It’s been over 10 years since the release of the Xbox One. I’ve had no need to buying one since I had a PC, and a Switch. Ever since they made the Xbox One S, I’ve kind of been looking it for the Rare Replay Collection. Since it’s $10 Conkers Bad Furday and every other great Rare game. But I can’t find it in myself to pad out it’s library enough to justify buying an whole console. And buying hardware just to play one game doesn’t sit well with me.

Here’s how I’ve been handing my games thus far.

  • PC - for Multiplayer and cross platform games from this generation, since I refuse to pay for PS Plus and Xbox Live Gold

  • PS4 - for Sony exclusives & games better played on consoles, i.e. Assassin’s Creed and Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order

  • Switch - for indi games and exclusives

Outside of Halo and Forza (which I was thinking of looking into), are there any other games exclusive too, or better on Xbox which might be missing.

  • Bluedog@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Technically, you still don’t need to buy an XBox One. I’d suggest that, ethically, you could buy a legitimate physical copy of Rare Replay and then… just play the individual games on your PC.

    I also recommend checking out indie games on PC rather than just on the Switch. You’ll probably find a few more there.

    • the16bitgamer@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      9 months ago

      1. I want to own the games legitimately, just buying the rare replay and downloading the roms is piracy. If I could decrypt the disc and get the roms another way I would do that instead. Since that is technically legal.

      2. I actually want to own this system, and if there are games for it that are best played on Xbox then I want to try it. The problem is that the list of exclusives are 12 according to Wikipedia which sounds off. Which is why I’m reaching out.

      3. If I had a choice I’d buy my indi games on vita… which I did. But since it’s dead the switch is the closest thing. But I don’t just limit myself to switch, mostly games based on a controller. More demanding games get bought on GOG if it’s there.

  • vicho@feddit.clEnglish
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    8 months ago

    The modern forzas and halo infinite are on pc too, they’re not a great argument for a console.

    • the16bitgamer@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      8 months ago

      I agree with you for the most part, and why I haven’t gotten an Xbox.

      However for some games like Forza its better with a controller. And while PCs have fantastic controller support, I don’t like using controllers on PC.

      • M500@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        7 months ago

        Why don’t you like using a controller on PC? Is it just that you prefer to game with a controller on a couch or something?