Xbox Deals and Discussion

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Welcome to the Xbox Deals and Discussion thread.

General info

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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!

Latest Sales Posts​

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Apr 14 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

Apr 9 - Wednesday drops​

Apr 8 - Tuesday drops​

Apr 7 - Weekly Sale - Last chance​

Apr 3 - Thursday drops​

Apr 2 - Wednesday drops​

Apr 1 - Tuesday drop​

Mar 31 - Weekly Sale - Last chance​

Mar 27 - Thursday drops​

Mar 26 - Wednesday drops​

Mar 25 - Tuesday drops​

Mar 24 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

Mar 19 - Wednesday drop​

Mar 18 - Tuesday drops​

Mar 17 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

Mar 13 - Thursday drops​

Mar 12 - Wednesday drops​

Mar 11 - Tuesday drops​

Mar 10 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

Mar 6 - Thursday drops​

Mar 5 - Wednesday drops​

Mar 4 - Tuesday drop​

Mar 3 - Weekly Sale - Last chance​

Feb 27 - Thursday drops​

Feb 26 - Wednesday drop​

Feb 25 - Tuesday drops​

Feb 24 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

Feb 20 - Thursday drops​

Feb 19 - Wednesday drops​

Feb 17 - Weekly Sale - Last chance​

Feb 13 - Thursday drops (Anime Month)​

Feb 12 - Wednesday drops​

Feb 11 - Tuesday drops​

Feb 10 - Weekly Sale - Last chance​

Feb 7 - Thursday drops​

Feb 5 - Wednesday drops​

Feb 3 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

Jan 30 - Anime Month​

Jan 29 - Wednesday drops (Team17 sale)​

Jan 28 - Tuesday drops​

Jan 27 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

Jan 24 - Lunar New Year sale follow up​

Jan 23 - Lunar New Year sale​

Jan 22 - Wednesday drops​

Jan 20 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

Jan 14 - Tuesday drops​

Jan 13 - Weekly Sale - Last chance​

Jan 8 - Wednesday drops (Wired Productions sale)​

Jan 7 - Tuesday drops (Wired Productions sale)​

Jan 6 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

Jan 3 - Beyond Countdown follow up​

Jan 2 - Beyond Countdown Sale​

Jan 1 - Wednesday drop​

Latest Countdown Posts​

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Apr 14 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Apr 7 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Mar 31 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Mar 24 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Mar 20 - Spring Sale​

Mar 17 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Mar 10 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Mar 3 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Feb 24 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Feb 17 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Feb 10 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Feb 3 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Jan 27 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Jan 23 - Lunar New Year sale countdown​

Jan 20 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Jan 13 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Jan 10 - Lunar New Year sale countdown​

Jan 6 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Game Pass potential departure dates​

Last updated - 2025-04-19

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What is this?

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Game prices in the Xbox store have a UTC end date associated with them. These dates generally fall into 5 categories :

1. The item is currently on sale. These are usually the weekly sale items that end Tuesday mornings at 09:59:59 UTC.
2. The item will go on sale, usually within 2-3 weeks. These are usually set to switch at 23:59:59 UTC, like the weekly sale on Monday evenings. Some of the major annual sales (Spring, Summer, Black Friday, Holiday) start on Thursday evening UTC, and some times appear to be random.
3. The item is on Game Pass and is not currently or going to be on sale in the next few weeks. Third party games generally cluster around 09:59:59 UTC on the 1st and 16th of each month. Currently, at least one game is associated with every 1st and 16th through January 2026. The dates then spread out, ending with Human Fall Flat on July 1, 2028.
4. First party and EA Play titles are farther out, starting in 2049, with many in 2799 and 9998.
5. No date - some items do not have a price and so don't have a date. If the item is part of a bundle that has a price, the date from the bundle is used.

The list below uses the dates associated with games on Game Pass and EA Play. Time stamps in red are the regular Game Pass departure times and titles in red are confirmed to be leaving, either from Microsoft's regular news postings or by devs / publishers. Items available through Game Pass Core, currently on sale or not available for purchase are also color coded.

The date associated with a Game Pass game is not a guarantee it will leave on that date, but since March 2023 when the price data started getting analyzed, every game that's left Game Pass had been flagged as leaving on that date. It's given a number of people an extra heads up on the generally 2 week notice Microsoft provides.

If you have any questions about the list, please ask in the thread.

Most likely current and pending sales

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2025-04-21 23:59:59

Cocoon​

Far Cry 5​

Humanity​

Immortals Fenyx Rising​

2025-04-22 09:59:59

Donut County​

Jusant​

Tchia​

Thirsty Suitors​

2025-04-28 23:59:59

Flock​

Isonzo​

Isonzo (Windows)​

Legend of Mana​

Neon White​

OCTOPATH TRAVELER​

OCTOPATH TRAVELER II​

PowerWash Simulator - Game Pass Core​

SnowRunner - Game Pass Core​

SnowRunner (Windows 10)​

The Gunk​

TRIALS of MANA​

We Love Katamari REROLL+ Royal Reverie​

2025-04-30 23:59:59

Blizzard Arcade Collection​

Borderlands 3 Season Pass​

Borderlands 3: Season Pass 2​

Call of Duty (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Content Pack 1 (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Content Pack 1 (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Cross-Gen Bundle​

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Standard Edition (Windows)​

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 1 (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 1 (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 2 (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 3 (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 4 (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 5 (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Cross-Gen Bundle​

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Standard Edition (PC)​

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy​

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (PC)​

Diablo III: Reaper of Souls - Ultimate Evil Edition (Not available for purchase)​

Diablo IV (Not available for purchase)​

Overcooked! 2 - Game Pass Core​

Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition Extra Content​

Spyro Reignited Trilogy​

Spyro Reignited Trilogy (PC)​

STAR WARS Battlefront (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2018-11-11​

STAR WARS Battlefront II - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order - EA Play - 2020-11-10​

STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor - EA Play -​

STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor Xbox One - EA Play -​

STAR WARS: Squadrons - EA Play -​

2025-05-01 09:59:59

A Plague Tale: Requiem​

A Plague Tale: Requiem - Windows​

A Way Out - EA Play - 2019-11-02​

Age of Empires Definitive Edition (PC)​

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition​

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Dawn of the Dukes (Not available for purchase)​

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Dynasties of India (Not available for purchase)​

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Lords of the West (Not available for purchase)​

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (Not available for purchase)​

Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition (PC)​

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition​

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition (PC)​

Age of Mythology: Retold​

Aliens: Dark Descent​

Aliens: Dark Descent (Windows)​

Among Us - Game Pass Core​

Another Crab's Treasure​

Anthem - EA Play - 2019-10-09​

ARK: Survival Ascended​

As Dusk Falls​

Assassin's Creed Odyssey​

Assassin's Creed Valhalla​

ASTRONEER - Game Pass Core​

Atlas Fallen (Not available for purchase)​

Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand​

Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand (Windows)​

Avowed (Not available for purchase)​

Avowed Standard Edition​

Balatro​

Battlefield 1 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Battlefield 1 Deluxe Edition Content (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

Battlefield 1 Hellfighter Pack (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

Battlefield 1 Premium Pass package (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

Battlefield 1 Revolution - EA Play -​

Battlefield 2042 Xbox One - EA Play -​

Battlefield 2042 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2022-11-22​

Battlefield 4 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Battlefield V (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2020-06-20​

Bleeding Edge​

BLiNX: The Time Sweeper​

Bluey: The Videogame​

Borderlands 3​

Borderlands 3 Boost Mods Pack (Not available for purchase)​

Broken Age​

Broken Age (PC)​

Brütal Legend​

Burnout Paradise Remastered - EA Play - 2018-11-11​

Call of the Wild: The Angler​

Car Mechanic Simulator 2021​

Chants of Sennaar​

Chants of Sennaar (Windows)​

Chivalry 2 - Game Pass Core​

Cities: Skylines - Remastered​

Clone Drone in the Danger Zone​

Core Keeper​

Core Keeper (PC)​

Costume Quest​

Crackdown 3​

Crackdown 3: Campaign (Not available for purchase)​

Crackdown 3: Wrecking Zone (Not available for purchase)​

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled - Game Pass Core​

Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge​

Crusader Kings III​

Day of the Tentacle Remastered​

Dead Space - EA Play - 2023-10-26​

DEATHLOOP​

Deep Rock Galactic - Game Pass Core​

Dishonored 2 - Game Pass Core​

Dishonored 2 (PC)​

Dishonored Definitive Edition​

Dishonored: Death of the Outsider​

Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (PC)​

Disney Dreamlight Valley​

Disneyland Adventures​

DOOM​

DOOM + DOOM II​

DOOM 64​

DOOM Eternal (BATTLEMODE - PC) - DOOM Eternal (Campaign) (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

DOOM Eternal (BATTLEMODE) - DOOM Eternal (Campaign) (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core​

DOOM Eternal (BATTLEMODE) (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core​

DOOM Eternal Standard Edition - Game Pass Core​

DOOM Eternal Standard Edition (PC)​

Dordogne​

Dordogne (Windows)​

Dragon Age 2 - EA Play -​

Dragon Age: Origins - EA Play -​

EA SPORTS College Football 25 - EA Play -​

EA SPORTS PGA TOUR - EA Play -​

EA SPORTS WRC (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes​

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes (Not available for purchase)​

Expeditions: A MudRunner Game​

Expeditions: A MudRunner Game (Windows)​

Fable Anniversary - Game Pass Core​

Fable II​

Fable III​

Fallout (PC)​

Fallout 2 (PC)​

Fallout 76 - Game Pass Core​

Fallout 76 (PC)​

Fallout: New Vegas (BC)​

Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition (PC)​

Far Cry 6​

FIGHT NIGHT CHAMPION - EA Play -​

Forza Motorsport Standard Edition​

Frostpunk 2 (PC)​

Full Throttle Remastered​

Fuzion Frenzy​

Gang Beasts - Game Pass Core​

Gears 5 - Game Pass Core​

Gears 5 - Boost: 30 Day Bonus (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core​

Gears 5 Game of the Year Edition - Game Pass Core​

Gears 5 Ultimate-Add-On (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core​

Gears 5: Hivebusters - Game Pass Core​

Gears of War 4​

Gears Tactics​

Gears Tactics - Base Game (Not available for purchase)​

Generation Zero​

Ghostwire: Tokyo​

Gigantic: Rampage Edition​

Go Mecha Ball​

Goat Simulator 3​

Golf With Your Friends - Game Pass Core​

Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox Series X|S)​

GRID Legends - EA Play - 2022-09-01​

Grim Fandango Remastered​

Grounded - Game Pass Core​

Halo 2: Anniversary (PC)​

Halo 3 (PC)​

Halo 3: ODST (PC)​

Halo 4 (PC)​

Halo 5: Guardians - Game Pass Core​

Halo Infinite (Campaign)​

Halo Infinite (Campaign) (Not available for purchase)​

Halo Wars 2 - Welcome to the Ark (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core​

Halo Wars 2 (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core​

Halo Wars 2: Standard Edition - Game Pass Core​

Halo Wars: Definitive Edition​

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary (PC)​

Halo: Reach (PC)​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo 2: Anniversary (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo 3 (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo 3: ODST​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo 3: ODST (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo 4 (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo REACH (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo: Reach​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection (PC)​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection (Not available for purchase)​

