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What about make cloud gaming available ti more regions? We still don't have it here...

He will go to Square Exix. You heard it here first!

I really recommend A Short Hike, I love this game.

Amazing! Was it also confirmed for consoles? The page is already up on Steam

@Ralizah The hinge in my OG launch DS was destroyed from use and the touch functionality on my launch DS lite stoped working. Other than that the replacement consoles and the 3DS line are in perfect shape. My launch Switch though is one point before the trash can. I keep repairing the cons and they still drift, the charging stops working randomly the whole thing seems very cheap. That said my OG Game Boy still works with no issues.

On topic I have only a Series S and works perfectly, the UI is fast and the console is quite.

The first game gave me severe motion sickness, I am not sure I will try this one.

I never got the Mental Issue stuff in the first game, and it make me ill by giving me severe motion dizziness

Imagine a Steam client on the Xbox consoles with verified One, Series S or X games, similarly to the Steam Deck...

Xbox cloud gaming is not available in my country even though Nvidia and PS Plus something is also. I have tries Nvidia in a 100Mps connection and it ran fine.

Amazing game, I really recommend it.

No Xbox physical games at all but that said I only have a Series S. Not that I buy much physical games of new games anyway. The only games I have for my PS5, for example, are Final Fantasy games.

I never had a 360, in fact my first Xbox is the Series S. That said I played a ton of the backwards compatible SEGA games, the FF13 trilogy, the Metal Gear games, Silent Hill etc.

The asymmetrical controls are something I hate with a passion. I guess this is due to me playing a lot of 2D games. Another issue is that I don't like the dpad in Series S. This controller solves both issues but it is expensive.

They should start by making streaming available in more regions.

@EvilSilentFrame To be fair SEGA ips are not as dormant as it may seem. In the last years we had new Streets of Rage, Panzer Dragoon, House of the Dead, Virtua Fighter and more. Still, I would love to have as much SEGA as possible! Where is Outrun, Daytona, Phantasy Star etc.?

@rpawlos15133 They tried recently with Panzer Dragoon and the Remake was not well received. As for Nights the Saturn game was remade and was well received. It is available in Steam and Xbox via BC.

I only have a Series S and I am not familiar with the backstory but I have played and enjoyed some older games via BC like Peace Walker, Sega Arcade games, the FF13 trilogy and more. On the Series S you can also play new games. So, isn't the current gen by default the best?

I really love my Steam Deck and many games that are listed as not compatible actually work. That said performance on those can be hit or miss. Atelier Ryza 3 plays bad whatever you do.

That said I have tried Windows 11 in the Deck and the experience is not good. There are issues with outdated drivers etc. Regardless of what they say Windows 11 support is not a priority, but I personally don't mind that much, I enjoy my Steam Deck.

Clearly Square and MS will have Unpresented Relationship from no on! Sorry for the cliche joke but I don't see this going anywhere. To be honest PS5 is a good console but before FF16 I could play all games in my launch model PS4. FF is my favourite series of all time and I know that I need a Playstation (or a PC and a bit of patience) to play the games.

Peace Walker needs some rebalancing to better accumulate that most will play alone and not in 4 player co-op. I only see one more collection to be honest: 4, Peace Walker and 5 Ground Zeros and 5 Phantom Pain with Ghost Bable being the extra game. So, I think we will only have a vol.2 which is fine to be honest.

As much I would like Portable Ops and Acid 1,2 I don't think they will create a PSP emulator for just those and they surely can't license Sony's without making the games exclusive. Also, same think with Twin Snakes.

@JetmanUK This happened to me with Edge, VLC and OneDrive apps, many times to be honest

To be honest if you are a hardcore Final Fantasy fan you probably have a PS4/5 or a PC/Steam Deck etc. FF16 is currently the only true PS5 exclusive !! (or will be until 2024, Spiderman 2 will take its place)

@Deljo €10

@Cashews In those games it is fine but in games like Sonic Mania and 2D Meteoidvanias in not good.

Unpopular opinion: the dpad in Series controllers is bad and a downgrade from the One controller.

Maybe everything will be Xbox exclusive expect legacy or retro content re-releases or ports will be released everywhere like the recent Quake 2.

Well, wouldn't be easier and cheaper to get a 360 with HDMI port to play the OG games? Seems like most games are playable via BC.

Cloud Streaming is not available in my region even though you technically pay for it as part of the Ultimate Sub plan.

@nathanSF Indeed if you buy more time it starts when the current ends.

