Series X is the only option if you're considering BC.
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Damn, I was so close to getting one twice yesterday! I'm really hoping more of these become available soon. I'm ready to Jump In™️
Yo yo yo yo yo yo. So how does quick resume actually work? Like what's the sorcery behind it? My Xbox has been off for 5 days. Not just suspended. Staight up power off no power going to the console. How in the actual fuck am I still able to quick resume now? What is happening?
Depends I guess on what games you want to play since there may be some overlap with your PC. BC sounds nice though with the FPS boost titles.
As for emulation, wouldn't it be easier, more performant (and less of a hassle?) to just emulate through your PC?
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Oh, didn't notice you were asking about the S. I would stick with the One X in that case or try to secure a Series X.
save states are dumped into a cache on the ssd (which is why the OS portion of the SSD is a little larger, needs room for QR states), just like any old file that persists when power is off. then, when you resume it loads that into RAM.
Mostly looking to slowly work on replaying games like DQXI, FFXIITZA, FFXIII, Splinter Cell Blacklist, which all had great enhancements on Xbox One X.
As for emulation, you're right about PC, although that stays at my desk for various reasons. Y'all have definitely convinced me to wait for a Series X though.
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Magic. Even console updates keep the state. It's rad when it works.
Same here with the PC desk. It's why I love my Nvidia Shield. Streaming quality is near perfect (at 4k, max possible bitrates - I always hope that Microsoft and Sony could offer the same with their remote play options) and input lag is pretty much unnoticeable for me for 90% of the games I want to play.
I've owned a Series S for almost 6 months and I don't own any games for it, other than a few 360 games that I bought like 9 years ago on random sales.
I'd imagine it's 5 but that's just a guess on my part. I play the multiplayer on 5 everyday, have since getting a Series X at launch. It's just so damn fun. I never have a problem getting into a match either, no matter what mode I choose within multiplayer.
So glad MLB The Show came to Xbox this year. Really enjoying the game. Just finished the March to October and won the World Series in style. 😎
Nice! Yea, I've played every version of The Show since I think 06 on PS2, it's long been my favorite sports game. While I own it for both PS5 and Series X this year, I actually prefer to play it on my Series X. I feel it actually looks a tad better and sharper on my CX with the Series X than PS5. Plus the latency just feels so much more responsive on Series X, which really helps when timing up hitting or using meter pitching. It's been a blast so far. This is the first year I've ever really given Diamond Dynasty a shot and I've been having a lot of fun.
By the way, how long did it take you to get through March to October? It's a mode that never interested me but I want to get 1000 gamer score for this game. So just curious to see how long it took you to finish this season and get the achievements. Thanks!
I started on releaseday .. and played approx 2 or 3 games per day.
I set up my Series X yesterday and saw The Outer Wilds "ready for pre-load" but I didn't buy it and also don't have Gamepass.
Any idea why that is?
Any idea why that is?
You can pre download games in case you're going to get the disc or you know a sale is coming up etc.
One of Microsoft's conferences had that as a freebie if you watched it on Mixer.
That might be it actually. I will check again when I am home. Thanks.
Gears 5 for sure. It just got an another update the other day and you never have problems finding games. Also has some good PvE modes like Horde and Escape.
Managed to get a series X while looking for a PS5 :) This will be my first Xbox since the 360!
My initial plan was to get a PS5 first and series X later on but this works to lol.
Any gem from last gen I should play?
My initial plan was to get a PS5 first and series X later on but this works to lol.
Any gem from last gen I should play?
Hi,
After leaving the Xbox ecosystem behind me in 2010/11, I'm getting back in with a Series X (whenever I manage to find one anyway)!
I already got a PS5 and I want a XSX to play the exclusives and likely most third-parties from now on as I read XSX usually has the edge. I have a few questions:
- I was using a EU (French) account on 360. I'm planning on going with US this time around. Do I need to create another account? Or can I change the region of the current one while retaining my former purchases?
- I read about the Gold to Game Pass trick, is it still working? Because if it is, I very much plan on buying 3 years of XBLG + pay for Ultimate upgrade… I've never used GP in the past so I should be eligible?
Thanks
After leaving the Xbox ecosystem behind me in 2010/11, I'm getting back in with a Series X (whenever I manage to find one anyway)!
