All things Xbox One X

theteal

Order dispatched. WHOOP!



Actually, looking at the dispatch location. . . .I might have it today. . . .

theteal

OmegaGene wrote: »

Who did you buy from ?

very.co.uk

although, on second thoughts, it says "dispatched by our supplier" so that could be coming from anywhere

mossym

has anyoen with a scorpio preorder from smyths heard anything by text or email? I've had nothing since my confirmation email for the preorder, but my phone has been acting up for text messages for the last few weeks and i haven't been getting a lot of texts that have been sent to me, just wondering if anyone has received a confirmation for tomorrow

Stone Deaf 4evr

mossym wrote: »

has anyoen with a scorpio preorder from smyths heard anything by text or email? I've had nothing since my confirmation email for the preorder, but my phone has been acting up for text messages for the last few weeks and i haven't been getting a lot of texts that have been sent to me, just wondering if anyone has received a confirmation for tomorrow

nope, not a jot. I'm going to ring them there in a while to see what the story is. I'll let you know how I get on.

Soarer

Morning lads.

We're 12 pages in, and apologies to all concerned, but can people answer the following?

I've a 6 month old 500gb One S. Will anywhere take this as trade in against the X? If so, who gives the best price and what's expected to be traded in?
What happens to the games stored on the machine? How do I remove all my details before trading in?
Will all my One games and controllers work with the X?

And finally, is it worth the upgrade?

Thanks in advance.

Stone Deaf 4evr

also,
meant to post this earlier

theteal

OmegaGene wrote: »

Hopefully you get it today
Just noticed on the website 20% off first order using their credit, not bad if it’s paid off straight away

That deal is the reason I'm now a Very customer. It was but now, pay nothing for 9 months. Although I imagine this is likely to be my only ever purchase with them.



Just a thought, I'm just looking at some of the enhanced games that I've not played yet (Halo 5, Doom etc) on the CEX website. Really cheap. Are we likely to see the prices creep back up due to new X owners buying them all?

Tilikum

I have a preorder for GameStop in Galway (collect) if anyone wants it let me know.

I only preordered on the 1st so you’re not 100% guaranteed to get it tomorrow.

PM if you want it.

Stone Deaf 4evr

theteal wrote: »

That deal is the reason I'm now a Very customer. It was but now, pay nothing for 9 months. Although I imagine this is likely to be my only ever purchase with them.



Just a thought, I'm just looking at some of the enhanced games that I've not played yet (Halo 5, Doom etc) on the CEX website. Really cheap. Are we likely to see the prices creep back up due to new X owners buying them all?

Proabably not tbh. and even if they did, it would only be a momentary blip, they'll be back down again in a month or so. A few of those games are on gamepass as well, and everyone is likely getting a free month of that included with the console.

amadablam

Soarer wrote: »

Morning lads.

We're 12 pages in, and apologies to all concerned, but can people answer the following? (Jesus your lazy )

I've a 6 month old 500gb One S. Will anywhere take this as trade in against the X?

Gamestop with 50% bonus which finishes today (€210)

If so, who gives the best price and what's expected to be traded in?

Console, controller, HDMI cable and Power cable (up to you if you have kinect)

What happens to the games stored on the machine? How do I remove all my details before trading in?

Factory reset and wipe the lot. re download when you log in on your new machine unless you have an external drive you could copy everything over before you factory reset and wipe it.


Will all my One games and controllers work with the X? Yes

And finally, is it worth the upgrade? If you have a good 4k setup (or plan to), appreciate faster load times and graphical improvement, etc., yes. Considering its your money, loads of reading online

Thanks in advance.

Answers above

theteal

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

Proabably not tbh. and even if they did, it would only be a momentary blip, they'll be back down again in a month or so. A few of those games are on gamepass as well, and everyone is likely getting a free month of that included with the console.

Didn't think of gamepass. Must look up what's in it

amadablam

OmegaGene wrote: »

Didn’t GameStop ask people not to factory reset because they need to check the console before accepting it as a trade

Not sure, I wiped mine anyway as I would rather they spent two minute signing in on their 'store profile' and downloading any updates to set it up and test it rather than trusting someone to adequately wipe my details

marcbrophy

Anyone use their One S as a TV hub, planning to continue to do so after the upgrade?
It seems the X is a lot more power hungry, even in idle dashboard, according to the Digital Foundry review video from earlier in the thread!

Stone Deaf 4evr

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

nope, not a jot. I'm going to ring them there in a while to see what the story is. I'll let you know how I get on.

well, looks like smyths do a lot of things, but answering the phone isn't one of them. There's two branches in cork and both are just ringing out.