Have a Nice Death​

Hell Let Loose​

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - Game Pass Core​

House Flipper​

Immortals of Aveum - EA Play -​

INSIDE - Game Pass Core​

It Takes Two - Digital Version - EA Play - 2021-11-03​

It Takes Two - Digital Version Data (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

It Takes Two (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

Joy Ride Turbo​

Jurassic World Evolution 2​

Killer Instinct: Anniversary Edition​

Killer Instinct: Anniversary Edition (PC)​

Kona II: Brume​

LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Game Pass only SKU) (Not available for purchase)​

LIMBO - Game Pass Core​

Little Kitty, Big City​

Lords of the Fallen​

Lost in Random - EA Play - 2022-04-13​

Madden NFL 25 Xbox One (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

Madden NFL 25 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

Mass Effect - EA Play -​

Mass Effect Legendary Edition - EA Play -​

MASSIVE CHALICE​

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood​

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries​

Metal Slug Tactics​

Microsoft Flight Simulator - Digital Ownership (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Microsoft Flight Simulator (Not available for purchase)​

Microsoft Flight Simulator Standard 40th Anniversary Edition​

Middle-earth: Shadow of War (Not available for purchase)​

Mirror's Edge Catalyst - EA Play - 2019-05-14​

Monster Train​

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord​

Moving Out 2​

Need for Speed - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Need for Speed Heat - EA Play - 2020-07-14​

Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered - EA Play - 2021-06-25​

Need for Speed Payback - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Need for Speed Rivals - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Need for Speed Unbound - EA Play - 2023-06-22​

New Super Lucky's Tale​

NHL 25 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom - The Prince's Edition​

Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch Remastered​

NINJA GAIDEN 3: Razor's Edge (Not available for purchase)​

NINJA GAIDEN Σ (Not available for purchase)​

NINJA GAIDEN Σ2 (Not available for purchase)​

NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection​

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition​

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition (PC)​

Ori and the Will of the Wisps - Game Pass Core​

PAW Patrol Mighty Pups Save Adventure Bay​

PAYDAY 2: CRIMEWAVE EDITION - Game Pass Core​

Pentiment​

Persona 3 Reload​

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Ultimate Edition​

Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition​

Pillars of Eternity: Definitive Edition (PC)​

Pillars of Eternity: Hero Edition - Pillars of Eternity: Royal Edition Upgrade Pack (PC)​

Pillars of Eternity: Hero Edition - Pillars of Eternity: The White March Part I (PC)​

Pillars of Eternity: Hero Edition - Pillars of Eternity: The White March Part II (PC)​

Pillars of Eternity: Hero Edition (PC)​

Planet of Lana​

Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville - EA Play - 2020-03-04​

Prey (Cloud Gaming enabled)​

Prey (PC)​

Psychonauts​

Psychonauts (Windows 10)​

Psychonauts 2 - Game Pass Core​

Quake​

Quake 4 (PC)​

Quake II​

Quake III Arena (PC)​

Quantum Break​

Quantum Break (PC)​

ReCore​

Redfall​

Remnant II - Standard Edition​

RESIDENT EVIL 2​

RESIDENT EVIL 3 for Windows​

RESIDENT EVIL 3 for Xbox (Not available for purchase)​

Riders Republic (Not available for purchase)​

Rise of Nations: Extended Edition (PC)​

Roboquest​

Rush: A DisneyPixar Adventure​

Ryse: Legendary Edition​

Ryse: Son of Rome - Blade of Favor (Not available for purchase)​

Ryse: Son of Rome - Centurion Gladiator Skin (Not available for purchase)​

Ryse: Son of Rome - Commodus Gladiator Skin (Not available for purchase)​

Ryse: Son of Rome - Glott Gladiator Skin (Not available for purchase)​

Ryse: Son of Rome - Gorgon's Fury (Not available for purchase)​

Ryse: Son of Rome - Legendary Edition Bonus Bundle (Not available for purchase)​

Ryse: Son of Rome - Legionnaire Gladiator Skin (Not available for purchase)​

Ryse: Son of Rome - Marius Gladiator Skin (Not available for purchase)​

Ryse: Son of Rome - Oswald Gladiator Skin (Not available for purchase)​

Ryse: Son of Rome (Not available for purchase)​

ScreamRide​

Sea of Stars​

Sea of Thieves: 2025 Edition​

Senua's Saga: Hellblade II​

Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Not available for purchase)​

Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition​

Shady Part of Me​

Sifu​

Skate 3 - EA Play -​

Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer​

Sniper Elite 5​

Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition - Game Pass Core​

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game​

Stacking​

Starfield​

State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition - Game Pass Core​

State of Decay: Year-One (Not available for purchase)​

SteamWorld Dig​

SteamWorld Dig 2​

Stellaris: Console Edition​

STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town (Not available for purchase)​

Sunset Overdrive​

Sunset Overdrive (PC)​

Super Mega Baseball 4 - EA Play -​

SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE - Game Pass Core​

Techtonica (Game Preview)​

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge - Game Pass Core​

Tell Me Why: Chapter 2 (Not available for purchase)​

Tell Me Why: Chapter 3 (Not available for purchase)​

Tell Me Why: Chapters 1-3​

Terraria​

The Bard's Tale ARPG : Remastered and Resnarkled​

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut​

The Bard's Tale Trilogy - EA Play -​

The Case of the Golden Idol​

The Elder Scrolls Online - Game Pass Core​

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition​

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition (PC)​

The Evil Within​

The Evil Within 2 (PC)​

The Last Case of Benedict Fox: Definitive Edition​

The Rewinder​

The Sims 4 Get to Work - EA Play -​

theHunter: Call of the Wild​

Thirsty Suitors​

Titanfall 2 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands - Standard Edition (Game Pass only SKU)​

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege (Not available for purchase)​

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Deluxe Edition​

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Year 1 Operators (Not available for purchase)​

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Year 2 Operators (Not available for purchase)​

Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition​

Torment: Tides of Numenera​

Torment: Tides of Numenera (PC)​

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator​

Train Sim World 5: Standard Edition​

UFC 5 - EA Play -​

Unravel - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Unravel Two - EA Play - 2019-01-19​

Wasteland 2: Director's Cut​

Wasteland Remastered​

We Happy Few​

WILD HEARTS Standard Edition - EA Play -​

World War Z: Aftermath​

Wreckfest - Game Pass Core​

Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection​

2025-04-20 17:59:59

Football Manager 2024 (PC)​

Football Manager 2024 Console​

2025-04-21 10:59:59

Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders​

2025-04-22 23:59:59

Farming Simulator 22​

Farming Simulator 22 PC (PC)​

Monster Sanctuary - Game Pass Core​

Neon Abyss​

2025-04-23 18:59:59

NINJA GAIDEN 2 Black​

2025-04-24 06:59:59

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33​

2025-04-26 13:59:59

Atomfall​

2025-04-28 11:59:59

Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap​

2025-04-28 15:59:59

Eternal Strands​

2025-04-30 13:59:59

Sniper Elite: Resistance​

2025-04-30 15:59:59

Far Cry 4​

2025-05-01 09:59:59

Have a Nice Death​

Kona II: Brume​

LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Game Pass only SKU) (Not available for purchase)​

Sniper Elite 5​

The Last Case of Benedict Fox: Definitive Edition​

The Rewinder​

Thirsty Suitors​

Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition​

2025-05-01 15:59:59

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector​

2025-05-05 17:59:59

Revenge of the Savage Planet (Not available for purchase)​

Revenge of the Savage Planet PC (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

2025-05-06 23:59:59

Dungeons Of Hinterberg​

Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn​

2025-05-07 23:59:59

MechWarrior 5: Clans​

South of Midnight​

2025-05-08 23:59:59

Commandos: Origins​

Commandos: Origins (Win) (PC)​

2025-05-10 14:59:59

Blue Prince​

2025-05-14 23:59:59

DOOM: The Dark Ages (Not available for purchase)​

DOOM: The Dark Ages Standard Edition​

DOOM: The Dark Ages Void DOOM Slayer Skin (Not available for purchase)​

2025-05-16 09:59:59

Brothers: a Tale of Two Sons​

Brothers: a Tale of Two Sons (PC)​

Chants of Sennaar​

Chants of Sennaar (Windows)​

Farming Simulator 22​

Farming Simulator 22 PC (PC)​

Hauntii​

Jurassic World Evolution 2​

Little Kitty, Big City​

Planet of Lana​

2025-05-17 06:59:59

Crime Scene Cleaner​

2025-05-17 14:59:59

Tempopo​

2025-06-01 09:59:59

Against the Storm (PC)​

Cassette Beasts​

Dune: Spice Wars (moved from 2024-12-01)​

Firework (Windows)​

Generation Zero​

Goat Simulator 3​

Goat Simulator 3: Windows Edition​

Goat Simulator 3: Xbox One Edition​

Humanity​

Hypnospace Outlaw​

Moving Out 2​

PAYDAY 2: CRIMEWAVE EDITION (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core​

Remnant II - Standard Edition​

Rolling Hills: Make Sushi, Make Friends​

Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer​

The Big Con​

2025-06-04 16:59:59

One Lonely Outpost​

2025-06-10 23:59:59

MULLET MADJACK​

2025-06-16 09:59:59

Depersonalization (PC)​

Dordogne​

Dordogne (Windows)​

Far Cry 6​

Isonzo​

Isonzo (Windows)​

Keplerth (PC)​

My Time at Sandrock​

My Time at Sandrock (Not available for purchase)​

My Time at Sandrock Online (Not available for purchase)​

REMATCH (Not available for purchase)​

Shadowrun Returns​

Shadowrun Trilogy​

Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut​

Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition​

The Callisto Protocol (Not available for purchase)​

The Callisto Protocol for Xbox One​

The Callisto Protocol for Xbox Series X|S​

The Callisto Protocol for Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase)​

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege (Not available for purchase)​

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Deluxe Edition​

2025-06-16 14:59:59

33 Immortals (Game Preview)​

2025-06-19 09:59:59

REMATCH (Not available for purchase)​

2025-07-01 09:59:59

Arcade Paradise​

Journey To The Savage Planet: Employee Of The Month​

Journey To The Savage Planet: Employee Of The Month (PC)​

Persona 3 Reload (moved from 2025-02-01)​

Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders​

SteamWorld Dig​

SteamWorld Dig 2​

2025-07-11 03:59:59

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 - Content Pack (Not available for purchase)​

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 - Cross-Gen Edition​

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 - Wireframe Tony Shader (Not available for purchase)​

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 (Not available for purchase)​

2025-07-15 09:59:59

Turnip Boy Robs a Bank​

2025-07-16 09:59:59

Assassin's Creed Valhalla​

Cricket 24​

Cricket 24: The Official Game Of The Ashes (PC)​

Flock​

Gigantic: Rampage Edition​

Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess​

Mafia: Definitive Edition​

Mafia: Definitive Edition (PC)​

Magical Delicacy (moved from 2026-07-16)​

Moonlighter (moved from 2024-12-01)​

No Man's Sky​

Tchia​

The Case of the Golden Idol​

2025-08-01 09:59:59

Cooking Simulator​

Cooking Simulator Windows​

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord (moved from 2025-02-01)​

NINJA GAIDEN 3: Razor's Edge (Not available for purchase)​

NINJA GAIDEN Σ (Not available for purchase)​

NINJA GAIDEN Σ2 (Not available for purchase)​

NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection​

Starbound (PC)​

2025-08-16 09:59:59

Atlas Fallen (Not available for purchase)​

Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand​

Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand - Free Upgrade​

Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand (Windows)​

PlateUp!​

2025-09-01 09:59:59

Borderlands 3 (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Borderlands 3 Gearbox Cosmetic Pack​

