Topic: The everything Xbox thread

@NEStalgia Nah, on console it's the same and also it detects the Game Pass/Ultimate subscription and that the game is already installed. I can't find a way to get it with Gold. LOL

@BlueOcean Hmm, I wonder if you actually have to uninstall it for it to show up? That would be yucky.

Yikes those controller mockups look kinda bad imo. Though Im sure the final design will be much better. Hope we get some xCloud news at Gamescom next week!

If it's for Android phones, there's already Bluetooth controllers for them... Are they also bringing games for this?

@BruceCM It's for Xbox Cloud (streaming Xbox games service). The controller has rubber and hold the phone tight in the middle like some car hands-free kits.

Not all Xbox games load up on Xbox 360

Yes.
Xbox 360 is NOT compatible with ALL xbox games.
Only certain Xbox titles are compatible with Xbox 360 and mostly they are 18+ games that not suitable for casual gamers.

Yeah, I'm just wondering how well phones will do that, @BlueOcean .... Google has a bit of an advantage with doing its streaming on Android
I'm not going to get that until it's been running awhile & I have good, reliable internet & then only if convinced it worls well So, once this Xbox cloud has been out awhile & running well, I'll think about that again

@BruceCM I will be playing on console normally but if Ultimate includes Xbox Cloud or if Play Anywhere games include Xbox Cloud I will try it at no extra cost and it would be a nice bonus especially on a tablet like a Switch. Mostly, I will be playing on X and when I can afford it on Scarlett.

Yeah, we'll see about all the details eventually, @BlueOcean

Another Microsoft E3 announcement cancelled, this time it's the Super Duper Graphics pack for Minecraft which was announced at E3 2017.

So it's not happening?

@StableInvadeel Yeah

Aw 😔

It's because it wouldn't work properly on mobile hardware, it was a cross feature according to their tweet. "We aren’t happy with how the pack performed across devices", they wrote.

@DarthNocturnal I agree, they should have finished it for X and Windows, at least.

I demand it work on my Galaxy S3 Active! Anything less just won't do!

well, as far as I know, they heavily implied it would not be available to all devices from the get go

Heres a very good, wide ranging interview with Phil Spencer. Goes over everything from missteps to streaming to next gen. Lots of insight, kind of long but I thought it was a good read myself!

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/phil-spencer-is-exactly-who...

@redd214 Thanks for putting up that link. It was indeed an interesting and enjoyable read.

@NEStalgia And now I finally understand why I like Spencer so much: he's from California...