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Xbox |OT| Power Your Dreams
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BusierDonkey
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A single, large, well designed fan and a layout designed not to introduce any turbulence into the airflow.
If the blades are designed right the fan will cut cleanly through the air as it pulls it through. The fan in the X1X was a good fan, but the console was a traditional design with comparatively poor airflow characteristics.
The blade design on the Series X looks very similar to the blades on both the CPU radiator and the GPU radiator on my PC. They are dead silent despite being the fastest spinning fans in my case. My old radiator fans were slower, moved less air, but were way louder than the replacements.
The other thing worth noting is the console is designed around air shooting straight through, not being interrupted or blocked by components. The console is a pillar for cooling efficiency, not just for aesthetics. Even with the fan disabled the XSX would shed heat well. As heat rises, cool air comes in from the bottom vents and is naturally pulled up as it warms up inside the case. The fan won’t even have to work hard.
It really is a smart design.
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Yesterday we had the XSX BC preview release, today EA Play on Game Pass date. Can we expect daily information now, with maybe 1 big story per week?
Vognerful
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I can't this post?
digoutyoursoul
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Maybe Aaron just likes Hedgehogs?
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Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Members Get EA Play on November 10 - Xbox Wire
Just six weeks from today, we continue our journey with the launch of Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. Jumping into the next generation of gaming with you – the player – at the center, we are working with creators around the globe to empower everyone to play the games they want, with the […]
news.xbox.com
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Nikana
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Neko Mimi Mode
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Things bigger than the Warbirds:
PlayStation 5
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Bernkastel
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thicc_girls_are_teh_best
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Dunno, I still think something's going on between them. Why would two companies do this much friendly teasing and trolling?
They only said no news of acquisitions at TGS, but even Satya's said they aren't done with acquisitions. SEGA might still be on the table. Or at the very least, some partnership in MS and SEGA making new entries to some classic SEGA IP like Skies of Arcadia, Outrun, or maybe even Spikeout.
There's definitely something brewing. You don't accidentally let an exec go on screen in a Sonic t-shirt amid rumours your company is buying Sega. Not unless Phil just gets a kick out of seeing us all suffer.
The rest of the stuff I can put down to coincidence, cultural differences or Arron Greenberg, but I keep coming back to that random Sonic t-shirt.
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Greenberg has also teased White Owl in the past. Could just mean a partnership.
Andodalf
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? I don't remember phil wearing a sonic t shirt?
Classicrockfan
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Phil didn't. It was Kevin Gammill during one of the Xbox Series X events. Come to think of it, it might even have been the leaked Series S event, I don't actually remember and couldn't find any more info.
Here's a pic though:
The red circle isn't mine, but I found it useful for spotting Sonic the Hedgehog in this picture of a man wearing a Sonic the Hedgehog t-shirt.
Andodalf
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Phil didn't. It was Kevin Gammill during one of the Xbox Series X events. Come to think of it, it might even have been the leaked Series S event, I don't actually remember and couldn't find any more info.
Here's a pic though:
The red circle isn't mine, but I found it useful for spotting Sonic the Hedgehog in this picture of a man wearing a Sonic the Hedgehog t-shirt.
Oooooo, I thought you meant at TGS and I didn't remember seeing one there. Red Circle was clutch Lol. Yeah that's sus for sure
If Microsoft's goal was too make the quietest and coolest system at the volume they chose then I really don't think they could have designed it any better. It's a fantastic design choice.
Allowing a large axial fan vs the typical consoles centrifugal fan is key and I'm glad Microsoft was willing to break the mold and go this route. I'm into the small form-factor PC scene so I really appreciate anytime a more space efficient designed is used.
Though I do disagree with the bolded. Obviously not the "heat rises" part but just that it makes a difference at all in this circumstance. The fins on the XSX heatsink are far too tightly packed for natural convection to be able to take advantage of the surface area. The cooling of this design would be negligible without any forced air movement.
MoreJRPG
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It would be the smart thing to do. Keep the momentum, they’re absolutely killing it right now.
Flintty
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If they give Skies of Arcadia the FFVII treatment I will lose my shit
Bernkastel
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If Skies of Arcadia was even mentioned in an official capacity I would lose my shit.
Codswallop_
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That would be incredible, why did you have to remind me we have been waiting so long for this?? I still dig out my Dreamcast and vga cables for a playthrough every few years. Just don't make a bunch of weird story changes and leave the combat turn based. DQXI proved that turn based can still be great.
Neko Mimi Mode
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Yes please.
Heck, even Skies of Arcadia Legends, but without the GC audio compression, would be amazing.
This is the RPG console after all.
nikolino840
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Andodalf
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Costume Quest is nice, I really thought this was GWG already? Was 2 on gamepass maybe?
nikolino840
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Yes costume quest 2 is on gp
Nikana
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StreetsofBeige
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Man, GWG is dead. They are getting bad.
Costume Quest? I swear I've seen that before????
Andodalf
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With so many games going to gamepass there isn't a ton left for GWG
Kagey K
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Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Members Get EA Play on November 10 - Xbox Wire
Just six weeks from today, we continue our journey with the launch of Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. Jumping into the next generation of gaming with you – the player – at the center, we are working with creators around the globe to empower everyone to play the games they want, with the […]
I really like that infographic in the tweet. It really shows the MS philosophy of Xbox being an ecosystem and not just a console, (even though the console itself is still at the forefront of the ecosystem.)
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digoutyoursoul
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“Concern trolling” will end up being the next “wait till E3” the rate it’s being used. FFS.
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Pantz
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Some speculate they will get rid of XBL Gold and GWG will be gone too.
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Bladed Thesis
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Another Starfield screenshot has been leaked, leaker says it is targetting a 2021 release as previously rumored.
Edit: the original Starfield screenshot and concept art leak is below.
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digoutyoursoul
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Another Starfield screenshot has been leaked, leaker says it is targetting a 2021 release as previously rumored.
Edit: the original Starfield screenshot and concept art leak is below.
Hmmm, third person? Or will it be the choice to switch to first person.
Bernkastel
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From Voodoo Vince studio
Barakov
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Even with Bungie not releasing the patch, this is definitely a step up.
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
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Another Starfield screenshot has been leaked, leaker says it is targetting a 2021 release as previously rumored.
Edit: the original Starfield screenshot and concept art leak is below.
That third screenshot is hype. The first two look good too but it's clear those are an earlier build because it's just flat jet black for a sky and a plain texture (if that) for the ground. Even for a more "clean" aesthetic (like say Interstellar), there'd be more detail there. But I think it's basically been noted these are indeed from earlier builds.
I'm curious exactly what "type" of space game this'll be. Not expecting something outright scifi/horror like Alien (maybe touches of it though?)...maybe the story'll have a bit of a hook to it like that '00s movie Sunshine. I do get a lot of 2001 A Space Odyssey vibes from the mood of these screenshots, so maybe the story will be a bit more Earthly and deep philosophical.
BusierDonkey
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You're right. I didn't mean to imply the system would operate nominally with the fan deactivated, just pointing out that the natural air movement in the system in from the bottom up during operation, and the fan really has nothing working against it.