I am actually subscribed those days to the PC version so I guess I am not affected? But I will cancel since I don't have time to play and resubscribe closer to Christmas

@SplooshDmg Thanks for the info. From what I gathered in a quick search a lot of games have this issue on PC but ship with precompiled shaders on consoles. Still, it doesn't explain why FF7 Remake performs bad in the Steam Deck where the shaders are automatically downloaded, and the game is verified. RE4 Remake and Village that play well in my laptop and the Deck but they run in the RE Engine.

The most bad recent game on PC could be Atelier Ryza 3. It plays horribly regrdless of settings.

Let's be honest here, if you are a fan of Final Fantasy or Square in general you don't buy an Xbox, or you don't buy only an Xbox. The exclusive BC Xbox versions of the 13 trilogy were an exception.

@Ralizah TBH I tried AAA games in Steam Deck and my laptop for the first time and they seem to be hit or miss as far as performance goes. In FF7 Remake there is some sort of stutter a lot of time but RE4 Remake plays without issues.

Even when Game of Year editions or editions with DLC included get released they don't have the whole content! Final Fantasy 15 and Rise of the Tomb Raider still have content missing from the disk. Other companies sell Game of the Year editions with the extra DLC as a code in the box and not on the disk

Unprecedented Relationship! A bit cliché but I couldn't help myself, sorry...

I personally don't care that much. Microsoft can pay ActBliz to have Call of Duty as exclusive or troll Sony by releasing an inferior version of the game on PlayStation platforms. In a more serious tone it is not easy for an American company to go buy a Japanese company like Sega. Although if this happens and MS releases consoles with the Sega branding I will run and swim to Japan to get one

I bought a Series S at launch because Microsoft promised that I would play all games in the generation. Cutting the S will alienate the fanbase, if this happens it would be hard for me to invest in another Xbox hardware, not to mention that they may have to pay refunds in some regions. To be honest Resident Evil Village, Horizon Forbidden West (and maybe other upcoming games like RE4 or SF6) perform good on hardware less capable that the S like the PS4 or the Steam Deck...

I would love if Microsoft made a symmetric wireless controller for the Xbox One/Series and Windows 11. I had to order one from 8bitdo.

@themightyant I have tried those steps. Nothing works. Even native PS5 games that are installed in the internal ssd but are not in the home screen do not update unless I start them!

@themightyant Yes I have it enabled and PS5 downloads nothing! It is a relatively common complaint. In Series S at least I have to option to check all games for updates with one click manually. In PS5 I have to do one by one!

@themightyant I have many issues with the PS5 but the bigget is that games that are not in your home screen can update only if you start them and that makes no sense. I don't like the UI it is cluttered and bizarre to navigate.

@Fenbops I bought the S because Microsoft promised that I will play all new games. I don't care that much about resolution etc I just want new gaming experiencs. They cannot drop it, they would have to pay partial refunds and they will allienate their fans.

What about Cloud Gaming? It is still not available in a lot of regions...

@cragis0001 To be fair to Microsoft they probably gave Square Enix a good check to have all FF from 7 to 13-3 in Game Pass but seems they got no traction.

Seems that Sony bought the 7 Remake and 16 but seems that jrpg players are mostly on Playstation and PC

Square Enix seems ... sort of done with Xbox except for some random and cheap to make re-releases like Crisis Core. Some final fantasy games came and went in games pass, Forspoken and FF16 are PS5 exclusives, the Remake of FF7 and Pixel Remaster games are nowhere to be seen.

My only guess is that the games sold poorly and gained no traction when they were in Game Pass.

It is a shame really...

@Nintendo4Sonic I was looking at this controller actually. It is Xbox verified right? So it should work in all Xbox systems and Windows 11? It is asymmetrical but it is closer to what I want...

Now I don't know if this is a somewhat unpopular opinion but I really hate the asymmetrical design. I play a lot of 2d games and it is unpractical. That said I love the grip in the Series controller but the dpad is just bad, I really prefer the One controller due to this.

I love the Aqua Shift design. Even the simple blue controller has a color that I lie a lot!

@Banjo- In PSP it is possible to redownload anything but you have to SCROLL! There is no way to search what you want, they are sorted by purchase time and it even shows PS3 content in the list. It works but it is painful.

In the Wii I also think you can redownload but I have moved my content via system transfewr to the Wii U and I am not so sure.

By the way it seems that there are some Xbox 360 BC games that are not available in all regions like Final Fight.

Some of them are not available in my region. From the ones I have I highly recommend Daytona USA!

To be fair Goldeneye felt dated even back then with the slow motion gameplay. Still it is cool to have it as far as gaming preservation goes.

As far as I understand the game will be free if you have the Rare Replay game?