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[Paperclyp]

They confirmed $499 for the X.

 

Overall, I think that's a really good offering from MS. Good prices.

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

 

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

 

[Brian]

@Amazon let me know when preorders are open 

[number305]

Well the cost of that expansion HD made me choke.  I'll be waiting a while for that rather than picking up right away.  Hopefully 2nd parties come through on that.  Now that all the cards are on the table why do we have to wait till the 22nd to pre order?

[The def star]

9/22 is a Tuesday. Looks like I'll be spamming @Amazon like crazy that day.

[Paperclyp]

I have a hunch this is as low as Sony was willing to price the PS5, and that they will just match. 

 

Those new video cards are looking better and better TBH. 

[Pikachu]

Alrighty then, let's see what Sony's got.

[Spawn_of_Apathy]

lol preorders begin September 22, and also end September 22. 

[Pikachu]

MS really pushing the FOMO angle.

[Mr.Vic20]

That's a very fair price for what you're getting! 

[Keyser_Soze]

2 minutes ago, Mr.Vic20 said:

That's a very fair price for what you're getting! 

 

Fair price for a console with no games

 

[Spork3245]

I think I may hold off on the XSX until there’s some type of bundle or a whatever

[crispy4000]

On 9/8/2020 at 6:52 AM, crispy4000 said:

Alright now Microsoft.  Let’s see “next gen visuals” in Cyberpunk and Control at 1440p from a 4 teraflop console.

 

Remedy speaks:

 

 

[Brian]

Not surprising that remedy is shit at optimization. Control on Xbox was hot garbage. 

[JPDunks4]

2 minutes ago, ManUtdRedDevils said:

Not surprising that remedy is shit at optimization. Control on Xbox was hot garbage. 

Wasn't Control on every platform hot garbage at launch?

[crispy4000]

18 minutes ago, ManUtdRedDevils said:

Not surprising that remedy is shit at optimization. Control on Xbox was hot garbage. 

 

Quantum Break was fine on Xbox hardware.  So was Alan Wake for its time.  Control seemed like it was tailored for high end PCs and X1X performance.  Remedy isn't alone in that.

 

16 minutes ago, JPDunks4 said:

Wasn't Control on every platform hot garbage at launch?

 

It was fine on X1X, "good enough" on the Pro (according to DF), total shit on base consoles.

[Duderino]

Control also had one of the more perfomant Raytracing implementations (on PC).

 

[Brian]

 

[crispy4000]

Slightly slower CPU, ~3x weaker GPU.  Matches with the leaks since forever ago.

 

I wonder what Microsoft's reasons were for not acknowledging its existence for the past 2 years.

[crispy4000]

 

[Duderino]

22 minutes ago, ManUtdRedDevils said:

 

Was expecting less RAM, but not this level of a speed hit.

[JPDunks4]

 

[XxEvil AshxX]

Honestly, the only thing that would keep me from getting a Series S is the lack of an optical disc drive. I still have a ton of blurays and dvd's and I would totally replace my launch XBO in the living room with one of these. At 299 this could've been one of those boredom buys next summer.

 

Hoping to get a Series X at launch, but it's staying in the computer room.

[JPDunks4]

 

[Keyser_Soze]

4 minutes ago, JPDunks4 said:

 

 

But the guys in the Ratchet and Clank thread said it couldn't be done!

[The def star]

1 hour ago, crispy4000 said:

 

Quantum Break was fine on Xbox hardware.  So was Alan Wake for its time. 

I'm a big fan of Quantum Break as I beat it 3 times but on original Xbox One Hardware it was not fine. It was passable. It wasn't until it was optimized for Xbox One X that it was fine. 

[The def star]

21 minutes ago, XxEvil AshxX said:

Honestly, the only thing that would keep me from getting a Series S is the lack of an optical disc drive. I still have a ton of blurays and dvd's and I would totally replace my launch XBO in the living room with one of these. At 299 this could've been one of those boredom buys next summer.

 

Hoping to get a Series X at launch, but it's staying in the computer room.

The Series S is something I can see my 2 nephew's getting for Christmas. For the price of one Series X you can get 2 Series S. They each play on their own tv that is only 1080p. But they can play at 60fps with all the ray tracing and graphical improvements at that resolution. Pretty sweet deal for them.

[Spawn_of_Apathy]

39 minutes ago, XxEvil AshxX said:

Honestly, the only thing that would keep me from getting a Series S is the lack of an optical disc drive. I still have a ton of blurays and dvd's and I would totally replace my launch XBO in the living room with one of these. At 299 this could've been one of those boredom buys next summer.

 

Hoping to get a Series X at launch, but it's staying in the computer room.

Meanwhile I have never put a physical disc into my One X, and if there was a Series X digital only model, I’d get that one. 

[XxEvil AshxX]

Just now, Spawn_of_Apathy said:

Meanwhile I have never put a physical disc into my One X, and if there was a Series X digital only model, I’d get that one. 

 

Yeah I have very few physical games from this gen, but I still have a lot of BC 360 and OG Xbox games. If it weren't for those, I'd totally go for a digital Series X. The only time I watch physical media is with the wife in the living room. My launch XBO is pretty much just a digital media box / bluray player.

 

I'm assuming that since they all use the same OS that the new boxes will still be able to play media from a thumbdrive.

[AbsolutSurgen]

Right price for the SeX.  If the rumours are true, ridiculous price for the SSD upgrade.

[crispy4000]

51 minutes ago, The def star said:

I'm a big fan of Quantum Break as I beat it 3 times but on original Xbox One Hardware it was not fine. It was passable. It wasn't until it was optimized for Xbox One X that it was fine. 

 

I don't see what's so wrong with it.  This was fairly good optimization at the time.  The game was built around the One's limitations, as opposed to Control.

[Keyser_Soze]

47 minutes ago, The def star said:

I'm a big fan of Quantum Break as I beat it 3 times but on original Xbox One Hardware it was not fine. It was passable. It wasn't until it was optimized for Xbox One X that it was fine. 

 

I thought it was fine.

Although I will say generally playing a Remedy game on a console is never the optimal way to play it. If you played Max Payne on an Xbox you dun goofed. The exception is Alan Wake.

[skillzdadirecta]

5 hours ago, Spork3245 said:

That’s an HDD, not an SSD  

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HP98FW6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_yDmwFbGF7EHY3

I stupidly realized that not long  after I typed it. 

[Brian]

Yes. It's taking a loss on both the S and X, and it seems like it's taking a bigger loss on S.

— Jeff Grubb (@JeffGrubb) September 9, 2020