Xbox Countdown Sale

This is billed as the biggest Xbox sale ever.  Note: not the best sale, just the biggest (meaning most stuff on "sale" during the prescribed period).  I guess the second week (starting around December 28th could be better).  So far I am thoroughly underwhelmed by the sale.  I picked up some point cards for this too...

I was looking for possible savings on (savings on most of these would need to be in the 50% off range)... 
* Kinect Sports Rivals,
* ScreamRide (won't happen because they introduced a bundle with Zoo Tycoon),
* The Wolf Among Us (Xbox One),
* Fallout 4 (I know 33% off at most - $40ish and I would probably get it), 
* Overlord Fellowship of Evil
* Shovel Knight. 
* A few LEGO games if they were cheap enough (360)
* South Park: The Stick of Truth (though I hate the abortion mini game)
* Torchlight

I will not buy "arcade" games for $20, I am not really a fan of $15 either. So far not so good.  I have only picked up Forza Horizon 2 DLC Storm Island and Kings Quest Episode 1 (because it was $1.50, $0.99 on the 360).   

For a list of stuff on sale look at the link below (if it decides to be linky, if not, copy and paste). 

http://majornelson.com/2015/12/21/the-official-list-of-deals-on-xbox-stores-countdown-the-biggest-sale-ever/

2015 Backlog: Xbox One

Another year.  A bunch of games I didn't finish (or in some cases start).  Yes, it is another list post.  What games (well, there may be more depending on backwards compatibility and the Countdown sale) have I still not beaten?  Should I be getting nervous that I am approaching the under 1 TB mark?  I should have Gold through at least October, so there will be more games added next year.  This is just stuff on my Xbox One hard drive (and 2TB external) as of December 19, 2015.

- not played
* not beaten (and probably never will be)
^ Games with Gold (will eventually lose these)
(BC) Backwards compatible title

2015 Backlog: Xbox 360

Another list post (hold your applause until the end)... So, what is on my list of games that I haven't beaten.  Scratch that, what is on my list of games purchased but not played (not beaten may make a comeback) that still exist on my 360 or Xbox One? 

This is not all the games, I have 1.8GB left on my 360 and had to delete many other games. I may add some games during the Countdown sale (and some games will go to the Xbox One when they are backwards compatible).   

The answer below:

Xbox Year in Review Email

On December 18th, I got an email from Xbox detailing  some stats in 2015 (since January).  So, how much time did I spend, how many achievements did I get, etc?  Why did they release these stats as of sometime around December 18th rather than waiting until the end of the year?  I don't know that one.  I probably have a few achievements on each account that don't show up in the stats. 

Can I do it again in 2016 (unlikely)?  I do have a sizable backlog of Xbox 360 and Xbox One games (however Games with Gold are going to eventually "give" games that I already own).  I also have a few games waiting for Winter Solstice and one for Xmas (I would guess). 

Video Game Resolutions 2016

Well, another year is almost over (mercifully).  What are my "gaming" resolutions for 2016?  Probably mostly 720-1080 P.  Not that type of resolution?

Gamerscore:
* Increase to 125,000 (primary account), 67,000 (secondary account)
    - currently (110,927 and 52,090 respectively).
* Xbox 360 gamerscore: increase to 80,000 (currently 75,000 ish.  100K would be cool, but is probably too much) - primary account

Other:
* Beat at least one game (see credits)
* Do not buy any game at $49.99 or higher
* Neverwinter: hit level 70 with at least one character
* Placeholder for anything i forgot

A Guy Walks Into a Target

So, a guy walks into a Target.  Why would anyone do such a thing, you might ask?  Well, they are currently having a buy 2 get 1 free sale on all video games (until Sunday November 15, 2015).

This guy figures "what the heck" it is Friday the 13th (awesome).  He says he will get the deal if he can find a third title (though he could probably just add a third title and return it - but that would involve talking to people, yuck).  He thinks, i wish i wouldn't have bought Forza 6 already. Unfortunately, the Target website "inventory tracker" wasn't working so he couldn't tell what was in stock before going.  He found Fallout 4 and Rise of the Tomb Raider, but another $60 title was not appealing (never mind their crap selection of games).  Sure they had Halo 5, but Halo 5 isn't worth $40 as a single player title.  

So now he will have to wait to see if he can get a decent deal on Black Friday (for newer games probably not), though Best Buy and/or Amazon.com will likely have a buy 2 get 1 free promotion in the not too distant future.

As an aside, the Target website kind of sucks.  They changed the weekly ad format to make it much worse, now you can't even zoom in on the small text in the ad (and the links are frequently wrong).

NXE and Backwards Compatibility Has Landed

The New Xbox Experience launched today.  i'm not sure if this has any performance enhancements over the stock Xbox One OS.  However, aesthetically, i much prefer the old method.  Sure you can still do the same, but i liked the original Home area - now i have to scroll down to find what i want (under My Stuff), stuff like games and achievements.

Xbox 360 backwards compatibility has landed with the first 104 games.  Not surprisingly, i had a few of these.  Hopefully i can free up some GB on my 360.  This is going to take a lot of time to download.  Strangely enough, these games seem to come with a little more overhead (or percentage wise on some XBLA games, significant overhead).  That is to say that Xbox 360 backward compatible titles have a larger file size on the Xbox One.  i didn't have some games installed on the 360, so i don't know the file sizes.  These are digital games only