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Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley)
"Halo is on PlayStation going forward," according to Halo community director Brian Jarrard.
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Tasty The Treat
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Same here. Probably won't even bother renewing Core at this rate. Put a fork in it, the brand is done.
Hope they make Halo remake PS5 Pro enhanced, the best way to play the game lol.
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Tasty The Treat
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Sinistkir13
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"Modern features."
Concept art:
Hold up.
Something ain't right.
Campaign Evolved?
Yeah, it's definitely Halo, although they fucked up the Assault Rifle right out the gate making it 32 rounds instead of 60.
And it's definitely Unreal 5 because everything looks like a plastic toy. The covenant are so shiny that I can hardly see them with all of the lights bouncing off of them.
At least the last mission warthog run stutter fest bringing the Xbox to its knees might be authentic with UE5.
Obligatory:
Concept art:
Wait a minute.
Hold up.
Something ain't right.
Campaign Evolved?
Why Halo 1 Remake Has No Multiplayer
Yeah, it's definitely Halo, although they fucked up the Assault Rifle right out the gate making it 32 rounds instead of 60.
And it's definitely Unreal 5 because everything looks like a plastic toy. The covenant are so shiny that I can hardly see them with all of the lights bouncing off of them.
At least the last mission warthog run stutter fest bringing the Xbox to its knees might be authentic with UE5.
Obligatory:
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"Modern features."
Concept art:
Wait a minute.
Hold up.
Something ain't right.
Campaign Evolved?
Why Halo 1 Remake Has No Multiplayer
Yeah, it's definitely Halo, although they fucked up the Assault Rifle right out the gate making it 32 rounds instead of 60.
And it's definitely Unreal 5 because everything looks like a plastic toy. The covenant are so shiny that I can hardly see them with all of the lights bouncing off of them.
At least the last mission warthog run stutter fest bringing the Xbox to its knees might be authentic with UE5.
Obligatory:
At least they werent dumb enough to announce the eventual multiplayer addon* with season 1 pass yet.
*XBox Gamepass subscription required
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Tasty The Treat
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"Modern features."
Concept art:
Wait a minute.
Hold up.
Something ain't right.
Campaign Evolved?
Why Halo 1 Remake Has No Multiplayer
Yeah, it's definitely Halo, although they fucked up the Assault Rifle right out the gate making it 32 rounds instead of 60.
And it's definitely Unreal 5 because everything looks like a plastic toy. The covenant are so shiny that I can hardly see them with all of the lights bouncing off of them.
At least the last mission warthog run stutter fest bringing the Xbox to its knees might be authentic with UE5.
Obligatory:
I really don't think this game needed a remake. It still looks great in the MCC and I think there's a charm and quality to the work that Bungie did back then that simply can't be replicated today, especially considering what most dev teams are like these days.
It reminds me of trying to remake classic movies from the 70's and 80's, the originals still hold up well today and the attempts at remaking them simply suck. Today's Hollywood just can't capture the quality from that era, much like today's gaming industry can't capture the quality from the 90's and 00's.
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Tasty The Treat
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Xbox executives are now saying they see TikTok is their main competition.
www.purexbox.com
It's incredible how bad Xbox leadership has become. These people have no business being where they are. Absolutely clueless.
Xbox Has More Competition From TikTok Than PlayStation, Claims Microsoft Exec
"Our biggest competition isn’t another console"
www.purexbox.com
It's incredible how bad Xbox leadership has become. These people have no business being where they are. Absolutely clueless.
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spronk
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on paper it sounds ok, basically microsoft sells a new hybrid PC that runs all older xbox games and you can run any windows game on the system.
but after 2-3 years it likely will look very dated compared to other PCs so why would you stick with it.
its basically the steam PC all over again, that died fast and valve never tried again. they pivoted to steam deck with massive success, microsoft didn't seem to learn anything from that
if they subsidize some costs i could see it as a cheap way to upgrade your PC and then you hand it down to a kid when you upgrade next cycle to a real PC, just wonder what exactly happens with gamepass
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If I don't have to compile vulkan shaders for 3 years I see that as a win.
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Vorph
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I don't see the issue. Most people don't upgrade their PCs more than every few years (if that). More importantly, it all comes down to how they price the thing. If it uses the console model and they sell the thing at break-even or a loss, it will do great. If they price it like a fucking Alienware POS, then forget it.
