XBL Deals - 2019

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  • You cannot currently buy any Xbox 360 content on xbox.com using your account balance, you can only use an active credit card or PayPal. To use your balance, you must make purchases on your console.  Unfortunately, even "purchasing" free content through the web site like trials requires an alternative method of payment tied to your account, though adding an empty MasterCard / Visa gift card that is registered for online purchases will work.  Xbox One games can be purchased on the web site with your account balance.
  • Some sales are intended for Gold subscribers only, as noted within each section.
    On Xbox One, Gold trials of any length work for sales and Games with Gold.  You must be an active Gold subscriber (paid or trial) to play Games with Gold purchases.
  • On Xbox 360, you must have at least a 1 month Gold subscription for sales and Games with Gold.  Neither 48 hour trials, 14 day trials nor free weekends qualify.

[*]All known sales and information on sales should make their way into the OP. Major Nelson usually updates his blog with new sales information every Tuesday.
[*]ALL OFFERS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE! No information within this thread can or should be construed as accurate (or still valid), therefore ...
[*]Always verify Xbox Live Marketplace prices before your purchase!
[*]Spend wisely, have fun, and enjoy!
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Games with Gold

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Deals with Gold
 

12/31 - 1/6

12/17 - 12/23


[*]:xb1: Dead or Alive 6

[*]:xb1: Doodle God: Ultimate Edition - $5.24 - 65% off
[*]:xb1: Doughlings Bundle - $10.49 - 30% off
[*]:xb1: The Escapists: The Walking Dead - $3.99 - 80% off
[*]:xb1: Golem Gates - $6.24 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition - $3.74 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Hunting Simulator - $9.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Illusion of L'Phalcia - $10.49 - 30% off
[*]:xb1: NeuroVoider - $5.59 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Oh...Sir! The Hollywood Roast - $1.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: PixARK - $19.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Runbow - $2.99 - 80% off
[*]:xb1: The Sun and Moon - $2.49 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Surf World Series - $7.49 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: UnExplored - Unlocked Edition - $4.49 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: War Tech Fighters - $13.99 - 30% off
[*]:xb1: Worms W.M.D - $7.49 - 75% off - $11.99 - 60% off
[*]:360: Aliens: Colonial Marines - $7.99 - 60% off
[*]:360: :xb1: Guardian Heroes $2.49 - 50% off
[*]:360: :xb1: Gunstar Heroes $2.49 - 50% off
[*]:360: :xb1: Jet Set Radio $4.99 - 50% off
[*]:360: :xb1: Phantasy Star II $2.49 - 50% off
12/10 - 12/16


[*]:xb1: Gas Guzzlers Extreme - $4.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: It's Quiz Time - $9.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: King's Guard TD - $2.49 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Mega Man 11 - $14.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Mega Man 30th Anniversary Bundle - $40.19 - 33% off
[*]:xb1: Mega Man Legacy Collection 1 & 2 Combo Pack - $14.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1+2 - $19.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Momonga Pinball Adventures - $2.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: OlliOlli2: XL Edition - $2.99 - 80% off
[*]:xb1: Outcast - Second Contact - $15.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Overruled! - $2.99 - 80% off
[*]:xb1: Project Highrise: Architect's Edition - $14.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Resident Evil: Deluxe Origins Bundle - $15.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Risk of Rain 2 - $20.09 - 33% off
[*]:xb1: Royal Roads - $3.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Stories : The Path of Destinies - $4.94 - 67% off
[*]:xb1: Tour de France 2018 - $4.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Trailmakers - $22.49 - 25% off
[*]:xb1: Uncanny Valley - $3.24 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Vertical Drop Heroes HD - $2.49 - 75% off
[*]:360: Abyss Odyssey - $4.94 - 67% off
[*]:360: :xb1: Capcom Arcade Cabinet - $2.49 - 50% off
[*]:360: :xb1: Daytona USA - $4.99 - 50% off
[*]:360: :xb1: Fighting Vipers - $2.99 - 50% off
[*]:360: Mega Man 9 - $2.49 - 75% off
[*]:360: Mega Man 10 - $2.49 - 75% off
[*]:360: MotoGP 14 - $5.99 - 85% off
[*]:360: MotoGP 15 - $5.99 - 85% off
[*]:360: MXGP - The Official Motocross Videogame - $7.99 - 80% off
[*]:360: Puzzle Fighter HD - $4.99 - 50% off
[*]:360: Ride - $5.99 - 80% off
[*]:360: Rise of Nightmares - $3.74 - 75% off
[*]:360: Sonic Free Riders - $9.99 - 50% off
[*]:360: :xb1: Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II - $7.49 - 50% off

