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Real question now is so the Game Pass games get announced in 15 minutes, tomorrow or next week Tuesday…
View: https://twitter.com/PaulTassi/status/1610300430709309512
The fact this even had to be written smh 🤦♂️
Using a 4can rumour as a Forbes contribution article says enough really. That's quality journalism right there :/
Given that that's the funniest outcome, that's my vote now
Your backlog is wait for it......... Doomed!
Send help. 😩
Seriously though, that particular list contains more games I'm determined to play than some past Game Pass mega lists. 2023 could indeed be special…and a backlog nightmare. Starfield alone will likely ensure I'll never get to a significant portion of Game Pass releases this year.
- New Year's resolution: we have to change xbox communication
- No problem, we are gonna change it for the worse
What is crazy is that it is simply the announcement that is late. Nothing that actually affects player's abilities to receive or play GamePass games. As we've seen before in the past and again last night with Stranded Deep, the games still drop on GamePass on the assigned date even if they have yet to be announced. Likewise, the "leaving soon" list in the GamePass app populated like clockwork so everyone is still getting the roughly 14 day notice of which games are leaving that is always received.
While I honestly would just prefer they always released these announcements in an automated way on the 1st and 15th or 16th each month instead of the "first and third Tuesday, except sometimes Thursday, but occasionally not just depending if we want to" method they use now, it really doesn't matter much. I can also see how the current flexible announcement schedule allows them to work around different announcement parameters of various contractual agreements.
Honestly, it is really hard to be very concerned about it one way or another. Games will be added when they are added. You'll either know about it beforehand or not. In the end it doesn't make that much difference.
It's ok guys they're announcing the games in an hour, and if they don't it's the next hour trust the process 🤞🤞🤞
I'll put up a strawpoll for the final vote, any suggestions that I should add? I'd personally not lean into acquisition-related topics, since there is a seperate OT for that. For the next OT, I'll put the padlet, or any other suggestions are always welcome, all the way at the start to make things easier and better structured.
I can add more poll options, but even with threadmarking, it might end up too late. Then again, it's simply an OT title.
- New year, new engine
- New year, new engine, old problems
- Half a galaxy away
- In my restless dreams... I see that showcase
- Waiting for the showcase in perfect dark
- Time to write history
- [X] Other platforms
- [X] Other
I can add more poll options, but even with threadmarking, it might end up too late. Then again, it's simply an OT title.
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Ha, I'm glad I delayed making a new Game Pass club thread until the first game pass drop... now it'll never come ಠ_ಠ
jk. Not that big of a deal. If it doesn't come by 9am PT, then I suppose it shan't come at all. Perhaps Square realized that one of their games had accidentally released on Xbox and was was even about to release onto Game Pass, and they had to rectify this horrible and clearly unintended error, which is delaying the process of announcing everything else. That seems reasonable to me.
Though my spirit is still with "[X] Other" from the padlet, which is just how I feel generally about everything right about now loll. (Slicer Dyster, not sure how you're approaching this poll.)
jk. Not that big of a deal. If it doesn't come by 9am PT, then I suppose it shan't come at all. Perhaps Square realized that one of their games had accidentally released on Xbox and was was even about to release onto Game Pass, and they had to rectify this horrible and clearly unintended error, which is delaying the process of announcing everything else. That seems reasonable to me.
I don't mind this at all. Or even New Year, New Engine, Old Problems
Though my spirit is still with "[X] Other" from the padlet, which is just how I feel generally about everything right about now loll. (Slicer Dyster, not sure how you're approaching this poll.)
TBF, I believe that avowed screenshot had been around for a long time before then, and from other people. He just took it and pixelated it. But I may also be wrong. lol
Sloth this list IMMEDIATELY!!
I asked my grandpa (John Microsoft) and he said he forgor ☠️ to announce the drop
Really do enjoy Rand + Jez podcast. Along with GameOn Daily. I think Rand is quite bi partisan with his gaming with an obvious preference for Xbox, and Jez is always bashing Xbox but come across a little obnoxious on Twitter.
Rand and Jez are pretty fair and balanced. In fact, most of the Xbox pods I listen to have no issues with criticizing Xbox heavily when its deserved. GameOnDaily leans far too much into console war histrionics for my liking so I've dropped it from my rotation.
Lends credence to the idea that it might take a little bit for the Xbox/ Game Pass machine to get cranked up again to start the year. Not sure how some of y'all gonna cope, lol.
If we're not going to with Wrath of Khan, then I have one more suggestion:
Never Mess with the Pentiment Nation again..
yeah starfield will own all my time once it launches
Unrelated but I hope Hellblade 2 is longer than the first. It would be weird to have waited years for the sequel only for it to last 6 hours.
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I want Starfield as soon as its ready, but in terms of my total gaming footprint in 2023 the later it launches the better it would be.
But if its ready in April give it to me. 😬 (I'm officially on team June release btw)
Thanks! It's always really cool and humbling to hear that people enjoy the podcast! As for me, I think I have said from day 1 that I am a fanboy for Xbox. I mean... I have a million gamerscore so it should be obvious were my preference lies. I am just someone who doesn't want to or need to put PlayStation or Nintendo down to make Xbox look better. I enjoy PlayStation's games quite alot, but I don't really care about PlayStation where as I do care about Xbox. With that said... I do like making fun of Flyin Lyin Jim Dance Moves Saving Private Ryan tho LOL. I would much rather be positive about most things but I will criticize Xbox heavily if they do something stupid or dumb. In the past, I even got in trouble for my criticisms about Xbox. But that didn't stop me and won't stop me from calling them out when need be.
I just want Hellblade to be fun and compelling. I havent played the first yet still and will as we approach the sequel release.
I started Ragnarok finally and played for about two hours and it def feels like a sequel picking up exactly where the last left off. An hour of that was prob just cutscenes and walking through tight spaces lol. But it's still early and I look forward to chugging thru it. 2018 was one of my fav games ever, the start of this was kinda just eh to me so far.
I just don't want HB2 to be too far up its own ass and not actually be enjoyable to play
I started Ragnarok finally and played for about two hours and it def feels like a sequel picking up exactly where the last left off. An hour of that was prob just cutscenes and walking through tight spaces lol. But it's still early and I look forward to chugging thru it. 2018 was one of my fav games ever, the start of this was kinda just eh to me so far.
I just don't want HB2 to be too far up its own ass and not actually be enjoyable to play
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