Xbox Series X [XBSX] [Release November 10 2020]

[Caayn]

It's a bit strange and MS's marketing seems out of touch, at least where I live. This year I've noticed an increased amount of advertisments for games and services (both on my Windows devices and the fullscreen ads when booting an XSX). Yet, this year they also seem to ignore advertisments through other channels. Retail/online stores are gearing up for the holiday season and both Nintendo and Playstation are fully represented but Xbox is nowhere to be seen.

I get that MS/Xbox is pushing for a digital/subscription based future but I feel that they're ignoring the importance of a presence outside their existing userbase. You can't sell subscriptions if people don't even know that you exist.

 

[SmooTh]

It's a bit strange and MS's marketing seems out of touch, at least where I live.

If it's outside US/UK than it's normal

 

[Johnny Awesome]

The ABK acquisition was probably the equivalent of a $1 billion in advertising for MS, it was so well covered. LOL

 

[Deleted member 11852]

The ABK acquisition was probably the equivalent of a $1 billion in advertising for MS, it was so well covered. LOL

I don't even think that's advertising you can buy! According to the coverage of the Modern Warfare 3 ad, Microsoft have only done this previously for Starfield (first party) for Forza (first party).

 

[cheapchips]

Xbox Studios are entering a mutli year co-development partnership with Inworld AI. MS also fund them through their venture capital arm.

Xbox partners with Inworld AI to build generative AI tools for game development

Xbox and Inworld will work together to build a powerful toolkit that harnesses AI to enrich the narrative and character creation elements of game development.

inworld.ai

"Together we’ll focus on developing the following tools:

• An AI design copilot that assists and empowers game designers to explore more creative ideas, turning prompts into detailed scripts, dialogue trees, quests and more.
• An AI character runtime engine that can be integrated into the game client, enabling entirely new narratives with dynamically-generated stories, quests, and dialogue for players to experience. "

Microsoft offering generative AI tools to its studios

Microsoft and AI company Inworld AI have announced a "multi-year co-development partnership", which will see the compan…

www.eurogamer.net

I haven't go around to trying any of their character demos as of yet. There's Inworld Origins on Steam and a Skyrim mod among others. To an extent, there's not too much point in trying them. The pace of AI development, and the fact the tools are still under development, makes them out of date already.

(didn't put this in the AI are taking jobs thread, as so far, no one has lost their job!)

 

[fehu]

One noob question about the X
Maybe finally I'm going to buy one, I have a full hd tv and no intention to buy a 4k just for occasional gaming.
When outputting 1080p, does the X improve framerate compared to 4k?

 

[orangpelupa]

@fehu AFAIK its not automatic. the game will still render in higher than 1080p (so you get supersampling AA for free) unless you select performance mode in the game

 

[chris1515]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1722181096928956782

 

[orangpelupa]

XIM is also very update able. So maybe Microsoft simply want to avoid the race and avoid false positives?

Basically they think the effort for blocking XIM is not worth it

 

[Deleted member 11852]

I'm not sure what Microsoft can do to prevent these devices in the short term. The console only knows as much as the connected device identifies itself so if it's spoofing legit controller IDs and there is no unique S/N authentication (which would need to be planned and implemented in advance), I don't see what the options are.

It's a bit unfortunate they've prevented legitimate accessibility devices though as Microsoft have been pro-accessibility. Hopefully they'll revisit that.

 

[Nisaaru]

XIM is also very update able. So maybe Microsoft simply want to avoid the race and avoid false positives?

Basically they think the effort for blocking XIM is not worth it

I think it is. It's time MS encrypts gamepad communications and offers games the option to make this secure communication mandatory to remove these cheat device from PvP.

 

[Pete]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1722181096928956782

Alternative link (that doesn't require being logged in): https://nitter.net/i/status/1722181096928956782

 

[cheapchips]

Next Developer Direct is next week (Thu January 18th). The format has been good so far.

Avowed, Indiana Jones, ARA and Hellblade 2.

Will they shadow drop something is surely the big question? Rumors are a Double Fine game where you make pots and then possess them.

https://x.com/Xbox/status/1744735998385516863?

 

[Shifty Geezer]

PSA : Xbox owners enrolled into the Xbox Insider program are reporting that their consoles are being reset back to factory settings by a new update.

Xbox update resetting consoles to factory settings, Insiders say

Xbox owners enrolled into the Xbox Insider program are reporting that their consoles are being reset back to factory se…

www.eurogamer.net

 

[Johnny Awesome]

That's why they're beta testers.

 

[Nisaaru]

PSA : Xbox owners enrolled into the Xbox Insider program are reporting that their consoles are being reset back to factory settings by a new update.

Xbox update resetting consoles to factory settings, Insiders say

Xbox owners enrolled into the Xbox Insider program are reporting that their consoles are being reset back to factory se…

www.eurogamer.net

They must be really desperate for material if they have to post such pointless clickbait articles

 

[Johnny Awesome]

Btw, clickbait will stop when people stop taking the bait. I refuse to click on nonsense like that.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

I'm confused how this is clickbait. I took it as advice if your on the beta program to maybe avoid it until the bug is fixed. And knowing people here are on the beta program, they'd want to be so informed rather than find their console reset to factory default.

The article title is factual, not misleading, and not sensationalist.

Edit: Article updated with fix:

UPDATE 7/3/25: Microsoft has fixed the issue that reset some Xbox Insider consoles back to factory settings, the company has now confirmed, without providing more details as to the reason why this happened.

"We are aware of an issue impacting Alpha and Alpha Skip-Ahead Xbox Insiders," a message posted on social media and shared with Eurogamer this morning reads. "The issue has been resolved, and players should restart their consoles. If your console was affected, you can complete a console setup by following steps provided on Xbox Support."

 

[Nisaaru]

I'm confused how this is clickbait. I took it as advice if your on the beta program to maybe avoid it until the bug is fixed. And knowing people here are on the beta program, they'd want to be so informed rather than find their console reset to factory default.

The article title is factual, not misleading, and not sensationalist.

Edit: Article updated with fix:

It's clickbait because people getting into the alpha ring(not even beta) should better know what they are doing. IMHO no console owner who got their console for gaming should actually apply. I was in the early program and dropped out because the slow firmware updates of the X1 just stole too much of my time.

It's like you passing an alpha of your game(s?) to some people you invited and then people writing articles about critical bugs with people outside the program. Not appropriate and to me it looks like filling articles with clickbait BS as it is a non topic.

It's not like that people in the program can't argue with others in the program about actual problems

 

[see colon]

Perhaps the definition of "Clickbait" needs better clarification. I can think of at least 3 criteria that a title would have to need to fit to be defined as clickbait. Number 2 will blow your mind.