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Re: Xbox Series S Will Be Discounted For Black Friday, Confirms Microsoft

ZYDIO

@Steel76 540p? Please not 480p. Either way that's bad. I personally would never buy a Series S unless it was my only option, but I see why they created it and why people buy it. I think it was a mistake. Plenty of games are on Xbox One, One S and One X for people who can't afford the new consoles. If you can't afford the new one just play the older one, I don't know why that needed to change. From what I've seen those consoles seem to outperform the Series S in some cases especially the One X.

Re: Black Ops 6 Includes A Paid Option For Better Audio, But It's Not As Bad As It Seems

ZYDIO

@NeutronBomb The movie setting is completely inaccurate and unrealistic for games. I just leave it on game for everything and only turn on performance mode when I'm playing first person shooters and sometimes I don't even turn it on for that. I've gotten to where I just leave it on game for everything and sometimes change it to music if I'm listening to music. Experiment back and forth a few times you may or may not see what I'm talking about, but it all comes down to personal preference. If that's what sounds good to you, that's all that matters. I will add, that when I used to use gaming headsets such as Arctis Nova 7X, I did tend to have it on the movie setting a lot and actually preferred it to the game setting. Since I've been using high-end IEM's, my preference has changed, because the IEM's are light years ahead in quality of sound.

Re: Talking Point: What Is Your Download Speed On Xbox These Days?

ZYDIO

I have a Series X and a 1000mb connection, but I never see anything over 200mb. It's been that way since Xbox one came out. I used to think there was something wrong with my xboxes, then I realized Microsoft just doesn't want to give me a full speed connection. It doesn't matter I use wired or wireless either. All of my other devices have no problems with getting the full 1000mb speeds.

Re: Obsidian Confirms That Avowed Runs At 30FPS On Xbox Series X|S

ZYDIO

@smoreon Exactly. Make the game withh 60 fps baseline. Problem solved. Graphics are already good enough. I've said this before, "There comes a point where you need higher frame rate to enjoy the additional graphic fidelity." At least 60 fps is needed to see the additional detail in motion. I don't care if it looks pretty in a screenshot if it's a blurry mess when I play the game. It's like what's the point?

Re: Obsidian Confirms That Avowed Runs At 30FPS On Xbox Series X|S

ZYDIO

How and why is it that past generation consoles have had no problem with 60 frames per second? We have the most powerful consoles ever and they seem to be struggling to get any kind of performance out of them. I have a series X and I have a gaming laptop, but I have decided I'm pretty much just only going to be buying games for PC from now on. If the Xbox store has good deals that are really cheap on some games I'll probably buy them, but my main focus will be PC. I think we're at a point with PC games where they are easy to install and configure and have all the benefits of increased graphics and frame rate. Like hellblade 2 on series X is 1080p 30 frames per second. I played hellblade 2 on my PC at 1440p 60 frames per second with everything maxed out and I only have a 4060.

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Re: Microsoft Says FTC Is Being 'Misleading' In Response To Xbox Game Pass Criticisms

ZYDIO

All this bullsh!t with just about every industry, even politics has made me become an anti-social recluse until the world goes back to normal. I'm not sure wtf is going on, but I want no part of it. Wake me up when it's over. Oh yeah, I'm pretty much only getting new games on PC and Switch from now on unless they are really cheap and/or are on the older gens.

Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (June 29-30)

ZYDIO

@gollumb82 I'm playing Hellblade 2 and I think it's awesome, I don't know why everyone is speaking badly about it. It is one hell of an experience so far. If you think Hellblade 2 is one of the biggest disappointments of your life, maybe you should play ET on the Atari 2600 or Superman64 on the Nintendo 64. I could go on with a list of hundreds and maybe thousands of games that are worse than Hellblade 2. Speaking of a more modern game, maybe try Gollum and report back.

Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (June 29-30)

ZYDIO

I'm playing Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions on Xbox 360, Hellblade 2 and Spanky the Monkey on PC and Touch Dic on DS. I might get around to playing some Dragon Wang if I can manage to pull out the Sega SG-1000.

I'm recording Spider-Man and Hellblade 2 on my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/zydio1103

Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (June 22-23)

ZYDIO

@ozkrmz Browntails are the caterpillar to the browntail moth and they have all of the poisonous hairs all over them. They are overpopulating this area. The hairs linger for up to 3 years. People breathe them in, they fly through the air and land on people's skin. I got extra lucky and got a huge concentration of them while cleaning up the yard that's in the woods. My whole body waist down is covered and some on my arms and chest. It's so bad it made me sick and get no sleep for days.

Re: Talking Point: Are You Interested In Any Of The New Xbox Series X|S Models?

ZYDIO

I have 3 Xbox Series X, 1 currently using and 2 Diablo IV bundles sitting new in box. I bought the last 2 when those bundles were $349 instead of $559 at Walmart. What a deal. So, no I will not be buying a new Xbox anytime soon. I bought the extra Series X's because they were cheap and I was preparing for them potentially going all digital. I also have multiples of previous gen Xboxes for preservation purposes.

Re: Alone In The Dark Studio 'Pieces Interactive' Has Been Closed By Embracer Group

ZYDIO

All of these companies need to lower their sales expectations. There are more games than ever to choose from and people only buy so many. They can't expect every game they make to sell millions and millions and millions of copies. They need to get their expectations straight because they are letting go all of their talent. Eventually these big companies like embracer will have no talent left. When that happens everything will be a AA title because all of the talent will have moved to or will have formed other development teams and companies.