looks like M$ is moving away from console exclusive, XsX/XsS could be their last gen home console

Sony already confirmed they're working on their next gen console, whereas MS there only crickets sound

Halo is rumored will be available on Playstation and Switch2 as well...

Well... if that's the case, Sony can price their next console at RM5k and ppl will still buy

M$ presenting the next gen console! Xbox PC!

you'll get a Ryzen APU powered PC with a dedicated Xbox botton!

100% compatible with any launchers like Steam, Epic, GoG, etc!

dont be surprised to see master chief shooting on Switch 2 soon

E33 is pretty easy to get 1000/1000 once you've finished the story

the only part I had problem is the hidden boss Simon which took me multiple tries, and the bloody climbing mini game, thank god it's not on timer!

I also bought E33 bcos XGPU expired

was planning to look for cheapest XGPU, but look again at my backlogs and the current market situation, better save the cash and just play the backlogs, which can last me for few years minimum.

Turkiye still the cheapest

Jap/HK also cheaper if compared using the MYR price in PSN MY as reference

I'm using BigPay CC, no more Wise since Argentina store ban

tried last night wanna get some of the super cheap indie games on sales, no joy

hopefully its temporary lock like last time

but seems not the case, last time will just give you the CC error, but this time the message says your payment method must match the region store

bought try25 Gift cards from SEAGM for RM2.84

gonna try to redeem it tonight, see if it works or not

no joy, some weird error code when tried to redeem the code

maybe I'll try to create a new account with Turkey origin first and use VPN to see how it goes

still can't redeem the code, can't even load up the redeem code page with the new turkey account + VPN on PC

maybe it's just Turkey region no longer accept gift cards

you can try to sub for PC Gamepass, RM5 for first 2 weeks, then it's RM20 monthly

Tried it few months back, seems to be working but a bit buggy, but still managed to play a few GPU games like CO:E33 and Oblivion on XsX

Your GPU game icons will have an exclamation mark on it, sometimes got error when launching, but you still play it

Didn't test further and also the multiplayer thou...

IDK, I was able to play a few GPU games for that 2 weeks

see see later in the future if GPU got any games I want to play, then will try to resub again

tried again just now
new (2 weeks old) Tukiye account + Hola VPN on PC
giftcard code redemption success!

gonna try to buy something tonight with the XsX

Operation Turkiye is a SUCCESS!

managed to buy a game using the reload gift card points!

What I did:
1) Create a new Xbox account using Turkiye address and origin via Turkiye VPN on PC
2) Bought Turkiye giftcard from seagm (eneba, cdkeys also got them)
3) Redeem it via xbox.com/redeem on pc with turkiye VPN
4) Login on XsX with the new Turkiye account, set as main to share the games to other on the same console, buy game using the reloaded gift points, success!

IDK if creating a new Turkiye account is needed for this to work, but for me it's safer and to protect my main account, as there are cases of MS banhammer on those violating their cross region rules. If kena banhammer then it's this new account only. All my existing games (200+) in my main account is still safe.

50% increase

streaming services, game services, everything are getting more expensive

both my GPU and PS+ already expired, not going to renew anymore, too expensive
I would rather put those monies into investment nowadays, yeah... age is catching up

anyway, these few months without those "free" games aren't bad actually, it forced me to have a look at my massive backlogs, and boy, there are still plenty of gems there I've started/finished

3 months in, my new Turkiye account is still alive!

top up some more points using gift card, and bought some games this week, still working!

I got them from seagm, cheaper if compared with cdkeys

the code won't work with my OG account as well, as it was a US account when I first created it

I already listed out the steps in my previous post, you'll need Turkiye VPN, and create a new xbox account based in Turkiye