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Just Cause 4 has been added to Game Pass. And there's a new digital-only box coming out in May, but the mysterious thread title changer beat me to it. 
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Mar 6, 2019 14:44
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Fanatic posted:Just Cause 4 has been added to Game Pass. 3 turned out to be unplayable on my OG Bone. Does 4 run any better?
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Mar 6, 2019 14:46
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TheScott2K posted:3 turned out to be unplayable on my OG Bone. Does 4 run any better? My understanding is JC4 looks like poo poo specifically to prevent the performance issues this time around. Still, happy to get to play the game and check it out.
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Mar 6, 2019 14:48
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Isn’t just cause 4 the one that just came out? And people are tripping about the discless One being a One S but I’m not sure why? It’s going to be positioned as a box to play all your current and past Xbox titles and to stream next gen titles. They don’t need new hardware for that
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Mar 6, 2019 14:48
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trash person posted:Isn’t just cause 4 the one that just came out? MS is excited for it because getting the drive out of there and not having to pay for Blu-ray licenses makes it cheaper to build. Honestly, no idea why any consumer would be like "oh, cool! I want that!"
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Mar 6, 2019 14:50
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TheScott2K posted:MS is excited for it because getting the drive out of there and not having to pay for Blu-ray licenses makes it cheaper to build. Honestly, no idea why any consumer would be like "oh, cool! I want that!" If its like $150 bucks and comes with gamepass I can see it. If its like $200+ dollars no, no I don't.
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Mar 6, 2019 15:04
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TheScott2K posted:MS is excited for it because getting the drive out of there and not having to pay for Blu-ray licenses makes it cheaper to build. Honestly, no idea why any consumer would be like "oh, cool! I want that!" Yeah. It's "my kid wants an xbox, which is the cheapest one?" and now they can make it a little bit cheaper.
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Mar 6, 2019 15:05
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It might be interesting if it was very small and also relatively cheap (like $129 kind-of price), although even the current Xbox Ones are something of a non-starter for my dad's place with super-poo poo DSL, this would definitely be "haha nope" for a lot of people.
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Mar 6, 2019 15:07
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Monday_ posted:Yeah. It's "my kid wants an xbox, which is the cheapest one?" and now they can make it a little bit cheaper. xboxes only molested children owned
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Mar 6, 2019 15:09
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univbee posted:It might be interesting if it was very small and also relatively cheap (like $129 kind-of price), although even the current Xbox Ones are something of a non-starter for my dad's place with super-poo poo DSL, this would definitely be "haha nope" for a lot of people. I think people (not specifically you, just running with the subject a bit) are really underestimating the tech industry's willingness to take money from people with good internet connections and just kinda shrug at people who don't.
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Mar 6, 2019 15:24
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A good amount of households won't care about discs and have good enough internet that a sub $200 box for a teen's bedroom or something like that for Fortnite would probably sell.
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Mar 6, 2019 15:50
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TheScott2K posted:I think people (not specifically you, just running with the subject a bit) are really underestimating the tech industry's willingness to take money from people with good internet connections and just kinda shrug at people who don't. I guess to be fair it's not like they're discontinuing the existing models with drives. This is probably a test bed for them to see how well it pans out for them going forward.
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Mar 6, 2019 15:52
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I think the issue could be worked around by putting download kiosks in retailers in exchange for them getting a cut or fee or something whenever the transaction happens at the kiosk. Or, again, they could just be like "oh well."
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Mar 6, 2019 16:01
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I can think of a ton of suburban households where an Xbox One for cheap + game pass would be a hell of deal.
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Mar 6, 2019 16:30
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I just want to know what the restrictions of converting from physical to digital areTheScott2K posted:I think the issue could be worked around by putting download kiosks in retailers in exchange for them getting a cut or fee or something whenever the transaction happens at the kiosk. Or, again, they could just be like "oh well." Bring a thumb drive to the retailer, get a copy of the game on the drive with license, go home?
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Mar 6, 2019 16:33
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Barudak posted:Bring a thumb drive to the retailer, get a copy of the game on the drive with license, go home? Yeah, pretty much. You can already store games on an external drive so they've clearly figured out how to secure it.
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Mar 6, 2019 16:41
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It would just transfer the license to your Xbox account and you'd go home and download it.
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Mar 6, 2019 16:58
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Maybe I’m missing something here but why wouldn’t retailers just continue to sell the cards with download codes?
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Mar 6, 2019 16:59
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Mahoning posted:Maybe I’m missing something here but why wouldn’t retailers just continue to sell the cards with download codes? The idea is to solve the problem of not everyone being able to regularly download 50 gigs of game+updates. I was just spitballing ways to address that while still giving brick and mortar retailers a reason to have a video game section in the all-digital future.
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Mar 6, 2019 17:01
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TheScott2K posted:The idea is to solve the problem of not everyone being able to regularly download 50 gigs of game+updates. Ahhhh, I see. I was definitely missing that part.
