Video Games

Would anyone have any use for an Xbox 360 with a bunch of games?

It's a difficult one though isn't it; CEO's are not "bosses" in the typical sense, they work for the shareholders and their job is to protect & increase shareholder wealth. And given his payout will be based on shares, it could be argued he's done his job very well.

The culture there sounds horrendous & is completely inappropriate; better human beings would not foster that kind of behavior & many would argue that having healthier business culture can bring better returns on investments but that's not going to stop all the people that are about to get their pockets lined from rubbing their hands together in glee.

The note from Phil Spencer on the acquisition contained a lot on culture / inclusion etc. Can't imagine they haven't thought long and hard about turning that part of AB around.

MS is all talk no action. Phil himself has a history of following and promoting toxic communities. There was a whole bunch of surrounding story for this but essentially MS did nothing while still promoting a very abusive "content creator" who ran a community https://www.fanbyte.com/news/xbox-brazil-fires-host-because-she-received-too-much-harassment/

Bonkers, if those games hit game pass it really could be a sign of the end for PlayStation.

https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1483561871366148102?s=21

I don't think he'll survive it, but yeah will get paid out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sel3fjl6uyo

I wonder if it's a sign Microsoft are looking to move away from providing the physical devices? I'm sure I've already seen interviews where MS execs are hinting at this.
If the money being made is really in the distribution of games, skimming the micro-transactions & taking subscription cash, maybe they don't need the faff of manufacturing consoles & they'll just leave that to Sony (MS are already making money off all the PC gamers)?

I think MS has just fallen behind in the exclusives stakes in the last 10 years. They always had Halo, Forza etc to launch with and even those weren't ready in time for this generation. Also with the blurring of generation lines it also blurs the exclusives line, the brand new Forza 5 doesn't feel as special when it's also available on a 10 year old console. So in my opinion they've gone heavy on purchasing developers because they can and because they need something to differentiate themselves from Playstation. PS has always sold more and seems to be the default choice in every country apart from the US.
There's always the talk of them focusing more on game streaming but it's not a viable option around the world yet.

Sim rig will get its first upgrade this weekend…

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I have one of those, ive been very pleased with it.

Nice. Seemed to be the best bang for buck at that range.

Hoping to run them at at least 120fps on iRacing. Will find out Sunday.

Why am I getting crap frames with my 3090 lately? Updated drivers etc.

I used to get 300 frames on PUBG on ultra all the things. I did some monitor fiddling and somehow locked it at 60 frames, then untinkered and now I'm getting between 70 and 140 (average around 80-90). In the words of Fred Willard, wha' happen?

That game has good review! Did you play it?

stoked to finally try the hitman trilogy when it hits GP tonight

60 is good though, no? You can't detect any faster with your eyeballs really, right?

It's functional but for competitive play it definitely feels lacking and for a £2000 graphics card and comparably decent CPU/ram etc it feels lacking.

No ,Not played it I'm afraid.

2k? Yikes

Maybe you got some dust on it?

I used to blow into my Super Nintendo cartridges sometimes when they weren't playing right.

I think you can already play

Gonna try it later. It has touch support, so I can play on the phone

Lol

This looks like a fun one

https://youtu.be/hrdf44z4VWo

Indeed. I saw it earlier and already planning to buy as I love cats.

Didn’t know this was coming to gamepass. It’s on my list of stuff to pick up cheap second hand some time so will definitely install it soon instead.

I think you're also forgetting about the convinence factor of gamepass.

Sony simply can't compete with that.