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@GuyinPA75 Why is it time for employees go back to the office when remote work is better for both the employees and empirically proven to be more productive? I swear some people just want other people to be miserable for no reason at all.

@DoctorJohnDisco LOL what scam? It’s been proven that remote workers accomplish MORE than people working in an office setting. Whatever benefits there are from being in the office are more than offset by the increased difficulty to focus. Then when you factor in the cost renting office space it just becomes an insane decision to have staff in the office.

If you’re in the business of making video games and you cannot profit from making a Mandalorian game, the problem is not market conditions, the problem is you.

What a bunch of BS. The leaks rockstar recently experienced would not have been prevented by being in the office. They just found an excuse to pressure people back into the office so they can micromanage and exploit their staff leading up to launch.

Everyone should be using Deku Deals for their wishlist. It is just plain better than any of the console stores plus you can track games across all three consoles.

I'me loving this game. 4 hours in two days. I would give it a 9/10. That being said, I think it is a bit overrated. It's like people are just now learning that deckbuilders are fun. Within its genre I think Slay the Spire, Monster Train, and Inscryption are all much better games.

Rough drop but Indivisible is great. The combat system is fun, the platforming is shockingly good, and I enjoyed the story.

I would rather just purchase Ubisoft on an as needed basis. This past month I beat Prince of Persia, AC Mirage, and The Crew Motorfest for $18 and then cancelled. I’ll do it again for another single month after both SW Outlaws and AC Red release. I can’t imagine I would pay less by having it bundled with Game Pass.

It snowed in my neck of the woods last night so this weekend I am going to try this outside thing I keep hearing so much about. It is supposed to be very immersive.

Fast gameplay built around a jetpack combined with the Mandolorian's arsenal? Sounds like the gameplay could have Armored Core vibes.

@Dimey Here we refer to the time period from Christmas through New Years as the holidays. I think we make a lot out of that time period because it is the only time most Americans have any days off work.

@Dimey Y'all don't celebrate Christmas and New Year and have a winter break?

I'm excited for plans to make a much more powerful console. I think having a premium console would do much more to win over PS fans than a budget console like the Series S.

@IOI This kind of blew up after Jez made some slippery slope assumptions. He is very far from an ***** when it comes to Xbox.

They did not really say much new at all but I think they did a good job of saying nothing. I think this will do a lot to quell the panic.

Y'all are sleeping on Towerborne. That game looks awesome.

It sucks that these polls are so frequently ruined by people who have not played the game voting their uninformed opinions. The View Results button is right there people.

You left off Streets of Rage 4. It is the best couch coop game on Xbox.

Series X download speeds are black magic. I pay for 100mbps and the Series X dowloads at around 130mbps. My hardwired Switch only gets 70mbps and my PS5 gets 95mbps.

@nomither6 Reread my comment carefully. I’m not being critical of whatever plastic box is making you feel the need to be hostile.

@GuyinPA75 It’s beyond me but the smart people I follow on this say that it won’t be possible to do a reasonably priced S level handheld until 2026. The S is significantly more powerful than Steamdeck.

@OldGamer999 I hope they continue to make consoles. I own all three and the Series X is always my prefered place to play besides games I want to play handheld.

I hope they use their current reality as a reason to diverse their console offerings. I would buy a Series S level handheld for $500+. I would also buy a premium Xbox capable of running everything at 60 fps/4k/RT for $1000. I just don't think there is a way forward for them in the console space that is focused on making a mass market box to compete with Playstation.

@tho_mi I do think PC sales help some but I would argue that the PC market and console market are different enough that it doesn't fully make up the gap between install bases. The best selling PC games are markedly different than the best selling console games. There is some overlap but not enough.

@OldGamer999 I agree it is inevitable that Microsoft becomes multiplatform. They cannot compete with Playstation without making $300 million dollar games and it doesn't make economic sense to make those games for an install base of 40 million consoles.

I voted Gears #1 in that poll. It is easily my favorite Xbox IP. Gears 6 is probably my most anticipated game besides a new 3D Mario.

@CharlieChooChoo Yes! Those old games blow. I played GoW 3 and it was easily the worst AAA game I have ever played. As a longtime Nintendo fan it felt like what I imagined Playstation/Xbox games to be like because it puts visual spectacle way ahead of making a fun game. The camera is always way too zoomed out for cinematic framing and it makes the game way worse. Also that version of Kratos sucks.

He is talking *****. Did you not understand that?

@xxk7xx It's like this in every Forza game I have played so I don't think they see this as a necessary feature. It's bafffling.

@xxk7xx Yeeees! The lack of information about how far behind you are is such a weird choice. It motivating and fun to see how much time you knocked off at each checkpoint.

