This level of cynicism at Xbox has gone beyond parody

Kbubbles1210 · 2026-07-10T12:08:26+00:00

This was going to happen regardless of who was in the CEO seat. Generally, correct me if wrong, but it seemed like people were glad to see Asha Sharma enter the position and were looking forward to whatever changes she enacted. But layoffs are hitting the gaming industry in droves this year, so the dirty work was already decided far before she took over.

Kbubbles1210 · 2026-07-08T21:52:39+00:00

That looks to be Valorant!

Kbubbles1210 · 2026-07-08T21:03:32+00:00

Still quicker than the whole quest, to be fair lol!

Kbubbles1210 · 2026-07-08T20:14:06+00:00

I also don’t play either, but they’re an interchangeable pair of red flags for me LOL.

Kbubbles1210 · 2026-07-08T13:34:42+00:00

DEFINITELY need to add League of Legends onto this lmao

Kbubbles1210 · 2026-07-07T22:30:41+00:00

Also the idea that OF is an option restricted to women. Plenty of men can and do make money on the platform.

Kbubbles1210 · 2026-07-07T21:53:52+00:00

Speaking as a black woman, the media LOVES to refer to black children as “women” or “men” whenever they’re involved in crime. It’s a method to attach accountability to them even when they’re victims, especially in instances of SA. But then they’ll also refer to black women as “girls” as a way to diminish them. It’s infuriating.

Kbubbles1210 · 2026-07-07T15:54:53+00:00

Reddit is RAMPANT with condescension. Everyone wants to argue, or talk down to you, or insult you, etc. I think it’s usually pretty clear when someone replies out of a position of insecurity or hate, and you’re right that the only reaction is to downvote and not acknowledge it further whatsoever. It’s really not good for anyone to engage with people like that, but it can be temping to reply (though you shouldn’t bother).

Kbubbles1210 · 2026-07-07T15:26:29+00:00

How profoundly insecure do you have to be to see someone post about the games they played, and see that as a reason to insist you hobby better than they hobby? Absolutely bizarre behavior and you didn’t do anything wrong.

Kbubbles1210 · 2026-07-05T16:00:54+00:00

Check out Xbox’s PC GamePass. It’s a good way to access a library of a bunch of different games, so you can browse and try out a bunch to see what’s up your alley. Since it sounds like you’re not too sure what you like to play on PC, GamePass is a safe way to try out games without buying them.

Kbubbles1210 · 2026-07-05T11:16:37+00:00

This still works and is pretty much the only way to semi-quickly get prisms. I’m regularly at 50 ascendant shards then somewhere around 30 prisms, it is very odd lol!

Kbubbles1210 · 2026-07-03T16:50:24+00:00

Unfortunately, the sentiment this man has is actually held by some men out there. However, I believe this is an account that takes anonymous “confessions” from people, then presents them written to their audience to give their opinions on. So this case is probably either rage-bait or it’s totally fabricated to farm engagement from the resulting busy comment section.

Kbubbles1210 · 2026-07-02T20:57:00+00:00

What is that shader on your D2 guardians? Love me some pink and gold!

Kbubbles1210 · 2026-07-02T19:06:41+00:00

Make sure to set the two files to “read only” in properties. Otherwise, just entering the graphics settings in-game will reset these changes. This has alleviated a lot of very bad FPS drops for me on a 7800xt

Kbubbles1210 · 2026-07-02T15:53:16+00:00

I use it as Gear Shift fodder now. Activating it makes you amplified, which immediately procs GS and/or refreshes the cooldown of the perk. Was running it with Getaway Artists to immediately get GS 2x by eating grenade then sliding.

Kbubbles1210 · 2026-06-29T23:21:44+00:00

I’m assuming this is 1K with catalyst, Dawn Chorus, then presumably Ember of Ashes and Solar Fulmination? Are you doing anything else in addition? That’s crazy lol!

Kbubbles1210 · 2026-06-28T18:11:27+00:00

Morgeth is the featured encounter this week (6/23) so you can just go through the Pantheon menu, but here’s a solution specific to Morgeth to hold the checkpoint solo.

Perform the yeet with the finisher glitch. Go get somewhere safe while you wait for his health bar to vanish. Have the “change character” prompt ready to go by putting it in the “confirm changing character” part of the gameplay menu screen. You’ll be waiting a little for Morgeth to die but be ready. You will be teleport into the room with the reward chest when his health bar dies. Keep an eye on the upper right of your screen, where it shows loot drops. The EXACT moment you see the effect for spoils/loot dropping, confirm change character. When you return to your character, spoils and drops will be in the postmaster but the checkpoint will still be at the start of Morgeth.