Borderlands 3 Gold Weapon Skins Pack​

Borderlands 3 Neon Cosmetic Pack​

Borderlands 3 Retro Cosmetic Pack​

Borderlands 3 Season Pass​

Borderlands 3 Toy Box Weapons Pack​

Borderlands 3: Season Pass 2​

Borderlands 3: Ultimate Edition​

Borderlands 3: Ultimate Edition (PC)​

Call of the Wild: The Angler​

Core Keeper​

Core Keeper (PC)​

Sea of Stars​

This War of Mine: Final Cut​

2025-09-16 09:59:59

RESIDENT EVIL 2​

Train Sim World 5: Free Starter Pack - Train Sim World 5: Frankfurt - Fulda: Kinzigtalbahn​

Train Sim World 5: Free Starter Pack - Train Sim World 5: San Bernardino Line: Los Angeles - San Bernardino​

Train Sim World 5: Free Starter Pack - Train Sim World 5: West Coast Main Line: London Euston - Milton Keynes​

Train Sim World 5: Standard Edition​

Wargroove 2​

2025-10-01 09:59:59

All You Need is Help​

Cocoon​

Sifu​

Terra Invicta (Game Preview) (PC) (moved from 2025-04-01)​

We Love Katamari REROLL+ Royal Reverie​

2025-10-16 09:59:59

Cities: Skylines II - PC Edition (PC)​

Donut County​

Grand Theft Auto Online (Xbox Series X|S) - Grand Theft Auto V: Story Mode (Xbox Series X|S)​

Grand Theft Auto Online (Xbox Series X|S) (Not available for purchase)​

Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S)​

Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox One) (Not available for purchase)​

Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced (PC)​

Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Grand Theft Auto V Legacy (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

RESIDENT EVIL 3 for Windows​

2025-11-01 09:59:59

Dead Island 2​

Dead Island 2 (Windows)​

Jusant​

Metal Slug Tactics​

Return to Monkey Island​

Wartales​

2025-11-16 09:59:59

Football Manager 2024 (PC)​

Football Manager 2024 Console​

Frostpunk (PC)​

Frostpunk: Console Edition​

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Windows Edition​

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Xbox Edition​

Spirittea​

2025-12-01 09:59:59

Aliens: Dark Descent​

Aliens: Dark Descent (Windows)​

Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 (moved from 2024-12-01)​

Clone Drone in the Danger Zone​

Genesis Noir (moved from 2025-03-01)​

Genesis Noir: Windows Edition (moved from 2025-03-01)​

Lords of the Fallen​

Lords of the Fallen (PC)​

OCTOPATH TRAVELER​

OCTOPATH TRAVELER II​

PAW Patrol Mighty Pups Save Adventure Bay​

SteamWorld Build​

2025-12-16 09:59:59

Ben 10: Power Trip​

Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition​

Hunt: Showdown 1896​

Mortal Kombat 11​

Still Wakes the Deep​

Wildfrost​

2026-01-01 09:59:59

Carrion​

Carrion (PC)​

Hell Let Loose​

House Flipper​

Injustice 2​

Injustice 2 - Standard Edition (PC)​

Middle-earth: Shadow of War​

Middle-earth: Shadow of War - Standard Edition Content (Not available for purchase)​

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2​

Road 96​

2026-01-16 09:59:59

Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn​

Medieval Dynasty​

Medieval Dynasty (Xbox One)​

Neon White​

Palworld (Game Preview) (moved from 2025-02-01)​

Starbound​

2026-02-01 09:59:59

Brotato (moved from 2025-02-01)​

Shady Part of Me​

Shady Part of Me (Windows)​

2026-03-01 09:59:59

Bluey: The Videogame (moved from 2025-03-01)​

Disney Dreamlight Valley​

Expeditions: A MudRunner Game​

Expeditions: A MudRunner Game (Windows)​

Nine Sols​

2026-03-16 09:59:59

Enter The Gungeon​

Lightyear Frontier (Game Preview)​

Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island​

2026-04-01 09:59:59

Cities: Skylines - Remastered​

Cities: Skylines - Windows 10 Edition (PC)​

Cities: Skylines - Xbox One Edition - Game Pass Core​

Mad Streets​

NARAKA: BLADEPOINT​

SMITE 2 (Game Preview)​

THE FINALS​

2026-04-16 09:59:59

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes​

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes (Not available for purchase)​

Hunt: Showdown 1896 (Windows)​

Inscryption​

2026-05-01 09:59:59

Another Crab's Treasure​

Ashen​

Citizen Sleeper​

Creatures of Ava​

DayZ - Game Pass Core​

Descenders - Game Pass Core​

Goat Simulator - Game Pass Core​

Goat Simulator: Remastered​

Goat Simulator: Remastered (Windows Edition)​

Manor Lords (Game Preview) (PC)​

2026-05-16 09:59:59

Galacticare​

Shadowrun Returns PC (PC)​

Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut PC (PC)​

Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition PC (PC)​

2026-06-01 09:59:59

ASTRONEER - Game Pass Core​

Dead by Daylight​

Dead by Daylight Windows​

Payday 2: Crimewave Edition - Game Pass Core​

theHunter: Call of the Wild​

theHunter: Call of the Wild - Windows 10​

World War Z​

World War Z - WWZ Upgrade to Aftermath​

World War Z (PC)​

World War Z: Aftermath​

World War Z: Aftermath (PC)​

World War Z: Aftermath Upgrade (PC)​

2026-06-16 09:59:59

Among Us - Game Pass Core​

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge - Game Pass Core​

2026-07-01 09:59:59

Slay The Spire - Game Pass Core​

Slay The Spire (PC)​

Unpacking - Game Pass Core​

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide​

2026-07-16 09:59:59

Dungeons Of Hinterberg​

Golf With Your Friends - Game Pass Core​

Golf With Your Friends (Windows Version)​

PowerWash Simulator - Game Pass Core​

Stellaris (PC)​

Stellaris: Console Edition​

Techtonica (Game Preview)​

2026-08-01 09:59:59

Celeste - Game Pass Core​

Crusader Kings III (moved from 2025-02-01)​

Crusader Kings III (PC) (moved from 2025-02-01)​

Go Mecha Ball​

INSIDE - Game Pass Core​

Roboquest​

2026-08-16 09:59:59

Firewatch - Game Pass Core​

LIMBO - Game Pass Core​

LIMBO (PC)​

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader​

2026-09-01 09:59:59

Neon Abyss​

Neon Abyss (PC)​

Star Trucker​

2026-09-16 09:59:59

Dead Cells - Game Pass Core​

Dead Cells (PC)​

Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition - Game Pass Core​

Superliminal - Game Pass Core​

2026-10-01 09:59:59

Chivalry 2 - Game Pass Core​

2026-11-01 09:59:59

Deep Rock Galactic - Game Pass Core​

2026-11-16 09:59:59

Frostpunk 2 (PC)​

Wreckfest - Game Pass Core​

Wreckfest (PC)​

2026-12-01 09:59:59

Legend of Mana​

Monster Sanctuary - Game Pass Core​

Monster Sanctuary (Windows Version)​

Overthrown (Game Preview)​

Stardew Valley - Game Pass Core​

Stardew Valley (PC)​

Totally Reliable Delivery Service - Game Pass Core​

TRIALS of MANA​

Vampire Survivors - Game Pass Core​

2026-12-16 09:59:59

For The King II​

2027-01-01 09:59:59

VALORANT​

2027-02-01 09:59:59

Trailmakers​

2027-02-16 09:59:59

Kingdom Two Crowns​

2027-03-01 09:59:59

Balatro​

2027-03-16 09:59:59

Control - Game Pass Core​

Control Expansion 1 "The Foundation" - Game Pass Core​

Control Expansion 2 "AWE" - Game Pass Core​

Control Season Pass - Game Pass Core​

Control Standard Edition - Control Expansion Pack 1 The Foundation (PC)​

Control Standard Edition - Control Expansion Pack 2 AWE (PC)​

Control Standard Edition (PC)​

Control Ultimate Edition - Game Pass Core​

Control Ultimate Edition - Xbox Series X|S - Game Pass Core​

Control Ultimate Edition (PC)​

TUNIC - Game Pass Core​

2027-04-01 09:59:59

SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE - Game Pass Core​

Zombie Army 4: Dead War (moved from 2025-04-01)​

2027-05-01 09:59:59

SnowRunner - Game Pass Core​

SnowRunner - Anniversary DLC - Game Pass Core​

SnowRunner (Windows 10)​

SnowRunner (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core​

2027-06-01 09:59:59

Batman: Arkham Knight - Game Pass Core​

Terraria​

2027-06-16 09:59:59

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator​

2027-07-01 09:59:59

Assassin's Creed Odyssey​

Assassin's Creed Origins​

Far Cry 5​

FOR HONOR​

FOR HONOR - Standard Edition (Not available for purchase)​

Immortals Fenyx Rising​

My Friend Peppa Pig​

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands - Standard Edition (Game Pass only SKU)​

Watch Dogs2​

2027-09-16 09:59:59

Riders Republic​

Riders Republic (Not available for purchase)​

2027-10-16 09:59:59

South Park: The Fractured but Whole​

2027-12-16 09:59:59

Overcooked! 2 - Game Pass Core​

Overcooked! 2 (PC)​

2028-02-01 09:59:59

Far Cry New Dawn​

2028-07-01 09:59:59

Human Fall Flat - Game Pass Core​

Watch Dogs: Legion​

Far future dates, mostly first party and EA Play

Spoiler

2048-12-30 23:59:59

Dead Space - EA Play - 2023-10-26​

EA SPORTS FC 24 Xbox One (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

EA SPORTS FC 24 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

EA SPORTS PGA TOUR - EA Play -​

F1 23 (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

F1 24 - EA Play -​

GRID Legends - EA Play - 2022-09-01​

Madden NFL 24 (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

Madden NFL 24 Xbox One (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

Madden NFL 24 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor - EA Play -​

Super Mega Baseball 4 - EA Play -​

UFC 5 - EA Play -​

WILD HEARTS Standard Edition - EA Play -​

2049-12-30 23:59:59

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition​

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition (4K HDR bundle) (PC)​

NHL 24 Xbox One - EA Play -​

NHL 24 Xbox Series X|S - EA Play -​

2098-12-31 23:59:59

Battlefield 1 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

NBA LIVE 19 - EA Play - 2019-05-10​

Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

2099-02-01 19:59:59

Halo Wars 2: Standard Edition - Game Pass Core​

2099-04-04 09:59:59

Halo Wars 2 (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core​

2099-04-18 09:59:59

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 1 - The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 2​

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 1 - The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 3​

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 1 - The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 4​

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 1 - The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 5​

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 1 - The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Season Pass (Episodes 2-5)​

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - The Complete Season (Episodes 1-5)​

2099-12-29 23:59:59

State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition - Game Pass Core​

2100-06-12 23:59:59

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood​

2220-10-06 03:59:59

Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered - EA Play - 2021-06-25​

