Xbox Series S/X: Thread 05

[egparadigm]

Xbox 360 digital store will close next July | Eurogamer.net,
Eleven months for X360 owners to ban anything they want that isn't B/C with the newer iterations

Had a thought. Would you consider doing a Critics Club vote off of the best marketplace games and DLC for 360?

[Deuteros]

Had a thought. Would you consider doing a Critics Club vote off of the best marketplace games and DLC for 360?

That would be great! We have almost a year before the Xbox 360 marketplace closes, enough time to highlight the hidden gems, the curios, the must-have exclusives, etc.

[cutmymilk]

That would be good, yeah. I hope I don't have a download glitch of sorts. It did a 20 gig update a few days ago too!

[nonny]

I really hope we see another round of BC and frame boost updates from Xbox if and when they close the Activision deal.

[fishbowlhead]

Does the xblg trick still work for gamepass ultimate? Or has it been stopped now?

[Neon Ignition]

Still works but doesn't save as much as it did before

[Neon Ignition]

https://www.eurogamer.net/the-definitive-xbox-gamescom-interview

Spencer does an interview where he states

-The costs of manufacturing consoles isn't falling meaning no price drops for the machines
-They won't be moving away from the existing Xbox Series S
-He suggests that a mid-gen model is unfeasible this time

[nonny]

Even if they had a mid-gen refresh they still have to support the current Series S. I don't understand why people think bringing out 1-2 extra revisions makes things better...

The question I want to know is why have very little titles to date used memory saving technology they touted 3 years ago? Stuff like variable rate shading or sampler feedback streaming so far have only been used in a smattering of titles like Doom Eternal, Gears 5... Surely if the Series S memory allocation is a known issue developers will have to contend with they (MS) should be doing everything they can to make access to these features very easy in the development IDE?

The fact Xbox is in 3rd place and most 3rd party developers only take the Series S into consideration late in the cycle only compounds this so why aren't they making scalable development for it as simple as it can be.

In the IGN interview overnight Phil laughs when they talk about an army of devs being shipped over to help Larian out but the fact they even have to send somebody in to assist is an issue that needs resolving longer term. I mean, every hardware has its limits and bottlenecks and in some ways knowing what it is on Series S is really good because you can then come up with methods to resolve it...

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/10/28/a-closer-look-at-how-xbox-series-xs-integrates-full-amd-rdna-2-architecture/

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/03/16/xbox-series-x-glossary/

[Neon Ignition]

It's interesting too because it suggests that if rumours end up being true and Sony releases a PS5 Pro, it will mean that consumers will be eating one hell of RRP for it and the results won't justify the price tag. It's something compounded as well by the fact that whilst the Series S might have its issues, it's not like many PS5 games have side stepped the PS4 either. When it comes to next-gen it seems like MS might need to aim for a slightly higher RRP on the next Series S and use it to ensure there's a smoother allignment between the S2 and X2.

[Lebowski]

Still works but doesn't save as much as it did before

best value is 3 month gold cards which regularly pop up between £5-£7 these convert to 50 days of ultimate, and get you the best value currently at 50 days (12 months gold only converts to 120 days now).

https://www.cdkeys.com/xbox-live/memberships these have them at 6.99 so £4.66ish a month as apposed to the £12.99 they are currently charging for ultimate.

You can also do this trick to top up your existing sub ( i stuck another year onto mine) as its going away on september 1st as gold will just convert to gamepass core from then on.

[Neon Ignition]

Just had a check and I'm subbed till 01 March 2026 so I'd need to buy 190 days worth - if I'm right in thinking that would be 4x 3 month GWG subs under the current set up at a cost of £28

[Neon Ignition]

Embedded Tweet

[Lebowski]

Just had a check and I'm subbed till 01 March 2026 so I'd need to buy 190 days worth - if I'm right in thinking that would be 4x 3 month GWG subs under the current set up at a cost of £28

4 would get you 200 days, some people where reporting that when redeeming they where also offering an extra month of GPU if you turn on auto renew, so you might only need 3 if you can get that to work.

Cant wait for stalker 2 its been a long time coming i really hope its a success for them what with the whole Russia thing the relocation from the Ukrane and one of the devs dying in combat. Is it wrong that I'm More excited for Stalker 2 than Starfield

[Neon Ignition]

Gonna have to justify more gaming spend within the next week then

I started off not bothered with STALKER2 as I came to the original very late and just bounced off it as a result. The longer development of the sequel has gone on though the more I've taken a liking to the look of it

[Lebowski]

https://www.eurogamer.net/larian-drops-series-s-split-screen-as-solution-to-bring-baldurs-gate-3-to-xbox-this-year

Baldur's Gate 3 coming to series S and X this year have they solved the issues? yes they have by chucking feature parity out the window, series x will have split screen series s wont.