Topic: General Xbox Series X|S Thread

Curious:

I have a SteelSeries Arctis 1 wireless headset that uses a USB dongle that my fiancé gifted me last xmas. Works great on PC and PS4, and assuming it'd be fine for XSX.

Just looking for confirmation off someone who may have experience.

Thanks ♥

Edit:
I should really have googled this first - https://steelseries.com/blog/arctis-xbox-series-x-playstation...

Seems to be ok.

@Kefka2589 Yeah that was my big mistake today was trying to get one in person, its just I don't like to wait lol. Lesson learn today.

I guess its just sad that it seems businesses are turning away from brick and mortar fronts and forcing shoppers to do everything online.

@Kefka2589 I am sure there could have been a way for them to handle in person purchases and keeping it safe for COVID but it is what it is.

I guess it just means I will be getting up early on Black Friday and hitting that refresh button alot.

@Tasuki Black Friday is going to be a circus!

@Kefka2589 fwiw, Amazon has that disclaimer often even when untrue. Probably target, too. Though I've seen stores send rediculous things with no outer box..... Stuff that dwarves consoles in insurance value....

@Tasuki american retail has been dying rapidly since the 2008 recession, and they hide it by saying retail is up! Failing to mention they're including restaurants as "retail" now and almost all the growth is restaurant and high luxury boutique. It's not that Amazon is crushing everyone... Retail is simply failing.... And online lowers overhead... And commercial real estate is a big piece if it as well. It's a mammoth bubble. Covid just helped out over the cliff at full speed, unfortunately.

Heck GameStop basically failed with the closures. They exist at all because ms is propping them up. Or Reggie's hot air floats them along.

Check this out.

There was no less than a dozen opportunities to buy one in the US yesterday if you were paying attention. Had very little trouble buying an X and an S online yesterday afternoon and I'd wager they will be up randomly through the next couple days as well.

Hey folks random question. Does the Xbox need to be setup to instant boot up in order for it to stay on overnight and download games? I got a bunch qued up last night and the system was off this morning and it resumed when i turned it on. I have it on the energy saver mode at the moment.

Thank you

@Krzzystuff Yeah, you do. Or failing that there used to be an option for background downloads in the menus somewhere.

@Kefka2589 Well that's sooo weird.....I should see how they did mine shortly. I've never heard of shipping high value electronics in their own box, wrapped in plastic. Even Amazon has never sunk that low (though they did ship other exotic things in their own boxes for no known reason. )

I remember when Target was ridiculed as "Walmart for the middle class." Sounds like the tables have turned and Walmart is the classier joint....

I got my today. I had almost heart attack when I opened it and read my receipt. Xbox One S. But thank God there was Series X inside after all. Now I'm downloading some games.

@Kefka2589 My general rule when it comes to oversize retailer's customer service statements is to presume you just called a random retailer in Ecuador and asked....the answer probably as as much utility. Seriously, they have absolutely no idea what the policies are....the people in the warehouse are probably deciding half of this on the fly depending on what's available and how behind they are for the day.

My bet is it ships in a box (will find out...real soon now, they're usually here around now, a little before, or a little after....) It would be bizzarre not to ship in a box. "own packaging" is usually for big items....furniture, exercise equipment, bbq grills, etc, etc... Shipping electronics in its own box would be utterly otherworldly. CS just has no idea what they're talking about (hopefully!)

@Kefka2589 The Target XBox Box comes in a Box, confirmed!

At least mine did.

@HisD1sc1ple For a TV, that's understandable.....if it's not a small TV, no outer box would be big enough to fit it - and rigid enough to fit it without collapsing anyway. I was miffed when Amazon shipped my monitor I'm using for my consoles in its own boxh though. It all went fine...but an LG in a full color satin finish box with "4k" all over it isn't really want you want laying around exposed.....and that would have fit in a box.

@Kefka2589 To be fair, it might easily be mistaken as just part of the porch....

@Krzzystuff turn the energy saving mode off and they will d/load overnight when you turn the system off. Mine do, and I think that is the answer why.

@Kefka2589 If you're getting two of them you might get a visit from the FCC questioning your parabolic dish array.

@WCB thanks. I'll switch to that if I'm doing any future large downloads. If I get the whole MCC one day it will likely be an overnight DL.