Should You Buy an Xbox in 2024? 

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Jesus Christ no

@@VifloNo what?

OG's will remember the Duncan era

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I'm keeping my older gen consoles and their game discs. My PS2, Xbox 360, Wii and other older consoles aren't going anywhere.

I'm buying all physical going forward, just got out the dvds and blu-rays because I'm sick of paying for sub par subscription services

Then buy old consoles and buy physical games foo. No one stopping on buying physical games that are still there to buy. ​@KusholaCam

@@KusholaCam the unfortunate answer here is people need to stop buying them. Vote with your wallet.

Nope. I didn't want to support Xbox anymore. No support for Xbox Console even Xbox Handheld & Xbox games. I'm support others consoles ❤❤❤

@@user-sd5pk2yh7d FR, especially when there's frame boost and stuff. Finally get those achievements I didn't get almost 2 decades ago, haha

​@ProGear360 Yeah, No. I still don't get that excuse.

@@TakeshiInazumaok

I only have it, becouse i have Friends who just invested to much into the Ecosystem and hate PC Players for cheating Me too having an already too big libary, didn't dodge buying an 150€ Series S just in case I want to play with those friends and what should I say? Its a nice thing to have, not an must tho. Like the Xbox Ecosystem more than the one of Playstation tho.

@@TakeshiInazumaUmm, if you have tens or hundreds of older disc games and don't want to buy them again for PC? Seems pretty straightforward.

6th. Og Xbox introduced it

consider the time i need to preorder instore, drive to game shop and unbox the Disc and install it to the console.... i think digital game download is faster in my country..... i bought FF7rebirth digital version to play it day 1 and my collector edition arrive 1 week later, luckily i can sell my physical copy online to cover the digital copy cost...

Poor Xbox, even their AAAA game Starfield and GamePass can't help Xbox

@Mr3-bw9kc Uhm.. Game pass is helping Xbox. A lot actually.

@Azteca124there for life? Yeah like Atari is still there for life? The problem with physical is that once the service ends so does everything you own. Sony could go out of business tomorrow and in 20 years I’ll still be able to boot up my console and disk and play a single player game.

Ok boomer

The problem is PC doesn’t get every game that Xbox does on gamepass. I don’t think people realize that lol that the console UI has different games from the PC one, not many games there’s just some that are only on Xbox.

@@chiahguathoo3921opinion on the better games

@@chiahguathoo3921What do you mean better? Spiderman 2? Lmao god of war Ragnarok couldn’t even beat BG3 for game of the year, Destiny 2 is a complete dumpster 🔥, naughty dog could only release a last of us 2 remaster, without the multiplayer they promised for 5 years (that they just ended up canceling) Sony isn’t doing too hot rn. The only game going right this year for Sony is Helldivers 2, but that has a PC port so it’s not ps only.

​@@chiahguathoo3921lmfao highly subjective but also an objective fallacy

@@Solidsnake6248not everyone likes bg3. I got it refunded on steam because it wasn’t my kind of game. I’d rather play god of war or spiderman 2 over bg3.

That’s what I did, bought a ps5 for the Japanese games and Sony games that weren’t on Xbox

What games are on xbox?

@@0fficerpimpwhat games are on PlayStation?

@@mikeskordynski don't worry I know you're too broke to afford a next gen console. Stay in your lane lil buddy

@@0fficerpimp lmao have 2 ps5s 2 Xbox series a switch and a gaming pc but okay know it all

Facts! I just built my pc several days ago and playing online without a subscription is great

Wait, that's still a thing in 2024? How are console gamers okay with that?

We dont get a say in it thats how ​@@LePedant

A practice Xbox started (never forget)

One thing that surprised me was that my PS5 has free online weekends randomly, had like 4 of them in the handful of months I owned one, so that was at least something to let me enjoy the multiplayer parts of my games like AC6 or GT7 or DRG. What I hate the most is that they ask us to pay for online with side benefits we may not even want rather than just letting us pay a little for MP, I just want online functionality and in the end it irks me they (and nintendo) followed xbox's payed online formula when it was free before.

We need competition.. god damn monopolies/duopolies are screwing us over big time.