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Mar 6, 2019 17:04
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They would eventually do what Microsoft originally envisioned for the Xbox One funnily enough. Discs have the game and come with a one time use code in the box. You put the disc in, it installs the game, you use the code, then toss the disc since it's useless without the box. Essentially like PC gaming did forever.
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Mar 6, 2019 18:01
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But what about an xbox that my kid can pick up and use as a tablet? Like for car rides and other times when they absolutely have to leave the house.
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Mar 6, 2019 18:13
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FunOne posted:I can think of a ton of suburban households where an Xbox One for cheap + game pass would be a hell of deal. By plus do you mean paying for a sub or like getting a free year or something like that?
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Mar 6, 2019 18:30
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Blind Rasputin posted:But what about an xbox that my kid can pick up and use as a tablet? Like for car rides and other times when they absolutely have to leave the house. Uhhh... Nintendo Switch? I think the SAD might actually be good if they can get a really big hard drive into it, like 1 or 2TB minimum.
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Mar 6, 2019 18:38
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Anime_Otaku posted:Uhhh... Nintendo Switch? That defeats their cheapness
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Mar 6, 2019 18:43
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I hope MS is scrambling to change the name and all the first-run boxes have a sticker covering it. Kinda like how my Xbone came with a slipcover over the box adding that Assassin's Creed IV was also included because Unity turned out to be garbage.
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Mar 6, 2019 19:03
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Real hurthling! posted:That defeats their cheapness Put the hard drive in the cloud.
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Mar 6, 2019 19:12
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Real hurthling! posted:That defeats their cheapness One of the YouTube videos I saw on the subject said that the blu ray drive was one of the most expensive parts, admittedly I’m not sure how it compares to a decent sized HDD/SSD but for right now 500GB feels like it’s on the small side.
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Mar 6, 2019 19:29
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Real hurthling! posted:That defeats their cheapness Those sizes are cheap as hell these days, there's a reason all the trash 250 buck laptops out there come with em.
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Mar 6, 2019 20:01
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A 1TB 5400rpm drive (because lol you know that's what's gonna be in there) is like $20 for a normal citizen, which means it would probably cost Microsoft about $3.
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Mar 6, 2019 20:07
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Real hurthling! posted:By plus do you mean paying for a sub or like getting a free year or something like that? I think you throw in a 6mo game pass code and that's enough to hook the kids and force mom to keep the subscription.
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Mar 6, 2019 21:38
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FunOne posted:I think you throw in a 6mo game pass code and that's enough to hook the kids and force mom to keep the subscription. You know it'll be a one month code. Come on.
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Mar 6, 2019 21:41
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Full Game Pass additions:
And on the topic of digital, Microsoft is rumoured to in the future allow you to trade in discs for a digital copy of the game at participating retailers.
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Mar 7, 2019 00:57
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Fanatic posted:And on the topic of digital, Microsoft is rumoured to in the future allow you to trade in discs for a digital copy of the game at participating retailers. I have to assume it will require the purchase of a Sad Bone because otherwise every single person is going to be slamming the used games section of their local store. Except me, because lmao at the idea of their being a single Xbox anything in Japan.
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Mar 7, 2019 01:00
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Fanatic posted:Full Game Pass additions: Gonna run and get as many used games as I can the second that disc to digital thing happens
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Mar 7, 2019 01:01
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Barudak posted:I have to assume it will require the purchase of a Sad Bone because otherwise every single person is going to be slamming the used games section of their local store. So GameStop sells a fuckload of used games that are otherwise taking up space and Microsoft gets a pile of ~engagement~ Whose day is ruined by this, again?
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Mar 7, 2019 01:03
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Barudak posted:I have to assume it will require the purchase of a Sad Bone because otherwise every single person is going to be slamming the used games section of their local store.
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Mar 7, 2019 01:05
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American McGay posted:What? You can already do this with Xbox backwards compatibility. You still need the disc, though, the game won't launch without either the disc or a digital license. But it would be nice since the majority of people can get games physically cheaper than digital, so this would workaround let you get these same prices for digital, assuming a 1:1 trade. Also unlikely, but it would be cool if they let you do this for games which aren't available digitally anymore.
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Mar 7, 2019 01:11
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If they introduced a way to sell your digital copies (which they loving should have had) I'd be more excited.TheScott2K posted:So GameStop sells a fuckload of used games that are otherwise taking up space and Microsoft gets a pile of ~engagement~ Devs who wanted to sell a digital copy. Not that they weren't getting hosed anyway, mind.
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Mar 7, 2019 01:11
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Barudak posted:Devs who wanted to sell a digital copy. Not that they weren't getting hosed anyway, mind. If it's on a GameStop shelf for $15 they've been laid off by now
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Mar 7, 2019 01:13
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