Most likely because of the Google/Apple 30% cut. Now you can still use the apps to download the game without buying it. It can still be ready for you when you get home. You will just have to buy it on console before able to play it.
Cant have a store where you can do stuff like remote play and since Microsoft has it all bundled thats why.
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Wait, I can download games I haven’t bought, I didn’t know that! Thanks!
I would like them to not court “influencers” quite so much.
Making the Pride controller, a sign of inclusivity, exclusive to press and influencers its really bloody annoying.
Team Xbox has designed the Pride 2021 Xbox Wireless Controller with and for LGBTQIA+ people to give visibility to communities that have often been overlooked and neglected. It combines the flags of various LGBTQIA+ communities in an interwoven energetic way, creating a sense of unity, and evoking both technology and the modern age. To celebrate, Team Xbox will share these controllers with key influencers and media in the U.S. and internationally.
“Show your pride” the designs say, well its pretty bloody hard to if I can’t get one.
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I’d love a setting where all my Series X / S optimized games automatically download to the internal SSD while all the backwards compatible games without any optimizations automatically download to my external SSD.
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Not sure if this was added or not, would LOVE to have UHD Dolby Vision play-back. Or even allow the option, ill pay another $15 for the license lol
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It can be added via firmware update, I remember MS saying they would add it since One X days.
Dude you have just put the seed of a open world Wolverine game in my head and now it’s all i’m going to think about 
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Great topic!
I have created a central list here (if anyone is interested) including my own thoughts. It was personally very surprising to me that achievements were top of the list (I agree it could do with a overhaul but I thought the other issues would be more pressing).
Current as of 14/07/2021:
- 18 - Better achievements (Platinums) / Events / Tracking
- 16 - Improve sharing / OneDrive sync
- 6 - 4K / HDR Dashboard (UI)
- 5 - Better localization (Offer rewards and Gamepass in more countries)
- 5 - Improved Xbox smartphone apps
- 5 - Manual control of quick resume
- 4 - Better streaming/uploading options
- 4 - Community events
- 2 - Add Gryro-sensor / Motion Controls
- 2 - Better availability of the Pride LGBTQIA+ controller
- 2 - Better Discord integration
- 2 - Better grouping of franchises in the store
- 2 - Better store (Console)
- 2 - Better use of the controller features
- 2 - Better Windows Store (PC)
- 2 - Bring Snap back (e.g. Pin YouTube or a media app in the corner of the game)
- 2 - Dolby Vision playback (4K)
- 2 - First party exclusives from eastern studios (Japan/India/South Korea etc)
- 2 - First party superhero exclusive (e.g. Spiderman)
- 2 - First party third person narrative type games (e.g. God of War, Last of Us)
- 2 - HDR support for 1440p/1080p
- 2 - Improve Quick Resume (more reliable/stable)
- 2 - Mod support
- 2 - More stability updates for the OS.
- 2 - Offline support for Game Pass games
- 1 - Handheld Xbox (Xboy/Series Z)
- 1 - A tab/group on the dashboard to show all games (tile style)
- 1 - Ability to stream console to PC
- 1 - Add a activity log
- 1 - Add a method to search games by easy Gamerscore
- 1 - Add adaptive triggers to the controller
- 1 - Add grouping options to friends
- 1 - Add haptic feedback to the controller
- 1 - Add the average completion time (hrs) on the shop/dashboard
- 1 - Automatically download unoptimized games to a external harddrive
- 1 - Be able to buy games via the Xbox app
- 1 - Better at a glance information on games (friends which own it, achievements earned etc)
- 1 - Better battery indicator
- 1 - Better clubs functionality
- 1 - Better control of Mic Monitoring
- 1 - Better notifications from Wishlist’s
- 1 - Better visibility to friends
- 1 - Better Wi-Fi reliability
- 1 - Bring Quake Champions to console
- 1 - Bring UserVoice back
- 1 - Community Page (e.g. Steam)
- 1 - Create a regular Xbox event (e.g. state of play)
- 1 - Custom wallpapers
- 1 - Dashboard Folders
- 1 - Exclusive JRPG’s
- 1 - Family GamePass subscription
- 1 - Family game sharing (where multiple users share a console).
- 1 - Faster memory calculations when freeing up space
- 1 - Faster UI experience
- 1 - Fix the Keyboard/Mouse double input bug
- 1 - Full shutdown available via holding the “X” button.
- 1 - Hide all updates to apps and games in the background.
- 1 - Improve remote installs (via the app/browser) to be more reliable
- 1 - Improve the coming soon page (e.g. PS5)
- 1 - In game help/hint videos (like PS)
- 1 - Manual control to enable FPS boost and Auto HDR on any game
- 1 - More exclusivity deals with eastern game studios
- 1 - More family oriented exclusives (e.g. platformers)
- 1 - Provide an official Xbox controller dock/battery as standard
- 1 - Add a Quick Resume (availability) tag on games
- 1 - Remove download limits while games are in Quick Resume
- 1 - Remove owned games from Wishlist
- 1 - Soft-touch bumpers & triggers
- 1 - Tag friend features (e.g. games they may like)
- 1 - VR headset & Games (e.g. Hellblade VR)
- 1 - When gifting only show eligible friends
- 1 - Integrate child friendly features into first party titles (e.g. Mario Kart auto steer)
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Quick resume!
Bring back Snap.
Evolve achievements. I had recommended once before with creating another type like Platinum called Onyx. It would show up as a badge on your profile with a small number above it counting how many times you got it. Also, need a badge for Diamond/Rare too.
Are you suggesting they improve quick resume or something else?
There are some games where it doesn’t work at all and needs improvement. Not talking about online games, though.
I know I’m very late on this but Xbox has supported Dolby Vision for video playback since the One S days. Game support is also coming but I forgot when.
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It does via streaming and games but not blu rays which is what he means most likely.
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Oh yeah that’s a good point. Really do wish they’d update that app.
Overall it needs to get looked at proper. There are many games, both for Xbox One and Xbox Series that just don’t work. But also since the latest update it says a game is QR on the top right of the screen but the game isn’t using QR at all and closes down immediately.
When it does work, with Yakuza 0 for example it’s awesome. Being able to just jump back in right away. When the feature was shown by media I was excited but it has quite a ways to go.
The things I would like to see xbox improve are:
- Fix DVR on Series X|S consoles (fairly dark if HDR is enabled) along with a more consistent clip editor (some 4K ~30 sec. clips crash during trim even with 400+ GB of internal storage)
- Offer a Game Pass family plan. I head a 3 gamer household where each of us have a Series console, decent gaming rig, a mobile phone and laptop. I currently subscribe to XGP Ultimate and game share with my sons (they are sharing a Series S/my home console) and they have to trick the system to use Game Pass for PC. I would be fine paying double if it covered all 3 of us on console, PC and mobile/xCloud but not triple.
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The ability to have background uploads of media you share to social media. PS5 does it. So did PS4. Having to wait a minute or two for a 1 min video to upload to Twitter before I can do anything is awful.
A fully customizable home screen with themes and folders would be nice too.
The ability to cancel the vibration disabling when I get the low battery notification.
Im on my knees for them to just copy what the PS5 does. Its leagues better and absolutely not intrusive how it should be.