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I dont think EA play 3 year conversion was ever a thing.
The 3 year Gold to GPU is the best way to get Gamepass long term at a reduced price.
As for Tips:
With Gamepass I'd just say that if after a hour a game isnt interesting you dont be afraid to drop it. Too many people waste time playing games they arent really enjoying in order to get their money's worth. With Gamepass the price entry is so low and there are so many games to play, just move on if you arent feeling it with a game.
Im not who you're quoting, but I beat the game about a month ago. Load times were around 20-25 seconds or so from what I remember - long compared to other XSX games I was playing at the time but definitely not as long as what you experienced on the one x.
After seeing the post above I realise I may have underestimated....
Just timed a full load from the main menu into the game and it is just under 20 seconds total. A death load took 12 seconds overall (may vary depending on area I suppose but that is what I measured where I am). Still significantly shorter than last gen.
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Anyone use their One recently?
I have an X and a VCR still. Haven't touched the X since setting up the Sx.
But the VCR modem was about as responsive as an actual VCR.
I have an X and a VCR still. Haven't touched the X since setting up the Sx.
But the VCR modem was about as responsive as an actual VCR.
Just about given up on getting a new TV. The TCL r635 hits all the right notes but the lack of HDR at 1440p is a huge bummer on Series X. I would've been fine just perma setting my console to 1440p. Mid-range sets are priced just enough that I'd rather save a little more for that CX. Idk, if the Q90T had Dolby Vision, I'd be tempted by that too.
I did my One X to update it so I could lend it to someone to play RDR1 on it.
The Elite VCR is in the box and likely remain there.
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That Elite VCR is a memory. I wonder why that hybrid ssd never was mentioned again.
It really didn't improve anything, since the true bottleneck was the CPU. I barely used it when I got it, just some Halo 5. Still using the controller though, works great to this day.
I honestly thought the One X would have a hybrid SSHDD but nope.
Tempted to reopen my One X and put a cheap SSD in it internal.
I've just set up my Yamaha YAS-209 soundbar and wondering what audio I should select.
The Series X defaulted to 5.1 uncompressed but I can also choose DTS Digital Surround and Dolby Digital.
Is one of those clearly better than the others? Uncompressed sounds good but then would Dolby or DTS Surround be better for effects?
The Series X defaulted to 5.1 uncompressed but I can also choose DTS Digital Surround and Dolby Digital.
Is one of those clearly better than the others? Uncompressed sounds good but then would Dolby or DTS Surround be better for effects?
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The disc drive whirling for 5 minutes at startup, despite sitting at an idling dashboard is something.
Yeah bro is awsome, i have a series x too, yesterday i went to a friend house and i took my series s with me, my friend was impressed how small it is and how it played great
I fired up my X1X while I was waiting on my replacement XSX to arrive, and it was disappointing. I do not know how we dealt with these systems as long as we did. Everything was just...sluggish.
I originally planed on keeping the X1X for my office (Project Scorpio edition), but after using the new system I can't go back.
do any Series X/S games work with Quick Resume besides ACV?
I have Madden, NBA 2k, Dirt 5, WRC9, Watch dogs Legion, Destiny 2, FH4 and the only ones that work with QR are ACV and FH4 .
and of course al the BC games... wtf MS?
I have Madden, NBA 2k, Dirt 5, WRC9, Watch dogs Legion, Destiny 2, FH4 and the only ones that work with QR are ACV and FH4 .
and of course al the BC games... wtf MS?
so weird, don't understand why they cannot make them all work
Destiny 2 quick resumes... And tells you got need to log in and kicks you back to the title screen lol
It's hilarious that it does quick resume but does that lol
Have others encountered the issue where your HDR calibration settings reset every time you power down the console? I'm on a Series X in energy saving mode, and I need to redo those settings every damn time I turn the thing on. Is there a way to lock in the settings that I'm missing?
So far Yakuza 7 is the only Series X game I have played. I had no idea that feature was disabled in basically every other game. One more reason for everyone to play Yakuza!
