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This YouTube user claims he already has retail Xbox One; shows unboxing video

Apparently a wild YouTube user has appeared. Not only he has managed to find himself with Xbox One, a retail version to be exact; he also claims to own some of the games and says that he will upload the videos soon. The video does seem legit for sure.

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s8anicslayer3854d ago

Looks like a promo x1, but it seems legit.

thekhurg3854d ago (Edited 3854d ago )

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh it's legit ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yeah.

Muted, but cool video to see stuff happening.

Oh yeah ... uhhhhhhhhhhhhh, ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, yeah. O_o

Sirlancealot3854d ago

LMAO I was just about to comment on that, little kid feels like he has to say uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh uuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhh because he hears that in every unboxing video.

minimur123854d ago

I swear he knows nothing about the Xbox One xD

This is the......... uhhhhhhhh.............uhhh.... ..... not really sure

SonyWarrior3854d ago (Edited 3854d ago )

cool you got it early.... now what? have fun playing zero games till november....

badboy7763854d ago

These are the type of gamers you'll be playing with on Xbone

"EEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHH"

P0werVR3854d ago

He got it today because of "reasons"...LMAO! Nice one kid.

JokesOnYou3854d ago

Damm this kid has an X1 already....lucky bastard.

Losyak3854d ago

What accent is that? It's beautiful

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Army_of_Darkness3854d ago (Edited 3854d ago )

MS undercover marketing to prove that the xbone fully exist ;-) lol
otherwise I'm sure this video would have been removed a while ago.

llMurcielagoll3854d ago

I wonder if M$ is gonna have to force the dad to buy an XBOX one now because of this, just like the other kid with the leaked UI vid.

http://youtu.be/AW9Ak9lrJp4...

Blackdeath_6633854d ago

lol anyone getting an XBone can enjoy playing with him online i'm sure he'll make good use of that headset

Grap3854d ago (Edited 3854d ago )

wow people it was funny until the 100th one joked about his stutter. Come on people give this kid a break.

mewhy323854d ago

This could be an employee.

PurpHerbison3854d ago

Kid obviously isn't the greatest speaker. Like most that make these videos. Really not THAT annoying, get over yourselves.

jony_dols3854d ago

Sounds Northern Irish...uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I think.

RedSoakedSponge3853d ago

all i want to see is the user interface goddamnit!

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Retroman3854d ago (Edited 3854d ago )

how did he get it again?????? ohhhhh. parents work for MS UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH,Ummmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmm yeah!!!

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princejb1343854d ago

i hope he doesnt play online
hell get banned in the first 5 seconds

Persistantthug3854d ago

That's actually a good point, because as we've been told,
all systems are basically worthless until you hook it up to the internet just to get rid of that old drm scheme.

XBONE is virtually useless for the time being.

FlameBaitGod3854d ago

U can use it as paperweight :D!

memots3854d ago

You could try to kill someone with that Powerbrick, That's something to do.

Bob Dole3854d ago

@persistantthug

You gotta get online to remove drm? So basically there's DRM to remove the DRM? lol

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joe903854d ago

Maybe MS give him it for being disabled and not being able to try it out at EB.

Jessika_S3854d ago

it's a Microsoft stunt to get attention, you can tell just because of the way the kid talks and the fact that he won't go into certain things.

Jazz41083853d ago

Don't these idiots get it. They can break copyright all day but in the end they will be the ones answering to a judge when there freedom is on the line. Is it really that worth it?

Jazz41083853d ago

in all honesty I can wait for mine.

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Ksar3854d ago (Edited 3854d ago )

can't wait for mine

josephayal3854d ago

I'm really hyped for the official release, Full 1080p 60 FPS, 4K Movies, Kingdom hearts 3 and of course FF vs 13 (FF15)

thejigisup3854d ago

Yeah Sony!!! Go ps... oh wait xb1 article. Didn't managers of gamestop receive an xbocks1 and a ps4 early? Pretty sure several friends of mine that work at gamestop informed me of this. Perhaps one of these guys sold it for big money if that is the case

hellrazor3854d ago (Edited 3854d ago )

Yeh you no but don't forget the xbox one can do full native 4k gaming and film playback in 4k...it's all good -:)

And before any ps4 fanboys jump in go check the facts sony confirm no 4k games just video playback via blue ray .....ms yes 4k native gaming on x1 ...

Flutterby3854d ago

@hellrazor

Lmao if you think the xbone with the proven 100% weaker hardware will be playing games at native 4k you are completely stupid , they can't even get a 2d fighter running at 1080p let alone a game running in 4k , they can't get Ryse which isn't very good to run in 1080p yet you think they will have 4k native, they can't get DR3 to run in 1080p either, there is not a chance in hell that the xbone will be running games at 4k unless its pong.

