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Did Asha make this decision? If so...Cloud is coming so hard next gen. I am not here for it.
xCloud is already a part of all Gamepass tiers minus the PC tier. Did you really think MS and AMD designed a GPU die more powerful than RTX 6090 to do nothing with? MS is setting the stage for true triple purpose Cloud chips rather than relying on custom Series X server blades. Usable for Azure AI, Enterprise, and Xbox Cloud.
 


this guy unnerves me

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Member these halcyon days of 2024

You can still get Series S in the UK second hand for £130 and even less. I see PS5 Slim Digitals for £250-£280 too.

The price rises just haven't hit the second hand market which is why I find it funny when there's a price rise and people think that means they'll be able to sell the one they own for a higher price too.

The Xbox Series X going up $150 doesn't mean the one you already own will sell for $150 more.
 
xCloud is already a part of all Gamepass tiers minus the PC tier. Did you really think MS and AMD designed a GPU die more powerful than RTX 6090 to do nothing with? MS is setting the stage for true triple purpose Cloud chips rather than relying on custom Series X server blades. Usable for Azure AI, Enterprise, and Xbox Cloud.
Dear Gaffer from the future,

I was not aware that the 6090 even existed, let alone that Xbox had designed a GPU even more powerful than it. Could you tell me, what is the state of the world in your time? Has AI taken over the human race? Did they manage to get those sex robots to be fully automated? Is john Connor actually Neo from the Matrix?
I could be willing not to start a revolution against our new AI overlords should the aforementioned sex robots live up to their promise.
 
xCloud is already a part of all Gamepass tiers minus the PC tier. Did you really think MS and AMD designed a GPU die more powerful than RTX 6090 to do nothing with? MS is setting the stage for true triple purpose Cloud chips rather than relying on custom Series X server blades. Usable for Azure AI, Enterprise, and Xbox Cloud.

Come on man, you couldn't come across as a bigger Microsoft shill even if you tried, ever since you joined, the overwhelming majority of your posts have been some variation of defending Microsoft or trying to score gotcha points against its critics.

Andthen you seriously expect people to believe that your time as a moderator on Xbox/MS subreddits is completely unrelated? You'll have to forgive me if I find that very hard to believe.

Jesus
 
Come on man, you couldn't come across as a bigger Microsoft shill even if you tried, ever since you joined, the overwhelming majority of your posts have been some variation of defending Microsoft or trying to score gotcha points against its critics.

Andthen you seriously expect people to believe that your time as a moderator on Xbox/MS subreddits is completely unrelated? You'll have to forgive me if I find that very hard to believe.

Jesus
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****Deal Alert: ****

Target has Xbox consoles on sale. You can pickup a Xbox Series X 1TB (disc version) for $573.99. If you signed up for Target Circle and have a Red Card, you can apply a coupon that gives you 20% off anything in-store and you can take an additional 5% off with Red Card. So that should be a total of $118.50 off the sticker price there.

You could potentially walk out of Target paying less than $500 for a new Series X. Unfortunately Playstations were not part of this promo, but enjoy your Grand Theft Auto.
 
You can still get Series S in the UK second hand for £130 and even less. I see PS5 Slim Digitals for £250-£280 too.

The price rises just haven't hit the second hand market which is why I find it funny when there's a price rise and people think that means they'll be able to sell the one they own for a higher price too.

The Xbox Series X going up $150 doesn't mean the one you already own will sell for $150 more.
I suspect the chasm will be narrowed when GTA comes out. Wouldn't surprise me if the new norm for second hand units is £300 rather than £250 following November. There's definitely a disconnect at the moment. It took me months to sell my PS5 last year and only after 10 people dicked me about did one sound fella simply pay the asking price.
 
I'm not even sure younger people are bothered about power so the writing's on the wall anyway for traditional consoles
They're not. I've been watching the current generation of gamers and they just don't care about power and cutting edge graphics the way I do. Much to my dismay because that's always been such a big part of the hobby for me since the late 80's when I walked into the videogame section and the salesman said "you should get Castlevania, it has great graphics" lol. Ever since then I was enamored by the concept.
 
They're not. I've been watching the current generation of gamers and they just don't care about power and cutting edge graphics the way I do. Much to my dismay because that's always been such a big part of the hobby for me since the late 80's when I walked into the videogame section and the salesman said "you should get Castlevania, it has great graphics" lol. Ever since then I was enamored by the concept.
It probably doesn't help that a lot of modern devs are using the extra fidelity and horsepower to do shit like giving women realistic facial hair and warts and stuff. There's a line between realism and idealism and I think at least western devs crossed that line a few years ago.
 
****Deal Alert: ****

Target has Xbox consoles on sale. You can pickup a Xbox Series X 1TB (disc version) for $573.99. If you signed up for Target Circle and have a Red Card, you can apply a coupon that gives you 20% off anything in-store and you can take an additional 5% off with Red Card. So that should be a total of $118.50 off the sticker price there.

You could potentially walk out of Target paying less than $500 for a new Series X. Unfortunately Playstations were not part of this promo, but enjoy your Grand Theft Auto.
Me buying an XB console...
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You can still get Series S in the UK second hand for £130 and even less. I see PS5 Slim Digitals for £250-£280 too.

The price rises just haven't hit the second hand market which is why I find it funny when there's a price rise and people think that means they'll be able to sell the one they own for a higher price too.

The Xbox Series X going up $150 doesn't mean the one you already own will sell for $150 more.
I largely agree. One major reason used consoles would increase in resale value would be like if new supply suddenly dried up, not because the price for new consoles went up. Case in point, I recall back in 2020 new Switches were hard to come by during the lockdowns, so the price of used Switches went up. Everyone wanted to play Animal Crossing. It's basic supply/demand.

With Xbox series consoles they have to be desirable enough to buy in the first place, much less with inflated pricing , and that's simply not the case.
 
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And bundled with the Zelda Collection (4 games!) to boot! Alas, all good things must end.
That 2000s era was crazy.

Cheap systems (aside from PS3 launch with BR which came down in price), lots of great games churned out fast.

And systems were discounted half price or more. Console makers had huge bundled boxes of games. And stores would also be fighting for customers with their Xmas promos. I remember they'd sell 360s and PS3 with 5-6 games. They were old ass games (Strangehold was always one of them!) but for a casual gamer or fam who doesnt care about the latest games that's good starting gear to get gaming.

You dont see that anymore in a long time. Now, youre lucky if the box has one game included.
 
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