Kane99

That's fair. But there are some games where I can play just for the gameplay itself, while the story isn't all that appealing. I think I had that feeling with the two Prototype games, same with the Just Cause games. I just liked playing them for the most part and the story I often skipped. If the game at least has good gameplay and is fun to play, I don't necessarily even need a story.

I can see a lot of suspensions being for those very reasons. Sadly public lobbies from what I hear are pretty much the same. Thankfully it makes life easier having mute and block features. Life savers right there. I also make sure to report anyone using slurs and hateful speech if I catch it happening in a lobby I am in. Now I'm curious to know how many accounts they banned. Most do. It's kinda rare that any users are banned by mistake. It has happened, but usually they ban you after having definite proof of wrongdoing. I used to report a lot of people on Xbox 360 back in the day, so much that Xbox sent a thank you note to me on Xbox live a couple times lol. If you have an offensive name, profile, say anything offensive, it's easy to file a report against someone. And I imagine Xbox has a way to see exactly what a user does on Xbox live and in games. Like I said in my point above, most bans/suspensions are investigated before they are finalized. It's very rare that anyone banned or suspended, was by accident or mistake. Most bans/suspensions are thoroughly investigated I hear. Some mistakes do happen, but most are legit and warranted from what I hear. You can fight the case with Xbox when a ban/suspension happens, but for the most part, they never lift them.

I think Nintendo will continue to support the hybrid console. The fact we haven't seen a new 3DS or DS handheld is probably more than enough to confirm that line of handhelds are done. But the hybrid console approach is a good idea imo, because it kills two birds with one stone. You don't need to then make a new handheld system if you just focus on making a new switch. I think that's what Nintendo will focus on doing, hybrid consoles that just keep getting upgraded. Probably the same way the Steam deck is doing things now. It'd be weird to go back now, to making traditional consoles I mean. Plus, it allows Nintendo to focus on one platform at a time, which makes it easier to develop games and means more games focussed on one platform. I think the days of gameboys/DS/3DS is over. The Switch will be Nintendo's future going forward. They'll just continue to make suped up handheld hybrids, and honestly I'm fine with that.

Eh, honestly you probably won't get the game most of the time these days anyway. With how games are coming out with just the license on disc, or no disc at all and just a code in box. The whole idea of physical media is kinda being thrown out the door, and it's being done by the studios themselves. Physical media is dying sadly, not much we can really do to stop it.

Very possible it could happen since both Bethesda and Obsidian are under the same roof and owned by Xbox. So that dream may come true sooner than you'd think. They would do awesome making games based on popular IPs, but I don't think they ever would. They tend to focus on their own, fresh and unique IPs. L.A. Noire was probably their last game that wasn't really developed by them anyway. Nowdays they kinda keep things in house.

This is just a bad case of moderation. I think the metaverse and other virtual worlds need to give children their own little area while adults their own. Or better yet, only friends and family can be a part of your metaverse. And to be honest, I don't think kids should be on these virtual worlds, at least not too often.

Well if I'm handing the games down, I wouldn't have them include the games when I am cremated, instead I'd have it in my will who gets what. Even all of the awful ones? For me if I could take all of my favorites I would, but I'd also include all of the classics and highly rated games and leave the bad games out.

Yeah, it's because even though they lose a lot of fans, they eventually gain more each year. It's a never ending shift for COD in general. One group decides to peace out, more players jump in. Usually the annoying 12 year old kids who just got their Xboxes on Christmas. I remember playing COD every year, and right around Christmas, you'd see a jump in players joining. It's because all of those kids asked for it on Christmas, and here we are. COD may lose a decent amount of players, but it's a very small amount considering how many still play the game, and will continue to do so year in and year out.

In just six months, Xbox has suspended up to 4.78 million accounts on Xbox live. It looks like their suspensions have gone up in recent years, the article below shows a big change in those suspended than the past few years. A lot of the suspensions are due to sexual content being shared, fraud, harassment or bullying, and so on. Makes you wonder if there are any accidental suspensions mixed in. Now I'm curious to know how many accounts were outright banned. More details here: https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/14/23457595/xbox-transparency-report-player-account-suspension

That's a cool clan name! 🙂 No, he's referring to clans as in groups of players who game together on a team or together in person. It's not the game Clans. Think of clans as a team of gamers. I'm not one to join clans. I prefer to start one, or only join my close friends in one. Or my work buddies, but other than that, I don't touch most clans, as I don't like venturing into a new group of people.

I got my first Xbox 360 in 2007. I remember because that's the year Call of Duty 4 came out. I then got a new Xbox 360 slim after dealing with 5 separate RROD's on my original arcade Xbox 360. I think I got the Xbox 360 slim around 2011, and then a new one around 2013 or so. And I think 2015 is when I purchased my Xbox One. So from 2007 to now, I had an Xbox console.

That's fair. I would honestly use that KFC themed controller that was given away during a contest a few years ago. As long as it's a controller and it works as intended, I don't care how it looks. It's nice having a controller you like aesthetically, but it's not a requirement for me.

