Aunty Treats
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Post by Aunty Treats on Jul 27, 2024 10:37:43 GMT
Does the beep when the Xbox turns on make anyone else think of Nintendo?
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Post by dangerousdave on Jul 27, 2024 11:05:32 GMT
I’ve never thought about it, but is it the same as the Wii?
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Post by baihu1983 on Jul 27, 2024 11:21:54 GMT
I switched that off as soon as you could.
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robthehermit
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Post by robthehermit on Jul 31, 2024 15:11:22 GMT
Yeah, no noise from mine either, I've also turned off the home button light on the controller. Fuck me, that gets annoying in a dark room.
So annoying in fact I've ordered myself a GameSir Kaleid with rgb lighting- anyone used one and have any thoughts?
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JonFE
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Post by JonFE on Jul 31, 2024 19:03:51 GMT
Yeah, no noise from mine either, I've also turned off the home button light on the controller. Fuck me, that gets annoying in a dark room. So annoying in fact I've ordered myself a GameSir Kaleid with rgb lighting- anyone used one and have any thoughts? I get the feeling you are not actually annoyed by the lights, now are ya? |
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Post by dfunked on Jul 31, 2024 20:11:17 GMT
Elite controller and blue guide button is where it's at. Looks great and not annoying in a dark room, or at least not as bad as the blinding white.
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robthehermit
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Post by robthehermit on Aug 1, 2024 8:36:28 GMT
Actually the rgb in the controller isn't terrible, and very easy to turn off.
It's rather nice, seems more responsive than the official controller as well. Lets see if the fables about no stick drift are true. The only thing I'm not sold on are the placement of the menu and start buttons - they probably couldn't be more awkward if they tried.
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hicksy
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Post by hicksy on Aug 1, 2024 13:22:18 GMT
Does the beep when the Xbox turns on make anyone else think of Nintendo? The Beep is da Boop! |
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A46Matt
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Post by A46Matt on Aug 3, 2024 17:24:21 GMT
Has anyone replaced the sticks on their controller before. If so, any recommendations? The rubber on mine has started to crater in the middle.
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Post by Phattso on Aug 3, 2024 18:47:14 GMT
Yep. Did the sticks and bumpers. Plenty of videos on YouTube and you can buy the parts you need on eBay for a tenner or so.
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KD
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Post by KD on Aug 3, 2024 18:59:46 GMT
Had some metal sticks on one of my xbox pads when the rubber went, took 5 mins and simple.
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Post by dfunked on Aug 4, 2024 14:46:38 GMT
Just took the faceplate off my elite controller and sprayed the dodgy RB with electric contact cleaner to fix it intermittently working.
On the plus side it worked, but the controller now looks a bit rubbish with the pristine seal broken.
First world problems.
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apollo
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Post by apollo on Aug 5, 2024 9:46:54 GMT
MS have nerfed the weekly console bonus for playing games, its now 150 points and 25 extra if you have ultimate (it was 250/275) If MS cut down on their netflix accounts, latte and avocado on toast, maybe they could afford to pay the rewards
It use to be so good and now its a even more of a sad joke
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Post by dfunked on Aug 5, 2024 10:00:45 GMT
I pinned the £5 reward recently instead of 1 month of GP and even that feels like a chore to reach now, especially without the AOE II PC cheese.
Barely managed to finish the monthly goals as it hardly feels worth it and I struggled to find the motivation to even fire up a game quickly to tick off a daily reward. I probably won't even attempt the next monthly rewards on Tuesday.
They've really gone down the toilet.
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Post by baihu1983 on Aug 5, 2024 21:28:07 GMT
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hicksy
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Post by hicksy on Aug 6, 2024 10:02:30 GMT
Will definitely be giving this a go. Hoping it doesn’t chug too badly on S!
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robthehermit
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Post by robthehermit on Aug 6, 2024 14:02:57 GMT
Series only, no One version.
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Post by pierrepressure on Aug 7, 2024 10:11:45 GMT
Catching up with Jedi Survivor and enjoying it so far though I feel like the combat is the weakest aspect, something about it just doesn't feel right.
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Post by baihu1983 on Aug 9, 2024 7:41:43 GMT
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hedben
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Post by hedben on Aug 9, 2024 17:51:37 GMT
I’m running out of storage space on my Series X, so I’m looking into external drives. Are there any third party ones that do the NVMe thing that means they support X/S optimized games, or is it still only the official Seagate ones that do?
It’s annoying because the main reason I’m running out of space is I need both the current gen and last gen versions of GTA - current for me, Xbox One version so my daughter can play with her mates who have older consoles. That plus my son always wants Hitman, Flight Simulator or both. So by the time I’ve installed all that and the other 2-3 games I play, there’s not much left.
I could get a cheaper SSD and stick the last gen GTA on it but that wouldn’t buy me much extra space for the cost.
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richardiox
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Post by richardiox on Aug 9, 2024 18:14:41 GMT
Advantage of a cheap(er) USB3 external SSD is that you still get faster loading on last gen titles and also it's really quick transferring Series X games back n forth - so with some management of your "what's playing" list you can avoid the still extortionate official NVMe drives.
Which yes, are still the only place you can launch S/X games from directly.
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Post by dfunked on Aug 9, 2024 18:25:03 GMT
Yeah, that's what I do. 2TB external SSD. Anything I'm currently playing sits on the internal and anything else gets shifted to the external. It's nice and rapid to transfer stuff that you want to play.
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Post by technoish on Aug 9, 2024 18:35:51 GMT
I forked out for the 2tb expansion. I was bored of having to sort myself out for the rare online sessions with a bunch of mates, when I always end up with the wrong games. And then it's obvs also the day my downloads go down to 30mbps (curse you Virgin).
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hedben
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Post by hedben on Aug 9, 2024 18:36:17 GMT
Good to know, I’ll probably go for a cheaper external SSD then, I’m not paying for a 2Tb NVMe when I could spend the same money on a Series S for my eldest and solve the problem that way  thanks all |
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Duffmangb
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Post by Duffmangb on Aug 14, 2024 12:48:29 GMT
Bought the new Sky Cipher Edition pad, it is well sexy! this is my 11th current pad...you know how people "collect" trainers I think I have the same issue with xbox contollers!
What I am really hoping for is a ltd Gears E-Day console and pad(s) when the game comes out.
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apollo
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Post by apollo on Aug 15, 2024 17:51:15 GMT
want to see more of Atomfall next week at Gamescom
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Post by baihu1983 on Aug 17, 2024 11:35:26 GMT
MS being MS
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Post by dangerousdave on Aug 17, 2024 13:16:21 GMT
Who makes all these decisions? With those weird 18 month developer contracts it’s almost like they’re purposefully trying to sabotage their own business
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Tuffty
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Post by Tuffty on Aug 17, 2024 16:57:44 GMT
Used to be the best platform to go to if you were an indie dev. Wonder if it's reflective of the likes of Marvel vs Capcom collection not getting XBox ports either.
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hicksy
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Post by hicksy on Aug 17, 2024 17:01:20 GMT
Quite funny reading all the xbox fans loosing their sh*t after the announcement of another yet unnamed x-box studios game being released on PS. Burn your x-boxes and all that lol!
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thanks all
