r/XboxSeriesX • u/Asleep-Sprinkles-760 • Apr 20 '24

This generation has been underwhelming Discussion

I bought a Series X at launch, and can’t think of a single game that has impressed me this gen. I’m a big Halo fan, and Halo Infinite felt like a letdown. I’m a Forza fan, and Forza Motorsport felt like a massive disappointment. I was exited for Starfield, but was underwhelmed after playing it.

It just feels like we’ve had no heavy hitters this gen, even 3rd party AAA games have been average at best. I guess the only hope I have left is with Gears 6, but aside from that, Microsoft needs to get their act together and start releasing some new games. It feels like games are taking way too long to make these days, we used to get bangers every year in the 360 gen. Even the Xbox One had more compelling games than what we have now

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u/Shikadi314 Apr 21 '24

Things are great always in any part of life if “money isn’t a barrier” tho

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u/the-pessimist Apr 21 '24

You can get refurbished Steam Decks direct from Valve starting at $279 right now. Given that's cheaper than any current gen console, I think that even counts as "money is a barrier" territory.

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u/Impressive-Can-1125 Apr 21 '24

I got one of the first Oleds released, you get a one time notification that you got one of the first devices created, and then never see it again, wish I'd of gotten the LCD though because of screen burn worries, fh5 alone I have like 230 hours into, but also use the official dock sometimes, it is nice but that anti cheat thing, if you plan on playing call of duty of a good amount of other games you can't unless you get Windows on it

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u/the-pessimist Apr 21 '24

Yes with either a dock or a USB-C to HDMI (or DVI or DisplayPort) adaptor. Any dock that also has a USB-C in (for power) is much better though or you'd be limited by battery life. Valve has an official dock but a lot of users prefer off brand options for a variety of reasons, one of which is that Valve's is notably more expensive. I think I spent about $40 on mine and it's worked perfectly the whole time.

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u/DefenderCone97 Apr 21 '24

Yeah, but you should add a USB doc for about 50 bucks

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u/SqueezyCheez85 Apr 21 '24

Yeah, but I'm saying as far as the games go. There was a time where owning a super high end PC didn't really matter because the game selection was so shitty. It's been really nice lately for PC gamers (other than the cost of the hardware).

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u/thrutheseventh Apr 21 '24

Idk why he even mentioned that. Pc/steam has absurdly good sales all the time, and if youre okay with using cdkeys or othersites you can get nearly all games for half off or less