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I'm playing Rise of the Ronin in performance mode, and the game is really pretty.The world map is mostly just markers to find cats and dogs.
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I said come in! posted:I'm playing Rise of the Ronin in performance mode, and the game is really pretty.The world map is mostly just markers to find cats and dogs. Can’t hold a candle to ghosts of Tsushima, but yeah the petting of cats and dogs is a nice bonus :3
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Mar 27, 2024 20:28
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https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/27/24114048/microsoft-xbox-series-x-white-digital-edition-leak-rumor
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Mar 28, 2024 01:07
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Thats not log shaped, pointless
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Mar 28, 2024 01:17
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Devs would rather better performance or more pixels than raytracing, and that's why running a local LLM on the GPU for the game you are playing is a viable thing because Anyway, Volte summed it up best tbh. kri kri posted:https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/27/24114048/microsoft-xbox-series-x-white-digital-edition-leak-rumor No disc drive, no log, just a useless block that plays games? By god, just like me. I need it.
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Mar 28, 2024 01:33
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syntaxfunction posted:No disc drive 
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Mar 28, 2024 02:08
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Disc drives are for chumps
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Mar 28, 2024 02:30
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I use the disc drive in my series x all the time to watch blurays
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Mar 28, 2024 02:31
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a big benefit of ray tracing is in theory it simplifies a lot of work (for lazy devs of course) but only if it is the only method of lighting
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Mar 28, 2024 02:47
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TheScott2K posted:I use the disc drive in my series x extremely rarely to watch blurays
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Mar 28, 2024 02:54
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lol you'd think they'd make that brick actually physically smaller with the lack of optical drive but they're going full Xbox One SAD.
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Mar 28, 2024 03:57
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univbee posted:lol you'd think they'd make that brick actually physically smaller with the lack of optical drive but they're going full Xbox One SAD. Save money on molds
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Mar 28, 2024 04:11
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SCheeseman posted:So Microsoft expects Epic and other third party stores to port their software to the Xbox? Maybe, but that's a lot of extra money, work and would leave a bunch of gaps where publishers refuse, like anything by Sony. It doesn't really fix anything, it doesn't stop the fleeing of publishers from the ecosystem to PC or solve the inbalance between the PS/XB libraries. What I was saying is that it's probably only going to work with games that already have Xbox ports. Unless it actually has a mode that runs windows (seems unlikely imo) they are probably just working out a deal where you can own a game on both Xbox and Epic by only buying it once. I doubt any sort of porting will be going on especially with Sony games lol.
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Mar 28, 2024 04:19
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veni veni veni posted:What I was saying is that it's probably only going to work with games that already have Xbox ports. Unless it actually has a mode that runs windows (seems unlikely imo) they are probably just working out a deal where you can own a game on both Xbox and Epic by only buying it once. I doubt any sort of porting will be going on especially with Sony games lol. What problem does that solve for Microsoft? They get nothing from it. EGS users from PC? Lmao, lol, etc.
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Mar 28, 2024 04:53
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SCheeseman posted:What problem does that solve for Microsoft? They get nothing from it. EGS users from PC? Lmao, lol, etc. This is covered in the interview w/ Phil that started this whole discussion: https://www.polygon.com/24108670/xbox-epic-games-store-phil-spencer-interview It solves the problem that MS thinks the traditional console model, cheap hardware subsidized by the manufacturer collecting tolls on software sales, doesn't have any room for growth. Whereas they think PC's more open model does have room for growth, and that they can successfully compete in that environment.
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Mar 28, 2024 05:11
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Kids do seem to like PCs and tablets these days. Not too much excitement about the PS5 amongst the 9-14 crowd, at least not as much as there was for the PS2 based on what my younger cousins and nephews say.
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Mar 28, 2024 05:15
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acksplode posted:This is covered in the interview w/ Phil that started this whole discussion: https://www.polygon.com/24108670/xbox-epic-games-store-phil-spencer-interview It solves the problem that MS thinks the traditional console model, cheap hardware subsidized by the manufacturer collecting tolls on software sales, doesn't have any room for growth. Whereas they think PC's more open model does have room for growth, and that they can successfully compete in that environment. I could have told them this when they made the original Xbox.
