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mossie · 09-04-2021 1:12pm

sniper_samurai wrote: »

Size looks about right for a m.2 enclosure. Cant see it having that capacity in an m.2 at that price though.

2 TB SSD seems to be around €200 for an external drive.

DeSelby83 · 12-04-2021 7:28pm

Xbox Wireless Headset is in stock on Amazon.de
It's €100 + €9 delivery

markcahill1985 · 12-04-2021 8:40pm

DeSelby83 wrote:

Xbox Wireless Headset is in stock on Amazon.de It's â‚¬100 + â‚¬9 delivery

Nice one thanks man been looking for this.

Probes · 12-04-2021 9:50pm

Also I seem to be able to play some enhanced series x games from the external drive, sea of thieves, master chief collection... I’m using a Samsung t5 1tb.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-MU-PA1T0B-Portable-SSD-1TB/dp/B074M774TW/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3VHO1EQA09BSM&dchild=1&keywords=samsung+t5+ssd&qid=1618260664&sprefix=Samsung+t5%2Caps%2C161&sr=8-3

panevthe3rd · 14-04-2021 5:48pm

recyclops wrote: »

Can I ask do you buy digital games often. I'd say 99% of my games are digital and I never get these voucher codes ðŸ˜”

I'm the same. Spent loads over the years, account is there since day one of the 360 and I never get a voucher.

Signed into my 4 year old sons account today and he was sent the €10 voucher.

His account is only set up about 10 months and rarely used. My 6 year olds account didn't get any voucher.

How do they decide who to send these things to?

15-04-2021 11:10am

Wireless headset is available for delivery on Currys Ireland

https://www.currys.ie/ieen/gaming/gaming-accessories/gaming-headsets/microsoft-xbox-wireless-gaming-headset-black-10221380-pdt.html

John Horgan · 15-04-2021 12:03pm

Hello all,
Getting "installation stopped" when trying to install Observation from Game Pass.
And on 6.66 GB of course lol.

Any ideas why this could be happening?

SMC92Ian · 15-04-2021 2:00pm

John Horgan wrote: »

Hello all,
Getting "installation stopped" when trying to install Observation from Game Pass.
And on 6.66 GB of course lol.

Any ideas why this could be happening?

That game hard crashed twice on me during the first hour, had to unplug the Xbox twice, never went back since.

John Horgan · 15-04-2021 3:01pm

SMC92Ian wrote: »

That game hard crashed twice on me during the first hour, had to unplug the Xbox twice, never went back since.

Sounds like one to avoid so if it happens once to me then.

I don't know if there's a limit on how many Game Pass games you can have installed at once.

But after uninstalling another one Observation continued installing immediately

DelBoy Trotter · 15-04-2021 3:06pm

John Horgan wrote: »

Hello all,
Getting "installation stopped" when trying to install Observation from Game Pass.
And on 6.66 GB of course lol.

Any ideas why this could be happening?

John Horgan wrote: »

Sounds like one to avoid so if it happens once to me then.

I don't know if there's a limit on how many Game Pass games you can have installed at once.

But after uninstalling another one Observation continued installing immediately

Sounds like you were out of space on your hard drive rather than an issue with the game

gmg678 · 15-04-2021 3:07pm

John Horgan wrote: »

Sounds like one to avoid so if it happens once to me then.

I don't know if there's a limit on how many Game Pass games you can have installed at once.

But after uninstalling another one Observation continued installing immediately

There is no limit to the amount you can have installed. sounds like you were running low on storage.

John Horgan · 15-04-2021 3:41pm

Thanks lads, this was rhe first time I had the issue so ar least I know now

DelBoy Trotter · 15-04-2021 3:43pm

John Horgan wrote: »

Thanks lads, this was rhe first time I had the issue so ar least I know now

When you go into "My games and apps" on your Xbox, the storage will be displayed in the bottom left corner of the screen

Dubdub20 · 17-04-2021 1:32pm

Looking for people's opinion regarding the xbox series S. I have an old xbox one s and a 1080P telly that I don't plan to upgrade for the next 2 or 3 years.

I am just getting back into gaming after a break mainly thanks to Gamepass. I am just wondering how much of an upgrade the series S would be in loading speeds, framerate etc over an xbox one s? I wouldn't be upgrading to a series X in the near future but if the series s provided a noticeable improvement then it might be worth the investment.

sniper_samurai · 17-04-2021 1:53pm

Dubdub20 wrote: »

Looking for people's opinion regarding the xbox series S. I have an old xbox one s and a 1080P telly that I don't plan to upgrade for the next 2 or 3 years.

I am just getting back into gaming after a break mainly thanks to Gamepass. I am just wondering how much of an upgrade the series S would be in loading speeds, framerate etc over an xbox one s? I wouldn't be upgrading to a series X in the near future but if the series s provided a noticeable improvement then it might be worth the investment.

