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Sekiro!
Mass Effect Trilogy.
Avengers, because why not?

I remember Christmas Eve and my dad wanted us to open one present to the three of us kids. We chose one and he declined and had us pick another. We then opened his choice. It was original NES with robot. We were stunned. We immediately barreled downstairs into our basement where the TV was and played Duck Hunt for hours, my dad included. He always loved those types of gifts to the family.

PSVR has sold some 5M units as of a year ago and who knows how it did this year within pandemic. I have it for my PS4 Pro and while it is not PC quality graphics, SW Squadrons on it is still pretty amazing. Microsoft has no foundation with VR to build on, so it would be from scratch. What I think would be best is to get the XBox Series S/X to be able to run an existing VR solution, much like a PC. Got the Oculus 2? With the VR patch, you can use it with the XBox Series X. That sort of thing.

Hopefully it doesn't get stuck in your molars too.

We got this on the Switch for my daughter during the summer. She loved it.

People in Twitter cheering this, yet then you see the one or two comments: "When will we see the Witcher 3 X/S patch?"

We'll be lucky if CDPR survives.

Here in the States I was in a Best Buy this weekend and saw massive Cyberpunk displays. I even saw CP2077 in customer's hands.

I always feel that while we get information readily here, most people do not. Nothing on the display hinted at issues with the title and they had Cyberpunk accessories, figure or toys (?), some type of t-shirt and the actual games for sale. AND people were buying them.

Somebody was still asking for it for Christmas and it was being purchased. I hardly even think the blue shirted employees could even speak to CP2077 issues, if even asked.

Edit: Oh and Valhalla is the gift that keeps on giving. Great game!

Absolutely no issue with this being a single player title. The game plays like it should and I am happy. It is fantastic already. If someone should want to pay their money to get permanent XP increases, then why should this bother me? I'm not doing it. But I won't deny someone else from doing so.

They need to be on sale. Oh man do they need to be on sale!

Dolby Atmos gives great performance on my XSX. My issue is that sometimes the character speaking to you can be a little too low to hear properly. Yet street noise is coming through quite nicely via the surrounds.

Graphical performance I have no issues. It's a good looking game and I await the Series XS patch in the future, which I knew I'd be waiting for.

My 'OK' is the game itself. I find I actually fall nearly asleep at times. NPCs seem to like to talk... a lot. I am positive it will pick up the deeper I get, but so far the story (for me) has been just Eh, OK.

I felt the July trailer was pretty good and looked forward to it. It felt like Halo 1 all over again. Without any details, I have to imagine this has been in the works for at least a couple years. Very well in the meat of the XBox One generation. I think the July gameplay showed us was the culmination of that, but people clamored for Next Gen, and rightfully so. So 343 went back to the well to make it snazzier and more Next-Genish.

I think the XBox One version is there already. 343 is busying themselves with painting the house and installing quartz countertops and hardwood, but the house is still there.

I wonder if they can extract the XBox One version for Day 1 and at the same time also release the Series S/X version? Old gen and Next gen on the same day?

Been a Live subscriber for 16 years now and when I saw Gamepass I joined there too. Find old articles from the early '00s and the media sincerely doubted the validity of Live service back then too. "No one will pay for that," was the rallying cry. Now scream ahead to today and you can't imagine Xbox without it. Gamepass will be the same. I love my GP.

If FS 2020 had been on the Xbox this year, hands down winner for me. My PC struggles with it, but from what I could witness, I can not wait to see it on my Series X in 4K next summer.

I put a vote in there for MC Dungeons. My kids love it... and surprisingly, for an adult it is a fun play too.

Starting as a Nomad, I was utterly shocked at how undercooked the driving aspect of my first vehicle was in the desert outside the city. Literally driving highway speeds, a single cactus stopped me cold, like slamming into a wall. I thought to myself, these could get some serious pointers from Forza Horizon. In the city and into missions, I am feeling average. I like the room to room combat, but in the streets I feel very alone, yet see these mannequins that are supposed to be NPCs. They don't even acknowledge your vehicle and I inadvertently slay many NPCs with a simple nudge while trying to park. They will not get out of the way of a car coming through. This of course brings in the cops, who appear to be hunting me, but I quickly learned don't leave their spawn area. I'm still in it to win it and knew going in I would be waiting for my Series X patch. I went back to Control for the time being!

I'll say it. I had no issues with the Halo Infinite we saw this past summer. It looked great to me and the action was so fluid. I was eagerly waiting for it, but then the internet lost its mind. Maybe now we'll get something even more refined.

Microsoft's ability to roll with every punch this year was the surprise winner. Call it a fridge? We make a fridge. Call him Craig? We make him our friend. In the past XBox would have stumbled, but MS was dancing around the punches in 2020.

Gang Beasts! The four of us in my family played it this weekend after purchasing. I think my son peed himself laughing so hard. Great co-op, family game.

