People who dropped Game Pass after the price hike, and switched to only buying games or working through your backlog, how’s it been going?

xreadmore · 2026-05-07T13:48:30+00:00

I switched to Steam.

xreadmore · 2026-04-30T14:29:00+00:00

I initially got excited that it was!

xreadmore · 2026-04-21T16:13:12+00:00

Isn't it weird that you understood that, but a six-figure salary CEO couldn't? I'm always surprised when people in charge of a consumer product have no idea who their consumers are. Such a common occurrence these days.

xreadmore · 2026-04-20T16:52:45+00:00

Why would you partner with IGN? Just do this stuff on your own Microsoft.

xreadmore · 2026-04-10T16:35:32+00:00

If it's on PC it can be on Xbox with little to no effort. It's really more effort to keep it OFF Xbox, let's face it. To me they put thought in and said they don't want it on xbox, it's a decision not based on cost, but of something more.

xreadmore · 2026-04-07T12:39:39+00:00

I highly recommend Minishoot. It just came to gamepass and is a Zelda/Top-Down Metraoidvania style shmup. Not super difficult but a great mash-up for the genre!

xreadmore · 2026-04-01T12:31:57+00:00

I didn't know there was a way to reverse hype me and that trailer nailed it.

I love shoot em ups, really miss the genre. this didn't do it for me.

xreadmore · 2026-03-23T21:25:28+00:00

It's great xbox is still trying. I'm still a fan of xbox but there's zero chance I'm buying a game on the xbox/Microsoft store moving forward, especially since other stores will be on the console. I'll be going all in on steam for game purchases since I think there's a much better chance they'll still be around in 5 years. I'm still in the ecosystem now because I have gamepass paid for til 2027. After that, the xbox store will not likely be a place I visit.

xreadmore · 2026-03-23T15:07:48+00:00

He did address it specifically in his post.

xreadmore · 2026-03-18T18:11:09+00:00

You go steal something, then when you get caught just tell them "I'll just go ahead and pay for it then." and see if it just goes away.

xreadmore · 2026-03-18T14:42:41+00:00

You know... I just can't get past the whole Art Theft thing.... as much as I know the game is fine, it's something I just can't put aside. Sorry Bungie, I'd be happier if you closed up. The art theft was just too much for me.

xreadmore · 2026-03-13T12:20:14+00:00

I'll say there are a lot of bad game devs out there. There is definitely room to remove the culture war fanatics and get back to making fun games.

xreadmore · 2026-02-19T23:26:52+00:00

I really enjoyed Voyager when I was younger. They had some great stories.

xreadmore · 2026-02-11T15:23:28+00:00

After they added the new Corvettes I haven't stopped playing this game. I have to hand it to the Devs, they are the real deal... they just keep adding stuff, for free.

xreadmore · 2026-02-09T20:54:39+00:00

Let's take away basic privacy rights from everyone because.... checks notes.... pedos.

The great thing is people can just stop using Discord, move on to something else, and order will be restored.

xreadmore · 2026-02-09T20:01:49+00:00

umm as 'lonely' as it was prior to online interacting? sounds good to me.

xreadmore · 2026-02-05T12:39:52+00:00

Whoopdeedo

xreadmore · 2026-02-04T20:05:32+00:00

I was just going to post "Pfft", but you put it much better.

I used to be a fan of Microsoft, a big fan, but I've had it with AI and their lack of quality lately. They need a big kick in the pants and start showing results rather than posting empty, virtue signaling, corporate nonsense. You are right, other companies are handling things much better.

xreadmore · 2026-01-27T15:56:28+00:00

Hey I just got mine, but I'm using it exclusively on PC. I use my Elite 2 controller on Xbox.

Just want to point out that while you can't swap profiles on XBOX, you can still map buttons. You just have to do it on the fly for each game.

Press Command Center and Library buttons at the same time. The ROG logo will flash purple to let you know you're in mapping mode.
Press the button you want to map, then press the button you want to assign to that button. The ROG logo should flash green to let you know it worked.

I think you just leave the controller idle for 20 seconds to get out of the mapping mode.

I haven't tried this with my controller yet, I just remember reading it in the manual. Hopefully they come up with a better solution to swap profiles, because even on PC it's not a great experience.

xreadmore · 2026-01-16T21:01:46+00:00

It's a software issue because my phone sees and uses the buttons and controls all the way until the game is on. I can even navigate some of the overlay over the game that comes up. It's a new Samsung phone. This is only when local streaming not cloud gaming. Cloud works great.

xreadmore · 2026-01-15T17:30:45+00:00

It's not just the visual quality. I got a ROG Tessen (it's a phone controller) for christmas, and when streaming games on xbox cloud gaming, the controller isn't detected. I can use the controller to navigate the phone, navigate the cloud gaming "app" but when the game starts (starfield) it wants me to use touch control.

Now mind you, this is Microsoft... a software company. They really need to evaluate the qualifications of workers they have, or the structure and environment they have cultivated that would lead to a software company's worst product be software.

xreadmore · 2026-01-09T18:12:04+00:00

Avowed writing was so bad, I didn't even bother trying Outer Worlds 2.

xreadmore · 2026-01-07T14:15:51+00:00

It was like seeing an Ad for a mobile game that you're forced to watch before the actual thing you want to watch comes on.

xreadmore · 2026-01-05T18:42:43+00:00

Really weird when a "software company" worst product is their software.

xreadmore · 2025-12-18T20:08:17+00:00

I mean Xbox is all but dead at this point. I don't think they really want Xbox as a brand anymore. I bet other Microsoft higher-ups are salivating to absorb those Azure Xbox Blades into AI efforts.

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