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*sigh* Still waiting to see how the Series S performs, mad to think it's out in 5 days tbh.
Honestly could go either way for me, at (a ridiculously cheap imo) €300 I'm not expecting the world, and it could end up being the most impressive of all the consoles to me despite its weaknesses when price is factored in, but I guess I'll be waiting until after launch to find out
Can understand Microsoft not wanting to muddy the waters and put their best foot forward with the X but to not show it at all - or even give one to reviewers? (DF said they didn't have one in their Gears 5 review anyway) - is a bit of a letdown and worrying tbh. If it performs well they've got themselves off to a slow start anyway, it's like the thing doesn't exist.0 -
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Mucashinto wrote: »*sigh* Still waiting to see how the Series S performs, mad to think it's out in 5 days tbh.
Honestly could go either way for me, at (a ridiculously cheap imo) €300 I'm not expecting the world, and it could end up being the most impressive of all the consoles to me despite its weaknesses when price is factored in, but I guess I'll be waiting until after launch to find out
Can understand Microsoft not wanting to muddy the waters and put their best foot forward with the X but to not show it at all - or even give one to reviewers? (DF said they didn't have one in their Gears 5 review anyway) - is a bit of a letdown and worrying tbh. If it performs well they've got themselves off to a slow start anyway, it's like the thing doesn't exist.
Think the embargoes are up today aren't they?0 -
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Further updates on Series X - Seems to be really quiet for now
- 19:22 - So the heat. I'll try and explain as best I can. As you're looking at the console, the heat at the front, below the optical drive, all there is 'warm', absolutely no where near as warm as an Xbox One (x). The left hand side is cool. There's warm air getting blown out of the fan, but it's silent. I'm not saying 'near' silent, I'm saying even putting your ear to the vent, you just don't hear anything. Maybe they've shipped a non-fanned one to me
Seriously, this is incredibly quiet, the fan(s) on my laptop are more noisy! - 19:25 - someone asked about 'pop in' on FH4, can't remember who they were. I've driven as far as I can with the windmill still in view until it gets smaller and smaller and smaller. No pop in (or out)
- 20:57 - Gears V downloaded, installed to internal, testing now...
- 21:07 - Don't think it's patched. Still don't remember the metallic reflections been this good, and again certainly smoother, but not entirely convinced I have the latest update.
- Fan. What fan? I can't hear you!!
- 21:33 - Not going to post much more, I'm hoping a few others will get to receive theirs tomorrow so I can pass the torch onto them. Only disappointment I have is when I was recording a clip from FH4, again this 'next gen' has the same issue with 'last gen' in that the gameplay stutters as the clip is getting stored. Trivial, small, no big deal or not good, that's down to you to decide, but I'd have thought this would have been something that would have been sorted out, especially how the controller now has a dedicated 'share' button. I imagine some gamers are gonna be hyped about their latest 4k 60FPS buttery smooth performance and want to share it, but that stutter as it's saving the clip, hmmmm, just wish that was gone. Not something I use myself, just testing, but still. Shame.
- 22:53 - Last update. Managed to sort out the games in platform order. So at the moment it's saying Ark, FH4 and Gears V are the only ones X|S Enhanced. Nothing else is showing. Not really much to update, there's no other updates out there, the Quick Resume I'm still not 100% convinced is 'internal storage' only, and I've not worked out what causes it to work sometimes and not the others. But as a few have said, MS are probably busy as I type working on final updates so I may get another one on Monday or Tuesday. Either way, when it does work, it's quick, really quick!! And finally, that fan simply has not made a noise, so for me, the size and noise levels are the biggest surprise yet!
0 - 19:22 - So the heat. I'll try and explain as best I can. As you're looking at the console, the heat at the front, below the optical drive, all there is 'warm', absolutely no where near as warm as an Xbox One (x). The left hand side is cool. There's warm air getting blown out of the fan, but it's silent. I'm not saying 'near' silent, I'm saying even putting your ear to the vent, you just don't hear anything. Maybe they've shipped a non-fanned one to me
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Am I Evil? wrote: »It's mentioned on the order email that payment will be taken once it ships. This thread has gone off the rails with everyone panicking for no reason. It's Microsoft lads, they will take your money happily
I was gonna say this a few times, but I doubt it'll stop the panic 0 -
im in a bit of a quandry......
i have a new 4k tv (not bought for console use specifically) its a 65" sony XH900, so in theory it should be good to go for 4k 120hz gaming once sony iron out the bugs.
im going to buy a next gen console.
on the other side of it, i have two small kids, and max an hour an evening for a few evenings a week to play games.
the s is available, the space in reality wont be an issue as im unlikely to have more than 2 games on the go (say fifa / pes and something else) maybe 3 if you add forza or something.
Also given the use ill get out of it id be better spending less.
also there is less of a chance of getting a ps5 or xbox series x before christmas
Against that ill be under utilising the tv, and the cost differential is not really an issue as such.
what should i do 0 -
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im in a bit of a quandry......
i have a new 4k tv (not bought for console use specifically) its a 65" sony XH900, so in theory it should be good to go for 4k 120hz gaming once sony iron out the bugs.
im going to buy a next gen console.
on the other side of it, i have two small kids, and max an hour an evening for a few evenings a week to play games.
the s is available, the space in reality wont be an issue as im unlikely to have more than 2 games on the go (say fifa / pes and something else) maybe 3 if you add forza or something.
Also given the use ill get out of it id be better spending less.
also there is less of a chance of getting a ps5 or xbox series x before christmas
Against that ill be under utilising the tv, and the cost differential is not really an issue as such.
what should i do
I'd guess an Xbox would be easier find over a PS5 in the run up to Xmas, there was some on sale yesterday throughout the day on the MS site.
To be honest I'm in a similar enough situation to you in terms of play time (just don't have 120hz) Gamepass won me over in the end, have it stacked for the next few years and don't have to worry as much about dropping 70 quid on a game and not having the time to play through them.
Pretty sure the only game I bought this year was Tony Hawk remaster, everything else was Gamepass or free to play like Warzone.0 -
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bluemachaveli wrote: »I'd guess an Xbox would be easier find over a PS5 in the run up to Xmas, there was some on sale yesterday throughout the day on the MS site.
To be honest I'm in a similar enough situation to you in terms of play time (just don't have 120hz) Gamepass won me over in the end, have it stacked for the next few years and don't have to worry as much about dropping 70 quid on a game and not having the time to play through them.
Pretty sure the only game I bought this year was Tony Hawk remaster, everything else was Gamepass or free to play like Warzone.
would you hold out for an x over an s?0 -
Series S is aimed at very casual gamers, people with 1080p TVs and those on a tight budget.im in a bit of a quandry......
i have a new 4k tv (not bought for console use specifically) its a 65" sony XH900, so in theory it should be good to go for 4k 120hz gaming once sony iron out the bugs.
im going to buy a next gen console.
on the other side of it, i have two small kids, and max an hour an evening for a few evenings a week to play games.
the s is available, the space in reality wont be an issue as im unlikely to have more than 2 games on the go (say fifa / pes and something else) maybe 3 if you add forza or something.
Also given the use ill get out of it id be better spending less.
also there is less of a chance of getting a ps5 or xbox series x before christmas
Against that ill be under utilising the tv, and the cost differential is not really an issue as such.
what should i do
None of those seems to describe you so I would go with the Series X or PS50 -
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