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You don’t see the difference between an Xbox and a gaming pc running windows?

solardev 3y ago
Not really? I bought an Xbox when I couldn't afford a gaming PC, but beyond that, they are very similar. Especially these days. Microsoft even sells a Xbox ultimate pass that works on PC and lets you play or stream many cross platform games. You can also play them on geforce now. Xbox to me is just a cheap gaming PC with a kiosk OS.
ToucanLoucan 3y ago
Sure there's a difference, an XBox sucks. Besides that? Not particularly. The input devices are worse, the underlying hardware and software is worse, the fact it only supports a measly 60hz at 4K^1 blows. I used to love XBoxes and have many great memories of my original and 360, but ever since the XBox One it's just been a bloated, slow PC with a bad interface front for Windows. I own one because occasionally I like to play Halo 5. That's literally it. [1]: What Microsoft calls 4K which is like 2560x1440 upscaled slightly on the vast majority of games.*
- JohnBooty 3y ago
  I'm not gonna disagree with your reasons for liking or disliking a gaming console. Gaming consoles are for fun, your preferences don't have to make logical sense. But... but ever since the XBox One it's just been a bloated, slow PC with a bad interface front for Windows. Huh? The original XBox and 360 were also slow (relative to higher-end PCs of their day) systems running Windows variants.
  - ToucanLoucan 3y ago
    Yes but they didn't feel slow. The One does and so do it's iterations. They all run slow, download slow, and just feel sluggish to use. Even the Switch which is INCREDIBLY limited on the hardware front feels snappy and responsive. Every console has always had worse hardware compared to a PC, that's a given, but almost all of them don't feel that way because the developers know the platform and can squeeze every last cycle out of the hardware. The One has NEVER felt nice to use. Ever.
    - JohnBooty 3y ago
      That makes more sense, I guess. I've never used an XBOne so I don't have an opinion as to how responsive it feels.
      - ToucanLoucan 3y ago
        It is truly awful. Menus take an atrocious amount of time to load, everything is buried several screens deep into massive UI elements that usually amount to huge boxes of solid color, the home screen itself seems to lag quite badly which is just embarrassing for a device that can also run Halo 5 at 2K/60hz without issue, is choking to death on a bunch of fucking boxes.
        JohnBooty 3y ago
        Yikes! And also, I really appreciate the clarification.
        ToucanLoucan 3y ago
        Yeah for sure man. I know a lotta PC guys give consoles shit (rightfully so :D) but I enjoy them too, my PS5 is the slickest thing I've ever used, and the switch is a remarkable little piece of kit, with some stumblings here and there, but yeah, between the severe dip in quality in the XBox One and subsequent iterations, and Microsoft's move to really amp up the experience for PC gaming on the XBox network, I just feel an XBox is a bad proposition these days. It's just a shitty PC that's locked down and you can't fix it.

Not really? I bought an Xbox when I couldn't afford a gaming PC, but beyond that, they are very similar. Especially these days. Microsoft even sells a Xbox ultimate pass that works on PC and lets you play or stream many cross platform games. You can also play them on geforce now. Xbox to me is just a cheap gaming PC with a kiosk OS.

ToucanLoucan 3y ago

Sure there's a difference, an XBox sucks. Besides that? Not particularly. The input devices are worse, the underlying hardware and software is worse, the fact it only supports a measly 60hz at 4K^1 blows. I used to love XBoxes and have many great memories of my original and 360, but ever since the XBox One it's just been a bloated, slow PC with a bad interface front for Windows. I own one because occasionally I like to play Halo 5. That's literally it. [1]: What Microsoft calls 4K which is like 2560x1440 upscaled slightly on the vast majority of games.*

JohnBooty 3y ago
I'm not gonna disagree with your reasons for liking or disliking a gaming console. Gaming consoles are for fun, your preferences don't have to make logical sense. But... but ever since the XBox One it's just been a bloated, slow PC with a bad interface front for Windows. Huh? The original XBox and 360 were also slow (relative to higher-end PCs of their day) systems running Windows variants.
- ToucanLoucan 3y ago
  Yes but they didn't feel slow. The One does and so do it's iterations. They all run slow, download slow, and just feel sluggish to use. Even the Switch which is INCREDIBLY limited on the hardware front feels snappy and responsive. Every console has always had worse hardware compared to a PC, that's a given, but almost all of them don't feel that way because the developers know the platform and can squeeze every last cycle out of the hardware. The One has NEVER felt nice to use. Ever.
  - JohnBooty 3y ago
    That makes more sense, I guess. I've never used an XBOne so I don't have an opinion as to how responsive it feels.
    - ToucanLoucan 3y ago
      It is truly awful. Menus take an atrocious amount of time to load, everything is buried several screens deep into massive UI elements that usually amount to huge boxes of solid color, the home screen itself seems to lag quite badly which is just embarrassing for a device that can also run Halo 5 at 2K/60hz without issue, is choking to death on a bunch of fucking boxes.
      - JohnBooty 3y ago
        Yikes! And also, I really appreciate the clarification.
        ToucanLoucan 3y ago
        Yeah for sure man. I know a lotta PC guys give consoles shit (rightfully so :D) but I enjoy them too, my PS5 is the slickest thing I've ever used, and the switch is a remarkable little piece of kit, with some stumblings here and there, but yeah, between the severe dip in quality in the XBox One and subsequent iterations, and Microsoft's move to really amp up the experience for PC gaming on the XBox network, I just feel an XBox is a bad proposition these days. It's just a shitty PC that's locked down and you can't fix it.