Same tbh - I’m just not seeing the attraction right now personally.

its my sons birthday on the 10th Nov and he is desperate for the new xbox. already feels like that christmas film with Arnie trying to get the new action doll

    Christian Do you know which one to buy? The X or the S? Which one is it Christian? Your son will hate you forever if you get it wrong! 😉

        Are Bethesda really worth $7.5 Billion or have MS just paid well over the odds for them because of the exclusivity?

          Kumquat They didn’t buy Bethesda- they bought Zenimax Studios who own Bethesda (and lots of other stuff).

          I would say yes, it’s a really smart move TBH - they’ve went from having 5 of their own studios to about 20 over the last week with acquisitions and Bethesda includes some of the most beloved gaming franchises (Fallout, Doom, Dishonoured).

          They’ll either release multiplatform anyway (so even if you buy Sony, they still get paid) or they’ll put everything on Gamepass and market the fuck out of ’it’s 5 quid a month on Xbox, it’s 70 quid a game on Playstation’, or, they’ll just not release anything on Playstation which would be a big dint in Sony’s armor for sure - You’ll cut dev time and get higher quality games if they only have to develop on one platform for sure.

          Great move imo - put it this way - I was a Sony boy for sure - now I think I’m going to have to get both.

            Agree. The Bethesda move is a decent play by MS.

            That’s a hell of a line up now.

            ROFL - Game screwed up and were selling the “X” (499 quid) at “S” (299 quid) prices. Someone’s getting fired in the morning!

            Wally reckon he would throw the S back at me as he has investrigated the FPS rate to improve his Fortnite capability

                Fortnite has been a nightmare. we had to fold to peer pressure in his school as everyone was playing it apart from him. Really similar to the kid you had a school that did not have a TV vibe.

                  Christian No TV, shit trabs = fucking tough school life, having all confidence knocked out of you, spend the next 25 years of your life with one hand tied behind your back. Lots of parents just don’t pick up on it.

                      Wally You play it, Wal? It’s up there with that It’s a Knockout tripe you play - it’s for children.

                          Christian yep. Sympathise. My lad has had a ps4 for a while but we have resisted the fortnite thing as he was playing fifa, nba2k, rocket league. Gave up and let him have fortnite after relentless barage of ’all my mates play it and you are marking me out as Timothy from ‘Sorry’ type arguments. Now its all he ever wants to do.

                              Amps Does explain Smallsy to a large degree though.

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                                Nah - I’m more of a single player game kind of person. Just can’t get into MP as there’s either too many cunts spoiling it by cheating or spouting QAnon shite over the microphone or if you do get people who take it seriously, they take it fucking uber-serious and if you don’t want to skip every cutscene and storm through asap or you let the side down in any way, you get a rollocking off some 13 year old who can put 80 hours a week into it. Fuck that noise.

                                Single player RPG = perfect.