Xbox Series X/S Discussion Thread *xbxs*
18-Jul-20 12:40pm
#1 bluemetal04
Might as well get it started. Who's looking forward to it? I personally think that it could beat PS5, that is if they don't screw up. They need a basic UI, more first party titles, and focus only on gaming. They own the license to Rare games, we need to see new Conkers, Perfect Dark, Banjo Kazooie, etc. They did alright with Killer Instinct, I'll give them that, but they're sitting on a lot of games that needs remade, remastered, and sequels.
As far as I know, it's slightly more powerful than the PS5, which isn't a big deal. But what is a big deal is that it will come with more storage. XBSX will have 1TB, which I admit, is not much by today's standards. The PS5 will have 825GB, which is ridiculous. I'm guessing that the next gen games will be around 100gb or more in size on average. If that is the case, I expect the discs will be on 4k UHD blu-rays.
#1 bluemetal04
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Might as well get it started. Who's looking forward to it? I personally think that it could beat PS5, that is if they don't screw up. They need a basic UI, more first party titles, and focus only on gaming. They own the license to Rare games, we need to see new Conkers, Perfect Dark, Banjo Kazooie, etc. They did alright with Killer Instinct, I'll give them that, but they're sitting on a lot of games that needs remade, remastered, and sequels.
As far as I know, it's slightly more powerful than the PS5, which isn't a big deal. But what is a big deal is that it will come with more storage. XBSX will have 1TB, which I admit, is not much by today's standards. The PS5 will have 825GB, which is ridiculous. I'm guessing that the next gen games will be around 100gb or more in size on average. If that is the case, I expect the discs will be on 4k UHD blu-rays.
27-Dec-22 1:09pm
#161 michaeld
PizzaTheHutt wrote:
michaeld wrote:> There was a game I remember seeing a trailer for a few years ago that looked interesting,> it reminded me of a Zelda game and was sort of an overheard and had a nice looking> art style but I can't remember the name Tunic?
Yes that is it!
#161 michaeld
PizzaTheHutt wrote:
michaeld wrote:> There was a game I remember seeing a trailer for a few years ago that looked interesting,> it reminded me of a Zelda game and was sort of an overheard and had a nice looking> art style but I can't remember the name Tunic?
Yes that is it!
27-Dec-22 1:14pm
#162 Frank
michaeld wrote:
My kids bought me a Series X for Christmas. I don't follow game news so I'm looking for some good indie/arcade etc games to check out.
There are so many to choose from! One of the categories is even "arcade".
#162 Frank
michaeld wrote:
My kids bought me a Series X for Christmas. I don't follow game news so I'm looking for some good indie/arcade etc games to check out.
There are so many to choose from! One of the categories is even "arcade".
27-Dec-22 2:28pm
#163 Slickriven
michaeld wrote:
PizzaTheHutt wrote:> Tunic?> Yes that is it!
Tunic was excellent, is my GotY likely, but I don't play a ton of newest releases.
#163 Slickriven
michaeld wrote:
PizzaTheHutt wrote:> Tunic?> Yes that is it!
Tunic was excellent, is my GotY likely, but I don't play a ton of newest releases.
28-Dec-22 11:04am
#164 michaeld
I need headset recommendations. I don't want to spend a lot, don't need all kinds of fancy features, just good audio for hearing and talking to others
Edit: I ended up getting the Microsoft stereo headset on eBay for $20
#164 michaeld
I need headset recommendations. I don't want to spend a lot, don't need all kinds of fancy features, just good audio for hearing and talking to others
Edit: I ended up getting the Microsoft stereo headset on eBay for $20
31-Dec-22 2:02pm
#165 MrBean
Finally need to expand storage on the XSX ... Seagate is still the ony option? $200 for 1TB? My god.
Do these ever go on sale?
#165 MrBean
Finally need to expand storage on the XSX ... Seagate is still the ony option? $200 for 1TB? My god.
Do these ever go on sale?
31-Dec-22 2:52pm
#166 Groo
@MrBean @Vault101 has one for sale $160. They were $230 when they came out.
#166 Groo
@MrBean @Vault101 has one for sale $160. They were $230 when they came out.
31-Dec-22 4:55pm
#167 Slickriven
@MrBean You can connect any USB drive you want and play lots of games from there. I have a 4TB HDD that used to be connected to my X1X on mine. If you download a game onto an external and it needs to run on the internal, you'll get prompted if you try to play it to move it first. You also get an icon on the box art that looks like a left & right arrow, one above the other - that indicates that you have it on an external drive but it has to be on the internal to play.
