Great call. Resident Evil is one of my favorite series. I am currently replaying them all on the lead up to Village.
Any other horror titles I should check out?
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Any other horror titles I should check out?
Worth checking that your Xbox is set as your home console and that your purchases show up in your accounts purchase history. If the games were purchased an alternative account then the Xbox will need to be set as that accounts home Xbox as well (alternatively that account needs to logged in at the same time)
Out of interest when the system tells you to go to the store, what does the store say? Does it show the price on a "buy now" button or tell you that you own the game on a "launch" button?
It does now after I applied that Xbox preset in my router and yes the party chats are working again.
Awesome. A restrictive NAT is the only thing I could think of that would just block chat.
It showed owned. I had set the console as my home console. I just launched it a day after I purchased it and it works. Really strange. Thank you for your help though!
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Looking to buy Trails of Cold Steel I and II for PS4. Hoping to pay less than eBay prices for these. I'm thinking $60-80 per game. Would prefer complete. Let me know if you have it and we can hopefully work something out.
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Just got my xbox this Friday and today I spent the day gaming. The load times and Quick Resume are an absolute game changer. Normally I play one game at a time and beat that and then move on to the next. I never thought to do it any other way because load times being what they were.
But being able to instantly swap had me enjoying The Medium, Control, and Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order rotating between all three today. When I would get a little bored with one, or stuck, or whatever I would instantly swap to another. And it was a really great experience. I constantly was able to change to match my mood of the moment. It's seamless. It was like swapping cartridges from the old days but even better because its faster than that to get to playing at the exact same spot.
I know this isn't new to anyone who's had the console since launch but I never expected to experience that.
But being able to instantly swap had me enjoying The Medium, Control, and Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order rotating between all three today. When I would get a little bored with one, or stuck, or whatever I would instantly swap to another. And it was a really great experience. I constantly was able to change to match my mood of the moment. It's seamless. It was like swapping cartridges from the old days but even better because its faster than that to get to playing at the exact same spot.
I know this isn't new to anyone who's had the console since launch but I never expected to experience that.
Is there a way to play XB-One games on the Series S/X WITHOUT having to upgrade? Games like Fortnite have fairly minor upgrades, but have to be played on the internal drive which is tiny as-is.
Uh, they don't have to be played on the internal drive. I play it off of my portable HDD. They still take advantage of most of the upgrades and run perfectly fine. Quick resume and other things work pretty well. I think it has to be on the internal to take advantage of the SSD.
As a PS4 owner for six years, before that a 360 owner, I feel the slight need to experience gamepass. How is the lifeline prophecy for Series S? Will it come a time where a an SX will be a better early purchase or will the SS flourish for the entire generation?
I really hope that over time as developers get more used to the tools and optimizations, the difference between the SX and SS is mainly just resolution and not some other graphical effects. I have an SS now but eventually I will get a SX refresh if they update it enough.
I'm talking about "Optimized for X/S" games. Those HAVE to be played on internal. I have a portable HDD too (2TB) and while I can play a lot of games on it, anything that gets a major X/S upgrade is deemed too slow for the drive and must be played on the internal.
Sorry, I just looked to make sure and the games I thought were on one of my externals were actually on the internal. I don't remember moving them. Sorry.
So, I'm still in love with my Xbox Series X BUT I've been having a weird issue lately: Even when the console is set to "power saving" it doesn't shut down completely when using the long press of the guide button --> shut down. I always have to go to settings and select "full shutdown". Quite annoying tbh as I've definitely killed the power at least once while the console was still running (without me knowing as that thing so so damn silent lol).
Anyone else have this issue? I feel like it might have something to do with ongoing downloads that the console wants to finish?
Anyone else have this issue? I feel like it might have something to do with ongoing downloads that the console wants to finish?
I think the hold guide button > shut down always puts it into a low powered state. Power saving is just a lower state than instant on where it can't download updates etc.
But I always go to System > Full shutdown cause I don't like leaving things on overnight so I've not really tested either and might be talking out my ass.
Huh! That would certainly be new to me. It really feels like things were different until recently, when I noticed this.
