Xbox One X

Battery! said:
So where are the posts of people giving their the first impressions!!!
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It's like an Xbox, but better...

I think this Eurogamer article summed it up nicely

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-11-07-should-you-buy-an-xbox-one-x

The Xbox One X does wonders for Halo 3. Splashed onto a big 4K telly by Microsoft's ultra-powerful new console, Bungie's decade-old first-person shooter looks better than most shooters released today. I dipped back into Halo 3 while waiting for bigger, well, massivemodern games to download onto the Xbox One X's 1TB hard-drive, and Master Chief did a merry dance to my plucked nostalgia-coated heartstrings.

Oh look, Halo 5 has just downloaded its Xbox One X enhancement update. Let's give that a whirl. Well, it turns out Halo 5 in 4K is an absolute stunner, certainly one of the best-looking games of this generation. Halo 5 looked about as good as it could on the much-maligned Xbox One, but on Xbox One X it sings from the rooftops: "look at meeeeee!"

What I love about the Xbox One X is it shows games at their very best, and despite the gameplay purists who might scoff at every Digital Foundry comparison that zooms in on a muddy texture, the sheer power of this console is hugely compelling. Playing Call of Duty: WW2 in native 4K and a blistering 60 frames per second, with all the graphics settings doing that Marty McFly guitar amp thing, is a wonderful experience. Assassin's Creed Origins, one of the best-looking games currently available, is all singing and all dancing on a 4K telly with an Xbox One X powering Ubisoft's virtual Egypt. Gears of War 4 now gives you the choice to play its campaign at 60 frames-per-second, and it is a revelation for the feel of The Coalition's third-person shooter.

A 4K patch does not make Halo 5's campaign better. An Xbox One X enhancement update does not make Gears of War 4 all of a sudden exciting. A near 100GB version of Remedy's Quantum Break doesn't miraculously make Remedy's schlocky shooter essential. The Xbox One X doesn't change the fact that Minecraft is still best played on PC. And Halo Wars 2 is still easy to ignore, facelift or no.

Going back even further, Halo 3 and Fallout 3 and Assassin's Creed all running beautifully in 4K is great, but these are 10-year-old games I've already pumped thousands of hours into. Backwards compatibility is one of the best things Microsoft's ever done in the video game space, and I appreciate the engineering effort that goes into making it happen, but let's be honest: no-one's forking out £450 to finish the fight. Again.

Now, where was I? Oh yes. Finishing the fight. Again.
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Well, after all that time and effort complaining to Amazon and being offered a £10 credit (which isn't showing yet), I've just got an email saying my console is out for delivery! I guess when Dhanya said to trust her/him, she/he meant it - she's poked the delivery team and they've responded! :D
 
Worryingly close to ordering one of these for delivery tomorrow, after saying I didn't need one. I've since bought a 4K, HDR TV so, you know. I kind of need it now. Obviously.
 
I'm a peasent now. My scorpio pre order payment failed as a large bill has come out.. No xbox one x for me.

Still there on my amazon account... kinda want to keep it there :O
 
I picked mine up from Game this morning. There were two people in front of me when I went in and overheard the staff telling the lad that they received more Scorpio’s than expected so if he takes out their warranty I think it was they could upgrade him to that if he wanted. Seems a bit naughty but oh well.
 
BenjiSayers said:
I picked mine up from Game this morning. There were two people in front of me when I went in and overheard the staff telling the lad that they received more Scorpio’s than expected so if he takes out their warranty I think it was they could upgrade him to that if he wanted. Seems a bit naughty but oh well.
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Am I right in thinking that they are the same console, except one says Scorpio on it?
 
BenjiSayers said:
I picked mine up from Game this morning. There were two people in front of me when I went in and overheard the staff telling the lad that they received more Scorpio’s than expected so if he takes out their warranty I think it was they could upgrade him to that if he wanted. Seems a bit naughty but oh well.
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Ah game still screwing people over i see :)
 
So some companies are getting more scorpios and yet amazon can't even send it for release day looks like a phone call to them if nothing has changed by 2pm
 
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