I wanted an Xbox one so i could play the newer Forza Motorsport series( seems like most people say Forza 6 is the best all around), but it also seems as if the xbox one was on life support by Microsoft since they had to make the Xbox One X with 4k and HDR just to keep up with Playstation and i hear the newer Xbox’s aren’t much more reliable than the older consoles and still suffer from hardware failures.

Is it worth it to get an Xbox one X for around $120-160, or is the series X more reliable and so much better it’s worth twice the price.

I will mainly use it as a 4k player for my DVD’s and blu ray collection for upscaling and it appears to do a good job at this. Maybe get a couple FPS games as well.

Do you think it’s really worth it to splurge on the Series X if i’m not really playing many games on it?

I have researched these questions online, but always like talking to people on lemmy, so if you have other suggestions, lemme know!

  • missingno@fedia.io
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    2 days ago

    When buying a console, the only question that matters is what games you want to play on it.

    Xbox One X is the last generation model, so it won’t run newer Xbox Series exclusives. The line between console generations is quite blurry these days, the Series line has been out for over five years and some games still get cross-generation releases, but even then you should be aware that cross-gen titles may be poorly optimized for older hardware.

    If you’re only looking to play games from the Xbox One era (2013-2020), those should all run great on the One X and you can save a lot of money by deliberately staying a generation behind. See !patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

    But if you want to play anything newer, if you want to be future-proof going forward. Series X is the high-end current generation model for current generation games.

    • Aielman15@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Imo the best thing about an XOneX is the ability to run older (Xbox/X360) games, most of the times with framerate and resolution improvements.

      That gen is a bitch to emulate, and there are lots of great games stuck on the X360 that were never ported to future platforms. Games such as Ace Combat 6, Ninja Gaiden 2, Prince of Persia Reboot’s DLC, etc…

      Unfortunately, playing those games requires you to download (for free) the backwards compatible version of the game, and it’s not clear how long MS is going to support the Xbox ecosystem.