Looking at the development kit picture (boy that better not be the final product, it's not a pretty device imho) they already have the xbox button layout, so that's cool.
Native would be a must, but that 'Gx3 gen 1' platform is android based I presume, so the question is could it possibly run xbox games natively? If not native, then you could just connect a controller to our phone like @gollumb82 suggests, and cellular connectivity would be a must too like @InterceptorAlpha mentioned, if not native.
More concerning is the rampant growth of cheaters on the pc side, they should address this problem real soon, this is gonna ruin the game. And also enable the ability to turn off crossplay in casual play...
It will sell for years?, well, saw it in the store this week in a sales bin for 10 euro's, bin was full, even at that price nobody was picking it up. They got ways to go fixing the reputation of this game.
Gave them a C for effort, like @BlueOcean says, it's just a bonus on top of the amazing value that gamepass is, my youngest daughter is crazy about lego games, so we got the 2 batmans so she was happy, Yookoo-laylee and Moving Out were welcome too...
Went from must buy from me and my buddies after watching trailer to okay lets see if they fix enough after first beta to now we're gonna wait till it gets properly fixed and buy it in a sale, shame has so much potential, but we had so many issues , crossplay didn't work , my buddies have pc's and I alone have the xsx so that was lame... Too bad...
6 euro's is dirt cheap, for 60 hours of amazing gameplay, but I would recommend the GOTY edition, 4 euro's extra for both the dlc's which are big campaigns on their own....
Not bothered by it at all, it's a real positive vibe I get, so nope, fine by me... but level 20+ or so , didn't have that much time to play it yet, work and life got in the way, hopefully this weekend some more playtime.... but there are too many games lol.... not in the least complaining about gta san andreas being in the state that is is, completed that one years ago.... Next Space Rebels I'm intrigued by so propably give that some time.
@LtSarge Horizon 4 another beatiful game, is there in gamepass, and the ultimate version is dirt cheap now in the black friday sale, but yeah the others are delisted cause of licensing issues... Got Horizon 4 with my One X with the Lego expansion (which is great btw).
Well maybe because of the complete clusterf#*ck of a release, they should do gamepass to maybe save some face and get some sales.... I saw physical as low as 10-15 bucks... with all the numerous patches it doesn't look half bad at this point...
@WCB First thought also, yesterday was like no way I´m gonna download 140+gb for the weekly challenge, but maybe now I can stream the game... Had it as an insider for a while, but never got around to use it, play games on the consoles only, but for tryouts this is gonna be great.
Flightsim nominated (again) is really odd, it won last years sim/strategy catergory, and now nominated again for the same category.... hmmm, thought there was a strict rule for being nominated , only new games, no remaster/remakes... why not nominate Hades again, was new for me this year.... and one of my most played and loved games
And people were right, I was so hoping FH5 would make the overall GOTY category, it's not a niche (racer) game, it surpassed 8 million players like 2 days ago.... highest rated new game of the year and one of the most played and not in the goty discussion is just heresy imo.
@LX_FENIX What I understand is that they use a very special technique to get those fps boost to work, they don't alter the game in anyway, just trick the game into performing better somehow. They also said that this technique basically isn't working on every game, they went out of their way for Dark Souls 3 I believe which got a special treatment to get it to work.
@Originut @blinx01, you both are probably right, they have to get the permission from the publisher and or developer to tinker with the fps, maybe they didn't sign off on it due to the remake in development, so the remake can shine even more in comparison with the old version. But overall impressive list, got some of those old disc's somewhere in a box, time to dust them off... Assassin's Creed , Far Cry 3 and F.E.A.R for sure, original AC on 60fps could be fun again....
Couldn't start the download yesterday evening, but could download it just before I got to work this morning , no time to play though, until tonight, but what a treat, all maps and progression is ported to final release so that's pretty epic....
Allegedly they sent out 50000 giftcards to US customers, half of them for $100 and other half for $10, nice gesture, but we xbox gamers are not all US residents
It's really amazing, too bad I had to go to work today, as I would have played a lot more... but numbers are astounding.... over a million had early access too.... which is really telling....
Really cool thing (pun intended)... too bad scalpers bested me in trying to buy this thing, he was noticing the 90 day limited warranty, that would never be the case in the EU, we got a minimum 2-year warranty over here against faulty products.... Also noticed that he unplugged the thing and the xbox logo was still lit.... probably some type of capacitor holding charge, but fun to see!
