'Xbone'

Xbox One S Digital 1TB

Current Status: Traded in

Photo of my old Xbox One S Digital version

I bought this in 2020 with money from some covid or pension related lump sum, I forgor which. A friend who I hadn't seen much for a few years recommended it, saying he was regularly playing some games with other friends. Through this machine I became closer with a few friends, and made some all timer new ones playing online. Also got into DayZ, Minecraft, GTA Online, Sea of Thieves, and plenty of other games.


Honestly, apart from the good times I had with it, there isn't much I like about this thing. Game Pass WAS good 2020ish when they were giving it away for like $1 per month, but it's just got more expensive and splintered into tiers over time. Plus "400+ games!!!", when will you get a chance or even the desire to play more than like five of them. Also it was struggling with online games by 2023, huge framerate and connection issues.

I got the digital version cause it was $50 cheaper and I "didn't care about discs". Honestly I would have saved much much more than $50 over the years getting one with a disc drive and second hand games. If you don't pay for game pass/xbox live, this thing is essentially a paperweight, or weirdly bad TV box with issues playing video at times.

Since securing a replacement TV box in a PS4 loaned from a friend (and maybe my micro optiplex now it's free from server duties), I had no need to keep this thing around and have traded it in at a local second hand chain.


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