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That would make sense. If they were releasing consoles so quickly and not even working on the consoles or bringing anything else to the table with the consoles they already had released, it's understandable that they would flop. Not many people will jump on a console that wouldn't have such a big life expectancy only to then find out they were releasing another one so soon after, many would see it as a waste of money to keep putting money into something the developers were not all that interested in working on.

This is very true. The market for consoles that are different colors or even as you say translucent would probably be geared more towards kids than adults. Some adults may buy them but most would want to keep to the basic colors for the purpose of it fitting in with their other technology.

That's the first time I heard about a dongle that plugs into your PC but I can see how that would work. We already have these kinds of things from Amazon and Roku with their Firestick and Roku has their own version of that as well so it would definitely work to put games on your TV to make it more easily accessible for all. Improving the cloud definitely seems like the better option and then seriously getting onto making it more available for all.

Yeah many people do have high hopes for Xbox this year and it would be expected being all the companies they have bought out. I would definitely say that 2024 is the year that will be a make or break for them. If there is nothing by then after say 2 years of them buying out the companies they have then there probably will not be anything and that is going to be a shame being Xbox seemed to have a lot of plans.

With the way most companies are pushing digital over physical now it definitely seems like that is what we will see happen. It may not happen for quite a few years yet but over that time, companies will more than likely push digital out more and more so that people are ready for when that happens.

I am very much hooked on Team Rumble on Fortnite at the moment with the Deku Smash when I have the time so I have been playing a lot of that just recently. I was hoping to get Hogwarts Legacy when that releases and would more than likely move over to that but I will have to see if I am able to snag it on release first.

It would seem that Rare are who own Goldeneye 007 and with Microsoft now owning Rare that means that Microsoft now own Goldeneye 007. Now I know Goldeneye 007 was made by Rare for Nintendo as it was released on the Nintendo 64 and it was published by Nintendo. It could be that because it was published by Nintendo even though Microsoft own Rare now, Nintendo could still have some rights and that could be why multiplayer is not on the Xbox but is on Nintendo.

This is understandable, I am the same like to be able to take in the game and go through it and follow it rather than speed run through it. Some people speedrun through games just because they can and also for entertainment purposes as well. I have seen many streamers and YouTubers do it in the past and it does seem to get some attention. I guess if they have played through the game once at normal pace and then gone to do it again and again to try and beat their completion time I can understand the interest around it.

I am not sure why there hasn't been a new Deadpool game to be honest, could be something to do with Disney owning it now but it did get me thinking. Epic Games have done many cross overs and one of them was with Deadpool and they have also worked with Ryan Reynolds for other crossovers as well. I wonder if there ever was a chance of another Deadpool game, whether Epic Games would be interested in taking it or even if they could come up with an agreement with Disney? Would be interesting to see.

I remember one Saw game and that was the first one, I remember playing that one and as much as I did enjoy playing it, it wasn't what I expected from a Saw game. I didn't know they made a sequel though which usually if the game is really good, you have usually heard about it.

Yeah I will admit, Atlas Superstore did seem more like a warehouse from what I remember. It wasn't one of my favorite maps though and I tolerated it more than anything to be honest when I played on that map.

That is definitely a good thing. The more positive feedback they get after something like that will make it easier for them to be interested if they do at any point choose to release a sequel to the game.

A lot of it is impatience and not wanting to go through the game and do it the long way so they throw money in the game to get it done quicker. Game developers know this and know people will be impatient and instead want to get there quicker so they offer these options and know they will make something out of it. I will admit I have got frustrated at how long it's taken to get somewhere in a game but if that is the case, I leave it rather than pay to get there, but there are people that would willingly pay without issue.

Of course! How did I not click and realize that! I am pretty sure as long as you have access to Play Store on your device you will be able to get Minecraft on that device so that would be an even easier way to get it and know that it would be up to date and not have to worry 🙂

I think we all go through a phase like that where we may be good at a certain game and we instantly believe we are pros at video games. I used to be the same when I was younger, if I was really good at a game or I did well in a game I would instantly think I was a pro even though I wasn't all that great at all. LOL

I'd be okay with the hardwire as how I have my set up I am already hardwired with my Xbox so I would just switch that hard wire out to the OG Xbox and then be able to take it from there. I don't think I still have many games left if at all now though, just the console so I would have to grab some games if I was able to if I wanted to check this out again.

This is true and with that being the case and it being as close as it is to being a portable Xbox and even with the controller being so similar, that could be the reason Xbox haven't decided to jump on the wants of a portable console. Steam deck being affordable as well, it could be that Xbox wouldn't be able to compete with the price as well. It may be something a lot of us want to see but if it's not viable in the eyes of Xbox and Microsoft we probably will not see anything.

I agree, they do seem to be lacking on any really good announcements at all which is a shame as I always remember when you were excited for things like this and they would be heavily advertised, so much so you wouldn't be able to miss that they were on. It's not a good look when they come together with so many studios and then don't really have anything to announce at all that is new and fresh.

I too had no idea that a trailer had dropped or even that there was one in development. As you say, the trailer doesn't give away too much but if they are still working on it which is more than likely the case, that will be why. Kind of excited to see what they bring with this game and if they manage to nail it on the head and give the fans what they want.

You know it's bad when they don't even hide it anymore and they just let it be out in the open like it's normal. I guess that comes with so many people giving into their greed on games though, after a while they become too confident and they end up not even trying to hide it anymore.

This is a good way to balance it out. There does seem to be quite a split when it comes to jet packs and wall running between players of Call of Duty and if there was a choice between different playlists with jet packs and wall running and no jet packs and wall running that would be one way to combat the issue and give everyone something they wanted.

Oh for sure. If I try to multitask on anything at all I get myself easily confused so even if I was to have a second monitor, having two games running at the same time would be too much for me and I would probably still only have one open at any time and have something not game related on the other monitor. Running two games my PC wouldn't handle at the moment either way but it would probably handle a game and something up on a browser on the second screen.

With the way technology is moving I wouldn't be surprised to be honest if we saw AI making games to be honest. AI is always being worked on in some way and I can guarantee that there are tests probably happening now that we don't know about. It's definitely something I believe we will see in our lifetime for sure, it's not a matter of if but when at this point. Going to be interesting to see how it works out when we do see it.

I don't believe you there is a version of Minecraft for the Chromebook unfortunately which is a shame but there are ways that you can get Minecraft on the Chromebook and that is by installing Linux on your Chromebook. If you Google play Minecraft on Chromebook you should get a result explaining how to install Linux and install Minecraft so you can play it on your Chromebook 🙂 I hope that helps.

I know the feeling about the time to do it. So very little time and not enough hours in the day to do everything.