[XB360, XB1, XSX] Free - Port Royale 3 (XBox Live Gold required) - Microsoft Store

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Lysander on 25/04/2021 - 21:49 microsoft.com (903 clicks)
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This was free was Xbox Game with Gold in March but it is still available and has not expired unlike the other games that were free for that month.
Hopefully this is useful for people who did not know about it then or who thought they were too late and missed out.
Game is pretty good if you like that type of game.

From the website:

The Caribbean, in the turbulent 17th Century. The mighty kingdoms of Spain, England, France and the Netherlands fight over the colonies. And there you are, a young sea captain whose only goal is to become the most powerful man in the New World. To achieve that goal, you may choose one of the two available campaigns: will you become an Adventurer or a Trader?For the first time in the acclaimed Port Royale series, you are not alone in the beautiful and seemingly so peaceful seas of the Caribbean. Develop a successful trading company, lead your ships in beautiful 3D naval battles and force your opponents to their knees!Main Features• Two different single player campaigns: Adventurer and Trader• Naval battles, raids, plundering and invasions await the Adventurer, while the Trader will develop trade routes and the economy to earn glory, fortune and power• 16 different ship types, such as powerful Galleons or versatile Frigates• Organize trade with 60 different cities such as Port-au-Prince or Tortuga• A comprehensive trade system, with supply and demand dynamically setting the price of goods and wares, like in the real world

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  TheDukeOfNukem on 25/04/2021 - 22:45

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  Wow, works on Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X…but not Xbox Series S? Crazy!

  Day 1 of commenting on every digital Xbox deal that doesn't mention the bae Xbox Series S bc the tags on here are lacking.

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    silverrat23 on 25/04/2021 - 23:00

    +5

    Well, any Series X game works on the Series S, so it's easier to just group it all under the former.

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      Agret on 26/04/2021 - 01:42

      His reasoning is that physical games that go on sale are XSX exclusive as the XSS can only play digital games. Makes sense to have a seperate tag for XSS compatible deals (digital games) vs the generic XSX which applies to both physical & digital titles.

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      TheDukeOfNukem on 26/04/2021 - 10:45

      My gripe is that if you mark something as XSX it's promised to work on the XSX, you can't expect it to work on the XSS, ie, it may be a physical game and not work on the XSS, obviously. There's so many ignorant people though, and Microsoft and their naming conventions definitely don't make it any easier, that they might be looking to buy an XSS for someone as it's the cheaper one and a couple games, and then see you saying "Well, any Series X game works on the Series S" and go ahead and pull the trigger.

      Digital Xbox games should honestly just say XBN or something, since XBL isn't the terminology anymore, and from there click the link and see if your console is supported. It's ironic that there's 3 different generations of Xbox tagged in this deal, yet somehow that doesn't cover every compatible console, AND we have someone thinking it won't work on something it does. If that last bit doesn't prove my point on buyer confusion, I don't know what will.

      Xbox Series S lives matter.

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    hollykryten on 26/04/2021 - 09:58

    It won't work on the Xbox 360 itself because it's not a native Xbox 360 version of the game. It won't even show up in the Xbox 360 library as a game. It works only on Xbox One or newer. A version of it specially developed only for Xbox One or newer.

    Remember the game web page states that it's only available on Xbox One and Xbox Series S|X. It means that there is no Xbox 360 support. Obviously because it's a backwards compatible title meant only to be emulated on the Xbox One or newer. So the Ozbargain deal title is incorrect stating that it's also for the Xbox 360 when it's not.

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      TheDukeOfNukem on 26/04/2021 - 10:40

      The game works fine on the 360, it's a 360 game…?

      360 is ancient, they haven't listed games as working on 360 on the Marketplace in forever. Here's a link to the first 360 game I could think of that's still for sale, Lego Star Wars… I have it installed on my 360 and XSX, website doesn't mention 360 working there either, it's kind of a given though, isn't it. https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/p/lego-star-wars-tcs/btt25gg…

      Edit: bc I'm having such a lazy Monday morning, I threw on the old 360 and checked, yeah, the game downloads fine as you'd expect.

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        hollykryten on 26/04/2021 - 11:09

        But it doesn't state available on Xbox 360 on the game web page?.

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          TheDukeOfNukem on 26/04/2021 - 12:20

          @hollykryten: Yeah. The 360, I'm not gonna put words in their mouth so I'm not saying MS said this verbatim, but it's discontinued, it's legacy, it's done. They don't sell the machine anymore, they redid their whole online store a while back in prep for this current generation and everything.

          360 games still do and always will work on 360s, at least barring some dead battery ala the PS4 (Google it, it's v unfortunate tbh), they just don't make any real mention of the console on their site these days bc the (profanity) is over a decade and a half old, and it's replacement is gonna have it's 8th birthday at the end of the year at that.

          The old school store is still up and running, but a lot of the pages will just redirect to the new store, you can suss out 360 support a bit better there if you need to know for a particular game :)

          https://marketplace.xbox.com/en-au/