make sure you got your receipt and reference number on it

1. pick up and go: no messing about with opening launchers and launcher-specific updates

2. no clunky OS: you don’t have to mess about with windows OS or anything, it’s all tailored around minimalism and gaming

3. optimised: game devs only have to design and prepare the game for a couple different consoles’ hardware, so it can be very very tuned to work well with that specific hardware

4. it just works: no faffing with different drivers or incompatibility

current gen xbox also had this problem...

Ya know I just picked up some rice.

The battery life on the baby isn't the best so I gotta keep him plugged in until nap time. Gotta call customer service about it.

I know its not the best for it. Unfortunately it's the only way it will work with our current entertainment center it's what we gotta do.

I own a PC that is smaller than a Series X, works with a Xbox controller and is set up on my TV which allows me to play games, watch movies, search the web etc from my sofa. Also, I don't need to buy a console and a PC, so it saves money and space. So that makes your points 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 moot.

Having said that, allow me to add to your list. 1.Consoles have far better support for friends, chats / groups, achievements, making them a more social experience out if the box. 2. Games run well without having to tweak settings.

Playing on console is more easy cuz of the controls, like playing on pc be like:press altkskskdkdjssjsjslslsnssksskspsoskskdkdkdkdldkd Skskdklsdkdkdkkddkdpdkdkdldk to enter pause menu

ps3/ps2/psx backwards compatibility support

Ebay i have found pretty much all my consoles and games from ebay including latest generation nintendo switch and ps4

Series X has a disk drive

No denuvo or needing to have another fucking account to play a game as the publisher wants everyone to use their shite launcher

The Series S is still a powerful console and it's capable of running most of the games at 1440p resolution at 60fps and ray tracing which is a big improvement when compared to the Xbox One S. The Series S has a smaller form factor and requires less power to run, which makes it more energy efficient.

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Lol mrs said the ps5 will ruin the tv set ups aesthetics 🤦🏽‍♂️

That's because stadia was priced poorly and had hardly any games.

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I have both and I’d probably recommend the series x, just for the storage space alone.

I’ve never used a disc in it - all digital gaming.

I’ve played Elden Ring on them, and to be fair it looks great on both, but it does look better on X(as you would expect), and smoother. When the game gets a bit hectic, ie loads of bad dudes trying to kill you I noticed the frame rate slow down a bit on the s.

Having said that the s cost me £189 which is unbelievable value.

So this comment probably hasn’t helped you at all. Sorry about that.

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.

I don’t think what you want to do is doable on a console. Might be better to try something like a raspberrypi?

Optimization. I've always had a good gaming pc with bunch of consoles. When I tried games on both consoles and pc I realize that experience on consoles is better most of the time. While on pc you can get better visuals, better fps etc if you have a powerful one. But on consoles games runs more smoothly with less bugs and glitches. Most games desings for consoles and then ports to pc I think and that's why gaming on consoles may give a better experience to players.

Series X

For me the advantages of the PC were graphics, speed, variety of games. That said I am old, consoles managed to close the gap to the PC around the XBox360 era. It was at this point that ports of PC games started appearing on consoles without being too badly compromised. Nowerdays, consoles are cheaper, easier to use, and fast enough.

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Insert game, play game. No "oh it needs a certain graphics card" or "there's a bug with this specific CPU" etc...