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Comment on Xbox Co-founder Says Microsoft is Quietly Sunsetting the Platform

LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I went to walmart to look for a new xbox controller for my xbox one x and they had maybe 12 games for the Xbox series X and NONE of them were anything i would ever want to purchase. Also the series X is a trash piece of equipment that has constant overheating issues, you cannot replace the hard drive if it dies, and it looks absolutely horrible design wise. They also had zero consoles in stock, while Best buy had about 12 open box Series X that people had returned for one reason or another at the outlet store.

So looks like even retailers are giving up on it.

The xbox one x was the last good console xbox made and even it has a ton of heat related issues with the HDMI circuit.

Xbox just cannot make a high quality gaming system, they just can’t. It’s been 2 decades and they still can’t get 90% of their consoles to last more than a year or 2.

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RamRabbit@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I had to go back and read your post twice because I was getting Xbox One X and Xbox Series X confused with eachother. I even know there is a difference, but holy god are those names bad that it’s still confusing even when you know to look for it.

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- sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Don’t forget how there are like at least 4 simultaneous versions of Teams, at any given point in time.
  
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- LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I explained the different xbox versions to my coworker and he almost had an aneurysm.
  
  Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox 360 Slim, Xbox 360 Slim E, Xbox One, Xbox One S, Xbox One X, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X.
  
  Dumbest names ever and 70% of the listings for these consoles, the owners don’t even know what they are selling. They call a series X a xbox One, and vise versa. Just too damn confusing for people.
  
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entwine@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

xbox one x was the last good console xbox made

Was it good? The Xbox 360 outsold it (by a lot), but even that was mostly luck because Sony notoriously fucked up the PS3 launch (and in the end, PS3 sold more anyways lmao). It also had the red ring of death issue.

The Xbox One was when they started the hardcore ramp up of enshittification which never ended even after continually losing in every way to the competition.

The OG Xbox worked well, and at least managed to outsell the GameCube (though not by a lot).

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- LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Yeah, it’s the first 4k console that xbox produced and has a slim profile, looks good, has a great selection of games and backwards compatible games. I own 5 xbox 360’s, it’s my favorite xbox console, but not the LAST good console they made. It was their best console in my opinion. The original xbox had its own hard drive problems and the original controller that came with it is absolutely terrible, so they had to remake the S version that we actually could fit in our hands.
  
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