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Cards you actually buy do not expire. Right now i can get £250 of MS credit for £209.62.
Which is roughly 16% off. Some gift cards i bought in the past went as high as 22% off.
Poll: *** Xbox Series X|S - General Discussion Thread ***
Cards you actually buy do not expire. Right now i can get £250 of MS credit for £209.62.
Which is roughly 16% off. Some gift cards i bought in the past went as high as 22% off.
Soldato
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Has anyone found a headband cover for the wireless headset? I can't find one specifically for this headset, feels like I've had an axe to the top of my head after an hour!
Soldato
Used the Series X over the weekend for the Halo Infinite technical test and I cant believe how bad the Xbox controller feels in your hands.
Feels so cheap and not solid at all.
Always liked the Xbox controller and still do but the feel of the controller in hand does not feel nice.
Hopefully a new controller on the way at some point.
Feels so cheap and not solid at all.
Always liked the Xbox controller and still do but the feel of the controller in hand does not feel nice.
Hopefully a new controller on the way at some point.
Caporegime
I personally prefer the xbox one controller.
Soldato
Have you tried the Elite v2? It has a bit of 'heft' to it and feels really nice in the hands.
Ah that could be it then, I thought the CX had been updated already. Tbf don’t think there’s much that uses it at the min anyway but just wanted to check everything was set up to use it.
And the good thing about the Xbox is you can use the One controller with the Series consoles.
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I’m the opposite, it’s the best I’ve ever used.
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I have two series X, one in the bedroom and one in the lounge. The one in the lounge gets a lot more use but it seems the A button is getting less and less responsive. Might send it back under warranty.
The beauty of me and my partner having our own houses, can game where and whenever I like lol.
The beauty of me and my partner having our own houses, can game where and whenever I like lol.
Have you used the DualSense? No fanboyism here but it's honestly in another league.
Caporegime
Now that I have both consoles I can say the Dual Sense is a better pad. The second I pick it up, it feels nicer in my hands. I think the texture is better, shape of the grip is also better. When it is in action it is in another league. Xbox's pad is pretty much the same one for the last 10 years, it has evolved a little but nothing that big a leap. The Sony pad has improved dramatically from the PS4, it's better IMO.
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The dual sense is in another league, although poorly made. I only used my PS5 for Demon Souls and spiderman so mine is fine. My stepson uses his PS5 daily to play overwatch, he is now on his 3rd pad, trigger issues both times.
Saying that my xbox pad is playing up now.
Xbox controller every day of the year, EXCEPT for fighting games. I can't use the Xbox one at all for that... don't know why. The only other thing I don't like about the Xbox controller, and this is totally just a "me" thing, is that I prefer the Playstation button names 
For games like Detroit for example, where you have to read to onscreen timed prompts for L1,L2 etc. it takes me a split second to remember what LB,LT is. No matter how long I've used the Xbox controller, I'm too thick and just don't react as quick as I would on the PS controller. Same applies to AB/XY to a lesser extent.
For games like Detroit for example, where you have to read to onscreen timed prompts for L1,L2 etc. it takes me a split second to remember what LB,LT is. No matter how long I've used the Xbox controller, I'm too thick and just don't react as quick as I would on the PS controller. Same applies to AB/XY to a lesser extent.
The Series X's controller is infinitely better for fighters, the DualSense's D-pad is shockingly bad!
Who doesn’t use an arcade stick for fighting games? A bonus is that it’s the same layout for all consoles.
Game Developers: The Xbox Series S shouldn't exist
Microsoft: Don't worry the Series S is a beast that will do just fine
Halo Infinite on the Series S: 540p resolution
Game Developers :
And yet, this is the version of the game which John Linnerman refers to as being "the best playing version" and the one he spent most of his free time using, owing to the near-constant 120fps and low frame time variance.
For all of the furore over the 540p statistic, DF's analysis of the Series S version was extremely positive. By contrast, One S has similar resolution scaling, but has a bunch of visual features turned off and still can't manage a stable frame rate even at 30fps. So the generational leap is very evident here.
It's all moot for me though personally; Series S does a decent job of maintaining 1080p/60, which is the limit of the TV it's connected to anyway. In that sense, it's no worse than the Series X version and far better than either the One S or One X version. I'm happy with that (and I expect that'll run true for quite a lot of Series S owners).
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If the Series S can play everything at 1080/60 it has done it's job. Anything less then 1080/60 it should never have been made. 60 fps should now be normal imo.