Switch has made nintendo greedy and lazy

The console war died with the ps3 and the 360 both haven't been doing to hot since

@@Natd0gsef the ps4 was a success and the ps5 has done well enough . Microsoft are still chasing the ghost of the 360 while Nintendo are in their own lane. Also console wars are dumb

get well soon

okay but also playstation is now putting there games on the pc, even if its after a year or two

@@user-sd5pk2yh7d most people can’t afford a good pc for games. Xbox is 300 compared to a thousand dollar one. Even then most children don’t want to build there own pc and most parents won’t want to waist money in case they break the parts. Since most children aren’t careful with delicate things. While the low maintenance and one push play is true more ppl can’t afford a pc,monitor,desk and headset along with the subscriptions to pay to play online w friends. This isn’t including a keyboard and mouse along with a chair since most have it already Vs Xbox where you get everything and just need a tv which everyone has. You then need to buy a headset and subscriptions after the free 3 month one goes away. Overall Xbox is cheaper for children and a smarter choice but a pc is better for teens and up bc of maturity and if they want to build there own. Now if we’re talking prebuilt it’s already more expensive than an Xbox so that’s not even an option

@@Star88859 true but the exclusives are better than Xbox. Most kids don’t want to wait a year or 2 in order to play there game if they get a pc. PlayStation is only worth it for 2 things If your friends also have a PlayStation and exclusives. Besides that both consoles have there flaws. Only difference is the exclusives carry PlayStation and the availability carries Xbox

Good luck with playing RDR on your "gaming laptop PC" that overheats after 10 minutes of play. 🤦‍♂

@@XboxPlayerPLexactly 😭😭

Did you not have the Xbox , 360 or Xbox one. I mean you could already play those games you didn't need to buy a new console to play them if you already had the console they were built for

Poor Xbox, even their AAAA game Starfield and GamePass can't help Xbox

I think the point is, instead of setting up multiple consoles to enjoy his gaming library - which takes up space - he can now play all of them with one machine.​@@weplayvrgames

@@weplayvrgamessee thing is those consoles run the game terribly most of the time. The xbox one and series can run those games at their rated res and frame rate without dropping

I mean, then just keep an Xbox One and save your money for a PC

9 hours per day？

​@@Ruoyu-en7vz 9 hours a day is easy work..

Like 200 days if you leave time for sleep. So you are unemployed I guess

@@johnpreston230 yeah, I’m a stay at home dad.

@@MobSquad4209 man, you are living the life. Would love to put that many hours in games for a few years...

Because they’re ps fanboys. That’s it

I know right. You can do the rechargeable packs, the rechargeable batteries, or just regular. I’ve used the same $20 rechargeable batteries for like 8 years and it’s a quick 15 second swap if I’m playing. If people don’t like that, that’s fine, but I think it’s the best and easiest route to go. Having to plug in my PS controller is really annoying.

@@georgealex19Hardly. Xbox even noted that there were a lot of hard core Xbox fans that wanted rechargeable controllers. That's why they gave people the option of the charge and play kit when the Series consoles launcho.

He also said the controller that lacks any redesigns lol he’s such an annoying hypocrite.

Idk I'd rather just plug my controller in then search through my junk drawer to find some double A batteries

I prefer rechargeable batteries, double AA battery is a unnecessary expense when it comes to controllers

No, you're not. I use rechargeable AA batteries, and always keep a pair or two in the charger, changing them out with the ones in the controller when needed. This way I don't have to plug the controller in, ever, and can have only a minute or two of downtime every few days, and be always wireless otherwise. Also, if a pair dies eventually, I can just get a new rechargable pack, and the controller still works. Internal batteries don't really make sense in controllers.

I have 4 AA batteries that I rotate out for my xbox controller. They last longer than the rechargable battery packs and are cheaper to replace. Love AA support for controllers.

I'm definitely in favor of AA batteries, so much easier to swap out mid gameplay and it's just to buy a cheap battery charger and a 4 pack of AA batteries from IKEA and you're set. Once the batteries starts going bad it's a cheaper to replace than having to buy a new controller

@@HShangoYou can get rechargable double AAs in like every store lmao

Not to mention it your rechargeable batteries die just put your other double chargeable double aa batteries in, you won't have to sit on a charger.

Even rechargeables are a pain though, I'd rather deal with replacing the internal battery maybe once in the controller's lifetime if I'm unlucky than constantly be switching out batteries.

