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Ineffiable
Feb 16, 2008

Some say that his politics are terrifying, and that he once punched a horse to the ground...


Yeah, you know what's better/easier?

Buy Xbox gift cards at 15% off from Rakuten (they do this like twice a month) and buy games on sale.

Bonus points if you live in a state where you don't get charged sales tax on the digital store.

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Auron
Jan 10, 2002
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Its a sad year with GCU going away and Amazon jacking prime price up and doing away with the discount. Guess i'll stick to preordering everything when target does the b2g1 sale

ixnay
Jun 11, 2002

rainbow dash why are you making such a cool face?!

BisterdDave posted:

I'm making my way through every Halo game from 3 onward since I never got around to playing any of them, and I just started Reach today. I was wondering, is the Master Chief Collection worth getting, if only for being able to play 1 and 2? Also, did they ever fix the multiplayer or whatever was hosed up from the beginning?

https://twitter.com/majornelson/status/1031932329697009664?s=21

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Dec 23, 2004

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Xbox Stays Winning

BisterdDave
Apr 21, 2004

Slitzweitz!

What's even better is the deal for 2 months of Game Pass for $2 that Microsoft is currently running. gently caress yes!

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Dec 23, 2004

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BisterdDave posted:

What's even better is the deal for 2 months of Game Pass for $2 that Microsoft is currently running. gently caress yes!

Link?

BisterdDave
Apr 21, 2004

Slitzweitz!

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/xbox-game-pass/cfq7ttc0k6l8/0001

Be aware the offer is only available for new subscribers.

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Dec 23, 2004

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BisterdDave posted:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/xbox-game-pass/cfq7ttc0k6l8/0001

Be aware the offer is only available for new subscribers.

Ahhh that’s fine. I got the 9 months for 60 anyway earlier

Auron
Jan 10, 2002
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Ah yes Microsoft hit it out of the park this year at gamescon by announcing.......battlefield v bundles and a maybe-not-broken-now game from 4 years ago that's a remake of games from many years ago

Auron fucked around with this message at 17:53 on Aug 21, 2018

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Dec 23, 2004

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Auron posted:

Ah yes Microsoft hit it out of the park this year at gamescon by announcing.......battlefield v bundles and a maybe-not-broken-now game from 4 years ago that's a remake of games from many years ago

gently caress off. Your sad sack games poster poo poo is terrible to read. Are you really so miserable that you can’t enjoy Halo, Devil May Cry 5, the 100+ games on gamepass, for Honor which is free on gold, forza horizon 4, and everything else? Christ almighty you sad brains freaks are terrible

Empress Brosephine
Mar 31, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Xbox is a good console better than PS4

Beastie
Nov 3, 2006

They used to call me tricky-kid, I lived the life they wish they did.


MCC is going to be dope with X Enhancements. I know a bunch of my friends will be jumping back on for co-op or multiplayer.

I say good on them for sticking with and updating a game that could have been forgotten.

Auron
Jan 10, 2002
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Xbox Ambassador posted:

gently caress off. Your sad sack games poster poo poo is terrible to read. Are you really so miserable that you can’t enjoy Halo, Devil May Cry 5, the 100+ games on gamepass, for Honor which is free on gold, forza horizon 4, and everything else? Christ almighty you sad brains freaks are terrible

nice meltdown again

u need anger management

Empress Brosephine posted:

Xbox is a good console better than PS4



source?

Auron fucked around with this message at 19:07 on Aug 21, 2018

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Empress Brosephine posted:

Xbox is a good console better than PS4

Agreed

Lambert
Apr 15, 2018

by Fluffdaddy
Fallen Rib
It's a good console. To bad about the fact it doesn't have games.

Beastie
Nov 3, 2006

They used to call me tricky-kid, I lived the life they wish they did.


If you don't care about Nier and the shitload of rpg's then it's really not that big of a deal. Plenty of people have survived without playing Horizon Zero Dawn.

I'll probably never end up getting the new God of War.

Lambert
Apr 15, 2018

by Fluffdaddy
Fallen Rib

Beastie posted:

I'll probably never end up getting the new God of War.

You should, it's an amazing game.

Auron
Jan 10, 2002
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Beastie posted:

If you don't care about Nier and the shitload of rpg's then it's really not that big of a deal. Plenty of people have survived without playing Horizon Zero Dawn.

I'll probably never end up getting the new God of War.

