Xbox Megathread

Uplay rolled I to gamepass is pretty great

Looks like a list of pipe dream bullshit with just enough obvious/already confirmed stuff in there to make it seem plausible.

Had a friend of mine go apeshit after getting his Series X because they removed the optical out audio port. I tried to reply with 'bro do you not have HDMI?' but he was having none of it and just cussed up a storm.

I suppose in my own setup I have the Xbox going to the CEC HDMI port (port 1) but the TV itself connected to the soundbar with an optical cable, but only because the port meant to be for the soundbar is also that same port 1.

What did he think about the lack of RCA hook ups?

So it seems I'm too old and stuck in my ways to get proficient with a controller.
Obviously the games where a controller are better I'm fine, ie sport, facing, party type games,
but get into anything fps and I turn into some unco who can barely turn and move properly let alone aim and shoot.

So I've been considering just getting a kb/m for the xbox. Anyone have any experience with them? are they generally configured from the get go or would I need to set up the key binding for every game I play.

Wish the Series X would ever be in stock through MS store. I'm a poor, but have $300 in points to redeem and $300 balance from gift cards I got at 20%-25% off. So, kinda stuck with this plan waiting for their stock to come back in, and they still have a holiday related message from November that boxes may not arrive until after Christmas. By the time any come available might be some sweet Black Friday 2021 deals though. Extra annoying because this shit tier one s feels closer to being bricked with every update, lagging and crashing more and more. Haven't bought a console near release since Playstation 2. This normal or Covid related somehow?

Don't worry, Biden & Harris will be on their knees for Winnie the Pooh before February even rolls around.

I had a random crash problem with my Xbox. It would happen with both digital and disc games. At random points, the system would just crash with a flash green screen on my TV as it crashed. The controller would keep blinking, but I had to physically turn the system back on. It happened with Game Pass games (Fight Night, Battlefront 2, Madden 20), disc games (Master Chief Collection), and free games (Rocket League). I could sometimes play 2-4 hours without a problem, and other times it would crash 5 minutes into whatever game I was playing. The system was vented properly, the room was like 70 degrees with heat on, and I couldn't intentionally cause the crash (like loading from a specific save file).

I thought it might have been an issue with overheating, so I moved the system to a different location. Still had the same problem. Tried to lay it horizontally and vertically, tinkered with settings, plugged directly into a wall, and reset the system (both keeping game data and deleting game data). Nothing worked. I ended up making a warranty claim on Saturday and shipped it back to Microsoft for service. Their customer support wasn't awful and I tried everything suggested prior to making a warranty claim. Fingers crossed when I get it back it is either fixed, or I receive a non-defective system. Anyone else have this problem?

My Series X has shut off a few times. Once in a game I can't remember, once while browsing the store, and then twice in CP2077 (crashed while driving across a bridge, powered it back on and loaded my save, then crashed again in the exact same spot). It's a known issue people have been posting on reddit and various news sites since right after the consoles released. Some people have it so bad they need a warranty replacement, some like me just have a minor annoyance that isn't worth sending it in... yet.

Seeing as it did it once while just in the store, I'm pretty skeptical about it having anything to do with heat.

You need it to play online if you don’t have GP.

mkopec said:

Usually you needed a peripheral like a XIM type device to play with M&K on xbox and playstation. They have their own little codes in them that make the M&K 1:1 like it should be. If not every game would be different and odd feeling. Not sure about the new xbox and plastation, maybe they added M&K support? not sure.

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I’m reading that the new Xbox has keyboard mouse support and supposedly it should be enabled for most games. Apparently you are matched against PC players if you’re using KBM and when you unplug you go back to console.