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[Barakov]

Seems fine. Glad they got rid of the green.

 

[Chente Fernandez]

The captions say "New Xbox Sound" lol

 

[DonF]

 

[//DEVIL//]

if the first video of in the OP is the xbox boot up then i am in love. so simple and pretty.

 

[jakinov]

From all of the boot screens I've seen or heard, this is the 2nd best by far, only a very, VERY little bit bellow the masterpiece that the PS3-fat intro (pre-3.0)is.



I mean...when a console is booting, is basically initializing every component on it and getting it ready to play a game. The use of the recording of an orchestra, tuning their instruments on "La" previous to the entrance of the conductor is an analogy so on point that it's just sublime: every instrument of the orchestra is getting ready, as every component on the console is.

As a fan of live classical music, the expectation that the tuning creates previous to the interpretation of a piece gives me the chills.

Hearing it now, it honestly just brings me personally back bad memories of how shitty the OS was.

 

[01011001]

the thing is... at least it has one. the PS4 and it's boring ass epilepsy warning screen is a real downer, especially since the PS1 has the most iconic boot screen ever made... how the mighty have fallen!

that PS1 boot up is so good I recently started playing a bunch of PS1 games on emulator again and I refuse to turn on the setting to skip the boot up because it's that good that I don't care if I waste a few seconds with every game I start

 

[Deleted member 17706]

The king.

 

[Kev Kev]

 

[mango drank]

I think Windows ME at least takes the cake for shittiest.

Funnily enough, as much flak as Win ME gets, I had way more trouble with Win 98. The machine I had Win 98 installed on would get crufty within weeks, and usually necessitated a pave and reinstall of the OS every couple of months. Otoh, the laptop I had Win ME on had a bunch of hardware problems, but the OS itself was fine, hilariously.

 

[SurprisedPikachu]

Hearing the PS1 and Gamecube startup noise is a great way to give me a stiffy.

 

[Md Ray]

It sounds like this.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Yup. Still the best.

My second best.

 

[Bullet Club]

I like it. It looks and sounds good.

 

[DrAspirino]

Hearing it now, it honestly just brings me personally back bad memories of how shitty the OS was.

Never said the OS was good, just the boot up sound

 

[Godzilla Emu]

It actually reminds me of the PS1 startup just a little more subtle, but it even has the 2nd transition. I do like how the Logo reveals itself makes me think of a sunrise.

That was my reaction too. The PS1 intro was the first thing I thought of when I first heard the XSX boot intro. That's definitely a positive in my book .

 

[lachesis]

I hated PS1 and PS2 opening - because those are only 2 consoles that I had issues with disc read errors.
Every time I turned it on - I was literally praying.... that it would load. On PS1, I had to turn the whole thing upside down to load some games, and on PS2... that dreaded red cloud screen...

I even ended up getting disc cleaner for PS1 and PS2, never really had to use any other consoles though.

 

[Stiflers Mom]

Like the new sound...
Best one was Dreamcast.
Close follow up PS3.

 

[BusierDonkey]

I like the new one, simple but not too simple.

I think the OG X360 opener was my favorite Xbox opener

 

[teezzy]

Maybe if I hold down Rb it'll use this instead:



Cant wait to hook a Duke up to my Series X.

*puffs cigar*

 

[Jigsaah]

Playstation 1 had the best boot screen IMO

 

[Snaggletooth]

The sound starts with promise and then disappointingly fizzles out.

 

[SirTerry-T]

It's weird but despite it being the "black sheep" of the 32 bit console era, The (euro) Saturn startup is the one I most fondly remember.

 

[rofif]

I like the new one, simple but not too simple.

I think the OG X360 opener was my favorite Xbox opener

+blades... omfg I want that back

 

[Kev Kev]

its not necessarily a good one, but it does bring back good memories

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Takes too long. Is this cause of slower SSD?

 

[Breakage]

The Dreamcast has the most relaxing boot up:



It's good that Microsoft is bringing back boot animations (if that is indeed the case). They are an iconic part of the console experience.

 

[Moses85]

The king.

 

[Breakage]

PS2's red screen made you contemplate life:


I loved Sony's theme of bizarre mixed with futuristic during the PS2's early years.

 

[KAOS]

1. PS1
2. Dreamcast
3, Neo Geo
And if this is the new XsX one it has promise!

 

[888]

Much better than the Xbox One X 4K one that really wanted to be a THX promo:

I liked that one. Made my sub thump. But I like THX demos lol.

 

[kingpotato]

The captions say "New Xbox Sound" lol

I didn't notice

 

[Orenji Neko]

Still my favorite. Sadly my first broke and model 2 is a different picture (Sonic) but they kept the same startup music which is great.

 

[Barakov]

The Dreamcast has the most relaxing boot up:



It's good that Microsoft is bringing back boot animations (if that is indeed the case). They are an iconic part of the console experience.

Still the GOAT.

 

[D.Final]

Not bad, but I still get chills hearing this one:


Here's a nice collection for reference:

I think that's is quietly good

 

[93xfan]

Best intro ever. Even better than the GameCube.
New Xbox intro is nice, btw

 

[TimFL]

Better than the mess that was the XB1X oompf sound that woke up your whole neighborhood if you forgot to mute or heavily tune down the TV volume (rip if your soundbar was on).

 

[B_Boss]

Man....for me: NeoGeo, PS1 and PS3. PS3 in particular had a beautiful startup sound. Those strings man....I don’t think I could ever choose between these 3 ....

 

[fse]

Sounds alright. I just don't want the console to beep when I turn it on.