Topic: General Xbox Series X|S Thread

@Krzzystuff “Gamepass must be a dream come true for these devs. Makes you think how many applications they must receive for the service. I think game-pass service is what are making these indie devs come forward and call Sony out in their BS, they know game-pass will provide better exposure and sales, they are not afraid anymore.“

Hideo Kojima’s deal with Xbox reaches key milestone

https://venturebeat.com/2021/07/01/hideo-kojimas-deal-with-xb...

Meanwhile,

Incoming Xbox acquisition. Might be a single player/third person focused studio.

After the newest update Doom Eternal runs like a dream in my Series S. The action is fast and fluid. However, the game is hard. I had no problem to beat Doom 2016, now I am defeated easily in the third area...

@belmont I also beat Doom 2016. I haven't played Eternal yet because I was waiting for this upgrade but according to gamers and the developers, you have to use different strategies for each kind of enemy and the in-game codex explain their weaknesses. I hope that this helps.

@Senua Interesting story about small developers. Microsoft are treating developers right and being much more user-friendly than Sony and Nintendo. They are better than I had ever expected after being a Nintendo and Sony customer and getting frustrated and annoyed quite often.

@BrilliantBill Obviously small, but it looks pretty nice, and it's refreshing that it's not ridiculously expensive like some statues have been.

So good.

It feels like Series X stock has come to a complete standstill after the E3 batch.

@Grumblevolcano https://www.techradar.com/news/xbox-series-x-restock-july

So I've had my Series X for a month or so now and I think its pretty fantastic, however I do have one small issue in that, whilst smart delivery is great, why is it always the Xbox One version of the game on disc? I do have Judgement and it was great to be able to install the game from disc with no downloads required. Everything else is amazing but this is one little wrinkle I'd like to see the end of

Ok, so having been caught up in Switch OLED pre-order hellscape for the past day, FINALLY securing my order(s) at Walmart, and the getting the orders cancelled and my account flagged as fraud (and then almost $1k in auth charges from failed attempts on my card behind paypal), having been tempted by Steam Deck and then deciding my library is on XB and PS, starting a Steam library makes no economic sense now, and thankfully opting not to before that cluster-f began (at least not as bad as fraud flags and reversed charges, thanks, Walmart!) I think I'm kind of so over that. (To be fair I got my XSX from Walmart in November so it wasn't always that bad....)

I have a big Switch library I want to play, but the whole debacle has made me kind of hate even looking at my Switch. It reminds me of my misery. It's still a good Monstie Hunter box (Steam Deck would have been better.) So, I think I'm settling in on using xcloud for my portable gaming (occasionally local streaming, but I can't see putting run hours on the XSX just to play portably, so I might as well stick with whatever's on GPU, all the better if it's games I own or 1st party.) I already have a Raiju Mobile for my phone, but hate using the phone battery. I was looking at buying a 10" tablet or so for dedicated streaming, but I'm wondering if I'd be better off upgrading my Surface Pro (2017) since it won't even get Win11, using that as a dedicated Xcloud streamer along with a 15V power bank, and getting a new Pro for a laptop. I know local streaming doesn't actually work on XSX yet (well, it does, there's an unofficial beta app I sideloaded but didn't test out yet, seems to work before connecting, anyway.) But with a Surface I could do (with the beta) local XSX and PS4/5 streaming, as well as XCloud and PS Now, I assume with a nice 12" screen (tabletop mode indeed.)

Anyone using a Surface for xcloud or local streaming? Experience good, bad, ugly? It's got to be better than Switch, right? Right?

I saw on Push Square that Xbox has presence at Gamescom so it seems like Xbox is returning to the 3 major event setup in digital form. Pre-pandemic the major events were E3 in June, a bigger than normal Inside Xbox during Gamescom in August and X0 in November so I'd guess Gamescom has a digital event featuring stuff like more info on Halo Infinite and Forza Horizon 5 (among other games) followed by a major digital event in November celebrating 20 years of Xbox and looking to the future.

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2021/07/after_e3_2021_no_show...