Agree with people here, put your attention in other areas first, only got in the game one time, rest of beta time I couldn't log in, what I played for about 2 hours was okay but definitely could use some polish, go for a stable 60fps first.
@ChopperCampbell Thanks for the tip, just like @NESsalgia I had real issues with the controller in Planet Coaster, didn't know it had keyboard/mouse support , defintely gonna try it again the next two weeks and see if it's better, cause it looks great.
Played the first mission, it's pretty good, got nostalgic feelings, cause I thought of C64's Ace 2 and Amiga's F18 interceptor (yep I'm old ), then I read that it has been made by just 3 people, and now I'm seriously impressed... Great flight action game so far.
As i said before, just give us the keyboard+mouse option only ,so you wouldn't have to do any extra port stuff to put it on xbox, I don't have a game pc anymore, my kids do, but they're not into AoE, it's all Valorant, Apex , PUBG....
Forza and of course Skyrim, still not clear as what the price will be for the upgrade to the full version of the anniversary edition, and there better be a upgrade path, as I am not gonna pay full price again for the 5th time or so, already got 4 versions of it. Also definitely gonna check San Andreas out, played it to death on the pc back in the day, so gonna be interesting how this is gonna play on the series x, after all this time.
I've seen the developers during the unbelievably long twitch indie showcase, and this was definitely one I wanted to check out, so gonna give it a go...
@Xenomorph_79 They could just like gears 5 , halo mcc and sea of thieves for example support mouse and keyboard, then they wouldn't have to go out of their way to implement the xbox controller in the game.
N64 Goldeneye , like many before me, best James Bond game ever made, certainly in my top 10 best games overall ever made, nothing in this list comes even close....
Yeah, really tempted, but how much controllers does one need?, since the xbox one(x) controllers are compatible with current gen, we already have like 7 controllers lying around the house, really can't sell that to my wife . Maybe if I they would break down once in a while or wear down, but even my 360 controllers are still working fine, so cannot complain about the longevity of the xbox controllers so far.
Well, I enjoyed the kinect with my children on the 360 , we had a blast with Kinect adventures, kinectimals, fruit ninja and the like, thought the gestures were really working well. But understood why it went away... Still a huge success story for MS, who basically sold a bunch of kinect 3's to the U.S Military for like 22 Billion (Hololens)
So many games , so little time to play them, being at work, thinking I'm gonna play this and that tonight, and then I get home, give the kids and wife attention, play one round of Hades, and then mostly off to bed cause I got tired..... lol, well maybe this weekend...
Microsoft could acquire the whole western division of SE, including crystal dynamics, there were rumours a time ago that they were looking to sell that part to Ubisoft, so if MS would close that deal, they would aquire some interesting IP, like Thief, Deus Ex and Tomraider.... which would be a nice addition for future projects, and the 'old' stuff would go nicely into gamepass.
@Halucigens Yeah, great for that too, but also my X ssd is constantly maxed out, so yeah try before you download option is really a good QoL thing while shuffling things around between my internal and external drive, or even play while downloading sounds good too.... I am in the beta insiders ring, so hopefully gonna be able to try it soon.
@Kilamanjaro The rechargeable packs from Dobe are amazing , 1200mAh big packs , can get them here in Holland online but got my last one through ali express , really good quality
Yep , really not into collectibles anymore, I stopped cause of a burglary in which I lost all of my 360 special editions like the the mw2 nightvision goggles , that kind of stuff. But really tempted with this fridge....
Damn, haven't even finished checking out games from like 3 weeks ago, they keep adding stuff, and I'm lost for time, from the little time that I have, 80% is still going to Hades, this weekend hopefully some time to play halo flight....
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Re: How To Claim 2500 Bonus Microsoft Rewards Points On Xbox In December
And also this is not available for me (Netherlands)
Re: Microsoft Rewards: Earn 500 Easy Points With This New 'Favorites' Xbox Challenge
Not available where I live (Netherlands)
Re: Xbox Reportedly 'Dabbling' With Handheld Console Prototypes For Cloud Gaming
Looking at the development kit picture (boy that better not be the final product, it's not a pretty device imho) they already have the xbox button layout, so that's cool.
