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PostRe: Xbox One X (formerly Project Scorpio) - £450, 7/11/17
by Peter Crisp » Wed Jul 05, 2017 1:48 pm

We know the release date and if Microsoft has any sense stock will be plentiful so I'm not bothered about a lack of ability to order it yet.
I just hope the xbox pad is more robust than the PS4 pad as I don't intend to buy spares.

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PostRe: Xbox One X (formerly Project Scorpio) - £450, 7/11/17
by BID0 » Wed Jul 05, 2017 1:56 pm

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BID0 wrote:still no place to preorder this?

I don't believe so, BID0. Usually consoles are announced with pre-orders ready to be taken pretty sharpish... MS seems to be doing things a little differently here.


At the price MS are trying to flog them for, I don’t think anybody needs to worry about stock running out on release day. :slol:

I want to get it ordered so I don't forget about it come day 1 :lol: or change my mind :slol:

Peter Crisp wrote:We know the release date and if Microsoft has any sense stock will be plentiful so I'm not bothered about a lack of ability to order it yet.
I just hope the xbox pad is more robust than the PS4 pad as I don't intend to buy spares.

I'm a little disappointed this is coming with the regular pad and not the souped up one. I would have rather spent a little bit more money if Microsoft could have sold the controller at close to cost :shifty:

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PostRe: Xbox One X (formerly Project Scorpio) - £450, 7/11/17
by Photek » Wed Jul 05, 2017 2:25 pm

Moggy wrote:
jawafour wrote:
BID0 wrote:still no place to preorder this?

I don't believe so, BID0. Usually consoles are announced with pre-orders ready to be taken pretty sharpish... MS seems to be doing things a little differently here.


At the price MS are trying to flog them for, I don’t think anybody needs to worry about stock running out on release day. :slol:

Smyths over here stopped taking pre-orders. I thought my missus had said she pre ordered a few weeks ago but she merely asked if she could. :fp:

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PostRe: Xbox One X (formerly Project Scorpio) - £450, 7/11/17
by Photek » Wed Jul 05, 2017 2:28 pm

Peter Crisp wrote:We know the release date and if Microsoft has any sense stock will be plentiful so I'm not bothered about a lack of ability to order it yet.
I just hope the xbox pad is more robust than the PS4 pad as I don't intend to buy spares.

Drift is a problem, as in both my pads push forward on left stick slightly. Oddly, i went back to original pad and it had stopped. So I'm using my Day One 2013 pad and it's fine.

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PostRe: Xbox One X (formerly Project Scorpio) - £450, 7/11/17
by Moggy » Wed Jul 05, 2017 2:43 pm

Photek wrote:
Moggy wrote:
jawafour wrote:
BID0 wrote:still no place to preorder this?

I don't believe so, BID0. Usually consoles are announced with pre-orders ready to be taken pretty sharpish... MS seems to be doing things a little differently here.


At the price MS are trying to flog them for, I don’t think anybody needs to worry about stock running out on release day. :slol:

Smyths over here stopped taking pre-orders. I thought my missus had said she pre ordered a few weeks ago but she merely asked if she could. :fp:


I can imagine Smyths thinking “Wow, let’s get started with the pre-orders, demand is going to be overwhelming!”

And then they quietly stopped “taking” pre-orders after nobody signed up…

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PostRe: Xbox One X (formerly Project Scorpio) - £450, 7/11/17
by Monkey Man » Wed Jul 05, 2017 2:50 pm

The Xbox One X hasn't got FCC approval yet so you can't pre-order it.

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PostRe: Xbox One X (formerly Project Scorpio) - £450, 7/11/17
by Peter Crisp » Wed Jul 05, 2017 3:13 pm

I bet they're just sat about all smug that they get to play with this fancy new machine that we can't even pre-order yet.

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PostRe: Xbox One X (formerly Project Scorpio) - £450, 7/11/17
by Photek » Wed Jul 05, 2017 4:29 pm

Monkey Man wrote:The Xbox One X hasn't got FCC approval yet so you can't pre-order it.

Yeah, well that's kinda what guy said, they have taken pre-orders but have stopped until they have word of numbers from Microsoft.

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PostRe: Xbox One X (formerly Project Scorpio) - £450, 7/11/17
by Jordan UK » Wed Jul 05, 2017 8:43 pm



Seems pretty promising. Most games will output to 4k at current refresh rates without needing lots of work. Some games and engines have loads of GPU usage to spare for other flourishes. Some engines (especially ones that were 900p or below and are very GLU intensive and / or run at 60fps) will need some sort of resolution scaling but 4k isn't being ruled out.

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PostRe: Xbox One X (formerly Project Scorpio) - £450, 7/11/17
by Peter Crisp » Thu Jul 06, 2017 12:10 am

Considering how well chequerboard rendering has worked on the PS4 Pro I'd be happy for the more complex games to use that and have solid frame rates.

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PostRe: Xbox One X (formerly Project Scorpio) - £450, 7/11/17
by Photek » Thu Jul 06, 2017 6:33 pm

twitter.com/halo/status/882992740304289792


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PostRe: Xbox One X (formerly Project Scorpio) - £450, 7/11/17
by Jordan UK » Thu Jul 06, 2017 9:53 pm

Photek wrote:

twitter.com/halo/status/882992740304289792



Awesome! Gives me an excuse to go through the campaign again! :)

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PostRe: Xbox One X (formerly Project Scorpio) - £450, 7/11/17
by bear » Thu Jul 06, 2017 10:32 pm

For what it's worth, Smyths never took preorders but you can register your interest so they'll contact you when preorders open.

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by Gemini73 » Sun Jul 09, 2017 5:04 pm

Gemini73 wrote:I reckon £449



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PostRe: Xbox One X (formerly Project Scorpio) - £450, 7/11/17
by Peter Crisp » Mon Jul 10, 2017 11:03 am

It will be interesting to see how much difference the faster hdd and ram make with the OS.
Surely it should be super speedy silky smooth.

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PostRe: Xbox One X (formerly Project Scorpio) - £450, 7/11/17
by Photek » Mon Jul 10, 2017 8:01 pm

Peter Crisp wrote:It will be interesting to see how much difference the faster hdd and ram make with the OS.
Surely it should be super speedy silky smooth.

It's pretty good as it is.

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PostRe: Xbox One X (formerly Project Scorpio) - £450, 7/11/17
by Monkey Man » Mon Jul 24, 2017 2:06 pm

twitter.com/XboxP3/status/889343117156950017


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PostRe: Xbox One X (formerly Project Scorpio) - £450, 7/11/17
by Peter Crisp » Mon Jul 24, 2017 3:05 pm

I hope they announce some bundle offers.

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PostRe: Xbox One X (formerly Project Scorpio) - £450, 7/11/17
by Peter Crisp » Tue Jul 25, 2017 1:48 pm

So, who's pretty sure of getting this?
I am as I don't have an xbone and I quite fancy giving the exclusives a try and having games run at what will surely be best versions of this gen consoles is always nice.

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PostRe: Xbox One X (formerly Project Scorpio) - £450, 7/11/17
by jawafour » Tue Jul 25, 2017 1:55 pm

Peter Crisp wrote:So, who's pretty sure of getting this? ...

I was tempted, Peter, but I feel too invested in PlayStation to switch back to Xbox. Games, PS Plus, Final Fantasy sub, controllers, charger, headset... I have been well into the PS4 and, having got a Pro, I am hoping that it will last me for quite some time.

I'm hoping that the X does really well, though, as that will drive Sony to raise it's game in terms of support for the Pro.

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