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Mar 28, 2024 05:21
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acksplode posted:This is covered in the interview w/ Phil that started this whole discussion: https://www.polygon.com/24108670/xbox-epic-games-store-phil-spencer-interview It solves the problem that MS thinks the traditional console model, cheap hardware subsidized by the manufacturer collecting tolls on software sales, doesn't have any room for growth. Whereas they think PC's more open model does have room for growth, and that they can successfully compete in that environment. I know and I agree, I just think that going with half measures like veni veni veni suggests doesn't do anything to spur growth, but rather creates facade storefronts that sit in front of the Microsoft storefront. It's a minor win for people who got a bunch of free games on EGS over the years, many of which have Xbox versions, but I struggle to see how it achieves Microsoft (apparent) goals of unification.
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Mar 28, 2024 05:22
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hatty posted:Kids do seem to like PCs and tablets these days. Not too much excitement about the PS5 amongst the 9-14 crowd, at least not as much as there was for the PS2 based on what my younger cousins and nephews say. There's also the problem that PCs are becoming more like consoles (and vice versa), and that shrinking gap could erode the console market. Not only do console manufacturers have to onboard new players, they have to worry about current players with a wandering eye dropping out. Sony should really be terrified of handheld PCs. SCheeseman posted:I know and I agree, I just think that going with half measures like veni veni veni suggests doesn't do anything to spur growth, but rather creates facade storefronts that sit in front of the Microsoft storefront. It's a minor win for people who got a bunch of free games on EGS over the years, many of which have Xbox versions, but I struggle to see how it achieves Microsoft (apparent) goals of unification. If they can get multiple alternative storefronts on Xbox then they'll have nullified a significant disadvantage vs PCs. It gives people a reason to stick with MS instead of jumping to a Steam Deck and exiting their ecosystem.
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Mar 28, 2024 05:33
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acksplode posted:If they can get multiple alternative storefronts on Xbox then they'll have nullified a significant disadvantage vs PCs. It gives people a reason to stick with MS instead of jumping to a Steam Deck and exiting their ecosystem. I agree, but only if they're storefronts and not marketing deals.
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I think the incentive for Microsoft would be that PC players would have more motivation to choose Xbox if they were in the market for a console and also I’m sure they would take part of epics cut for games bought or played on Xbox. In the alternate scenario the Xbox basically is just a PC. What would be their motivation in that scenario? Why does it even matter that it’s an Xbox anymore? The third scenario is that every PC game in the epic store gets ported to Xbox and…that ain’t happening. The only thing that makes sense to me is that’s it’s mostly a marketing move but could also mean that you buy a game once and get to play it on either platform, which might be pretty appealing to some people so imo not a terrible idea.
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kri kri posted:https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/27/24114048/microsoft-xbox-series-x-white-digital-edition-leak-rumor Jesus, a white fridge is ugly as hell. I hope that's just a test unit and they did something to it to not look that... boring. White Series S looks so much better.
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Mar 28, 2024 12:14
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Guillermus posted:Jesus, a white fridge is ugly as hell. I hope that's just a test unit and they did something to it to not look that... boring. White Series S looks so much better. White is just a stupid color for something that's going to sit in an entertainment center where everything else is black.
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Mar 28, 2024 12:33
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PriorMarcus posted:White is just a stupid color for something that's going to sit in an entertainment center where everything else is black. The ps5 isn’t all black
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Mar 28, 2024 12:37
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PriorMarcus posted:White is just a stupid color for something that's going to sit in an entertainment center where everything else is black. I do like my consoles to stand out a bit. I'm not going to buy gold faceplates or skins but white isn't bad at all.
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https://x.com/XboxWire/status/1773365572236919252?s=20 Maybe I'll give Asscreed Mirage a shot this weekend.
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Mar 28, 2024 16:16
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I loving love Cyberpunk, give it a shot if you’re curious. It’s been a hell of a ride and I haven’t even done the DLC
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Mar 28, 2024 16:25
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If you chose correctly and got a series X, Cyberpunk has been marked down to $5 at Walmart for a while now. Pretty sure it's in-store only because clearance.
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John F Bennett posted:Maybe I'll give Asscreed Mirage a shot this weekend. smaller map, tighter plot, environmental puzzles. all the series needed
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John F Bennett posted:Maybe I'll give Asscreed Mirage a shot this weekend. Its a good game! And is a return to classic Assassin's Creed, its not part of the RPG series. Smirking_Serpent posted:I loving love Cyberpunk, give it a shot if you’re curious. It’s been a hell of a ride and I haven’t even done the DLC Cyberpunk has gone from pure disappointment, to one of my favorite open world RPGs ever, and giving me what I always wanted in a cyberpunk sci-fi RPG. The DLC is really great.
