Xbox Series S/X: Thread 02

[nonny]

Yeah, I'm not convinced by the accuracy of Windows Central's reporting.

You mean their typing skills...

[Family Fry]

Steam Users with VR headsets (total) is 1.88% (+0.18%)

[MartyG]

You mean their typing skills...

No, I mean the accuracy of their reporting - given VR take up on PC isn't 25% or even a variation thereof with a misplaced decimal point.



They looked at that graph and took the number at the bottom without actually properly reading what the chart was telling them.

[Family Fry]

Always funny when the survey linked in the article has the actual information they failed to report accurately.

[MartyG]

If you add up all the numbers, VR take up is 100% on PC

[nonny]

Notch another one up to game pass, the Falconeer is a day one launch exclusive and in game pass right off the bat.

Edit: interesting IGN has pulled the video... It seems it IS NOT going into game pass but I am wondering if that was a genuine mistake or whether it's planned to enter at a later date...

Glad about this as I like the look of this indie game.

[gambit6613]

Things starting to move on the Series X, just had to confirm and pay for my pre-order with Curry's and Game have just send me an email saying they will be taking the money over the next couple of days. Which ever of these guarantees a release day console gets my buisness.

[teddymeow]

Touch controls on xCloud for Android now supported on 10 games including Hotshots Racing and everybody's favourite clipart simulator Streets of Rage 4.

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/10/22/xbox-touch-controls-on-mobile-giving-more-ways-to-play/

[hudson]

I shudder at people who feel fine using touch controls.

[nonny]

I shudder at people who feel fine using touch controls.

It's good for certain games in a pinch,... It's nice to see them offer plenty of customisation to make it work when you need to fall back on it.

I've played Minecraft Dungeons for a few hours on a tablet with touch controls and it was actually great. For other games like say Killer Instinct I don't think it's worth it.

Hotshots racing would work...

[nonny]

Gears Tactics out on console day one.

4K60 on Series X
2K60 on Series S

[wakka]

Apple are removing Stadium, which is the browser based app for Stadia... I wouldn't hold your breathe for a MS Cloud browser just yet.

ThatÂ’s a slightly different kettle of fish. Stadium was an unofficial app someone developed to enable what was effectively a WebKit instance running Stadia. It wasnÂ’t actually running in the Safari browser, and basically exploited a loophole in the WebKit APIs, which is why Apple shut it down.

Whereas Amazon Luna will run straight from Safari on iOS. YouÂ’ll just access a webpage to use it - no app required. This means Apple canÂ’t ban it from the App Store.

Now how well it will work remains to be seen! But itÂ’s different to Stadium and an approach MS could also take.

[nonny]

ThatÂ’s a slightly different kettle of fish. Stadium was an unofficial app someone developed to enable what was effectively a WebKit instance running Stadia. It wasnÂ’t actually running in the Safari browser, and basically exploited a loophole in the WebKit APIs, which is why Apple shut it down.

Whereas Amazon Luna will run straight from Safari on iOS. YouÂ’ll just access a webpage to use it - no app required. This means Apple canÂ’t ban it from the App Store.

Now how well it will work remains to be seen! But itÂ’s different to Stadium and an approach MS could also take.

Yeah I was just reading up on that this morning. The article I had read previously had not stated reasons behind the removal.

That at least puts a glimmer of hope on this browser based approach being acceptable by both parties and workable for the consumer.

[Team Andromeda]

Can't wait to play Orta in HDR. Had pay Shopto for both my Series X and PS 5 so hopefully, that means I'm day one for both systems now

[wakka]

Yeah I was just reading up on that this morning. The article I had read previously had not stated reasons behind the removal.

That at least puts a glimmer of hope on this browser based approach being acceptable by both parties and workable for the consumer.

Yeah, I can't imagine it'll be as good as a proper app, but it's better than a poke in the eye. MS have said they'll be launching their browser based version of XCloud for iOS in 'early 2021', so it's not long before we'll find out how well it works. ( [MENTION=4957]hudson[/MENTION] - you'll be able to try it on your new iPad Air then)

On a side note, Phil Spencer is now hinting at Xbox streaming sticks for TVs in a recent interview:

https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/23/21529925/xbox-tv-streaming-stick-xcloud-cloud-gaming-phil-spencer-interview

The indication seems to be that they could be 'free' - presumably if you sign up for a year of Game Pass at the same time.

I wouldn't be surprised if 2021 or 2022 TV sets start to have Game Pass apps built right into their smart platforms, too, which would also help to make the service significantly more accessible.

One final gobbet from back in June that I'd completely missed is that the server blades will be switching from One S to Series X next year.