S I'm wanting to play corssplay MC with an artist friend who happens to play it on his PS4. Now I can already play with him via my Switch, but it's laggy af from my end, both in terms of Switch perf and network.

I want to play with him via Bedrock edition, but here's where the usual MS haystack issue arises;

I uninstalled the old MC launcher (which was apparently called the MC "unified launcher") and all that was left was the new one. It still has my Java ver installed which is dandy and it's left that alone for the most part.

I've migrated my MJ account to my Xbox one, since they were going to enforce that anyway. I'm trying to use the new launcher to install and play Bedrock edition, so I can actually do the crossplay part, but the big ol problem is, that I cannot get Bedrock edition to install, because it constantly says "idle" in the download bar, and then I get this if I try to reboot the launcher:

I honestly have no idea how to resolve this issue, because as usual, MS has something going on, that should otherwise be a simple task. It lets me choose where to install the game, but it won't do anything, and I've even tried going to the Win 10 store, and launch it from there, but the same issue persists. 

Why is this so hard?. Why can't I download, install and launch a game when it comes to MS?. I can install practically any game on Steam and launch them fine (unless it's a super ancient game that doesn't support modern OS's or is a really shoddy port). 

My last solution, is to flat out uninstall the launcher entirely and try to re-download it from the Win 10 store, and hope to god that it will let me fucking download Bedrock edition. I wish MS hadn't fucked around with Bedrock, because 2 yrs ago, I was able to install it as it's own app, without the need for the Java version launcher, but now they won't allow you to do that and I'm stuck with this weird ass mess. MS tech support spew the usual shit of "uPdAtE uR dRiVeRs", even though I'm always up to date on fucking everything, and that hardly ever resolves issues for me. 

I hate UWP...god I really do. 

Yea Guardians runs pretty well. I was mainly referencing how terrible Halo's performance was on PC.

Pleasure, likewise. 

anyway the only good game i played in 2021 has been Dyson Sphere Program the problem is in the endgame i'm running at 24 fps (@4k)

Wow, you've been busy!

*High-five's mZuzek*

Good. Paying attention is crucial.

I'm impressed, I wouldn't even dare to do that. Congratulations for your success.

It's not that simple. The problems that led to this situation were water shortages in Taiwan which (which I don't know if it's been resolved or not) affected TSMC's output, a lot of companies and workers getting new servers/computers to work remotely, crypto mining and smartphones/IoT devices.

Of those, the renewal of server/computers to work remotely has already been done and isn't much of a problem nowadays, something that can be seen given that CPU prices have fallen down to MSRP or lower. The water problems in Taiwan are still a thing, and that affects production. How long will they last? Unknown. Miners are still a plague and smartphones/IoT won't go anywhere.

So, how long will the shortages last? Sadly, no one really knows.

That's a common problem with some franchises. They were originally designed to last two or three games but, because of its success or brand appeal, the publishers decided to make more of them, and that's when we run into problems with the plot/story.

Other known examples are Assassin's Creed or Mass Effect.

Welcome back! I passed on Origins despite owning it - not a massive fan of prequels. Would you say its worth playing? Still have to get around to completing Arkham Knight (which is fantastic btw) before the new one comes out next year.

@JEMC I looked it up and MC is the same VA (Steve Downs). He just sounds so different.. like, almost unrecognizable. I suppose he's in his 70 now. Idd tbf Halo has been a mainstay for Xbox and Microsoft. Being a bit of a fan in the older days (and I loved Bungie games back in the day), this one didn't do much to move the needle for me. Though the game was fun to play - which is the main thing.

But yeah think it was the sequelitis effect. Maybe something for newer fans of the series. I'd throw in another movie analogy and say the story is like the Star War films. Post trilogy/George Lucus films. Talking about sequels, I hope Matrix 4 is going to be good and I'm planning to to watch it on new years

Star Wars would be a great analogy because both are made by a different studio and written by different people.

And I have no hope for Matrix 4. Then again, I only watched the first one and saved myself from the disasters that were the other two.

Oh man, you're lucky! Wish I could forget Reloaded and Revolutions. Matrix was a perfect film on its own.

I'm cautiously optimistic, and daresay excited and still watching it in the pictures because I'm a bit of a fan of Keanu Reeves's films lol.

Nice. Will have to give it a go at some point. Still have a few games I have in Rotation I need to get around and finishing including FFVII Remake - though I think I will start a new playthrough as its been a while since I played it.

And that sounds pretty cool. Quite like the comics/movies then when he was more of a unknown and vigilante. Bonus that it has more Joker in it, who is probably my favourite DC villain. If its anything like the Killing Joke or something along those lines, I'm sure I'll enjoy it. And the festivity is quite fitting for now heh.

Yeah I've not tried any of the spinoffs as I like to stick to mainline. It does look interesting though, but I get the hesitation lol. Think you actually inspired me start playing the games again. I'm thinking of starting from Origins and working through the games until Arkham Knight and then play Suicide Squad and Arkham Knights next year.

Yeah I think we're all a little guilty of this. Backlog keeps building and there's only so much time to play games xD

I got it on PS4. And yeah you get the free upgrade patch for it on PS5. Basically you get to claim the PS5 version as download off PSN when it recognises the disc. Though you gotta pay for that Yuffie DLC separately. And ditto for the KH series; still on my backburner list on PS4.

True, love the gameplay. There's something about taking out bad guys in stealth and the meaty combat; between his actrobatic combos and utilising all his gadgets thats oh so satisfying to play/watch. And yeah I think you'll really enjoy Arkham Knight. For me its on par with City and you get a Batmobile to control which was pretty awesome.

Cool, yeah its a decent series. I can't wait for the new games. More of the Bat family is always a good thing. Wonder where they'll go after that.. I'd love if they made a transition to Batman Beyond much like the Spiderman games on PS4.