Not used my Series S for maybe a week, my son might have but I don't remember him asking to. He just asked to use it downstairs to play Roblox with his mate. As I was unhooking it, I noticed it was really warm - as warm as I'd expect it to be if I was using it. All it's got to do there is sit and wait for me to press the xbox button on my pad, why is it running this hot when it's not even on? What can I do to avoid this?
I used the beta desktop streaming app like two weeks ago and it worked fine. I was able to connect to my SX with no issues.
there's a new app but it's in testing. I posted a short guide on to use it now if you want
|OT| Xbox Series X | S - Powering your Dreams, Series..ly OT
Shouldn't it run with 2K on the Series S or is that just for Xbox Original enhanced games?
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For me the most frustrating part is how few X Enhanced 360 games there are. Nuts and Bolts and Ninja Gaiden 2 look incredible even on Series S and I wish more games got that treatment. Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey stand out as particularly glaring omissions. It's great that they are both BC, but they are 360 exclusives, published by Microsoft. Games like Shadows of the Damned, Azura's Wrath and The Darkness also stand out since they never had a PC release.
I'm also kind of baffled by their choices of games that are enhanced. Some are no-brainers like RDR, which is not available on PC or on 9th gen consoles, but others are strange, like Assassin's Creed 1. I'm completely ignorant of how easy or difficult it is to implement the Heutchy method, but I certainly hope more games are in the cards, specially considering how both Series S and X benefit from it. The dream would be for every 360 game to be enhanced down the line.
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This is not a failure of the Xbox Series X, but I just purchased a new TV, a Samsung RU9000, and after trying many different HDR settings with it, going by the Rtings settings they used, and just poking around trying out things to get it right... I think im just going to throw in the towel and turn HDR off.
Everything just looks too dark. I guess the TV just cant hit brightness needed for it. Its a shame but at least this set can run 120hz native on the games that can use it.
Everything just looks too dark. I guess the TV just cant hit brightness needed for it. Its a shame but at least this set can run 120hz native on the games that can use it.
I have this headset laying around:
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According to the manufacturer it is compatible with Series X, but when I plug the 3mm cable into the Series X controller the sound is still coming out of the TV as well as the headset. The headset also sounds like it's kinda quiet in one ear.
Still works on PS4 absolutely fine.
Anybody came across this with any other headset?
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Louder is better! Immerse yourself in your Xbox One and PS4™ games with the Turtle Beach® Recon 200 Black's powerful amplified audio with Bass Boost.
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According to the manufacturer it is compatible with Series X, but when I plug the 3mm cable into the Series X controller the sound is still coming out of the TV as well as the headset. The headset also sounds like it's kinda quiet in one ear.
Still works on PS4 absolutely fine.
Anybody came across this with any other headset?
Finished Fallen Order. I very much enjoyed it, despite Cal not being a particularly exciting character the story was decent overall.
I do have qualms with two things, the first is the buggy-ness of the game, I read about it releasing in a pretty bad state but there was still a lot of stuff I ran into including enemies getting stuck in the floor, animation glitches and straight up progression blocks with some doors needing a reload of the game to open. Feels like it still needs to be patched.
My second issue is the combat just not quite hitting the quality of comparable Souls games (admittedly a lofty target but it seems to be what they go for). The last boss in particular felt like real unfun bullshit at points and included terrible grab hitboxes and some dodgy unreadable shit. A lot of enemies seem to have a kind of homing feel on their attacks that never felt good to me. It's not awful but did make me really appreciate how good Fromsoft is at this stuff.
Pretty good overall though, would recommend if you have Game Pass ultimate! Looks and runs really nicely on Series X.
I do have qualms with two things, the first is the buggy-ness of the game, I read about it releasing in a pretty bad state but there was still a lot of stuff I ran into including enemies getting stuck in the floor, animation glitches and straight up progression blocks with some doors needing a reload of the game to open. Feels like it still needs to be patched.
My second issue is the combat just not quite hitting the quality of comparable Souls games (admittedly a lofty target but it seems to be what they go for). The last boss in particular felt like real unfun bullshit at points and included terrible grab hitboxes and some dodgy unreadable shit. A lot of enemies seem to have a kind of homing feel on their attacks that never felt good to me. It's not awful but did make me really appreciate how good Fromsoft is at this stuff.
