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

[bisoner]

This is a no brainier, the Series S is significantly better in every aspect except storage space.

I'd throw exactly the same response versus a One X.

 

[Kreeeee]

And MS will let the PS gamers play all their games on a MS Windows PC. Even Sony has cottoned on to this lately.

Or on a Mac/iPhone via streaming.

 

[Nosferatu93]

Not an OLED, not worth the risk. And i say this as a CX owner.
Unless you pay extra for the burn in cover from John Lewis.

I dont know who that is. I would get 5 years warranty tho. Then what tv? The cx Supports everything the console can

 

[steve5424]

I dont know who that is. I would get 5 years warranty tho. Then what tv? The cx Supports everything the console can

John Lewis is a UK department store.

 

[Nosferatu93]

John Lewis is a UK department store.

Yea im from austria

 

[Yas786]

Do you play for 15 hours a day? 6 months is nothing if you're a light user 2-3 hours a day.

Come back in 1 year/year and a half. If you're gaming on it for 15 hours a day and say the same thing.

I play around 5-6 hrs a day on my tv and my missus thinks I’m a hardcore gamer lol.

I couldn't imagine playing for 15hrs a day, that’s unbelievably reckless, in that you wouldn’t have time for anything else but games lol. I cannot imagine someone’s mental health being well after being stuck behind a screen and games for that period of time.
Like I said I play for about 6 hrs a day and that’s a killer for me. In fact I’m now cutting it down to a couple of hrs per day. The whole Covid pandemic hasn’t helped I guess with people, such as me, working from home these days.

 

[McPhee]

Ahh, the burn-in drama. How I'd missed this

Still using a plasma TV from 2008 here. After 13 years... there's still no burn-in

 

[LabR@t]

This is a no brainier, the Series S is significantly better in every aspect except storage space.

I ask as the series is looking to be as rare as hens teeth

 

[Kreeeee]

I ask as the series is looking to be as rare as hens teeth

The Series S is easy to get hold of, and great value for money.

 

[LabR@t]

The Series S is easy to get hold of, and great value for money.

with a 4k screen will it good enough?

 

[bagleyboy]

with a 4k screen will it good enough?

Loving my series S with a 4k screen, still upscales perfectly fine.

 

[LabR@t]

ordered one from ms to take a look at, not a gig gamer now so will probably be perfect just switch to the refresh in a couple of years

 

[DIABLO]

with a 4k screen will it good enough?

The console itself is more than capable, the problem is that it gets the Xbox One OG/S versions of Xbox One games and not the Xbox One X version which can mean they look a blurry mess on a big 4K T.V.

 

[ic1male]

The console itself is more than capable, the problem is that it gets the Xbox One OG/S versions of Xbox One games and not the Xbox One X version which can mean they look a blurry mess on a big 4K T.V.

That’s the only downside but then of course more than half the Xbox One library (guessing) will not have X enhancements so won’t look any better on XSX either. I don’t regret buying my XSS one bit but I feel like I’m missing out and will need to get XSX at some point.

 

[Kreeeee]

with a 4k screen will it good enough?

120hz is a far bigger upgrade than 1080p to 4K and the S supports that on the same games that the X does.

At normal viewing distances the human eye can’t physically resolve the difference between 1440p and 2260p (4K), but the S is missing some features such as ray tracing in some games and others such as the medium have sub 1080p resolution on the S.

The biggest issue with the S is you’re missing out on the One X upgrades on some older games as it runs the One S versions of games.

 

[shuffle]

After finally getting hold of an a series X , HDMI 2.1 cable not in the box !!! . Got it from
Smyths , anyone else report similar issues

 

[Kreeeee]

After finally getting hold of an a series X , HDMI 2.1 cable not in the box !!! . Got it from
Smyths , anyone else report similar issues

Looks like you got a returned console.

 

[steve5424]

120hz is a far bigger upgrade than 1080p to 4K and the S supports that on the same games that the X does.

At normal viewing distances the human eye can’t physically resolve the difference between 1440p and 2260p (4K), but the S is missing some features such as ray tracing in some games and others such as the medium have sub 1080p resolution on the S.

The biggest issue with the S is you’re missing out on the One X upgrades on some older games as it runs the One S versions of games.

The back compatible games on Series S still have upgrades though. Such as the higher res and higher fram rates that they get on the X as well.

 

[Supercow]

First low-fi unboxing video of the new wireless headset has popped up.

Not really worth watching, but right at the end he does a mic test, and I’m very happy with what it sounds like.
https://youtu.be/dH61X7-qSyg

 

[shuffle]

Looks like you got a returned console.

I hope not !!
Talking to Microsoft to get a HDMI cable and I’ll be looking closely at fingerprints or anything tampered with. Only opened it 2 hours ago so still in wrapping got it about 10 days ago. Joke to be honest after waiting so long and it’s an expensive cable too