TheIronChimp

Could be good as a soloution but they need to add more games on a regular basis. Dont know why though, but I get the strange feeling that this is how back compat will be delivered in the next xbox console.

Just like everything else he spouts it will probably never arrive.

Although a great outcome I would imagine that by the time it comes out on Xbox anyone wanting this would have purchased elsewhere.

I genuinely think MS dont care about Xbox now.

Another big eff you by Microsoft. Dont worry though Microsoft as Im nerfing my gaming time and spending on Xbox by concentrating and spending my money on other platforms.

Somehow I dont think increasing prices will help either.

This doesnt suprise me to be honest. I had actually turned off my auto renewal a couple of days back and looking at this I am glad I have. Realistically any game thats on game pass that i want I would be able to pick up for the monthly fee or less anyway and with my online gaming days long behind me then the cheaper options offer me no benefits at all.

Oh well its been a good run.

Left PES after it moved to the free to play model.So decided to download this for a try. Started the game and saw there was no single player option so deleted. Cant stand the fact that a single player option in a sports game is an afterthought. Maybe it will change as its only a beta at the moment.

With exception of the 360 they have all been really well built and reliable.

And with the way that Microsoft are doing everything possible to shoot themselves in the foot and destroy the Xbox brand it could be 10 to 1 by Christmas.

More back compat games would be nice. Plus get as much Activision and Microsoft back catalogue as you can on the store. I get there are licensing issues but why were OG Fable, Halo and others not included.
Make more games available to purchase too, It would be nice to get a digital purchase of Ridge Racer and try and add titles back on the store such as Halo. Why was Halo removed with next too no notice.
Finally, promote and advertise the back compat and put money in to getting older titles available. Pay Sega, Ubisoft etc to let you add titles as would live to play the old school Rainbow six and Ghost Recon again.

Currently playing Burnout revenge. Shame servers are down now as that was always a blast.

And they wonder why Warner Brothers is hemorrhaging money and struggling.

@GeminiReign With you there on that.

Looking at you Monkey Island 2 with your 11 disks

I totally forgot about Dark Forces coming to console. Win win.

Haha not a chance.

Guess a bit of Madden before the SuperBowl would be nice

Wny not deny the rumours instead of making us wait a week.I honestly think they have been caught out by all these leaks and are panicking by putting this message out.

Think Spencers days are done for at Xbox though.

Way to many physical OG Xbox and 360 games but only a handful of physical for Xbox one and Series X. Sadly since most titles are constantly updated or added to and the fact that games are mainly online there is no sane reason to buy physical anymore.

Hard to say as such a great generation.

1v100 - Great game and its live service elements were ahead of its time and would work today.

Bioshock - Amazing game that never was topped by its sequels

Gears 2 - A sequel which improves everything with amazing online play to boot.

Geometry Wars - The og xbox live arcade game. Cheap, good and hard to master. Still play every now and then and still holds up. One of the few games the wife used to play on the 360 too.

Lost Odyssey - Wonderful RPG that for me ranks as one of the best.

PGR 3 and 4 - Some of the best driving and had many awesome sessions of Cat and Mouse and Last Man Standing with top end cars v mopeds 😀

Wow, so many amazing gamrs and I can name so many more. Great games and one of the best consoles ever.

How about Onimusha and Dino Crisis remakes too.

Noticed over the last few weeks that the "view a game for points" on the xbox store have practically disappeared

@Meehanuk_1987 Defo agree there. The highlight for the year on Xbox was Hifi Rush. Everything else has dissapointed or been subpar. Not really into openworld RPGs like Starfield but yeh not a great year. Tbh for me this year the Switch has probably been the best of the three and has blitzed it with there releases.

Without question it was the 360 era.

Always tempted by new consoles but what really drove me to picking up the OG Xbox was seeing Championship Manager available for the Xbox. However, seeing preview footage for the upcoming Splinter Cell as well as gameplay for PGR, Jet Set Radio Future and Panzer Dragoon Orta pretty much sealed the deal.

Nice. I keep meaning to try this out sometime.

Not a fan of this update at all. Tons of clutter which can't be removed. If we could customize and get rid of the intrusive ads etc then it would be OK. Sadly that's probably not going to happen.

@Raffles I wished Ridge Racer 6 was purchaseable in the EU too.

Yeah it was a great announcement and feature but then they canned it. A shame really but maybe just maybe with the ActiBlizzmerger we can see some titles added.

Hoping that a free trial period is offered as the cloud aspect could be a concern for many gamers. Especially if they have to pay upfront for something that might not work well.

Some nice reveals but with the exception of Starfield and Forza coming this year most of the reveals were either coming 2024, Coop or expansions to existing titles. Also was kind of hoping for Hexen thanks to the T Shirt he was wearing at the end.

@IOI Thibk Quantum break is on sale this week I believe

This is just laughable now.

@Grumblevolcano That was my thought as well.

Oh dear. He we go again. 2023 has to deliver for Xbox.

@shoeses add to that the Sonic tennis game

Im sure i saw somewhere that the shooter Akai Katana shin was getting released this week as well.

Next up in this saga will be Microsoft reveaing the Playstations console numbers whilst not revealing the amount of Xbox numbers. Therfore showing Sonys market dominance.

I really hope so as we keep hearing this year in and year out. I do think that 2023 is key for Xbox and Gamepass. If lots of titles get delayed to 2024 or titles fail to materialise next year then it could see many leaving the Xbox brand.

Great game with a great play and feel to it. I fire the game up every now and then for a quick tournament. I actually miss the dedicated Euro and World Cup games. The free updates just dont cut it.

@Deljo Try using XBSX2 emulator. Amazing emulator for PS2. Been playing quite a few of my older titles at 4k60. For the most part games run and look amazing. A few titles need to be changed to software rendering but give it a go and you shouldnt be dissapointed.

If the deal is quashed somehow it would be funny if Microsoft give Actiblizzard a shed ton of cash to keep all Actiblizzard products away from Sony.

Judging by the fact we dont even have FF7R yet I wouldnt hold your breath.

This is great news but im curious why 1 and 3 arent been released.

I wish all the PGR games were back compat. Great games

@Shramm More than likely

PGR for sure. So many great memories of them games.

Will believe it when I see it.

@el_pieablo or you would forget there was a prompt screen somewhere in the loading process.

@RadioHedgeFund Kind of with you on the Rally add on from the first Horizon but Blizzard Mountain runs it close.