It looks to be the end of an era for Xbox. Beginning in May, Xbox users will not be able to access live TV listings on the OneGuide app.
Sony has launched a BAFTA Game Awards 2024 section on the PlayStation Store that lists the different games nominated this year.
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?"
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 ☝️
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.
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?
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.
The Epic Games Store has another freebie ready for your library and it is a free runner.
Sony recently stated they were removing movies and tv shows from the PS store... MS was bound to be doing similar moves at some point.
I didn't realize this was even still a thing... I thought this got dropped back when they dropped the whole TV + Kinect thing with XB1 in 2013-2014...
Traditional cable is dying, streaming is the future. Although, now that every channel is making a "+" platform, the industry is quickly becoming oversaturated. Nobody is gonna pay $10-15 a month for 10 different streaming apps, thats more expensive than cable.
About time. The only thing I liked of that failed era is the "Snap" feature. Being able to snap in youtube and such was nice.
The death of something that should have never happened. Glad Microsoft finally realized people buy game consoles for games FIRST. They definitely seem to be heading in the right direction now. It’s going to take a while to undo a lot of perceptions this kind of stuff caused. 🥂here’s to righting wrongs.