"If you don't care about good games then its not that big of a deal"

lol

Beastie
Nov 3, 2006

They used to call me tricky-kid, I lived the life they wish they did.


HZD dropped my attention half way through. I haven't really cared about God of War in over a decade so I'm not keen on going back.

Don't care for anime rpgs. I know it might be crazy to think that not everyone has to play every game.

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Dec 23, 2004

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Lambert posted:

It's a good console. To bad about the fact it doesn't have games.

It actually has a lot of games, if you care about Sony first party stuff you have issues. Last of us, god of war, and the rest of the sad depressed dad poo poo is really godawful

DEEP STATE PLOT
Aug 13, 2008

Yes...Ha ha ha...YES!



Xbox Ambassador posted:

It actually has a lot of games, if you care about Sony first party stuff you have issues. Last of us, god of war, and the rest of the sad depressed dad poo poo is really godawful

lmfao what the poo poo, i don't even particularly like most sony exclusives and actively hate the god of war franchise (apparently game franchises that abbreviate to gow have a rule where they have to be gutter trash) and i'm still over here laughing at how fuckin dumb this statement is. microsoft's exclusives list is loving pathetic right now and it's not even making an attempt at doing anything new.

Zat
Jan 16, 2008

Beastie posted:

If you don't care about Nier and the shitload of rpg's then it's really not that big of a deal. Plenty of people have survived without playing Horizon Zero Dawn.

I'll probably never end up getting the new God of War.

Nier Automata is on the Xbone btw

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DEEP STATE PLOT posted:

lmfao what the poo poo, i don't even particularly like most sony exclusives and actively hate the god of war franchise (apparently game franchises that abbreviate to gow have a rule where they have to be gutter trash) and i'm still over here laughing at how fuckin dumb this statement is. microsoft's exclusives list is loving pathetic right now and it's not even making an attempt at doing anything new.

What’s wrong with their exclusives? On the One X all third party games run better, it’s exclusive in the fact that Xbox OG and 360 games are Bc (with upgrades if you have an X). You can’t play the original RDR on PS4 in 4K the way you can on Xbox. Forza is the best racing game series ever made (both horizon and the mainline). Sea of Thieves is a blast with friends, halo which will now be on gamepass, gears. I mean that’s just off the top of my head.

DEEP STATE PLOT
Aug 13, 2008

Yes...Ha ha ha...YES!



Xbox Ambassador posted:

Forza is the best racing game series ever made (both horizon and the mainline). Sea of Thieves is a blast with friends, halo which will now be on gamepass, gears. I mean that’s just off the top of my head.

forza? loving forza?

dude, the entire reason i bought an xbox one instead of a ps4 was because of forza. and forza 7 was such a piece of loving poo poo that i'm not even going to bother with 8 unless it comes out and is somehow the greatest game ever made. considering the series has not even gotten back to how good forza 4 was, i have my doubts that'll happen. i legit have never been more disappointed by a game than i was by forza 7. not even close.

and sea of thieves loving blows. it is a game i was really optimistic about but it is completely devoid of meaningful content and is a perfect example of a game that is miles wide but only puddle deep.

and lol halo lol

Lambert
Apr 15, 2018

by Fluffdaddy
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Except I want to play new games that are great, not reheated stuff from back in the day. And third party games running marginally better on a more expensive machine isn't the greatest argument in favor. Also, Forza is extremely boring.

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DEEP STATE PLOT posted:

forza? loving forza?

dude, the entire reason i bought an xbox one instead of a ps4 was because of forza. and forza 7 was such a piece of loving poo poo that i'm not even going to bother with 8 unless it comes out and is somehow the greatest game ever made. considering the series has not even gotten back to how good forza 4 was, i have my doubts that'll happen.

and sea of thieves loving blows. it is a game i was really optimistic about but it is completely devoid of meaningful content and is a perfect example of a game that is miles wide but only puddle deep.

and lol halo lol

You sound like a really normal person to be around. Our group of friends usually have too many people to play Sea of Thieves with so we have to make two groups. Forza Horizon 3 is one of the most fun racing games I ever played. If you didn’t enjoy 7 that’s on you because it’s literally one of the highest rated racing games of all time. They even got the message and removed all the micro transactions as well.

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Lambert posted:

Except I want to play new games that are great, not reheated stuff from back in the day. And third party games running marginally better on a more expensive machine isn't the greatest argument in favor. Also, Forza is extremely boring.

