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Who here still owns an Xbox in 2025? How often do you play it? Do you think Microsoft can still redeem themselves or is it over for them?

Funny enough, I sorta wanted one for Lost Odyssey and Panzer Dragoon. Probably won't go through with it, but I miss those games.

I use it to watch twitch

Ive hear rumors of xbox dying every few months.

Xboxs being removed from retailers. Okay hold the phone. Does this actually matter? Whens the last time you bought a console or game at these places? This is a nothing burger.

New console wouldnt be on the horizon if they were packing up

I turned my Series S into an emulation console. So I use it to play gamecube and ps2

>>723209923 (OP)
I exclusively use one for backwards compatibility. It's the best way to play Deadly Premonition or The Darkness.

>>723210026
Can someone give me run down on Lost Odyssey? Im just passed the first disc and ive still yet to see the draw of this game. 90% of characters are ugly, world is brown and bloom. Story frequently goes from serious tone to saturday morning cartoon with bumbling henchmen.Im just not seeing it yet

I don't follow gaming so much nowadays but lurk on some forums occasionally. I don't know what their plans are but I'm interested to know what their strategy is because next gen xbox is obviously going to be completely different to what we're used to and they better release that ASAP for GTA 6 or else what is the point of removing xbox from shelves if not for clearing space for a new upcoming product. Or it might just be a refresh in a smaller shell or something, along with that controller which leaked a while back. I'm guessing a TGAs announcement for whatever it is. The series x was announced there I'm pretty sure.

>>723209923 (OP)
I still have my OG Xbox One. It was the one that came bundled with Rise of the Tomb Raider, when that was an Xbox exclusive.

I still have it hooked up for no reason really, since I haven't turned it on in like two or three years. It is nice to play Lost Odyssey on though, since they're apparently never ever going to port that to anything else, and it actually looks and runs substantially better on XB1 than it did on the 360 even though it's not a port or remaster.

I have one and I went from loving it to getting sick at the sight of it. I hate Microsoft.

>>723210673
If you don't like pre-2010 JRPGs then you don't like Lost Odyssey, simple as.

>>723209923 (OP)
i mostly use mine as a mini space heater at my desk now. just boot up flight sim or forza and point the top towards me

>>723211058
Its more of the fact that everyone and thier dog has hyped the game up to 15 outta 10 levels and while a competent game, its no masterpiece or worth buying a console to experience. I had mre fun with Shadow Hearts 2 so far. Im willing to keep playing t hoping the game can redeem itself

>>723210990
Microsoft actually put a shocking amount of effort into XB1 backwards compatibility for awhile. A lot of 360 games look and run like a dream on it compared to on 360. It was the best way to play the original RDR for years.

>>723209923 (OP)
I’ve used it a lot this year for gamepass and the occasional digital purchase, but I get a physical ps5 copy for all new releases. I cancelled gamepass recently, but I guess I’d resubscribe if they had another killer run of releases like late last year, early this year. At $30, you’re essentially buying a game every 2 months, so I expect 2-4 solid games every 2 months. It’s pretty much over though. If I get battlefield I plan on subbing to PSN for the first time ever

>>723209923 (OP)
Got a PS4pro and PS5pro. Both a mistake. Xb1 is better. 12 bit colour makes all the difference between impressive and deficient.

They collect dust. At least I found Sunless Sea on it, in the store, on sale. Great find I try to spread. Got best in the world in the dark zone of The Division too, for a week, on a treadmill. Said that story 3 times. 4 counting out loud. A guy on Xbox showed me how.
Solo usually. Happy to play support. In charge it's into what can't be handled, fight your/my way out. Hard. Impossible. Done.

Back compat is a good way to stop the best from being erased and replaced with whatever has been force memed, aquired taste for shit, avoided via better examples having the bad bounce off, not preferred, a competitor to quality and progress taken as enemy instead of aid.

>>723209923 (OP)
I have Xbox One and Series S. I have not used mine in a while (the most recent usage was using the blu ray drive in the Xbox One) but if there is a major sale like winter or something I might get something. There are still some good titles for older games that run well

I mostly use my xbox for youtube and Netflix. Sometimes when i'm in the mood I play my skyrim that has a bunch of nsfw lewd mods

>>723209923 (OP)
Play it every weekend. Microsoft isn't going anywhere. I doubt Xbox is either.

>>723211551
Just buy any modern Roku TV and call it a day!

