Xbox Series S and X Thread - Backwards Compatible like no other

they solved a problem they created themselves, hurrah !

lol @ MS thinking they're in a position to raise online paywall prices

Lolzzz I think with gamepass there's no need for Xbox live gold unless you've heavily spended in the games library and own all or most of the games on offer even then first party exclusives on day 1 is still a big plus

Xbox seems to be doing really well, despite communicating from the get go that it will have no exclusives.

Consoles sell at launch, especially when the competitor is globally supply constrained. 3 months into launch doesn't say anything about how hardware sales will fare in the long run. It doesn't help that no actual sales figures were announced. What does "moved the most devices in an Xbox launch month" even mean? Did the Xbox One have better sales in its 2nd month from launch? Questions we'll never know answers to. Looking forward to Sony announcing actual sales figures.

Also:


Previous numbers (launched in June 2017):

April, 2020 = 10 million
September, 2020 = 15 million
January, 2021 = 18 million

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I'm seeing a steady decline in Game Pass growth.

This guy alone has bought 3 broken Xbox Series X's.


>One turned out fine when it was mentioned as broken.
>The other one had a faulty power supply and repairing it is a nightmare with all the epoxy adhesive on every component and it's hard to source replacement parts.
> The third one is an interesting one, one component ( Likely a MOSFET, common known issue with these components going bad on Xbox One consoles) emitted smoke everytime it was powered on, Totally destroyed one of the mainboard, multiple layers likely shorted and damaged beyond repair.

IzHee said:

This guy alone has bought 3 broken Xbox Series X's.


>One turned out fine when it was mentioned as broken.
>The other one had a faulty power supply and repairing it is a nightmare with all the epoxy adhesive on every component and it's hard to source replacement parts.
> The third one is an interesting one, one component ( Likely a MOSFET, common known issue with these components going bad on Xbox One consoles) emitted smoke everytime it was powered on, Totally destroyed one of the mainboard, multiple layers likely shorted and damaged beyond repair.

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Yiiiiiikes!!

Shades of RROD days ? Worst throwback Thursday ever.

Hahahaha remember buying my first xb360 which RROD on me after a year of use.....couldn't afford another one for a year lol

"Microsoft's $7.5 billion acquisition for ZeniMax Media has apparently been approved by worldwide regulators, closing one of the biggest entertainment mergers in the history of the games industry."

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there is a less than 0 percent chance they do anything about TES VI at this lol

They don't say there is a chance.

Most likely games already releasing this year and Game Pass getting more Bethesda games.

Series S is no longer being marketed as a 1440p/60 FPS machine, which was already a fat lie right from day zero.

It's what FH4 will run at on Series S.

Good to see Vince made a video about this for the noobs who didn't believe it lol. Running a 30fps or 60fps game at 120Hz output improves input latency. Such a shame that the PS5 currently doesn't support 120Hz output at a system level whereas the Series X does since day 1. Sony really needs to get its act together, because the PS5 OS is worse than the Xbox OS in pretty much every way except for video/screenshot capture.

CerebralTiger said:

because the PS5 OS is worse than the Xbox OS in pretty much every way except for video/screenshot capture.

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Oh shit.. is it really that bad ? Just curious to know how so bcoz it does look very snappy and refreshing.... Ps4's OS for me was the perfect example of a simple and elegant OS for any console and I absolutely despise the Xbox OS in terms of not just the aesthetics but overall performance as well.

As someone going from the PS4's minimalist but to-the-point to Xbox's Windows 10 Tablet mode style OS, I much prefer the simplistic nature of the PS4 OS, but I guess for people who had been in the Xbox eco system, it was a familiar environment for them so easier to get into.

I find it baffling that the Xbox OS doesn't have standard apps for things like photos and videos, you have to navigate through various hidden menus to be able to see what pictures you've captured. The PS4 OS had a simple photos app you can do all that in from the home page.

venom said:

Oh shit.. is it really that bad ? Just curious to know how so bcoz it does look very snappy and refreshing.... Ps4's OS for me was the perfect example of a simple and elegant OS for any console and I absolutely despise the Xbox OS in terms of not just the aesthetics but overall performance as well.

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Chandoo said:

As someone going from the PS4's minimalist but to-the-point to Xbox's Windows 10 Tablet mode style OS, I much prefer the simplistic nature of the PS4 OS, but I guess for people who had been in the Xbox eco system, it was a familiar environment for them so easier to get into.

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Completely agree about the PS4 OS. It was simple, snappy, easy to navigate, and all essential options were available at the touch of a button. Storage management was also fine.

With the PS5 OS, it's simply a case of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". Changes were made for the sake of making changes, and some of them just don't make sense.

- storage management is atrocious. The "Other" folder on my PS5 occupies 130gb of storage space, so that's around 530-550gb of actual usable space depending on what games you have installed. There's no way to access or clear this folder.
- options that were available at the touch of a button on PS4 are now accessible on PS5 after navigating through a series of menus.
- the PS Store is integrated into the UI interface. On paper, this sounds like a great thing, but the implementation leaves much to be desired.
- activity cards are kind of pointless, at least for me.
- no system level option to supersample games running at a higher resolution than what your display supports.
- no system level option to output at 120Hz on displays that support them.
- can't have more than one download running simultaneously.
- game tiles are limited to 6 or 7. The rest of your installed games have to be accessed from the 'Game Library' folder.
- weird occasional bugs, like the highlighted game playing music from another installed game lol.

It's not bad on the whole, but it does take a few steps back from where the PS4 OS is at. There are some notable improvements too, such as the overhauled capture/share functionality.

Looking forward to STALKER 2. Hopefully we'll get a release date for The Ascent as well.