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Xbox Series X (coming 10 Nov 2020)

diamond.g said:
DF made a case for MS to keep the display settings as is. DMC5 on the PS5 offers no way to cap the frame rate. Technically the same is true of the Series X but because you can change the settings on the console you can limit the game to 60hz instead of it trying to run at 120hz all the time.

EDIT maybe a auto mode for refresh rate would be prudent.
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In that case these are the following options that should be available on both console.

-Option to cap frame rate at 60 and 120hz at a system level.
-Option for games to override system settings so that I don't have to change system level settings when switching between games.
 
Hello everyone. Former Xbox user here. I have owned all of them so far, but stopped gaming for awhile until now. TBH, I am more in the market for a PS5, but will likely also get the Series X as well if I can find one. If I can't find one soon, after the holidays, I'm hoping for some deals.

Right now I am using the Xbox One. It is a bit slow, but otherwise it works.

Hopefully I will get an Xbox Series X soon, and join the family :)
 
A bit saddened today. Wario64 tweeted Xbox Series X and S were available. So I went to Microsoft site and put it in my cart. But then there was an error with payment. Tried other methods of payment, no luck. It said the error was on their end.

I was so close. UGH. Really saddened
 
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Hieveryone said:
Hello everyone. Former Xbox user here. I have owned all of them so far, but stopped gaming for awhile until now. TBH, I am more in the market for a PS5, but will likely also get the Series X as well if I can find one. If I can't find one soon, after the holidays, I'm hoping for some deals.

Right now I am using the Xbox One. It is a bit slow, but otherwise it works.

Hopefully I will get an Xbox Series X soon, and join the family :)
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You will love the Series X. I upgraded from PS4 Pro and the leap in performance, loading times, UI snappiness and build quality is substantial.

Although there are no major exclusives, the Series X is thr best platform for playing existing xbox games. Some of which are receiving next gen updates.

Gamepass is a fantastic low risk way of trying games that you wouldn't otherwise buy.
 
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Macalicious2011 said:
You will love the Series X. I upgraded from PS4 Pro and the leap in performance, loading times, UI snappiness and build quality is substantial.

Although there are no major exclusives, the Series X is thr best platform for playing existing xbox games. Some of which are receiving next gen updates.

Gamepass is a fantastic low risk way of trying games that you wouldn't otherwise buy.
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I have no idea what gamepass is but thank you for the tip! It sounds very compelling and will be doing my research on it.

I have been a part of the Xbox family since the very first one (yes, with that HUGE controller lol)

The Xbox brand has never let me down. Many great moments and memories.
 
Hieveryone said:
A bit saddened today. Wario64 tweeted Xbox Series X and S were available. So I went to Microsoft site and put it in my cart. But then there was an error with payment. Tried other methods of payment, no luck. It said the error was on their end.

I was so close. UGH. Really saddened
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The resellers/scalpers are ruining major hardware launches. I read some story that in the UK scalpers have more inventory than the retailers. I was lucky to get mine reserved on Best Buy on the first day.

Not sure what anyone can do vs these scalpers, other than NOT BUY from them. I’m trying to score a RTX 3XXX series of video card, but that too is combed by these people as well.
 
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Deliro said:
The resellers/scalpers are ruining major hardware launches. I read some story that in the UK scalpers have more inventory than the retailers. I was lucky to get mine reserved on Best Buy on the first day.

Not sure what anyone can do vs these scalpers, other than NOT BUY from them. I’m trying to score a RTX 3XXX series of video card, but that too is combed by these people as well.
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I seriously hope the scalpers end up getting stuck with 1000000000000000 consoles that they can't sell bc people refuse to pay the upcharge AND hopefully soon retailers keep plenty of stock at normal prices
 
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I just wanted to let everyone know I got very lucky and was able to order an Xbox Series X from Microsoft.

It is on it's way!!!!

I AM SO EXCITED lol

And relieved I don't have to wait forever to get one. No way I was going to pay a scalper. So this worked out thank goodness!!!!!
 
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I've joined the team.


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My gamepass trial will come to an end next week.