Pope_Kaz_Hirai_II3854d ago

josephayal + 2h ago
I'm really hyped for the official release, Full 1080p 60 FPS, 4K Movies, Kingdom hearts 3 and of course FF vs 13 (FF15)
#2.1

Please dont forget you /s .

nypifisel3854d ago

The only games you're mentioning are traditional Playstation titles.. lul

bocajbee3854d ago

4K movies? Yes. 4k games? No.

A PC with a GTX 690 can hardly handle 4k.

SniperControl3854d ago

@hellrazor

Man, you are seriously deluded if you think X1 will do 4k.
Two Nvidia GTX Titans in SLI can just about run 4k with a comfortable FPS. Combined you are looking at least 8tflops between the two, compared to X1's 1.31tfops.

Oh sorry, I keep forgeting about the duel GPU's that MS has hidden away from even there own devs..........

Gamer19823854d ago

" Full 1080p 60 FPS" so your sticking to driving and arcade games? As 3rd party AAA games outside them wont be 1080p 60fps.

clouds53854d ago

If you can afford a 4k TV the money for a system that can handle 4k movies won't be an issue...

Now 4k games is a different beast. You already need a crazy system to play in WQXGA etc. (with multiple monitors), so I don't think you can build a system right now that runs stuff like Crysis 3 with acceptable framerates in 4k.

And as with smartphones/tablets it gets more and more ridiculous with the resolutions. At a certain point it's our eyes that are the limitation....
I think full 1080p with Antialiasing is sufficient.

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KazHiraiFTW3853d ago

hellrazer

4K gaming on the xdone!!!!

eeeeeeemmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm thats pretty much the dumbest thing I've ever heard. I wish I could bubble you down for being an idiot.

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dmeador3854d ago

Lol, i guess 40 people disagree that you are excited for the X1. I wish (kinda) that someone would explain to me why anyone over the age of 17 would be such fanboys. But maybe they are all 15

HugoDrax3854d ago

I'll explain, "It's because this is N4S.com". Laughing that 40+ people would hate on someone else's decision on a console, as if they are making money from SONY lol.

This site I tell you, can't read a single article about Microsoft without SONY fanboys hating, or a single SONY article without Microsoft fanboys hating. Where is the hate/love for the Big N?, being that this is a site for gamers and all. Yet it seems like a site for Playstation fanboys, instead of gamers.

xxxsiegezzz3854d ago

I hit disagree, because I'm not excited about X1.
How does that make me fanboy??

playboi283853d ago

Can't really say that this is N4S, though at times it can go either way. People are constantly trolling MS or Sony articles just for the sake of arguing. Since when did video games become politics? Aren't people allowed to like both (or all three) consoles?

mfletch5123854d ago

happy gaming. and even to all of you guys getting PS4's. both consoles are amazing. even for all of you PC Gamers, it will bring us closer together(even if it is only for a few years) this fall will be a great year for all of gaming! a step in the right direction for everyone.

CEOSteveBallmer3854d ago

Looks like hes an employee of MS who has good connections or he works at the Xbox factory where this is made

s8anicslayer3854d ago

I don't think Microsoft employs minors, especially giving a pre release console to a youth who will definitely expose the console the way Microsoft wouldn't want.

CEOSteveBallmer3854d ago

Good point, actually while watching the video i didn't hear his voice because my laptop speakers is crappy. So this spells trouble for this guy because how did he get one? unless he's the son of whatever corporate or executive who works at MS. but i doubt because he's showing a video of it.

thorstein3854d ago

The Xbox factory is in China. Do you really think M$ would waste money employing Americans?

BG115793854d ago

Someone is going to get fired.

HighResHero3854d ago

Maybe MS is sending them out randomly to young gamers with youtube accounts.

"I got it uhhh by accident...."

SonyPS3603854d ago

Microsoft employ 11 year olds who can't speak in full sentences?

Harkins17213854d ago

All I can hear.

"This is cool!.....EHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" ;

"EEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHH"

Jesus kid learn how to speak into the mic.

Noctis3854d ago

someone's parent is getting fired :)

KnAzEtHiX3854d ago

1 person who disagreed was related to the now un-employed (x) Microsoft associate ... :)

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Microsoft’s Surface and Xbox hardware revenues take a big hit in Q3

Microsoft just posted the third quarter of its 2024 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $61.9 billion in revenue and a net income of $21.9 billion during Q3. Revenue is up 17 percent, and net income has increased by 20 percent.

