The video gaming community is all set to welcome 2023 which will expose gamers to a new generation of games. 2022 has undoubtedly been a magnificent year with the introduction of games like God of War: Ragnarok, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, and many others. However, the community seems divided between the free games provided by Xbox and PlayStation.
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The community is celebrating the record-setting release of the Xbox Game Pass title High on Life which further became the biggest launch of 2022. With 2023 just around the corner, PlayStation and Xbox released the list of games that will come free for gamers. However, while PlayStation was successful in impressing the fans Xbox left them disappointed.
Xbox fans show utter disappointment with the choice of free games as compared to PlayStation
The inevitable fan war between PlayStation and Xbox has been going on which does give some fruitful benefits to the video gaming community. A few days back, PlayStation released the monthly games that will be included in PlayStation Plus for January. As per the blog, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Fallout 76, and Axiom Verge 2 will be available from January 3, 2023.
This certified that the subscribers of the PlayStation Plus membership will get two AAA titles accompanied by an indie title. On the other hand, Xbox mentioned Iris Fall and Autonauts as free under the Games with Gold program. Thereby, no AAA titles were mentioned along with the two indie titles.
This seemed to have created a rift in the community as the fans were disappointed to see Xbox’s game choice for Game with Gold. A user tweeted, “Just cancel xbl gold already if you’re going to put zero effort into games with gold.” Moreover, another user tweeted, “Yall start the year off like the whole of 2022. Embarassing.”
A fan while drawing a straight comparison said, “Playstation get Jedi Fallen Order and Fallout 76 meanwhile we get 2 sh*t indie games no ones even heard of. Its been bad for like 4 years but f**k me has it got worse with no Xbox 360 games. Just kill games with gold already and focus more on game pass or something at this point.”
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To give a vivid view here are the reactions of the people to the tweet:
Playstation get Jedi Fallen Order and Fallout 76 meanwhile we get 2 shit indie games no ones even heard of. Its been bad for like 4 years but fuck me has it got worse with no Xbox 360 games. Just kill games with gold already and focus more on game pass or something at this point
— Draqzy (@draqzy) December 29, 2022
Yall start the year off like the whole of 2022
Embarassing
— Javy (@FuuTop1) December 29, 2022
I love indie games, but look at the games being offered on PS plus.
Step up your game, MS
— RPGfan (@GfanRp) December 30, 2022
Does anyone remember when @Xbox used to give us PROPER triple-A titles each month? Now it's just a couple of under-performing indie titles that nobody has even heard of! 🙄 Which would be fine if we were getting 4 per month like we used to… 😬 @XboxUK #Xbox #GamesWithGold
— Xynthymr (@Xynthymr) December 29, 2022
Just stop. Please just stop with xbox live gold. It's no longer worth it anymore. Online gaming should be free. Imagine all the great press you'd get if you scrapped gold
— Awesome UK Facts (@AwesomeUKFacts) December 29, 2022
Just cancel xbl gold already if you’re going to put zero effort into games with gold pic.twitter.com/Dw3PKUE7kD
— AstroCyborg (@AstroCyborg) December 29, 2022
Just embarrassing by comparison.. pic.twitter.com/s6pquZQL3b
— Matroidvania 🇬🇧🎮🏍️🍺 (@matroidvania) December 29, 2022
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@XboxP3 Someone needs to speak to the Games With Gold department, I'm not sure what's going on, but it's not great. Im guessing an "Elon shake-up" may be required.
Cheers.
(Speaking like we're mates, haha)
— Kev Westerman (@FnK_25) December 29, 2022
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Going by the reactions, it can be assumed that fans are not liking what Xbox’s Game with Gold is offering. What do you think about the game selection of both parties? Do let us know in the comments below.
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