Xbox Series X | S

[bear]

Sounds to me like Sea of Thieves is the issue.

 

Better uninstall it and delete your save file from the cloud. Its the only way to be sure. 

[Ninja Doctor]

9 minutes ago, dave7g said:

I'm going to make the jump today. Have an Xbox One and a good PC so I've been holding off for a while. So I just want to know where to get the cheapest 2tb ssd card or is there any point in getting a USB alternative?

Any usb drive can be used for archive storage and 360/xbone games can be ran from a usb3 drive. Anything series exclusive needs to be copied onto internal storage. 

[Boothjan]

16 minutes ago, bear said:

Sounds to me like Sea of Thieves is the issue.

 

Better uninstall it and delete your save file from the cloud. Its the only way to be sure. 

 

[Kayin Amoh]

1 hour ago, dave7g said:

I'm going to make the jump today. Have an Xbox One and a good PC so I've been holding off for a while. So I just want to know where to get the cheapest 2tb ssd card or is there any point in getting a USB alternative?

 

USB's obviously slower, but main issue is that it only works with non S/X enhanced games. Good for storage of older titles or current ones you'll transfer across as needed, but not optimal either.

 

If you're springing for an X (and given you're thinking about a 2TB card I'm assuming you are as cost of that would cover the S/X difference and more) the internal hard drive should do you for a while so long as you have a decent connection. I'd wait to see if you can find a good sale on the card, can always spring for one once you've got too many games you can't bring yourself to delete and rotate.

[Percy Filth]

53 minutes ago, Ninja Doctor said:

Any usb drive can be used for archive storage and 360/xbone games can be ran from a usb3 drive. Anything series exclusive needs to be copied onto internal storage. 

Just to add to this - adding an SSD via USB connection will not give you the results you want. It may be faster than other types of drive, but it won't integrate into the Series X/S special storage (which is either internal or by connection to the 'storage expansion' slot, needing an expensive Seagate Storage Expansion Card).

 

There were rumours that other manufacturers would be allowed to make these, not sure if that was true or when it would happen, but it could bring the prices down significantly.

[Mallet]

I would get the system and use it before deciding to buy more storage, I have personally never felt the need for more storage yet.

[Sane]

37 minutes ago, Mallet said:

I would get the system and use it before deciding to buy more storage, I have personally never felt the need for more storage yet.

This is also my experience. I just fill it up with gamepass stuff because I can, but I actually only play a handful of games at the same time at most. When I need space I just delete a few of the dozens of games on there I've never played . Of course it's always nice to have more storage but considering the cost I'd spend that money on something else. 

[dave7g]

1 hour ago, Mallet said:

I would get the system and use it before deciding to buy more storage, I have personally never felt the need for more storage yet.

Well I'm just going by the PS5 storage, abysmal. You might be lucky to fit 4 games on at once, I've got a 2tb usb connected and just started using the PS4 versions of games. It's far from the amazing next gen experience I hoped for.

[Rayn]

17 hours ago, Mallet said:

I would get the system and use it before deciding to buy more storage, I have personally never felt the need for more storage yet.

 

I've got the 1tb expansion card and wouldn't be without it but that's mainly down to the series x being set up in the main room with other family members using it and each have their own games they prefer. 

It is a good suggestion to just get the system first, though, as the cloud gaming feature is excellent if you've got a game pass sub. A lot of the games on there play just fine via the cloud with no need for a local install, which saves you a lot of space. 

[dave7g]

I sprung for the 2TB card and a 70 inch tv while I was at it.

 

Starfield, I am ready.

[carlospie]

56 minutes ago, dave7g said:

I sprung for the 2TB card and a 70 inch tv while I was at it.

 

Starfield, I am ready.

Shoudv waited two years for launch day, would be cheaper

[bear]

Ha, that Shpeshal Nick guy from the Xboxera podcast (I intended to an episode of it once but they all seem to be about half a week long so noped out)  said something about Platinum and MS being in discussions about reviving Scalebound so get ready for another five years of rumours about that being a thing. 

 

Yay.  

 

 

[dave7g]

It's depressing to see how long games are taking to make nowadays. It'll be more than 15 years between Elder Scrolls games at the very least, I'm wondering how many more I'll actually get to play. 

[MattyP]

30 minutes ago, dave7g said:

It's depressing to see how long games are taking to make nowadays. It'll be more than 15 years between Elder Scrolls games at the very least, I'm wondering how many more I'll actually get to play. 

Same thing here. Especially when you have been through eras when you'd get enough AAA games coming through to keep interest. 

 

And when new.AAA games do get released these days I do wonder why they have taken so long to make when you peel back the visuals the game bit itself seems a bit generic. 

 

Perhaps I've just been playing to long so things never feel that fresh anymore and probably why I keep picking up older games and playing those despite their relatively crude graphics etc the gameplay is great.

 

This might actually be the year I leave new AAA games behind and focus on things I actually enjoy playing rather than the new and shiny big budget games.

[Sarlaccfood]

1 hour ago, dave7g said:

It's depressing to see how long games are taking to make nowadays. It'll be more than 15 years between Elder Scrolls games at the very least, I'm wondering how many more I'll actually get to play. 

I think I heard Jason Schrier say recently if a dev decides to make a triple AAA game right now today, it will in all likelihood launch on PS6/Series Z.

