Gaming on Sidechat | I obviously can’t go into specifics because of the TOS, but some of the stuff mentioned in the new Xbox Insider survey has me reconsidering maybe switching to PC. Physical discs were mentioned quite a lot, as well as various price points for $ and $$ vers

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Gaming 8w

I obviously can’t go into specifics because of the TOS, but some of the stuff mentioned in the new Xbox Insider survey has me reconsidering maybe switching to PC. Physical discs were mentioned quite a lot, as well as various price points for $ and $$ vers

Anonymous 8w

I love that one of the questions was “How important is it to you that” - You can use social media apps (TikTok, instagram, etc) on your xbox console. - You can use physical discs to play games on your console If you’ve stuck with consoles up til now, chances are it’s because of physical games. Who the hell would say “I like owning my games, but I want to use a controller to scroll instagram even more!”

Anonymous 8w

This being the survey asking about features gamers want on the next gen Xbox console

Anonymous

#1 8w

I’ve stuck with consoles because pc gaming is really financially prohibitive. The price I paid for all the games I have (GameStop used games for the win) combined with what I paid for my various consoles over the year doesn’t even come close to what I’d have to spend on a gaming pc that would be noticeably better than what I’m currently using

Anonymous

#2 8w

Exactly the same boat I’m in. My Series X runs stuff great and the price to build even a comparable gaming PC would have probably been double the $550 I paid for it (extra $50 because it was the Halo Infinite special one with the design that also came with the game) I get so many amazing games for it second hand for cheap, especially visiting other countries where the Xbox is less popular. The UK in particular has insane deals on 360 stuff that’s region-free or series x compatible to bypass lock

Anonymous

#1 8w

also because something else this survey mentioned for people to select during t e "most important vs least important" section, was the possibility of the next gen xbox being able to play exosting games with higher graphical fidelity AND framerate, WITHOUT either ai-generated frames, and without requiring requiring an update/patch from the developers of the game!

Anonymous

#1 8w

Being able to play existing games with higher graphical fidelity and frame rate WITHOUT needing to use ai upscaling or updates from the devs sounds like a pipe dream but dammit you can call me a plumber then because that sounds amazing

Anonymous

#2 8w

I also remember seeing that when I did the survey. If they didn’t have some idea on how it could be done, then I doubt they’d put it there as an option.

Anonymous

#2 7w

Also remember it wasn’t too long ago that the idea of auto-HDR felt like a long way off and then the Series X had that. The main reason I didn’t go Xbox One -> PC is because of how many games I already owned that were either Series X enhanced or One X enhanced. I had a base model One so quite a there were plenty of games I’d never played on 60fps before. If they offer similar capabilities to enhance my existing stuff, that’s enough to get me to stick around.

Anonymous

#2 7w

For example, I’d LOVE to play the 3 Rocksteady Arkham games at 60+ fps but they never added support for it (despite it being available on the PC version) even though the Series X could easily run it. They’ll add new DLC for The Batman movie a few years ago, but Origins gets to have the title of the only one of the main 4 to run at 60fps on console I guess. If they could give us 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 I would be on board as it’d add so much replayability to my library.