For you an easy option is to but the extended warranty via Amazon. Its 30 quid I believe
Poll: *** Xbox Series X|S - General Discussion Thread ***
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Surprised how warm my X was when I got back from work today with it having been on standby. I think it can go fully off when I’m not home much or downloading.
Yes you just miss out on hdr which is better colours and better dynamic range.
Seems to be mixed messages.
The MS page seems to imply that is the case, but some on here say it isnt. Then we have the account above re support saying it has to be bought from MS.
So who knows
Yeah reddit page says buy from anywhere which makes sense as its an xbox after all and MS are covering the warranty. however the cover is not even available yet so let's wait and see.
I can't add it after purchase apparently. What a pita.
I am considering returning my Series S, as no one else has reported this issue so could be faulty hardware.
The issue I reported earlier actually also happens on energy efficient mode as well.
Shutdown via single press of power button
Shutdown via shutdown command on quick access menu.
Auto shutdown via power down after X hours.
All of them cause the video to not come on when I power it up.
If I either shut down via holding power button for 10 seconds, or going to power menu and selecting full shutdown, it always turns on fine. So I am guessing energy efficient shutdown is not a full shutdown, it seems to be an intermediate one.
The issue I reported earlier actually also happens on energy efficient mode as well.
Shutdown via single press of power button
Shutdown via shutdown command on quick access menu.
Auto shutdown via power down after X hours.
All of them cause the video to not come on when I power it up.
If I either shut down via holding power button for 10 seconds, or going to power menu and selecting full shutdown, it always turns on fine. So I am guessing energy efficient shutdown is not a full shutdown, it seems to be an intermediate one.
Contact Amazon support and ask. They can very helpful with these things.
It shouldnt need to emulate as it is x86 platform still, but who knows what Microsoft have done with their OS, you could be right its emulating Xbox One games, but I think they running natively, I accept the VRAM argument that has been pointed out though, so I think running them at 4k is possibly too much, so like has been said its going to need for games to be optimised for the console otherwise it will be Xbox One S mode.
I did find a article by one of the big PC review websites, they did a test on a 6 gig GPU for 1440p and 4k games and determined it is enough VRAM for almost every game they tested, but of course PC's also have normal system ram not unified memory so that has to be taken into account. I think the S is fine for my use case, but if I was wanting to play Xbox One games "and" I was bothered about having Xbox One S levels of performance I probably would have got an X.
If MS wanted to be mean then they could release a load of new games onto Gamepass next Thursday.
If MS wanted to be mean then they could release a load of new games onto Gamepass next Thursday.
MS "Here is Bethesda's and Arkane Studio's entire back catalogue"
IP Providers: "OH ****"
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Your use of emulate is confusing.
Either way your way overthinking it. These boxes are basically mini pcs now and we started to see pc like options creep in during the last generation (performance v quality) and already were seeing more options this gen (rt quality)
Like pc gaming, games will simply be configured based on hardware available. all it will equate to is better textures,or draw distance,or AF etc...again just like in pc gaming.
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PS5 buyers: "Why can't I download anything?"
Yeah, emulate was a bad choice of words.
What I was trying to get at isn't really that complicated (just badly worded
). One X has 40 CUs, 160 TMUs, and 2560 shader units. Series S has 20 CUs, 80 TMUs, and 1280 shaders. What's more plausible? That games built for One X hardware are going to struggle to run with a bunch of GPU components cut in half? Or that Microsoft are just being mean by keeping One X titles from Series S owners?I did and they basically told me to get get fudged.
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Any one else noticed the face of their controller scratching / marking very easily? I’m always very careful with mine (e.g. my X1 controller is virtually perfect still) but the matt plastic used for the new controller seems very prone to marks...
Unlikely to help you as its probably been over 30 days since you bought it. However just in case it can help someone else, it mentions below you can buy cover (from the rainforest place) after buying the product as long as its within 30 days.
I had the same issue with my oculus quest 2 but once I pointed the customer service advisor to the part below, he agreed I could buy cover after I bought the item.
Just bought Dirt 5 for essentially nothing, had rewards in my Game wallet from buying the two consoles and got an email from Game giving me a code for Dirt 5 for £30, so spent them all on that. Got another code for £40 games, Cyberpunk and Watch Dogs, don't know whether to go ahead with that as I was planning on playing Cyberpunk on the PC.