@@IceYetiWins lol wtf are you talking about. You put 4 on a charger and swap them if they die. If you have a problem with that then you have some dexterity issues.

It’s really easy to replace the Nintendo pro controllers battery only a couple screws

@@grumpywolfgaming I get that, and that's fine and dandy when you have one controller. But when you have multiple, say 3 or more, you just going to go buy 12+ rechargeables and make sure you know exactly which are charged at any given moment? And if you're saying that every console should do it, now someone with 3 controllers each for two consoles should keep track of 24 batteries?

if you are worried about then you can rest easy because you still have a good number of years of support.

how much ?

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Poor Xbox, even their AAAA game Starfield and GamePass can't help Xbox

​@@Hazeman.well it help me unwind & enjoy a massive library of games after a long day of work that's all that matters not a fanyboy opinion

@@unk_101_GHOST your parents see you as an L

They were involved with the MSX "computer" console thing way back, I know it's not the same, but it's a start.

That’s exactly what they did the Xbox runs on direct x silly

Just plug your computer into your TV?

​@Zdude3313Z Not the same thing. Why would I bring my computer down the stairs or get a long as cable just to play on TV? Makes no sense when consoles are plug and play.

I.e becoming a 3rd party publisher. (ala SEGA)

I just bought the two games I regularly played on game pass and cancelled the subscription. It's cheaper in the long run

I loved mine too until it died. I only had it for 4 years.

I loved mine as well... But when you can get a series S for UNDER 299 now... It's kinda obsolete.

@nicholas.alan85 ??? One X is more powerful than Series S and has a drive. Also, my point was I bought a system and it broke. The 360 broke like 3 times on me. Xbox does not have a good history of long lasting systems. I have 2 ps4s and both are still running. One is a reg ps4 and one is a ps4 Pro.

@@unstopology as I said.. I loved my One X. But it is NOT more powerful than the series S . What because it can do 4k? The old Jaguar cores in the One X were OBSOLETE IN 2013! The series S has the SAME ZEN 2 CPU as the Series X. 1080-1440/120 fps VS. 4K (sometimes)/60 fps (sometimes) and no current Gen games supported. I never said the One X sucked. It's now just again....... Obsolete

@nicholas.alan85 You're stretching the definition of obsolete. It can run most games 4k and has a drive. Series S, obviously, plays current gen games. One X is not useless, just abandoned. I wouldn't consider a 1080p machine even current gen.

More than counts

damn yo

@@revemb4653 use LAN connection duuhh

you still have to install disc games tho…

In case you didn't know, ,even if you buy a disc for a console game, you have to download it still. See a disc as an activation key

@@bubi3875false. Worst case scenario, you’ll play the day one version of the game without any patches applied if applicable

LOL, if your PC can't handle GTA6, you really think a frigging Series S will???🤣

@@SeeDaRipper... Well, the series S is written in the trailer 😂😂 so it should be enough

@@teboho_26 It shouldn't even be considered IMHO, it just holds back the other consoles🤦‍♂

​@@SeeDaRipper...Well yes. Rockstar is forced to optimize for it and there will be no GTA 6 on PC for 1-2 Years. Getting an Cheap Series S rn is your cheapest way to get into GTA 6 when it launches

​@@SeeDaRipper...nah pc holds everything back by your logic, you still have people with no RT capable cards or with less than 8gb of vram, less than 8 CPU cores, etc., and the Series S has all of that

I was here thinking "but if he wanted to play God of War he needs a PlayStation" realized you were talking about Gears 💀

@@jarn5715 Lmao 💀

Poor Xbox, even their AAAA game Starfield and GamePass can't help Xbox

@@Hazeman. Where did blud pull out the 4th A 💀

@@tamarap8185 one of the higher ups claimed that their pirate game was AAAA

So this store was played 5 times (you would have thought the owner would have cottoned on?), and it's only 350 bucks??? (wow, the real estate in that area must be real low)😏

@@SeeDaRipper... OMG 😭😭😭 I meant they are selling a Xbox series x for that 😭😭 sorry I just woke up while writing that comment 😭

The 8th gen had the most comfortable ones, Dualshock 4, Xbox One Elite and Wii U Pro pad, but that Dualsense is fine as heck. Only issue with it is the stick drift, SEGA used Hall Effect sticks since they started using sticks on Saturn, why has no one else done it yet almost 30 years later? It's the one thing that stops me enjoying the Dualsense to the fullest, knowing that too much could make the sticks unusable at any time.

