@Sciurus_vulgaris
They do. If you search using Bing on your phone and computer you get rewards too. You can redeem for gift cards, enter contests, etc. Also redeemable for Xbox GamePass and gold.
Every time I see one of these articles I'm reminded that Microsoft doesn't release hardware sales numbers for any products, Including Xbox. I guess it's fun to compare made-up numbers though?
It's no issue for any system. There are tons of Single Player story games on every platform.
@Ron_Danger
I'm in my mid-40s, friends are too. I'd argue we are still the target demographic. It allows us to try more games, find the ones we love to play to completion. An entire year is the price of 2 new games, still a great value for older gamers.
You could always just get GamePass, not pay the $60-$70 and play the game. If it isn't your thing, jump to a different game. Didn't lose any money.
Fallout 76 is great now by the way. Not my type of game, but hugly popular. Like, pretty much every GaaS, it launched lacking enough content but needed the players in there so they knew what to build next.
@NecrumOddBoy PC is part of the Xbox ecosystem.
PC is part of the Xbox ecosystem. I play a ton of Crusader Kings 3...through Xbox GamePass
The Starfield teaser was in-engine, not CGI
I've been waiting for L4D 3 and we finally get it (different name obviously). Even better it's launching into GamePass!
How has it been "consolized?"
Forza is striving to be photo-realistic, Halo isn't. Halo has its own art style that's somewhere between real and cartoon. Always has, (except 4/5 which unfortunately broke toward more real, even though 4 was an amazing game).
I never even liked racing games until Horizon 3, friends didn't either. Now we play 100s of hours of each Forza series and can't wait for this!
Who knows. They've said they negotiate every deal individually. Could be $ upfront, higher percentage of sales, higher percentage of DLC sales, or combo of all of them. Ridiculous value for gamers either way.
Can not wait! Time to fire up co-op MC Collection and co-op the campaigns, yet again. (7th time)
I dont want to disagree vote you, but I'm looking forward to both equally. I'm all-in a Bethesda open world games since Morrowind and Outworlds was amazing. About to start another game in Outworlds, definitely excited for the sequel.
Can't rqit for this game.already pre-downloaded.
LOVE this game, so happy it came to Xbox. Review did point out I'm the target though, I grew up with Battletech and played previous Mechwarrior games. If you did too, you'll love it.
Traditional consoles aren't going away anytime soon. Even MS has said that. These are just more options to get more people engaged.
Options are great. I just hope there is an option to never go into 3rd person. Always being in the characters head was a defining part of the series for me and helped me become the character.
Your math is way off. People play way more then 2-3 different games per year. Some don't, sure, GamePass isn't for them.