In summer 2002 a squadron mate went on leave and he surprised me by willingly giving me his Xbox with Halo and Oddworld until his return. I hooked it up and got hooked myself. When he returned I bought my first of many Xboxes. My original I left in Iraq for others to play and returned home to my new XBox 360. Much later I got the XBox One in spring 2015 and now today have the XBox Series X in my home.

The bottom of the X, just above the spinning pedestal, is as open as it is on top, with another grate of circles. If one wanted to do something like this with vaping, you could easily enough. Inhale, blow it through the bottom, which then makes its way out the top. Done. Crack out phone. Famous on Youtube for 15 minutes.

No issues with mine. I even took some heat samples myself last night while the kids played Forza Horizon 4. The bottom was actually cold to touch (room temp) and the top grate was the hottest point at mouth exhaled-breath warm (like 37 C or so).

Yes, if you blow on the back of your hand that's how warm my Series X was last night in FH4. Quiet as a fart in church.

@Only1PJA Thank you much for that. I will continue to research.

I love it. I adore it. The loading times are so radically smaller they make for brand new games. My only big question mark: Quick Resume. I went to show my wife what this all meant and as she feigned interest, I couldn't get any game to quick resume. Going from Minecraft to Forza 4 and back again, had each game do a total load again. Albeit a much faster load, but still a full load. Is Quick Resume suspended right now for certain titles?

Timesplitters !

Looking back at the "highly ambitious" link from June and now knowing the Mandalorian series affinity for jet packs, I wonder...

I was waiting... I had a hunch we'd start to see free movies one day as a perk. Maybe they'll go into owning the movie title instead of a rental.

A lovely green light and the Xbox startup sound would be so perfect upon opening the box too.

Oh where were you one year ago?? Not today. Not with my XSX pre-order. I'm a controller hoarder, but even I have to take a pass at this.

I agree. Love my dynamic themes on the ol' PS4. Glad to see them here at long last.

A 1 month Gamepass code.

Deep Rock! I paid for this way back when in Game Preview. This is a great title.

I'm not even sure I know what it is used for. Voice?

This is exactly what MS needed to do. They are firing on all cylinders right now. Instead of hiding and sulking from the LOLing of its design and comparisons to a fridge, they pop out instead and actually present a fridge to the public. This is awesome.

This gets a slow 80s clap that end that ends with the whole affair applauding.

110% yes. My wife and I adored this game back in the day.

Loving this title. This is one that I'm super happy is on Gamepass and will be definitely waiting for in December.

I always liked Far Cry Primal, but looking around I felt very alone playing it.

I hadn't even noticed! But what I had noticed was the lack of store, the lack of code redemption (Perks anyone?), and achievements missing.

My only connection to these titles is my cubicle-mate at work and she purchases these 2K NBA games every year without fail. I asked her about this yesterday and her response? She said she saw it, but it did not sink in that she was watching an "ad". It just played while she waited for the court to load.

@FraserG Thank you!

Does this in any way differ from utilizing the BT in the XBox One controller to link to the phone? That's how I have been doing it with a clip I got off Amazon.

I have tried gaming at lunch from work, but my cellular data connection here is not great and Game Pass squawks at me the whole time about it. When I am home on my wifi, it is wonderful.

I find it to be useful at home when the kids are playing Switch on the television together or my daughter is playing PS4. I then can sit in my armchair and still get XBox time.

Falconeer first. Well outside of anything on Gamepass. My son loves FH4, so we'll be revisiting some racing. Hmm and War Thunder.

Valhalla I am also excited for, but can wait a little while. I feel like I am going to have a enough to do with BC/Xbox One titles to just check out and play.

I had the original but then later bought another. The original-original was left in Iraq. I still have the 2nd one today.

I then had the 360 three times, losing the first to the red ring and replaced by MS. I still have the last 360 Slim in black today.

I then had the original XBox One, but later gifted it to my brother after I got the One S in 2016. I still have this one today.

SO... 7 in total for me. Eight if you count my Series X pre-order.

I was a little confused by it as it seemed a bit out there for a console ad and I was unsure what I was seeing until the very end. The actor is simply donning headphones and staring ahead when he gets sucked into this strange world. I said, It's OK.

We got the family band back together due to all the lock ins this spring and summer. Glad to hear this. My wife's favorite series of all time.

Yes. Timesplitters!

I always keep my consoles. I have a Museum in my house, which my wife calls the junk room. As far back as the family's Atari 2600 to Colecovision to my C64 to Nintendo to PS1 to Dreamcast. All kept in storage. My Xbox One S will join in November, but I haven't told it yet.

My PC gets all sorts of warm when I run Flight Simulator. My Samsung S8 feels very hot to touch after playing games during my 30 minute lunch break. My PS4 Pro had to be relocated because it is blazingly hot during game sessions, even while the jet fans are wailing away. My XBox One does better, but can get quite warm too.

I fully expect my Series X to be no different.