scoobs
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If Gears came to PC, I really don't see how Halo isn't coming as well.
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If you have a gaming PC, is there really any reason to own an Xbox?
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If Gears came to PC, I really don't see how Halo isn't coming as well.
The Xbox One is my most-used console. I briefly ran my PS4 to play the Resident Evil demo, but that's about it.
The Xbox One still has exclusives, gives out a bunch of free games, and, more importantly, has backwards compatibility, so there's a metric crapton of stuff to engage with. It's honestly the best console out there right now.
I also use plex as my media server, and the Xbox One's app is the best version I've encountered of that; great way to watch all my stuff on TV without having to change my audio cables or discs.
I'm also really wild about the ability to switch games. Sometimes I'm in the mood to play at my computer. Other times, my console. The whole Play Anywhere thing does a great job at that.
The Xbox One is honestly the best console that's ever been made, because it works so beautifully with my PC. It's a perfect compliment.
The Xbox One still has exclusives, gives out a bunch of free games, and, more importantly, has backwards compatibility, so there's a metric crapton of stuff to engage with. It's honestly the best console out there right now.
I also use plex as my media server, and the Xbox One's app is the best version I've encountered of that; great way to watch all my stuff on TV without having to change my audio cables or discs.
I'm also really wild about the ability to switch games. Sometimes I'm in the mood to play at my computer. Other times, my console. The whole Play Anywhere thing does a great job at that.
The Xbox One is honestly the best console that's ever been made, because it works so beautifully with my PC. It's a perfect compliment.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Unless you really care about Halo. Then no.
The Win10 Store is so bad that it's worth it for me. The console is dirt cheap anyway and Xbox exclusives drop in price immediately over here in Germany. I just bought Gears 4 and Horizon 3 as a bundle for 50 at GameStop. They can't get rid of their stock. I'll play through the games and use them for trade-in deal.
Dreams-Visions
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It isn't. It's still better than PSN, but neither come close to PC and the myriad of options available for communication, from Steam to Teamspeak to Mumble and everything in between, with proper keyboards, every controller and any kind of mic you can find.
Don't care for anything but the 4K player....which is why I bought one.
Still, there's a good chance if someone is mostly a PC gamer then they never had 360 games. I sure don't. I do love the Play Anywhere initiative though. I bought an Xbox One, 1TB, and Gears 4 for $270 but get to play Gears on my PC. S
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
I have a pc and xbox one. Recently sold my ps4 to fund the xb1s. Pc is a 6700K/16GB/1070. I bought an xbox one because there were no more exclusive PS4 titles i was interested in. Played driveclub, tlou, bloodborne, until dawn, uncharted, infamous, killzone etc. I know microsoft are bringing a lot of xbox games to windows like forza, halo, recore, quantum break, horizon 3, gears of war which is great but i bought the xb1 to play halo mcc, halo 5, and some 360 games i had lying about like fallout 3/new vegas, skate 3, red dead redemption, halo reach.
None of those games are on pc except fallout 3/nv. I have them but couldnt be bothered with the hassle of fixing them to get them working. You could also argue halo 5 is on pc but it's not the full game. No campaign and not so great multiplayer. Maybe when they get around to adding a server browser.
So yeah there was a reason for me to get one. Maybe not for you.
None of those games are on pc except fallout 3/nv. I have them but couldnt be bothered with the hassle of fixing them to get them working. You could also argue halo 5 is on pc but it's not the full game. No campaign and not so great multiplayer. Maybe when they get around to adding a server browser.
So yeah there was a reason for me to get one. Maybe not for you.
AntiFacebook
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If you have a gaming PC, you don't need any console
Jawbreaker
Member
For me? Not at all. I have an Xbox 360, and all future games will be on PC. My 1070 should hold nicely even post-Scorpio.
scoobs
Member
Would you care to explain in what ways it is clearly better than PSN? Their feature sets are exactly the same at this point, as far as i can tell it comes down to where your friends are playing and that is about it.
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
What a stupid thing to say. If you have only been playing on pc you've missed out on a lot of fantastic games. If you're not interested in any of the exclusives then that's a different story.
paperspace
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I think there is. The Windows Store/UWP platform is such headache it's not worth it. I don't own an Xbox One and never will, but their effort on PC is atrocious.
AntiFacebook
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Maybe, but I already have more than I can beat in a lifetime on the PC.
Shotgun Kiss
Member
Assuming you can pick up an XBox One for free, then absolutely.
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
That's your situation though not everyone elses.
