Not watching what were the points?
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thats crap. what about bc games only available on the old store?
Were there any left? I think the last remaining games that were BC but only on the 360 store got delisted earlier this year.
This was my own āgraveyardā from when they announced it was the final BC update. Checking now the Dynasty Warriors games (almost all of them in fact), Armored Core Verdict Day, and Eternal Sonata are still purchasable so it might not be a license issue (maybe they ran bad on the emulator and the team couldnāt solve it?).
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i think there were some left. i looked into it at the start of the year but all whats left for me was too expensive on the old store so i just bougth a disc version on ebay.
the situation sucks. i hope they do a big sale at least.
do some quick points
- Doesnāt think they should drop console parity due to what was promised of the series s, and cloud version of games would be a disaster
- Value proposition of series s 1tb model isnāt that good when its $50 less than PS5 digital when most will most likely choose the latter
- Missing out on a big release like BG3 is huge
- Questioning Forza split screen delay
- They feel thereās still a market for series s
- Said they shouldāve launched a digital series x instead of series s
- Wondering how third party devs will handle the S in a couple of years
- They said they heard from devs that making for series s does take a bit of extra work to make it work
- They said the Series S has been mostly fine, but needed to have convo due to BG3 and potential roadblocks down the road or if other devs might delay
- For the most part they said parity should remain
- They feel xbox PR might have to just give reassurance about the S due to a lot of the FUD around it at the moment due to BG3.
- Overall it was questioning how it handles rest of the gen, but they said other than BG3 itās all been fine for the most part.
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so literally no oringal thought in the whole podcast.
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Checks console release date.
I think they will be fine lol
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Yeah, I think BG3 on xbox will be bigger, but still weird to delay. I am very curious how split screen performs on PS5 because at the moment on PC itās not running well on very good hardware tbh.
Iāve said it before. if Starfield is everything it looks to be and playās stable enough on S, thereās little excuse for everyone else
Obviously some games are different and require different amounts of resources or have pointless resource heavy features that nobody cares aboutā¦but those are and will be exceptions
Nobody is saying S isnāt extra work, of course itās more work, itās another SKU and itās less powerful, they already have to deal with this on PC so while itās excuse, itās not a good one
Series S biggest issue isnāt a bunch of clowns with bad takes on twitter not understanding how things actually work, itās convincing casual gamers out there thatās itās worth picking one up and they will do that by delivering big high quality games
The one thing I do agree with is the 1TB Series S, it feels not only pointless but far too expensive, I got my regular white S for Ā£190 last year and yes they should also be working on getting a digital X out there too
That just tells me itās never been a priority to begin with, the whole xbox debacle just feels like an excuse
Also hereās a hot take from me, I could see Starfield having less bugs and issues and the PS5 version of BG3, BG3 is an absolute mess for some people and thatās on their main platform
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Yeah, if the Series S was actually cheap and not just less expensive I could see the point but throw in another $50-100 and you have a PS5.
Pretty much
They should be working on bringing down Sās price as much as they can, especially if Slim really does launch at $399
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going by sales numbers, the consumer does not have an issue with the series sās price.
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While I acknowledge developing for two consoles is more cumbersome than developing for one, Series S is such a great entry device into the Xbox ecosystem, especially if you plan on using it as a secondary console, like I did.
Granted, it has become my primary console by now, though, so I will definitely get the X once next gen rolls around (provided they repeat the S|X strategy). But without the S, I would likely not have gotten an Xbox to begin with.
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If S didnāt exist, id still be relying on xcloud on my XB1 to play current games
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This near constant Series S discussion feels like when I connect my phone to my houseās speakers to play Tiny Tim songs to annoy my wife. 
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I didnāt even realise this was out
Also lol
