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Poll: *** Xbox Series X|S - General Discussion Thread ***
Don't forget it's Microsoft's Xbox 20th anniversary stream tonight at 6pm. I'm expecting more BC games to be available like Max Payne trilogy.
Is the FPS boost added to the 4K up-res for the BC games that have it (like Assassin's Creed 1) or an alternative option, I wonder.
It's very bittersweet for the backward compatibility update - this is the FINAL one they're doing. 
Such a shame about Jet Set Radio Future then.
Celebrate 20 years of Xbox with over 70 new Backward Compatible Games - Xbox Wire
Such a shame about Jet Set Radio Future then.Celebrate 20 years of Xbox with over 70 new Backward Compatible Games - Xbox Wire
From Game on release, was the 2 year with GPU package. Don’t remember putting any code or anything in so thinking it’s linked to the console
It's stored on the console and then whichever gamertag activates it gets the goodies.
I have about 8 games on the series x internal, 5 of them quite large files like MSfs 2020, BF 2042, forza horizon, and then some smaller games that take up hardly any room.
I try not to have a pile of shame.
That's the same with me - unfortunately with my Series S, just those two games alone are taking up 60-odd% of my SSD space. I really need extra storage. Or buy a Series X aswell.
The typical outcome of this sort of thing is that the gamertag you are using now is not the same one as you purchased that XBLA game on back in 2007. You can always contact MS Support if you are 100% certain.
Must have a few
That was my problem. I think I was 16 days (so 2 days over) but because I'd got an achievement within 10 minutes of playing, they were having none of it.
What the heck is going on with the BCpack feature to reduce file sizes? Some games on the PS5 are considerably smaller with its Kraken tech and BCpack is supposed to be as good. There’s no way any new-gen game should be 100GB.
LOL, same here. Just an armchair developer rant. I thought BCpack was just texture compression that you could run any game files through and it squished them up so that the XBox decompresses the textures on the fly and saves a ton of space. Having a quick Google, I've got the feeling it's not finished yet and therefore not in the Game Development Kit. All the info about it seems to be from early 2020.
Still there an hour later! Must be plenty of them.
The only downside now is there aren’t likely to be any more until March as the next lot will be coming by container ship.
Gives you another 3 months to flip-flop about what you're doing, adding on from the 12 months you've already spent
No, it's all been decided now. I've got my Series S and that's it. I'm going to use that, upgrade my PC and XCloud/PS Now. Next purchase will not be a new TV but a lovely ultra-wide monitor.
I'm going for massive drop. I can't believe people don't want one at this time of year. But I already know a couple of people who've bought one for £650 from fleabay because they didn't want to disappoint their kids on Christmas day.
Looks like Microsoft have been going mad, Series X is available at Game, Curry's, Smyths just to name three.
And this one's been live for 3+ hours now. I'm thinking Xbox Series X is reaching saturation point.
Is there a mince pie XBox bundle? I'd be having that.
But when you look at the same SSD family - CompactFlash Express cards - for digital SLRs they are £500+ for 512GB. So clearly there is something in the design that warrants that cost. These are not just bog standard M.2 NVMe drives.
Well either way, we can't do anything about it. Either put up with the price or shut up about it.
A tip from me - get going on Microsoft Rewards. After 6 months, I could change my total into £ and get that SSD for £90.