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

Which will you buy?

  • Series X

    Votes: 536 59.4%

  • Series S

    Votes: 107 11.8%

  • Not interested

    Votes: 235 26.0%

  • Both

    Votes: 25 2.8%
  • Total voters
    903
CaptainRAVE said:
Likely, not definitely. In the same way some of the X performance issues looked to be bugged, but it’s a best guess and of little help until the devs get their act together.



The X/S enhancements almost always require a full new install. I’ve not come across instances where they can be patched yet.

Anyone know if all the Halo games now run with the X enhancements? Halo 5?
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Halo 5 runs at a higher resolution but still only 60 FPS
 
Great, thanks for the halo info.

I assume Gears 1-3 play at 30fps? Barely remember the first, but keen to play the others. They’re pretty tiny to download by today’s standards (I seem to have missed the point when every game became bloated) so I may just give them a try.

Edit: apparently they are One enhanced. Will grab those then.
 
CaptainRAVE said:
Likely, not definitely. In the same way some of the X performance issues looked to be bugged, but it’s a best guess and of little help until the devs get their act together.



The X/S enhancements almost always require a full new install. I’ve not come across instances where they can be patched yet.

Anyone know if all the Halo games now run with the X enhancements? Halo 5?
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The XBox performance issues are repeatable, if simply reloading a checkpoint resolves the issues on COD for PS5 then it’s not a performance limitation.
 
CaptainRAVE said:
It crazy there is still so much demand. They are both brilliant consoles with solid 4k gaming, so that helps. Lockdowns have given people more time to play. Plus there are probably people like me who jumped on the hype train.
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I think the distribution method needs a rethink.

If you think of what most retailers are doing now.

Put it up when stock is commited. Then take it down when stock is exhausted.

Any of the next 3 are better systems in my opinion.

1 - OCUK style queue, yes its long wait times, but you at least in the queue and have an order done. Scalpers only have so much capital so can only do much entries in the queue. Also queues can be cleaned out, like OCUK did, whilst with queueless orders, they can be dispatched before that can be done.

2 - invite system, where existing customers who have brought other stuff are invited to buy a new console. This is simple and should be effective, only include customers who were customers before pre orders went live.

3 - Central database, one console per household rule.

What we have now is probably the worst way of doing it, it is the most scalper friendly system.
 
Or you know a simple recaptcha would also alleviate the problem of scalpers.
I mean Game has me doing a captcha when I log into my account. But yet placing an order, it didn’t ask me for one.

Not sure if it will work as these scalping programs are pretty sophisticated as they are so they might still be able to bypass it??
 
Kreeeee said:
They have made a complete mess of it, so be very careful which version you get. I did get the game for £5 because of the mess they made with the upgrade though.
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Do you know the naming in the store for the right game for the xsx?

I want to buy from eneba and the choices are:

Cross gen bundle £65 ish
Xbox one £53ish.

Think I've answered my own question the cross gen bundle should be Xbox series X optimised. Is it 4k60?
 
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steinooo said:
Do you know the naming in the store for the right game for the xsx?

I want to buy from eneba and the choices are:

Cross gen bundle £65 ish
Xbox one £53ish.

Think I've answered my own question the cross gen bundle should be Xbox series X optimised. Is it 4k60?
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Even better, it's 1440p120!

There is a 4k60 option with or without ray traced shadows if for some reason you prefer marginal resolution increases over frame rate.

spaceman said:
Cross gen & ultimate are Series X optimised 4k120
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They're not, they max out at 1440p120 and have dynamic resolution down to ~1200p
 
chrcoluk said:
Am I reading that right but have Activision basically pretended the S doesnt exist? Every single Xbox Series game on the microsoft store is optimised for both S and X, but this one is only optimised for X and xbox one.
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It has a higher resolution of 1440p on the S but no ray tracing or 120Hz. You can also download the higher resolution textures for the S version.
 
biron_w said:
I wish I could get hold of a Serious X but I'll just have to accept that it'll probably be next Easter before I can get one :(
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Serious X?? Must be a new model coming out :p.
On a serious note though keep trying, think retailers are just getting a few to put up for sale so if you are lucky then you should be able to nab one.

I think there’s website called stock informer which gives updates as to when and where stock is coming. If you use discord then they have a channel on there.
 
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