Xbox One X 1TB Console - Fallout 76 Bundle (Discontinued)

So i bought this as an acceptable Amazon Warehouse deal for $300. To my surprise the box only had been smushed in a few places and the console had probably only been tested but had all original packaging. It was new. No marks or anything. It was a good deal.So the console itself is very good. I sold my old xbox one in 2014. It was big, loud, and lacking power. I mostly play on a highend pc, own a ps4, switch, and most of the consoles from nearly every generation. This machine is the first console to impress me since the 360. For the money i can not build you a pc like this. No checkerboarding. Just 4k goodness. It being the same price as the Pro or cheaper makes the X a clear winner. Why?Better framerates. The main reason i play on pc and most important is a stable framerate. 60fps all the time. So the X does 30. But it is almost always 30, unlike the ps4, or base xbone and more so than the ps4 pro.Native 4k. Upscaling for consoles are buzz words. Your TV does the upscaling of any non native image. So a 480p DVD will only look as good as your TV is capable of. You are at the mercy of your TVs upscaling. So perfect pixel per pixel is always the best option.4k bluray. It is a nice plus.Backwards compatibility and 4k enhancement. This is big since RDR never got a pc release. It is great anyway since the old 360 failure rates are just a matter of time, and the games look so much better at 2160p oppose to 720p or less. And even though games like Oblivion can be modded to look like a 2019 remaster. Fallout 3 does not run well on Windows 10. It was never stable anyway, but it crashes a lot. My only issue is outside of a more stable fps and resolution no other effort are being made on these games. Oblivion for instance run at 30 fps and medium pc settings since this is literally an emulated version. So they can never change anything but resolution and post processing things.Game Pass. This is the Netflix for video games. As a pc player I am concerned it would kill modding on that platform. You dont own the product and there for have no right to it. But on a console this is huge and a fantasic service. You can try what you want, and the games are fairly recent to classics. It is also better than what PS offers currently.Build quality. This is the best built xbox ever. No external power brick, smaller than the PS4, and quieter than my overclocked pc which is much quieter than my ps4. Only the switch is less noisy. Its impressive to say the least and a huge turn around from the noisy VCR they released in 2013. Only downside is the DVD drive reads a little slower than the ps4.All told if you are inbetween this and the Pro I would strongly recommend the xboex. The exclusive ps4 games are all over rated. Horizon is basically a post apocalyptic AC game with much worse combat, God of War was one of the most archaic playing games i have played. It is Tomb Raider with a better story, and my favorite one is Spiderman but even then. The multiplats are better one the one x. Forza Horizon is a fun series. And RDR2 plays @4k and holds the best framerate.So if you're like me and care about stable frames above all else this is your console.

I upgraded to the Xbox One X from the original Xbox One for a few different reasons:First, I always wanted to mount my Xbox One on the wall, and it's harder to do with the original Xbox One's because of potential overheating and the annoying bulky power pack. The Xbox One X has plenty of wonderful mounting options (I personally went with the HIDEit X1X Mount) and there's no bulky power pack. I was originally worried about overheating, but I have used it for hours in the mount and have checked the heat and it doesn't seem to run any more or less hot than when it was sitting on top of my dresser.Second, I'm an avid Alexa user and I wanted the capability to control the Xbox One using voice commands so I could disconnect the useless Kinect and not have to deal with buggy Cortana. Alexa has now come to the original Xbox One, but with some limitations whereas the Xbox One X gives really great control of the system and apps using Alexa. I'm really happy with the integration and it seems overall less buggy than Cortana was at times.Third, I have been paying for high speed internet for quite a while, but my load times on the original Xbox One lagged behind friends with the Xbox One S and Xbox One X. I could have just upgraded to the S, but hell... why not go with the best available at the time? Now I find that load speeds are faster than I experienced before and I have been really happy with the online performance.So... is it worth it?For what I was looking for, yes. It was worth the upgrade. I got everything I wanted out of the system; but if you are looking to upgrade with the expectation that game-play will be significantly different, then you need to consider a few things in advance. For example, if you don't have the infrastructure that takes full advantage of the Xbox One X's capabilities, I wouldn't bother upgrading. There's a lot of cascading costs that would be involved if you don't have the infrastructure. For example, upgrading to a faster internet is going to require a better modem to get the best speeds. If you are playing on wireless internet, then you will also probably need to upgrade your router. If you want the best graphics from the Xbox One X, your TV may be too old, etc. These are all important things that you should consider before you decide to upgrade because otherwise, it's not worth it if you can't get the best from the system.