The End of Xbox is Here

[Jeff]

Now Microsoft should end the console business, stick with steam and PC, and sell Rare back to Nintendo.

 

[moonbits]

to think there's still people holding on to the idea of Nintendo saving Rare after 25 years, talk about never moving on.

 

[Sorion]

to think there's still people holding on to the idea of Nintendo saving Rare after 25 years, talk about never moving on.

even if they buy it back, it's not the same Rare Ware from the early 2000's most people from back in the day already left the company

 

[Livekraft]

They say, "This is an xbox" But I still can't play my OG and 360 library of games on my Windows PCs.

It's what needs to happen. They have the resources, and are better than anybody at emulation and software.

I’ve got about 200 games across Xbox OG, 360, and One just sitting there like hostages. It's all good if Mrs. Bond decides to end Xbox as a console, as long as we can still play our "legacy" Xbox titles on Windows PC.

I really want to play Ninja Gaiden II and Panzer Dragoon Orta. Sometimes I regret selling my One X... if only I knew how bad things really are.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Yep, they're doing a Sega.

At least people are still fondly remembering Sega... I cannot say much about Microsoft outside of Halo.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Alright... Cool your jets, everyone.

No need to get this worked up over this.

 

[Yousef Yousef]

Xbox series s is fine as a shortcut for high end games and if you don’t care about eco systems but it’s a super short term solution and prices are bad so it’s probably better to get it second hand to mod it

 

[Samatonic Samatonic]

Nice pfp by the way @Waffles . Is it from somewhere or did you make it ?

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Nice pfp by the way @Waffles . Is it from somewhere or did you make it ?

It's "Hasty Delivery" from Hamster & Gretel. She's one of my favorite villains ever because she just took up stealing after "35 failed startups and three bankruptcies" -- relatable AF.

 

[Yousef Yousef]

It's "Hasty Delivery" from Hamster & Gretel. She's one of my favorite villains ever because she just took up stealing after "35 failed startups and three bankruptcies" -- relatable AF.

Oh hey it’s on Disney plus, which is already included in my phone plan, I’ll give it a look.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

You are deleting blatant joke responses to spiteful posts begging for widespread industry collapse.

No reason to get worked up, huh? Let's just shit on game developers, hope they "learn lessons" and lose jobs over whatever. No skin off the backs of freeloaders.

I didn't delete shit. If someone else did, then fine, but I like to trust people to shut up on their own without me getting involved.

Again, chill out.

 

[Samatonic Samatonic]

 

[nobitakun]

I wouldn't mind picking up a Series X/S for cheap on clearance. I'd probably just set it up as an emulation machine that I can easily move around from room to room.

I thought that 3 years ago, but nowadays makes no sense. There are mini PC's smaller and faster than Xbox Series S for the price of the console on clearance. And you have the extra of being able to use it for everything you want.

Not nearly as true as people like to pretend. I just built a new PC about three months ago and it cost me over $3,000 for modern hardware that wasn't even top of the line, and it STILL Can't play a lot of modern games at max setting because of how terribly optimized video games now are. A new console is literally 1/5th of that cost though they still struggle to perform for a lot of releases.

I am sorry to tell you that you built up the computer wrong, very wrong. If you spent that amount of money in a computer for playing videogames means you know little about how to take the most about hardware. First of all, forget about any GPU that costs over 400€, everything is overpriced and you don't need to pay their prices. Go to second hand market if necessary, and you will find impressive deals. A CPU? You absolutely don't need to spend more than 200€ in a CPU for playing EVERYTHING. A motherboard? around 100-120€ will do perfectly. The rest of things are cheap enough, and no need a stupidly fancy case. The power supply needs to be enough to cover everything with a margin of 40%. The disk can be SSD or if you feel fancier, a NVMe. Any PCIe 3.0 or 4.0 will do, and 1TB disks are very cheap. This is way below 1000€. If you go second hand with everything, you can get several deals and reduce the price almost by half.

I've built too many PC's and have seen tons of PC's that I didn't build to see most of the people do not know what are they doing with their money, and they are just repeating what they have, like having something expensive would mean anything.

 

[Yousef Yousef]

I thought that 3 years ago, but nowadays makes no sense. There are mini PC's smaller and faster than Xbox Series S for the price of the console on clearance. And you have the extra of being able to use it for everything you want.

True dat, the market is so much different now. Getting an affordable mid-to-high range pc is a lot easier than before and better long term solution with more stuff you can do on it. And personally I don’t like high end games that much, I’m ok playing mid range games or indies till the end of time.

I am sorry to tell you that you built up the computer wrong, very wrong. If you spent that amount of money in a computer for playing videogames means you know little about how to take the most about hardware. First of all, forget about any GPU that costs over 400€, everything is overpriced and you don't need to pay their prices. Go to second hand market if necessary, and you will find impressive deals. A CPU? You absolutely don't need to spend more than 200€ in a CPU for playing EVERYTHING. A motherboard? around 100-120€ will do perfectly. The rest of things are cheap enough, and no need a stupidly fancy case. The power supply needs to be enough to cover everything with a margin of 40%. The disk can be SSD or if you feel fancier, a NVMe. Any PCIe 3.0 or 4.0 will do, and 1TB disks are very cheap. This is way below 1000€. If you go second hand with everything, you can get several deals and reduce the price almost by half.