Re: Xbox Reportedly 'Dabbling' With Handheld Console Prototypes For Cloud Gaming
Native would be a must, but that 'Gx3 gen 1' platform is android based I presume, so the question is could it possibly run xbox games natively? If not native, then you could just connect a controller to our phone like @gollumb82 suggests, and cellular connectivity would be a must too like @InterceptorAlpha mentioned, if not native.
Re: Xbox Reportedly 'Dabbling' With Handheld Console Prototypes For Cloud Gaming
Definitely interested! With a decent controller (same stuff as xbox controller) and an oled please.
Re: Halo Infinite's Multiplayer Is Getting A Quick Fix XP Update
More concerning is the rampant growth of cheaters on the pc side, they should address this problem real soon, this is gonna ruin the game. And also enable the ability to turn off crossplay in casual play...
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Will Be 'Perceived As A Very Good Game' In The Long Run, Says CDPR
It will sell for years?, well, saw it in the store this week in a sales bin for 10 euro's, bin was full, even at that price nobody was picking it up. They got ways to go fixing the reputation of this game.
Re: Poll: How Would You Grade Xbox Games With Gold In 2021?
Gave them a C for effort, like @BlueOcean says, it's just a bonus on top of the amazing value that gamepass is, my youngest daughter is crazy about lego games, so we got the 2 batmans so she was happy, Yookoo-laylee and Moving Out were welcome too...
Re: Halo Infinite's Opening Campaign Cutscene Has Leaked Online
Won't watch it either .. we'll see in December
Re: Battlefield 2042 Draws Significant Criticism In Its Opening Weekend
Went from must buy from me and my buddies after watching trailer to okay lets see if they fix enough after first beta to now we're gonna wait till it gets properly fixed and buy it in a sale, shame has so much potential, but we had so many issues , crossplay didn't work , my buddies have pc's and I alone have the xsx so that was lame... Too bad...
Re: Deals: The Best Bargains In The Xbox Black Friday Sale 2021
6 euro's is dirt cheap, for 60 hours of amazing gameplay, but I would recommend the GOTY edition, 4 euro's extra for both the dlc's which are big campaigns on their own....
Re: Deals: The Best Bargains In The Xbox Black Friday Sale 2021
If you never played the Witcher 3, once again it's time to pick it up for a bargain, remains one of the best games ever made.
Re: Forza Horizon 5 Players Are Finding The Game's Dialogue A Little Grating
Not bothered by it at all, it's a real positive vibe I get, so nope, fine by me... but level 20+ or so , didn't have that much time to play it yet, work and life got in the way, hopefully this weekend some more playtime.... but there are too many games lol.... not in the least complaining about gta san andreas being in the state that is is, completed that one years ago.... Next Space Rebels I'm intrigued by so propably give that some time.
Re: Forza Horizon 5 Celebrates 10 Million Players, Biggest Launch In Xbox History
@LtSarge Horizon 4 another beatiful game, is there in gamepass, and the ultimate version is dirt cheap now in the black friday sale, but yeah the others are delisted cause of licensing issues... Got Horizon 4 with my One X with the Lego expansion (which is great btw).
Re: CDPR Has 'No Plans' To Bring Cyberpunk 2077 To Xbox Game Pass
Well maybe because of the complete clusterf#*ck of a release, they should do gamepass to maybe save some face and get some sales.... I saw physical as low as 10-15 bucks... with all the numerous patches it doesn't look half bad at this point...
Re: Xbox Cloud Gaming Launches On Consoles Today, Includes Next-Gen Games On Xbox One
@WCB First thought also, yesterday was like no way I´m gonna download 140+gb for the weekly challenge, but maybe now I can stream the game... Had it as an insider for a while, but never got around to use it, play games on the consoles only, but for tryouts this is gonna be great.
Re: Xbox Has A Stunning New Mandalorian 'Beskar Edition' Controller, But It'll Cost You
If it's made of real beskar, it's a bargain.
Re: Xbox & Bethesda Lead The Way With 20 Nominations For The Game Awards 2021
Flightsim nominated (again) is really odd, it won last years sim/strategy catergory, and now nominated again for the same category.... hmmm, thought there was a strict rule for being nominated , only new games, no remaster/remakes... why not nominate Hades again, was new for me this year.... and one of my most played and loved games
Re: Xbox & Bethesda Lead The Way With 20 Nominations For The Game Awards 2021
And people were right, I was so hoping FH5 would make the overall GOTY category, it's not a niche (racer) game, it surpassed 8 million players like 2 days ago.... highest rated new game of the year and one of the most played and not in the goty discussion is just heresy imo.
