Xbox Series X|S Thread - Power Your Dreams. Perfectly Dark.

Cheeky Devlin wrote:It's also the reason that the versions of GTA you get online just now are objectively lesser than their original releases. I believe the licence for music use in perpetuity is tends to be much more expensive. So Rockstar only paid for time-limited licences for the music in those games, meaning they've actually gone in and removed some songs from the game.

If this was just for versions sold going forward it would be shite, but understandable, however they've actually issued patches for existing customers effectively removing the music from copies that are already out there. So they are literally going into your games and removing content you paid for.

BID0 wrote:

Cheeky Devlin wrote:It's also the reason that the versions of GTA you get online just now are objectively lesser than their original releases. I believe the licence for music use in perpetuity is tends to be much more expensive. So Rockstar only paid for time-limited licences for the music in those games, meaning they've actually gone in and removed some songs from the game.

If this was just for versions sold going forward it would be shite, but understandable, however they've actually issued patches for existing customers effectively removing the music from copies that are already out there. So they are literally going into your games and removing content you paid for.

AFAIK you can't licence music in perpetuity, you licence it for 5 years use and relicense for every 5 year period after that to continue using it in the manor it was covered in the licence.

There's no legal reason a game that you've bought before should be patched and have content removed. That's a choice of the product creator to make it cheaper to administer their product beyond the licence expiry and it's probably not likely to be a problem for many games outside of GTA that still sell enough to warrant keeping on a store to sell, most will be pulled from sale instead.

It's only really become a thing now because we have moved over to digital products which enable something to be sold indefinitely which is not something that happens with physical product that are produced as new for X amount of print runs.

Robbo-92 wrote:Except QR not working all the time I’ve only got one other minor gripe and it’s with the controller/play and charge kit. When you plug the pad into charge it’s fine but you get no notification when it’s fully charged? You get plenty when it’s running out of power but none saying it’s finished charging. Also when you assume it’s fully charged and unplug it, it’s hit or miss whether it reconnects or not. Anyone else having a similar issue? Or just me?

Photek wrote:

Robbo-92 wrote:Except QR not working all the time I’ve only got one other minor gripe and it’s with the controller/play and charge kit. When you plug the pad into charge it’s fine but you get no notification when it’s fully charged? You get plenty when it’s running out of power but none saying it’s finished charging. Also when you assume it’s fully charged and unplug it, it’s hit or miss whether it reconnects or not. Anyone else having a similar issue? Or just me?

I've been fortunate but it's an issue they are aware of and are apparently 'working to resolve'.

Peter Crisp wrote:When do you guys think we'll start seeing updates on all the studios Microsoft bought?
There's a pretty shocking lack of SX/SS exclusives at the moment and while I know they don't want to drop the XBO just yet they could at least start letting info out about exclusives coming soon.

Xbox Series X will be in short supply until at least June, Microsoft admits

Demand for Microsoft’s latest Xbox Series X console is high, but supply isn’t likely to keep up until at least through June now. In an interview with The New York Times, Microsoft’s head of investor relations, Mike Spencer, revealed supply of its new Xbox consoles will be constrained at least through June.

Microsoft had warned that the Xbox Series X would be in short supply until at least April or beyond, and it’s now clear the wait for stock is going to continue for longer. The difficult supply situation does mean that Microsoft sold every Xbox unit it had last quarter, during a quarter it hit $5 billion in gaming revenue for the first time ever.

It’s been incredibly difficult to buy an Xbox Series X, PS5, or even the latest AMD and Nvidia GPUs in recent months. These shortages look set to continue through most of 2021, with AMD CEO Lisa Su warning there might not be capacity until the second half of the year. “The industry does need to increase the overall capacity levels,” said Su on an earnings call last week. “And so we do see some tightness through the first half of the year, but there’s added capacity in the second half.” AMD saw supply constraints in the PC market, particularly the low end, and in gaming toward the end of 2020.

Part of the problem for retailers and consumers is scalpers, too. The real cost of a new GPU or game console was incredibly high toward the end of 2020, thanks to eBay resellers. It’s an issue that has proved difficult for the entire industry to tackle, and it means the wait for a PS5, Xbox Series X, or new GPU will continue for most people for most of 2021.

andythevillan wrote:My launch Series X is on it's way back to MS service for a replacement. Worked fine until 2 days ago it started randomly shutting down and crashing. Nothing to do with playing the latest COD/AC games. Full reset didn't solve it and no problem with the power cable. Looking online some people think there is a bad batch manufactured around July/August.

rinks wrote:

andythevillan wrote:My launch Series X is on it's way back to MS service for a replacement. Worked fine until 2 days ago it started randomly shutting down and crashing. Nothing to do with playing the latest COD/AC games. Full reset didn't solve it and no problem with the power cable. Looking online some people think there is a bad batch manufactured around July/August.

Ah crap. Have they said if you’ll get a replacement immediately? Presumably they’re now keeping some in stock for replacements, despite the shortage.

KK wrote:Found this article from the March (February) 2006 Official Xbox 360 magazine; reminded me, despite loads of people currently having a 'mare getting hold of a PS5 and Xbox Series X at the moment, the launch of the Xbox 360 wasn't that much better either...

LewisD wrote:

KK wrote:Found this article from the March (February) 2006 Official Xbox 360 magazine; reminded me, despite loads of people currently having a 'mare getting hold of a PS5 and Xbox Series X at the moment, the launch of the Xbox 360 wasn't that much better either...

Oh man the 360 launch. I tried everywhere at the time. Back then your best option was trudging to shops/phoning around.

Managed to get the very last one on the shelf at Woolworths in the peacock shopping centre in Woking.
Just on the off chance too, I'd damn near given up hope of getting one.

Got Call of Duty 2 and PGR3 with it too .

I then go so excited that when I caught up with my family in the food court I put the whole bag of console and games straight on top of my niece's happy meal without realising. She was gutted.

Peter Crisp wrote:If you have a series X and a decent TV remember to go into the xbox's video settings, Video fidelity and select 10 bit colour depth (the default is 8bit) and change colour space to PC RGB as this makes quite a difference.
Just make sure it works on your TV by waiting a few seconds before confirming as it will change back if it doesn't work.

andythevillan wrote:Received email from MS service unit that my replacement Series X is dispatched. Very quick 48hr turn around time to replace my faulty machine thought it would be a couple of weeks at least