Johnny_Sailor

Thanks for sharing. I wouldn’t have known this was going on if I hadn’t seen it. I actually grabbed Skyrim. Seeing all the coverage for the Switch version made me want to get that, but for 1/3 of the price I’ll skip the portability.

I was also debating grabbing Rise of the Tomb Raider and Deus Ex since they’re only around $9 each.

I’m going to skip it. I’m a huge fan of Star Trek, but I refuse to pay for yet another subscription service.

Hey bud! You look in the mirror right now, and tell yourself that it isn't that you're not good enough for Absolver... Absolver isn't good enough for YOU.

@dagas: I think the VW thing was less about not wanting to be associated with racing, and more to do with the diesel emissions scandal in the US.

I'm wondering if there will be a car pack for Toyota in the same way we had hem for Porsche in the past. Toyota may have seen they could make more money that way, or that skipping a year or two in games would give them better bargaining.

Probably the original Super Mario Brothers. I don't think it's the best, but the graphics for it are just so ingrained into us, and all these years later it controls so well, and just connects with everyone.

If it's anything like the other Taco Bell console giveaways, the employees will steal all the codes before giving out the boxes.

Both times I tried to enter codes at two different Taco Bells they were already claimed.

Race Night is on Thursdays though, correct?

@undefined: "I'm just asking questions."

But hey, I'm just a normal kid, like you, except that I ask questions. And because I'm brave enough to ask questions, I come under scrutinies. Is Wendy using your lunch money to buy heroin? Probably not, but how can we know? I don't want my lunch money going to drugs! Who's taking these drugs? What would be the point? I'm asking questions!

Nah, wait for some kind of super sale, and don't pay more than $10 if you're just dying to play it. Otherwise don't buy it and reward EA for making garbage.

Here's what I think the next full on XBox should be:

Part Valve Steambox, part Nintendo Switch.

Okay, okay, hold on, hold on, and just bare with me here...

One of the reasons that the Steambox isn't all that successful is that there is absolutely no reason to use it over Windows as an OS. With Steambox you get a gimped up version of Linux that is really just for gaming with a limited software library. With Windows, you get a full Windows experience being able use your system for video games, and everything else that you use a PC for.

Now Microsoft is heavily going for their "play anywhere" theme that lets you play their games either on Xbox or PC, so what if the next system was a heavily themed full on version of Windows 10 that you can take with you from room to room.

Imagine the hardware taking inspiration from the Switch, and being an Xbox system that you're able to dock with a television, and then grab the system to bring to your desk in order to dock it with your monitor and k/m setup? I'd imagine the high cost system bundle being an Xbox console, a controller, two docks, a keyboard, and a mouse. A low cost bundle would just be the dock, console, and a controller.

You'd have the advantage of a system being able to run Xbox games well due to standardized system hardware, but also let you use it with anything that a Windows system could do. You could use it in the living room for that sit down on the couch experience with games or media, and then move it to a desk when you're wanting a desktop k/m experience, or if you're wanting to do something besides gaming with productivity software or whatever.

Obviously the OS would need to be themed in such a way that it's easy to navigate with a controller as well as be a full version of Windows 10, and they'd have to fix their horrible digital store Windows experience.