Xbox Thread (Like/Hate) - Mainly focusing on the lackluster exclusives, weak points, or strong points of Xbox consoles

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Two Dollars said:
As for downloaded games, I don’t want to just say “get with the times, grandpa” because there are genuine concerns, but they’re extremely rare and are no cause for concern 99.999% of the time. The only example of digital purchases being taken away that I’ve ever gone through is for some old iPhone apps.
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Yeah, a lot of mobile games are wiped sooner or later. iOS is really bad about it, since you can't even sideload something that's removed. Android's better, but not by much, with how both OSes get updates that can just nuke games and apps, and the developer won't get compensated for having to update it or anything.

The marketplaces for the PS3, PSP, PSVita, 360, Wii, Wii U, DSi, and 3DS are gone now, but I think you can still redownload your games on all of them. But then again, if you're still interested in older systems, the hacking scene's generally mature by the time store closures happen, so you can just install pirated versions of your games instead. Sometimes it becomes even easier to install those over official means. At least with discs and cartridges, you don't need to worry about drive space, and you can resell them if you're done. Digital games just leaves you with a redundant product. It's not like Steam, where you get cloud saves and easy installs.

Speaking of digital purchases being taken away, it's not a purchase per-say, but I lost my copy of PT because of a really, really unfortunate accident where I was reaching behind my TV for something, and accidentally held the capacitive power button on my PS4, which somehow corrupted the entire hard drive. Lost all my saves, too.
 
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Just how many exclusive games died when the markeplace went down the other day? I've been meaning to get around to getting some of them but I only got the "safe" games I knew I would enjoy and some last minute DLC since I had trouble downloading games I already owned. They crapped out at around 80% everytime and I am not sure that will change, they might just be unobtainable now for me even tho I own them.
Anyways, I hope 360 emulation and hacking scene goes full steam now that there is nothing to lose, I've already seen some guy trying to get a server set up so you can download all these games again and another trying to bring back the original "Blades" theme that I personally liked better than what we have now.
 
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Pissmaster said:
Looks like it just got fixed, but that is a really crappy situation. I sure hope the Xbox One gets jailbroken someday.
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I'm not a software expert, I think it was a bug related to the older firmware not taking the current update. Online only consoles will signify the death of video games if this is not properly managed.
 
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I miss the xbox "blades" UI layout. It always made me excited to play the 360 and made the PS3 look boring by comparison. The sterile wannabe-PC shit the Xbone forced on the 360 at the end of its lifespan was a crime against humanity. Its like the unholy offspring of a smartphone and a PS3.

The servers for most games are still up, like older COD games, Since BO2 zombies and COD Ghost's extinction mode are still really fun and hold up well today. Since they were made by people allowed to do their job.
 
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GTA, COD and Elder Scrolls under one banner.
 
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Pissmaster said:
Good. Go ahead and buy dead & gay Rockstar Games. Spend billions and billions on a company that effectively makes one game. Take them all down with the Xbox brand and accelerate the crash.
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You’d think at some point the government would stop letting them buy so many companies… but it’s modern times so whatever I guess. Least it’s not stopping the games from being on non-Xbox things but man everything lately is just all doom pills. Shits dead… everything’s fucking dead and gay..
 
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UCT said:
Least it’s not stopping the games from being on non-Xbox things but man everything lately is just all doom pills. Shits dead… everything’s fucking dead and gay..
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I wouldn't say we're losing anything important. Microsoft's buying names that got big long ago thanks to people who have since moved on, and now they're a few more billion in the hole for yet another office building full of DEI hires.
 
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Pissmaster said:
I wouldn't say we're losing anything important. Microsoft's buying names that got big long ago thanks to people who have since moved on, and now they're a few more billion in the hole for yet another office building full of DEI hires.
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Take Two also includes 2K, which has a bunch of stuff including Civ, Borderlands, and about half a dozen Yearly Sports Games franchises for the niggercattle.

Rockstar's the headline for obvious reasons, but this would be bigger than ActiBlizz.
 
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Super Hans v2 said:
Take Two also includes 2K, which has a bunch of stuff including Civ, Borderlands, and about half a dozen Yearly Sports Games franchises for the niggercattle.

Rockstar's the headline for obvious reasons, but this would be bigger than ActiBlizz.
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Oh yeah, 2K sports is a big one, but they're still not getting FIFA, which is the biggest one by far. That's locked firmly behind the gates of:
 
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I'm not a software expert, I think it was a bug related to the older firmware not taking the current update. Online only consoles will signify the death of video games if this is not properly managed.
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This is a problem with the 360 and PS3 and subsequent consoles. You have a console that hasn't been updated in years, it goes to a new owner or the old owner finally turns it on after collecting dust for a decade, it needs an update and forces an automatic download and install. Problem is that the update is not designed for a decade old version and refuses to completely install and sometimes overwrites the old firmware and just bricks the console dead. Now you have a dead machine that for the average user is far beyond recovery. And most retailers won't fix it and even MS and Sony don't have a proper repair service.

Also a few times both MS and Sony have decided to force 2FA with updates on older consoles which have bricked them. There was an update to the 360 a few years ago that wiped out a bunch of consoles because MS forced 2FA on but didn't have an email or SMS service configured correctly. So you would just get endless requests for your code if you tried to log in and MS didn't have an actual service to generate and send a code.

Preserving and archiving old games on anything past the 360/PS3 era shows that piracy is more important than ever.
 
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Does anyone know where I can buy a new Xbox 360 controller? I wanna dust off my 360 again but the last time I tried playing it the controller committed suicide and constantly disconnects regardless of whether there's new batteries in it or not. Better yet, would just buying a wired cable and using it as a wired controller fix the issue?
 
Nguyen Van Phuoc said:
Does anyone know where I can buy a new Xbox 360 controller? I wanna dust off my 360 again but the last time I tried playing it the controller committed suicide and constantly disconnects regardless of whether there's new batteries in it or not. Better yet, would just buying a wired cable and using it as a wired controller fix the issue?
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Your best bet would be eBay, Amazon, almost any online retailer. It may be a point now where the Xbox 360 is considered "retro." If you go that route, check reviews.
 
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Does anyone know where I can buy a new Xbox 360 controller? I wanna dust off my 360 again but the last time I tried playing it the controller committed suicide and constantly disconnects regardless of whether there's new batteries in it or not. Better yet, would just buying a wired cable and using it as a wired controller fix the issue?
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Official? eBay

3rd Party? Amazon
 
Does the store closure mean I can finally softmod a 360 without having to solder on a bunch of shit?
 
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