2220-10-13 23:59:59

Mass Effect Legendary Edition - EA Play -​

2220-10-22 23:59:59

Battlefield V (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2020-06-20​

2220-12-11 23:59:59

It Takes Two - Digital Version - EA Play - 2021-11-03​

2229-01-03 23:59:59

ARK: Survival Evolved Season Pass​

2779-12-30 23:59:59

DIRT 5 - EA Play - 2021-08-10​

DiRT Rally 2.0 - EA Play - 2021-08-10​

2798-12-30 21:59:59

Wasteland Remastered​

2798-12-31 23:59:59

Fuzion Frenzy​

The Elder Scrolls Online - Game Pass Core​

Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection​

2799-01-14 23:59:59

Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition (PC)​

2799-02-01 09:59:59

Halo Wars 2 (PC) (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core​

2799-02-08 09:59:59

The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season​

2799-02-08 23:59:59

Forza Horizon 5 Standard Edition​

2799-02-17 23:59:59

Wolfenstein: Youngblood​

Wolfenstein: Youngblood (PC)​

2799-02-28 09:59:59

The Walking Dead: Season Two​

2799-03-02 23:59:59

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary (PC)​

2799-03-07 23:59:59

Halo Infinite (Campaign)​

2799-03-11 23:59:59

Dishonored Definitive Edition​

Dishonored Definitive Edition (PC)​

DOOM 3​

DOOM 64​

Fallout 4 - Game Pass Core​

Fallout 4 (PC)​

Prey (Cloud Gaming enabled)​

Prey (PC)​

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind​

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind​

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Game of the Year Edition (PC)​

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion​

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (PC)​

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition (PC)​

The Evil Within​

The Evil Within (PC)​

Wolfenstein: The New Order​

Wolfenstein: The New Order (PC)​

Wolfenstein: The Old Blood​

Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (PC)​

2799-03-16 23:59:59

DOOM Eternal (BATTLEMODE - PC) (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Fallout 76 - Game Pass Core​

Fallout 76 (PC)​

2799-03-24 07:59:59

Bleeding Edge​

2799-03-26 23:59:59

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition​

The Walking Dead: Michonne - Ep. 1, In Too Deep - The Walking Dead: Michonne - Season Pass​

2799-03-28 09:59:59

The Walking Dead: Michonne - Ep. 1, In Too Deep​

The Walking Dead: Michonne - Ep. 1, In Too Deep - The Walking Dead: Michonne - Ep. 2, Give No Shelter​

The Walking Dead: Michonne - Ep. 1, In Too Deep - The Walking Dead: Michonne - Ep. 3, What We Deserve​

The Walking Dead: Michonne - The Complete Season​

2799-03-28 23:59:59

Lost in Random - EA Play - 2022-04-13​

2799-04-10 23:59:59

Ori and the Will of the Wisps - Game Pass Core​

2799-04-29 23:59:59

Joy Ride Turbo​

2799-04-30 08:59:59

Sea of Thieves: 2025 Edition​

2799-05-12 23:59:59

Psychonauts​

Psychonauts (Windows 10)​

2799-05-17 23:59:59

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries​

2799-05-18 23:59:59

Wasteland 2: Director's Cut​

2799-05-31 23:59:59

Banjo Kazooie: N n B​

Banjo-Kazooie​

Banjo-Tooie​

Disneyland Adventures​

Fable III​

Gears of War​

Gears of War 2​

Gears of War: Judgment​

Gears of War: Ultimate Edition (Not available for purchase)​

Halo 5: Guardians - Game Pass Core​

Halo: Spartan Assault​

Jetpac Refuelled​

Kameo​

Perfect Dark Zero​

Rush: A DisneyPixar Adventure​

Sunset Overdrive​

Viva Piñata​

Viva Piñata: TIP​

2799-06-09 05:59:59

Crackdown 3​

Crackdown 3: Campaign (Not available for purchase)​

Crackdown 3: Wrecking Zone (Not available for purchase)​

Gears of War 4​

Gears of War: Ultimate Edition for Windows 10​

Halo: Spartan Assault (Mobile / PC)​

Halo: Spartan Strike​

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (PC)​

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition (PC)​

ReCore​

2799-06-09 06:58:59

Halo Wars 2: Standard Edition (PC) - Game Pass Core​

Sunset Overdrive (PC)​

2799-06-09 23:59:59

Gears 5 - Game Pass Core​

The Outer Worlds​

The Outer Worlds (PC)​

2799-06-13 18:59:59

Arx Fatalis (PC)​

BATTLETECH (PC)​

Dishonored: Death of the Outsider​

Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (PC)​

DOOM​

Fallout (PC)​

Fallout 2 (PC)​

Fallout 3​

Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition (PC)​

Fallout Tactics (PC)​

Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition (PC)​

Psychonauts 2 - Game Pass Core​

RAGE​

The Evil Within 2​

The Evil Within 2 (PC)​

Wolfenstein II: Standard Edition (PC)​

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus​

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

2799-06-14 23:59:59

ScreamRide​

2799-06-17 23:59:59

The Bard's Tale ARPG : Remastered and Resnarkled​

2799-06-26 23:59:59

Torment: Tides of Numenera (PC)​

2799-06-30 23:59:59

Banjo Kazooie: N n B (Not available for purchase)​

Banjo-Kazooie (Not available for purchase)​

Banjo-Tooie (Not available for purchase)​

Fable II​

GoldenEye 007 (Not available for purchase)​

Jetpac Refuelled (Not available for purchase)​

Kameo (Not available for purchase)​

Perfect Dark​

Perfect Dark (Not available for purchase)​

Perfect Dark Zero (Not available for purchase)​

Rare Replay​

Rare Replay (Not available for purchase)​

Ryse: Legendary Edition​

Ryse: Son of Rome - Colosseum Pack​

Ryse: Son of Rome - Duel of Fates Pack​

Ryse: Son of Rome - Mars' Chosen Pack​

Ryse: Son of Rome - Morituri Pack​

Ryse: Son of Rome (Not available for purchase)​

State of Decay: Year-One (Not available for purchase)​

Viva Piñata (Not available for purchase)​

Viva Piñata: TIP (Not available for purchase)​

2799-07-13 23:59:59

Halo 3 (PC)​

2799-07-18 23:59:59

BLiNX: The Time Sweeper​

Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge​

Microsoft Flight Simulator: Add-on Support​

2799-07-21 23:59:59

Grounded - Game Pass Core​

2799-07-24 23:59:59

Killer Instinct​

2799-08-13 14:59:59

The Bard's Tale Trilogy - EA Play -​

2799-08-16 23:59:59

Microsoft Solitaire Collection​

2799-08-17 23:59:59

New Super Lucky's Tale​

2799-08-19 14:59:59

Age of Empires Definitive Edition (PC)​

2799-08-19 19:59:59

Quake​

Quake III Arena (PC)​

2799-08-19 23:59:59

Battletoads​

2799-08-24 23:59:59

Halo Infinite​

2799-08-27 14:59:59

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut​

2799-08-31 23:59:59

Fable Anniversary - Game Pass Core​

Gears of War 3​

Mass Effect - EA Play -​

2799-09-19 23:59:59

Tell Me Why​

Tell Me Why: Chapter 2 (Not available for purchase)​

Tell Me Why: Chapter 3 (Not available for purchase)​

Tell Me Why: Chapters 1-3​

Wasteland 3​

Wasteland 3 (PC)​

2799-09-22 02:59:59

Halo 3: ODST (PC)​

2799-09-30 23:59:59

Dishonored 2 - Game Pass Core​

Dishonored 2 (PC)​

DOOM Eternal Standard Edition - Game Pass Core​

Phoenix Point​

2799-10-07 23:59:59

Brütal Legend​

2799-10-14 23:59:59

Fallout: New Vegas (BC)​

2799-10-27 23:59:59

Day of the Tentacle Remastered​

Full Throttle Remastered​

Grim Fandango Remastered​

2799-10-28 14:59:59

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition - Age of Empires IV: 4K HDR Video Pack (PC)​

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition (PC)​

2799-11-03 23:59:59

Minecraft Launcher (PC)​

2799-11-08 23:59:59

Battlefield 2042 Xbox One - EA Play -​

2799-11-09 15:59:59

Gears Tactics​

2799-11-14 23:59:59

Halo 4 (PC)​

Halo: Reach (PC)​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo 3: ODST​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo: Reach​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection (PC)​

RAGE 2​

RAGE 2 (PC)​

2799-11-16 23:59:59

ARK: Survival Evolved​

ARK: Survival Evolved - ARK: Aberration (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

ARK: Survival Evolved - ARK: Extinction (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

ARK: Survival Evolved - ARK: Genesis Season Pass​

ARK: Survival Evolved - ARK: Genesis Season Pass (PC)​

ARK: Survival Evolved - ARK: Scorched Earth (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

ARK: Survival Evolved (PC)​

ARK: Survival Evolved Aberrant Skins (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

ARK: Survival Evolved Explorer's Edition (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

ARK: Survival Evolved Explorer's Edition (Not available for purchase)​

ARK: Survival Evolved Season Pass​

2799-11-23 00:59:59

Forza Horizon 5 (Not available for purchase)​

Forza Motorsport (Not available for purchase)​

2799-11-23 23:59:59

Gears 5 Game of the Year Edition - Game Pass Core​

2799-12-03 15:59:59

DOOM Eternal Standard Edition (PC)​

2799-12-07 23:59:59

Need for Speed Unbound - EA Play - 2023-06-22​

2799-12-11 23:59:59

Halo Wars: Definitive Edition (PC)​

2799-12-13 23:59:59

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition​

2799-12-17 23:59:59

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - Game Pass Core​

2799-12-30 23:59:59

Battlefield 2042 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2022-11-22​

Battlefield 4 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Burnout Paradise Remastered - EA Play - 2018-11-11​

EA SPORTS WRC (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

Fe - EA Play - 2018-09-03​

Immortals of Aveum - EA Play -​

Mirror's Edge Catalyst - EA Play - 2019-05-14​

Need for Speed - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Need for Speed Heat - EA Play - 2020-07-14​

Need for Speed Payback - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Need for Speed Rivals - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

NHL 94 REWIND - EA Play - 2021-03-01​

Peggle 2 - EA Play - 2019-05-14​

Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville - EA Play - 2020-03-04​

STAR WARS Battlefront II - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order - EA Play - 2020-11-10​

STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor Xbox One - EA Play -​

STAR WARS: Squadrons - EA Play -​

Super Mega Baseball 3 - EA Play - 2022-03-03​

The Sims 4 - EA Play -​

The Sims 4 EA Play Edition (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2023-05-22​

Titanfall 2 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

UFC 4 - EA Play -​

Unravel - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Unravel Two - EA Play - 2019-01-19​

2799-12-31 22:59:59

ARK: Survival Ascended​

ARK: Survival Evolved - ARK: Aberrant Skins (Not available for purchase)​

ARK: Survival Evolved - ARK: Aberration (Not available for purchase)​

ARK: Survival Evolved - ARK: Extinction (Not available for purchase)​

ARK: Survival Evolved - ARK: Scorched Earth (Not available for purchase)​

ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition​

As Dusk Falls​

Broken Age​

Call of Duty (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Content Pack 1 (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Content Pack 1 (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Cross-Gen Bundle​