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Sales and Specials

Spotlight - 12/31 - 1/6


[*]:xb1: Metagal - $3.49 - 30% off
[*]:xb1: Riddled Corpses EX - $2.49 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Solo: Islands of the Heart - $9.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Tanky Tanks - $4.19 - 30% off
[*]:xb1: Unbox: Newbie's Adventure - $7.49 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles - $14.99 - 50% off
Last Chance Sale - 1/3 - 1/9


[*]:xb1: Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey - $29.99 - 25% off
[*]:xb1: Ark: Survival Evolved - $14.99 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Atlas (Game Preview) - $25.49 - 15% off
[*]:xb1: Black The Fall - $5.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - $27.99 - 30% off
[*]:xb1: Borderlands 3 - $38.99 - 35% off

[*]:xb1: Civilization VI Expansion Bundle - $37.49 - 25% off
[*]:xb1: Code Vein - $41.99 - 30% off

[*]:xb1: The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man Of Medan - $17.99 - 40% off
[*]:xb1: Dark Souls III - $14.99 - 75% off

[*]:xb1: Dark Souls: Remastered - $19.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Dead Rising - $5.99 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Dead Rising 2 - $5.99 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Dead Rising 2 Off the Record - $5.99 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Dead Rising 4 - $19.99 - 50% off

[*]:xb1: Deadbeat Heroes - $5.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - $4.49 - 85% off

[*]:xb1: Devil May Cry HD Collection - $17.99 - 40% off
[*]:xb1: Devil May Cry 4 SE Demon Hunter Bundle - $8.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Devil May Cry 5 (with Red Orbs) - $19.79 - 67% off

[*]:xb1: The Disney Afternoon Collection - $4.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Dragon Ball FighterZ - $14.99 - 75% off

[*]:xb1: Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 - $11.99 - 80% off
[*]:xb1: EA Sports FIFA 20 - $29.99 - 50% off

[*]:xb1: eFootball PES 2020 Standard Edition - $29.99 - 50% off

[*]:xb1: Fear Effect Sedna - $2.99 - 85% off
[*]:xb1: Forgotton Anne - $7.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Grand Theft Auto V - $14.99 - 50% off

[*]:xb1: GreedFall - $29.99 - 40% off
[*]:xb1: Indivisible - $27.99 - 30% off
[*]:xb1: Jump Force - $29.99 - 50% off

[*]:xb1: Just Cause 3 - $4.99 - 75% off

[*]:xb1: Just Cause 4: Reloaded - $13.99 - 65% off

[*]:xb1: Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris - $3.99 - 80% off
[*]:xb1: Life is Strange Complete Season (Episodes 1-5) - $3.99 - 80% off
[*]:xb1: Life is Strange: Before the Storm Complete Season - $3.39 - 80% off

[*]:xb1: Life is Strange 2 - Complete Season - $19.99 - 50% off

[*]:xb1: Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite - $9.99 - 75% off

[*]:xb1: Monster Hunter: World - $14.99 - 50% off

[*]:xb1: Mortal Kombat 11 - $23.99 - 60% off

[*]:xb1: Mortal Kombat 11 PE + Injustice 2 LE - Premier Fighter - $59.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Murdered: Soul Suspect - $2.99 - 85% off
[*]:xb1: Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker - $14.99 - 75% off

[*]:xb1: NBA 2K20 - $29.99 - 50% off

[*]:xb1: NHL 20 - $29.99 - 50% off

[*]:xb1: Octahedron - $5.19 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Oh My Godheads - $3.74 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Okami HD - $9.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Onimusha: Warlords - $11.99 - 40% off
[*]:xb1: The Outer Worlds - $44.99 - 25% off
[*]:xb1: Payday 2: Crimewave Edition - $4.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy - $20.09 - 33% off
[*]:xb1: Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville - $29.99 - 25% off
[*]:xb1: Red Dead Redemption 2 - $29.99 - 50% off

[*]:xb1: Remnant: From the Ashes - $27.99 - 30% off
[*]:xb1: Resident Evil 2 - $19.79 - 67% off