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darthv7218h ago

Xbox content + services up 62% while hardware down 31%... seems about right with the way they tout you don't need the hardware to play. People can play on their phones or smart tv or other means. I don't hardly play on my consoles directly since getting devices like the logitech g-cloud and ps portal. Which is to also say I have been playing more digital than physical because of these devices.

solideagle5h ago

you should apply in MS PR team buddy, I think you will do a great job in my humble opinion :)

Sonic18812h ago

I thought darthv72 and Obscure_Observer already work for Microsoft 🤔

dveio1h ago

MS: "Xbox services and content without AB up 1%, with AB up 62%. Hardware down 31%. In total a loss of 350 mill."

darthv72: "Seems about right."

MS: "Excuse m ..."

darthv72: "I don't hardly play on my consoles directly."

MS:

Cacabunga4h ago

I can tell people like you are an absolute minority..

If service is up means their fans and fanboys accepted this model and subscribed to it. The near future you will see a big decline because the service is saturated.

shinoff21833h ago

But that's been ms for years. When things aren't going their way they try to change the way things are said. For instance console sales are down, they stop telling how many sold instead telling us how many hours spent in halo or headshots. So it makes sense console sales down just say people are playing on more devices then previous. What they won't say is how many xbox players jumped ship to ps5.

Cacabunga2h ago

Hardware sales are so bad that Sony and Nintendo are blowing the sales off the water with their hardware.

If Xbox are losers, others aren’t..
Xbox already tried everything with Xbox live then subscriptions went down so much that they had to find something else. Their fans subscribed then reached saturation rather quickly.

Hardware and exclusive games is where it’s at! Keep gamers excited, announce decent software and people will support you

purple1017h ago

Xbox hardware revenue tanks to lowest point of Xbox Series generation

Profchaos6h ago

I'm not surprised surface is struggling they aren't relevant anymore

XBManiac6h ago

Too expensive hardware when others offer the same or more for less? Good work, Green Team.

SimpleDad5h ago(Edited 5h ago)

"Despite some early successes for Xbox games on rival platforms, Xbox hardware is down by a massive 31 percent this quarter."
"Without Activision Blizzard, Microsoft’s overall gaming revenue would have actually declined this quarter."
"Xbox content and services would have only been up a single percent without Activision Blizzard..."
"It looks like next quarter is going to be a similar story for gaming at Microsoft, too."

That is crazy... so A/B/K is carrying the whole Xbox gaming.
Oh and Microsoft will be fine. Windows, Office and Cloud are growing with each pc purchase.

purple1015h ago

Activision: "we gonna need a bigger rucksack/backpack please"

Microsoft: "why's that"

Activision: "to carry yo' weak ass'

Profchaos4h ago(Edited 4h ago)

Top brass have also wanted to start seeing returns on the 100 billion they have put into various Xbox related moves so seeing more multiplatform games is highly likely especially from abk

It's basically saying that PlayStation is the reason Xbox is afloat right now thinks to Ps5 versions of COD

Kornholic3h ago

So basically PS and PC gamers' money is keeping Xbox on life support.

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Microsoft Seemingly Closes Bethesda France

As part of its plans to cut 1,900 jobs, Microsoft has reportedly shut down operations at Bethesda France, letting go roughly 15 people

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Hereandthere1d 14h ago

Microsoft should have left them stay 3rd party

GamerRN1d 12h ago

If they are let go, they can be whatever they want. They ARE 3rd party now... 🤦

Barlos1d 9h ago

Yeah, they're also jobless.

GamerRN1d 2h ago

They can form a company if they want, they are just as jobless as if "Microsoft had left them as 3rd party".

peppeaccardo1d 4h ago

"MIcrosoft leaves Bethesda do what they know how to do best" ... close! Oh the irony ....
(Citation from a week old article)

ChasterMies1d ago

I think Microsoft and other game publishers are letting people go because they think ai will replace them. Doesn’t matter how much profit they make. They were always going to be let go.

PassNextquestion1d 14h ago (Edited 1d 14h ago )

Bethesda France was made up of roughly 15 people... they couldn't of being doing much

Bethesda France mainly did publishing and marketing within the region

blacktiger1d 12h ago

that's a shame for you to say that, i'm sure Elite loves hearing what you just said.

Mr Logic22h ago

What a stupid thing to say. The elites give 0 fucks what we say on an obscure website in the comments section.

Crows9021h ago

You can always reach out and give them jobs at your company man. Don't wait

Profchaos1d 14h ago (Edited 1d 14h ago )

Bethesda France focused on publishing and marketing in the region. And 15 people lost their jobs as part of the closure.

