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So tired of hearing about this. Really hope it just gets done and we can all move on

It's a terrific secondary console and a perfect product for someone like myself who will always be a PS player but enjoys a handful of exclusives. And with many multiplayer games going crossplay, makes it much easier to play games like Destiny/Rocket league etc with both my kids together. Really happy they took the risk with it!

@BBB absolutely, I'm sure the backlash is deafening at the moment. Was probably the first thing discussed during the Monday staff meeting lol.

For a brand new AAA game from a huge studio that canceled the last gen version to enhance overall performance, absolutely. I'm not a graphics/frame rate snob in general but it's kind of unacceptable. With the amount of games that have been upgraded and optimized 2 years in this just comes across as "we don't know how to do it" imo.

I'm confident this will eventually be pacthed in and I'm more than happy to wait and scoop it up for $25ish when it does. To only have this news come out somewhat accidentally a week or so before launch is just a bad look all around.

No man's sky I think is one of the best in this category. Though not a game I'm particularly interested in playing, it's comeback arc has been legendary imo

Having played all of them I'd say Hot Pursuit 2 is the peak. Though just by a hair over the Underground games. Lots of up and downs but still one of my favorite franchises in gaming.

These games were great, would love some remakes or at the very least re-release of the older games in the meantime. Hope this leads to something soon!

Really need one of these as we can really only keep 3 or so games on our S at this point, but man they're expensive. Hopefully we get a sizable holiday discount in the states

Great to hear! Since GP is basically free at this point hopefully some of them outside of FM peaks my interest!

It really is great this year, they definitely tweaked more than they typically do. Having a blast with it so far, great "sports-rpg"!

Will be happy when we can one day do whatever we want with the UI on consoles. I mean the backgrounds & icons are neat and all but nowadays just give me a black background and an alphabetical list of what's installed and I'd love it!

Rad Racer on the NES, started a 30+ year love affair with racing games. No chance I could beat it today though lol!

I have one of their older models and it works great, didn't know they made an Xbox focused one! Ordering now, thanks for the review!!

I'm not a huge halo guy but I understand it's importance to many. Trudged through the campaign and thought it was serviceable but this is pretty sad. Shame they're fumbling this so much

@NEStalgia Codemasters bought Slightly Mad Studios who made the Project Cars games a few years ago.

Both great games, definitely worth a go for rally fans!

@themightyant still very easy to get codes for FH3 Hot Wheels DLC

Both are fantastic, each has its pros and cons but I'm very happy with the new Plus thus far and it'll only get better. Between the 2 my actually game purchases will probably be reduced to maybe 2 or 3 a year vs dozes which is great for us. Looking forward to seeing both grow and evolve in the future!

Perfect, been waiting for this! Hopefully the price bump isn't too steep.

Absolutely love FH5, its the #1 reason I have an xbox now and the Hot wheels expansion was def a breath of fresh air, that being said I can understand what you're saying. I hope they go nuts with the next expansion and PGR comes back too, have heard nothing but great things about it!

Never, Google TV apps are a lot better from my experience

Not surprising. Both are pretty readily available in stores in my area now. Much moreso the S which is as easy to get as a gallon of milk, but I still occasionally see an X or 2 in stores. Still have yet to see a ps5 on a store shelf at this point

A man of fine taste, my most anticipated as well! Great to see positive reactions as opposed to silly tribalism.

I'd say the opposite, the steam deck shows exactly why we don't because its already been done. Not just with the steam deck, there's dozens of similar devices at various price points already on the market. Having an official Xbox logo on it really isn't going to make all that big of a difference.

Microsoft rewards are fantastic, really wish I had been using them earlier but happy to be now. Never have to pay out of pocket for gamepass and get a gift card here and there also, hope they don't switch it up like other companies did!

Watch Dogs 2 is a great addition. Definitely not without its flaws but I had a blast playing it, much better than the first.

Looks glorious! Can't wait to dive back in!

@Dezzy70 a discless series X makes perfect sense and I too hope we get one. Would be a nice middle ground option and I for one would seriously consider.

Didn't really bring me back as I only had the One S very briefly, but its been great being a part of the ecosystem with the Series S. Cheap, small console that still plenty powerful, hundreds of gamepass games and a subscription that essentially pays for itself without any out of pocket costs, plus Forza Horizon and its been great so far.

May bump up to the big boy or if the come out with a discless model with Series X guts in the future but I'm content with the S as a secondary console at the moment!

More is of course better but hasn't really been a big deal for us. Really only 2 games stay on there (FH5 and MLB 22) everything else is in and out for the most part. Plus cloud streaming works pretty flawlessly for us so thankfully we wont have to spring for any expansion anytime soon!

Awesome will give a redownload to check it out for a few hours. They do some crappy things here and there but very few support their games long term like Ubisoft!

Seems fine. With the ssd's the loading between flying and being on the surface should be minimal anyways. No busy work landing and more exploration time sounds good to me!

One of the best announcements at the showcase, really looking forward to getting back in when this drops!

It's a great selection and it's wild to think with both of these services, for basically what amounts to a dollar a day you have access to almost 1000 games at any given time. Going to be a very very long time before I actually purchase another game!

Yeah the production and pacing of the show was definitely top notch, one of the best we've seen in a while. Though 80%+ of what was shown didn't really move me, I appreciate how they presented it yesterday.

Great moment indeed, Xbox has some awesome people in charge!

C. Nothing overall too mind blowing, both Forza segments were by far the highlights for me. Starfield looks ok but not as revolutionary as I was expecting.

Def, the best showcase form this year (albeit a low bar) but a shocking lack of suprises

Much more appealing than that debacle yesterday for sure! Some of these look great!!

Just ordered another controller for some local turtle co-op action, can't wait!

D and that's generous. Not a fan of space horror of anime art style so most shown onstantly wasn't for me. TMNT was the best thing shown and that was already a known commodity. Hopefully the MS show is exciting cause that was pretty awful.

This is great, though I doubt I will ever buy another Samsung TV, hopefully it gets expanded to other brands in the next year!

The music, environment, and character don't fit together at all. This continues to look like a subpar fan mod of sorts and I'm surprised they keep showing it off to be honest. They listened to feedback about the Sonic movie, perhaps they will with this one as well. Definitely don't see this coming in 2022.

ITs a terrific game, hope you guys enjoy it!!

Glad Xbox players will get a chance to play, looks awesome!

Sonic is such a fascinating franchise. Has any other property been so mired in mediocrity for decades and still garner so much excitement?! This doesn't look terrible but honestly looks like a Sonic/random open world game mod on PC.

Symmetrical sticks please, I'd buy 3 instantly!

Though seriously I hope its custom consoles or elite controllers

The world would be a damn utopia if we all collectively ignored that dumpster fire site. Really is a shame how far they've fallen

Stop giving clowns attention they crave smh :/

Had issues Friday but Saturday/Sunday were fine, had no issues playing Forza/Dead Cells/MLB. Glad the got whatever issues fixed though!

Game was shockingly dark at times lol, hope you guys enjoy it!

First one was a banger, hopefully this hits Gamepass too!