There are distro's for gamers. The main issue seems to be driver support for GPUs.
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There are distro's for gamers. The main issue seems to be driver support for GPUs.
In the U.K that may be true, but world-wide, PC gaming is growing far faster than console
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Been a mess since Xbox one that was there downfall had such a fantastic base and force with the Xbox 360.
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the thing is, their idea was sound. being the "one" device to control everything wasn't a bad idea at all. the issue is they just didn't nail it, and paired the xbox with the kinect so it was over priced for hardware no one wanted nor would use. wasn't the kinect capable of increasing and lowering volume by hand gesture? the most stupid way to change your volume.
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you are correct.... seeing as Smart TVs took it to another level without the gimmicks and just used TV apps. The Kinect was a risky move at the time, as they tried to ride the Wii success. I still think the Kinect would be good for arcade machines if the tech was improved
I mean, some smart TVs tried, but we shunned those features too.
"I don't want my TV watching me all the time"
Biggest problem I see for Xbox next gen is the cost of memory and storage right now, if they are really planning it and working on it right now, whilst we're expecting memory and storage prices to continue to increase well into Q2 and possibly Q3 I am not sure if they'll come back down enough to keep the cost low.
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Isn't a smart TV essentially what the xbox one tried to be? Netflix, live TV, sky etc plus your games.
The kinect rubbish was a distraction
Yes, they wanted it to be the multimedia device in people's living rooms, not just a gaming console. Not a terrible idea, to be fair, but the gaming part of it was less performant compared to the competition and there was too much of a focus on Kinect which almost nobody was asking for ( that fad died with the Wii ). Sort of encapsulates Microsoft in a nutshell : 50% belated trend chasing and 50% great ideas but ahead of their time.
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Yes unfortunately true. Though to be fair PlayStation was also looking to have their own wii something with the controllers, and even the vr headset, so really they were all at it, just xbox forgot to make the game part spot on.
With that said, I bought a secret and hand xbox one without the kinect and loved it. Perhaps helped by os updates to make it more game central
The kinect was a bit of a flop although i was hoping for better things at the time and got one on release. Before release they were showcasing online shopping and trying on clothes virtually in your living room. As if that was ever going to take off 
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It's one of the reasons why I beleive successful people largely can put it to luck than anything else. One of the highest valued company in the world thought that users would virtually try on clothes with a kinect. It's crazy. I'm sure not one of the owners of Microsoft would ever want to use this. No one leading xbox division would use that feature. Who from their market research said yes I want this feature from my gaming console or from any device.
Imagine if a company bought Google and had the bright idea to rename is G, or even worse, rename is Z. It's stupidity like that that just makes you think how the hell did they get rich and successful
Imagine if a company bought Google and had the bright idea to rename is G, or even worse, rename is Z. It's stupidity like that that just makes you think how the hell did they get rich and successful
I dunno, it seemed pretty exciting at the time. I'm a bit of a sucker for new stuff like that and they were clearly trying to expand it to a market greater than just gamers. I liked the "xbox record that feature" and I used Skype on it to talk to family overseas from my living room but other than that it had limited appeal. I can't really see the relevance to Musk buying twitter and getting even richer since.
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Is the Xbox worth sticking with over the next few years? I have the X and my 2 lads have an S each. My youngest boy (5) has been using my xbox and is really good at many games and thinking of getting him his own console for his 6th next July. From browsing this thread I get the impression that Xbox is something that will be obsolete soon or at least not being developed further. I probably read it all wrong but I am concerned that if I spend £100s on a new console it will be useless a few years later.
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Wondering the same as my Game Pass is up for renewal this month and I've barely played it. May get the minimal tier and just buy physical games again.
Is there even such a thing as physical games now?
Most discs only contain minimal data and need to be installed and patches downloaded now.
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I guess though the disc is still sellable even if the content is then downloaded. So you can recover some of the costs of each game once you have finished and sell it on
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Well that's fine it's just the money really. The new GPU price means I could jut buy a full game every 2-3 months rather than pay the sub, and I wouldn't be buying even that much.
I feel like having too much choice has somewhat ruined gaming for me.
I feel like having too much choice has somewhat ruined gaming for me.
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I stuck with my xbox one for at least 2 years after series x released.
So even if you buy them a series s now with 2 years game pass stacked, it'll still be full of content and use.
One thing to add, with 2 consoles you can easily share 1 game pass between both consoles saving you money. But yiu can't do that with a 3rd
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2 of my boys have the Series S each. They share one game pass sub. I have Series X and my wife is using my Xbone. We share 1 game pass sub too. I am just wanting to sort of beset for the future for a bit and dont think Xbox will be ideal. Many of the kids friends are on PS so I am swaying towards replacing all xboxes with PS.
Not sure what is the best option.
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Up to you. Paying for 3 game pass subs will be expensive. I'm not sure what psn costs in comparison.
Playing with friends is one thing to consider, but I guess also playing with siblings? If they are all xbox, would it cause an issue if he's on ps?