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From what I can see there are still loads of the Series S still around. Looks like the X is way more popular from initial launch

I got a Series S on Amazon early this morning.

Was gonna try to get an X via All Access but by the time I was able to check it appears to be gone for now.

I'm not too fussed. I'll use the Series S on a smaller 1080p TV anyway and will probably get an X next year for my main setup

Daaaaaaaaaaaamn. That's a big move alright!

I'm super hyped for the Mafia remake! I'm not expecting it to get 10/10s everywhere and be amazing, but I am excited to experience such a great story all over again.

I'm thinking of getting the X via All Access and then possibly picking up the Series S for another room / family members.

@BAMozzy Yeah I'm joking. It's definitely an interesting question

@BAMozzy well that's not confusing at all..

To be fair, it doesn't fit PlayStation's model at all at the moment but that may well change a few years down the line.

At the moment PS4 exclusives are selling at record rates so there's no way they'd throw that away. They're doing the classic crappy business thing of raising the prices instead because that's what crappy businesses do.

Yeah those COD prices are pretty mad.

Think I'll try and get a Series X via All Access.

If I do get a new Xbox this November, I think I might be sticking to whatever's on Game Pass for a bit.

Apple can do one.

Yeah I saw this email this morning. Was a nice touch

While EA Play is pretty cheap overall anyway, that is pretty incredible that they're now including it in Game Pass Ultimate.

With the backwards compatibility of Xbox as well it makes EA's offering pretty strong.

We're now looking at over 300 games included with Game Pass now, and really good games too!

Yeah, I'm preferring all these fan designs more than the real one. It's odd

Oooh yeah that looks great

Streaming from console is absolutely what I want

8/10. Guessed the wrong year for THUG and didn't have a clue which game came out first on Xbox. I was thinking it might've been 3 and then 2x was released after, but obviously not.

Given that 2x didn't release over here anyway though I feel like I get a bonus point there..

Oh wow. No idea where to start. Pretty incredible to think what gaming could be like in 20 years time

It is pretty great.

It's such a relief to finally be able to play a competent Tony Hawk's game on a modern console again for the first time in well over a decade!

Pretty poor if it's completely free on every other platform

Let it go guys..

Xbox are doing a great job with backwards compatibility compared to the competition, and it's great to be able to play games like RDR with improved visuals on a modern console.

However there are still flaws in Microsoft's approach. The vast majority of OG Xbox games won't play on Xbox One or Series X. The 360 library is much deeper but there are still some notable absentees.

I wish one of them would just make a fully backwards compatible machine. It really shouldn't be that complicated.

To be honest it feels like the Series X is part mid-gen upgrade at this point itself.

Who knows what the future holds?

Very intrigued by this. It feels like this should be the big console launch exclusive that sells the Series X.

Hopefully we'll hear a lot more about it soon.

Tony Hawk's baby! Let's go!

12th November, you say?

I'll take the Weezer-y looking one, please

That's pretty poor form. You'd like to think 2K would be trying to get good PR now but here we go again

Is a pretty dumb ad to run considering their stance on actual gaming on the go.

Man I really don't feel the cover art of this year's EA Sports titles at all

I kinda appreciate them trying to do something different so I guess there's that

@Grumblevolcano who else is gonna start a similar service though? PlayStation already have one, so do EA, Ubisoft, Google Stadia, and there are a few more smaller ones on PC as well.

Imitations is probably the wrong word as, correct me if I'm wrong, isn't Game Pass one of the newest of the lot?

It's definitely interesting to see what happens over the next few years as subscription models really become a major player though.

I see what he's getting at with regards to what kind of deals will they offer developers/publishers when Game Pass is properly established.

What a mess. Don't know why they didn't just wait and announce a next gen version purely when it comes out.

At the moment it's too difficult to explain the differences/whether it's worth the upgrade etc, so why bother?

Just feels like dropping a grenade at your own feet.

Just played the first few levels and really enjoyed the opening.

Feels like the cutscenes/story bits could probably hold their own as an animated series.

Trying to download it now although for some reason it crashed during the install and now appears to be stuck about a 1/5 of the way through when I retry.

Good old PC gaming..

Xbox absolutely butchering the marketing of whatever their other new console actually is, as well as the Series X itself.

Very excited to try this out

Game streaming >

How about 19EAtyFour Play?

Maybe the Four Play bit is a sticky point..

BATTLETOADS! Excited for that and Flight Sim coming to Game Pass.

Plenty of other interesting games here too so definitely a big week.

I think it's too late to go back now but ideally yeah they'd just be focusing on making it for the Series X and PC.

They did a fantastic job with the Xbox One consoles when it comes to console noise. They're possibly the quietest disc-based consoles ever and when you consider what the One X can do with the likes of RDR 2 it's pretty incredible.

Not the first time the EU have gone after Apple either

@ralphdibny I think it's fair enough. It's just a little nod of nostalgia with a demo and gives fans something to play during the last few weeks before release.

Perhaps it would've been nice to put it out for free like a classic demo but it makes sense business wise

One day one of these gaming companies is gonna figure out how to communicate effectively.

One day.

For real though there's surely a new Banjo game in development somewhere, right? Just leaving money on the table if not

Conker the GOAT