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Other storefronts on Xbox seems technically feasible (e.g. all the emulators running on dev mode as an example) and having store icons for Steam/Epic/GOG etc. on the dashboard next to the Microsoft store icon for buying Xbox games would be a dream. Xbox has me staying with them in the future given their commitment to BC being so solid (and going above and beyond with the improvements to older titles e.g. SSX3 on Xbox, Red Dead Redemption on 360 and Titanfall on XB1 showing every generation gets attention) and if I could access my Steam library on Xbox as well that would be incredible. I think it would be fairly trivial for Xbox to set that up on a technical level and I doubt they'd run into many issues, and Valve may even opt for SteamOS which would be more suitable for console but also more difficult to implement imo, but regardless I suspect they'd jump at the opportunity to have their store on a home console since Steambox didn't take off and this would be a lot of easy money for them with minimal technical hurdles. I think the big reason why it would probably never happen however is because it would be a nightmare to reach agreements on cuts for sales of games along with licenses and who gets what, especially with the added complications of the same games being available on multiple storefronts in this scenario. It would be comical to see Sony absolutely lose their poo poo at the majority of their first party titles suddenly being on Xbox but realistically they'd just say Valve only has a license to sell those games on PC or something. It would be interesting to see what happens with third party games that Sony paid to keep off Xbox in that scenario though, such as the Final Fantasy 7 Remake as an example, I think Square would be more than happy to open that up to another huge audience without having to put the time and effort into porting to another SKU. Just a nice thought though imo, coming up with agreements on revenue shares etc. would be a complete nightmare and that's what would stop it. Guillermus posted:I do like my consoles to stand out a bit. I'm not going to buy gold faceplates or skins but white isn't bad at all. Yeah I like white too but doesn't it discolor/yellow after so long? I'd like to see an Apple-style aluminum console. That would be really nice and probably be handy for thermals as well. TheScott2K posted:I use the disc drive in my series x all the time to watch blurays Never used mine but have big cravings to play Forza Horizon 2 which was delisted years ago and I was a dummy that didn't get it digital when it was available 
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Kinda wild nobody seems to give a gently caress about Diablo 4 on GamePass. Is it even out? I didn’t get any ads or notifications. I did notice the loading image for the Xbox pc app changed from black to a reddish color, but it could be for any other game really Mean while I’ve been asked to preinstall Senua 2 for months, and it releases late May Is D4 really that bad
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Comfy Fleece Sweater posted:
There's been a few folks asking about it over in the D4 thread. My take: its pretty, works great with a controller, has good music, has some cool boss fights. The campaign is obviously superior to Diablo 3. You'll have a really fun 15 hours with it but after that it's kind of up to how broken your brain is. In short, on gamepass, definitely worth playing. Especially couch co-op is with friends.
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screw diablo, hot wheels unleashed 2 is on gp now!
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SUNKOS posted:Never used mine but have big cravings to play Forza Horizon 2 which was delisted years ago and I was a dummy that didn't get it digital when it was available It is honestly a bigger bummer that that thing is delisted and trapped at 1080p30 targeting base Xbone than Forza 4 being trapped on 360. FH2 owns and telling people that just feels pointless.
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Comfy Fleece Sweater posted:Kinda wild nobody seems to give a gently caress about Diablo 4 on GamePass. Is it even out? I didn’t get any ads or notifications. I did notice the loading image for the Xbox pc app changed from black to a reddish color, but it could be for any other game really I think it drops tonight. I'll definitely give it a spin but I'm not super hopeful.
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D4 is a good ARPG, I don't think I have any obvious bad things to say about it, but it didn't hook me into hundreds of hours like the previous Diablos. Something about it didn't tickle my brainworms. Worth trying for free, and I've been thinking about going back in for achievements.
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Comfy Fleece Sweater posted:Kinda wild nobody seems to give a gently caress about Diablo 4 on GamePass. Is it even out? I didn’t get any ads or notifications. I did notice the loading image for the Xbox pc app changed from black to a reddish color, but it could be for any other game really I was dumb enough to buy it on release and I had a lot of fun with it and finished the main quest. Piddled around with the first season of the live service, got bored, didn't finish the battle pass, haven't wanted to play it since.
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I'll mess around with it again because I think they're adding ray tracing to it, at least the pc version. I still have it installed so might as well.
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Playing the opening, just finished the first small dungeon as the game tries to do a slow, impactful sequence with suspenseful music and quotes appearing on the screen... NETWORK ERROR The game connection has been lost: your client has been disconnected from the server.
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