I keep all of my games that don't require the internal drive installed on my external and even some that do require internal that I'm simply not actively playing. Transferring btwn the drives is pretty quick/easy and I don't like to have more than about 75% of the internal space used up.
#167 Slickriven
@MrBean You can connect any USB drive you want and play lots of games from there. I have a 4TB HDD that used to be connected to my X1X on mine. If you download a game onto an external and it needs to run on the internal, you'll get prompted if you try to play it to move it first. You also get an icon on the box art that looks like a left & right arrow, one above the other - that indicates that you have it on an external drive but it has to be on the internal to play.
I keep all of my games that don't require the internal drive installed on my external and even some that do require internal that I'm simply not actively playing. Transferring btwn the drives is pretty quick/easy and I don't like to have more than about 75% of the internal space used up.
31-Dec-22 5:21pm
#169 Slickriven
Yep @bonham2 - I don't know the exact external drive I have, bought it too long ago and don't feel like looking behind my XSX to verify. I also have this one that would work, I just don't have it connected to anything:
https://smile.amazon...
I have a 2TB one I bought off a fellow GTZer for my PS4 as well. Basically it doesn't have to be 4TB and with the XSX you don't need to use SSDs if you don't want. For my X1X that I still use, I'm looking to connect up an external SSD as the internal drive is slow and I've seen some research that suggests opening the system to replace the internal drive is barely, if even at all faster vs. an external SSD. Since I use the X1X mainly for 360 games and indies, I'm thinking of trying a 480GB micro drive I got on clearance from Walmart like 2 years ago.
#169 Slickriven
Yep @bonham2 - I don't know the exact external drive I have, bought it too long ago and don't feel like looking behind my XSX to verify. I also have this one that would work, I just don't have it connected to anything:
https://smile.amazon...
I have a 2TB one I bought off a fellow GTZer for my PS4 as well. Basically it doesn't have to be 4TB and with the XSX you don't need to use SSDs if you don't want. For my X1X that I still use, I'm looking to connect up an external SSD as the internal drive is slow and I've seen some research that suggests opening the system to replace the internal drive is barely, if even at all faster vs. an external SSD. Since I use the X1X mainly for 360 games and indies, I'm thinking of trying a 480GB micro drive I got on clearance from Walmart like 2 years ago.
31-Dec-22 6:07pm
#170 MrBean
My understanding has been that any non-seagate is only for prior gen games. All modern games can only use the fancy Seagate expensive ass one.
#170 MrBean
My understanding has been that any non-seagate is only for prior gen games. All modern games can only use the fancy Seagate expensive ass one.
31-Dec-22 8:09pm
#171 Slickriven
MrBean wrote:
My understanding has been that any non-seagate is only for prior gen games. All modern games can only use the fancy Seagate expensive ass one.
Trouble is with how MS and Sony I suppose handled this latest generation, many games that have launched in the past ~2 years aren't truly Next-Gen and don't have that requirement. But it's a mixed bag. Infernax required install in the internal drive, but it was more/less a 16-bit era title, but Bugsnax doesn't, nor The Ascent, GunGrave GORE, Naraka or even Horizon 5 - as it has a non-Series version.
Without a 4TB drive I think I would find being a GP sub really annoying. I've got around 200 games installed onto my XSX and sure some will only play on the internal yet I have moved them to the external, but moving is a TON faster vs. re-downloading. Point is, for ~%50 of the cost for the 1TB expansion card, you could get a 4-5TB external USB HDD and have lots of games on it with most of those playable - depending on your library I suppose. And even if 80% of the games you have require being on internal, like I said you're looking at a min-2 to transfer vs. redownloading and the management is pretty decent. You can go to the 'My Games & Apps' menu, then Manage and Storage devices. Then click on the drive and you get a menu to move things and can move many at once.
#171 Slickriven
MrBean wrote:
My understanding has been that any non-seagate is only for prior gen games. All modern games can only use the fancy Seagate expensive ass one.
Trouble is with how MS and Sony I suppose handled this latest generation, many games that have launched in the past ~2 years aren't truly Next-Gen and don't have that requirement. But it's a mixed bag. Infernax required install in the internal drive, but it was more/less a 16-bit era title, but Bugsnax doesn't, nor The Ascent, GunGrave GORE, Naraka or even Horizon 5 - as it has a non-Series version.
