@Heavyarms55 Yeah, the whole drooling over/demanding a certain fps/resolution is also not what triggers me, at least not primarily. Sure, I like eye candy, and I'd like a new console to wow me, but more with the overall experience than just with big numbers, so little argument there.
For me personally, however, the opposite is also true: it can't just be more of the same. I'd definitely expect a new generation to bring me more of what it already did, so that does to some extent include improvements in graphics as well, and obviously, you'd need a more powerful system to get these things.
But indeed, it's mainly the services and the offerings where games are concerned, that are of interest to me. And for me personally, Microsoft has always brought more than enough. The quality of their online service and online game library is simply second to none for me, and backwards compatibility is also a massive bonus. And seeing as I'm already supporting two platforms, which I'm VERY satisfied with, I'm not about to support a third.
Come to think of it, seeing as I'm also playing games on PC at times, I'm actually already supporting three platforms, in a way...
@bimmy-lee No worries, man. No offense taken at your previous comment at all. I can definitely understand that not everyone is willing to pay more than 300 bucks for a piece of electronic entertainment, but for me, coupled with the services, and the subscription of 4 free games per month (two of which are yours to keep forever), it's more than worth the expense.
@Grumblevolcano I'd say that having thousands of games to choose from and to play is hardly something to worry about, seeing as you'll never even touch half of them. Most of us only have collections running in the hundreds, so unless you're a massive game hoarder, you'll probably be no different.
As for Microsoft's statement: that's not back--pedaling, that's simply them being logically cautious and making no false claims that people could address them on. Far as I've read/heard, they've tested thousands of games by now, and so far, all of them seem to work (including all currently backwards compatible games), but they haven't tested ALL games, and the simple truth of it is that you can't say that something works, if you haven't made sure by testing it.
Perhaps they ran into a snag with something, but I don't think they did, because Xbox One titles aren't emulated: they run natively on Series X, so perhaps there's something else going on, and they just want to be absolutely sure, which seems like the smart thing to do, far as I'm concerned, so I'm not even slightly worried. It'll be just fine, you'll see.
@ThanosReXXX - The way you stated “electronic entertainment” reminded me of a thought I have from time to time. If aliens were studying our habits, from the perspective of a higher intelligence, would they view this particular hobby as being advanced, or basic and monkey like? The act of playing video games that is, not the electronics themselves. I’m pretty sure that if I recorded myself playing games for an hour and watched it back, I’d look like an idiot 75% of the time.
@Anti-Matter - Dang man, sorry to hear about that, you are so right though. 2020 has been an absolute crap year so far for most of the world. I didn’t care for 2019 much either, so this is quite a run we’re on here in my opinion. It’s all been worse than when video games have toilets.
@Eel - That looks like a nice bundle for the price. I have Slayaway Camp individually, and it’s a good sliding tile puzzler. The 80s horror aesthetic is really well done.
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@Eel Hahahah no. This is artefact that he has created and looking closely at his work for defects. This is a box that removes ALL cuteness from games and makes them R-rated!
@bimmy-lee Well, let me just say that if somehow aliens did scan us or film us, I sure hope that they didn't do it during the Wii era...
And in my case, also not during the N64 era, during which I would smash controllers into walls on a pretty regular basis, out of frustration and because of a still untreated anger management issue.
@Zuljaras You should definitely trademark that, sounds pretty good to me. And thanks for the pictures, looking pretty good. Please be sure to take your time. Perhaps needless to say, but my request wasn't meant to rush you, and obviously, the more time you take with it, the better the end result.
@Vinny It’s a really tough puzzle game. It wasn’t fun for me. It gave me more stress. It’s nice and easy in the beginning and clearing the cubes are easy. Sadly there is no save feature after clearing a level, so once your out and fall off the cube you have to start from the beginning.
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For all you Sega-loving fans, this is pretty much a must-do:
Go to this site, and use the mouse wheel to scroll through Sega's history, and simultaneously scroll through some really great memories for quite a few of us...
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