Yeah lol. Basically all this.

 

[TruxtonTatsujin]

That probably about how much I paid for mine, but I haven't had any performance issues. Then again I'm not playing these big budget games on day one. Also it's not fair to directly compare. You have to remember you're not just getting a little box for games, you're getting a whole ass PC.

Just wanna make a quick correction. Was like $3000 CAD but in USD I'd probably be around $2000. I don't know enough about PC building so I got a pre built HP Omen and have been able to run games at 4k no problem. Maybe not the most economical but I've been happy with it.

 

[nobitakun]

Just wanna make a quick correction. Was like $3000 CAD but in USD I'd probably be around $2000. I don't know enough about PC building so I got a pre built HP Omen and have been able to run games at 4k no problem. Maybe not the most economical but I've been happy with it.

Well, yeah, that's one of the society problems, we can't know everything, so it's not your fault. There are companies that do the work for us and charge us premium prices for things that are not. The PC you bought is probably worth half the price if we count raw power and find somebody that knows how to do something similar, but that's how it is.

I feel dumb when a plumber or an electrician comes to my home to fix something and charges me a lot of money, and maybe you could fix it by yourself, so don't worry about it :)

 

[TruxtonTatsujin]

Well, yeah, that's one of the society problems, we can't know everything, so it's not your fault. There are companies that do the work for us and charge us premium prices for things that are not. The PC you bought is probably worth half the price if we count raw power and find somebody that knows how to do something similar, but that's how it is.

I feel dumb when a plumber or an electrician comes to my home to fix something and charges me a lot of money, and maybe you could fix it by yourself, so don't worry about it :)

yeah I've had it for a few years and at the time the convenience of just getting something already complete was more valuable to me. Never had a gaming PC before but using and troubleshooting this one has taught me a bit about it. Will probably attempt to build one myself whenever I need an upgrade.

 

[ShadowsofCreationAga]

I thought that 3 years ago, but nowadays makes no sense. There are mini PC's smaller and faster than Xbox Series S for the price of the console on clearance. And you have the extra of being able to use it for everything you want.

I am sorry to tell you that you built up the computer wrong, very wrong. If you spent that amount of money in a computer for playing videogames means you know little about how to take the most about hardware. First of all, forget about any GPU that costs over 400€, everything is overpriced and you don't need to pay their prices. Go to second hand market if necessary, and you will find impressive deals. A CPU? You absolutely don't need to spend more than 200€ in a CPU for playing EVERYTHING. A motherboard? around 100-120€ will do perfectly. The rest of things are cheap enough, and no need a stupidly fancy case. The power supply needs to be enough to cover everything with a margin of 40%. The disk can be SSD or if you feel fancier, a NVMe. Any PCIe 3.0 or 4.0 will do, and 1TB disks are very cheap. This is way below 1000€. If you go second hand with everything, you can get several deals and reduce the price almost by half.

I've built too many PC's and have seen tons of PC's that I didn't build to see most of the people do not know what are they doing with their money, and they are just repeating what they have, like having something expensive would mean anything.

I think the ACTUAL PC parts were closer to 2,000, but I bought a fuckton of hard drives too. So I stand corrected on my own point.

 

[667]

I cancelled my Xbox Ultimate subscription. I found I was barely using it, and hiking the price up 50% is crazy.

 

[nobitakun]

I think the ACTUAL PC parts were closer to 2,000, but I bought a fuckton of hard drives too. So I stand corrected on my own point.

Then the PC is for something specific, not games. There is no point on buying many drives for one PC for playing games, the purpose should be a NAS. Disks can be as expensive as a car. The confusion was to just telling how much you spent and talk about playing modern games, like for playing games a PC this expensive would be needed.

 

[Advil Lavs]

Hopefully hackers will find a way how to crack open the Series X/S soon after it gets discountinued. It would make a pretty good emulation machiene.

 

[petran79]

A good pc nowadays costs 5 years of Ultimate Pass subscription

 

[Nickakyoin]

I'm unsure if to ever get an original Xbox considering the corrosive issue it has. Xbox One and Series X are where I couldn't give any less and completely moved on Steam.
I did appreciated quite a lot the 360 and their exclusives. But still never felt ultra fond of Microsoft's big one.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

The original Xbox is too big for its own good imo.

I did appreciated quite a lot the 360 and their exclusives.

Glad X360 emulation is more viable but I'd still prefer if we natively got their games on PC.

 

[Lena CE]

At least people will look back on the original Xbox and 360 fondly, but man its so sad to see such a drawn out and disappointing end to a console ecosystem. Not like Sony is much better from a quality perspective though, they just happen to sell more of their equally meh box.