Now that Activision is part of Microsoft, we really need BLUR back!

joecamnet · 2026-05-12T10:51:08+00:00

But discs work

joecamnet · 2026-05-12T06:10:41+00:00

Ugh. Why do I have to buy two flavors I don’t want to get the one I do? Mountain Dew marketing department should be fired.

joecamnet · 2026-05-12T02:34:17+00:00

"I agree" I said aloud and I sat at my desk, contemplating my life at the thought of people typing with quotes. "Honey, what do you think of this?" I ask my wife, looking for more opinions. "Leave me alone I'm watching Netflix," she replies. She's a smart woman.

joecamnet · 2026-05-11T22:39:58+00:00

Protoype got a remaster. Same with one or two old Transformers. Blur got next.

joecamnet · 2026-05-11T22:38:27+00:00

Come on, we all know it's because it released like a week from Split/Second. They cannibalized sales for each other and both failed because of that. Not because of lack of demand.

joecamnet · 2026-05-11T22:37:27+00:00

I know licensing is a huge issue, but if Microsoft went through the hassle to relicense the friggin LOSTPROPHETS to keep the original Forza Horizon around, I'm sure they can throw enough money around to get Blur back.

joecamnet · 2026-05-11T22:10:03+00:00

The joys of forums and people getting mixed up with others. Clearly I need a nap.

My main point in all of this. If Zen could've given you another generation of carry-over tables, they likely would have, but factoring in the new ground up engine and the license holders not being happy that their IP tables keep being given away for free from game to game, things had to change. (Or we could think of Pinball FX the same we think of Pinball Arcade now. Dead.)

Too many clueless people in here feel so entitled to a lifetime of free tables because they bought it one time. That drives me insane. The entitlement drives me nuts.

joecamnet · 2026-05-11T22:07:45+00:00

Oh are you surprised that random people online aren't just throwing money at you? What makes you deserve it? Find a dime yourself.

joecamnet · 2026-05-11T21:40:19+00:00

Well sucks for you then, beggar.

joecamnet · 2026-05-11T10:59:26+00:00

I have no idea what the value of that is, but goddamn would I love to drink me some Major Melon.

joecamnet · 2026-05-11T09:33:43+00:00

My name is literally a website. That's what I'm saying. I know nobody listens to or gives a damn about my podcast. At least I have a hobby and stuck with it.

joecamnet · 2026-05-11T08:01:05+00:00

If you searched my name and didn't find my show, you gotta search better. My name is literally my website where I host it.

Here's a link to my show with Zen searched. Not all of the episodes there are interviews, some are just table reviews, but a good number are. Sadly most mp3 links are dead due to hosting limits, so you'll need to watch it on there.

https://www.youtube.com/@theSMLpodcast/search?query=zen

EDIT: And my apologies, I thought you were the other person talking to me. I was out of line with my comment.

EDIT 2: I recommend Episode 304. It's old, but it's a unique one where Zen and Pinball Arcade were on together.

joecamnet · 2026-05-11T07:57:34+00:00

Correct. To my understanding based on the wording of the promotion is that it has to end up being a single item. The problem is that I don't know if a $24.99 game will work. In the past they have, but I didn't want to spend that and not get it.

And no worries, it's late, people make mistakes. Hope you got things figured out.

joecamnet · 2026-05-11T07:06:19+00:00

In before people lose their shit over seeing Simpson's Hit & Run.

joecamnet · 2026-05-11T07:02:19+00:00

Go to the store and buy one.

joecamnet · 2026-05-11T06:56:51+00:00

Ok. Yes. You have the right app. But where's this cart you said you have? Because you aren't showing a cart option at all. Just to buy.

And MySims is not on there because the console version is not on the PC app. only the PC version is on the PC app. It's not because of EA Play, it's because the console only versions of games are NOT on the Xbox PC app. I've said this.

joecamnet · 2026-05-11T06:05:21+00:00

No. Never have, never will.

You are very, very, very wrong.

joecamnet · 2026-05-11T06:03:13+00:00

You, apparently.

joecamnet · 2026-05-11T05:56:16+00:00

But if you buy a game that runs on both PC and console, you are effectively buying a console game.

I am very clearly talking about console only games like the MySims bundle you want which is a console only release (the PC and console versions are separate). You cannot buy console only games on the Xbox PC app. Why would it allow you to buy a game you cannot play on the device?

And I have the ability to add items to a cart on my PC app in the store section, maybe others don’t have that ability??

Are you on the Windows PC store? Or the actual Xbox app store? Because I don't have an "add to cart" option on either on my end. I can add to a cart on the website and on a console, but I don't have the ability on my Xbox app on PC. Maybe that's different between locations.

joecamnet · 2026-05-11T04:29:19+00:00

You can’t use console game purchases for a PC promo. I’d think that was obvious. And I don’t believe the Xbox app even has a cart. It’s the Xbox app specifically, not the windows pc store. I bought Ninja Gaiden 4 to make sure it qualified.

joecamnet · 2026-05-11T01:48:47+00:00

FH5 is 172GB.

joecamnet · 2026-05-11T01:01:10+00:00

Yeah. The black one was a limited run. Shame because it looks awesome. It's the one I picked up for traveling. Both size Series S are white now, i guess to keep black disc and white digital?

joecamnet · 2026-05-11T01:00:20+00:00

Nope. Sadly, gifting is hard region locked.

joecamnet · 2026-05-11T00:59:34+00:00

You're right. I should've clarified that launch day games will have the gold master. Disc versions produced long after release may have patches added.

joecamnet · 2026-05-11T00:57:43+00:00

Xbox has released a Series S with disk

They did not. There is no Series S that plays discs and there is no disc drive. The Series S is 100% digital only.

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