Series X, use it to watch movies and shows. Still play Isaac on it and occasionally bf1 nowadays

>>723211551
How do you get nsfw mods on console?

>>723210432
Yes, it’s a fairly big deal if Walmart won’t carry the thing anymore. Their presence has been dwindling steadily for years, and they just jacked up console and subscription prices at their weakest point. Microsoft gaming isn’t going anywhere, and it doesn’t really hurt them to make a console, so I’m not surprised if they keep it on life support for another gen

>>723211970
Microsoft pulled the consoles themselves. Not the retailer pulling it. It suggests there's a replacement around the corner.

>>723209923 (OP)
360 was the first and only Xbox I ever owned, glad this piece of shit is dying. Microsoft should have never left PC.

>>723212052
Yeah, either OEMs or they're fully pulling out and pushing that shit to cloud while releasing their games everywhere. I'm hearing they may drop the Xbox name entirely and just return to its original name, Microsoft Gaming. This is just the start of gaming healing.

>>723212204
Or simply a refresh at a cheaper price which is what it desperately needed. Sony had to nerf the specs to keep prices down. Microsoft will likely do something similar. Nobody is doing anything rash before GTA 6 comes out especially when it will move xbox consoles more than at any other point in this gen since its console only.

>>723212204
Games for Windows bad, mricrosoft gaming good!

>>723212407
>Or simply a refresh at a cheaper price
You poor sweet summer child.

>>723212204
AMD leakers have already leaked the next gen chip. If it is a cloud gaming chip it is overkill.

>>723212560
Xbox hasn't had a refresh slim model yet. It's been due one for a while. Nothing surprising if they do that and use cheaper cooling or remove a USB port or two to name it cheaper. A refresh with a new controller was literally leaked in court a few years ago.

>>723212734
Doesn't matter, it can be repurposed for cloud. Going to tell you a little secret, the OEM versions of those chips don't even exist yet, lol.

>>723212813
>Xbox hasn't had a refresh slim model yet
The Series S is your slim model, lol
>A refresh with a new controller was literally leaked in court a few years ago
That's been canned. Next gen controller will take elements from it, whatever that means.

>>723213178
Series S isn't a completely different spec. Slim = smaller process. I think the PS5 slim and then the pro only came out after Sony moved to 5nm. Not sure if xbox has done the same yet but generally speaking smaller process nodes mean new refresh consoles as they use less power and need less heat hence why they're typically aligned with a refresh console. Series s can have a refresh of its own from 7nm to 5nm which will make it even more cool and efficient than it is now.

>>723213493
And need less cooling*

>>723213493
Xbox is dead, Microsoft doesn't give a shit, they care more about AI, they want to go third party. Anything gaming related is on the chopping block.

>>723213493

>xbox
Not in a box shape

>>723213549
Ah so you're a console warrior who doesn't even want to acknowledge the facts and just want to shit post for the sake of it.

I have one. I haven't played it lately but i probably will now since i got Battlefield 6. There's a lot of games i still need to go through but i have been playing my DS/Vita more than anything.

>>723213585
I doubt thats the final production render because it has no ability to be laid flat on its side

>>723210502
This is the way, I’m replaying Ninja Gaiden Black on Series X

>>723209923 (OP)
I play on my xbox every day.
Just finished F.E.A.R. and Extraction Point since it's Shocktober.
Going through RE4 right now, gonna play RE7 and Village after. Darkwood and REmake after.
Don't think Silent Hill 2 is gonna be announced for Xbox this month so just gonna buy it on ps5 next week. Gonna play Silent Hill 4 on og xbox after that.
Thinking of doing the new game plus for Alan Wake 2, beat it and the dlc early this year.
>>723210446
I bought one to do this, I'm too lazy to actually do it.

>>723213667
I'm not a Snoy, Microsoft were retarded to make a home console when they were known for PC gaming, Sony was retarded for becoming Sega 2.0 and thinking they need to compete with everyone that scares the shit out of them. This is how even PlayStation became a PC over a console. Both will die as just another shitty competitor in the grave for companies dumb enough to challenge Nintendo and Valve instead of just seeing their ideas and then using it as a foundation to make something else.

>>723213860
I should also state that I haven't used the series s at all. I have the instruction video to follow, I just don't want to use my laptop to do the other part .-.
Can you emulate Eacape from Butcher Bay? Besides that I mostly just want to play gran turismo again. The laser on my ps2 died 10 years ago.