TitianGerm

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

well, looks like smyths do a lot of things, but answering the phone isn't one of them. There's two branches in cork and both are just ringing out.

You've to ring head office I think. I could never get through to individual stores.

FAILSAFE 00

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

well, looks like smyths do a lot of things, but answering the phone isn't one of them. There's two branches in cork and both are just ringing out.

They've probably been incapacitated and Scorpio editions are being made off with.

mossym

i'm going to call into the one i have preordered with on my way home, find out what they story is

Doomofman

OmegaGene wrote: »

Rang my local GameStop and they don’t open until 9:30
I asked the woman if I get there for 10:30 would my pre order 100% be there ?
“Um yeah it should be”

I thought they were supposed to hold pre-orders for 48 hours?

Still haven't received a call from my Gamestop telling me its there

wexdevil

Doomofman wrote: »

Still haven't received a call from my Gamestop telling me its there

Funninly enough even though I was in the one where my preorder is on saturday to pay off some more they still called me yesterday to see if I would be in tuesday or wednesday to collect it.

Doomofman

wexdevil wrote: »

Funninly enough even though I was in the one where my preorder is on saturday to pay off some more they still called me yesterday to see if I would be in tuesday or wednesday to collect it.

Yeah I was in mine yesterday, the guy there reckoned they would call today but nothing yet.... I'll leave it a few hours and if I hear nothing I'll call them

amadablam

OmegaGene wrote: »

Hope they keep it for me considering it’s paid for

Was in there earlier and they said that anyone that The people with original preordered consoles with deposits will get priority on the consoles and will be held for 48 hours but that they will be called to ensure they are collecting it and if not they will be refunded their deposit and the console will be given to the next person in the wait list and so on....

They also said that they dont know how many consoles they are getting in.

Doomofman

Still no call from Gamestop... Think I'll give them til 1 and then I'll ring them myself

theteal

marcbrophy wrote: »

Anyone use their One S as a TV hub, planning to continue to do so after the upgrade?
It seems the X is a lot more power hungry, even in idle dashboard, according to the Digital Foundry review video from earlier in the thread!

I was using my old fat One as TV hub, great for all the streaming apps and Skype. MrsTeal did comment in the last few days how she likes that our new TV has all the apps inbuilt (nowTV box is the only separate) as we got rid of xbox a couple of weeks ago. I had planned on reconnecting the X as a hub again but I'm having second thoughts - will need to wait until I can somehow procure the kinect adapter. Power consumption didn't really factor into my decision but now you've mentioned it I may have to run a test or two.

marcbrophy

theteal wrote: »

I was using my old fat One as TV hub, great for all the streaming apps and Skype. MrsTeal did comment in the last few days how she likes that our new TV has all the apps inbuilt (nowTV box is the only separate) as we got rid of xbox a couple of weeks ago. I had planned on reconnecting the X as a hub again but I'm having second thoughts - will need to wait until I can somehow procure the kinect adapter. Power consumption didn't really factor into my decision but now you've mentioned it I may have to run a test or two.

The older model and the X are almost the same in power consumption.
Just that the S was a really light on power user.

Original One consumed 48W during idle dash.
The One S consumed 25W.
The One X will consume 50W.

All figures obviously subject to believing DF test results

ibFoxer

Patiently* waiting on Amazon to dispatch mine.






*Not so patiently.

j14

Only got offered €180 as trade-in in Gamestop for my 1TB One S against the One X.

TitianGerm

j14 wrote: »

Only got offered €180 as trade-in in Gamestop for my 1TB One S against the One X.

Did you not have a controller or something?

theteal

marcbrophy wrote: »

The older model and the X are almost the same in power consumption.
Just that the S was a really light on power user.

Original One consumed 48W during idle dash.
The One S consumed 25W.
The One X will consume 50W.

All figures obviously subject to believing DF test results

OK, grand, thanks, scrap those tests I had planned so

j14

emmetkenny wrote: »

Did you not have a controller or something?

I had everything.

Its only 11 months old.

All complete with controller, HDMI, Power cable and console.

I even had the box and all the little plastic bags and styrofoam inside the box.

FAILSAFE 00

j14 wrote: »

I had everything.

Its only 11 months old.

All complete with controller, HDMI, Power cable and console.

I even had the box and all the little plastic bags and styrofoam inside the box.

They have been slowly reducing the trade in value of the One S in over the last 2 weeks. That 50% boost is not really 50% anymore.

Last week I checked in store and the Xbox One S 500GB trade value was €140. The next day I walked in and it was €130 bringing my 50% to €195

IR1SH RANG3R

j14 wrote: »

Only got offered €180 as trade-in in Gamestop for my 1TB One S against the One X.