Re: 37 FPS Boosts Added To Backwards Compatible Games On Xbox Series X|S
@LX_FENIX What I understand is that they use a very special technique to get those fps boost to work, they don't alter the game in anyway, just trick the game into performing better somehow. They also said that this technique basically isn't working on every game, they went out of their way for Dark Souls 3 I believe which got a special treatment to get it to work.
Re: 37 FPS Boosts Added To Backwards Compatible Games On Xbox Series X|S
@Originut @blinx01, you both are probably right, they have to get the permission from the publisher and or developer to tinker with the fps, maybe they didn't sign off on it due to the remake in development, so the remake can shine even more in comparison with the old version. But overall impressive list, got some of those old disc's somewhere in a box, time to dust them off... Assassin's Creed , Far Cry 3 and F.E.A.R for sure, original AC on 60fps could be fun again....
Re: Halo Infinite's Multiplayer Releases Today, Download And Play For Free
Couldn't start the download yesterday evening, but could download it just before I got to work this morning , no time to play though, until tonight, but what a treat, all maps and progression is ported to final release so that's pretty epic....
Re: Two More Of November 2021's Xbox Games With Gold Are Now Available
Will download both, Lego for our youngest, she loves all lego games, and the other goes to the ever extending backlog.
Re: Reaction: Looking Back At An Excellent First Year For The Xbox Series X|S
Got my S on day one, and the X last may, best systems I have owned till now, and I got a lot going back to nes....
Re: Microsoft Is Randomly Sending Out $100 Gift Cards To Lucky Users
Allegedly they sent out 50000 giftcards to US customers, half of them for $100 and other half for $10, nice gesture, but we xbox gamers are not all US residents
Re: Microsoft Is Randomly Sending Out $100 Gift Cards To Lucky Users
@Berry-sXe , Very good tip!, thanks a bunch.
Re: Forza Horizon 5 Passes 4.5 Million Players, Biggest Launch Day In Xbox Game Studios History
It better be nominated at the Keighleys (TGA) for overall game of the year, or it's the last time I watched that show....
Re: Forza Horizon 5 Passes 4.5 Million Players, Biggest Launch Day In Xbox Game Studios History
It's really amazing, too bad I had to go to work today, as I would have played a lot more... but numbers are astounding.... over a million had early access too.... which is really telling....
Re: The Xbox Mini Fridge Has Received Its First Official Unboxing Video
Really cool thing (pun intended)... too bad scalpers bested me in trying to buy this thing, he was noticing the 90 day limited warranty, that would never be the case in the EU, we got a minimum 2-year warranty over here against faulty products.... Also noticed that he unplugged the thing and the xbox logo was still lit.... probably some type of capacitor holding charge, but fun to see!
Re: Battlefield 2042 Could 'Potentially' Bring 120FPS To Xbox Series X|S, Claims Dev
Agree with people here, put your attention in other areas first, only got in the game one time, rest of beta time I couldn't log in, what I played for about 2 hours was okay but definitely could use some polish, go for a stable 60fps first.
Re: Another Six Games Will Leave Xbox Game Pass Soon (November 15)
@ChopperCampbell Thanks for the tip, just like @NESsalgia I had real issues with the controller in Planet Coaster, didn't know it had keyboard/mouse support , defintely gonna try it again the next two weeks and see if it's better, cause it looks great.
Re: Video: Xbox Releases Forza Horizon 5 Live-Action Clip Starring Ted Lasso Star And Karol G
Awesome mix of reality and in-game material so it seems, which is a good indication how realistic the graphics in this game are!
Re: 'One Step From Eden', The Deckbuilding Action Roguelike, Is Heading To Xbox Game Pass
That trailer gets me excited definitely going to try this out! Nice soundtrack btw
Re: Project Wingman Gets Surprise Xbox Game Pass Release For Consoles
Played the first mission, it's pretty good, got nostalgic feelings, cause I thought of C64's Ace 2 and Amiga's F18 interceptor (yep I'm old ), then I read that it has been made by just 3 people, and now I'm seriously impressed... Great flight action game so far.
Re: Xbox Employees Receive Special, One-Of-A-Kind Custom Controllers
Nice, but does that mean a one-off for every employee, cause that would be a hell of a job for Pope.
