Gaming is alive and well!

This is no doubt great news for Microsoft and great news for the trajectory of where they are going with the X box brand.

Makes me wonder how much better Sony would have done on the charts if the shortages weren't an issue though. It is still ridiculously hard to get ahold of PS5s and unfortunately it doesn't sound like that trend is going to end any time soon.

I imagine the Series S sales (seeing as how they are lumped in with Series X sales.) have given the overall X box sales a boost in the charts but regardless this is still great news for gamers and it shows the community behind gaming is as strong as ever.

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By the end of the year I wouldn't be surprised if close to half of the games slated to release in 2022 are delayed.

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-"$116 billion was spent in total on mobile games in 2021"-

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Some awesome games coming out this year.

2022 is definitely shaping up to be a good year and one with a lot more potential than 2021.

Horizon and Elden Ring are going to be fighting for my time come February and considering how close they are to each other I don't expect to leave my little ninja cave for at least a good month.

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I know these are shipped numbers but that is impressive nonetheless.

Microsoft has to be really happy about that.

It would really be interesting to see how well both the Series X and the PS5 could really do if they weren't handicapped by covid/chip shortages.

I don't know how others have felt but trying to find a Series X or a PS5 is still ridiculously hard.

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Always thought that some of these tech demos should just be more than showcases of the consoles power.

Something like this would actually be a fun departure from the usual tone of Quantic dreams games.

-DEMO TO GAME NINJA APPROVED-

-"Spencer spoke about how Microsoft uses AI on Xbox to "monitor the sentiment of a conversation" to detect "when a conversation is getting to a destructive point."-

How does stuff like this not make anyone's skin crawl?

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We are all in need of a proper Twisted Metal reboot.

Hopefully the transition to a Sony first party studio will pay off big as I know there are tons of TM fans who have been waiting for a true successor for almost a decade.

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Well,

looks like we are in for another amazing E3 like last year... wait a sec.

Oh yeah, that's right.

Waiting to hear news of how Microsoft won't be attending like Sony and Nintendo now.

-E3 DEATH BLOW? NINJA APPROVED-

They want to rebuild their reputation, huh?

Good luck with that.

Bioware's reputation has been on a decline for quite some time now. I want to say it was Mass Effect 3 but it could have very well been before that.

The worst part is I don't really see any signs they truly are going to change their ways to get back in gamers good graces anytime soon either. It's not just from a gaming development perspective but it is from an even greater ideological one.

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