What do you mean there's nothing to play? Both platforms overlap in like 80-90% of releases. The exclusives are a tiny fraction of the number of games on both sides. Or you just want games from a particular genre/series/publisher/country* that are few on this platform, and overlook the thousands of other game titles that you can play.

*jRPG/Final Fantasy/Square Enix/Japan

I never said that. I said a top end GPU is the price of a car, and people with those are calling the current consoles not powerful enough.

Exactly, it doesn't seem like that at all. On the contrary, there were comments from companies that they will not make any upgrades or half-gen in this generation.

The current gen machines are very powerful, the only people saying otherwise are PC gamers with too much money, after they spent a car's worth on a GPU. Sure it's possible to make a better PC, it's always possible, but there is the cost for that. Because of this cost the high powered PCs are going to be a slim minority, not really worth mentioning in normal conversation. The reality is the vast majority of PC playerbase have nowhere near as powerful computers as the current gen consoles. In fact many don't even match the last gen, and have to play in low res or low detail modes.

There is absolutely no reason for more powerful consoles at this moment in time.

I'm a bit tired of this as well. It's the same questions and the same answers over and over. The current generation isn't new any more, people should have decided already. On top of that, why not simply read though all the other answered threads first?

Practice. It took me 6-12 months to get reasonable skills with a gamepad in fps games.

There was this info once, that the API for the ps5 is the same as for ps4, meaning there is no need to change how game internals work, if you optimize for one, it's low effort for the other. Xbox introduced a new API with the new generation, giving new features, and requiring to do some things differently. So developers might run into situations, when a code for doing something is optimal for xone, ps4 and ps5, but xseries requires some differences.

Wouldn't it be easier for the company to setup a jammer in the office? No need for auditing, etc.

You mean the games? As pointed out it's easy to do with an USB hdd, or of you have both consoles in the same network then you can enable remote transfer, so the downloads are made from the other one, instead of the internet. Any removals of the internal disks aren't supported.

The huge popularity of Nintendo after the video game crash in the 80s in the USA is a big factor. For many people, who are now adults, this is a synonym with gaming. Plus kids are another group, they always love handhelds, because they have something of their own, not have to share a tv with anybody.

I'll add to these

1. Software doesn't break by user action or other installed apps, no viruses etc, no slowdown with time, no OS reinstall needed
2. No launcher for games, overall start time is much quicker
3. Cloud save for all games on Xbox, you change the console and all your progress is with your account
4. Mental separation between fun on console and work on PC
5. No fiddling with game options to find the best detail level for the hardware
6. Be a part of home/family life in the living room, instead of being hidden away in a home office separate room.
7. No need to chase hardware upgrades as time passes and games become more demanding
8. No need for fiddling to run old games, if they are supported then they just work. Also no risk of losing games due to system/software changes after 5-10 years.

Some of these are from my experience. I was playing on computers (not only PC) for 30 years and then switched to consoles just a few years ago, that was life changing for me.

It doesn't change the internal rendering resolution, so you get a worse picture but no performance benefit. Fun 😊

You need to check every game you compare online for info. Also make sure to check the graphics mode on the game, performance vs quality. In general, it's rare for the same game to have the same settings on both platforms, and that's not even taking into account dynamic resolution.

For a good check take something that is confirmed to be the same, eg Quake 1, set it to the same graphics settings and then take screenshots of the exact same spot, eg main menu, level start, etc and compare those in some app pixel by pixel, praying the screenshot compression won't affect your results 😉.

It is native, you can clearly see all the pixels on fonts curves. The game icons can vary though, as well as the general resolution in apps like the store.

That is true. Disc games on PC are non-existent, you literally get a Steam code in a box, no CD.

At least that is honest, about not being profitable. Fiber optic requires a bunch of very costly hardware at every ending. And there is no way to cut into the middle, at least without another costly bit of hardware. For less than a hundred clients that might not offset the cost for many years.

What? What loads??? Rechargeable nimh die like once every 4 years. So in fact it's super eco friendly, unlike dumping whole ps controllers.

Replaceable batteries are a big advantage of XBox controllers. If you have kids, you have AA akkus anyway. 2 sets of these means only a few seconds break to change them if they go out, no cables ever. Plus when they die you just get new akkus, not a new gamepad.

Let's see if I can describe this... I cover the analogue cap with my thumb, putting the center of the cap in the center of the last section of my finger (like behind the lower potion of the thumbnail), which means there's a few mm of my finger sticking outside the stick cap. I hold the fingers more or less 45° rotated to the center of the gamepad, and when tilting both analogue sticks towards each other, my thumbs touch, preventing the full tilt of the sticks.

This is a problem for me on PS4 pads, and quite severe on PS3, though doesn't really happen on Logitech F710. I'm an adult, nearing 40yo, my hands have slightly longer than average fingers. This seems like a thing related to the size of the gamepads, I imagine PS1 dual shocks could be unplayable for me.

Count it yourself ;-)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_games_that_support_cross-platform_play

The xbox controller is very very good, fits very nicely into adult hands (check it out yourself in a store, play a game in Media Markt or whatever you have available).

If you are worried about the positions of the analogue sticks, then don't be. I use both layouts on different machines and it only takes a second or two to mentally adjust to the other the thumb position. The xbox layout has a hidden advantage, where you can strafe right while rotating to the left (so both sticks tilting to the center) and your thumbs don't interfere with each other (don't touch, blocking the other from easily using the stick).

Fez, Alien Breed, Call of Juarez 1, Always Remember Me, Alien Rage... Just off the top of my head, there's thousands more missing.

Depends on how cheap it is and how not-powerful (old) is your PC. A lot of the most interesting X360 games are back compat on newer XBoxes and you get a bunch of added features with that like higher resolutions or framerates on many of them (and no performance issues, which happen occassionally on the original X360).

Make a list of X360 games that are interesting to you, check if they are back compat in XOne and XSeries and then compare console prices. Try to get newer hardware if the games will run and your budget allows.

As other pointed, changing internals is a PC thing, but at this point XBox seems to be quite close in general software concept to this. Meaning since XBox One, the console OS is the same and allows to run the same games transparently and it looks like Ms will continue this, so it's possible future XBoxes could be seen as a simple hardware upgrade (though you still get a whole new box), instead of a new platform like all generations in the past.

Well yes, you wasted your money, but on the bright side, it would be wasted in any case of a games console. To invest means to put money in, in order to get more money out, consoles don't do that. They give you fun, but that's not investing, that's simply buying. Perhaps if you wait a few decades and then try to sell it, you might get more money for it being a retro thing. 🙂

Jokes aside, if you don't like it, then get rid of it. Chances are you could get a different used console for the money you get from selling this one.