@Sakko I don't know how the god awful performance of Microsoft games last year is not a bigger story. I skipped Redfall but Forza and Starfield had easily the worst performance of any games I played last year.

I beat all the tours and put in 50 hours but I don't see any reason to return to the game. If I want to play Forza I will play Horizon 4/5. Hell, I am playing The Crew Motorfest right now and even that is better than Motorsport.

The racing is great in Motorsport but everything else is a disaster. It is buggy as hell. The progression system is nonsense. But the biggest issue for me is the boring presentation. How is there no music?

@XboxistheBestBox it’s not like they have this market share because they’re geniuses. Microsoft makes giant mistakes constantly. They have an advantage thanks to Bill Gates’ childhood privilege that allowed him access to tech most people didn’t have and then they have ruthlessly maintained it by driving competitors out of business. They’re good in a way that is bad for consumers and deserves zero respect…like all corporations.

I strongly prefer my Series X to my PS5 but If they do this and only Sony delivers a pro model then I think it will just make economic sense for me to abandon Xbox and treat Microsoft as a publisher.

It's lame that this comments sections censors cuss words. People say all kinds of toxis ***** on here using acceptable language but yeah sure it is the cussing that is the thing that needs to be stopped.

I would be interested in an updated controller if it fixes the trigger sticking issues. Forza Horizon 5 and Motorsport each ruined a controller due to trigger sticking.

Haptics are not appealing to me. I'm not sure why someone would want to play games with a persistently shaking controller. I turned this ***** off on PS5.

These layoffs are only happening because Microsoft and all the other companies know a bunch of people online and in the media will call it a shrewd business decision.

The people carrying water for a corporation laying people off are the reason we cannot have nice things. Layoffs used to be a last resort now because of people like you they are just another cost saving measure. Unless Microsoft is getting out of making games this is a stupid move.

I will just never understand how it is smart to cut talent. Especially at a company struggling to release thei games on time. All of these companies let greed make them penny smart and pound foolish.

Now I can feel totally immresed by checks notes having a hunk of plastic violently vibrating in my hands!

I turn this crap off or minimize it when possible on PS5 so I will not be buying the extra shaky Xbox controller and caution against it for anyone who has not tried the Dualsense. The shaking gets old fast. At least they seem to have resisted the urge to copy the finger ligament shredding trigger pressure.

The games were great but the format is awful. To support my case - the highlight of the show was a trailer. Just showing trailers would be better.

F - Why cant they just copy Nintendo Directs like everyone else does?

I am interested in Avowed but got bored within a few minutes and decided I would prefer to read a round up, rather than watch this crap. In the 4 minutes I did watch I don't feel like I learned anything that they could not have shown me in a regular trailer.

I'm going to do the month of Ubisoft Plus. I am excited to play this, AC Mirage, and The Crew.

I love the options "Fairly often to be fair" and "Pretty much never to be honest". Perhaps this is wrong but it feels so British to my American brain.

@InterceptorAlpha It felt like they prioritized their "Bought not built" slogan over making the game fun and interesting.

@Nightcrawler71 It was so annoying to get penalized when the AI treated the race like a game of bumper cars. My preference was to start in 24th and work my way up. The first lap was rough sometimes.

I really hated the progression system. Some of the cars suck to drive their stock version and by the time you unlock upgrades you’re on to the next series.

I experienced but didn’t mind the other issues as they were easily resolved by rewinding. I think they would be better off focusing on game performance as it still crashes frequently especially when using quick resume.

@AlwaysPlaying I thought it was boring and just to be clear I am not criticizing the games. I just think the format sucks because it asks you to sit through very long segments so when you're not into a game the whole presentation grinds to a halt.

I think it would be much smarter to do a fun 15 minute presentation with trailers for these games plus a few other things like GP announcements and then put the developer commentary up online for anyone who wants a deep dive.

My distaste for these long developer segments might be a personal preference but no other publisher does their presentations like this, including publishers with excellent marketing teams, so my guess is that most fans are not interested in these type of back to back deep dives in a presentation.

Every Xbox Developer Direct I have watched should have just been a blog post. They're so boring.

When I played this game I stood directly in front of a machine gun that was shooting me, reloaded while it continued firing at me, and still didn’t die. I like these games, they’re a lot of fun, but it is definitely dumb turn your brain off fun.

@Cherip-the-Ripper Yes I totally agree that valid criticism has a place but what tends to happen in comments sections is valid criticism is often met with negative reactions and the whole discussion becomes poisoned. I think the tone of comment sections, especially for gaming sites, has been toxic for so long that it is hard for people to have nuanced critical conversations.

I find myself being dragged down into the negativity too often, which is a personal problem, I am very feisty, so I think it is definitely best for me to at least carefully choose my spots, and more often just avoid critical comments even when they are well intentioned.