Yeah, my launch day Xbox Series X has gone bad. It seems okay, but it will suddenly shut down in the middle of watching Netflix or transferring games to an external hard disk. Not auto shutdown, but shut down like someone pulled the plug. It’s not heat, and there is no dust. But I’ve also tried plugging it directly into the wall (as opposed to the surge protector), as well as doing a complete reset of the machine.
Annoyingly, it’s a $300 repair bill. I had wanted to buy MS Complete, but I never saw the option.
Sure does. Hopefully it’s a one time problem. Given that outrageous cost, I’d probably look to see if there’s a DIY option, but it’s likely that would include things like desoldering something inside there.
When my GF is using her xbox she just uses a usb cable connected to a phone charger next to the couch. No batteries, no need to be connected to the xbox directly, works perfectly.
Speaking of integration, there’s a pretty big system update going out today for Xbox which includes Discord voice integration, wishlist gifting and sales notifications, live streaming updates, a bunch of other stuff.
Nice! I’ve been using Discord to chat with my friend on PC while playing Grounded, and it’ll be nice to not have to jump through the (very easy) hoop of starting it on my phone and transferring it over, and remembering to disconnect it after- I found that if I didn’t disconnect, then trying to reconnect later (days later, even) would fail and I’d have to reboot the console to make it work. I’m really happy they added this option- it makes cross-play so much easier.
And after years, I’ve finally started using the Wishlist to follow games to see if they go on sale. It’ll be great to get notifications for that.
I came across this post on Reddit, indicating some ‘extra’ Games with Gold offered this month. I know many of us have been members for quite some time and likely already bought or picked these up from previous GwG offerings, but if you’re newer to the program or just never grabbed them, here’s another chance for a few 360 games:
They pretty frequently have different “free” games to claim in other regions, so you need to go to the Japanese site (or whatever country) and figure out which button to click to claim it. I haven’t had too much difficulty doing this.