I was in yesterday and got €225 for a 1tb One S with just a controller, HDMI and power cable. No box or anything! Unless they dropped the value again today?

j14

IR1SH RANG3R wrote: »

I was in yesterday and got €225 for a 1tb One S with just a controller, HDMI and power cable. No box or anything! Unless they dropped the value again today?

Can I ask which branch this was in?

FAILSAFE 00

Hmmm, €180 would seem more like the 500gb price now I'd say. Did they mix it up and only give you the trade price for the 500gb model.

Nolimits

I went in to my local gamestop just to check everything was okay. They said "yes, you have one Xbox one x scorpio edition, and one regular Xbox one x"

I said, "er, what" she repeated it and said I'd paid €50 off the scorpio edition and €450 off the regular one

I said that I only ordered one, the scorpio edition and she fixed it for me.

I guess someone will unexpectedly be getting a console tomorrow, but if I'd had a bit more time to think about it I probably would have made a few phone calls first.

Here's a list of patches currently available for games and their file sizes.

Anything AAA have whopping file sizes and thats on top of the base install I assume?

https://www.xboxachievements.com/news/news-28475-[Updated]-Here-s-a-List-of-All-the-Xbox-One-X-Enhanced-Game-Patches-Available-Now.html

EDIT: Looks to the total install size for those games.

peteeeed

ibFoxer wrote: »

Patiently* waiting on Amazon to dispatch mine.





*Not so patiently.

BIG TIME . they are never quick sending consoles out

Doomofman

Gamestop nearly gave me a heart attack... Called them up to see if my Pre-Order was ready, gave them my name and the guy was like 'oh your on the second batch list, they'll be here in around 2 weeks time' (I pre-ordered less than an hour after they went live), there was a bit of discussion in the background and eventually 'oh sorry, we missed it the first time, yeah, your project scorpio edition is here for tomorrow'

That was scary haha

So a couple of things to take from that

1) My Gamestop (Clarehall, Dublin) doesn't appear to be calling people, as I asked if there'd be calls going out and he said he didn't think so

and

2) If you didn't order early, looks like you could be waiting 2 weeks to get yours

Tilikum

How do I cancel a preorder with GameStop if they don’t bother answer the phone?

Doomofman

Tilikum wrote: »

How do I cancel a preorder with GameStop if they don’t bother answer the phone?

I had to try a couple of times to get through to my local store

maximoose

ibFoxer wrote: »

Patiently* waiting on Amazon to dispatch mine.






*Not so patiently.

Mine is sitting there as "Arriving tomorrow, shipping today" but god damn it I want proof :pac:

IR1SH RANG3R

j14 wrote: »

Can I ask which branch this was in?

Stephen's Green branch, got a lad that was very helpful I must say (a rarity for Gamestop it seems)

EPAndlee

I got a call from Gamestop to tell me my Scorpio is inside waiting for me. They said they'll keep it for 48 hours

Just walked into Argos and they reserved it for me in-store

JoyPad

GameStop Swords just called me to ask if I'd be picking up the Scorpio tomorrow.
When I pre-ordered, I didn't think I would have to pick it up midweek, when I'm at work, and they close at 6pm.
Asked if I could pay for it right now, then keep it for me until the weekend; man said no, I have to collect in 48 hours, or goes to the next person.

Not sure what to do, but I want the damn thing.

marcbrophy

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Just walked into Argos and they reserved it for me in-store

Good thinking Mick

Did they give you a price?

Stone Deaf 4evr

IR1SH RANG3R wrote: »

Stephen's Green branch, got a lad that was very helpful I must say (a rarity for Gamestop it seems)

Don't worry, if he has any sort of aptitude at all, he won't be there long

marcbrophy

JoyPad wrote: »

Not sure what to do, but I want the damn thing.

Can you go and retrieve it on your lunch break?

Soarer

amadablam wrote: »

Answers above

Cheers for that.

Proper dilemma. I don't really play what I have, but I know I'll upgrade eventually anyway. And when will I ever get as much for my S? Then again, the X will gradually reduce in price....

Rock - Me - Hardplace

marcbrophy

marcbrophy wrote: »

Good thinking Mick

Did they give you a price?

Yes, unfortunately its 564 euros

They have stock in certain stores now

I have to head to Tullamore tomorrow to collect mine

Best bet is to go in now to any Argos store rather than wait until tonight on the website

JoyPad

marcbrophy wrote: »

Can you go and retrieve it on your lunch break?

Not really. I picked the store thinking I would be grabbing it on one of our weekend shopping trips to Pavilions. But I work in Dublin 4. Will need to take time off work, I think.