It’s confirmed: the next xbox will be a Windows PC box. It sounds very interesting that this will also be backwards compatible with Xbox games, including 360/One/Series games. I wonder if it’s just emulation, and how well that will work

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      These days? I dont mind it. With the offering of the 3 games a month, it’s been fine. As someone who’s gotten old and barely plays anything, it’s nice only spending the yearly subscription and getting up to 36 games a year. Sure, not all are great, but there have been plenty of big games offered that let me play the big stuff I missed and probably still wouldn’t pay $20-$30 for.

      A good example would be Alan Wake 2 this month. Really wanted to play it but couldn’t really bring myself to buy it.

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        Seems worse to me than humble choice which you don’t need to play online, so you can just buy the months you like to get 8 games in your library as opposed to it being tied to multiplayer.

        Then there’s Epic which gives away games every month without having to spend any money and still retain multiplayer access.

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          I used to do humble years ago, then I remember something changed and the selections were never that good. It’s been a while since I found one worth buying. I also fo Epic every week. I have been for about 3 or 4 years now.

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            I’d consider August with Persona 5 Royale as a headliner good.

            Shame xbox stopped letting you keep games with gold back in the 360 era.

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        It would be a good deal if you kept the games forever, but since they’re linked to your subscription, it ain’t worth it to me😇