Without a 4TB drive I think I would find being a GP sub really annoying. I've got around 200 games installed onto my XSX and sure some will only play on the internal yet I have moved them to the external, but moving is a TON faster vs. re-downloading. Point is, for ~%50 of the cost for the 1TB expansion card, you could get a 4-5TB external USB HDD and have lots of games on it with most of those playable - depending on your library I suppose. And even if 80% of the games you have require being on internal, like I said you're looking at a min-2 to transfer vs. redownloading and the management is pretty decent. You can go to the 'My Games & Apps' menu, then Manage and Storage devices. Then click on the drive and you get a menu to move things and can move many at once.
31-Dec-22 11:13pm
#172 bonham2
I have a Series S, and the storage limitations are seriously annoying. I'm constantly deleting stuff that I don't want to get rid of.
#172 bonham2
I have a Series S, and the storage limitations are seriously annoying. I'm constantly deleting stuff that I don't want to get rid of.
1-Jan-23 4:17pm
#173 Anxiouz
Generally speaking I like, and have no issues with, leveraging an external SSD for last-gen and general storage. Moving files isn't always fast though. There are times when it blazes but other times when it looks like I could actually download it faster. If it was always fast I would have zero complaints, but the truth is that it isn't. But moving games while I'm wfh is hardly a hassle and it'll be ready by the time I clock out.
I don't play a lot of games at the same time (maybe 3-5) so shuffling seldom used games to external until I am ready for them works well.
#173 Anxiouz
Generally speaking I like, and have no issues with, leveraging an external SSD for last-gen and general storage. Moving files isn't always fast though. There are times when it blazes but other times when it looks like I could actually download it faster. If it was always fast I would have zero complaints, but the truth is that it isn't. But moving games while I'm wfh is hardly a hassle and it'll be ready by the time I clock out.
I don't play a lot of games at the same time (maybe 3-5) so shuffling seldom used games to external until I am ready for them works well.
1-Jan-23 5:32pm
#174 longhornsk57
after putting a gen4 M2 into my PS5, I can never go back to moving games back and forth. This is a HUGE win for Sony to not have some BS super expensive storage expansion. Also why I prefer my Series X and third party non GPU games on my PS5 (also the controller is better).
#174 longhornsk57
after putting a gen4 M2 into my PS5, I can never go back to moving games back and forth. This is a HUGE win for Sony to not have some BS super expensive storage expansion. Also why I prefer my Series X and third party non GPU games on my PS5 (also the controller is better).
3-Jan-23 8:19am
#175 DarkFact
I was surprised with how many games I was able to install on the Series S. I hit the cap once, and it was only because of all the bloated fudging DLC from AC Odyssey, which I was thrilled to have an excuse to delete. After I axed that I could put another seven games from Game Pass on the system and I still had 25% space left.
#175 DarkFact
I was surprised with how many games I was able to install on the Series S. I hit the cap once, and it was only because of all the bloated fudging DLC from AC Odyssey, which I was thrilled to have an excuse to delete. After I axed that I could put another seven games from Game Pass on the system and I still had 25% space left.
3-Jan-23 10:32am
#176 Slickriven
I hooked up the 480GB USB SSD I had to my X1X the other night and after a quick format and answering some questions, I moved around a dozen games from the internal drive to it.
I was particularly interested in Wreckfest as I started playing that on my XSX and it loaded up quick, unsurprisingly, but then I played some on my X1X and it was so darn slow to load.
I can report that it's a good bit faster via the SSD so I'm happy about that. I used the 480 b/c I had it laying around but it's clearly not very large, so I might purchase a larger one now that I know it will give me a loading boost. I know the XSS performs around the same as the X1X so I'd be tempted to go for one of them, almost entirely for the Quick Resume, but I think I'm better off simply seeking to focus on 1 game at a time and sticking with the X1X.
#176 Slickriven
I hooked up the 480GB USB SSD I had to my X1X the other night and after a quick format and answering some questions, I moved around a dozen games from the internal drive to it.
I was particularly interested in Wreckfest as I started playing that on my XSX and it loaded up quick, unsurprisingly, but then I played some on my X1X and it was so darn slow to load.