I faced this dilemma as well and decided to sell my xbox one.
I didn't use BC as much as I thought i would
The two games I was looking forward to playing on my xbox one were crackdown 3 and gears. I didn't see the point of owning one for just two games
after the announcement of play anywhere that was the final nail in the coffin for me. I know ms backtracked on this so how they handle future play anywhere titles will determine if I stay being a consumer on thier xbox platform
I think I am falling out of love with consoles in general as they are losing what made them more viable to owning a PC. Why would i pay for a scorpio or pspro when I can invest that money to improve my gaming Pc and get better value and results
I didn't use BC as much as I thought i would
The two games I was looking forward to playing on my xbox one were crackdown 3 and gears. I didn't see the point of owning one for just two games
after the announcement of play anywhere that was the final nail in the coffin for me. I know ms backtracked on this so how they handle future play anywhere titles will determine if I stay being a consumer on thier xbox platform
I think I am falling out of love with consoles in general as they are losing what made them more viable to owning a PC. Why would i pay for a scorpio or pspro when I can invest that money to improve my gaming Pc and get better value and results
dreamlongdead
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Are there Xbox One exclusives that you want to play? The decision seems simple to me.
It's strange that this question is a somewhat common thread.
It's strange that this question is a somewhat common thread.
GhostOfSparta305
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Do any of your close friends play on Xbox?
blue_phazon
Member
Yeah they're pretty much the same nowadays. Although I did note that the audio quality in party chats is way better on Xbox. Maybe cause they're on dedis? I dunno
scoobs
Member
I think there are probably a lot of XB1 & PC owners who are trying to decide if they should sell their consoles and move exclusively to PC. Probably just trying to get some reassurance that they're not making a big mistake
That's the one feature I sadly don't understand. Why do I need to buy a stick to plug into my Xbox so I can watch TV on my TV?
You don't?
Works well with sky, bt, virgin and Freeview/freesat in the UK
By the way how many of these "confused" Xbox has no games/buy a gaming pc/this console is rubbish threads have popped up in the last few days?
Nastrodamous
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To play the games that aren't on pc. I have a pc with a 1080 and i end up just buying most of my games on my xbox.
scoobs
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Tizoc
Member
Yeah this, IHMO, are a good reason to own an X1.
Serious Sam
Member
It's worth it because:
Past and future exclusives (keep in mind that not all games will be Play Anywhere)
Backwards compatibility
Some play anywhere titles are broken / inferior on PC
Forza Horizon 3 performance was never fixed and you can't get stable 60fps, the only way to get stable fps is 30fps lock, but that introduced big input lag.
Gear 4 PC community is dead, they were testing cross play, but they might implement it or they might not. In any case ranked playlists are completely dead on PC.
Past and future exclusives (keep in mind that not all games will be Play Anywhere)
Backwards compatibility
Some play anywhere titles are broken / inferior on PC
Forza Horizon 3 performance was never fixed and you can't get stable 60fps, the only way to get stable fps is 30fps lock, but that introduced big input lag.
Gear 4 PC community is dead, they were testing cross play, but they might implement it or they might not. In any case ranked playlists are completely dead on PC.
Everything from now on will be on PC too. There will be a new Halo so if someone doesn't want to play Halo right now, I wouldn't use that as an argument for buying a piece of hardware that does the same thing but worse.
Xbox 360 BC is nice though if one cares about it.
There are some reasons to still own an Xbox, but the list has shrunk with the play anywhere initiative, and frankly if you have limited funds your money would be better spent on a PS4 or WiiU/Switch since you'll get access to another batch of exclusives you otherwise wouldn't.
Xbone still has some exclusives pre-play anywhere like Sunset Overdrive & Halo Master Collection. 4K Blu-ray Support will likely come to PC in the future, but it is available on Xbone S now. Due to Windows Store still being a growing pains platform, you're also likely going to get smaller multiplayer communities in PC version games without cross-play, but that's at least improving.
Honestly your best bet with an Xbone is as a more portable companion device for your PC, unless you have powerful laptop or something...then I guess the reasons shrink even more.
Xbone still has some exclusives pre-play anywhere like Sunset Overdrive & Halo Master Collection. 4K Blu-ray Support will likely come to PC in the future, but it is available on Xbone S now. Due to Windows Store still being a growing pains platform, you're also likely going to get smaller multiplayer communities in PC version games without cross-play, but that's at least improving.
