As a gamer in his late thirties who tries really hard to take advantage of his Series X, this is what the Xbox store currently looks like, and has always looked like, to me…
As a gamer in his late thirties who tries really hard to take advantage of his Series X, this is what the Xbox store currently looks like, and has always looked like, to me…
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Honestly, it’s the same as the PSN store lol
I would go for the indie games with pixel graphics if they don’t cost very much. Chances are pretty good that the game turns out great.
Seems to me you could make use of Gamepass so you can try out everything they have to offer without really buying the games.
Maybe just buy games that interest you and that you like and stop worrying about this dumb shit?
I’ll take a “indie game with pixel graphics” if the mechanics look solid please
Midnight console war shit post.
Thanks for calling out Resident Evil with your chest out, I’m so sick of the decades long Resident Evil circlejerk.
People are so hard to please. Gaming is as good as it’s ever been and there is so much out on the market that it’s nearly impossible to try everything.
It’s to the point where there are games that I am big fans of, that I have boot up once or twice and basically have to shelf because something else I was a bigger fan of came out, or I am far too busy to get to them and by the time I do? Months have passed and some cool new shit comes out.
Basically, I don’t agree, and I don’t understand these posts lol.
O sing a song of balduron
You forgot all the Xbox exclus… Nevermind.
I laughed so hard at this lol. I tend to agree, but don’t be afraid to step out of your comfort zone. There are some pretty good games out there if your willing to keep an open mind.
Meanwhile a Steam Sale starts, and there goes more money for Gabe.
Maybe you could ask around online for recommendations, if the Xbox store isn’t offering any that you like.
OP, you forgot the remaster of game from 5 years ago on sale.
For a late 30s you sure seem like a crybaby.
dude, i’m a month away from being 40 and i have so many games i want to play that i can’t because of work and a new baby.
like, yeah, the store is a mess, every store is a mess. i just feel like someone who claims to be in their late thirties would have figured out some sources that might tell them what they might be interested in. it’s never gonna be the store itself- they just wanna sell you whatever they got.
i feel like someone your age should know better, but i also feel like a dickhead for assuming you should know better. good luck!
…. what’s wrong with a good old Resident Evil game?
Welcome to Xbox
Congrats on being able to afford a Series X.
I mean hey, some of those 3 and 5 year old games are pretty great (I assume. I don’t own an Xbox, so maybe Xbox just has garbage games this generation).
You think that Microsoft store is terrible? Wait until you find out about Nintendo eshop
Don’t forget the $129.99 bundle of 8 different still-image games, followed by each game individually. And then the six different paid early access bundles of the latest EA game. And then a few $2.99 obstacle course games where you get 1,000 gamerscore in 2 minutes.
All this on the New Games page. Then you scroll down a bit and finally find the one actual good game that released, that nobody can see lol.
Yeah, get a PlayStation. Xbox ship is sinking fast.
As a gamer in his 50’s who only uses his Series X to play Madden, I’ve never looked at the store.
the store is targeted at kids and zoomers. research what game you want to play and then search for it.
not pictured on the right side – last years Fifa / NBA / NFL / other sports game that releases each year
I’m so tired of pixel art, man.
I know it’s cheap & easy, but by god please try something else every so often.
Game Maker’s Toolkit recently converted untitled magnet game’s art to vectors and it looks *noice.*
I personally*love* the hand-drawn style (like Hollow Knight and Thunder Lotus’ games), but it’s so rare :’c
I already know what game I will play long before it gets released. Thankfully I can also tell if a game is gonna bomb so hard this way. I have just completed Unicorn Overlord and am so thankful to vanillaware for it.
Don’t sleep on indie games with pixel graphics. Some of them are really, REALLY good
Almost never use the console store. But since the UI is there, it means they do actually make sales (yes, they make a lot of money off digital store, even though their hardware sales are abysmal).
What I do instead is to use the web store + wishlist combination.
I only buy things that I really want, or for those “nice to haves” I wait for a deep discount (like 50% off of Midnight Suns which was worth it).
Again, no need to even visit this place.