered doing a demo and showcased it to people?
Perhaps did they, and the youtuber previewers applauded it, (mainly cos it got them the viewing figures to give them cash from advertising)?
Whatever way, the development seems messed up!

@endlessleep a few reasons - 1) the title only mentioned the S , 2) could have said "the new xbox", 3) nobody in article seems to have tested the X, 4) nobody has hazarded a guess that slowdowns are only on the S but likely gone in the X

Why isn't this available on the XSX ? If it was surely would help with those slowdowns that are talked about

@adamfother1 as far as I know the velocity architecture can only be used when developing games using the very latest development kit.
So basically you have to start building on the latest development kit, it's something that cannot be emulated with backwards compatibility.
Also, it's not just a case of importing a game into the new kit and rebuilding it not simply anyway, it really is from the start - a new approach.
That's from what I've read!
Anyway it does mean that the games that will be coming out in a year or so that do take advantage of the velocity architecture will rocket along, I will imagine something like that PS5 Spider-Man demo where it's putting assets from the SSD at an incredible rate.
to use an analogy I think Xbox will be using its brains with the SSD, whereby PlayStation will be using its brawn

Let's face it, it's a great product with a great pitch (4 gen BC), as well as being the most powerful CPU GPU combo (still with a fast enough SSD)
With game pass (and Ultimate including EA Play), consumers know that buying the X or the S is incredible value, with knowledge that your investment is going to repay you many times over.
I don't like Sony, but nevertheless have had every gen of theirs.
I will buy the ps5 for solo play JUST because of eg TLOU and Unchartered style games. But nothing that Sony have said, done or produced has got close to this quality and commitment from MS.

And there Microsoft were, only a few weeks ago, telling people not to lick their new Xbox !

I hope there's an option to randomly choose between all of them with every boot up. I'm liking all of them

Not even going to bother collecting my pre-order

The world is a pretty weird place at the minute, so to see a bit of congratulation within the industry is a funny way of uniting us gamers. Each to his own, I'll get a ps5 but that doesn't mean I like Sony lol

Greeting to all posting here today (and the next few days!) Hope you are all loving life

My slight obsession with playing games in order, (as well as actually playing what I've bought at full price that are now £15) has me leaning towards Borderlands 2 handsome.
The improvement in graphics of BL2, after BL1 hours and hours, blew me away, so this gen, with RT, etc, well, I'm gonna be picking my jaw of the ground every few minutes.

I think we all knew that getting Disney+ free was going to be a little too good to be true. As for paying for a subscription? no thanks!
Guessing you could wait a few weeks, get the free trial, binge watch the mandalorian season 1 and 2, then cancel!

Game UK local store is having a midnight launch so I'll be there at 11: 45pm, just under 7 hours time
Can hardly believe it's finally here. I feel like a kid again, who, after having a tree up for 7 weeks, is finally twigging on that it's actually Christmas Eve, lol

2 years before I get 4k120, too dear, price will have to come down

Weren't they thinking of a new game pass subscription, i read here a few weeks ago? i'm sure about this
Something about Ultimate Plus (for want of a better phrase) more money of course - if so, then maybe D+ is the extra you pay for, but only a bit extra.
reckon that it'd be a win for disney as with the TV App, people got a month free, subbed a few months, watched all they wanted and left, but this way, they'd get less money per month but def get that over a complete year

@Senua "time limited primitive minded deals"
Perfectly put

@VenomousAlbino thanks, this was the first question I had

Having sold both ps4pro and xb1x, this is hopefully my last weekend lonely before I get the xsx on Tuesday midnight!
Only just started Death Stranding on pc (seriously impressed) so the next week will be a confusion of what to play next.
Torn between two lovers, feeling like a fool...

Played all 4, all good in their own way but the WE are the aliens thing was pretty neat. Not a new idea (few are!) but a good take on it that felt realistic. Not that I'd know from experience lol

I played through all three of these nearly 2 years ago just before I started on Andromeda (which I also finished)
Glad it's coming to a new audience as a remaster but I'm afraid I won't be playing it again

There's a lot of agreement on this website, and I don't really like it 🤬
Can anyone direct me to another website, (maybe European?) where you're nearly sent death threats for stating an opinion?
Joking of course 😜

Only 2.0 hdmi , so would have been nice to hear about eg lighting shading & something effects. That would persuade me to give it a rattle

Shame was the exact words I thought I'd when reading the headline - and lots of people have said it already!
However, there is enough to be getting on with for launch day, even if no big titles, but then isn't that why we are invested in the system - the whole cross-gen and BC?
With only a few days to go, boy, am I excited?!

A great studio producing great content. Totally agree @dezzy70, I thought they already were on the books!
I'll add that this is an astounding achievement for the XSS - a fantastic entry to the next gen, and one to be proud of

No walmart's here in the UK afaik, but really what a GREAT ad.

Prepaid move and like others reported, the guy bought it out to scan the bar code

@Xiovanni well put

@fraserg have to add my voice and day great review, not too long or short, etc.
Looking forward to midnight launch here in UK.
This year has been pants, but in another positive way - What A Time To Be Alive!

@Nightcrawler71 depends on the HDD controller that utilised the actual usb. You could have usb 3.0 (or 3.1) with slow or fast controller, or usb 2.0 with same... Also spin speed of the HDD eg 7200 or 5400 RPM?
So, no way of telling without a huge table showing combinations!

I must be heartless, nothing jumping out at me that I haven't already got or already finished...

Don't get me wrong, it is appreciated, but 60fpd at 4k is sort of pretty 'standard' for the Xbox series X
I'm sure it'll be silky smooth and responsive and so on but I'm more interested in ray-traced 30fps.
The games that seem to render at 6k and downscale are pretty interesting of course!
As long as games are a steady 30fps, I'll be ok with it.
I'm thinking of my experience playing deliver us the moon at 4k30fps, instead of lower 60 frames per second.
It's probably why I'm slightly surprised at AC Valhalla been 4K 30fps and it doesn't have any Ray tracing...
Of course each to their own - as long as we all enjoy ourselves on launch day 😉
Just occurred to me to ask - 60fps on an offer gen console vs 30fps on a new console with much reduced latency - what would be the best experience?

I could do with a reveal of a AAA exclusive game that actually is going to hit us, say, Easter.
Obviously something that's not Halo Infinite

Oh that looks good! I picked up the GOTY version as soon as they announced a free upgrade, so I will just wait to play it then

4k at 60 FPS isn't coming in at on XSX is not that big a surprise...
1080 in the XSS raises a few eyebrows, well, 2 here to be exact, i expected more from that system

Game UK rang and asked if they could book a half hour slot to pay in full the week before (I chose Wednesday 4pm)
Didn't send to make much difference a all the money is in game wallet...
Slightly concerned that they started talking about the 30 minutes would cover my options re games and accessories!
I'll be in there for 2 minutes to pay for the console, sod them for this cheap and tacky up-selling strategy

Played first 2, voted 2, just cos more to do, but I remember both as very repetitive

Nah, to many other TV subscriptions available, plus, I really cannot stand Apple

Wow, such long comments, debate and discussions!
I only hopped on to say that the GP (ultimate) works out really well for me, and I'm really looking forward to what's coming up in future.
Great to see not only the creativity and freedom, but also the thought of blockbuster games that we haven't really had before.
Someone above doesn't like the GP model, so to don't subscribe, but I'm like that with PSN, I detest that Sony close down their multiplayer servers, especially VR ones, cos only a 'few' people play

Not fussed about the delay, other things to play.
All things come to those who wait