Yeah I feel like new gen consoles aren't really all that needed. Now days it's just about getting graphics to look even more fancier, but I feel like we're already to a point where I am fine with how graphics look. I don't need photo realism or fancy graphics to enjoy a game. And I think most games that are coming out today, could easily release for last gen consoles with just a graphical downgrade. It's why I like PC so much, because I can play most games, I just have to turn things down if it's an intensive game.

Oh god, when is it going to end. More bad news as the gaming industry just can't leave NFTs and Blockchain technology behind. It looks like Sony is the next ones to decide on making their own NFTs and blockchain tech. Their purpose is to make it to track digital asset purchases. Which means they're going to utilize NFTs as a way to sell digital assets. So probably clothing, avatars, games, maybe even special release skins. The possibilities are endless, at least when it comes to digital stuff. My worries is that this is going to just result in more ways for studios to take more money out of us for things that probably should be free to begin with. You can read about this here: https://wccftech.com/sony-patent-reveals-that-the-company-has-been-working-on-nft-and-blockchain-technology/

Yeah I think that's what I'll do. I might even make a custom case for it just to make it look different. Maybe save some space too, since I can get rid of the DVD drive in it. Thing is, I don't remember if I have a bit HD in that 360 or not. Which means I will have to find a solution for that. I might be able to add a HDD to it.

idk, I feel like they'd be able to jump in pretty fast. And if they make the games playable on mac books and other apple devices, even better. I don't see how it would be tough for them to do it. They have the technical knowhow to make a console. They already made one back in the 90s, so it's not like they can't. They would probably have it easy when it comes to setting up a new gaming brand.

Oh yeah I'm aware. It's how I remember playing the demo. Since I don't own any Nintendo consoles from that time until now. Yeah she accused the studio of paying her only $4,000 for the role. But it was later reported she lied as that is just for one voice session and they tried to book her for like 4 or 5. So she was still getting paid pretty good in my opinion. This article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2022/10/24/bayonetta-voice-actress-admits-she-was-not-offered-only-4000-for-the-new-game/?sh=39b3963952ef tells it a bit differently, in that she was originally offered $10,000, but she wasn't happy about the pay and they offered her $5,000 more for a total of $15,000. And then later they offered her a cameo role for $4,000, which I think is where her complaints came up from. So idk what is right at this point lol.

Yeah for sure, I don't want to risk a ban. So before I do anything I will factory reset the console I think and go from there. I think I might do it. I have an Xbox 360 slim with a dead DVD drive. I may have already factory reset it, so I could probably just mod that one instead. And save the newer one I have and keep it for gaming and using on xbox live if I want to send my achievements over to my account. 🙂

Haven't looked too far into the future yet. I know there are some bangers on the way in 2023. I'm mostly looking forward to that new AEW wrestling game. I think it comes out in 2023.

Oof, that's honestly tough for me to answer. Most of the games I played are 3rd party games. My favorite would probably be Sunset Overdrive honestly. It's the one I keep thinking of when I picture the xbones best games. But I'm sure there are a few other games that would win the best of the generation.

Congrats on the game. I wouldn't say it's my type of game, but it's something I can see my mom getting into. She usually plays cooking games, but I can see her getting into this too.

Clans are awesome. You can get a group of your friends together as a team, a unit. It's quite fun. I was part of a clan with friends back in the day. We used GEEK as our clan tag on Xbox 360

Oh lol, didn't understand your question at first. I could see Amazon making their own console. Maybe even Apple attempting to again. Or we could see a new Sega console one day. That'd be cool. Google I think could be possible, but after Stadia, I doubt it.

That's the thing, Fortnite is the one live service game I see that kinda does it right. For the most part, they're pretty good about releasing updates, fixes, and changing the game up. It's to my knowledge, the best live service game out there for what it offers. Because technically you can play Fortnite all the way through without getting the battle pass. Of course you don't open emotes, character skins and all that, but the option is there if you want it. And to be fair, when they do update, it isn't that big of a deal, at least to me. It makes sense to take the game offline for a bit to put out a new season, especially how much they change with the map, the controls, weapons and all that. It's a lot of work. But it's not easy to replicate what Epic Games does with Fortnite. Not many games can achieve it all the while appeasing the fans. COD on the other hand has been trying to do it for years, and I feel they always fail. Main reason is because you have to pay $60 (or $70 now) for the main game, and now you have to pay extra for gun skins, character skins etc. I believe it has its own battle pass, but should we be paying $60/$70, plus the battle pass fee? If COD reverted to 100% free to play for their standard multiplayer, I think it'd draw a lot of people in, and then a battle pass would kinda be reasonable since the game is free. But, you also have warzone, which has been CODs attempt at making a free to play experience. I'm sure that has a battle pass of its own, but I can't comment how well received that side of COD is.

Best sales I ever had were probably services like Humble bundle where you get a ton of games for a small price. Yeah some of the games may be cheap already, but there are some nice discounted games in the mix sometimes. As well, they also give you addition things like coupons, or codes to free trials and all that. The best deal aside from that, was probably getting a game for like $1 during one of the sales. I can't say I've gotten a better deal than that yet.