[*]:xb1: Resident Evil 5 - $7.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Resident Evil 6 - $7.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Resident Evil 7 Biohazard - $14.99 - 25% off

[*]:xb1: Resident Evil Revelations - $7.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Resident Evil Revelations 2 Deluxe Edition - $11.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Riddled Corpses EX - $2.49 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration - $8.99 - 85% off
[*]:xb1: Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition - $23.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Sid Meier's Civilization VI - $38.99 - 35% off
[*]:xb1: Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition - $4.49 - 85% off
[*]:xb1: SoulCalibur VI - $17.99 - 70% off

[*]:xb1: Star Wars Battlefront II: Celebration Edition - $23.99 - 40% off

[*]:xb1: Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection - $19.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Super Ultra Dead Rising 4 Mini Golf - $5.99 - 40% off
[*]:xb1: Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition - $24.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Tekken 7 - $14.99 - 70% off

[*]:xb1: Terraria - $4.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - $11.99 - 70% off

[*]:xb1: Thief - $2.99 - 85% off
[*]:xb1: Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition - $5.99 - 80% off
[*]:xb1: Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 - $9.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: World War Z - $15.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: WWE 2K20 - $29.99 - 50% off

Spotlight - 12/17 - 12/23

Spotlight - 12/10 - 12/16


[*]:xb1: Tango Fiesta - $1.49 - 85% off
[*]:xb1: Woodle Tree Adventures - $2.49 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Xenon Valkyrie+ - $1.99 - 80% off
Family Time Sale - 12/10 - 12/16


[*]:xb1: Agent A: A puzzle in disguise - $9.74 - 35% off
[*]:xb1: America's Greatest Game Shows: Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! - $15.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Arcade Game Series 3-in-1 Pack - $3.99 - 50% off

[*]:xb1: Arcade Game Series: Ms. Pac-Man - $0.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Aritana and the Harpy's Feather - $4.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Aritana and the Twin Masks - $12.49 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Battle Worlds: Kronos - $2.99 - 85% off
[*]:xb1: Battleship - $5.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Beach Buggy Racing - $3.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Beast Quest - $4.49 - 85% off
[*]:xb1: Ben 10 and Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion Bundle - $30.09 - 30% off
[*]:xb1: Big Crown: Showdown - $2.59 - 80% off
[*]:xb1: Bomber Crew Deluxe Edition - $7.49 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Bridge Constructor Portal - $7.49 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Cars 3: Driven to Win - $9.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Child of Light - $4.49 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Clouds & Sheep 2 - $2.49 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: de Blob - $3.99 - 80% off
[*]:xb1: de Blob 2 - $5.99 - 80% off
[*]:xb1: Deadcore - $1.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: DiRT Rally - $7.99 - 80% off
[*]:xb1: The Disney Afternoon Collection - $4.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Double Cross - $4.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Earthlock - $8.99 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Far: Lone Sails - $10.49 - 30% off
[*]:xb1: Fearful Symmetry & the Cursed Prince - $0.99 - 80% off
[*]:xb1: Feudal Alloy - $6.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Gnomes Garden 3: The Thief of Castles - $1.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Gnomes Garden: New Home - $1.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Grass Cutter - Mutated Lawns - $4.68 - 33% off
[*]:xb1: Hasbro Family Fun Pack - $15.99 - 60% off

[*]:xb1: Hotel Transylvania 3: Monsters Overboard and Crayola Scoot - $33.59 - 30% off
[*]:xb1: Hungry Shark World - $4.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Jeopardy! - $9.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Just Dance 2020 - $25.99 - 35% off
[*]:xb1: Kerbal Space Program Enhanced Edition - $9.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: The King's Bird - $7.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham - $4.99 - 75% off

[*]:xb1: Lego City Undercover - $7.49 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Lego DC Super-Villains - $17.99 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Lego The Incredibles - $14.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Lego Jurassic World - $9.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Lego Marvel Super Heroes - $5.99 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 - $5.99 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Lego Marvel's Avengers - $5.99 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: The Lego Movie Videogame - $4.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: The Lego Movie 2 Videogame - $15.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: The Lego Ninjago Movie Video Game - $12.49 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Lego Worlds - $7.49 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey Remastered - $2.99 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Lock's Quest - $2.99 - 85% off
[*]:xb1: Lumines Remastered - $7.49 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Monopoly Plus - $4.49 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom - $19.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: The Mooseman - $4.19 - 40% off
[*]:xb1: My Little Riding Champion - $10.49 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Ninjin: Clash of Carrots - $0.99 - 90% off
[*]:xb1: Oceanhorn - Monster of Uncharted Seas - $7.49 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: One Eyed Kutkh - $2.49 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: One Hundred Ways - $3.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Pac-Man 256 - $2.49 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 - $5.19 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: The Path of Motus - $6.74 - 55% off
[*]:xb1: Project Cars - GOTY Edition - $9.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Pure Farming 2018 - $11.99 - 60% off

