For a good while, there was a bit of hype built around the Xbox Series S, in particular for the retro gaming scene. It was a cheaper device that offered a small form factor. Likewise, it allowed consumers to download emulators and enjoy various retro video games. But while this process was available, some consumers were skeptical. Of course, it didn’t take Microsoft too long before they outright banned emulators from being available in the marketplace, making it impossible to download and enjoy. That’s just the emulators being used in the Xbox Series X/S retail mode.

RETAIL MODE ON XBOX IS DEAD!

• 15-day suspensions handed out to users of retail emulators as a warning shot from Microsoft.
• Devs warning users to delete emulators
• Retail Mode team disbanding and shutting down the Patreon. Sorry to bear the bad news. RT to warn others

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For those of us who pre-ordered, access to AEW Fight Forever is available a day early. I'm playing it now!

I don't tend to get too wrapped up in the next big thing, but the recent updates coming from Starfield developers have really piqued my interest. I'm hoping that it manages to achieve what they are intending with the game - it looks really ambitious!

In-credible

I was (un)lucky enough to have two Xbox controllers get stick drift within a couple weeks of each other. I'm not mad - I played the heck out of these things. I replaced one of them with a nice "velocity green" controller and, for the second, found an incredible deal on Amazon for the 8BitDo Ultimate.

It's a wired controller, which worried me because I don't sit terribly close to my TV, but the cable is almost 10 feet long.

The quality is really nice. It's noticeably slightly smaller than the original controller, but it feels good. There is an app to customize everything about it, but I haven't felt it necessary to play with it yet.

I'd be interested if anybody has experience with this or other third party controllers, especially to see how they hold up over time (and if they get such bad stick drift!).

I'm really late to the party with this game, considering it was released in 2015! I recently saw it on Xbox store for $6, including all sorts of DLC, and the reviews looked fantastic, so I jumped on it.

I just sat down to play it today and I'd say that I got my $6 worth in the first 20 minutes. It was like playing Uncharted on my old PS, but with more action. So far the graphics are shockingly good - I cannot believe it is so old.

I see that there is some sort of card system, and I got a ton of cards with the DLC/extras, but at this point I have zero clue what they do.

Hopefully I'll have time through the week to play a bit more. Better late than never!

Hey everyone! I’m currently the only mod for this community so if anyone would be interested in becoming a mod, please don’t hesitate to ask.

I have a rule that I will never pre-order a game, since I've seen people get stung before (I'm looking at you, Anthem). But I just pre-ordered AEW Fight Forever using the Microsoft reward points that I've been accumulating for a while, so I haven't even put a penny of my own money into it.

I'm looking forward to the game's release.

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