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Microsoft prices first-party Xbox One titles at £49.99

First-party Xbox One titles will retail for £49.99, judging by listings on the official Microsoft Store.

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redcar1213922d ago

not bad if this is true bettter than 60 quid

abzdine3922d ago (Edited 3922d ago )

it's 50£ i dont see how it's not bad??

EDIT: from amazon UK i always buy my games 40£ max. i dont see how 50 is a good price now.

RankFTW3922d ago

Current gen games are all priced at £50 RRP anyway but retailers sell them for less.

StanSmith3922d ago

It's not bad, because games retail for £49.99 rrp now. This means that once the supermarkets start competing with each other and other retailers, the prices will be the same we're currently paying now for 360/PS3 titles.

With the exception of EA of course, who have already said that their games will be £54.99 rrp. EA never changes! Hope they go bust this gen!

HardcoreGamer213922d ago

50£=75$ so it is a little expensieve

Gazondaily3922d ago

It's no different from what we have now.

I thought this had been confirmed ages ago?

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Bhuahahaha3922d ago (Edited 3922d ago )

its £
so around 70$ ?

redcar1213922d ago

no its quid ask any uk person

iamnsuperman3922d ago

@redcar121

"no its quid ask any uk person"

Well no. Depends on background and location. Being a middle class midlander I sort of slip in and out of the two

OT; Cool. I wonder if this will make EA drop their prices as Sony and Microsoft have said they will not up their price.

TekoIie3922d ago (Edited 3922d ago )

@iamnsuperman

Quid is basically used as an "abbreviation". Quid slips of the tongue quicker than pound (perhaps varying on your accent to an extent).

OT: At least its only 1st parties. Doesnt mean I'm happy about it though...

To be honest if you walk into a retailer and see a title for £50 and then look at the PC version for £30 it doesn't look easy to justify the extra £20 :/

More like greed IMO.

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LAZL0-Panaflex3922d ago

Sure Microsoft, u can have my anus!

Animal Mutha 763922d ago

Yeah but I'm not going to pay that for them especially when you know there will be another 40 quids worth of dlc waiting for you as soon as you go online and update.

I never pay rrp for any game.

boing13922d ago (Edited 3922d ago )

I hope 3rd party will follow. Looking at you, EA.

Seafort3922d ago

Have any of you see what EA charge on their Origin store for PC games?

Most new or pre released games are £40-45 digital downloads.

This is why I don't buy EA games anymore. I won't be getting Titanfall or Dragon Age 3. I've totally boycotted them.

It seems a few other publishers are following suit as well. Sega are charging £40 for Rome II and Company of Heroes 2.
PC retail games are actually cheaper than their digital counterparts.
So if any of you are wanting a digital age on consoles I'd be careful what you wish for :)

Funantic13922d ago (Edited 3922d ago )

Titanfall is £54.99 which is the price for almost all PS4 and X1 games. Only the X1 first party games are £49.99. EA next gen games are no higher than the rest. EA games on Origin do vary. Titanfall on Origin is $59.99 which isn't too bad since it's the same price for a next gen console game. It'll drop in price faster for PCs.

TekoIie3922d ago (Edited 3922d ago )

PC users will be playing next gen titles on the same PC they currently own so why do they need a price increase? The community doesnt need to start from scratch again like Xbox1 and PS4.

So Rome 2 which will only release on PC can go for £29.99 but BF4 which will be on just about every home console needs to up the price to become profitable. Im sorry but I dont buy it...

"It'll drop in price faster for PCs."

If we're talking steam then yeh. But this is Origin where SimCity is still being sold for £44.99

nick3093922d ago

In my country a game costs 100$ , any game any console, so i always import from the u.s or digital psn us.

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15 Best Ancient Rome Games of All Time

From underrated Xbox One launch titles to absolute emperors of the strategy genre, history heads will love these games based around Ancient Rome.

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Leeroyw363d ago (Edited 363d ago )

There's fifteen ancient Rome games?

LG_Fox_Brazil363d ago

Shadow of Rome was so freaking good

Sashamaz363d ago

I'm still waiting for the sequel.

HyperMoused363d ago

Ryse was awesome, i have no idea why it wasnt recieved well and why we havnt seen another, Rome conquered so much, you could take the action anywhere, and it looked great when xbox one came out, now would be even better.

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Ryse: Son of Rome Deserves a Second Shot

Ryse: Son of Rome was an Xbox One launch title that has been left to collect dust, but Crytek should set aside Crysis and give Ryse another shot.