This is why I won't renew it:

1. I don't play sports games and there there are not enough recent games that I want to buy.

2. Many games are older and that I can by for £10-20 used if I wanted to.

3. Xbox regularly have brilliant deals and sales. You can pick up games that you actually want to play, sometimes at 60-80% discount. That means that for 1-2 gamepass payments, you can buy a heavily discounted game.
 
Macalicious2011 said:
My gamepass trial will come to an end next week.

This is why I won't renew it:

1. I don't play sports games and there there are not enough recent games that I want to buy.

2. Many games are older and that I can by for £10-20 used if I wanted to.

3. Xbox regularly have brilliant deals and sales. You can pick up games that you actually want to play, sometimes at 60-80% discount. That means that for 1-2 gamepass payments, you can buy a heavily discounted game.
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I haven't paid for previous Gold or current Gamepass membership in years. Just set Bing as your default search engine, and enough rewards points will rack up without really trying. Use it to redeem a Gamepass membership.
 
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Deliro said:
The resellers/scalpers are ruining major hardware launches. I read some story that in the UK scalpers have more inventory than the retailers. I was lucky to get mine reserved on Best Buy on the first day.

Not sure what anyone can do vs these scalpers, other than NOT BUY from them. I’m trying to score a RTX 3XXX series of video card, but that too is combed by these people as well.
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I was lucky enough to get an Series X from Target. But I gave up on trying to get a RTX3xxx or PS5. That's seriously a job in itself.
 
LIVEFRMNYC said:
I haven't paid for previous Gold or current Gamepass membership in years. Just set Bing as your default search engine, and enough rewards points will rack up without really trying. Use it to redeem a Gamepass membership.
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i do the same. And then the Gamepass quest rewards through Gamepass itself feeds into it. I haven't paid for it since it came out and I am current through May. I am only 5000 points away from another 3 months again.
 
LIVEFRMNYC said:
I haven't paid for previous Gold or current Gamepass membership in years. Just set Bing as your default search engine, and enough rewards points will rack up without really trying. Use it to redeem a Gamepass membership.
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i have tried dozens of times to get this working via my iPad but never registers
 
Today I bought this min I xbox controller for my 4 year old daughter in order to get her into gaming.

It's superb. Volume is roughly 35% smaller than the OEM controller.

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dUnKle said:
do,you have a link. Just what need for my daughter
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It's a:

PDP rock candy xbox mini controller

Yesterday I bought Paw Patrol Roller Blind for her. It's a 2D game and she played for 60min and was improving significantly quicker than I anticipated.

She's officially a gamer and I will buy more games for her.

The difference doesnt come across in photos but the controller is noticeably smaller. My daughter was physically unable to use the OEM one. In 8 month my 2 year old son will start gaming.

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Macalicious2011 said:
It's a:

PDP rock candy xbox mini controller

Yesterday I bought Paw Patrol Roller Blind for her. It's a 2D game and she played for 60min and was improving significantly quicker than I anticipated.

She's officially a gamer and I will buy more games for her.

The difference doesnt come across in photos but the controller is noticeably smaller. My daughter was physically unable to use the OEM one. In 8 month my 2 year old son will start gaming.

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Thank you
 
I'm super impressed with he FPS boost feature that MS have unveiled this week. It basically boosts games from 30 to 60 and even 120fps without changes to the game's code.

It super impress as not all older games will be enhanced for the new consoles or remastered.

My biggest annoyance is that Xbox have decided to debut this feature with 4-5 very old games that are not relevant to many people. It would have been nice to see this rolled out to a few games that are no older than 2-3 years.

Either way it's a wicked feature and I'm stoked about the future of the console.

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2021-xbox-series-fps-boost-tested
 
Anyone still having trouble getting a series X? I've been following everything possible to keep on top of it but no luck.

Also, any stores carrying physical units?

Thanks
 
Eggtastic said:
Anyone still having trouble getting a series X? I've been following everything possible to keep on top of it but no luck.

Also, any stores carrying physical units?

Thanks
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I'm still keeping my one x for now but yes my friends still are unable to get.
 
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