VideoGame_Discussion

Kommie wrote:

100%.
The people at my 2 local Gamestops are cool as crap, they know that i'm a frequent merch buyer for reselling and they're happy to see me when i come in so i can clear some shelf room for them. They even let me use the tiny employee bathroom when i had kidney stones, that was really nice.
Every other Gamestop i've been to (especially mall locations) harass THE FUDGE out of me to the point where i just want to leave the store.

Does anyone know if the Diablo 4 Series X Special Edition Bundle comes with the physical game/code or is it pre installed on the system?
I've found that online at a heavy discount and i'd be fine paying that and then just reselling the game.

It comes as something you have to claim from the console, and then start downloading. No code, it’s just there ready to be claimed once you sign in.

Simon_Belmont wrote:

It’s claimed on an account / included on the
console.

Edit- what he said 👆

https://youtu.be/aWDXDfHdwoU

aghhhh, there goes that idea.
thank you guys
My Fallout 4 edition Xbox One was a physical disc and my Series S Bundle was a bunch of codes.
That pre install crap is annoying.

Edge of Eternity and Midnight Fight Express are set to leave GP soon, the 15th I suppose. I beat MFE and recommend it, was a good bit of 3D brawling fun with an absurd but enjoyable story.

Based on the completely BS changes to the dashboard, I suppose posts about games leaving GP really aren't necessary any more... I'm more promoting MFE vs anything else.

MFE looks fun. It reminds me of Dynamite Cop on Dreamcast. Now, I have to see whether I can pull myself away from Baldur's Gate III long enough to try it out before it leaves Game Pass.

Slickriven wrote:

The following are set to leave GP at the end of the month: Black Desert, Commandos 3 HD, Immortality, Nuclear Throne, Surgeon Simulator 2, Tinykin

Will vouch for Tinykin, that was a fun and endearing shorter title that I played a few months back. If you liked Pikmin then Tinykin is similar. I've heard good things about Immortality but haven't and likely won't try it. Nuclear Throne is a good twin stick shooter but I personally have it on PC from some freebie service.

Immortality is really good. It’s thought-provoking and very different from anything else I’ve ever played with an interesting twist at the end. Definitely worth checking out if you don’t mind that it’s pretty non-linear and requires you to be attentive.

Slickriven wrote:

Simon_Belmont wrote:

Sounds like not in the US Region. They are just matching Sony in other regions.

The 360 store will be shut down next July (2024). So if any of you are still using a 360, keep an eye out for games you want on sale over the next year. As not all 360 games are digital on the current systems stores (backcompat).

And they delisted lots of great 360 titles i purchased over the years. I'm looking at you Scott Pilgrim vs the World, X Men The Arcade Game and Marvel Vs Capcom 2!

Simon_Belmont wrote:

That's the trouble with those kinds of games. The IP holders don't want to grant a license to republish in perpetuity (especially if a game gets really popular and they would have more leverage to get a bigger chunk of the sales).

Swen Vincke of Larian Studios tweeted today that Baldur’s Gate 3 will be releasing on Xbox sX and sS this year. But the S will not have split-screen co-op. Microsoft is letting them be the first dev to not have 100% feature parity between versions. Which I assume is because their own people tried to help them make it work and just couldn't. Hopefully this is a signal that they will be dropping that stupid ass rule and not hold devs back moving forward. Its so stupid to handcuff games on one system because the other isn't powerful enough to do it.

How about we just eliminate the S model altogether? It’s become inferior at this stage in the game. That should clear up developer hesitation from releasing games on the Xbox.

they sold like hotcakes when no one could get a Series X or PS5 and now that people are realizing that they don't need a disc drive to game on a budget, they will still continue to sell well. that 1TB upgraded one that comes out next week is gonna be hot crap. "next gen" gaming for less than $300 is a steal.

There was no way this wasn’t gonna be an issue. All these series s sold could be a bad look.

What Simon said.

Dropping the feature parity rule should have been allowed from the beginning. It's fine for the people who bought a Series S knowing that because they settled for the cheaper model they will be getting the inferior version of games, but don't hold back the people that paid more and expect more from their next gen experience. It's bad enough already that last gen games were holding back current gen.

I don't know how true it is because it's not a game I'd ever play anyway, but I saw on Discord that the new Naruto game on Xbox Series X, players can choose not to match with players on Series S due to that version only running at 30fps.

@Simon_Belmont @Feeb Yeah, exactly.

Buying an S is like going to Best Buy and asking to see the cheap laptops that you can "play games on". And then the sales person shows you a $400 laptop that will "play games". Then you get home and realize you can't play the games you thought you were going to be able to. The split hardware was the biggest mistake Xbox has ever made. And this is going to be a many, many year issue for them. You can't sell that many consoles and then abandon them a couple years later. So Microsoft's response was to tell devs to make only one version that ran on both systems. And just isn't feasible for many reasons. And a lot of devs have spoken out about it. But on the flip side of that, the install base of people who bought the xS are probably going to start getting angry because they don't have the same experience. Nothing Microsoft/Xbox can do to win this situation. They had good intentions to give people a lower cost entry, but didn't actually think it through. Also not everyone has the internet to stream games from xcloud reliably, so the xS consoles are playing the games on the console hardware itself. Which is part of the problem for the xS. They did not intend for users to play the games directly from the console. Its supposed to be a streaming box for xcloud. The whole situation is just stupid. They were way too ahead of the ideas for the last gen with a 100% online only console. And they did the same thing again with this gen.