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AngainorG7X618d ago

It was a great game, it had issues but it can only go up from here.

crazyCoconuts618d ago

It was just ok. Looked really good for an Xbox game though

Snookies12618d ago

"for an Xbox game"

Way to subtly throw shade there. It looked amazing compared to any game at the time it was released.

Never played it myself though, wasn't really interested in it personally. Plus it came at a time when I didn't own an Xbox console. But it was at least different than the usual copy/paste games we get. So I hope it gets another chance sometime soon.

Crows90618d ago

It was a crytek game though

1nsomniac618d ago (Edited 618d ago )

It was a stunning game on all basis. One of the standout games for Xbox as a whole. I ended up buying on pc as well… and yes nothing looked better than it in PC at the time either. Nothing just ok about it, definitely needs a sequel.

fr0sty618d ago

@snookies12, don't pretend like the Xbox One didn't struggle with being gimpled by its tiny pool of ESRAM as a frame buffer. It was significantly weaker than the PS4.

crazyCoconuts618d ago

Metacritic 60, user score 6.4. I'm not alone in putting it into the "ok" category...

VenomCarnage89617d ago

@snookies
Haven't played it but at least you know enough to defend Xbox over it. The game did look good, for an Xbox game. That's not some "subtle shade," it's full on reality.
I remember it being nearly the only graphically decent game on the Xbone for like the first two years after launch, and graphics were that games strength

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CrimsonWing69618d ago

I really enjoyed it. Bought it at launch even.

ManMarmalade618d ago (Edited 618d ago )

The qte's were disappointing though. God of war was doing it back in the ps2 days. As gorgeous as the game was, the gameplay needed to be updated.

annoyedgamer618d ago

I really liked the original Ryse but Crytek doesn't have the funds. The mismanaged their properties and let EA raid them with Crysis for the duration of their relationship. Right now they are working on Crysis 4, I doubt they can spare resources to work on a Ryse sequel.

gamer7804618d ago

It would have to be funded by MS, I really liked Ryse sure it got repetitive but the setting visuals and story were good

moriarty1889618d ago

MS should have funded a sequel to Ryse and Sunset OD. Two good franchises they definitely needed last gen.

annoyedgamer618d ago

MS is too busy trying to become the next EA, Ryse wont be on their list of titles to finance unless it gets a hipster makeover with lootboxes.

darthv72618d ago (Edited 618d ago )

I recently bought it for the steamdeck and have to say... 60fps is a game changer. I really wished MS had gotten a one x patch or series boost mode option but sadly, nope. Other games that definitely deserve a second chance (esp on steamdeck/pc) are quantum break and sunset overdrive. Both deserved 60fps support on one x / series but you have to go to PC for that.

Rumor has it Crytek had plans for a Ryse 2 but due to the low turnout for XB (at the time) it was shelved. They really should give this another shot. i dont care if its multiplat on PS and XB and PC and Switch... just so long as part 2 gets made.

babadivad618d ago

The game is automatically boosted on Series X

darthv72618d ago

sorry... but it's not. It still runs at the same fps the XBO did.

lelo2play618d ago

Game was good enough, not great.
Graphically it was top notch. Still holds well till this day.

Crows90618d ago

It only needed more enemy variety and few more movesets or weapons to use. That would have made the experience tons better.

MadLad618d ago

It was a good game.
Only time I saw quick time events actually make me feel engaged.

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Here are the new Xbox Game Pass Quests for August 2022

Xbox Game Pass Quests recently reset for the month of August. So if you try to collect as many Microsoft Rewards points as possible, there's a new set available now.

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anast624d ago (Edited 624d ago )

This is not what I would call value for money spent. They give you quests in liveservice games to get you "re-engaged" with the monetization schemes or to get you hooked or so you at least spend some extra on skins and loot boxes. Then they dole out paltry points after you have already paid extra for whichever liveservice within a liveservice that you are already paying for. My worry is people can't actually be that stupid to fall for this, can they?

littletad623d ago

Absolutely nothing in this comment makes sense. At all.

anast623d ago (Edited 623d ago )

How does it not make sense? O thy god of reason, shine some evidence upon us. Ryse of Rome, ESO,and AC: Origins are all live service games, between them you can get 275 points. Liveservice games are made to keep people spending. Therefore, Gamepass is a live service and the points are for playing live service games.

It is not my problem that this does not make sense to you, it is absolutely your problem. I mean it is all your problem.

Julion0715623d ago (Edited 623d ago )

Hate Xbox but comments in every Xbox article 😂 without making sense smh

anast623d ago

Bring the evidence and then your emoji might make sense.