I wonder if this is part of Microsoft's strategy to abandoned physical media or possibly gamepass advertising makes their roles redundant you don't need to market a game as hard when the majority of players get the game as part of a sub which already promoted upcoming games

Tacoboto1d 13h ago

It's France too, there's a high likelihood only 1-2 people on the team even had an Xbox.

Profchaos1d 13h ago

Possibly guven all the leaks we know the Xbox brand is really struggling in the region.

Yi-Long1d 10h ago

Well, if your consoles and games are barely found in any stores any more, of course you're gonna struggle finding consumers ...

XiNatsuDragnel1d 12h ago

Tbh Microsoft I think Bethesda being 3rd party same with Activision would probably more competitive than thus scenario imo

Profchaos1d 11h ago (Edited 1d 11h ago )

I think it would have been better for all parties really especially gamers

TheColbertinator1d 12h ago

The recently purchased Activision French offices might take over all the licensing and marketing for Microsoft in France from now on.

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Xbox's Preservation Step Sets A Much-Needed Example, Especially For Nintendo

Hanzla from eXputer inquires: "If Xbox can care about preserving its games and legacy, what exactly is wrong with Nintendo, trying to kill game preservation single-handedly?"

purple10112d ago

Ahh yes the good old game preservation of saving all your games to a removable hhd on the Xbox 360, taking it round your mates house, setting up multiple tvs to
Be met with “save data corrupted, please re download”

Or how about removing 360 games
From the store
, download them now or else, and, better hope to god that save data doesn’t corrupt, or it’s lost for ever

Nice one ☝️

Zeref12d ago

It's better than what Nintendo and Playstation is doing. It might not be perfect but at least they are TRYING. Unlike the others.

DarXyde12d ago

Trying? Take off the blinders for a moment, mate.

1. A failure to preserve games is just that: a failure to preserve games. Don't try to sugarcoat it: NO ONE is doing it properly. Better than awful is nothing to write home about.

2. At the time of this comment, isn't it the case that you need an internet connection to play Xbox games even if you buy physical discs that are hardly in circulation anymore? I don't have a Series X and I can't verify, but I think that is correct. I'm fairly certain you can at least play PS5 games at version 1.0 (not much of a win really when many games require day one patches). I think Microsoft's all digital, licensing approach is by far more aggressive than anyone else's. They really try to push you to game pass where you lose your entire library by umm.... Skipping a month of payments.

I don't think anyone is doing it right whatsoever. Don't get me started on Nintendo, who goes after anyone looking to preserve their games better than they ever would with extreme litigation.

Don't be a simp for any of these companies. Get it together.

PhillyDonJawn12d ago (Edited 12d ago )

@DarX never speak on Xbox again. You lost all credibility with your internet connection comment. Smh you have 0 clue and misinformed yet speaking on something you don't no squat about.

Einhander197212d ago

What has Sony done exactly? You guys keep deflecting to Sony but I am not actually seeing any results, and ai am certain nothing that you can come up with even comes close to what Microsoft has done and what they have tried and failed to do, like tie all your disks to your account on xbone.

Microsoft removed their whole indie section when they moved to the xbone because they were going to only allow games on the service that came from a publisher, id@xbox started after xbone launched and it only exists because Sony embraced indie and Microsoft was forced to cancel their plans and reverse course.

And every single game that was part of games for windows live including disk games (I have gta 4 on disk that won't work) so hundreds of games that use that DRM no longer work unless the company themselves patched it out which of course very few did.

MrBaskerville11d ago

Not trying. Tried. they killed of the backcomp program years ago. They set something up again, but sounds like it's more of an attempt to save the current library on whatever they are planning next. With luck they save everything and more, but let's see. I could see them killing off parts of the OG xbox and 360 libraries. Can't imagine that they would allow us to play Forza 5-7 in the future.

With that said, I do like what they've done and really wish they could have done more.

shinoff218311d ago

Zeref

So killing off physical media is trying what exactly. Ms don't really give a fk if you think they do your kidding yourself.

Profchaos11d ago

They are not trying this team is established for forward compatability the team is. It interested in preserving Xbox or 360 games.

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isarai12d ago

Is that why Hellblade 2 is digital only?

Zeref12d ago

Just because it's digital only doesn't mean you can't preserve it. Just put it on an external and you have the exact same functionality of what a disc does.

MrNinosan12d ago

Guess you're trolling, but if you actually think that's how it works, I'd recommend buying some braincells.

mkis00711d ago (Edited 11d ago )

Volitile vs nonvolitile data. A disc will not corrupt either. A drive can be corrupted.

Einhander197212d ago

This is just a scammy PR move to distract from the fact they are going digital only and trying to push streaming and subscriptions only.

