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@Markatron84 yeah I was gonna say there were plenty of trash games based on well known characters, shows, movies etc back then. Always has been and always will be

That's crazy 😂

Thanks for the heads up, I might dip into my savings for this

I was a Stadia "founder" and yet even I could see this thing was doomed from the start. Honestly don't know what Phil Harrison and co were thinking with a lot of their decisions here.

Aside from the terrible marketing, wasting money on the likes of Red Dead, and many other things.. Stadia actually worked alright.

But when even Google themselves couldn't be bothered to support the thing (even at the start!) you just knew it wasn't gonna last too long.

and what a game! 😍

I'm still sceptical that "delaying" games isn't just a marketing tactic at this point.

While there's initial frustration and disappointment at a game being pushed back, it only gives the public more awareness and anticipation of that game when it finally does release.

Super Mario Run 2

Game Pass is great but this is such a tired debate.

Xbox Game Pass doesn't offer PlayStation games day 1 (or at all..) either so it just sounds a silly comparison.

I also don't really take screenshots so or use the button currently so being able to change this will be great.

Horizuhhhh.. Elden Ring!

Oooooh Death's Door is a good 'un!

Cheers all and thanks for all the hard work keeping this site going with great content throughout the year.

It's been a good year for Xbox and a great year for PureXbox. Cheers x

Brilliant. Being able to check out any Game Pass game in seconds without worrying about a download is an absolute game changer.

It's not just years of waiting for Max Payne 3, it's almost a decade!

In a generation of remasters, remakes and enhanced editions, it's crazy that Rockstar never bothered to do anything with MP3.

This is the best month of Game Pass. Ever.

Well it's about time!

Damnnnnnn now that's a line up!

Forza, Football Manager and San Andreas all coming to Game Pass is pretty massive for me

Hopefully this is good news in terms of how much effort they put into this. Hopefully.

I absolutely adore these games, but I'm sceptical as hell on this until we actually see something.

...does anybody actually want this? Feels very gimmicky.

Sky are in a tricky situation at the moment with internet streaming services taking more and more of their products' appeal away all the time

Goddamnit! Xbox trying to seduce me with their sexy special edition controllers. Again!

I've already got nearly a dozen of the things and yet I really want this as well. It's beautiful.

Awesome. Makes it easy to try some of those game pass games that we're not quite sure about without having to wait for a download or worry about space

@DonkeyKongBigBoy "quick"

It's a pretty pathetic situation tbh.

21 months to port an 8 year old game that fans of the series didn't even want? Surely they could've just done an Xbox One X or Series X/S patch like so many other developers have done.

The GTA series is probably my favourite in all of gaming but it's so sad how quickly Rockstar has fallen off since the release of RDR 2.

Such a shame how quickly Rockstar have fallen

Ooooooh that's very exciting

I love how many accessories and stuff Xbox are branching into at the moment. It feels like every couple of weeks there's something new.

While this isn't for me personally, it's great for gamers to have more options

Vice City still has that special feeling for me of the three. The setting, the story, the gameplay, the soundtrack, it's all just wonderfully done.

The whole trilogy is still really fun to play today though and there's no wrong answer here really.

I love how this is essentially an Xbox Portable and then some.

Oooooooh I'm in for this. I use my Series S to watch tv/streaming in my room and the remote I use currently is decent but not perfect

That's pretty cool to be fair.

It might seem unnecessary to most people, but there are a lot that will appreciate this.

Ooooooh that's a really cool idea.

I know this kind of thing has been done before but the Series S seems perfect for it too

Awesome. About time this was boosted

That's pretty basic and not in a good way

That's disappointing.

Yeah this is perfect. There are just so many examples of when this will be ideal.

Now thisssss is awesome. Being able to try out any game pass game without having to wait will be fantastic, and having the option to then download and play them on console or pc is great.

Xbox killing it with their services

😂 Are you sure you're not making this up?

Mmmmm I refuse to vote in this poll!

Ultimately it still feels like a step up akin to the One X rather than a whole new generation, which was obviously their plan so I mean that's not a surprise.

The fast loading is great, the backwards compatibility is really good and if you've got Game Pass it feels like there's always something to play.

However as much as I like Xbox's approach and openness, I still feel like I'm getting drawn away from them towards the PS5 with their already better lineup of games and the DualSense feeling like a game changer when used well.

How is this possible? 😂

This is the start of the big game changer. When you can just fire up the latest Game Pass game from a tab in your browser, it opens it up to so many more people rather than restricting them to buying a new console etc.

I still use Stadia a bit and streaming definitely has a place in the market imo.

Interesting. I know the game is still largely a "3rd person shooter" in many ways, but I'd love it if there were ways to play games like this without having to just kill hundreds and hundreds of boring repetitive enemies.

It was one of my biggest criticisms with RDR 2, as the game progresses every mission turns into a gigantic shootout which feels at odds with the stories and with them happening so often they lack the impact that they could have if they were more rare.

This seems pretty clear I think and it's somehow stillllll the big question mark against Xbox.

Where are all these big exclusive games? We know they've been increasing their studios and putting a lot together in the back end but it feels like they've been doing that for 3 or 4 years now and we're still seeing little end product.

I've really been enjoying Xbox's approach of late and I may stick with them for 3rd party games but in all honesty they still don't have many games that draw me to their ecosystem the way PlayStation do. If that doesn't improve other the next few years I may drift away over to PS5 the same way myself and many others did back in the 360/PS3 era.

@Vinsanity ooooh that's a good shout. I liked those Tiny Toons games

The original DKC trilogy is one of my favourites series of games but there's something about this I'm not sure of. It just doesn't look right to me.

I guess I need to just bite the bullet and play it as I'm sure I'll love it.

Hmm. I have to admit I (almost) never played any of the old sports titles but I liked them being there tbh.

A lot of talk about game preservation lately and this is another blight against that

Being able to play on a phone is fine and I guess some people like it, but the screen is too small.

I'll be interested to use it on my iPad when I can as that opens a few more doors but PC and consoles themselves is where I'll really start to use Xbox Cloud gaming.

Being able to just jump into any game pass title without downloading will be a massive game changer

I guess it's time to play this Moon game then!

Woah. That's pretty insane