Xbox Series S/X: Thread 05

[nonny]

Just been reading some very good things about Halo Infinite on twitter (refuse to call it anything else).

The game has seen its highest daily player counts since launch and has risen up the most played charts on Xbox.

343 are actively looking at some issues around net code and custom browser synch. The custom games browser has been very popular since infection, firefight and forge AI has been added.

343 also went out of their way to give praise to the new battle royale custom game created by Forge Falcons. There's a slim chance that might get added into an official playlist in the near future.

Finally a forge AI bot for Blender. This allows creators on PC to map out creations using forge assets in that tool and then print/export them directly into Forge which has opened the door for accurate re-creations of classic maps from both multiplayer and campaign.

Short version... Halo Infinite is currently more popular than it was at launch in multiplayer and forge has exploded with campaign type content coming.

[Neon Ignition]

https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/2/23944124/microsoft-xbox-game-pass-ultimate-free-employee-removed

We can now account for nearly 300,000 GP user accounts

[fishbowlhead]

Apparently the entire Xbox dash has been turned into a cod advert.

Just vomit inducing.

[nonny]

Apparently the entire Xbox dash has been turned into a cod advert.

Just vomit inducing.

Its a bit misleading as not everyone has had this happen, there's a single tile on the dashboard for me mentioning COD campaign access is now live but no huge full-screen advert.

That said, they did do this with Starfield. When I booted once I got a full-screen animated ad for Starfield that then minimised into that tile if you didn't press anything. That was a one off... it literally does it once and then it will never happen again.

Not saying it isn't annoying if you hate ads, but it is far less intrusive than the media will have you believe

[Neon Ignition]

I got the screen last night when I turned the X on, pressed B and it went away and hasn't come back. I don't mind it, as long as it remains an infrequent notification

[endo]

Same. When I switched it on, I was greeted by a full-screen ad for COD with a handy link to the 99 quid edition. Lovely!

[Lebowski]

The TV adds for COD are some of the most Cringe inducing things Ive seen in a long time, the below ad seems to be running in cut down form every add break on sky, loads of racial stereotypes with guns walking around a nightclub like location called "The lobby" getting ready for some game like its some massive event.



if it was true to life it would be loads of 12 year olds calling each other gay in squeaky high pitched voices.

[wakka]

I actually quite like that! It's a good concept, and I like some of the goofier parts like the guy dressed in the silly neon outfit and the person in the zombie costume cutting off their finger. The "cool" dialogue needed dialling way, way down though, and the hot woman pulling the protagonist into her team is, blech.

[fishbowlhead]

Good lord the defence force out out in full. It’s a s****y practice and you all know it. If Sony did this you’d be calling for a full boycott of PlayStation for Sony being evil as usual. But MS get a free pass?

You accept this now it only gets worse and worse.

[Neon Ignition]

It's not so much a free pass, just not yet a major problem. I found the 360's dashboard ads to be more annoying

[wakka]

If I was Sony or MS I would do **** like this all the time. Money in the bank. I bet it converts.

I can see why it's mildly annoying but I don't think it's a big deal personally.

[nonny]

Good lord the defence force out out in full. It’s a s****y practice and you all know it. If Sony did this you’d be calling for a full boycott of PlayStation for Sony being evil as usual. But MS get a free pass?

You accept this now it only gets worse and worse.

No-one is accepting it, I agree with you that it is a rather annoying practice... I'm just saying the amount of outrage being displayed about it on social media is not exactly equal to how it's actually implemented.

The way some people are going on about it you'd think MS is making you sit through 5 minutes of trailers before your game starts.

[Lebowski]

Samsung TVS are the worst for bombarding you with adds the second you turn on your TV. it dose leave a bad taste in your mouth when you've paid so much for an expesive piece of electronics and their using your stuff like its their own personal billboard and delaying you from using the thing you paid for.

I'm kind of glad people are pissed as if they accept it they will only push it to make it more invasive, you know what these company's are like today's Horse Armour is tomorrows, Season Pass, Skin store, mystery Loot box pull.

[Neon Ignition]

To be fair - MS have done way worse things in the days since the Acti deal cleared. Imagine being in Brazil where you wish you could afford to buy a newly inflated RRP Xbox in order to even see the COD splash screen!

[Yakumo]

Apparently the entire Xbox dash has been turned into a cod advert.

Just vomit inducing.

Yep, happened to me as well. I was not happy seeing that **** suddenly appear when switching on the Series X.