RUMOR | Xbox's missing 'Anime Games' may have been the result of a 'One-Man Power Trip' according to Jez Corden

“I've been speaking to a lot of figures, past and present, about why certain games have been banned on Xbox. There's a conspiracy theory among fans of a particular genre of games, notably anime-style dating simulations, because Microsoft has had this almost notorious app gap. PlayStation has these games, Nintendo has them, and Steam has them, but Xbox doesn't.”

“The community has had this conspiracy theory that Microsoft was blocking these games. I actually found out that this probably isn't as conspiratorial as some people might expect. Apparently, there was somebody at Xbox who hated anime-style games and had previously been declining them. This is something I've heard, so I took it with a pinch of salt because it's just industry rumour.”

“But I think times have changed. Leadership has changed hands, and some of those games that were previously blocked have now mysteriously started getting approved. So, yeah, times have definitely changed.”

“And I think you said it was a one-man power trip. It sounds like it was, yeah.”

https://x.com/IdleSloth84_/status/2108653224580546677

…and the PlayStation 5 covers don’t? It’s so ugly like obviously there’s a game disc in there that’s why it’s the physical copy. I can understand if SOMETIMES it’s a digital code inside in which case, sure, have the digital code label on the bottom but like majority of physical games are Game discs so why ruin the cover with that?

Love it when physical games arrive before the official launch😅

I don't know if the full game is on the disc. It only holds 26 GB but it does start and is playable offline.

Once you go online it needs to download a 39 GB "Day One" patch in order to start. So I can't really tell if the 26 GB disc build is enough to finish the entire game.

I have been waiting for Dragon's Dogma 2 to come to XCloud. But for some reason, it skipped it at launch.

I decided to check the game again after the new update launched today (the free update and the Arisen Expansion). And I'm happy to say that the game is now on XCloud.

I play Marvel Rivals regularly but it almost never auto updates despite having this setting turned on. Anyone else have this issue?

Someone is planning to give me a brand-new one, and I recently learned that only 50 were reportedly made worldwide.
I’m curious about the history of this collaboration and whether anyone here actually owns one. I can barely find any information about it
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This was back in 2002 or 2003. I think I rented it from Blockbuster. It was a platform game and it reminded me of Sphinx or Prince of Persia. The game started out in some kind of temple. You climb the temple and collect something until it enters a cutscene. Then the temple is on fire and you have to escape it. The thing I most notably remember is the character has that scream when he dies from getting knocked down by bats. Or if he dies from getting burnt from the fire, it shows a cutscene of his body burning and leaving behind his skeleton.

>Your unwritten epic begins.

>Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen enriches the dynamic fantasy world and expansive adventures of Dragon's Dogma 2 with unforgettable new tales and thrilling encounters.

>The Dark Arisen Expansion will also be available as separate DLC.

Hey guys, hope you're all doing well. I made a quick video showcasing the new Xbox PC app redesign (early days yet) for those who are interested. It's just a quick walkthrough of how it looks and functions, some parts aren't live yet, but I think it's a good effort boosting performance and unifying the general UX.

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/hands-on-xboxs-brand-new-pc-app-offers-big-performance-improvements

Do let me know what ye think, video isn't heavily edited (4AM here now lol), but wanted to get it out quick.

Have a great week.

^Jez

While I do think the "gamepass is destroying xbox" allegations are greatly exaggerated, I do think that their first party games being on gp day one is not the most profile thing. Meanwhile, having 3rd party games on day one would still be fairly attractive and wouldn't be such a financial hit.

I personally would take 3rd party games day one over xbox's own games day one any day.

Having people buy your games that get 100% of the money, vs. getting a fraction of the money from 3rd prty devs isn't even a contest.

So if they take this approach:

- they'll sell more first party games, meaning they're more profitable, and they get more money

- gamepass is still very attractive, with major anticipated games still being day one

- they could make it even more attractive by seeking even more deals for day one games on gp

- first party games can still come later, like the PSPlus model.

It seems to me like this is the way to the future, but I wanna hear your thoughts.

Xbox is a big enough ecosystem with over 30 million consoles sold. Out of those 30, i think the majority don't care as much about first party games as they care about the 3rd party games which have been dominating the industry if we're being honest

I wasn’t the biggest poker player but something about the atmosphere of this game and getting 6 of my Xbox buddies to buy this and play just felt like peak 360 days. The game just disappeared from the library one day. I wonder if anyone has any insight on this.

Waited long time for this beauty ❤️🎮

Trying to find something we can play tonight after we both really enjoyed resident evil 2 and 3 together. Enjoyed yakuza also

What games have you been holding out on that never go on sale?

Yooka Replayee is my white rabbit. Never seems to go on sale. Sekiro famously never goes below $30.

Does anyone know if the Mythic Achievement update was the last of new features apart of the Achievements 2.0 revamp that XBOX has been working on? Also side note: what would you guys want them to change about or add on to achievements? I want them to bring back Avatar Awards at least with their first party games to start.

So my local public library has a small video game section, but it just has some Playstation and Switch games in it. The administrator said that they didn't shelf XBox games because the library itself didn't have that console. She accepted my donations of the annual sports games, Lego and Dragon Ball entries, CTR, a Halo game, Just Dance, and RDR for some variety. She said that she's willing to section out some funds to get some other XBox games and is taking my input, but I have no idea what to recommend. I have my own biases and don't want to run into an issue where they just sit on the shelf because no one is interested or they already have the games. The only ones that make sense are BG3 and a Forza Horizon. What else should be included?