[*]:xb1: Purple Chicken Spaceman - $4.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Rayman Legends - $4.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Ride - $5.99 - 85% off
[*]:xb1: Riptide GP: Renegade - $3.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Risk - $5.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Riverbond - $19.99 - 20% off
[*]:xb1: Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder - $3.74 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Rogue Stormers & Giana Sisters Bundle - $7.49 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Scribblenauts Showdown - $9.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Snake Pass - $5.99 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: SolSeraph - $7.49 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Spectrum - $3.59 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Starlink: Battle for Atlas - $14.99 - 75% off

[*]:xb1: SteamWorld Dig - $2.99 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Super Dodgeball Beats - $10.39 - 20% off
[*]:xb1: Tembo the Badass Elephant - $4.94 - 67% off
[*]:xb1: Tennis World Tour - $17.99 - 70% off

[*]:xb1: The Tower of Beatrice - $4.19 - 30% off
[*]:xb1: Trackmania Turbo - $9.99 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Trials Fusion - $6.99 - 65% off
[*]:xb1: Trials of the Blood Dragon - $4.94 - 67% off
[*]:xb1: Trials of the Blood Dragon + Trials Fusion Awesome Max Edition - $14.84 - 67% off
[*]:xb1: Trials Rising - $12.49 - 50% off

[*]:xb1: Trivial Pursuit Live! - $5.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Tyler: Model 005 - $1.99 - 80% off
[*]:xb1: UglyDolls: An Imperfect Adventure - $19.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Uno - $4.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Valiant Hearts: The Great War - $4.49 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Wheel Of Fortune - $9.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Wizard of Legend - $11.19 - 30% off
[*]:xb1: Yooka-Laylee: Buddy Duo Bundle - $38.24 - 15% off
[*]:360: :xb1: Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes - $2.49 - 75% off

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Misc Drops


[*]:360: Battlefield Hardline Premium - $5.99 - 88% off - Price History
[*]:360:  :xb1: Brütal Legend

[*]:360:  :xb1: Gears of War 2 - Permanent Drops

[*]:360:  :xb1: Gears of War 3 - Permanent Drops

[*]:360:  :xb1: Halo: Reach - Noble Map Pack - Free

 
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Sony announcing PS5 details on the same day Microsoft announced the Xbox One SAD Edition has to feel bad. I honestly don’t know what they were thinking, and all the defenders of it are just trying to be nice to Microsoft I guess. You could literally buy this $232 Xbox One S on Amazon today, get some caulk at Home Depot and caulk over the disc drive and now you have the Xbox One SAD Edition. I don’t understand the marketing on this. With it being this bad I would have just quietly put it out in the wild without much fanfare. It definitely needed to be shrunk significantly in size and start at 199$ at the most.

Xbox One S 1TB Console - Battlefield V Bundle https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GQGKZXK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_i3YTCbC4539KR

Also, Go Knights Go, thanks for the doughnuts Sharks.
 
About the ps5, how will a console in development for 4 years be cutting edge? I’m confused by that part. Won’t it contain 4 year old ideas and possibly 4 year old tech?

I wasn’t really impressed by any of the details, some, like 8k seemed dumb, and others like ps4 support and disc drive seemed common place. The lack of an included new vr system or new concepts, it just feels like a small iteration to keep up with newer tech. They could’ve just pulled a ps move and copied Nintendo again and combined the ps vita mobile aspects with a ps5 powerful console and directly competed with the switch. Until Xbox blows me away this will probably be the first console release I slow play because you can guarantee Sony is going to try and price this like a laptop, small library etc.
 
You should have the option to request an invite somewhere in the insider app. It's an invite only ring.
No, but there's a survey for interest in invites when spots open.

Minion Masters is available for some people. Not sure how to get in that.
 