It's night and day. You will lose the disc drive though if you have any disc games

17-04-2021 2:11pm

How long did the Artics 7X headset take to arrive for people that bought them direct from Steelseries?

John Horgan · 17-04-2021 2:35pm

Deleted User wrote: »

How long did the Artics 7X headset take to arrive for people that bought them direct from Steelseries?

Mine shipped on the 10th of March a Wednesday.
It arrived on the 16th a Tuesday.

I'm sure it was held up a little over the weekend though, cause it didn't move much with GLS over the weekend

Probes · 18-04-2021 8:16am

Dubdub20 wrote: »

Looking for people's opinion regarding the xbox series S. I have an old xbox one s and a 1080P telly that I don't plan to upgrade for the next 2 or 3 years.

I am just getting back into gaming after a break mainly thanks to Gamepass. I am just wondering how much of an upgrade the series S would be in loading speeds, framerate etc over an xbox one s? I wouldn't be upgrading to a series X in the near future but if the series s provided a noticeable improvement then it might be worth the investment.

In backwards compatibility terms it will be largely the same but with some more consistent frame rates and perhaps higher resolutions if a game uses dynamic scaling. But the Series S uses the same backwards compatibility as the One S, where as the Series X uses the One X backwards compatibility.

CatInABox · 19-04-2021 4:01pm

xCloud Gaming beta coming to iOS and Windows 10 tomorrow, to select GPU subscribers.

See here.

markcahill1985 · 19-04-2021 6:40pm

My Xbox headset arrived today from Amzon. Really like the feel and comfort of it. Thanks again for the tip off lads.

DeSelby83 · 19-04-2021 8:30pm

markcahill1985 wrote: »

My Xbox headset arrived today from Amzon. Really like the feel and comfort of it. Thanks again for the tip off lads.

Mine is due to arrive on Friday from Amazon.de
Looking forward to trying it out at the weekend.

markcahill1985 · 19-04-2021 9:35pm

DeSelby83 wrote:

Mine is due to arrive on Friday from Amazon.de Looking forward to trying it out at the weekend.

It's really nice and I like the swivel controls at the side. Good value for money. Mine came from amazon.de too. Think it was yourself who posted they were in stock there so thanks again.

Royale with Cheese · 20-04-2021 11:37am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

How long did the Artics 7X headset take to arrive for people that bought them direct from Steelseries?

Got mine recently after waiting two weeks for them. From the first (of many) generic shipping notifications to say it was in Ireland to them being delivered was 8 days, GLS are beyond useless.

CatInABox · 21-04-2021 4:11pm

Free to play games no longer require a subscription to play online.

https://twitter.com/Xbox/status/1384884758493106176

About time. Party chat is free now, too

DelBoy Trotter · 21-04-2021 7:44pm

GameStop have the new Xbox wireless headset in stock at the moment for anybody looking

CatInABox · 22-04-2021 5:26pm

A load of EA games are getting FPS boost.

https://twitter.com/xboxuk/status/1385264026888855555

How Soon Is Now · 23-04-2021 10:40am

So I'm onto the next Yakuza game Kiwami 2. God it looks so different and I don't know if I like it!! Combat also feels kind of weird.

Guess ill get used to it but I taught the original engine worked really well.

Limerick Dude · 23-04-2021 5:35pm

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

So I'm onto the next Yakuza game Kiwami 2. God it looks so different and I don't know if I like it!! Combat also feels kind of weird.

Guess ill get used to it but I taught the original engine worked really well.

Never played the Yakuza games until a few months ago. Started with Yakuza 0, then Kiwami 1 and Kiwami 2. I was shocked at the change in combat in Kiwami 2 initially but I quickly got used to it and wasn't an issue.

I'm all about the storyline now so recently started Yakuza 3 remastered...such a massive drop in look and feel which I guess is understandable but I'll probably plough ahead regardless.

How Soon Is Now · 23-04-2021 10:34pm

Limerick Dude wrote: »

Never played the Yakuza games until a few months ago. Started with Yakuza 0, then Kiwami 1 and Kiwami 2. I was shocked at the change in combat in Kiwami 2 initially but I quickly got used to it and wasn't an issue.

I'm all about the storyline now so recently started Yakuza 3 remastered...such a massive drop in look and feel which I guess is understandable but I'll probably plough ahead regardless.

Did you find anything about how Kiwami 2 looks a bit off? I dunno it could be just it needs getting used to but I just find something odd about it. I had to lower the brightness in the settings and all as it seemed washed out. There's like a weird fuzzy motion to it at times I dunno ill play more and im sure ill soon get used to it.

So far anyway from playing in the same order as yourself zero is my favorite.