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Standard Edition (Windows)​

Contrast​

Costume Quest​

Costume Quest 2​

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy​

DEATHLOOP​

DOOM + DOOM II​

Gang Beasts - Game Pass Core​

Ghostwire: Tokyo​

Halo Wars: Definitive Edition​

Hi-Fi RUSH​

Killer Instinct: Anniversary Edition​

MASSIVE CHALICE​

Microsoft Flight Simulator Standard 40th Anniversary Edition​

Minecraft​

Minecraft Dungeons​

Minecraft Legends​

Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom - The Prince's Edition​

Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch Remastered​

Pentiment​

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Ultimate Edition​

Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition​

Quake II​

Quantum Break​

Redfall​

skate. (2007) - EA Play - 2021-08-05​

Stacking​

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 1​

Torment: Tides of Numenera​

We Happy Few​

9998-12-30 00:00:00

A Way Out - EA Play - 2019-11-02​

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition​

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (Not available for purchase)​

Age of Mythology: Retold​

Alice: Madness Returns - EA Play - 2019-10-25​

An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire (PC)​

Anthem - EA Play - 2019-10-09​

Ara: History Untold (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Ara: History Untold Standard Edition (PC)​

Ara: History Untold, Alexander the Great (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Ara: History Untold, Confucius (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Ara: History Untold, Harriet Tubman (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Ara: History Untold, John A. Macdonald (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition (PC)​

Army of Two - EA Play - 2018-11-11​

Battlefield 1 Apocalypse - EA Play -​

Battlefield 1 In the Name of the Tsar - EA Play -​

Battlefield 1 Revolution - EA Play -​

Battlefield 1 They Shall Not Pass - EA Play -​

Battlefield 1 Turning Tides - EA Play -​

Battlefield 3 (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2011-10-08​

Battlefield Hardline (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2018-07-08​

Bejeweled 2 - EA Play - 2008-03-08​

Bejeweled 3 - EA Play - 2011-10-14​

BLACK - EA Play -​

Blizzard Arcade Collection​

Broken Age (PC)​

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 1 (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 1 (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 2 (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 3 (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 4 (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 5 (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Cross-Gen Bundle​

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Standard Edition (PC)​

Call of Duty: Warzone​

Call of Duty: Warzone - Content Pack 4 (Not available for purchase)​

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (PC)​

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled - Game Pass Core​

Crysis - EA Play - 2020-07-09​

Crysis 2 - EA Play - 2020-07-09​

Dante's Inferno - EA Play - 2018-08-02​

Dead Space (2008) - EA Play - 2008-10-08​

Dead Space 2 - EA Play -​

Dead Space 3 - EA Play -​

Dead Space Ignition - EA Play - 2010-10-13​

Diablo III: Reaper of Souls - Ultimate Evil Edition (Not available for purchase)​

Diablo IV (Not available for purchase)​

DOOM Eternal (BATTLEMODE) (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core​

Dragon Age 2 - EA Play -​

Dragon Age: Inquisition (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2014-10-28​

Dragon Age: Origins - EA Play -​

Feeding Frenzy - EA Play - 2008-03-15​

Feeding Frenzy 2 - EA Play - 2008-09-17​

FIGHT NIGHT CHAMPION - EA Play -​

Forza Motorsport Standard Edition​

Genshin Impact​

Halo 2: Anniversary (PC)​

Heavy Weapon - EA Play - 2008-03-15​

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle​

Killer Instinct (PC)​

Killer Instinct: Anniversary Edition (PC)​

Mass Effect 2 - EA Play -​

Mass Effect 3 - EA Play -​

Mass Effect: Andromeda (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2017-03-15​

MechWarrior 5: Clans​

Medal of Honor Airborne - EA Play - 2008-03-15​

Microsoft Flight Simulator (Not available for purchase)​

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 - Standard Edition​

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 (Not available for purchase)​

Minecraft Dungeons for Windows (Not available for purchase)​

Minecraft Dungeons for Windows + Launcher (PC)​

Minecraft for Windows (Not available for purchase)​

Minecraft Legends - Windows (Not available for purchase)​

Minecraft Legends for Windows + Launcher (PC)​

Minecraft: Java & Bedrock Edition for PC (PC)​

Minecraft: Java Edition (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Mirror's Edge - EA Play - 2008-11-05​

Overwatch 2​

Peggle - EA Play - 2018-11-11​

Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire - Ultimate Edition (PC)​

Pillars of Eternity: Definitive Edition (PC)​

Pillars of Eternity: Hero Edition - Pillars of Eternity: Deadfire Pack (PC)​

Plants vs. Zombies - EA Play - 2010-09-24​

Quake 4 (PC)​

Quantum Break (PC)​

RESIDENT EVIL 3 for Xbox (Not available for purchase)​

Return to Castle Wolfenstein (PC)​

Rise of Nations: Extended Edition (PC)​

Sea of Solitude - EA Play - 2020-01-21​

Senua's Saga: Hellblade II​

Skate 3 - EA Play -​

Spyro Reignited Trilogy​

Spyro Reignited Trilogy (PC)​

SSX - EA Play - 2012-02-21​

STAR WARS Battlefront (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2018-11-11​

Starfield​

STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town - Windows Edition (Not available for purchase)​

STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town (Not available for purchase)​

The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard (PC)​

The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited - The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind Upgrade (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core​

The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core​

The Gunk​

The Walking Dead: The Final Season - Episode 2 (Not available for purchase)​

The Walking Dead: The Final Season - Episode 3 (Not available for purchase)​

The Walking Dead: The Final Season - Episode 4 (Not available for purchase)​

The Walking Dead: The Final Season - Season Pass (Not available for purchase)​

The Walking Dead: The Final Season - The Complete Season​

The Walking Dead: The Final Season (Not available for purchase)​

Train Sim World 4 (Not available for purchase)​

Train Sim World 5: Free Starter Pack (Not available for purchase)​

We Happy Few (PC)​

Wolfenstein 3D (PC)​

Zuma - EA Play - 2008-03-15​

Zuma's Revenge! - EA Play - 2012-07-07​

No set date

Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Game Pass only SKU) (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Assassin's Creed Origins (Game Pass only SKU) (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Assassin's Creed Valhalla (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Battlefield 3 (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2011-10-08​

Blizzard Arcade Collection PC (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Cross-Gen Bundle (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Standard Edition (Windows) (Not available for purchase)​

Crysis 3 (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2020-07-09​

Diablo (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Diablo III: Reaper of Souls - Ultimate Evil Edition PC (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Diablo IV PC (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

F1 23 (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

Far Cry 5 (Game Pass only SKU) (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Far Cry 6 (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Far Cry New Dawn (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

FOR HONOR - Standard Edition - Marching Fire Expansion - FOR HONOR (Not available for purchase)​

FOR HONOR : MARCHING FIRE EDITION (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

FOR HONOR : MARCHING FIRE EDITION (Not available for purchase)​

Heroes of the Storm (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Immortals Fenyx Rising (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Last Crusade Pack - Lion Tamer Whip (Not available for purchase)​

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Last Crusade Pack - Traveling Suit Outfit (Not available for purchase)​

Iron Brigade - Rise of the Martian Bear (Not available for purchase)​

Iron Brigade (Not available for purchase)​

Killer Instinct 2 Classic (Not available for purchase)​

Killer Instinct Classic (Not available for purchase)​

League of Legends (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Legends of Runeterra (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Madden NFL 24 (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

Madden NFL 24 Xbox One (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

Madden NFL 24 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

Minecraft Preview (Not available for purchase)​

Minecraft Preview for Windows (Not available for purchase)​

NHL 21 (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2021-04-12​

NHL 23 Xbox One (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2023-04-13​

NHL 23 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2023-04-13​

Overwatch 2 PC (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

PAYDAY 2: CRIMEWAVE EDITION (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core​

Riders Republic (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

South Park: The Fractured but Whole (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

StarCraft II Campaign Collection (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

StarCraft Remastered (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Starfield: Old Mars Skin Pack (Not available for purchase)​

Super Lucky's Tale (Not available for purchase)​

Teamfight Tactics (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

The Cave (Not available for purchase)​

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands - Standard Edition (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege (Game Pass only SKU) (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Towerborne (Game Preview) (Not available for purchase)​

Train Sim World 4 (Not available for purchase)​

VALORANT PC (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Watch Dogs: Legion (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Watch Dogs2 (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

 

[Nothing-]

Xbox is the least offender of the bunch. They revolutionized the predatory digital industry with 'Smart Delivery'.

Give you the best version of the game, at all times, automatically, as long as you have a license. They set the console industry standard in that department. Everyone else has had to play catch up. Any investment in previous-gen Sony or Nintendo digital stores and libraries was terrible by comparison. Microsoft pushed the rest of the industry forward, leading by example, and forced them into improving their services. Most people take it for granted but I don't. It's the best thing they've ever done.

Spoiler

Sony has had all sorts of problems, errors, and redundancies with PS4 vs. PS5 installs and permissions. They still have constant problems to this day. It has been BY FAR the most frustrating aspect of this gen.

 

[Donken]

Xbox in 2024 really is confusing the heck out of me. I know for me, my history with Xbox is like this... Maybe some of you can relate:

Xbox came out when I was in high school, at the time I was mostly a PC Gamer and had a GameCube too but I didn't own the original Xbox. I remember though going to Halo parties where people would setup 4 Xbox and 4 TV's and I was like, dang, this thing is awesome, Xbox is really cool.

Then fast forward to Xbox 360, I was in college and everyone I worked with or knew had an Xbox 360 so I got one and played Halo 3 and Halo Reach with them and the people with a PS3 felt like outsiders that didn't even play online games.

Then the disaster of Xbox One launched with the no sharing games thing and I remember about half my Halo group ended up preordering a PS4 instead of an Xbox One because of Don Mattrick. Which looking back, the Xbox One was pretty bad as far as exclusive games. The PS4 definitely ended up having the better catalog, but as an Xbox gamer it always felt like "Hey, we are working on getting more exclusives and games for you, just sit tight and they are coming next year... next year... next year..."

Now the Xbox Series X is out and it still kept feeling like "Hey, just wait a few more months and we've got those hit exclusives that you want coming" Then they start buying up Bethesda and other studios and it was finally like "Ohh shit, since the launch of the Xbox One we have been waiting for these big blockbuster system sellers to come and now its finally going to happen"

Now Xbox gets out there and is like "Yeah well... we spent all this money so were going to go ahead and charge more for online play but we will bundle it with gamepass to make it seem like its more value, and also, all the big blockbuster games we have, were going to go ahead and put those on every other system as well."

I dunno, I just don't get it, this is finally when they could gate keep those games onto Xbox Series X and sell a shit ton of consoles and probably move up the ranking but instead they decide to now throw in the console war towel. Just seems like a weird ending.

 

[HaloGX]

Yeah, mines similar. Got my original Xbox at launch in high school and went to the same Halo parties. I didn't get a 360 for a couple of years, but it was my main and I played that to death (though it's still working well hehe), and people I knew also had 360s.

I was excited to jump right in (heh) with the Xbox One before all the follies. I ended up waiting and eventually got a PS4 because it had the games I wanted (single player narratives).

I would've gotten a PS5 by now and actually was turned into a primarily PC gamer (first time I built a PC was partially for gaming) except Microsoft got me with the Halo Infinite Series X. So I went back to an Xbox console as my primary, and didn't regret it. I still don't.

I thoroughly believe it's mostly the higher ups at Microsoft, primarily a software company mind you, pulling the strings here. They want money, and instead of rebuilding the base they had from the original Xbox into the 360, it's faster/easier for them to do things this way. It's just causing a massive mess in its wake.