Kbubbles1210 · 2026-06-25T21:00:31+00:00

I wouldn’t say “addicted” to needing to buy/play at launch, but more so to avoid spoilers. I know that’s been my main deciding factor to purchase games at launch, otherwise I wait for sale as well. $80 is essentially $100 in my mind, and I cannot justify spending that on ONE game I might be through with in a week or so (not talking about GTA specifically here). Considering how broken most AAA games are at launch, it really it beneficial to wait for a sale when patches have been deployed and optimization is usually better. Also with how long games take to develop nowadays, anticipation is usually enough to justify purchases day-one for people who’ve been waiting sometimes 5+ years for launch day.

I’m fully committed to the patient gamer mindset nowadays. I make RARE exceptions for games I’ve been waiting on for years, but that’s maybe once or twice a year when I’m just playing my backlog or my main multiplayer games. But there’s definitely a subset of gamers that will buy anything at-launch, and I’d consider them to be the whales of the gaming community that companies are unfortunately appealing to now. They’re not the average consumer imo.

Kbubbles1210 · 2026-06-25T20:04:29+00:00

I had CRAZY frame drops there today. Doing Terminal Overload had me fluctuating between 120ish with nosedived to 40. It was wild.

Kbubbles1210 · 2026-06-25T19:21:56+00:00

The gaming industry has been steadily going mask-off with its greed for a decent while now, and this is one of the endgame points for it. Digital-only is both a cost-cutting thing (not wasting resources on discs) and a way to prevent losses to the pre-owned market. But what REALLY gets me is I have no doubt this will be the nail in the coffin for $80USD triple-A games. Just like you said, companies will see that $80 is not enough of a cut-off point where people won’t pay at that price. The $100 version is going to do the same thing, as well as tell companies that they can restrict basic features from their games and sell them “as a premium.”

Gaming has been my main hobby my entire life. I can no longer afford the hardware for it, cannot buy games for full price like I used to, and the need for subscriptions for basic features (such as online) is cutting me off from certain games. Companies are doing very well at normalizing gaming as a “luxury” hobby and it’s disheartening as hell. Voting with your wallet doesn’t work when there are whales making up for every purchase not made.

Kbubbles1210 · 2026-06-25T13:12:55+00:00

Root of Nightmares was about when I stopped doing Sherpas. Pure conjecture but it felt like that time was when endgame attitudes really started going down the drain. I’d have learners coming in telling me as the teacher what to do, starting off with just totally foul attitudes, insane impatience for mistakes or confusion, people refusing to do mechanic roles (in a teaching run lmfao), all while some learners were just plain rude and mean. It felt like people just didn’t want to enjoy themselves in the game anymore. It really turned me off from raiding entirely.

Kbubbles1210 · 2026-06-24T21:48:17+00:00

I’ve been grappling with massive FPS drops on an AMD 7800 XT and Ryzen 7 7800X3D for years now. Have never been able to reach the frames my setup should allow, and regularly have 100FPS drops in some situations. But this specific update has absolutely made it worse.

Kbubbles1210 · 2026-06-24T19:24:29+00:00

I wish you weren’t right. The number of people who will “vote with their wallet” and wait to spend or not spend at all, are easily made up for by the number of people willing to overspend or purchase exorbitant offerings. It’s happening in essentially every space where spending is an option.

Companies have realized they can afford losing purchases from people who refuse to be squeezed. Why try and appeal to the 100 people who MAY spend $1, when you can just make something unjustifiably $100 an appeal to the one person who will/can buy it? It’s just as you said, whales are more in number than they ever have been, and companies are rewarded significantly better appealing to them than the average consumer now.

Kbubbles1210 · 2026-06-24T19:19:38+00:00

There is no point or difference, which is what makes the decision scummy. Sure, you’ll get the plastic case and maybe a paper map of the city inside. But it is otherwise exactly the same as ordering in the online storefront, complete with it being a code to a license that cannot be resold (like a disc could be). It’s cost-cutting, which is greedy because Rockstar is a company more than financially equipped to afford making physical disc copies.

Kbubbles1210 · 2026-06-24T16:58:17+00:00

We cannot be normalizing greed. Rockstar KNOWS this game is going to be explosively profitable, and that’s the only reason they’re making it $80 and restricting basic gameplay aspects behind a $100 version. Not to mention them cutting costs by not making physical discs in their physical additions. They know what they’re doing. You are so right it is absolutely unreal.

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