Limerick Dude · 23-04-2021 10:49pm

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

Did you find anything about how Kiwami 2 looks a bit off? I dunno it could be just it needs getting used to but I just find something odd about it. I had to lower the brightness in the settings and all as it seemed washed out. There's like a weird fuzzy motion to it at times I dunno ill play more and im sure ill soon get used to it.

So far anyway from playing in the same order as yourself zero is my favorite.

100% 0 is my favourite so far. Poured so many hours into the Cabaret Club side stories, don't seem to have the patience anymore to do that with subsequent games though.

Yeah, I found Kiwami 2 to be ridiculously bright - walking down one of the streets in Kamurocho and it's that really piercing white light. Also think Kiryu looks a bit odd in Kiwami 2 for some reason.

How Soon Is Now · 23-04-2021 10:53pm

Limerick Dude wrote: »

100% 0 is my favourite so far. Poured so many hours into the Cabaret Club side stories, don't seem to have the patience anymore to do that with subsequent games though.

Yeah, I found Kiwami 2 to be ridiculously bright - walking down one of the streets in Kamurocho and it's that really piercing white light. Also think Kiryu looks a bit odd in Kiwami 2 for some reason.

Yep!! His mouth and teeth look weird every time he talks haha.

To be honest when any characters talk they look a bit odd.

Ya, I really enjoy the side missions in zero didn't really bother with them after that in following games so far. To be honest one of my biggest issues was what they did with Goro after Zero!!

Nigzcurran · 24-04-2021 9:07pm

Gave gears 4 a go and wasn’t a big fan but gears 5 is a massive improvement with the storyline and gameplay. Little fella was going mad to try it and I realised you can turn off the gore and curses and stuff so it’s no worse than fortnite now and he’s loving it especially with being able to buy iron and get new skins and whatever else kids are into nowadays

DeSelby83 · 28-04-2021 2:12pm

Have had the new Xbox Wireless Headset for a week or so now and it's fantastic but my god who thought that turning on the headphones should also turn on the Xbox was a good idea. I'm using them for music while I WFH so my xbox is turning on all bloody day.

DelBoy Trotter · 28-04-2021 2:34pm

DeSelby83 wrote: »

Have had the new Xbox Wireless Headset for a week or so now and it's fantastic but my god who thought that turning on the headphones should also turn on the Xbox was a good idea. I'm using them for music while I WFH so my xbox is turning on all bloody day.

I have mine for about 4 or 5 days and really like them so far, but would have the same compliant. I think it's a stupid feature, especially seeing as there is no option to change the setting

DeSelby83 · 28-04-2021 3:11pm

DelBoy Trotter wrote: »

I have mine for about 4 or 5 days and really like them so far, but would have the same compliant. I think it's a stupid feature, especially seeing as there is no option to change the setting

I thought I read somewhere that it would be fixed with a patch..or maybe it was someone writing they hoped it would be fixed with a patch. They should give us the option.

gotthebug · 29-04-2021 9:51pm

Anybody problems with sky go app can see the channels on the small screen but when choose one and go full screen have no picture only sound

gmg678 · 30-04-2021 10:09am

gotthebug wrote: »

Anybody problems with sky go app can see the channels on the small screen but when choose one and go full screen have no picture only sound

Try a hard reset of Xbox or reinstall the Sky Go App.

Pac1Man · 02-05-2021 9:26am

Has any dedicated folk ever compiled a list of what games run at 60fps? Any obscure website out there?

I know there are common lists of the enhanced versions but these don't include the games that originally run at the higher frames. It would be great if the info was included in the game info screens even.

Started Remnant recently. I just can't do 30 any more...

CatInABox · 02-05-2021 7:07pm

Pac1Man wrote: »

Has any dedicated folk ever compiled a list of what games run at 60fps? Any obscure website out there?

I know there are common lists of the enhanced versions but these don't include the games that originally run at the higher frames. It would be great if the info was included in the game info screens even.

Started Remnant recently. I just can't do 30 any more...

Pretty sure I saw one out there, no idea where though.

Speaking of framerates, rumours abound of 70+ games getting FPS boost soon. That'd be nice.

CatInABox · 03-05-2021 7:44pm

CatInABox wrote: »

Pretty sure I saw one out there, no idea where though.

Speaking of framerates, rumours abound of 70+ games getting FPS boost soon. That'd be nice.

https://twitter.com/majornelson/status/1389248724686098432

Released now, with some great games in there. AC: Unity, Alien Isolation, Mad Max, Mankind Divided, Yakuza 6.

rottie 11 · 06-05-2021 10:39pm

Anyone ever get a little strip of random colours across the bottom of their screen while playing xbox? It happened me there while in the main menu of a game and was still there when I went to home ?

theteal · 09-05-2021 8:13pm

rottie 11 wrote: »

Anyone ever get a little strip of random colours across the bottom of their screen while playing xbox? It happened me there while in the main menu of a game and was still there when I went to home ?