Honestly your best bet with an Xbone is as a more portable companion device for your PC, unless you have powerful laptop or something...then I guess the reasons shrink even more.
hydrophilic attack
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sunset overdrive is the only reason i can think of
Baron von Loathsome
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Says the person with an avatar from a series that has never been on PC.
DarkoMaledictus
Tier Whore
i guess thats what you get when you release 80gb game on mobile store nobody wants to use
Toadthemushroom
Member
I can see three or four good reasons but they aren't going to be viable for every person. They certainly don't count for me:
1) Physical media and preowned. You can pick up something like Titanfall 2 at launch, play through the campaign, and sell it days after for a large proportion of what you paid at launch.
2) Multiplayer. The PC communities for console-led multiplayer games are arguably not as large as on console. In the case of less successful games like Evolve they are dire. Games like Destiny aren't available on PC either. It's the same situation on console for PC-led multiplayer games too, of course, but I'm assuming you already have a gaming PC and thus reap the benefits by default.
3) 360 Backwards compatibility.
4) 4k blu ray on the One S. A gaming PC could double as a media centre, but it'd be a very inefficient one for the job, kind of like if you only used your gaming PC for light word processing.
Huh, mobile and tablets are definitely an afterthought for Windows 10. Not the argument I'd use...
1) Physical media and preowned. You can pick up something like Titanfall 2 at launch, play through the campaign, and sell it days after for a large proportion of what you paid at launch.
2) Multiplayer. The PC communities for console-led multiplayer games are arguably not as large as on console. In the case of less successful games like Evolve they are dire. Games like Destiny aren't available on PC either. It's the same situation on console for PC-led multiplayer games too, of course, but I'm assuming you already have a gaming PC and thus reap the benefits by default.
3) 360 Backwards compatibility.
4) 4k blu ray on the One S. A gaming PC could double as a media centre, but it'd be a very inefficient one for the job, kind of like if you only used your gaming PC for light word processing.
Huh, mobile and tablets are definitely an afterthought for Windows 10. Not the argument I'd use...
DoctorEkkoUK
Member
I have a high end gaming PC and an Xbox one since launch. I find the xbox much more of a social gaming platform and use it mostly for playing with groups of 3-5 friends online. I always will go PC for single player graphically impressive games but I do find the multiplayer aspects are better on Xbox especially since it is much less common to encounter cheaters.
was not talking about windows itself, just about that abomination of a store which is pretty much just riff of appstore tranmsplanted to PC .... and fairly inferior even to GfWL marketplace .. let alone the launch states of actuall PC gaming stores/clients like Steam/Uplay/Origin
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
That's actually not completely correct.
But not on PC is English is accurate!
QuantumZebra
Member
As owner of a gaming PC and Xbox One S (and PS4) - yes, of course! It's worth it for BC and Xbone exclusives and the apps/features (especially 4k UHD streaming and bluray).
BUT I work in IT and when I get home I prefer sitting on my couch in front of my 55" and surround sound with a console-style environment.
I enjoy gaming more on a console anyway.
Side note: Xbox One S + Windows 10 + Lumia 950 phone is an awesome integration experience. I think they complement each other.
BUT I work in IT and when I get home I prefer sitting on my couch in front of my 55" and surround sound with a console-style environment.
I enjoy gaming more on a console anyway.
Side note: Xbox One S + Windows 10 + Lumia 950 phone is an awesome integration experience. I think they complement each other.
Sword Of Doom
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Not really. Some good deals on the XB1 S but I just couldn't find a reason to get one when I can play stuff on PC. (Bought a 3DS XL instead)
What year is it?
kruis
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I've got a PC with a core i7 6900K plus 1080p and a PS4 Pro. The only reason why I'm interested in the Xbox One S is as a cheap UHD player, not as a gaming console. It doesn't have enough horse power to compete with the others and the exclusives aren't there. Only game I'd ever buy was that Insomniac game.
Lister
Banned
2016.
But that guy definitely timed warped in from 2005, complete whit the bullshit, canned IT response thing too. I'm surprised he didn't go all angular graphics on us.
90% of GAF has 980ti's in SLI, work in IT, and, most importantly, just prefer the "console lifestyle".
Never even got a PS4/Xbox one and I don't even have a modern PC that can play all the 'latest & greatest' .
I'm still good with the combination of that and older consoles though, as there's so much I've yet to play and like 90 something % of the new AAA stuff doesn't even appeal to me anyway.
I'm still good with the combination of that and older consoles though, as there's so much I've yet to play and like 90 something % of the new AAA stuff doesn't even appeal to me anyway.