 

[Nothing-]

Xbox came out when I was in high school, at the time I was mostly a PC Gamer and had a GameCube too but I didn't own the original Xbox. I remember though going to Halo parties where people would setup 4 Xbox and 4 TV's and I was like, dang, this thing is awesome, Xbox is really cool.

In college I lived in a fraternity for a couple years with about 45 guys in the house, with 20-some odd bedrooms. Halo 1 over LAN (ethernet) was the best multiplayer. We'd have 5-14 players goin at it, LOCALLY, with everyone in their own room, shouting down hallways, crashing other people's bedrooms, etc in 2001. It was the best gaming experience ever. The natural evolution of topping 4-player couch co-op Goldeneye & Perfect Dark. Probably the best gaming time of my life.

Nothing that happens in multiplayer gaming these days can top that experience.

 

[Nothing-]

Get a friend that has a costco membership to buy you a gift certificate or ask to use their online log in. You could also split a membership and pay only $30 instead of the $60.

This is highly underrated advice. I've been shopping in-store at Costco for several years using just gift cards. If you have one, and flash it at the front door, they have to let you in to spend it. That's the trick not many people know about.

 

[62t]

Xbox is the least offender of the bunch. They revolutionized the predatory digital industry with 'Smart Delivery'.

Give you the best version of the game, at all times, automatically, as long as you have a license. They set the console industry standard in that department. Everyone else has had to play catch up. Any investment in previous-gen Sony or Nintendo digital stores and libraries was terrible by comparison. Microsoft pushed the rest of the industry forward, leading by example, and forced them into improving their services. Most people take it for granted but I don't. It's the best thing they've ever done.

Spoiler

Sony has had all sorts of problems, errors, and redundancies with PS4 vs. PS5 installs and permissions. They still have constant problems to this day. It has been BY FAR the most frustrating aspect of this gen.

On paper it is the better system but I prefer Sony's approach so I can get extra Platinum trophy and better performance for some games playing PS4 version on PS5.

 

[supaet]

Yeah, mines similar. Got my original Xbox at launch in high school and went to the same Halo parties. I didn't get a 360 for a couple of years, but it was my main and I played that to death (though it's still working well hehe), and people I knew also had 360s.

I was excited to jump right in (heh) with the Xbox One before all the follies. I ended up waiting and eventually got a PS4 because it had the games I wanted (single player narratives).

I would've gotten a PS5 by now and actually was turned into a primarily PC gamer (first time I built a PC was partially for gaming) except Microsoft got me with the Halo Infinite Series X. So I went back to an Xbox console as my primary, and didn't regret it. I still don't.

I thoroughly believe it's mostly the higher ups at Microsoft, primarily a software company mind you, pulling the strings here. They want money, and instead of rebuilding the base they had from the original Xbox into the 360, it's faster/easier for them to do things this way. It's just causing a massive mess in its wake.

but that game is also on pc day one?
for those that have a gaming pc, there is no xbox exclusives (no ps5 exclusive either) more or less

 

[ArugulaZ]

Xbox is the least offender of the bunch. They revolutionized the predatory digital industry with 'Smart Delivery'.

Give you the best version of the game, at all times, automatically, as long as you have a license. They set the console industry standard in that department. Everyone else has had to play catch up. Any investment in previous-gen Sony or Nintendo digital stores and libraries was terrible by comparison. Microsoft pushed the rest of the industry forward, leading by example, and forced them into improving their services. Most people take it for granted but I don't. It's the best thing they've ever done.

Spoiler

Sony has had all sorts of problems, errors, and redundancies with PS4 vs. PS5 installs and permissions. They still have constant problems to this day. It has been BY FAR the most frustrating aspect of this gen.

I usually just bitch and moan when the game I bought suddenly can't be stored on external drives and is too big to fit on the internal one. You can't own an Xbox Series S for long without being forced to purchase one of those redonkulously expensive expansion cards. $130 for 1TB, and that's ON SALE. No monsignor, that dog won't hunt.

 

[supaet]

Xbox in 2024 really is confusing the heck out of me. I know for me, my history with Xbox is like this... Maybe some of you can relate:

Xbox came out when I was in high school, at the time I was mostly a PC Gamer and had a GameCube too but I didn't own the original Xbox. I remember though going to Halo parties where people would setup 4 Xbox and 4 TV's and I was like, dang, this thing is awesome, Xbox is really cool.

Then fast forward to Xbox 360, I was in college and everyone I worked with or knew had an Xbox 360 so I got one and played Halo 3 and Halo Reach with them and the people with a PS3 felt like outsiders that didn't even play online games.

Then the disaster of Xbox One launched with the no sharing games thing and I remember about half my Halo group ended up preordering a PS4 instead of an Xbox One because of Don Mattrick. Which looking back, the Xbox One was pretty bad as far as exclusive games. The PS4 definitely ended up having the better catalog, but as an Xbox gamer it always felt like "Hey, we are working on getting more exclusives and games for you, just sit tight and they are coming next year... next year... next year..."

Now the Xbox Series X is out and it still kept feeling like "Hey, just wait a few more months and we've got those hit exclusives that you want coming" Then they start buying up Bethesda and other studios and it was finally like "Ohh shit, since the launch of the Xbox One we have been waiting for these big blockbuster system sellers to come and now its finally going to happen"

Now Xbox gets out there and is like "Yeah well... we spent all this money so were going to go ahead and charge more for online play but we will bundle it with gamepass to make it seem like its more value, and also, all the big blockbuster games we have, were going to go ahead and put those on every other system as well."

I dunno, I just don't get it, this is finally when they could gate keep those games onto Xbox Series X and sell a shit ton of consoles and probably move up the ranking but instead they decide to now throw in the console war towel. Just seems like a weird ending.

because you got it wrong, their goal is not to make games exclusive (showed that when everything on pc day one)

there is no "ranking up" vs sony (just impossible especially in certain regions) on console sales.

all the "exclusives" went to gamepass to "rank up" in gaming subscription service contest. the xbox exclusive is gamepass. it's the definitive champ in gaming subscription service.

if you don't want to get gamepass subscription and sticking with paying $70 for "exclusives" the old fashion way, don't buy a xbox, it's not for you.

 

[HaloGX]

but that game is also on pc day one?
for those that have a gaming pc, there is no xbox exclusives (no ps5 exclusive either) more or less

No, they got me with the Halo Infinite Series X, the special edition console. Otherwise I would've gotten a PS5 (for backwards compatibility with my PS4 games) and upgraded my PC for everything else by now. My PC is outdated for today's high end gaming. I still have a 1080.

 

[supaet]

No, they got me with the Halo Infinite Series X, the special edition console. Otherwise I would've gotten a PS5 (for backwards compatibility with my PS4 games) and upgraded my PC for everything else by now. My PC is outdated for today's high end gaming. I still have a 1080.

oh I see, like how they got me with faceplates on 360

 

[Bryson]

Xbox in 2024 really is confusing the heck out of me. I know for me, my history with Xbox is like this... Maybe some of you can relate:

Xbox came out when I was in high school, at the time I was mostly a PC Gamer and had a GameCube too but I didn't own the original Xbox. I remember though going to Halo parties where people would setup 4 Xbox and 4 TV's and I was like, dang, this thing is awesome, Xbox is really cool.

Then fast forward to Xbox 360, I was in college and everyone I worked with or knew had an Xbox 360 so I got one and played Halo 3 and Halo Reach with them and the people with a PS3 felt like outsiders that didn't even play online games.

Then the disaster of Xbox One launched with the no sharing games thing and I remember about half my Halo group ended up preordering a PS4 instead of an Xbox One because of Don Mattrick. Which looking back, the Xbox One was pretty bad as far as exclusive games. The PS4 definitely ended up having the better catalog, but as an Xbox gamer it always felt like "Hey, we are working on getting more exclusives and games for you, just sit tight and they are coming next year... next year... next year..."

Now the Xbox Series X is out and it still kept feeling like "Hey, just wait a few more months and we've got those hit exclusives that you want coming" Then they start buying up Bethesda and other studios and it was finally like "Ohh shit, since the launch of the Xbox One we have been waiting for these big blockbuster system sellers to come and now its finally going to happen"

Now Xbox gets out there and is like "Yeah well... we spent all this money so were going to go ahead and charge more for online play but we will bundle it with gamepass to make it seem like its more value, and also, all the big blockbuster games we have, were going to go ahead and put those on every other system as well."

I dunno, I just don't get it, this is finally when they could gate keep those games onto Xbox Series X and sell a shit ton of consoles and probably move up the ranking but instead they decide to now throw in the console war towel. Just seems like a weird ending.

It's time to take an RTS view of the gaming industry and zoom out! Xbox has ALWAYS been leading the gaming industry.... even from behind. Xbox invented achievements, Playstation came out with Trophies. Xbox invented Xbox live and even included a headset with their console, Playstation did the same. Xbox started putting their games on PC, Playstation did the the same. Xbox made their consoles backwards compatible with previous generations and now Sony is reportedly working on a native PS3 emulator.... albeit too little too late.

Following Xbox news day to day can sometimes be absolutely maddening but if you zoom out the big picture, Xbox now has almost 40 studios pumping out games all coming to Game Pass day one. They own all of the biggest IPs in the industry like COD, Minecraft, etc.. Financially Xbox is very healthy and are now the #2 revenue generator at Microsoft ahead of even Windows.

Playstation on the other hand are in deep deep trouble. Sony still need to payback 3.7 billion dollars for Bungie and so far they just cancelled Destiny 3 and Marathon is looking to be a flop. If it takes 6 years on average to make a AAA game nowadays, Sony's studios may not have anything ready to go for the remainder of this generation. Playstation has basically been carried by one studio this entire generation, Insomniac. People like to say the only reason Xbox are making a profit is because of ABK... well can you imagine Playstation this generation without Insomniac? Yikes!

Sony are starting to put their 1st party games on PC, not because they want to but because they have to. The days of walled gardens might be coming to an end. It certainly isn't working well for Square Enix unlike their counterparts like Capcom and Sega. The future is looking bright for team green!

And for the people who say why not just buy a PC instead of a console? One word... $$$. At the time that I bought my Xbox Series X and PS5, an nvidia 4090 was going for almost $3000 up here in Canada. A console will ALWAYS be cheaper than buying a PC.

 

[supaet]

It's time to take an RTS view of the gaming industry and zoom out! Xbox has ALWAYS been leading the industry.... even from behind. Xbox invented achievements, Playstation came out with Trophies. Xbox invented Xbox live and even included a headset with their console, Playstation did the same. Xbox started putting their games on PC, Playstation did the the same. Xbox made their consoles backwards compatible with previous generations and now Sony is reportedly working on a native PS3 emulator.... albeit too little too late.

Following Xbox news day to day can sometimes be absolutely maddening but if you zoom out the big picture, Xbox now has almost 40 studios pumping out games all coming to Game Pass day one. They own all of the biggest IPs in the industry like COD, Minecraft, etc.. Financially Xbox is very healthy and are now the #2 revenue generator at Microsoft ahead of even Windows.

Playstation on the other hand are in deep deep trouble. Sony still need to payback 3.7 billion dollars for Bungie and so far they just cancelled Destiny 3 and Marathon is looking to be a flop. If it takes 6 years on average to make a AAA game nowadays, Sony's studios may not have anything ready to go for the remainder of this generation. Playstation has basically been carried by one studio this entire generation, Insomniac. People like to say the only reason Xbox are making a profit is because of ABK... well can you imagine Playstation this generation without Insomniac? Yikes!