Define “great”. Because it’s not last of us and god of war lol. It’s not Spider-Man. Xbox has great games and the fact that all Microsoft stuff is day one on game pass is even better. There’s enough to last a life time and I’ll be happy to play the best version of RDr2 on Xbox one X.

exquisite tea
Apr 21, 2007

Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."


This is the worst gimmick I've seen in a long time.

Lambert
Apr 15, 2018

by Fluffdaddy
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Xbox Ambassador posted:

Define “great”. Because it’s not last of us and god of war lol. It’s not Spider-Man. Xbox has great games and the fact that all Microsoft stuff is day one on game pass is even better. There’s enough to last a life time and I’ll be happy to play the best version of RDr2 on Xbox one X.

Ah yes, these amazing games are not great. Thank you, resident Xbox superfan. Xbox barely has any exclusives. And most of them have fallen well short of expectations.

DEEP STATE PLOT
Aug 13, 2008

Yes...Ha ha ha...YES!



Xbox Ambassador posted:

You sound like a really normal person to be around. Our group of friends usually have too many people to play Sea of Thieves with so we have to make two groups. Forza Horizon 3 is one of the most fun racing games I ever played. If you didn’t enjoy 7 that’s on you because it’s literally one of the highest rated racing games of all time. They even got the message and removed all the micro transactions as well.

forza horizon 3 is great, i'll give you that. your continued defense of 7 is loving hilarious though. there's a thread on these here forums for that game, go check it out some time to see what all the forza fans like myself thought of that pile of poo poo. hell i gave it a much bigger chance than many, considering how many goons just straight-up got a refund for it because of how terrible it is.

I said come in!
Jun 22, 2004

Xbox Ambassador posted:

Define “great”. Because it’s not last of us and god of war lol. It’s not Spider-Man. Xbox has great games and the fact that all Microsoft stuff is day one on game pass is even better. There’s enough to last a life time and I’ll be happy to play the best version of RDr2 on Xbox one X.

The Xbox shill gimmick you got going is really weird.

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Dec 23, 2004

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Being a “shill” is enjoying games now. You guys have seriously broken brains. You must work in IT and touch a computer all day because you have a really warped sense of reality.

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DEEP STATE PLOT posted:

forza horizon 3 is great, i'll give you that. your continued defense of 7 is loving hilarious though. there's a thread on these here forums for that game, go check it out some time to see what all the forza fans like myself thought of that pile of poo poo. hell i gave it a much bigger chance than many, considering how many goons just straight-up got a refund for it because of how terrible it is.

Dude, I love 7, I don’t know what to tell you. I have maybe 200 hours in horizon 3 as well. Can’t wait for 4. Day one on gamepass so I don’t even need to spend 60 on it.

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Jun 22, 2004

Xbox Ambassador posted:

Dude, I love 7, I don’t know what to tell you. I have maybe 200 hours in horizon 3 as well. Can’t wait for 4. Day one on gamepass so I don’t even need to spend 60 on it.

How many Bing points show up on your account whenever you post like this?

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Dec 23, 2004

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I said come in! posted:

How many Bing points show up on your account whenever you post like this?

How many posts across all 5 versions of the Xbox loving sucks Megathread do you have?

I said come in!
Jun 22, 2004

Xbox Ambassador posted:

How many posts across all 5 versions of the Xbox loving sucks Megathread do you have?

all of them

DEEP STATE PLOT
Aug 13, 2008

Yes...Ha ha ha...YES!



Xbox Ambassador posted:

Dude, I love 7, I don’t know what to tell you.

i mean, plenty of people love terrible games, like that insane goon who insisted gran turismo 5 was better than forza 3 or 4. that doesn't make them right, though.

TheScott2K
Oct 26, 2003

I'm just saying, there's a nonzero chance Trump has a really toad penis.
GT Sport is much better at doing the thing Forza Motorsport is trying to do, even if it's got less ~content~, and if you really like that kind of game you should be playing a big boy racer on PC. They have yet to top Forza Motorsport 4.

Lumpy the Cook
Feb 4, 2011

Drippy-goo-yay, mother-gunker!

Empress Brosephine posted:

Xbox is a good console better than PS4

This.

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Lumpy the Cook
Feb 4, 2011

Drippy-goo-yay, mother-gunker!
The PS4 is such a shrek’d out system that I found myself with no choice but to sell it for GameStop store credit, of all things.

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