But thanks, if I can't find a different fix I'll just continue the full shutdown thing. It's not that big of a deal anyway, more something I need to get used to.
You didn't. The system does it for you. BTW, check your external. It tends to leave a copy of the same game after the upgrade.
Something is definitely different because when I go into my system and hit turn off and it shut completely down I don't use Quickstart I've noticed that the system will install updates in the middle of the night sometimes when I know I'm not on the machine and I haven't done it and that's in power saving mode so I think unless you hit the full shut down option it's still puts it in some kind of state that it can take updates but I'm not 100% sure on that but I know that it's doing updates in times when I'm not using the system even though I'm not using power saving
Anybody 'preorder' (didn't know you preordered something that was alll ready out lol) their xbox with all access through Game UK last week? If so, when are you expecting it to arrive?
Never had this problem on SX but on PC and mobile. I don't think it has anything to do with a specific app, probably just a YT problem in general.
I use the YT app on my XSX a lot, and I've never noticed this problem.
Some last gen updated games can be played from external HDD even if they are Optimized for X/S, like Halo MCC, Ori.
I don't know about Fortnite but at least some can.
To see if a game can be played from external HDD, manage the game, then open the File information, if you see "XboxGen9Aware" somewhere it's optimized but can be run from external HDD.
I'm using the new Xbox Series X controller for my PC and while i love the controller it eats through batteries like an electronic car. Even though i'm using rechargable Eneloop batteries i have to change them so often that it's a small hassle. I would expect the controller lasts about 1/3 the time of the Xbox One-controller. And maybe 1/6 of a charged Switch controller.
I wonder if they will fix this in a firmware update in the future.. i can't wrap my hand around what the controller is doing that uses so much more juice than last generations controller.
A little surprised this isn't talked about more.
I wonder if they will fix this in a firmware update in the future.. i can't wrap my hand around what the controller is doing that uses so much more juice than last generations controller.
A little surprised this isn't talked about more.
Are you connecting to the PC via BT? Not sure if that uses more juice than MS wireless protocol does although I wouldn't expect such a difference even then.
Me and my friend both ordered one too and have yet to have it ship. It states on the site that all orders after the 25th will ship by this Friday.
I'm using my old fat wireless adapter that i've used with my Xbox one controllers.
What mah are the eneloops? I havent noticed they're particularly thirsty controllers
The FPS boost for FC4 and WD2 is only for for preview members? I thought it was available to everyone now.
In theory, with a reboot of the console, everyone should have access to the FPS Boost.
My baby is arrived.
Enjoy dude!!! I love mine, sometimes I'm floored that a system that small, that sexy can run the games the way it does...for 300 bucks.
Is it normal in the first Ori game for the main character's animations to appear to be at half the framerate of everything else(on XSX)? It's really jarring. I don't recall it being this way on the Switch version, but I only played that on a small screen so maybe I just didn't notice it.
Yeah, doesn't seem super widespread but a couple of people got the issue: https://www.reddit.com/r/xboxinside...youtube_app_on_series_x_is_broken_sound_goes/
Might just try to remove and reinstall the app then or remove myself from preview maybe?
My baby is arrived.
Awesome, im loving mine since i got it
I recently played Will of the wisps on series X and didn't see what you are describing.
That has never happened to me in the many many hours of watching YT on XSX since launch.
Yep its annoying and seemingly completely random. Hope they get it fixed soon
Thank you.
This little guy is doing very big things, I'm digging the Gamepass and the optimized games gives awesome performances.
Series S is absolutely best partner to my PS5.
heh i bought it as a secondary machine too but since i got it i barely played my PS5 :D
Checked their site and it gives 2different time frames.... Don't remember seeing different delivery options when I ordered, but will assume mine will be the later of the 2 dates. Thanks for the sign post :)
I just bootet the first Ori game, and while the animations of Ori seem to be not as smooth as in WotW, I don't think they are half the framerate. Rather seems to me that some animations (summersault, spin) don't use as many frames as in part 2. But I don't think Ori is running at half the framerate all the time.