Sony are starting to put their 1st party games on PC, not because they want to but because they have to. The days of walled gardens might be over. It certainly isn't working well for Square Enix unlike their counterparts like Capcom and Sega. The future is looking bright for team green!

And for the people who say why not just buy a PC instead of a console? One word... $$$. At the time that I bought my Xbox Series X and PS5, an nvidia 4090 was going for almost $3000 up here in Canada. A console will ALWAYS be cheaper than buying a PC.

well, but you can't compare a 4090 to consoles.

just a rtx 4070 non super or 7800xt at $500 blows any console out of the water

 

[blueweltall]

I dunno, I just don't get it, this is finally when they could gate keep those games onto Xbox Series X and sell a shit ton of consoles and probably move up the ranking but instead they decide to now throw in the console war towel. Just seems like a weird ending.

I think that was their original intent, but then Starfield came out to very mixed reaction and it didn't even help with their consoles sales or subscription growth. Halo Infinite and Starfield flopping their 10 year plan, the really poor holiday console sales numbers even with big multiple different discounts, and the completion of Activison Blizzard likely caused the big pivot to going to 3rd party.

 

[SIX min WHISTLE]

well, but you can't compare a 4090 to consoles.

just a rtx 4070 non super or 7800xt at $500 blows any console out of the water

The $500 component that is maybe half the cost of a gaming PC blows a console out of the water? Shocking.

 

[bardockkun]

Curious, but has anyone tried the Brook XB3? I'm kinda curious, but goddamn I just don't trust XBox not to over third party peripherals with bullshit again.

https://www.amazon.com/Brook-Wingman-XB-Converter-Exclusive/dp/B0D69LQKWN

 

[supaet]

The $500 component that is maybe half the cost of a gaming PC blows a console out of the water? Shocking.

it's actually a fair comparison because the other half cost of the pc is useful for many other things that's not gaming. the $500 adds the "gaming" part to your pc like a $500 console would to your tv.

being a cag, I can afford $500 easily because I don't have to buy to play these games in the last few years at launch

Play Day One with Xbox Game Pass | Xbox

Play new games the same day they release with Xbox Game Pass.

www.xbox.com

looking at my rewards stats, I have redeemed $60 xbox gc and ~$600 amazon gc (good enough for a 4070) while having gpu sub through end of 2025 for now. I do less than 3 bing searches a day and sometimes didn't even bother to do them. most of my points comes from playing gamepass games and reading news on mobile

I thought this would be fairly common here looking at the title of this site.

 

[SIX min WHISTLE]

I thought this would be fairly common here looking at the title of this site.

You've joined the Xbox discussion 68,000 posts deep (in just the current thread. We all know how the many rewards programs work, the limitations of the consoles, the benefits and negatives for PC gaming. We all have our reasons for playing on consoles. I would say you'd have more of a discussion in the Steam thread but we're are by far the most active part of the CAG community.

I do think you are overvaluing a high powered PC on the whole. Unless you do editing or some other PC intensive job which you happen to do from your personal PC, having high-end gaming-capable components is way overkill for what most people use home PCs for.

 

[bardockkun]

I do think you are overvaluing a high powered PC on the whole. Unless you do editing or some other PC intensive job which you happen to do from your personal PC, having high-end gaming-capable components is way overkill for what most people use home PCs for.

 

[supaet]

You've joined the Xbox discussion 68,000 posts deep (in just the current thread. We all know how the many rewards programs work, the limitations of the consoles, the benefits and negatives for PC gaming. We all have our reasons for playing on consoles. I would say you'd have more of a discussion in the Steam thread but we're are by far the most active part of the CAG community.

I do think you are overvaluing a high powered PC on the whole. Unless you do editing or some other PC intensive job which you happen to do from your personal PC, having high-end gaming-capable components is way overkill for what most people use home PCs for.

It's not about PC vs consoles.

It's PC + Xbox is needed to take the most advantage out of GPU. While PC is more expensive, it's easily obtainable thanks to gamepass and ms rewards.

 

[Freeze Time]

Forgive me if this info is outdated but to my knowledge, you can't build a PC that is also a 4K player that also comes with a controller as powerful as a PS5 or XSX for $500 or $350 the XSX was going for for a couple of weeks.

Price is a factor for PC's for me sure, but it more has to do with the fact that a PC won't just play a game like a console will. You might have to mess with settings or figure out why you are getting error screens etc. You also need to install new cards and be technical enough to be able to detach and reattach memory and graphics cards and whatever other new thing you want without breaking anything and then hoping that stuff you just installed is indeed compatible and doesn't screw up something else. Consoles are just so much easier and are a better bang for the buck.

 

[Kromis]

Someday I'd like to be a homeowner so I can enjoy my consoles on an Atmos setup without having to worry about noise complaints from neighbors or being evicted by a landlord~

 

[pjgamer007]

Forgive me if this info is outdated but to my knowledge, you can't build a PC that is also a 4K player that also comes with a controller as powerful as a PS5 or XSX for $500 or $350 the XSX was going for for a couple of weeks.

Price is a factor for PC's for me sure, but it more has to do with the fact that a PC won't just play a game like a console will. You might have to mess with settings or figure out why you are getting error screens etc. You also need to install new cards and be technical enough to be able to detach and reattach memory and graphics cards and whatever other new thing you want without breaking anything and then hoping that stuff you just installed is indeed compatible and doesn't screw up something else. Consoles are just so much easier and are a better bang for the buck.

Exactly this, the convenience factor of a console is huge for me. I don't want to have to deal with a game crashing on my computer, USUALLY you can just fire up a console game and play with no issues.

 

[supaet]

Forgive me if this info is outdated but to my knowledge, you can't build a PC that is also a 4K player that also comes with a controller as powerful as a PS5 or XSX for $500 or $350 the XSX was going for for a couple of weeks.

Price is a factor for PC's for me sure, but it more has to do with the fact that a PC won't just play a game like a console will. You might have to mess with settings or figure out why you are getting error screens etc. You also need to install new cards and be technical enough to be able to detach and reattach memory and graphics cards and whatever other new thing you want without breaking anything and then hoping that stuff you just installed is indeed compatible and doesn't screw up something else. Consoles are just so much easier and are a better bang for the buck.

I agree on the latter part. But just think about how much you have saved thanks to gamepass and try to put that $ towards a gaming PC to complement the Xbox.

You get ultrawide option, cheap storage (install gamepass games on PC with non nvme drive or even old hhd), not to mention all the performance benefits. Now a days GeForce and AMD has tools that automatically set the optimized settings for your PC if you don't want to mess with the settings. But to me that's half the fun.

the option to play every single game pass games on TV, ultrawide monitor and in various rt, HDR settings and mods is great. The only option you don't want is paying $70 for it

 

[Strider Turbulence EX]

I may have posted this before but I think I found a genuine scam game on the marketplace - Presidential Beatdown: Legends has no videos I can find anywhere online. The only info I can find online is from the reviews on the marketplace, which are all 1 star and say the game won't load. Except for 1 review that gives it 5 stars.

I can't track the studio and since I game share my xbox collection with several people, a bunch of them are downloading this game out of curiosity and keep complaining it won't work. I wasn't expecting much when I bought this and I won't contact Microsoft about it because it's cheap (under a $1) and I bought it out of region, but this further enforces my rule to not buy any game that can't be bothered to put achievements in it and be a 'real' xbox game.

Alot of these achievement less indie game steal assets from IP like Spider-man, hell I had a game that straight up took enemies and background from Metroid, but they get hard pulled alot.

 

[MykelxKnight]

I’ve never understood people who argue about gaming. Just enjoy whatever platform you decide to play on. If people prefer something else so be it. I imagine most people in here are adults by now, arguing over video games is for children thats my opinion on that.

 

[Deadpool]

Someday I'd like to be a homeowner so I can enjoy my consoles on an Atmos setup without having to worry about noise complaints from neighbors or being evicted by a landlord~

These days you're much better off spending the $2/300 for an awesome headset instead of the $2/3000 for a decent Atmos setup. I have both. The Home theatre is definitely better overall , but mainly just because you don't have to wear anything and the bass is much better. Directionality is pretty excellent on the headphones.

 

[soonerdoc]

There are some delusional peeps in this thread.

 

[Deadpool]

There are some delusional peeps in this thread.

You must be something of/or something because i have absolutely no idea, who you are, where you sit or what any of it is supposed to mean. Bravo for adding exactly nothing to the conversation. I hoped you've saved some $ on games.

 

[adonfraz]

I’ve never understood people who argue about gaming. Just enjoy whatever platform you decide to play on. If people prefer something else so be it. I imagine most people in here are adults by now, arguing over video games is for children thats my opinion on that.

I don't see how users respectfully discussing the pros and cons of PC gaming vs console gaming equates to "arguing over video games".

I have a couple users ignored so maybe I missed a post or two, but I haven't seen any recent posts here devolve into straight up console warring.

 

[starmartyr]

I've been on the internet a long time. I've been to some truly awful forums. (the SA forum back in the day) I regularly browse Reddit.
This place is one of the most civil sites that I've been to for open discussion.

 

[Legendbatista]

There are some delusional peeps in this thread.

Maturing is a realizing that everyone has their own preference. Lets all agree to disagree

 

[Donken]

I think most of us are pretty old these days, I know for me, I own a gaming PC, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One X, Xbox One w Kinect, Playstation 5, Switch, 3 Switch Lites, Wii, Gamecube, Xbox 360 w Kinect, SNES Mini, NES Mini, and a Meta Quest 2. So when I talk about being confused on the Xbox Strategy, its not really that I care about "console wars", its just that sometimes I don't understand the business decisions. I like a healthy gaming market for all the companies so that they keep releasing games that I want to play. I don't really want Microsoft to exit the console market ever because I think its good to have the competition between Xbox, Playstation and Switch.

 

[bhk]

I think most of us are pretty old these days, I know for me, I own a gaming PC, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One X, Xbox One w Kinect, Playstation 5, Switch, 3 Switch Lites, Wii, Gamecube, Xbox 360 w Kinect, SNES Mini, NES Mini, and a Meta Quest 2. So when I talk about being confused on the Xbox Strategy, its not really that I care about "console wars", its just that sometimes I don't understand the business decisions. I like a healthy gaming market for all the companies so that they keep releasing games that I want to play. I don't really want Microsoft to exit the console market ever because I think its good to have the competition between Xbox, Playstation and Switch.

What do you usually do with the other switch lites? Or are they special editions?

 

[MykelxKnight]

I think most of us are pretty old these days, I know for me, I own a gaming PC, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One X, Xbox One w Kinect, Playstation 5, Switch, 3 Switch Lites, Wii, Gamecube, Xbox 360 w Kinect, SNES Mini, NES Mini, and a Meta Quest 2. So when I talk about being confused on the Xbox Strategy, it’s not really that I care about "console wars", it’s just that sometimes I don't understand the business decisions. I like a healthy gaming market for all the companies so that they keep releasing games that I want to play. I don't really want Microsoft to exit the console market ever because I think it’s good to have the competition between Xbox, Playstation and Switch.

I own just about everything you listed as well. Heck I barely have anytime to game with a newborn anymore. I figure I’ll pass everything down to him eventually. I spend most my time collecting older generation stuff. Recently just got a Wii U and Atari 7800 with a huge lot of games. Thankfully where I live people often sell older gen stuff now knowing prices. If Microsoft exits the console scene it would be a bad thing for the console scene. Having less competition for Sony I feel like gaming development would get stale.