Also curious if that "full-bore Windows, with a TV-optimized, console-style experience layered on top" OS will be available for normal PCs too once it launches. I still play the vast majority of games on Series X because an OLED TV and proper surround system is far superior to any PC monitor sitting on a desk (barring the handful of games I consider unplayable without ultrawide and/or full mouse/keyboard support) and Windows 11 is absolute dogshit at connecting to a TV properly.
rhinohelix
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That's because you aren't using an OLED TV as a PC monitor. Can't argue about the sound but I haven't tried/cared in 15 years for a surround sound at my desk. I just don't care enough about the sound above a certain level. I had Altec Lansing 5.1 systems for years and just quit after the floods and never really noticed a big difference. Consoles as PC Lite don't bring enough to the table; just give me a PC.
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Vorph
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Not as my only monitor, no. I have tried connecting my TV as a secondary display many times and it's still so bad that I disconnected that cable entirely and just gave up. There's all sorts of problems when you have multiple displays and don't leave them both on all the time, Windows HDR is garbage at the best of times but even worse when you want to use it on the TV but never on the desktop monitor (and that's just plain HDR10, Dolby Vision is a whole 'nother can of worms), and it's more of a pain to get PC games to work properly with DTS:X on my sound system compared to Series X which "just works" 100% of the time.
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rhinohelix
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My 42" LG C4 is the best monitor I have ever had. I can imagine that its easier on the Xbox, though. My solution for that was I also had an Xbox Series X and a PS5 on my desk. Now I have a giant L, with my main PC/Work laptop and XSX with the 42 C4 on one side, and my Mac mini/PS5/Switch 2 on the other with my 2017 43 Sony LCD.
Appreciate that my taste may just be too pedestrian to notice the shortcomings in the sound, and I gamed on 60Hz monitors forever until my other Sony monitor died earlier this year and I was forced to upgrade to this LG C4 I had sitting in a box for a while. I would never go back now, though.
Sinistkir13
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At first when I read this, it didn't sound too bad... until I remembered how abysmal Windows 11 is even with an unfettered Pro version, so I can't imagine the uselessness of an Xbox-lobotomized version.
After how many times MS has burned their dwindling fan base, this is probably their last ditch attempt at getting them to still buy an Xbox over to just buying a PC, but without having the self-awareness of why people have been jumping ship.
It's not the hardware - so much that launching with the "most powerful console" did for them when games have been horribly unopitimzed regardless of platform. In fact, developers have eschewed the Xbox for PS5+PC for a variety of reasons, including Microsoft's obstinance to mandate parity with their Great Value model.
Sony might take the spotlight for DEI infused games because they're the market leader by a vast enough margin, but Microsoft has been doing the same thing and just selling a hell of a lot worse.
When you look at the major projects MS has cancelled, it's not because they were more generic DEI slop for the trough, it was because they were mismanaged to hell as though everyone at Microsoft on every conceivable level is nothing more than a serial grifter or corporate NPC shoveling along the next mandate (e.g. AI because Microsoft).
They need a major purge just as much as everyone else in the industry, and specifically they need to start treating their franchises with some semblance of respect.
Just an example that I saw the other night:
How does a nearly 20 year old game look better than the re-remake? Don't even get me started on the Gears 4/5 tourists they forced as protagonists when the original, beloved cast was right in there like amusement park sights.
Just a tip for your or anyone else, but if you already have the setup for surround sound (i.e. a receiver + speakers), then it's pretty much just a matter of connecting an HDMI from your GPU to the receiver.
As for Windows 11 playing nice with connecting outside the PC itself, I can only imagine that it's a mess like everything else in the OS.
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You guys have to think that some people dont buy consoles for exclusives but its where all their friends lists are. Like my one kid for example. Hes all in on xbox because thats where all his buddies are, some dating back to the xbox 360 days. He could give 2 shits about what exclusives are there or what OS its using or whether the PS is a better console with more exclusives. And there is a lot of people like him out there. They dont buy consoles because of OS or exclusives but for their friends lists.
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Djay
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I haven't been keeping up with the details of all the console stuff, but I started playing NBA 2k26 and need Game Pass...is it still best to redeem a game pass card from one of those overseas websites? I think I also have points I can redeem for an Xbox game card that I'm not sure what else I'd ever use them on.
