Poll: *** Xbox Series X|S - General Discussion Thread ***

[Yas786]

If you are planning on trying to secure a series X or s for Christmas in the UK I'd recommend making an account on the sites in this tweet to help avoid any slowdown when trying to make a purchase.

Only problem is only one of those retailers do the all access pass for the Xbox. So really limited in that respect :/.
I’m still going to be trying first thing tomo morning from Game to see if I can nab a series x on the all access pass option. But I don’t hold out much hope for it.
Emailed Smyths but they have said they are not expecting anymore series x stock tomorrow and they aren’t sure when they will be getting any up to xmas.

 

[glenimp617]

Damn, I felt bad ordering an extra Currys pre-order code because I was essentially taking a console away from someone that could have ordered it. As it is, the code went to someone else as soon as I knew my order was secured. I can't imagine how I'd feel knowing I'd intentionally ordered an extra three consoles, stopping three people from getting one at launch, and then cancelling the three that weren't needed. But hey, look after number one eh!

absolutely! I'm certainly not the only one on here to have done that.

When the likes of currys are well known for giving orders to other people, you can't blame them. They need to come up with a better system really.

 

[CHokKA]

Well, Eurogamer like AC Valhalla! I'm glad I pre-ordered a copy. It's on the way too, shipped today

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-11-04-assassins-creed-valhalla-review

Sounds amazing!

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Well, Eurogamer like AC Valhalla! I'm glad I pre-ordered a copy. It's on the way too, shipped today

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-11-04-assassins-creed-valhalla-review

Sounds amazing!

It sounds really good. I just need Ubisoft to provide a tracking number

 

[ic1male]

I still can't believe how tiny the Series S is. I would really have loved to get one of those but the small SSD size is the only negative. I'd have to buy the external cart and then you're in to Series X territory.

 

[Cryfreeman]

Will probably grab AC Valhalla digital version once the Xbox is all set up

 

[budge1972]

It would be cool if the SSD on the Series S could be swapped out for a bigger one. It looks very simple to get into I guess time will tell.

 

[cyclonus10]

OOI have you been charged on your card yet, i had a 'pending' then that disappeared, and i got an email to say i had been charged, but the card isn't on the card currently, its all a bit weird.

I paid with Microsoft credit so it was taken straight away

 

[MOOGLEYS]

It sounds really good. I just need Ubisoft to provide a tracking number

I have mine it’s shipping from Germany ? Gone out today no idea how long it will take to deliver...

 

[crazy8s]

AC Valhalla order has shipped but no movement on the Series X

 

[Puzzled]

I still can't believe how tiny the Series S is. I would really have loved to get one of those but the small SSD size is the only negative. I'd have to buy the external cart and then you're in to Series X territory.

I can't find it now but someone did tests playing games from the internal drive and then an external NVME, SSD and HDD. The only real difference was from the external HDD so I'm just going to put an SSD from my PC into a caddy and use that for now as I won't be playing those gamepass games on the pc going forward. Will give me a bit of space for older games without spending much.

 

[TallPaul_S]

A 500GB SSD is a good cheap solution for the S, they're under £50 now and it'll more than double the available space.

I'm tempted to dig one out of a server I'm not using at the moment for my PS5 when it arrives.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

I have mine it’s shipping from Germany ? Gone out today no idea how long it will take to deliver...

Mine just says 'pending delivery' in the order history section. No tracking

 

[Phemo]

A 500GB SSD is a good cheap solution for the S, they're under £50 now and it'll more than double the available space.

I'm tempted to dig one out of a server I'm not using at the moment for my PS5 when it arrives.

Yeah but that's of no use for actual Series X enhanced or PS5 games. I suppose it's better to have the non-enhanced and PS4 games on USB storage rather than wasting precious internal though.

 

[TallPaul_S]

Yeah but that's of no use for actual Series X enhanced or PS5 games. I suppose it's better to have the non-enhanced and PS4 games on USB storage rather than wasting precious internal though.

Exactly, and it's not as if there's enough PS5/X/S enhanced games right now to fill up the internal SSD's.

 

[Goberpiles316]

Will DPD refund the fiver?

 

[hardkore]

Little update for the Argos crowd. Argos's inventory was shipped directly from Microsoft via DHL. That's why we haven't had any updates. We will get a message tomorrow from DHL giving delivery times.

https://twitter.com/andymulhall/status/1325791943633276929?s=09

 

[McBain]

Glad Valhalla is reviewing well, supposed to be stunning on the Series X as well

 

[BEN_UK]

Glad Valhalla is reviewing well, supposed to be stunning on the Series X as well

Lovely my copy just been dispatched.

Give it a whirl on the X tomoz

 

[t@xman]

Will DPD refund the fiver?

Of course, but unless it's automated, it'll be a PITA doing it........and frankly, my time is worth more to me than the £5 I'd be trying to get refunded!
*I didn't do it, just that it'd annoy me!