I was playing my Series S a lot, then I bought a Series X and played it like once or twice and haven't in like over a year. Basically I had to build my PC very powerful to play PCVR on the Quest 3, making the Xbox redundant. I used to like to play Halo multiplayer, but ever since the Xim and people killing controller players with keyboard and mouse I felt it has been a waste.

>>723214000
It took me maybe 2 hours to get it all working, then I spent the next week tweaking every setting and interface option to perfection. As of now its not possible to emulate original Xbox on Dev Mode, so no Butcher Bay. Right now we can go up to PS2, PSP, Nintendo 3DS, and Wii. Apparently it's also possible to get Xbox 360 and PS3 working but takes way more effort and haven't looked into it yet.

>Who here still owns an Xbox in 2025?
Me. It is my main system of choice
>How often do you play it?
Every day. Today I played Tekken 8 and Gunbird
>Do you think Microsoft can still redeem themselves or is it over for them?
Yes they can

>>723209923 (OP)
I bought a series X two years ago for $350 during black friday. I play it all the time. I use eneba.com to buy 1 month gamepass trials for $5. I make a new 2nd account on my xbox and activate that 1 month trial with a Virtual credit card that auto locks after 4 days. Most retards don't know that if you have an account with gamepass on it, that's active, you can use gamepass on the other accounts on the series X.

after a month, the gamepass trial expires, I delete the 2nd account and i have to rinse and repeat. so far in 2 years i've spent about $120 on gamepass. Thanks to those price hikes, gamepass trials cost $10 to $15 now. I might just sell my xbox now since Gamepass isn't worth more than $10 a month to me.

If you think anyone here gives a fuck about xbox failing, we don't. We all know how to get gamepass cheap and Most of us already own another console and pc.

We have an xbone in the house, got it second hand with the kinect for $100 sadly the controller is suffering stick drift.
Was pleasantly surprised that all the multimedia functions are actually pretty good so its no wonder they focused so much on it, kinect is also pretty damn good and works how I hoped the original would have plus the games are dirt fucking cheap.
Honestly its the perfect poorfag console right now since PS3 games are getting harder to find and more expensive

>>723210673
READ. The novels are the main reason to play lost odyssey

>>723209923 (OP)
Same thing I've always used it Xbox for, movies, TV, and games. I watched uncle buck last night.

>>723215708
I don't know what the fuck it is with 8th generation controllers and all of them developing stick drift overtime. It's that way with all of my Xbone and PS4 controllers. Meanwhile, my Gamecube controllers are over 20 years and still work perfectly.

>>723215746
I am reading. They remind me of the text story portions of Nier Gestalt. Nier had like 3 of these throughout the game. In Lost Odyssey they can happen 5mins apart. Really takes you out of the game. Some are good but theyre not THAT good.

If i can be honest when people would mention Lost Odyssey, they would mention sad stories. I imagined them happening in game in a flashback, not a text dump. Was disappointing initially

>Who here still owns an Xbox in 2025?

Me, I have like 160+ games on it, have been playing Another's Crab Treasure and waiting for Kamikaze Lassplanes which apparently is uncensored

I bought it mainly for Backwards compatibility, can play Dead or Alive games, Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Halo 5, Sonic Adventure games, all Tom Clancy games, Max Payne games, Just Cause games, Panzer Dragoon 4, Timesplitters etc

>How often do you play it?

Everyday at nights, usually 1 or 2 hours

>Do you think Microsoft can still redeem themselves or is it over for them?

Obviously not, it's pretty much over

>>723210026
Same

>>723213860
Based, I have F.E.A.R on my backlog, a shame you can't buy the DLC

>>723215307

As long they make games like Starfield, Halo Infinite, South of Midnight, Avowed, Fable, The Outer Worlds 2, there's no hope for Xbox. A game like Ninja Gaiden 4 is too little too late, not even exclusive. Honestly, it feels like they have no idea to make games anymore that gamers want. Only the Oblivion remake/remaster did well. Retards wasted an entire generation not releasing a new Fallout and Elder Scrolls game. No shit their game system is failing. Even owning the OG Xbox console felt worth it for the cool games that weren't on other consoles. Current Xbox gives you no real reason to own one especially now that Gamepass isn't as affordable.

I really like my series X, but I don't want to invest more in a digital library for a dying console branch, and gamepass isn't worth the money to me anymore. I'm planning on selling it in a month or two.