XsS is fine if you have good internet and can stream well with Xcloud... A lot of ifs though

I wonder how much they offered him?
https://twitter.com/mcnick01/status/16746139726982...

PizzaTheHutt wrote:
$35 cash, $50 credit probably.

Leaving Game Pass on September 15:

-Amazing Cultivation Simulator -- PC
-Aragami 2 -- cloud, console, PC
-Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony Anniversary Edition -- cloud, console, PC
-DC League of Super-Pets: The Adventure of Krypto and Ace -- cloud, console, PC
-Fuga: Melodies of Steel -- cloud, console, PC
-Metal Hellsinger -- cloud, console, PC
-Sid Meier's Civilization 6 -- cloud, console, PC
-Tainted Grail: Conquest -- cloud, console, PC
-Train Sim World 3 -- cloud, console, PC

Tainted Grail: Conquest was fun. I'd definitely recommend it if you're into card battle roguelikes.

Tainted Grail was super fun, I wish there was a mobile version. Metal Hellsinger was a great fps meets rhythm game.
Oh and it doesn't seem like anything but the DC Superpets game was highly entertaining. It's a racing/flying game, I recommend playing under the influence.

I noticed that list the other day, thought about sharing it here but wasn't sure if too many folks paid much attention to this thread and the shift in the Xbox dashboard means this can be found easier on there. But, thanks for posting Bleed_Duke.

I'm a bit relieved that even with a bigger list, the only ones I'll maybe miss are Tainted Grail and Aragami - but they gave us the first Aragami title via GwG and I've yet to play it, so missing out on 2 is minor. Tainted Grail I tried and liked it somewhat, but played it once, maybe twice so it clearly didn't hook me - I knew it would leave eventually and still didn't push to play it more.

Aragami is a perfect indie stealth action game. It doesn't look like much but its brutal. It has some Tenchu elements meets supernatural elements.

The upcoming Alone in the Dark game is delayed until January 16. Did anyone else play the demo of it a couple months back? I thought it was way too short and did nothing to convince me I needed to play the full game.

edit: THQ Nordic basically admits they didn't want to get lost in the shuffle with Alan Wake II and Spider-Man 2 releasing around the same time AitD was originally supposed to release (they didn't even mention the new Sonic or Mario, but they will be guaranteed big sellers too).

I guess too many of us have been abusing Microsoft rewards. Because over the last couple months they have really cut back what you can earn. Over the last two months the total points you can earn has dropped by 6K. And they seem to be cutting new things every month. They just cut the 2K point punch card this month. So now 8K points you can no longer earn. I think they are trying to stop people from using it to get game pass for free. And getting all those gift cards.

Archer wrote:

Bummer that we had such a substantial cut in simple points. Xbox Rewards were probably the most generous for the amount of effort out of the other ways to earn. They're essentially driving people to areas that are more lucrative for them, Bing ad revenue and gamepass subscriptions. I wonder if they'll ever do gamer score bonuses again.

They need to make back that $47b and giving away GPU subs doesn't help that.

The rewards points stuff was always a nice freebie but every aspect of it is clumsy and I have technical issues all the time.

I've been hoarding points and have like 225k right now. I've really only ever redeemed them for Xbox store credit and thus bought games/DLC with that. But once I got GP 4+ years ago now, I've backed off and thus built up that bigger sum of points.

Just doing the 3 items in the daily set every morning while on the toilet I earn enough points every 1 1/2 months to get $10 xbox. I don't do anything else. But now they offer $10 Amazon so I've shifted to that which I feel is more worthwhile.

I’ve heard of people buying series x system with points- but I’ve also heard people make a living playing at Dave and busters. Always outliers.

Heh, my guessed points count was a bit low, I'm at 263k. I mainly do the searches on Bing, the 3x dailies and whatever random things I can. I also strive to do the GP related ones on Xbox.
I just need to redeem them for something soon.

Can anyone confirm if the WD Black C50 expansion card can play Series X/S games directly from the card with no need to transfer the game from card to console?

I don't know the model #'s well but if it has a USB cable then no. If it plugs into the back of the console in the special slot and support the velocity architecture, then yes.

Thanks @Anxiouz . The WD Black C50 plugs in the system. I think only Seagate and WD have memory expansions that plug in. The description is a little tricky stating "similar performance as the Xbox internal storage" so I wasnt sure.

Oh right. The language on this is odd but this will operate just like the internal drive and you won't need to copy games to/from it. I don't know if it shows as a 2nd drive like an external drive does, or it just adds to the total "internal" memory.

https://www.westerndigital.com/products/external-d...

I have a USB external WD Black SSD and it says "Xbox Series X|S (play and store Xbox One games / archive Xbox Series X|S games)" which is very different than what the link above says. It doesn't say archive anywhere.

Yeah I had a WD Black external usb drive and it was great. Mine was 2tb, might get another instead of the 500gb expansion.

Mid gen Xbox

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/170399412093786...

MrBean wrote:

Eghhhh "most powerful xbox ever" and " all digital" should not go together.
My justification for buying a Series X for $460 was to get a 4K blu-ray player in the process, since they're all like $200 (which is nuts, right?).
I am stoked to physically buy games until they stop completely.

Does anyone else miss manuals? Especially getting older, I miss the smell of manuals but also having the default controls directly in front of me is a nice touch.
I tried to play a few matches of the new Texas Chainsaw game last night and it has the most confusing controls that have ever existed.
I'm back on my Midnight Suns addiction but those new Gamepass additions are pretty great so far. I'm stoked to try the management style game where you manage the boat that takes you to the afterlife. What a neat, depressing concept lol. Gonna start that on my lunch break.