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Sony announcing PS5 details on the same day Microsoft announced the Xbox One SAD Edition has to feel bad. I honestly don’t know what they were thinking, and all the defenders of it are just trying to be nice to Microsoft I guess. You could literally buy this $232 Xbox One S on Amazon today, get some caulk at Home Depot and caulk over the disc drive and now you have the Xbox One SAD Edition. I don’t understand the marketing on this. With it being this bad I would have just quietly put it out in the wild without much fanfare. It definitely needed to be shrunk significantly in size and start at 199$ at the most.

Xbox One S 1TB Console - Battlefield V Bundle https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GQGKZXK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_i3YTCbC4539KR

Also, Go Knights Go, thanks for the doughnuts Sharks.
Xbox consoles are pretty much on constant sale. We can assume the digital console will spend a lot of time at $199, and it does include roughly $100 in games.
 
Xbox consoles are pretty much on constant sale. We can assume the digital console will spend a lot of time at $199, and it does include roughly $100 in games.
That’s what I’m assuming the long term plan is, sell these for $150 by Christmas time. Don’t they have to pay Sony for the 4K bluray players in the current console? They must be saving at least some money on these so they can sell them for really cheap.

I guess I understand the long term plan on these, just the short term is confusing, I’m sure I’m not the audience for it since I own 2 Xbox ones already.
 
Yeah MS got absolutely trounced yesterday. Like they were that kid walking along the sidewalk wearing shorts in the snow and then they got blasted by a snowball the popular kid chucked in their direction. Meanwhile all the other kids are laughing their asses off.....the X1 SAD edition. How could MS not see this coming? It's like the Xbone joke all over again smh

Glad to see some more 360 games getting X enhanced. Hopefully Microsoft announces some og Xbox games during E3......nothing for me this week. Sales are pretty meh imo
 
That’s what I’m assuming the long term plan is, sell these for $150 by Christmas time.
It pretty much is.

Gattis hinted to that $50 delta also figuring into major sales promotions like Black Friday: "I'm not confirming a [All-Digital Edition] $149 price [during Black Friday], but there'll be a $50 gap between the two products." But Gattis didn't explain how that $50 price delta will emerge on May 7 and seems to be currently passing that buck to retailers.
He is also "painfully aware" that retailers have the S currently at $250.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/04/everything-we-know-about-the-first-discless-xbox-one-console-coming-may-7/

 
Man, the Pens AND the Lightning eliminated! Definitely clears a path for the Caps, if they can pull their shit together and beat Carolina.

ROCK THE RED!
The Penguins got lucky that Tampa lost about a half hour before they did. Everyone is killing Tampa, no one seems to have noticed Pittsburgh lost.
 
What are the best deals on Gold and Gamepass right now to max my 36 months?

Microsoft Rewards 1 year of gold for 22,500 points

GamePass Spring sale gets you 3 months for $1

So I need 21 more months...

 
What are the best deals on Gold and Gamepass right now to max my 36 months?

Microsoft Rewards 1 year of gold for 22,500 points

GamePass Spring sale gets you 3 months for $1

So I need 21 more months...
There are people in the trading forums selling Gamepass pretty cheap. Someone seems to be selling 6 months for well under $30 pretty frequently. I think it's $30 on Amazon right now, too. I think there are still a decent number of people selling a year of gold under $40 also.

 
I don't get MS. They remove the drive and cover over where it was. And the MSRP is only $50 less then a regular XBox One S that has a drive? And is probably to expensive at this point. Why not redesign it a bit and shrink it down and make it look like it was never supposed to have a BluRay drive?
It's cheaper to use an existing design slightly modified than to design and manufacture a new design. I wonder how much empty space will be in this new console.

 
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So I am an Xbox Insider already but I don't know how to check my "ring" or whatever. I don't see the Ultimate option under games. Is there anything to try?

 
So many people on Twitter don't seem to understand math. I saw a lot of posts wondering why it's not $100 cheaper just because they are excluding a $15 BD drive. Surely the console is cheap enough by now that they could offer it at $150 without losing money but then what would they do for the holidays?

 
It's cheaper to use an existing design slightly modified than to design and manufacture a new design. I wonder how much empty space will be in this new console.
There's already at least one "tear down" video on Youtube, his personality was so grating I don't even want to give him a free link. It's the exact same as the S but there is an empty spot where the Blu-Ray Drive used to be.

