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

[Yas786]

Nm

 

[Mark1989]

I suspect Sony may be cheaper as there allowing 3rd party manufacturers to make them where as Microsoft forcing you to buy there own specific one which I suspects adds to cost.

 

[ic1male]

Have current Xbox owners got the new store on their consoles now?

 

[Ryan-3]

Have current Xbox owners got the new store on their consoles now?

Yes, I noticed that mine has the new store and that some games now say they're Series S/X compatible.

 

[BlizzardX]

I suspect Sony may be cheaper as there allowing 3rd party manufacturers to make them where as Microsoft forcing you to buy there own specific one which I suspects adds to cost.

Not sure what it is like in the UK but the PCI Gen 4 Samsung 980 pro 1TB SSD is $449NZD with the cheapest here being the Gigabyte Aorus AT $399NZD... With the UK price being 220GBP for the MS expansion card that is equvalent to $428NZD so in New Zealand at least a comparible price... Now this may be different in RRP for us as our Xbox Series X was cheaper than the UK at 410GBP when converted... It seems that the expansion card is appropriately priced to me.

 

[ljt]

Anyone here pre ordered with Argos and if you did, have you had an order confirmation text?

Not had a text, just an order confirmation email and money has been taken

 

[wayne wonder]

Was hoping to get the ps5 tomorrow but the fact that football manager will be coming to the Xbox has changed my whole
Plan again

 

[Dredd]

Have current Xbox owners got the new store on their consoles now?

yes new store and dashboard.

 

[BlizzardX]

Interesting just checked approx. exchange rate from usd to NZD for the storage card and it came out at $335; will be interesting to see how much locally it is and how much I can order it from Amazon US for as that is much cheaper than any locally sourced Gen 4 PCI nVME 1TB drive sold in NZ

 

[CaptainRAVE]

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/p/seagate-storage-expansion-card-for-xbox-series-x-s/940j83pk147r

Wow that is expensive, don’t see many of them being sold. If it was £150-ish then I’d definitely jump on it.

I'll buy one when the price comes down. Could take a while though.

 

[Cryfreeman]

I’ll break at £150-£170 for the SSD. £200+ a bit too much just to feed my nerd habit

 

[Jono8]

No doubt they will bring out a 2tb version of the series X at some point

 

[BlizzardX]

So not quite useful given this is an NZ site but we've got access to the expansion cards at $380NZD which equates to ~195GBP:

https://www.mightyape.co.nz/product...pansion-card-for-xbox-series-x-and-s/33885604

Better than I though given the price of Gen 4 SSDs at the moment... and cheaper than what a PS5 can expand with over here.

 

[Mark1989]

Does make me want beer if they get too much backlash from the cost of they will a lower cost or make smaller ones e.g. 512 to double Series S size

 

[Jono8]

Does make me want beer if they get too much backlash from the cost of they will a lower cost or make smaller ones e.g. 512 to double Series S size

yeh, £220 is going to be too much for most people. A lot of people may not even understand about nvme/gen 4 etc so they will just see "1tb for £220" and just think...um no.

That is almost the price of the Series S alone and half the price of the Series X.

 

[Ryan-3]

That's what I was going to say. Many people will see that the storage is almost the price of a Series S and be think "no way."

Looks like I'll have to juggle things, however, I've installed a few extra games on my One X and I've got 100GB left. So it might not be necessary for some time/at all.

 

[BuffetSlayer]

I'm definitely not going to be getting the expansion drive at that price point unless someone buys it for me as a gift!

I have a 4tb external drive and my guess is the series x will likely support up to 8tb or more so I will just swap games between internal storage and external.

If the price comes down I will look at it again.

 

[chroniclard]

Given the speed of our broadband we will just be deleting/reinstalling games as necessary.

 

[Mark1989]

Can any one recommend budget headset option for me? Would be for Series S

 

[McPhee]

Quick heads-up for anyone who may not know:

Forza Horizon 3 is delisted in two days as the game's licenses are expiring. This is the last chance to buy the game digitally (you can still buy a used disc), and the game's DLC.

Also, be aware that the "Ultimate Edition" doesn't include the expansions.

If you want everything, this is the best value bundle out there:

https://www.cdkeys.com/xbox-live/ga...orizon-3-ultimate-editions-bundle-xbox-one-uk