That's incorrect. Usb 3.0 HDDs will easily write at about 90-100 megabytes per second to the series consoles
As you mentioned your 10gb connection is totally irrelevant as the series X can only see 1gb of that and even if you are getting 800 megabits (ive never seen it go over 650 personally) that is still slower than via USB.
An external HDD is great alternative to redownloading content until the series consoles get a faster network interface, if you are talking about speed.
Edit: now I'm not so sure and maybe I'm having a maths fail
rp2000
That's incorrect. Usb 3.0 HDDs will easily write at about 90-100 megabytes per second to the series consoles
As you mentioned your 10gb connection is totally irrelevant as the series X can only see 1gb of that and even if you are getting 800 megabits (ive never seen it go over 650 personally) that is still slower than via USB.
An external HDD is great alternative to redownloading content until the series consoles get a faster network interface, if you are talking about speed.
Edit: now I'm not so sure and maybe I'm having a maths fail
rp2000
I just renewed through the brazil method for 3 years (cost me AU$180). So since I'm pretty much exclusively digital now, and new AAA games over here are AU$100 for a standard edition, it takes less than two games in three years that I would have otherwise bought, for me to get value. For me, that's Forza.
I have noticed something interesting comparing a launch Series X vs new one a couple of weeks old. The new one has less blanked holes on the rear which would allow more air input. Both share the same model number of 1882. You can clearly see the new model has less blanked holes on both sides.
Launch model.
New model.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensington_Security_Slot
Kensington lock. They are found on a lot of business laptops and PCs.
I just renewed through the brazil method for 3 years (cost me AU$180). So since I'm pretty much exclusively digital now, and new AAA games over here are AU$100 for a standard edition, it takes less than two games in three years that I would have otherwise bought, for me to get value. For me, that's Forza.
But the real value I feel I get from games pass is the dozens of awesome games I play that I never would have bought. Hades is a great example... gawd I loved that game.
I'm not sure gamepass is going to be good for the industry in the long run (people are buying less, or waiting for a game to come that never does), it's working pretty well for me.
Monthly is AU$16.99 a month here, which does sound steep, so not sure about that, but then I think of Netflix 4 screen package is now AU$21.99 I think, so then it sounds like a bargain again
How many games on gamepass are actually flagship games? I think it's poor value at the intended price. When my 3 years are up I can see me going back to gold. I look through the list of games and of the ones I hadn't already got or played on the 360/xbox one there's almost nothing I'd have played. I've downloaded a few like Gears Tactics, Back4Blood but got bored and deleted it. Same with most of the game pass games. I know it's not a rich period of time in the gaming industry but I wouldn't say there are that many flagship games on gamepass?
Halo, Forza. I can see the appeal if you like old games but I don't find the current content amazing. My son plays a few more but I doubt Minecraft and Rocket League at this point is saving us money. Some might argue Gears is flagship but it mostly definitely isn't and I say that as probably the person on this forum who has played it the most
If it carries on for £1 sure I'd get it. For anything more than £4.99 a month I will happily go back to buying and selling games.
I've barely started Halo, and haven't touched Forza Horizon 5 or Psychonauts 2 yet. Played through a fair few smaller titles this year though, and logged a lot of hours in Flight Sim and AoE4.
Probably more like people have already bought Christmas gifts and are tapped out on funds.