>/xboxgeneral/
lol
lmao even
dare i say lmfao

>>723209923 (OP)
I have a SeX and a 360 for all the things the SeX wont play, both of which i use regularly. Its very surreal being an xbox owner rn because i switched to xbox after sega killed support for the dreamcast and now the same thing appears to be happening again.

>>723209923 (OP)
I own an Xbox, but it's the original Xbox with two big DOOK controllers. I never play it but sometimes the controllers fall off a shelf in my closet and scare the neighbors.

>>723211770
Modders sneak them in by putting them in the wip mod section and giving them a fake mod name and description. Obviously u gotta know the mod porter to know what the mod is and what it does. Got a lite version of sexlabs and flower girls on my xbox lol

>>723210673
its been years since i played it but you play as immortal beings that seems to have lived a long time and lost their memories. slowly regaining your memory and rejoining other immortals that came to this dimension to chase down a villain from their world. people from the main character's dimension happen to be immortal in this new world. the villian wants to stay in the new world with the magical power of the old one and builds a giant device to steal power from his world to rule with absolute power. at the end you fight him until he is weak enough for one of your crew to pull him through a portal back to their original world where they will both be mortal again. the magic stealing device is destroyed and 1 or 2 of the main characters remain immortals in the new world.

>>723217002
one my my biggest disappointments with the series x was how all the good games from the xboxhuge/360 era never got backwards compatibility. my 360 is long gone too

>>723216698
There's massive coping going on in this thread lul.

>>723209923 (OP)
Backwards comp ftw. Love my xbox

>>723209923 (OP)
Got an XSX and use it for my main vidya device. E33, Saarfield (got it for cheap), Metaphor ReTranstazio are the games I'm playing now. Got quite many physical games for XB1 so going to stay in the Xbox ecosystem till the machines die.

Zero interest to buy the Snoystation 5.

>>723210446
I've been playing on my Xbone a lot, but since I plan on upgrading my PC in the future, I may just use it to play games I've already bought and some 360 games
I also got a hacked Xbox 360 that lets me play delisted games and OG Xbox games

>>723210446
>found out they made dev mode free
>to make a dev account and emulate on Xbox, you need to submit identification documents, like a passport and state ID
Oh well, dev mode can't beat PC emulation anyway

>>723218302
Whoops, first post meant for OP

>>723209923 (OP)
I bought mine on July 2023, because there was no chance in hell.u was going to skip Starfield...
I deserve everything bad that happens to me.

>>723209923 (OP)
bro, they're pretty much gone from the store shelves in the MENA and EU regions.

They've sold a shit load of xboxen. I think they could absolutely just keep making new consoles and selling game passes with those numbers.

>>723218486

Starfield 2
Forgetting whater 1 was, like Final Fantasy, different this time. Actually NASAish.

Real physics in space that make you appreciate land, like the ocean.

Backup colony in case of nuclear warfare. Up an elevator to. Homely via PCs. VR. Actual station only lit in emergencies. Everyone wears NVGS.
Part of a minimally impairing system. Could go out into space at any second. Ready if it comes in.

Expedition will be accelerated out. Unchanging. Come back from there. Turning around possible, but a fuckup that will get them demoted to excluded to keep bad luck out of the operation. Not thought of. Not tolerated.

You're informed out is the destination. As far as you can get. Long come back from the ship that wont.
"No."
Before they go to select another you stop them.
No sacrifices.

>>723217002
wait for it...

all you had to do was make good games

>>723209923 (OP)
I have a Series S and Series X. I use it for games that work best with a controller, like Yakuza and Persona and such. Everything else I do on the PC. I actually really like my Xboxes. They're sleek and good-looking under the TV. They don't look like toys. The menus are zippy and intuitive. GamePass is a really good deal. I buy my games, but GamePass offers bundled discounts when you buy a game so it offsets the cost of GamePass itself. Most importantly, crossplay and cloudsaves.

I chose Xbox since I game on PC mainly. Xbox is nice because I can transfers saves between the PC and Xbox. I can play Yakuza on my PC, save the game, then move to the living room and pick up where I left off. Plus GamePass works on PC, too, so .. all in all, Xbox is just a really good companion for PC gaming.

I also fucking hate the PS5 design. God damn fisher-price looking pussy repellant clearly designed for children and not adults.

>>723217438
While i appreciate your effort i was looking for quick bullet points on why this game is a must play according to some. Didnt really need a plot summary with spoilers