Re: F2P Title KartRider: Drift Gets A Third Closed Beta On December 8th
December 8th.....mmmmh, gonna sign up for another game that day.
Re: Review: Age Of Empires 4 - The Return Of The King
As i said before, just give us the keyboard+mouse option only ,so you wouldn't have to do any extra port stuff to put it on xbox, I don't have a game pc anymore, my kids do, but they're not into AoE, it's all Valorant, Apex , PUBG....
Re: Roundup: Here's What's Coming To Xbox In November 2021
Forza and of course Skyrim, still not clear as what the price will be for the upgrade to the full version of the anniversary edition, and there better be a upgrade path, as I am not gonna pay full price again for the 5th time or so, already got 4 versions of it. Also definitely gonna check San Andreas out, played it to death on the pc back in the day, so gonna be interesting how this is gonna play on the series x, after all this time.
Re: Wholesome Fishing RPG Moonglow Bay Is Now Available With Xbox Game Pass
I've seen the developers during the unbelievably long twitch indie showcase, and this was definitely one I wanted to check out, so gonna give it a go...
Re: Roundup: Here's What The Critics Are Saying About Age Of Empires 4
@Xenomorph_79 They could just like gears 5 , halo mcc and sea of thieves for example support mouse and keyboard, then they wouldn't have to go out of their way to implement the xbox controller in the game.
Re: Pick One: Which Is Your Favourite Xbox James Bond Game?
N64 Goldeneye , like many before me, best James Bond game ever made, certainly in my top 10 best games overall ever made, nothing in this list comes even close....
Re: Xbox 20th Anniversary Special Edition Controller Arrives This November
Yeah, really tempted, but how much controllers does one need?, since the xbox one(x) controllers are compatible with current gen, we already have like 7 controllers lying around the house, really can't sell that to my wife . Maybe if I they would break down once in a while or wear down, but even my 360 controllers are still working fine, so cannot complain about the longevity of the xbox controllers so far.
Re: Sky TV Has Partnered With Microsoft To Resurrect The Xbox Kinect
Well, I enjoyed the kinect with my children on the 360 , we had a blast with Kinect adventures, kinectimals, fruit ninja and the like, thought the gestures were really working well. But understood why it went away... Still a huge success story for MS, who basically sold a bunch of kinect 3's to the U.S Military for like 22 Billion (Hololens)
Re: Two More Games Are Now Available With Xbox Game Pass (October 7)
So many games , so little time to play them, being at work, thinking I'm gonna play this and that tonight, and then I get home, give the kids and wife attention, play one round of Hades, and then mostly off to bed cause I got tired..... lol, well maybe this weekend...
Re: Surprise! Scarlet Nexus Is Joining Xbox Game Pass Today
Man oh man, game pass keeps on giving , like my backlog wasn't big enough, great get though
Re: Marvel's Avengers Is Heading To Xbox Game Pass This Thursday
Microsoft could acquire the whole western division of SE, including crystal dynamics, there were rumours a time ago that they were looking to sell that part to Ubisoft, so if MS would close that deal, they would aquire some interesting IP, like Thief, Deus Ex and Tomraider.... which would be a nice addition for future projects, and the 'old' stuff would go nicely into gamepass.
Re: Xbox Cloud Gaming For Console Is Now Rolling Out To Insiders
@Halucigens Yeah, great for that too, but also my X ssd is constantly maxed out, so yeah try before you download option is really a good QoL thing while shuffling things around between my internal and external drive, or even play while downloading sounds good too.... I am in the beta insiders ring, so hopefully gonna be able to try it soon.
Re: Hyperkin Announces 'Cortana Edition' Xbox Duke Controller
@Kilamanjaro
The rechargeable packs from Dobe are amazing , 1200mAh big packs , can get them here in Holland online but got my last one through ali express , really good quality
Re: Get Prepared, Xbox Mini Fridge Info Is On The Way Very Soon
Yep , really not into collectibles anymore, I stopped cause of a burglary in which I lost all of my 360 special editions like the the mw2 nightvision goggles , that kind of stuff. But really tempted with this fridge....
Re: Four More Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (September 23)
Damn, haven't even finished checking out games from like 3 weeks ago, they keep adding stuff, and I'm lost for time, from the little time that I have, 80% is still going to Hades, this weekend hopefully some time to play halo flight....