Topic: Official Push Square Xbox Thread

@colonelkilgore You know you can still buy games on Xbox? It’s not a deterrent that games aren’t on GamePass, it’s a bonus that they are.

@nessisonett of course I know you can, the reality is though that it is deterring Xbox players from buying games whether they want them or not, Xbox players have gotten so used to playing their main exclusive ‘wait-simulator’ that every one I know will simply ‘wait’ in the hope it will eventually end up on GamePass.

@colonelkilgore You need to realize Game Pass isn't a replacement for physical games

Xbox and PlayStation are still continuing to sell their games in boxes, on discs alongside anything else they might use to provide an alternate means of playing. Game Pass and xCloud just add options for either people who want quicker access or game on other platforms like PC, and physically they'll likely be the same price all around as PS5 games as well. Difference being that Sony will likely stick third party stuff to just their platform for the most part for large periods of time while charging the same price tag, leaving other console and PC players waiting, while Xbox just flat out provides more options due to the ambition behind their plans

Does Sony currently have the edge? In my opinion yes. But attaching the numerous mainstay Bethesda franchises to just their platforms is a huge deal no matter what narrative is spun about damage controlling from either side or whatever. People have complained and bickered for years that Xbox didn't have anything that matched the quality or quantity of Sony's offerings, and now they potentially do and people are now complaining that it's anti-consumer, or that Game Pass is going to kill physical games or whatever and people from Bethesda have to go out of their way to apologize. It's really stupid

@TheFrenchiestFry lol it’s not me that needs to realise that, it’s every Xbox player I know who needs to realise that. They’re the ones not buying games, theyre the ones waiting in hope that the games they want to play will end up on GamePass one day. I’m perfectly fine, I have purchased a large catalogue of the games I want to play and I’ll play them whenever I like.

https://xboxdesignlab.xbox.com/

The Xbox Design Lab is officially back in business for the current gen controllers

Time to go engrave "hahaha boobies" on my custom controller for an extra 10 bucks

I actually avoid buying PS4 games that are on sale that I have some limited amount of interest in because they might end up on PS+ at some point (like Spider-Man and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy). Given that, I'm almost certain I'd never buy anything for Series S/X if I owned an Xbox and had a GamePass sub.

@Ralizah 🥂

Seemed like the most appropriate place for it what with Xbox winning E3 and everything 🤨

Honestly I'd say Nintendo won E3

Xbox had some banger announcements like Starfield and the new Stalker trailer but Nintendo was literally nothing but banger announcements. They could've literally just announced Metroid Dread and I would've been satisfied

@TheFrenchiestFry yeah I was being a little playful with the ‘won’ if I’m honest. I actually think Hassan Kahriman won E3 🥸

@colonelkilgore That's a cute way of saying Joakim Mogren

Well sim games are rarely my thing but wow, microsoft flight simulator is something else! The fidelity is insane!!! I don't know how much I'll play but have flown over my home city and the Italian riveria (naples over sorrento and amalfi). Man the sun on the water looks so good! Finding your house and street in a game is such a weird thing

@R1spam Yep, it was pretty mental when I played it on PC after it launched and by all accounts it’s only gotten better in the time since. The first thing I did was finding my own house too!

I saw some people on Twitter convinced that MS is making more Series S consoles than Series X because of something that Phil Spencer said. Hard to verify because all stats I’ve seen count them together as one console but honestly I find that hard to believe.
I personally know only a few Series X owners but nobody who owns a Series S (not that I’m
aware anyway).
What do you guys think? A $300 machine with Game Pass does seem like something that could be appealing to a casual gamer but honestly I think anyone I know would rather get a second hand PS4, FIFA and an Assassin’s Creed instead.

I’m asking because I was near a MediaMarkt today and decided to check out the gaming section out of curiosity and Series S was the only console they had on shelves.

@Kidfried Now that I think about it, that was a strange turn of phrase 😂😂

@nessisonett @R1spam My mate who's wife bought him a series s last week, woke up extra early to play MFS before work, only to find out it would not be available until 4pm! 😅

When he was trying to find his house, he crashed into my old place of work! 😂

@JohnnyShoulder Sounds about right, I attempted to fly through Tower Bridge and ended up upside down in the Thames 😂

@nessisonett Typical behaviour from a Scottish person!

@R1spam I was quite disappointed, I flew over Birmingham where I grew up and it looked nothing like what it should. I also flew over a couple of other cities including Dubai, where I am, and that was completely wrong as well.

I did fly over some random places in the discover section and that was quite impressive.

@JohnnyShoulder @nessisonet haha love it! Crashed last night into one of the streets beside me by mistake and was disappointed there was no explosion ,😂 just kind of glitched into someone's house and got stuck! My wife doesn't get it, she keeps keeps telling me it would be quicker to go just go on Google earth. Its a monumental achievement of a game though, I cant see me dropping a lot of hours into it but they really pulled out all the stops!