I'm 50/50 right now. X1's exclusives are impressive, on the other hand next gen is coming soon with BC. What do you think? Feel free to share your experiences buying a console at the end of its generation!
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Is 2020 a good time to buy an Xbox One?
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If you can afford it, I would wait. You'll be able to play them all on the new system and most of them will probably get updates to look and run better too! :)
I have an Xbox One X that I plan on shifting to a second room when the XSX comes out. I'd say it's still okay to get a One X because I believe the price has dropped recently.
If you buy a One X now and an XSX at launch, they will play. most of the same games. This means you can play Halo in high fidelity in one room and continue your game (on lesser hardware) in another.
If you have the money to spare and you intend to use the One X as a second system to the XSX, then you will still get mileage out of it for a while.
It seems like most if not all games from the first year of the series x are going to be released on the One X, and soon it will be cheap to buy, so if you really don't want to spend much money on a console go for it
I'm glad with my Xbox One, even though its first party catalogue is weaker that Sony/Nintendo, they still have some must play exclusives, and also is so fucking great to have most of your 360 games avaliable
I'm glad with my Xbox One, even though its first party catalogue is weaker that Sony/Nintendo, they still have some must play exclusives, and also is so fucking great to have most of your 360 games avaliable
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Yeah and theres so much uncertainty right now. Wheres that Lockheart hiding >:(
I'd wait for Xbox Series X (or S) if you can. If you can't wait, then the price for an Xbox One X is pretty reasonable, and I suspect that you'd be able to trade it in toward an Xbox Series X later to recoup a significant portion of your cost.
You can probably get an S for damn cheap in the coming months, and as a 4K media player/1080p gaming machine - it's very solid. Plus a good bunch of content on Game Pass.
But if you're at all interested in next-gen stuff, just wait until November.
But if you're at all interested in next-gen stuff, just wait until November.
I'll be the odd man out and say... maybe. I agree with everyone above, it's definitely not the most economical choice, but assuming you're stuck at home like a lot of people right now, it might be the best one in terms of time. I know I have a bunch of free time now that I wouldn't usually have, so it's a great chance for me to work through my backlog and catch up on games I've been meaning to play/finish. The world is on pause for the most part now, and who knows if all this "free" time will still be a thing come November or December or whenever the new consoles launch.
If there's a game you've been meaning to play and you have the money to drop, now is as good a time as ever.
If there's a game you've been meaning to play and you have the money to drop, now is as good a time as ever.
It depends. If game pass has a whole bunch of shit you haven't played and want to play, you'd get a great value. Like there isn't much else to do in quarantine.
Just wait until the announce XSX or the rumored XSS price. If you can afford it, wait until those if not, go for the XB1.
Depends on your budget... If you're locked to the ~$300 budget. You can get a one X at the Microsoft store right now. If you can go up to $500, I'd wait.
If you want to wait a month or so to see if Lockheart is real, then make the decision then.
If you want to wait a month or so to see if Lockheart is real, then make the decision then.
Pros: Any game you buy will likely work with the new system and some may even have upgrades (either inherent in HW or updated by the developer) for next-gen.
Cons: The HW is basically useless this holiday unless you want an extra 4K DVD player
Cons: The HW is basically useless this holiday unless you want an extra 4K DVD player
OP, don't listen to this. This is not happening.
He didn't. And Matt Booty who you're actually thinking of didn't say it either.
If you can give it a second life as a UHD Blu-ray player, then maybe.
It depends on how much use you'll give it, and when do you plan on buying the SeX.
If you are not going to use it that much, I'd wait.
Nice trolling
It depends on how much use you'll give it, and when do you plan on buying the SeX.
If you are not going to use it that much, I'd wait.
Nice trolling
1st party won't have exclusives. We already know of a 3P exclusive (Scorn?) and probably more.
Selective quoting from Spencer, missing the fact it is only 1st party games.
Scorn is a five years old PC kickstarter game :-D
I think you mean Medium? But god knows why that one isn't crossgen because it sure looks like cross-gen.
Sure. You can get an all digital for pretty cheap and stock up on gamepass ultimate, then you get another 1-2 years of exclusive games
I'd just get a one X and not a regular one S if you can.
But just save up for XsX is the better choice.
But just save up for XsX is the better choice.
Those titles you want to play should run better on the new hardware. Future titles will run/look better while others won't be supported on Xbox One at all. It's such a big leap in CPU and storage tech, I would 100% wait.
Knowing Xbox playbook, those games are coming for other platforms soon enough. Scorn is coming for Steam, The Medium too.
Console exclusive and yeah Medium too. Point being I think there will be Series X console exclusives, likely not from 1st party for a while.
If you can afford it, wait. Even if the games are the same the gameplay experience will be much better on the XSX/Lockhart.