I already got a PS5 and I want a XSX to play the exclusives and likely most third-parties from now on as I read XSX usually has the edge. I have a few questions:
- I was using a EU (French) account on 360. I'm planning on going with US this time around. Do I need to create another account? Or can I change the region of the current one while retaining my former purchases?
- I read about the Gold to Game Pass trick, is it still working? Because if it is, I very much plan on buying 3 years of XBLG + pay for Ultimate upgrade… I've never used GP in the past so I should be eligible?
Thanks
Ori and the will of the wisps 1000%
Welcome! I haven't done it myself but I think you just change your region and it carries over, unless I'm thinking of the system region to play things early like in new Zealand..
The trick still works. I think due to the $1 for 3 months offer right now you can only add 33 months of Gold before converting? Because 36 is the maximum, but I'm not 100% on that. Worst case is you buy a month for $15 instead of the $1 offer if it won't allow you to after loading up 36 Gold.
Thank you for the answers good sir.
Pretty excited to be back !
Jedi Fallen Order if you didn't play it already beyond the games mentioned.
I'd prob hold off as there's a native next gen version coming soon and may be smart delivery/included in the end.
Yeah I thought I was Geared out but 5 is fun and the DLC is fantastic.
Isn't it possible to install/play Xbox One discs offline on Series X? Seems like it needs a one-time activation or something like that.
Same. Mine arrived on Friday and I've been loving it. I can't get over how quick the system is at booting up and getting into games via Quick Resume, and it's also legitimately silent. The Series X is a seriously impressive piece of hardware.
Dead silent, unobtrusive design, quick resume getting my into games so fast and allowing my to bounce between pick up and play games and meatier titles in a flash. The speed in which you start gaming just encourages you to squeeze in more gaming throughout the day, it doesn't feel like something you need to sit down and be like "ok I need to dedicated a big chunk of time to this now".
I wonder when new Edge will drop in the Delta preview.
edit Changed to Beta. Didn't need a update this time.
edit Changed to Beta. Didn't need a update this time.
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That's pretty much why the Switch was so attractive when it released and made it clear how slow the PS4/X1 took to boot up for a quick session. The Series X is now just stupidly fast to the point that you can squeeze a session in
Just bought a series x and notice there is an option for 'audio passthrough' in there that I don't remember my One X having. Can someone explain what the point of that would be? Surely the console is doing all the audio encoding and passing it directly to your amplifier anyway? It has me confused.
It's to let media apps pass through the Dolby Atmos or whatever without being touched by the console and instead directly to the receiver. Keeps audio at highest quality, supposedly. Doesn't affect games.
So I got my Series X on friday and tested it out for two days and I am considering sending it back. It's not the systems fault, it's amazing. It's fast, responsive, does everything that it should do. Even the OS is easier to use than I thought it would be. Everything is kinda self-explanatory, even with all the functions it has. Also, BC is as great as I thought it would be. Basically all I did was playing old 360 games (since I don't have any Series games).
But I already have a Switch, PS5 and an (old) PC (with no plan to upgrade for now) and not much time to play, making it kinda hard to justify spending 500€ for it right now. I still prefer the PS5 versions with many games if they make good use of the Dual Sense. And god knows when the exclusives arrive that interest me like the new Perfect Dark, Fable, Arkane's new games (Deathloop even comes to PS5 first) etc.
Considered GP but doesn't seem to make much sense for me because of my limited time and specific taste in games.
I'm torn and go back and forth on wether to keep it or not. I also want to replay RDR in 4k lol. But I could also wait 3 years, buy one for less than 500€ and get all the new amazing games with it.
First world problems.
But I already have a Switch, PS5 and an (old) PC (with no plan to upgrade for now) and not much time to play, making it kinda hard to justify spending 500€ for it right now. I still prefer the PS5 versions with many games if they make good use of the Dual Sense. And god knows when the exclusives arrive that interest me like the new Perfect Dark, Fable, Arkane's new games (Deathloop even comes to PS5 first) etc.
Considered GP but doesn't seem to make much sense for me because of my limited time and specific taste in games.
I'm torn and go back and forth on wether to keep it or not. I also want to replay RDR in 4k lol. But I could also wait 3 years, buy one for less than 500€ and get all the new amazing games with it.
First world problems.
I got to try out Gamepass for the first time this weekend playing Fifa 21, and Quick Resume between Forza Horizon 4 & the former on a Series S. Real cool stuff!
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