Massive leak reveals next-gen Xbox could be a cloud-hybrid console, Series X|S refresh coming in 2024 | The Xbox is set to undergo a sea-change in the coming years.::undefined

  • Name is Optional
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    361 year ago

    I’ve just bought my very first Xbox. It’s Series X, and although I like it well enough, I’ll probably never buy another Microsoft product. My software & my games need to be on my discs, not the cloud. I’m not interested in renting or leasing games with the game pass. I’ve already started amassing a nice collection of used/older Xbox games from various sources, probably have enough to keep me busy for the next decade. So, this mantra of “You’ll own nothing and you’ll be happy” isn’t going to work in my case.

    • @HC4L
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      111 year ago

      I feel the same but I buy shit on Steam all the time. Probably because I can still play my old shit on there and I don’t risk having to buy every indie game several times because it isn’t compatible with the latest console.

      Also, the pricing on console stores are ridiculous…

      • @[email protected]
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        51 year ago

        At least Steam has repeatedly said that they have “measures” in place to make sure their customers can still access the game they bought if Steam had to shut down. They didn’t go into details though, so finger crossed.

      • @[email protected]
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        41 year ago

        Also Valve supports Linux gaming and creates quite non-standard products like the Steam Controller, Link, Deck (which is awesome!), HTC Vive, …

    • @Mojojojo1993
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      101 year ago

      Fair enough. You’ll come a cropper though if it requires an authentication check. Regardless of your device works. I think going consoleless and having emulators to play games is the better route. Unfortunately the newer games aren’t the same as retro consoles.

      If they require patches and don’t have them they might not work.

      • Name is Optional
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        71 year ago

        I know you’re right, it’s a Sisyphean task to push back against the tides of corporate greed, but I still will push and save my old school games for archival purposes for my grandchildren, and I will hope that they appreciate my death by the big corporate boulder, was for their gaming freedom.

        • @Mojojojo1993
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          11 year ago

          I wouldn’t say that. Steam has done a pretty remarkable job. I think having an offline storage for games and an emulator that can play them is the only way to fight back against them.

          As time goes on likely we will start to build or port Game’s. Consoles will be obsolete and it will make emulation much easier. Only time will tell though.

          Fight that hard fight

            • @Mojojojo1993
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              41 year ago

              I don’t think you can tell me what I can and can’t do. But I get your meaning. I have used gog but it rarely has games that can be run through GeForce.

              I think steam is better than consoles. But yes drm bad. Why I advocated for emulation as a way to maintain games

    • Haru
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      41 year ago

      This generation was the one where I intended on buying my first Xbox as well. I wasn’t going to get it at launch but I was interested enough to be willing to put the money down. However seeing how MS have progressed so far, the increasing push to cloud gaming, game rental and more has been increasingly off putting. It’s a shame as well because around launch I was excited by how beautifully engineered the Series X is.

    • @EyesEyesBaby
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      41 year ago

      This is the sole reason I’m not buying consoles anymore. My last console was a PS3.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        I was so disappointed with my PS5 purchase. It’s an alright expensive entertainment device, but the nonsense with the exclusive games is another. I bought it because it had a disk drive, now it seems they aren’t really planning on releasing many disk games. Between that and the Bethesda shit I feel like I got played. And Xbox is no better, the only thing available was their shitty series S for like forever, plus my Xbone had its own set of hardware issues for not being that old or overused.