No me neither. If the Gears games, for example, would ever get removed from Game Pass, I'd have to snap them up.
Poll: *** Xbox Series X|S - General Discussion Thread ***
No me neither. If the Gears games, for example, would ever get removed from Game Pass, I'd have to snap them up.
Maybe Gabe Newell is thinking of selling up and moving to New Zealand? He has been stuck there because of Covid and apparently loves the place. So first dibs to Microsoft for buying Valve. Who knows. 
I would be interested to know of (because I can't remember) a single game that has allowed you to play its disc version without requiring the disc at all times.
Wat? Spill! How does the new Xbox controller feel? I hope it's not too small now.
I don't really know but I'll guess anyway and say that it's only the textures (being compressed with BCpack) that will make any difference to the size. I don't know if compression of sound files makes much difference?
Yeah, it looks like they are charging £5 for the Xbox Series X upgrade. Cheeky beggars.
Well they are changing the login system around this time so that when you log in to a new place (XCloud, XSX, PC, whatever) it won't log you out of Xbox One, etc. But I don't think this changes licences. You'll probably have to keep your One X as your Primary/Home console so your son can use that. Which means you'll always need to be connected to the internet on XSX.
My brain is currently conditioned to PS3-level visuals. I've been using that console for almost a month now catching up on some old trophies and whatnot. Saving all the PS4 games to play on PS5 so I'm expected to be "wowed" when I get one.
I haven't had an Xbox for years so looking forward to being "wowed" by Gears 2 and 3 in 4K as well.
Noo, that's what I mean. I'm expecting Gears 2 + 3 in 4K to look pretty good. Gears 4 + 5 should then be amazeballs.
I disagree. I’ve already played Gears 5 on my PC albeit at 1080p and thought it was the second best entry. Loved it. Hence why I am looking forward to playing them all again on Xbox in 4K. I can’t wait for Gears 6 to come along.
I was glued to Gears 3 horde mode back in the day but wouldn't go anywhere near competitive mp if you paid me.
Horde and Escape are well worth a look on this.Especially if time is tight and they now have the 12 wave frenzy mode.
Oh, I'll definitely check out the co-op stuff on Gears 5 when I get to playing it again.
248 + 920 (max space on SSD cart) = 1168 MB or 1.14TB but there were extra games installed on the cart which then appeared in the Game Library as they weren't there initially. I think Fusion Frenzy was one of them.
That's the best thing I saw in that video, that you just plug the cart in, the library updates automatically and you're good to go.
There is something fishy going on with Series S as it is missing things from Gears 5 as well. I thought it was supposed to be identical apart from resolution...
- PC Ultra visual feature set (this is more true on Series X)
- 60 FPS (Series X only) cinematics allowing more seamless blending between gameplay and cinematics
I wonder when we will get more details of which Xbone games are getting 4K or double FPS upgrades. They’ve only told us about two - Gears of War Ultimate and Fallout 4.
Yeah, sorry, I mean by developer-free BC methods. Those two games are getting native Xbox Series support.
You’ll need to link an Xbox to the phone app. This is done during setup. So you’ll have to wait a bit. I haven’t seen any more info about this though. I think it was me posting a Twitter rumour.
This is getting exciting now. I really hope the Microsoft Store have some more on launch day. I don’t expect as many people to look there compared to Amazon, Argos, etc.
Lol, of course it can’t download to the Xbox without an Xbox, how stupid do you think I am?!
It's not necessarily a stupid comment. In theory, you could download the XVD (Xbox Virtual Disk) package with the game on a Windows PC and then transfer it across via network or USB.
It's the same battery but you need a different charging cable - USB-C.