Topic: The everything Xbox thread

FTFY
#alternativefacts

@gcunit I just watched the video, I didn't read the text, ha. The actual "Fable anniversary" loading screen lasts less than a second on Series X and 7 seconds on Xbox One, though.

Is that what you'd do once you'd set up your Series S or X .... ? I think I'd like to 'test' out something like Cyberpunk 2077! But nice to see how quick those are

@BruceCM First thing I'll do is test current-gen games that struggle on the most powerful console today (Xbox One X). A good candidate is Monster Hunter World.

Is there cloud saving for back compat games - if I've been playing a BC game on my XBone, would the save be accessible on a Series X?

@gcunit Yes! You can play Xbox, Xbox 360 and Xbox One games on any Xbox console using the same save files as long as you're online so the console is able to upload and download the files (and it's free, you don't need any subscription).

@BlueOcean That's cool, thanks. And it's still quicker to initiate 360 mode than the Wii U is to get to vWii, so I'll give it some credit 😁

@gcunit I know, I also have a Wii U 😂.

That sounds like fun, @BlueOcean .... It'd be a better test, overall, though!

@BruceCM Well, there's nothing wrong with that little test he did and posted on Twitter. It's interesting to see 7 seconds reduced to 0 even if it won't change your life.

Yeah, it's promising, @BlueOcean .... I imagine he'll be putting up more such videos, too!

@BruceCM I mean, not everything is supposed to please you! 😝

I just found it funny that he'd be doing that on it, instead of 'testing' next gen games .... It's still good to see, as I did say

@BruceCM He has made a lot videos, that's just a one-minute Twitter video. If you want to see serious stuff, there is plenty:

Ah, I thought there'd be more, @BlueOcean .... Bits I've seen of such tests all seem very good, though! Encouraging news for the console peasants

HDR-enabled backwards compatibility video. I watched it on my LG C9 and the effect is much better than I expected, it makes me want to check all my favourite games again.

FTFY. Again. 🤭

Push Square posting a trailer using footage recorded on Series X is probably my favorite moment of this whole launch.

It's interesting, because everything I see myself tells me PS5 vs XSeX will be a lot like 4Pro versus X1X. Yet those handful of industry guys on PS, and they seem like very grizzled veterans from high in the industry still seem quite convinced the PS5 will be outperforming it in practice due to better dev support. I don't see how, but I also can't see what they see. Though there's also something of a bias there, and based on some of what was said, it's easy to extrapolate when and where one of them was and why they'd have, not so much a pro-Sony bias but an anti-MS bias.

@gcunit I mean, it's a console launch and you missed preorders....what did you think would happen to the thread?

@gcunit No hahaha. It's less than one second of Fable Anniversary loading screen on Series X and 7 seconds of that same loading screen on Xbox One.

So, IF I end up getting an Xbox what games would you recommend? I like almost all genres. Any help would be appreciated :3