I can report that it's a good bit faster via the SSD so I'm happy about that. I used the 480 b/c I had it laying around but it's clearly not very large, so I might purchase a larger one now that I know it will give me a loading boost. I know the XSS performs around the same as the X1X so I'd be tempted to go for one of them, almost entirely for the Quick Resume, but I think I'm better off simply seeking to focus on 1 game at a time and sticking with the X1X.
8-Jan-23 12:45pm
#177 michaeld
I was browsing the game pass store and watched a trailer for another overheard action looking game that looked interesting, I think it was another game with animals as characters. I was on game pass this morning and couldn't find it or remember the name. I am thinking it is some indie game but not certain
I am loving how you can just stream a game install of installing it. I got the year of Ultimate deal for 33 on Slickdeals, amazing deal!
#177 michaeld
I was browsing the game pass store and watched a trailer for another overheard action looking game that looked interesting, I think it was another game with animals as characters. I was on game pass this morning and couldn't find it or remember the name. I am thinking it is some indie game but not certain
I am loving how you can just stream a game install of installing it. I got the year of Ultimate deal for 33 on Slickdeals, amazing deal!
9-Jan-23 9:28pm
#178 Anxiouz
I think "overheard" is a typo? Biomutant hit GP recently. Was that it?
And I think the streaming is cool but it's def grainy and I always prefer to just DL the game. I do use the streaming to "play" a given game to earn MS Rewards though. Love that I can just stream it to start the game and then abandon it.
#178 Anxiouz
I think "overheard" is a typo? Biomutant hit GP recently. Was that it?
And I think the streaming is cool but it's def grainy and I always prefer to just DL the game. I do use the streaming to "play" a given game to earn MS Rewards though. Love that I can just stream it to start the game and then abandon it.
10-Jan-23 12:17pm
#179 Slickriven
Heads up, We Happy Few is leaving GP in only 5 days. I figured since XBGS owns them that this title wouldn't leave GP but Gearbox published it so there you have it.
Here's hoping/thinking it might pull a Mortal Shell and come back to the service. I had it in a list of GP games I figured I had plenty of time with, but it is nearing 5 years old now. For the first time in a while GP is feeling a bit weak to me.
#179 Slickriven
Heads up, We Happy Few is leaving GP in only 5 days. I figured since XBGS owns them that this title wouldn't leave GP but Gearbox published it so there you have it.
Here's hoping/thinking it might pull a Mortal Shell and come back to the service. I had it in a list of GP games I figured I had plenty of time with, but it is nearing 5 years old now. For the first time in a while GP is feeling a bit weak to me.
10-Jan-23 2:33pm
#180 3hitcombo
I don’t wanna hear anyone complain about gamepass if you haven’t gotten through the Yakuza games
#180 3hitcombo
I don’t wanna hear anyone complain about gamepass if you haven’t gotten through the Yakuza games
10-Jan-23 5:04pm
#181 Slickriven
3hitcombo wrote:
I don’t wanna hear anyone complain about gamepass if you haven’t gotten through the Yakuza games
I wasn't necessarily complaining, nor sure if you were referencing me, but I did set Yakuza 0 to install just the other night as my selection of installed GP titles was feeling smaller as of late.
I will not complain about GP in general as I've tried, played and beat a bucket load of games via the service in the 3+ years I've had it such that it's been well worth my money. I've also used the Live to GP dollar method twice so it has been a great price period. I've tried games that I learned quickly that I was glad I didn't buy, I played games for basically free that seemed interesting, and I beat games that I likely otherwise wouldn't have even considered. I'm actually okay with the selection shrinking a little vs what I want to play on it, since it'll give me a little more time to focus on the games I actually purchased.
#181 Slickriven
3hitcombo wrote:
I don’t wanna hear anyone complain about gamepass if you haven’t gotten through the Yakuza games
I wasn't necessarily complaining, nor sure if you were referencing me, but I did set Yakuza 0 to install just the other night as my selection of installed GP titles was feeling smaller as of late.
I will not complain about GP in general as I've tried, played and beat a bucket load of games via the service in the 3+ years I've had it such that it's been well worth my money. I've also used the Live to GP dollar method twice so it has been a great price period. I've tried games that I learned quickly that I was glad I didn't buy, I played games for basically free that seemed interesting, and I beat games that I likely otherwise wouldn't have even considered. I'm actually okay with the selection shrinking a little vs what I want to play on it, since it'll give me a little more time to focus on the games I actually purchased.
Xbox Series X/S Discussion Thread *xbxs*