Pretty good overall though, would recommend if you have Game Pass ultimate! Looks and runs really nicely on Series X.
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Did you play in Performance or Quality mode? I tried to play it on my S but I couldn't stand 30FPS. I'm most likely going to return my S to Microsoft to get an X down the line when it's readily available at their store (those Microsoft rewards monies paying off).
Did you play in Performance or Quality mode? I tried to play it on my S but I couldn't stand 30FPS. I'm most likely going to return my S to Microsoft to get an X down the line when it's readily available at their store (those Microsoft rewards monies paying off).
I always prefer LCPM 5.1. I jump to bitstreaming only if the hardware doesn't support LPCM. Why go compressed when you have an uncompressed choice? :)
Been playing Resi 4 on the XSX. Due to quick resume, I came back after playing it for about 7 hours total to find 26 hours now on my save file, heh.
Wow, that's shorter than I'd have guessed. Goes to show how spoiled I am by the speed of other games' loading, hah.
Wow, that's shorter than I'd have guessed. Goes to show how spoiled I am by the speed of other games' loading, hah.
Its so long. I kept my One X in my living room for my media/streaming box (Series X in my office) and using it even for that stuff feels glacial to me. My partner doesnt mind/care, but I can immediately tell. The other thing that has spoiled me is 60fps and reduced input latency as a result makes going. back to older 30fps games hard - eve on the newer consoles.
I cant help but stare at the Series S I got my GF for launch as it sits on her tv stand in the game room. Its so damn small, and its perfect to travel with as a little streaming/gaming box.
I have loved my Series X, but on Saturday (my birthday, no less), it just ... lost connection to certain services (XBL authentication, store, etc). It was right around when we had a general internet outage so I dismissed it.
It never came back to life. To this day, 5 days later, it cannot connect to those things. I did a minor reset (keep games), a full reset, connected it directly to the WAN, connected it to a totally separate hotspot, bought a new router, nothing works. I have a few (4) Xboxes so I checked those, they all work perfectly on my standard network.
Support just says "not available" so I have to print a label, ship it off, and there are no promises on if or when I will receive it or another one back.
Feels bad man. Thankfully I have my One X off to the side so it took me a whole hour to get it plugged back in, updated, and now I can game at a lower standard over the holidays.
PS - I gotta say I am digging the "Smart Delivery" thing in that I at least can pick up where I left off on another console. It's not for nothin'.
It never came back to life. To this day, 5 days later, it cannot connect to those things. I did a minor reset (keep games), a full reset, connected it directly to the WAN, connected it to a totally separate hotspot, bought a new router, nothing works. I have a few (4) Xboxes so I checked those, they all work perfectly on my standard network.
Support just says "not available" so I have to print a label, ship it off, and there are no promises on if or when I will receive it or another one back.
Feels bad man. Thankfully I have my One X off to the side so it took me a whole hour to get it plugged back in, updated, and now I can game at a lower standard over the holidays.
PS - I gotta say I am digging the "Smart Delivery" thing in that I at least can pick up where I left off on another console. It's not for nothin'.
Am I the only one that can't really feel any difference between 60 and 120fps in SW:Squadrons ?
So....I drove home for the holidays today (took 2 weeks off, tested negative before leaving), and I unplugged my series X to bring it with me thought nothing of it. Through a 4 HOUR DRIVE UNPLUGGED....when I booted it up at my parents all my games quick resumed....like holy fucking shit....my mind is fucking blown.
It's basically just dumping the game's RAM contents to the SSD, which is why it can persist through being unplugged. But yeah, I'd still probably be impressed, lol.
No, those degrade faster because of the faster charge and what not.
Regular Eneloops are still the best.
VCR as in day one Xbox one? I use that ALL the time. I have it upstairs as a streaming box. Works great. Xbox one x? Lol nahhh I never turn that on. But I ain't selling it for $50
Thanks, any recommendations on a bundle from Amazon? I'm not going to be playing with another person on my Series X, just me and probably on the one controller.