Topic: The everything Xbox thread

Xbox going the way of Sega? Understandable. Clearly they're tired of being in third place. And as they're primarily a software company, the execs on that side of MS business are no doubt constantly questioning their presence in the hardware space.

No shame.

I would gladly re-purchase the Gears of War trilogy on Switch.

If you have Amazon Prime you can get ArmorX Pro for $41.99 instead of $70.

It attaches to your Xbox Series controller to add rear buttons and gyro aiming, which can work for any game since it maps to right stick. Not as good as true mouse gyro but it's what XIM Nexus does. Except Nexus has smart translators that unscramble the curve mapped to analog to transform it into a 1:1 like mouse, so it FEELS as good if not better than mouse gyro in many games.

But this ALSO comes with an app to adjust the curve of the analog. Not as robust as Nexus app but, for $42 I'd say you're getting more than your money's worth.

It also let's the gyro work NATIVELY on Switch and PC, so you can use an Xbox Series controller for Splatoon with true mouse gyro just like the Switch controllers. That's awesome

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B91WQK8B?psc=1&smid=A2PAZV6RV...

Here's a robust review

Hope they stick around in the console space personally. And for them to keep some of their bigger games exclusive. But I won't be whining about it. We'll see what next week brings.

My brother has xbox one, and his daughter has been playing Goat Simulator 3 cloud version via gamepass. I'm rather surprised, it seems to play acceptably. I assumed all cloud gaming is too problematic to swallow. Goat Simulator 3 is also more interesting/amusing than I expected. It's not deep, but it's much better than the first Goat Simulator.

My little guy plays goat Simulator 3 all the time. It's pretty funny actually.

I guess we're going to find out which Xbox games are going where on Thursday.

We'll see. Hope the bigger stuff stays on xbox otherwise what's the point? Part of me thinks hi fi coming to switch would be awesome but I'd be torn buying it on switch and not xbox. In fact I'll probably purposely buy it on xbox and switch down the line. Already beat it on gamepass and it's such an amazing game.

Yeah, I'd think that talk of the Xbox being discontinued any time soon is vastly exaggerated and we're mostly looking at ports of selected games, which is something that Microsoft have been doing for a long time.

They'll be locked in for a number of Switch and PlayStation releases as a result of the Activision takeover, so it's probably just a case of looking at what else they're making that could make sense alongside those.

Yea im sure they'll do another console next generation too. At least in some fashion. Onesie twosie games wouldn't bother me all too much. I couldn't imagine starfield, Indiana jones, or even halo going multiplat. That'd be pretty rough.

I'm on the side that feels that exclusives sell consoles. But when your two biggest properties in Minecraft and Call of Duty are everywhere, I don't doubt that the non-Xbox leadership of Microsoft are asking "well, why aren't all of our games everywhere?"

I'm of the hot take that consoles should have more exclusives not less and every single move against that undermines the entire existence of console gaming. You guys are selling game consoles not blu-ray players, do your jobs and make games people actually want. Like there's things I like about the Switch, but for most people, its biggest strength is still its exclusives.

I hated how stupid the controversy was when that one Tomb Raider game that in hindsight, meant nothing to most people anyway, being maybe potentially an Xbox exclusive was some terrible thing for some reason. Who cares?! There's countless quality multi-console games of every genre, it doesn't matter if you miss out on a few. It's even dumber now, when streaming services are the real exclusivity disasters that make everything bad and annoying for everyone.

Why make a console for the mainstream audience if you're not even gonna justify its existence? Someone tell both Xbox and Playstation people to stop being morons and make more exclusives. Honestly even Nintendo should, the quantity is still down compared to 3DS and Wii U (even if the quality is up).

@kkslider5552000 Yeah I've never really understood why I should want an Xbox, most of the games on it I can play other places, and the few I do want to play don't justify buying a whole console. If you already have the means to play games, you'll need some reason that you "need" a console. I still have a PS4, but I have no reason to get a PS5 despite wanting one, Demons Souls is really the only exclusive I really want to play, and again I can't act like one or two games justifies hundreds of dollars for a console. (and I'd love to have more reason to dip my toes in other consoles) More exclusives overall would definitely help, and the Blu-ray comparison is a good way to put it.

I’m glad MS is shopping out some exclusives. Honestly the ones they want to keep I would likely play on xbox or PC anyway. But with Sony putting its first party games on PC and Nintendo will likely never make a console that matches them in specs, I can safely go Nintendo/PC and the majority of my gaming should be covered next gen.

A lot of people appear to be overlooking Sarah Bond's reveal about new hardware in the Xbox Podcast today, due to be announced at the end of this year.

She states:

"We’ve got more to come. There’s some exciting stuff coming out in hardware that we’re going to share this holiday. We’re also invested in the next-generation roadmap. What we’re really focused on there is delivering the largest technical leap you will have ever seen in a hardware generation, which makes it better for players and better for creators and the visions that they’re building."

I mean that's quite a statement! I'm interested as to whether this will mean an iteration of the enhanced 2TB Wi-Fi 6E Xbox Series X, codenamed "Brooklin" that was leaked last year or something else. Perhaps even a potential new handheld device as well. I hear Phil has been liking posts on X related to the latter in recent weeks. But that line about "the largest technical leap you will have ever seen in a hardware generation" certainly has me curious..

Overall solid and expected info. Happy with the state of xbox right now. Can't believe some people out there were selling their series systems lol

I'm pretty sure the next XBOX machine will still not BC with ALL XBOX & XBOX 360 games including DDR Ultramix series + DDR UNIVERSE series + Kinect games.

Dragon’s dogma 2 is getting some character class trailers. Woo I am excited for this game!

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2024/02/dragons-dogma-2-has-b...

Bump. Anybody playing Dragon’s Dogma 2? I was a little sad that the game didn’t open the same way the first one did but then I met the old fisherman and he is either Miaq the Liar mixed with old man yells at cloud or a very hilarious nod to the underlying theme of the DD series as in he is a bad ending Arisen because dude knows too much and is too intent on crossing the sea. Also they may have made the Brine an extension of the cycle.

I finally found out why the screenshots on my One X are not ordered like on every other console ...

I did not know that ALL Xbox consoles do not remember the time with a battery when they are turned off. When my console is disconnected from electricity it resets its time. Mine is setting it in December 2019. And when I make my gaming screenshot journeys trough games, I like ordering by time, so I know the viewing is chronological. I never noticed that because on the 360 there is no screenshot feature.

So, if I want my screenshots to be in order I have to manually set my time and date after turning on the console every time.

Xbox One and Series are just unintuitive pieces of trash. I hope Microsoft focus on making games and not hardware.

@Zuljaras Presumably this is a byproduct of the always-online nature of Xbox consoles. They assume you are always online and the clock will auto-update when you power on. I take it your console is offline?