No gaming company has pushed harder to remove ownership than Microsoft.

Without discs there is no preservation, preservation can't be done by the rights holders it can only be done by the consumers, anything else is a lie.

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Einhander197212d ago

Anyone remember xblig which Microsoft removed their whole 360 indie section removing hundreds of games from people?

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Zeref12d ago

Do you know you can put your games on an external and preserve them that way? There are no benefits to discs. ZERO. Idk why some of you are still obsessed with them.

DarXyde12d ago

Because games like Persona 5 exist. It's STILL V1.00. On Playstation, that's a win because 1.00 is installed on the disc—no need to download anything.

If a game does not require any updates, it's all on the disc.

Extremely low bar in the modern era, of course. It's not much of a win by any stretch.

But for now, physical media does have a purpose, at least on Playstation.

Einhander197212d ago

That is factually not how game licensing works, try plugging your hard drive into someone else xbox, It's not going to work, and it won't work if the licensing servers ever go down.

Einhander197212d ago

Anyone remember games for windows live.

I have around a dozen games, some on Steam itself that will not work because Microsoft shut off the licensing servers.

BehindTheRows12d ago (Edited 12d ago )

I do. I STILL have games (Gears of War being the big one) I cannot access because Games for Windows LIVE is total garbage and no one has held Microsoft accountable.

Zeref11d ago (Edited 11d ago )

You don't have an Xbox apparently. Because you can 100 percent plug in your external and play games from it on any Xbox console lol. You just have to be logged in to prove ownership.

Chevalier11d ago

"You don't have an Xbox apparently. Because you can 100 percent plug in your external and play games from it on any Xbox console lol. You just have to be logged in to prove ownership."

Damn how many times do people got to explain your idiocy to you? You can take a copy of Persona 5 like someone used as an example and play that game on ANY console WITHOUT logging in which means I can lend the game to a friend without internet and they can play my game. Can you lend your hard drive to anyone without logging in for them to play? NOPE. That is a huge difference and if you think otherwise then sorry you're an idiot.

Tacoboto11d ago

"No gaming company has pushed harder to remove ownership than Microsoft."

Ubisoft is literally erasing games people bought from their libraries... My PS1-3 discs are useless on modern hardware. Nintendo's re-published and resold almost their entire Wii U library, and the eShop is completely dead with no BC mechanism in the Switch software. Microsoft publishes everything they make today day one on Steam and Xbox/Windows. Sony only brings to PC the titles they think you might want some years later and Nintendo won't even design a functional long-lasting joystick.

You're absolutely trolling and not serious if you think Microsoft today is the worst offender.

shinoff218311d ago

Yay steam

Not everyone fks with computers though. The disc is still the best way as a console player. Period.

Tacoboto11d ago

How do Sony and Nintendo feel about these discs from 2001-2013?

Don't be stupid, you know Xbox is the best at this today.

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Hofstaderman12d ago

Nobody wants this. Sales or the lack of it in the case of XBOX is very telling. I wonder how the adorably all digital series X will fare. Adorably dismal perhaps?

crazyCoconuts12d ago

Only time will tell, but for from someone like me suspecting that Xbox is trying to gracefully exit the console market, that "forward compatibility" team is trying to get Xbox games playing on Windows PCs. I mean, it's nice that they're not planning on exiting with a "enjoy your games while the hardware still works" message, so that's nice. They still have a brand to protect via Microsoft so probably feel obligated to have a better exit strategy.

Xeofate11d ago (Edited 11d ago )

That is not their plan, their plan is to transfer users accounts to the cloud.

Phil Spencer himself said as much a few months back, plans could have changed but I think people are reading way too much into one statement where Phil said he would allow Epic on xbox because he wants to be able to sell xbox games directly on other platforms. Aka, instead of selling Sea of Thives through PSN he wants to have an xbox store to sell his games on PlayStation without giving PlayStation any money.

Again, it's extremely unlikely that Phil plans to put PC on xbox and licensing would prevent them from just giving out other publishers games purchased on xbox copies of thier games on PC, Microsoft does not own their games.

crazyCoconuts11d ago

The thing that doesn't align with the cloud strategy is the giving up on exclusives. You'd still need strong exclusives for cloud streaming - it's still a "platform" , just with a lower upfront hardware investment. I feel like they've learned what PS learned with PSNow long ago. We're not ready to stream games and it's only gonna lose them money to try at this point

FinalFantasyFanatic11d ago

I would love that, I'd buy up some of the Xbox games if they could run on PC, like the Rare Replay, Lost Odyssey and Dead or Alive Ultimate, probably a pipe dream though.

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