 

[awp]

Colecovision when I was growing up. A bit of PC gaming then I got an Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Switch and PlayStation 5.

I still play my Series X far more than the others with GamePass, backwards compatibility and just like the ecosystem as a whole. As long as I can get GamePass reasonably cheap (and already have it through July 2026) and get day one games, etc. I’ll still be sticking with Xbox.

 

[walletandgromice]

Colecovision was amazing. It was the best home version of Spy Hunter imaginable, plus lots of console exclusives like Ladybug and Carnival. Every game looked so much better than the 2600 (with good reason), but if you had asked little kid me would Atari and Coleco go extinct as video game mfgs in the future, I probably would have guessed that Magnavox must have really killed it with the Odyssey 50.

 

[SackAttack]

At one time I had damn near every mainstream console (and a couple that weren't) with sizable (though not necessarily rare) libraries for each.

I've pared back. Genesis, Dreamcast, PS4 PS5 and Switch are my main consoles for physical these days. I have a Series X with a modest library, current-gen and BC, but nothing like the libraries I have for the other systems listed. Most of what I had pre-PS4 got liquidated to help fund a down payment on a house.

 

[Jodou]

reason to have xbox when one already has a gaming pc at the moment:

1. sport games: mlb doesn't have pc port, pc ports of ea/nba either don't exist/last gen version or runs poorly

2. xbox/ms rewards, based on my own finding, having an xbox could get at least 2x points (easily 5k vs 10k points monthly on the lowest estimate)

3. some games like dead island 2 are only on console for game pass, playanywhere games, wanting to play fps/fighting vs console player only, etc.


basically, in order to make the most out of gamepass ultimate, an xbox and a gaming pc is needed. it's the only way to play every single game on gpu and take advantage of everything that are being offered.

It was rhetorical to make a point. For me it's 99% Xbox vs PC for GPU, but the option is nice when a game is PC only.

 

[Jodou]

Xbox in 2024 really is confusing the heck out of me. I know for me, my history with Xbox is like this... Maybe some of you can relate:

Xbox came out when I was in high school, at the time I was mostly a PC Gamer and had a GameCube too but I didn't own the original Xbox. I remember though going to Halo parties where people would setup 4 Xbox and 4 TV's and I was like, dang, this thing is awesome, Xbox is really cool.

Then fast forward to Xbox 360, I was in college and everyone I worked with or knew had an Xbox 360 so I got one and played Halo 3 and Halo Reach with them and the people with a PS3 felt like outsiders that didn't even play online games.

Then the disaster of Xbox One launched with the no sharing games thing and I remember about half my Halo group ended up preordering a PS4 instead of an Xbox One because of Don Mattrick. Which looking back, the Xbox One was pretty bad as far as exclusive games. The PS4 definitely ended up having the better catalog, but as an Xbox gamer it always felt like "Hey, we are working on getting more exclusives and games for you, just sit tight and they are coming next year... next year... next year..."

Now the Xbox Series X is out and it still kept feeling like "Hey, just wait a few more months and we've got those hit exclusives that you want coming" Then they start buying up Bethesda and other studios and it was finally like "Ohh shit, since the launch of the Xbox One we have been waiting for these big blockbuster system sellers to come and now its finally going to happen"

Now Xbox gets out there and is like "Yeah well... we spent all this money so were going to go ahead and charge more for online play but we will bundle it with gamepass to make it seem like its more value, and also, all the big blockbuster games we have, were going to go ahead and put those on every other system as well."

I dunno, I just don't get it, this is finally when they could gate keep those games onto Xbox Series X and sell a shit ton of consoles and probably move up the ranking but instead they decide to now throw in the console war towel. Just seems like a weird ending.

I dogged Xbox for years and never owned the OG box, only picking up 360 when Gears of War launched, plus wanting to play Fable. Never cared for Halo and still don't TBH, but it was wild to me how I had a 360 die on my with a library of less than 5 games total at the time and rarely played. I thought that would be the end of my relationship with Xbox but did eventually get an XB1 for a few games, which I'm actually failing to recall. . .

It wasn't until GPU that the tables turned hard in favor of Xbox and XSX was the first time I bought their console at launch. So I'd say my experience was wildly different and it has only been the last few years that they became my primary console choice. The PS5 is still in storage and I think it's finally time to let it go next time GS is offering a good rate.

 

[Donken]

What do you usually do with the other switch lites? Or are they special editions?

Bought them for my kids, they play Rocket League, Minecraft and Fortnite on the Switch together in the same room and take them when we go on planes or car drives.

 

[awp]

Colecovision was amazing. It was the best home version of Spy Hunter imaginable, plus lots of console exclusives like Ladybug and Carnival. Every game looked so much better than the 2600 (with good reason), but if you had asked little kid me would Atari and Coleco go extinct as video game mfgs in the future, I probably would have guessed that Magnavox must have really killed it with the Odyssey 50.

Yeah, I loved my Colecovision. It didn’t get as much notoriety as the Atari 2600 but it definitely had better versions of all those arcade ports. I actually still have mine in the attic. Bring it out every once in a while for some memories.

With emulators now on iOS, I keep hoping for a Colecovision app.

 

[adam31]

My 1st console was Atari 2600, but really wanted a Colecovision. Even telling mom it had an adapter to play the 2600 games didn't help me get one though lol. I moved on to NES, Genesis. PS1, PS2, Dreamcast, Xbox 360, Xbox One and now Series S. The backward compatibility solidified my choice to stay with Xbox. I faced a tough choice to go with 360 or PS3 at the time. My favorite genre was sports and many games looked better on 360 at that time.

Since I discovered dev mode and emulation, I sold all my old consoles snd only now need a 360 and Series S.

 

[Bowie88]

My first was an NES. The funny thing is I remember always having it, since I can remember. But I never actually remember getting it. We just....had it. Hell, I don't even remember buying games for it (besides the janky Bible games that were exclusively sold at the Christian store)

 

[p0rn0saur]

Literally have owned everything at one point or another including PCs since I started with a combo of an Atari 2600 and Tandy Color Computer. Well I didn't own a Neo-Geo, only drug dealers did. I'm talking like a TI, Atari ST/7800/5200 hahaha a 32x. The Xbox 360 has to be my favorite console of all time. I'm sure it's a lot due to time and place of being mid 20's with a lot of disposable income, advent of a "real" online console along with cable internet coming along. First time I saw Fight Night in HD and held the greatest form factor controller, that's still the base today, I was all the way in. These little pop ups telling me I got achievement points, and I started doing dumb fun stuff in games in a whole different way. Xbox Live arcade was the greatest thing and when they finally started to do digital full games I was so lazy and in (yes that goes against the basis of this stie). I got a launch Xbox One, got a One S, got a Minecraft One S, got a Xbox One X (Scorpio Edition), got a Xbox Series X and a Series S.... and I think I might be done with them.

I don't care about Indy, it belongs in a muse... I mean multi platform with that IP. I'm getting tired of sitting on the side while other games release all over but Xbox. Last year dealing with the FOMO with Baldur's Gate 3 now I want to check out Black Myth Wukong and yeah I'm not playing games that I want to because of my chosen console. Marvel vs Capcom was an eye opener to me. It never was about that Xbox has these great exclusive games, but it had everything I wanted to play and the best way to do it. It's becoming clear 3rd parties don't really care about the platform due to the low install base and making all your games multi-platform isn't going to grow that install base

I remember the death spiral of a brand like this. It was called the Sega Dreamcast, kind of ironic that the OG Xbox was basically the Dreamcast 2

 

[awp]

Honestly think it may be good that Xbox is getting Black Myth Wukong later. It has some big performance issues on PS5. Quality and balanced modes stutter like crazy and IMO are unplayable (yes, I got it).

Performance mode is actually running at 30 FPS but they’re using some kind of technical trick to display at 60 FPS. And that’s causing the game to sometimes miss your inputs. I’ve had plenty of times where I hit the heal button and it doesn’t register. Sometimes I hit it again and end up using it twice by accident because of lag from the first input.

It’s certainly playable but should be running a lot better and can be frustrating at times on performance mode with inputs.

Hopefully the Xbox version will have less issues. They’ve said the PS5 fix may take a while and they’re blaming some sort of bottleneck causing problem.

Clearly the dev put PC over console in development. Heck, part of the delay may have been because they were already having enough trouble with PS5.

 

[Strider Turbulence EX]

Well I didn't own a Neo-Geo, only drug dealers did.

LMAO

 

[p0rn0saur]

I mean I bought or played almost everything that they did with ACA Neo-Geo. League Bowling is a GOAT. Which points exactly back to the big problem, there are literally hundreds of A(rcade) C(lassic) A(rchives) titles not Neo-Geo that only the Switch and Playstation get. I'm not going to be that person and say they are easy to port as "Right Click Save as Xbox" but.... they kind of are

 

[p0rn0saur]

Xbox in 2024 really is confusing the heck out of me. I know for me, my history with Xbox is like this... Maybe some of you can relate:

Xbox came out when I was in high school, at the time I was mostly a PC Gamer and had a GameCube too but I didn't own the original Xbox. I remember though going to Halo parties where people would setup 4 Xbox and 4 TV's and I was like, dang, this thing is awesome, Xbox is really cool.

Then fast forward to Xbox 360, I was in college and everyone I worked with or knew had an Xbox 360 so I got one and played Halo 3 and Halo Reach with them and the people with a PS3 felt like outsiders that didn't even play online games.

Then the disaster of Xbox One launched with the no sharing games thing and I remember about half my Halo group ended up preordering a PS4 instead of an Xbox One because of Don Mattrick. Which looking back, the Xbox One was pretty bad as far as exclusive games. The PS4 definitely ended up having the better catalog, but as an Xbox gamer it always felt like "Hey, we are working on getting more exclusives and games for you, just sit tight and they are coming next year... next year... next year..."

Now the Xbox Series X is out and it still kept feeling like "Hey, just wait a few more months and we've got those hit exclusives that you want coming" Then they start buying up Bethesda and other studios and it was finally like "Ohh shit, since the launch of the Xbox One we have been waiting for these big blockbuster system sellers to come and now its finally going to happen"

Now Xbox gets out there and is like "Yeah well... we spent all this money so were going to go ahead and charge more for online play but we will bundle it with gamepass to make it seem like its more value, and also, all the big blockbuster games we have, were going to go ahead and put those on every other system as well."

I dunno, I just don't get it, this is finally when they could gate keep those games onto Xbox Series X and sell a shit ton of consoles and probably move up the ranking but instead they decide to now throw in the console war towel. Just seems like a weird ending.

I wish I knew how to do this better with quoting, but I don't so whatever. Here is the thing. I have nothing against Phil, he seems like a nice guy, I'm not a Phil is always lying guy. 5 years or more ago I was like so when is Phil going to start to get the games out? and they had some come out and they were more or less Meh except maybe the Forza Horizon series. The reality under Phil Spencer is now Avowed is going to be a 5 year game since trailer and release, and now after the "purchase" he's got a lot more people looking for his head. I mean how long was it between the PS5 could be outselling the xbox 5 to 1 in Europe report and they closed Tango and Arkane Austin, then sold Tango for peanuts. I just don't think he can get it done eve, he's had a lot of time.


oh yeah he wore that t-shirt one time and they made another horrible Battle Toads game, all of the B-toads games are horrible, don't lie

 

[jsivley]

The first 2 1/2 levels in Battletoads were great. Can’t comment on the rest of the game since I never made it past the speeder bike level.