New xbox

[Duffers]

I’ve gone for a PS5 from launch but will look to pick up a SX a year or two from now. After a couple of years with some decent first party releases plus whatever Bethesda bring that £28 per month will look like cracking value.

[MassDebater]

Oh, and the MS finance deal will end up costing you more long term, even though it's 0% finance as you pay full whack, but I can see how some might like it.

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I’ve gone for a PS5 from launch but will look to pick up a SX a year or two from now. After a couple of years with some decent first party releases plus whatever Bethesda bring that £28 per month will look like cracking value.

£28 a month I thought it was about £12 for ultimate? Whatever is on the top tier will be on pc anyway, diminishing the XsX usefulness. I also don't think they'll keep it from PS5, maybe some timed exclusivity or other shenanigans, but cutting the largest user base out doesn't make sense.

[Duffers]

Oh, and the MS finance deal will end up costing you more long  term, even though it's 0% finance as you pay full whack, but I can see how some might like it.

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I’ve gone for a PS5 from launch but will look to pick up a SX a year or two from now. After a couple of years with some decent first party releases plus whatever Bethesda bring that £28 per month will look like cracking value.

£28 a month I thought it was about £12 for ultimate? Whatever is on the top tier will be on pc anyway, diminishing the XsX usefulness. I also don't think they'll keep it from PS5, maybe some timed exclusivity or other shenanigans, but cutting the largest user base out doesn't make sense.

That £28 is for GP subscription and the console, works out at £672 over the two years, a console on its own costs £450.

If you only use Gamepass you may never actually need to purchase a game for the system, especially given the likes of Halo and Forza come to GP on launch.

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Agree that they won’t cut the Bethesda stuff from PS5, as you say it makes no sense to cut out 50% of your market.

It’ll be timed exclusives and reminders that you can either pay £60 for the game on PS5 or have it as part of a much larger subscription service.

[MassDebater]

Ahhh yeah with you now. I worked the figures out on another thread. If you shop around you can get GPU for about £100 a year currently, then £450 so £650... You forgot the 99p on top of the £28 though so you need another almost £24 on your figures...shopping around can save you about £50 over 2 years, which admittedly ain't much.

I also worked out you could get a PS5 and 2 years of PS+ AND PS Now for around £600...or about £520 for digital version...

[WBA Baracus]

Some more Xboxes up tomorrow on Currys, link to queue.

https://currys.queue-it.net/?c=currys&e=...&cid=en-GB

[Baggie_Nick]

Cheers for all the help on here, gents.

Most of it well above my head but ta anyway!

[MassDebater]

Some more Xboxes up tomorrow on Currys, link to queue.

https://currys.queue-it.net/?c=currys&e=...&cid=en-GB

Just a thing with the Currys queue system, don't bother joining it super early thinking you'll then be allocated a low queue position. You won't. Join it ten ISH minutes before it goes live and you'll be on earlier...I did a test with it the other day for the ps5s, 2 browsers queuing for 2+ hours beforehand, nephew joined 20 mins before live, he ended up 17000 places ahead of both mine.