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I've been wondering when will we see the new UI in the preview program I would have thought soon if they want to get going with launching in Autumn.

@Utena-mobile I think so from what I can tell.

@Utena-mobile the game discs themselves are region free which is completely fine for single player experiences. Online and DLC isn't all the time though and even using a UK PS3 in Canada just refuses to work for some games.

I'm still torn on this game I have it preordered but it doesn't seem like what we have come to expect from console iterations of the franchise.

@A_BabyRed_Yoshi Ok here goes. I’ve always been relatively platform agnostic. I went from BBC Micro - Amiga – Megadrive - N64 - Gamecube/OG Xbox – PS3/Wii with a few others in-between. So I rarely have that sense of loyalty when it comes to the companies, I do slightly more so with games with Zelda being my one must buy so to speak. Much like you keep hearing people saying another Gears, another Halo urgh I’m so sick of those games, I feel the same about Uncharted and God of War etc….

So when the next generation of consoles came round I looked at what each company was offering, always online with Xbox One really didn’t bother me (as it turns out both consoles being offline can cause all manner of issues either way), I liked the TV features as aging cable infrastructure (her in Canada at least) has long since meant that menus are just not fit for purpose (some of them are outright terrible) so that appealed and then looking at Xbox One’s initial line up I was much more interested in what was being offered at launch and beyond (the likes of Dead Rising 3 and Sunset Overdrive being two such examples)

The real kicker was Sony’s insistence on not allowing you to change certain features of your account, I don’t care about my PSN ID but region was a real kicker. Three years ago I moved from England to Canada. With PS3 I kind of muddled through I could still buy games via my new Canadian account and play them on my existing account. PS Plus became a nightmare I either had to pay over the odds due to conversion rate to maintain my Plus status on a UK account or play those games on a separate account. There all kinds of other weird problems…Need for Speed Most Wanted for example refused to play nicely with autolog because my console was using a Canadian copy from a Canadian location with a UK account and then even when I tried to use my Canadian account it still refused to play nicely as my console/origin account and all this other crap was already tied to my UK account after much mucking about with EA online chat I gave up! The idea of having a Vita for remote play appealed to me until I realised if I carried on using my UK account I would again be locking myself out of certain features as Vita doesn’t readily support multiple accounts. I understand you can share Plus on a PS4 but for example you have no idea how annoying it is hitting a download DLC or shop button in game only to realize you can’t buy it that and instead have to log into a different account and go through all these hoops. It’s just not for me.

I’ve never been a trophy/achievement collector but I do like that they serve as a good marker of your gaming career so to speak. It’s the same reason I now have a backloggery account I like to know that history and when I played what etc…

I could have got on with it and bought a PS4 and left that all behind but much like people still won’t let go that initial Xbox One unveiling despite the consoles turnaround since Phil Spencer took over I won’t get over the fact that Sony won’t let simply change the region of my account.

i was always in team Infamous so never touched these games will have to see how it pans out.

Very nice that the demo is up early and has some achievements to give us a taste!

The analogues sticks weren't the best but past that I never had a problem with them.

@DabaTheDoom yeah I'm hoping to add some KI characters to my roster as well.

I guess this game had a somewhat limited reach so this should mean more people play it this time round.

@KelticDevil Yep agreed...only slight downside is there is no indication what titles will make it on backwards compatibility will still be good for those who still 360s hooked up.

Mortal Kombat X for me. I've got a $30 gift card I'm waiting to use so that's a good price.

@Tasuki Xbox One! 360 titles are likely to go on sale at some point.

I am definitely going to buy this if it makes out.

@JaxonH @Utena-mobile yeah unfortunately I think the list will be somewhat limited to shooters and Microsoft Games Studios published titles. They have a voting system going which can help gauge the direction the first batch of games might take; https://xbox.uservoice.com/forums/298503-backwards-compatibility

Cannot wait! I've never been one to buy fighting games full price so fingers crossed Mortal Kombat X is somewhere in that 40%-50% off range. There are also a few indie titles that are cheaper on PC so I've been holding out for Xbox sales.

I had wondered...joins the list of games we miss out on (well actually only other one I can think of is 1001 Spikes)

Was a backer of Quiplash so was lucky enough to have it since the weekend. I'll be interested to know what people think because for me it's not the instant classic Fibbage and Drawful were.

Will definitely be picking up that controller like the grips plus it has the other new features like the triggers. Ultimately I'd like an Elite controller but I'd rather wait a year or so and see whether they hold up long term.

@SuperKMx hmmm that's an interesting take on how it works...but then how will the the Rare Replay specific features work? Like game rewind? Also strange that that would only apply to those specific games. Whereas everything else boots natively within the game?

Personally I'd have thought people would prefer it didn't work that way so they can double up on achievements.

As a casual baseball fan this very much appeals to me so great news!

Pretty happy to be honest was hoping this would happen although it becomes slightly more expensive for canadian buyers due to the higher costs of the TV tuner right now. Next stop get hunting for a HDTV antenna

Crappy name but looks alright.

I've picked it up, it's reasonably good nothing special but yes definitely only playable in short bursts.

Well it's the feature a few of us predicted her in the comments. Couldn't be happier, finally I can still play when the wife is hogging the tv to watch crap!

Wait Monopoly has been out for ages....I've had since before Xmas.

@EternalDragonX
I completely agree. Every other format has options for second screen streaming PS4>Vita Wii U>Gamepad PC>Multiple options (Onlive cloud lift etc...) so it seems crazy that Microsoft don't, I'd love it if Smartglass brought that, I'd either be able to use android tablet plugged into TV or Windows 8 laptop. Although if it was a Windows 10 exclusive feature I'd consider upgrading.