Even one of the biggest xbox fanboys like him is struggling selling this crap to people, it’s kind of hilarious 😂

I agree, the xseries controller feels better in my hands over the xbox one. Ive been using the xseries controller on my pc for the past few years and it has held up very well

people donr realise it,

for real tho lmao. There's no way in hell they're shoehorning CoD on a 25gb blu-ray.

More like pre-installation discs. I can't remember when last I bought a game on media which didn't need an immediate patch.

All this conversation around physic disc is by people who want to potray themselves as some kind of OG or purist of the gaming world. They claim to know so much about gaming and its experince but can't understand that even if there is disc drive it needs to be connected to the internet to install and play that game. And another argument they push forward is that 'what if the company decide to close down the server, then you will loose all your digital games'. Well it can be done in case of physical drives also, as they are now just installation disc with a tiny part of the game present there, that also for installation.

This is true, but on average physical games tend to become cheaper. Example I saw Elden ring for xbox physical around 40 dollars, digital is still 60 dollars.

Im getting an external 12TB hard drive to back up all of the games I've ever played. Releases from 1980 to 2024. Nice to have everything I ever enjoyed on one drive

But with discs on consoles you can games much cheaper. And sell your own games too. Digital doesn't give you that. Though there is piracy on pc

@@bubi3875 I think piracy is way over blown. That's like saying a big gulp is $1.99 at 7-11 although you can just steal it and walk out. Who even says that. If that's the case you can go to GameStop and steal the disk.

​@@justinseansI buy games that I am secure with and hyped about. The games that I am not sure I will like or not, I pirate them. And it saved me from wasting tons of money on bad games. If I was an American I would probably not care if I wasted 70 euro. But I am not

@@bubi3875 I've tried to pirate but the experience of downloading a 100gb file that might not work was annoying. At that point my recommendation would be to use Steam and you have an automated refund for any game as many times as you want for games that you have played less than 2 hours. That's a good window to see if a game works and you like it. I mean if you want to pirate anyway then sure. You're allowed to do that I guess. My only complaint is I don't like Denuvo and pirates are the reason they put that trash in the games.

Many games are 4k 60fps

Amen!

How? Where? When?

ATLsF1N3ST91 Why you cheaping out on your nephew like that?

@juancarlosalonso5664 He's 8yrs old. He plays rocket league and Fortnite exclusively...

Poor Xbox, even their AAAA game Starfield and GamePass can't help Xbox

You got any Xbox live issues?

Well on Xbox Series X you can play 360 games with its own original disc on it.But yea not same nostalgia

Also I hear exclusives but every game comes out on playstation is a 3rd person movie drivin game they play almost the same

2023, and the beginning of 2024 made me switch to PC. PS5 is having a dry period. Sony said their next big game won’t even come out until after April 2025.

Remember when they claimed all the distribution and packaging was why the games were expensive...and now their more than ever as a digital version

@@nebraskaninja1984 yeah I do remember that atleast the consoles are cheaper though

Not really, considering how often you have to upgrade a PC, hell a decent graphic card alone nowadays costs more than the consoles and you’ll have to upgrade it in 3 years max if you want to be able to play all the latest games… just a pain in the ass and not worth it imo.

​@@juancarlosalonso5664 For a PC that performs about twice as good as a console, with 3x the amount of storage its around $950-$1,100. Nvidia and AMD support their GPU's with around 6-8 years of updates. Games released today you might play 4k60, but same as a console 5 years later with no upgrades it might be 4k30 on games released then, saying you'd "Have" to upgrade isn't right. Difference is 5 years later for the console you have dumped an extra $500 into it, in just network fee's. Not to mention the extra cost of games purchased on the console stores. Games on console are usually about 20% to $20 more, + you got a $120 a year network cost associated with being able to play online games. I get it you can pay for a whole year and its cheaper, but majority pay by month. If Playstation and Xbox would separate the bundling of games, etc from the network fee I think it would really be much better. Like make the network fee be only $12 a year or something, just enough money to keep bots away from abusing it.

Games gets regular discounts on all platforms, thats a dumb argument, but yes paid online in stupid.

What makes you think it was disastrous? I love Starfield.

Why do u have it and never used it?