Poll: *** Xbox Series X|S - General Discussion Thread ***

Which will you buy?

  • Series X

    Votes: 534 59.5%
  • Series S

    Votes: 105 11.7%
  • Not interested

    Votes: 234 26.1%
  • Both

    Votes: 25 2.8%

  • Total voters
    898
Ohhhhhhh, I'm wobbling. Having seen the Spider-man work on PS5, I'm thinking about going with PS5 disc and Xbox Series S now... S is still in stock at Argos... I'll still be able to get all my achievements on Series S and play all the Game Pass games....
 
Hang on, I'm confusing meself now. So if I get 12 months Xbox Live Gold from CDKeys at 37.99 and add £1 ultimate offer, I get 13 month of GPU. Oh, that is cheaper than the EA Play method then. 2 years = £78.
 
Thanks.

I think im kind stuck at the moment, my GPU runs out Oct 2021 but not sure of any "best" method to increase it. The EA way seems cheapest for me as a current GPU subscriber.

Does the EA > GPU conversion work just now? Or is it only when EA Play hits GP?

10th November. One year of EA Play @ £19.99 gives you 4 months of GPU. Adding one year of XBL Gold for the same 4 months costs twice as much, so it seems this is the best way for people who are already subscribers.
 
I wish Microsoft would get more in their online store. I want to use my MS Reward points to knock some off. Maybe they're waiting until launch day, you'd think they would be the first one to get more.
 
Remasters are getting a bit out of hand now.

I've seen people asking for remasters of games that are less than 5 years old! all they need to do is turn up the resolution and unlock the framerate :eek:

There's supposed to be Series X|S versions of Wolfenstein, Doom, Prey and Dishonored titles coming along. Ain't no complaining from me about that. :D

EDIT: Or maybe I'm getting carried away and it's only just the Xbone games being bundled into a new pack. :(
 
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So here's the first sort of spec comparison we've had for Xbox Series S.

The Falconeer (which doesn't look very graphically intensive, mind you)

XSX Native 4K60, Performance 1800p120
XSS Native 1800p60, Performance 1080p120
Xbox One X 1800p60
Xbox One S 1080p60

So the Xbox One X and XSS are practically equivalent apart from the Zen 2 can do 120fps and the Jaguars seemingly can't.

It seems like an excellent set up on the XSX though. 4K and 1800p are virtually indistinguishable so to have double the frame rate with very little resolution loss is great. That would be the gold standard I'd pick for every XSX game. But yes, unlikely to happen. 1440p120 would probably be more common.

 
Great video from DF here comparing load times on the Xbox Series X with SATA SSD, NVMe SSD and HDD connected to the USB port.

In a nutshell - don't waste your precious space by storing Xbox, Xbox 360 or Xbox One games on the internal SSD if you have a SATA SSD handy because there is very little difference in loading times. For the £220 price of the 1TB expansion slot, you could buy 2TB SATA SSD if you have a load of BC games you want to keep accessible.

 
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