 

Quite depressing really.

[JPL]

Yet From managed to get Elden Ring out in under 5 years.

[thesnwmn]

2 hours ago, dave7g said:

It's depressing to see how long games are taking to make nowadays. It'll be more than 15 years between Elder Scrolls games at the very least, I'm wondering how many more I'll actually get to play. 

I don't think it's necessary for it to take this long at all. In fact doing so simply means they must be continually rebuilding over and over again. Technology and what games can be has moved too far for anything they started building in 2008 to be all that relevant, or all that impressive.

 

If a team have a clear vision of what they wany to make they can, relatively, churn out AAA stuff in 3-5 years.

 

For me, whether something is AAA is not decided up front. Its design and scope make it possible that it will be considered and branded to gain the AAA tag in the minds of the press and gamers but that doesn't make it so. It's the execution and quality of the final title that actually make it AAA.

 

Whilst assets are becoming more costly to make and require more people I don't think that's an excuse. Or at least doesn't really explain it. I think the few game developers, publishers and creators who still even bother with AAA have lost the plot for the most part. They've lost sight of just making a good game. They've become obsessed with the idea of the perfect game; something magical that doesn't really exist.

 

So stop making it bigger. It doesn't need to be.

[disperse and recoagulate]

 

Has anyone got one of these? Worth it? For watching blu ray 

[K]

59 minutes ago, disperse and recoagulate said:

 

Has anyone got one of these? Worth it? For watching blu ray 

I’ve got one. It’s OK; it’s better than the old official remote as it has the X/Y/A/B buttons, so it has a bit more functionality (like showing how far you are through a blu-ray). It lights up when you pick it up, which is nice. It’s withstood the brutality of my children for about 18 months. On the downside, the buttons are a bit squidgy, and occasionally don’t register.

 

It does the job without doing it spectacularly well. Probably worth getting. 

[Quest]

8bitdo make a decent little Xbox remote.

[Sane]

I bought both the 8bitdo and the black one pictured above. The 8bitdo wouldn't work, only 1 in 5 or so button presses registered. Might have been a faulty one but the seller I bought from on amazon refused to let me return it so I never found out. Shame because it feels nice. I then bought the black remote and have been using it ever since. It's like K says: it's OK. I really dislike the feel of the directional circle thingy, it's squishy and kind of angled inwards so it makes scrolling through things much harder than it should be. Other than that it's fine. I still prefer using it over the controller for putting on movies because you can pick it up and pause things without having to turn it on.

[Mallet]

Do you know what I have come to really, really appreciate about the Series consoles?

 

I absolutely love how quiet they are, even under full load.

 

I love my PC but when the fans ramp up it can get noisy, there is a reason why the majority of PC gamers wear headphones lol

[K]

3 hours ago, Sane said:

I bought both the 8bitdo and the black one pictured above. The 8bitdo wouldn't work, only 1 in 5 or so button presses registered. Might have been a faulty one but the seller I bought from on amazon refused to let me return it so I never found out. Shame because it feels nice. I then bought the black remote and have been using it ever since. It's like K says: it's OK. I really dislike the feel of the directional circle thingy, it's squishy and kind of angled inwards so it makes scrolling through things much harder than it should be. Other than that it's fine. I still prefer using it over the controller for putting on movies because you can pick it up and pause things without having to turn it on.

 

The directional d-pad thing is absolutely terrible, it makes entering PINs a soul-crushing ordeal. You would have thought a decent remote control would be a given at this stage, people have been making them for decades. 

[Pob]

Are all Xbox remotes infra-red? My Series X is facing sideways so that's no good. The bluetooth PS3 TV remote was the best. Wish there was a decent Xbox alternative.

[Sane]

As far as I know they're all infrared. 

[MattyP]

10 hours ago, Pob said:

Are all Xbox remotes infra-red? My Series X is facing sideways so that's no good. The bluetooth PS3 TV remote was the best. Wish there was a decent Xbox alternative.

Can you use to Xbox remote on the app via a phone? Think I used to use this to play video etc. It was a while back so may not be there anymore now ...

 

Edit just checked you can Just select the Library button in the app then the consoles menu. Your Xbox consoles will be listed there and when you click on one it will give the option to "open remote control". Saves buying remote controls for it. All for saving e-waste and all that....

 

[bear]

I have the smaller of the two 8bitdo remotes and it's definitely IR based. Works ok if you are pointing directly at the sensor on the Xbox but its finicky enough for me to not use it that often. It'd be great if MS could copy Sony and release a media remote that uses the same connection as the gamepads and that went straight to your entertainment apps when you use it to turn on the machine. 

[Timmo]

I feel like Atomic Heart and Wo Long are the moments of truth for the Series S. Both are on Game Pass and so I’d much rather play the free versions than play on my PS5, but if they’re not both 60fps and a decent enough resolution for my monitor then I think I’ll be moving away from my S (and ultimately Game Pass), as much as I loved it when I first got it. 

[Mike1812]

Can the S not remember more than one wireless network? It's annoying. 

[dave7g]

A series X will be here with me tomorrow, I'm wondering is it ok to put it in a shelf in the TV unit or does it need to be out in the open for ventilation?

 

Cheers