Is it linked to Alexa?

Sandor Clegane · 11-05-2021 9:12am

Maybe someone can help me out...I just received my series x and wondering whats the best way to go regarding charging? It came with two disposable batteries but I don't want to be buying new batteries all the time.

This is my first Xbox and I assumed it would charge the same way the ps4 did...

theteal · 11-05-2021 9:21am

Sandor Clegane wrote: »

Maybe someone can help me out...I just received my series x and wondering whats the best way to go regarding charging? It came with two disposable batteries but I don't want to be buying new batteries all the time.

This is my first Xbox and I assumed it would charge the same way the ps4 did...

You might open "batterygate" again with queries like that

I, like a lot in here, go with large capacity rechargeable batteries. Eneloop are the standard bearer but I'm becoming more convinced that Ikea's Ladda batteries are just a rebrand and a lot cheaper than the Panasonic premium brand.

We've a busy house with kids toys, toothbrushes, controllers etc. so I went for this and a bunch of these. There are always a couple in the charger ready to go so it's a quick swap out when needed.

recyclops · 11-05-2021 9:25am

Sandor Clegane wrote: »

Maybe someone can help me out...I just received my series x and wondering whats the best way to go regarding charging? It came with two disposable batteries but I don't want to be buying new batteries all the time.

This is my first Xbox and I assumed it would charge the same way the ps4 did...

I have had energizer ones from my xbox one, one x and now series X they often go on sale on amazon currently the ones I have are at 45 euro as they give a full charge in less than an hour, thats the charger and 4 batteries.

If time doesnt matter for charge these are currently half price for prime users

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Energizer-Battery-Batteries-Rechargeable-Included-Black/dp/B00RZD32EG/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1DPBFVL473Q2T&dchild=1&keywords=energizer+rechargeable+batteries&qid=1620721376&sprefix=energizer%2Caps%2C199&sr=8-3

whiterebel · 11-05-2021 9:25am

Battery packs and charging stand from Smyths. About €20-25. Batteries last for ages.
https://www.smythstoys.com/ie/en-ie/video-games-and-tablets/xbox-gaming/xbox-series-x-%7c-s/xbox-series-x-%7c-s-accessories/powera-dual-charging-station-for-xbox-black/p/194446

Sandor Clegane · 11-05-2021 9:26am

theteal wrote: »

You might open "batterygate" again with queries like that

I, like a lot in here, go with large capacity rechargeable batteries. Eneloop are the standard bearer but I'm becoming more convinced that Ikea's Ladda batteries are just a rebrand and a lot cheaper than the Panasonic premium brand.

We've a busy house with kids toys, toothbrushes, controllers etc. so I went for this and a bunch of these. There are always a couple in the charger ready to go so it's a quick swap out when needed.

I was looking at the venom rechargeable docking station on amazon, you no anything about that?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Venom-Charging-Rechargeable-Battery-Packs/dp/B08K9WQ849/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=xbox+series+x+charger&qid=1620721312&sr=8-3

theteal · 11-05-2021 9:35am

Sandor Clegane wrote: »

I was looking at the venom rechargeable docking station on amazon, you no anything about that?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Venom-Charging-Rechargeable-Battery-Packs/dp/B08K9WQ849/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=xbox+series+x+charger&qid=1620721312&sr=8-3

Sorry man, not a clue. I'm sure there'll be plenty here that will. As a family we were flying through batteries so stocking up on the Laddas seemed like a good opportunity to cover all bases. Also I'm not a fan of charging packs that will eventually degrade over time.

recyclops wrote: »

I have had energizer ones from my xbox one, one x and now series X they often go on sale on amazon currently the ones I have are at 45 euro as they give a full charge in less than an hour, thats the charger and 4 batteries.

If time doesnt matter for charge these are currently half price for prime users

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Energizer-Battery-Batteries-Rechargeable-Included-Black/dp/B00RZD32EG/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1DPBFVL473Q2T&dchild=1&keywords=energizer+rechargeable+batteries&qid=1620721376&sprefix=energizer%2Caps%2C199&sr=8-3

This. Great deal. The Ikeas are great but if you're not close to a shop, delivery is a joke.

recyclops · 11-05-2021 9:37am

Ive had packs like that before and they were not worth the hassle in the end tbh, my venom require mission impossible still precision to get the things to charge and if someone even farted in the room it would stop charging

IMO a pair of batteries is much better than a back that goes into the controller

11-05-2021 9:51am

Sandor Clegane wrote: »

Maybe someone can help me out...I just received my series x and wondering whats the best way to go regarding charging? It came with two disposable batteries but I don't want to be buying new batteries all the time.

This is my first Xbox and I assumed it would charge the same way the ps4 did...

You have to buy rechargeable batteries, unfortunately because it's still the 1990s in Xbox land.

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