Xbox is good, buy the gamepass with it

Christ, chill out. That’s a bit aggressive…

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By the way. I’ve gotten 2 friends an Xbox series X. I helped get a ps5 for 1 of them for their partner. And all he does is use his wife’s PS5 lol. My other friend ditched his Xbox and gave his gf the Xbox and got a PC instead.

I literally just went to Walmart.com right now and was able to add a PS5 into my cart. With the god of war game bundle.

The only fix for can think of it to turn the sharpness to 0 and turn off any post-process things on your tv. I kept an old CRT tv so I can play my n64 and SNES. These games were designed to be played on old tvs. Unfortunately older games have hat were designed for CRT tvs will usually look shit on modern TVs. It would be great t see them have a CRT mode.

I did because I couldn’t get a ps5. Xbox is amazing and it’s designed in North America something to be proud of. That being said PlayStation has a special place in my heart and I purchased a pa5 when I found one and even though it’s the weaker GPU it has an amazing audio chip and SSD don’t forget the hepatic feed back in the controller. the exclusives and just overall user experience is great I feel more connected to friends online. Both are amazing you can’t go wrong.

Not really. Those games are meant to be played on CRT's. The best suggestion i can give you is to play on a smaller ( 18 inches for example) lcd tv with an av output. I play my snes games on that tv and they look ok, not as good as a crt but they don't look blurry at all.

There is.. buy a newer tv asap

I have switched from PS to Xbox in the PS3 gen and I would say that I not regret it. It is true that Sony exclusives won't be on Xbox, but you win other advantages like its fenomenal retro and a library that your spouse didn't play before.

In my case, I really like the hardware, it's really solid and with the Gamepass he will play lots of titles that otherwise he will not play. But, I will mention that lastly I feel a bit concerned about the release planning of the Xbox division...

It's up to you, but in case you want to not mistake in the decision, instead of going for a Series X, my sugestion is going for a Series S, which is more affordable and all actual videogames can be played there. Once the PS5 offer stabilizes, then he can thing whether is a good idea to go for a Series X or a PS5. But in the meantime, he can play everything :)

1. USB flash drive? are you sure it can get at least 5 GB/s for read/write speed? for the next generation of console (in around 2026; PS6 or whatever Xbox's next console is), most probably it needs higher speed; maybe 10, 15 or even 20 GB/s.
2. USB flash drive has too small form factor for physical game storage, making it easier to lose. that's why I prefer NVMe PCIe SSD because the physical size is still large enough.

You need to get an ossc scaler for like 100dollars then probably a new cable as yours may not work (another 30) Or get a cheaper scaler like a retrotink But ultimately try and get a 13 14" crt and it'll look like it should

That's just how 16 bit games designed to be viewed in 4:3 on a CRT will look on a relatively modern TV. You could always upscale and/or look into texture packs if you're not playing on original hardware.

Regardless, a lot more info is needed before anyone will be able to give you reasonable advice. What's the set up?

Xbox X is currently the best choice. Xbox Live is the Point !!! The best Multiplayer Platform and much much more

OK, well just use large 256GB USB flash drives then. But they'd cost an extra $10-$20 per game. Otherwise you could install games from disc to an SSD in the console to avoid using the internet.

I just got one 2 years ago when I realized how expensive this console gen will be, especially when factoring pro models. It's basically just a big xbox next to my ps5 that also plays pc games, has mods and household utility functions.

That's all down to preference too I guess. As much as I love seeing PC set ups and know how much more powerful they are I don't think I'd ever go out my way to buy one

Weirdly enough, The Simpsons Game.

I had this for Nintendo DS as a kid and completed it loads of times. But I got it for PS2 as well and couldn’t get past the first level! I tried it again about three years ago on PS3 thinking it would be easier now I’m an adult and still couldn’t 😂

Which makes it a rock solid first mission or I’m just thick

Am I right in thinking the PSvita had mobile data roaming if you went for that option?

Or save that money and get a PC. That was my recommendation.

Yeah but if they already have a PlayStation you might as well get the xbox and have both

Damn... That got MY juices flowing...

Xbox Series X/S only has 4 current gen-only titles. Everything else is available on Xbox One. PS5 has way more going for it. Even the subscription service has more games for less.

For the exclusives, just look up GOTY nominees over the past 12 years. They have 1-3 nominees every single year compared to xbox's zero. Pretty sure it's zero anyway, maybe 1 of the Gears games got nominated once. And they often win.

I'd recommend saving for a PC over getting an Xbox. I've got mine hooked up like a console next to the PS5 and haven't fired up the Xbox in 2 years.

Xbox has even less though. There's only 4 games on Series X/S that d9nt have Xbox One versions.

Yeah I mean I love Bethesda games and I like Arkane games so I'm hoping over the rest of the generation the games I really care about are coming to Xbox.