 
Possible teases of a Resident Evil 3 related announcment. It seems like it'd be too early to announce a remake so soon after 3, but I suppose it's possible. RE2 Remake was announced right after it was greenlit before any work actually started.

https://www.siliconera.com/2019/04/16/capcom-appears-to-be-teasing-something-related-to-resident-evil-3/
Well, now that the technical foundations for the RE engine were laid by RE7 in 2017 and RE2 and DMC V this year, it might take Capcom less time to make a RE3 remake. Still, we might not see it until 2021 if they stick to the two year gap between the two previous games.

 
It seems we have some details as to why Sony is losing it with censorship. I didn't read the original paywalled article but Kotaku put up a summary.

https://kotaku.com/report-sony-has-new-stricter-guidelines-for-sexual-co-1834093769

WSJ was given two specific reasons by anonymous Sony sources.

  1. The first is the rise of the #MeToo movement
  2. The second is the growing ubiquity of streaming platforms like Twitch and YouTube where sexually explicit games coming out of Japan can find a global audience. “Sony is concerned the company could become a target of legal and social action,” a Sony official in the U.S. told the Wall Street Journal.
I don't really see how #MeToo applies to the CONTENT of media but I'd imagine there has been some debate on this that I haven't seen. There were a few rumblings of misconduct in gaming when the whole thing was at it's peak, but again, nothing directly to do with the end product. The only thing coming to mind that I could see being viewed this way is David Cage/Quantic Dream putting a fully nude model of Ellen Page into Beyond: Two Souls when her contract specifically said not to. Overall though that seems more like someone spitballing than an actual reason, unless they know it was discussed.

The second reason makes more business sense to me, but I still don't see where legal would have ever been able to make a case about anything currently in question unless there was another situation like Hot Coffee. That was so long ago now that I can't imagine they'd have waited this long to act on it. "Social action" is the one thing that actually fits in my eyes, but I still don't think there has been much traction there. 

 
You check your "ring" by going into the Insider Hub. There, you should see pinned Announcements. Click the one that says "This console is in Preview ____ "
Should bring you to a new page.
Click on the Manage button.
Voila, you can pick your ring.

Alpha is invite-only. There is a survey in the Hub for some that asks if you want to be considered for it, so fill it out and cross your fingers that you are deemed special enough to get in.
 
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MK11 requires an internet connection to unlock any Gear, use the Krypt, or play Towers of Time. The Krypt was accessible offline in 9 and 10. Gear and Towers of Time were first started in Injustice 2, and IJ2's Gear and Multiverse (its version of ToT) were accessible offline in a reduced capicity, but still playable.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/mortal-kombat-11-will-require-an-internet-connection-to-unlock-gear-and-play-towers-of-time-krypt.111786/
I just get less and less hyped for this game.
I assume this is an antipiracy/antihacking thing.
Gotta make sure the monetization is safe, ey WB?
 
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It's cheaper to use an existing design slightly modified than to design and manufacture a new design. I wonder how much empty space will be in this new console.
I guess it depends on how many they sell. Both Sony and MS has made smaller cheaper revisions of their consoles both this gen and previous.

If they could make it smaller and make it cheaper to make and they sell enough of them they would come out a head.

Just seems like a horrible idea to remove the drive knock and $50 off the MSRP. When frequently (and currently) they are selling like 6 different XBox One S with drive and a game for the SAME price. The pack in games aren't super compelling IMO. But maybe it will entice some people on a very tight budget.

At $199.99 and a 2/3rds smaller I might have been interested. For $20 to $50 difference and the same footprint as what I had before my X? No sold. I would have put this in the living room and used it for my TV Streaming needs and occasional XBox gaming.

For BF last year wasn't the MineCraft XBox One S 1TB bundle $189.99 at Best buy? I seem to recall it sitting (and seemingly not selling very well) next to a pallet of PS4 Spiderman's for $199.99. I just don't understand who is going to buy this and why?

It isn't cheap enough or anything new IMO.

 
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No one wanted xbox updates and were bitching incessantly. Now, everyone wants to get into the preview program. LoL
I’m in the preview program but never got in the ring with the auto self refunds. Now I guess they killed the auto self refunds (at least for new people). That’s the only thing I really ever was hoping to get into.
 
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Please, continue with these horrible generalizations.
I Mean, he's right. It's why I opted out of the previews because there is no real benefit besides bragging rights. That and more often than not I hear something doesn't work because they downloaded an update from the preview program now something is borked until the next update.

 
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