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
Noxia said:
I've noticed when cloud gaming or a game is synching. The cancel button is in a foreign language for some reason.

Also have the reward points changed? I'm sure there used to be more of them and the point value seem to have changed. Like there's no points for just logging into the game pass app now.
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Oui, il dit "Annuler" de temps en temps.

And yeah, they reduced the points from two quests a day at five each, to one 3-pointer. But they reduced the number of quests for the 1000 monthly bonus as well so it should be easier to get that one.
 
chrismscotland said:
I've been looking at the possibility of buying one of these Seagate Expansion SSD things but I wondered - I've got a rapid SSD I could use to move things back and forward as needed.
I assume the only real difference between the Seagate add-on and connecting an SSD via USB is that I can't run apps off the external SSD I already have?
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There are more and more games with the X|S logo on them, which you need to run from the internal or expansion SSD drives (99% of the time). The good thing about XBox is that you can queue up a load of moves and then switch the console off to standby and it will continue doing the game transfers.
 
Dirk Diggler said:
I already own a PS5 but I'm seeing that Series X are back in stock in places. Would anyone be able to list a reason to switch or even own both? I'm thinking about Game Pass, is it a big advantage? Are there exclusive titles worth playing?

If I had game pass, would that be valid for Xbox and PC games both?
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You've got a PC crossed out on your signature. Do you not have one now? I wouldn't get a Series X if I had a decent PC because there is so much overlap. But you could begin to say the same will happen with PS5 over the next few years. But the PS5 does some things the others don't - DualSense, Sony exclusives (which may not all come to PC) and PSVR 2. I love that the XBox is typically more capable in multiplatform games and Game Pass is a massive winner but I struggle to play all three devices - PC, XBox Series S and PS5. One of them never gets used these days (XBox) whereas after a bit of a rocky patch, I really love my PS5 and want to play everything on it.
 
Dirk Diggler said:
I still have the PC, I swapped the 3080 for a 1080 as I'm mostly console gaming on the PS5.

I think you've made a decent point about the overlap; it sounds like I'd be better buying a 4000 series GPU as it will open up the same experience that I'd get on Series X.
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Yeah, and it's nice having XCloud as an option, too. I tend to find that I'll try something new on XCloud to see if it's any good and if so, I'll either keep playing it there (as the experience is pretty much equivalent to playing on my Series S most of the time) or download it on PC.
 
Next stage of XCloud.

We’re excited to share that later this year, it’s our intent to roll out the ability for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members to play, from the cloud, select games they already own or have purchased outside the Xbox Game Pass library.
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I'd say that is a welcome move but they really need to get 4K streaming with way better colours and clarity out the door. It's painful right now in comparison to the Gaikai solution that PlayStation use even though they are only 1080p, too.
 
Crikey, when you look at the list there, there are some seemingly good corkers. I gave it a 3/10 but I will have to revise it up because of

*As Dusk Falls
*A Plague Tale: Requiem
*Lightyear Frontier
*Scorn
*Diablo IV
*Starfield
*The Last Case of Benedict Fox
*Cocoon

So a 7/10 would be more befitting for tonight's event, I think.
 
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