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

[Relentless81]

While I'm here are there any games that are showing off the hardware at the moment? I'm only using 1440P at 120FPS with VRR enabled but just wondering if any games worth playing that have been optimised for Series X that I have missed previously

 

[CaptainRAVE]

While I'm here are there any games that are showing off the hardware at the moment? I'm only using 1440P at 120FPS with VRR enabled but just wondering if any games worth playing that have been optimised for Series X that I have missed previously

Depends what you’ve played?

The best looking in my opinion and all running at 60fps are:
Valhalla
FH4
Gears 5

Nothing fully utilises the hardware yet.

 

[Relentless81]

Depends what you’ve played?

The best looking in my opinion and all running at 60fps are:
Valhalla
FH4
Gears 5

Nothing fully utilises the hardware yet.

Jedi Fallen Order at the moment which looks good and runs well.

Played FH4 on my PC but couldn't get into it, Valhalla I'll probably wait for it to appear on gamepass I've not played an assassin's creed game in a long time and gears I'm not a huge fan of but will probably give it a try

Thanks for the recommendations

 

[dakaiez]

Trying Outriders demo atm, it's not bad nothing special but runs well on the Series X.

 

[PiKe]

Trying Outriders demo atm, it's not bad nothing special but runs well on the Series X.

Meant to run at 4k60 on the S as well I believe?

 

[dakaiez]

Meant to run at 4k60 on the S as well I believe?

Well in the main area and it's not running the best. Hopefully as it's an old build and not in the full game.

I would buy this at some point as it's quite fun.

 

[MadFruit]

Do games other than sports leave EA Play? I'm still without a Series X and am holding back on Jedi until I get one.

 

[Kreeeee]

Do games other than sports leave EA Play? I'm still without a Series X and am holding back on Jedi until I get one.

I think the whole EA Play is temporary on game pass.

 

[McPhee]

Do games other than sports leave EA Play? I'm still without a Series X and am holding back on Jedi until I get one.

Some do. Mainly third party games, and games with licensed music (as the licenses expire). Shadow of the Damned left the service a few weeks ago.

No Star Wars games have left the service yet. So chances are, Fallen Order will be there for the long haul.

 

[steve5424]

I think the whole EA Play is temporary on game pass.

I don't think that's the case. I think it's long term.

 

[Kreeeee]

I don't think that's the case. I think it's long term.

There’s been no mention of that. It’s safer to assume that it’s like all the other third party additions to the service rather than the exception, in the absence of any evidence either way.

 

[cyclonus10]

There’s been no mention of that. It’s safer to assume that it’s like all the other third party additions to the service rather than the exception, in the absence of any evidence either way.

Too many EA Play subs been converted to GPU for it to happen in the next 1-2 years.

 

[adam cool dude]

Too many EA Play subs been converted to GPU for it to happen in the next 1-2 years.

This.

 

[Kreeeee]

Too many EA Play subs been converted to GPU for it to happen in the next 1-2 years.

It would have been a 2 year contract with a renegotiation at the end of the term if it is the same as their regular deals (i.e. not Square/Rockstar).

 

[Dirk Diggler]

Is there any availability for these in the UK at the moment, I would be happy to place a pre-order?

I clicked on the link on Amazon search and almost clicked the buy button until I realised they'd tricked me onto a product page for a controller instead; really weird behaviour from them.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/xbox-series-x/s?k=xbox+series+x

 

[shuffle]

Is there any availability for these in the UK at the moment, I would be happy to place a pre-order?

I clicked on the link on Amazon search and almost clicked the buy button until I realised they'd tricked me onto a product page for a controller instead; really weird behaviour from them.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/xbox-series-x/s?k=xbox+series+x

exactly. Why send you to page for a controller

 

[steve5424]

exactly. Why send you to page for a controller

It's because there is no stock. Lots of sites have removed their series console pages when there is no stock.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

It's because there is no stock. Lots of sites have removed their series console pages when there is no stock.

They haven't removed the page, they've redirected it to a different product.

 

[steve5424]

They haven't removed the page, they've redirected it to a different product.

Same difference.

I have the series X saved to my wishlist. It's there in the list but you click and it takes you to a controller so they might as well have removed it.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

Same difference.

I have the series X saved to my wishlist. It's there in the list but you click and it takes you to a controller so they might as well have removed it.

It's not the same difference at all. If a product is out of stock then you land on the product page with an out of stock notification and the buy button removed. It's unusual for out of stock items to redirect to a different product.