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Yeah, due to legal and technical restrictions.
Xbox Backward Compatibility Won't Add Any More Games After Today's Massive Update - IGN
Xbox announced that due to licensing and legal complications, it has added every Xbox backward compatible game that it can and will no longer be adding more to the library.
There doesn't seem to be a definitive confirmation on whether the issues have been fixed in the newer models. Your best bet if someone who has the newer models confirms that they don't have those issues anymore.
One major issue was the d-pad where it was registering wrong inputs e.g. when you press up on the d-pad, it may register as left/right.
I can confirm that the dpad is still finicky on one of the latest revisions. It was especially noticeable in Pacman 99. Other than that, the controller works pretty well.
If you need a good dpad, I'd go for an 8bitdo controller or one of those adapters that allow you to connect other types of controllers to the Switch.
Thanks, I went with a Dualsense but a friend of mine needs switch compat and yeah it seems the 8bitdo pro 2 or the adapter is the better way.
So I've just bought Ridge Racer 6 on Xbox and I've just noticed the insane amount of DLC for it that is hidden on the Xbox 360 Marketplace. I can't believe I'll have to claim every one of those 50+ items individually on that slow as molasse website. I don't know why MS is unable to properly update their whole store backend instead of just modernizing parts of it... 
I expect you Radiohead fans already know but in case you were feeling a bit too cheerful Radiohead have a thingy on EGS/Mac and PS5. Enjoy.
kida-mnesia.com
Radiohead - KID A MNESIA EXHIBITION
An upside-down digital/analogue universe created from original artwork and recordings to commemorate 21 years of Kid A and Amnesiac. A free download for PC, Mac or PS5.
kida-mnesia.com
I suppose it fits here? Just had an email from Google saying my Stadia Controlelr/Chromecast Pro? bundle i got for £22 has been delayed so they refunded me the delivery cost, which is nice. They must have been more popular than i thought. I suspect many bought it for the controller alone tho.
I kinda did.
I kinda did.
Hey, we're trying to cancel a PS subscription that auto renewed today because we forgot to turn it off and the cancel sub instructions page only shows how to turn off auto renew (done) and the support chat bot after all the steps directs us to live chat which after passing all the checks insta-blocks us before we say anything or give our ticket number from the bot, what's up with that? Any tips? Already messaged Ask PlayStation on twitter, no response yet.
Seriously? That can't be legal, right? I mean it states you have the right to cancel and get a refund with possibly substracted sum for how long you did use it within 14 days or something like that. Why isn't there a shitstorm if they're blocking people from using this consistently enough to have that opinion of them?
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Have you played Demon's Souls yet? I finally got around to playing it, and it's a fantastic remake.
A lot of game to play but of course I'm going to replay Darks Souls 3
Its never a bad idea to replay a Dark Souls games. They really do age like fine wine.
I already replayed 1 and 3 a few months ago. Gonna do DS2 and Bloodborne before ER releases.
Phoenix RISING
A phoenix always RISES!
Kena
Ghost of Tsushima DLC
Speaking of PS5, Demon's Souls is good, but not great. Feels dated even with the makeover. Maybe I should have tried a mage build instead of holy knight.
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Did anyone else get a Switch year in review email?
Apparently I played my Switch 406 hours this year. I could barely tell you what I spent it on.
Apparently I played my Switch 406 hours this year. I could barely tell you what I spent it on.
I rented Kena: Bridge of Spirits and played it for about 2 hours before sending it back. At least Horizon comes out in a few months.
Saints' Row 4 93% off in Nintendo eShop at moment. Price will probably change soon as it's an error probably.
It's £2.44, i'll probably grab it later tonight if it's not an error and is actually 93% off.
Half way into the PS2 remake and I can safely call it a classic. It's criminal that Sony abandoned this series after the last game on PSP.
I still have fond memories of the first Wild Arms, still remember seeing the OG version back in the day for the first time... mind blown!
I'll always have a soft spot for Wild Arms 1.
I am convinced that Akifumi Kaneko will do wonderful things if he received a giant budget to develop what he want in modern days. Sucks that he is now living off with Symphogear (and I am pretty indifferent to it). Not sure if he will return to game development ever again.
Ah, if only. Besides Kaneko being out of the video game space these days (as you said), giant budgets for JRPGs are basically non-existent outside of Final Fantasy these days. Even if he was willing to come back, not sure there are too many publishers willing to fund one, assuming that Sony is actually willing to let them use the Wild Arms IP. Considering Jim Ryan's heavily Western bias, this isn't a given.
But if they don't... totally new JRPG not part of an existing franchise? Created by a man whose games have never really set the US/EU charts on fire? He'd probably get an Idea Factory sized budget at best.
I watched three so far. Really like how they are being transparent about the whole creation of Xbox. I look forward to watching the RRoD episode.
Managed to acquire a Xbox Series X with Forza Horizon 5. Already had a Xbox One S as a 4K bluray player so it is nice that the console OS is now at least fluid. Still ass though.
Played a bit of Horizon 5 then but I don’t think it is for me. Maybe I will get to it from time to time. Now I will probably play some Halo MP from time to time. But until I use it more it has to wait until I move into an apartment that has enough space for my OLED. And then I will use the power of the XSX to handle games such as Ninja Gaiden Black, Otogi, Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon.
And for the future I can see myself playing more on consoles now that I work at a library. I am not repelled by the OS experience for these new consoles and can’t beat having next to free access to games.
Played a bit of Horizon 5 then but I don’t think it is for me. Maybe I will get to it from time to time. Now I will probably play some Halo MP from time to time. But until I use it more it has to wait until I move into an apartment that has enough space for my OLED. And then I will use the power of the XSX to handle games such as Ninja Gaiden Black, Otogi, Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon.
And for the future I can see myself playing more on consoles now that I work at a library. I am not repelled by the OS experience for these new consoles and can’t beat having next to free access to games.
Oh god this looks great now. Improved so much from early trailers.
This looks incredible. Releasing on Mar 25th.
Had no idea there's a full 3D Kirby game. It looks sweet. Is it me or, despite the similar cartoony vibe, they don't reuse Odyssey assets/shaders/materials etc.?
I rented Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and wasn't able to play the game. I looked at the back of the cartridge and the contacts were slightly bent. I didn't even know that you could render Switch cartridges unusable considering that's the first time I've had that happen in the nearly ~5 years I've owned the console.
Disgusting practice, no matter the platform, this began with Starcraft 2, which had beta builds with LAN activated in select LAN prties, but instead opted to be always online, even on tournaments.
blizzard-gaming.blogspot.com
This was after a campaign of PR defending it and blaming pirates for the decision:
(yes, it still hurts)
Starcraft 2 Hack for LAN - Starcraft 2 Crack
StarCraft 2 Campaign Missions and Achievements Guide SC2ALLin1 Offline StarCraft 2 Beta Launcher
blizzard-gaming.blogspot.com
This was after a campaign of PR defending it and blaming pirates for the decision:
(yes, it still hurts)
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