The Duke Shipset

@strangeness said in The Duke Shipset:

@tre-oni I'm only sad because I can't refresh fast enough to get a series X. Pre-order and today were both fails.

Canadian so I'm not sure I speak for everywhere else but it's looking like there'll still be restocks coming through leading up to christmas.

If there isn't a Christmas launch window is pointless for them.

Also doesn't look like there's a timeframe on this to unlock so whenever you get it looks like it should

Good luck!

@musicmee said in The Duke Shipset:

@tre-oni @strangeness

You have until May 9th 2021, so plenty of time to unlock it!

Ah didn't see the date. Thanks!

That advice is kinda outdated in its own right now. I mean the Series X can play literally all the same games as an Xbox One. So it's not like there's gonna be limited content. But the reason to get it or not now is really more a question of if you can take advantage of the higher FPS and 4k. And then stuff like the ssd. Rather then arbitrarily exclusive games.

@pithyrumble said in The Duke Shipset:

@Musicmee

So if I have a lucky friend who gets an upgrade, I just have to load in on their new xbox and I get access?

Would it link over to Steam accounts or is that not tied to an xbox account? For those who want it on pc...

If you got it from being on an xbox at some point you'd still take it with you to PC since nothing gets lost between platforms.

@aca-hombre If youve got a friend who owns Xbox series X all you need to do is log into the game from his console and thats it.

Massive kick in the face for PC players and looks like a way to force users to buy the Xbox to get the skin.

Very let down here Rare!

@musicmee said in The Duke Shipset:

I felt a little down heartened too.. .

But then I realised I never expect to eat at Burger King and get a Happy Meal toy from McDonalds! I made my choice.

As much as I understand that comment about food, this is different as the PC market and Console are massively different... Burger King and McDonalds still sell the same foods but if you shop with one you get the toy, other does not.

Here, what if the PC player completely has no interest in the console market, which is why they spent X amount on a gaming PC, to then see this and be excluded...

@menphuess said in The Duke Shipset:

Massive kick in the face for PC players and looks like a way to force users to buy the Xbox to get the skin.

Very let down here Rare!

What I find weird about it. Is that it doesn't seem to accomplish anything. It feels like someone proposed the ship set just cause it's the kind of thing that other games do. Or they've done in other scenarios. But it doesn't have the same context.

Like the Battletoads shipset. Give an incentive for players to check out the game. Some of them will play it and like it that otherwise wouldn't have. It's advertising for the game.

Or for example in Fortnite having a skin if you played from a new Samsung Phone at one point. Same idea. It's not like anyone's really going to buy a new phone just for the skin. But Samsung pays Epic for the advertising. And presumably some people might get pushed over the edge to upgrade now instead of later for the offer. Some people might check out the phone that wouldn't have seen it otherwise.

But Microsoft here, is essentially only advertising to the very people who already are their committed fans. With a likely neglible impact on someone's choice to buy the console. While simultaneously alienating other fans, because of the disconnect between the offer and Miscorosfts and even SoTs play anywhere strategy.

@troubled-cells said in The Duke Shipset:

Cheers, got my series x yesterday, will be booting up SOT tonight

Boots up and puts you in a game lightning fast compared to a One X previously.

@reapinglegion said in The Duke Shipset:

@Tre-Oni I have that white xbox from 2017.....it counts to the S series as well and i have that.
So basically anyone that dosen't have the first black console (day one or the one after) can get it.

Im on PC but i also have an Xbox so im gonna boot my old dusty white xbox one up and get this. (And my gf as well on the same xbox, cuz it should work right?)

Give 'er a try but tbh I don't think so.

That one is an XOne S(lim)

They're advertising it working for Series X and Series S, and I didn't have it on my XOne X beforehand, but if it works let us know man! Haha

@troubled-cells said in The Duke Shipset:

@tre-oni said in The Duke Shipset:

@troubled-cells said in The Duke Shipset:

Cheers, got my series x yesterday, will be booting up SOT tonight

Boots up and puts you in a game lightning fast compared to a One X previously.

Good it's been a long time coming, also just goes to show the preference was never about hardware capabilities despite what many said.

It's not exactly "no load times" level of speed, but the game boots up immediately, and you're in a loading screen for maybe 15 seconds if that to get into a game instead of a minute to a minute and a half lol

@reapinglegion said in The Duke Shipset:

@tre-oni Then i wonder why they say s series? o_O

Series S is the budget version of next(current now) gen. Series X is the heavy duty upgrade, Series S is the cost efficient, digital only upgrade for those who jump into next gen with a few scalebacks in power and hardware, but also in cost while still being a solid upgrade from anyones current Xbox unit.

Series X and Series S are the names of the consoles themselves for this gen.

It's like a ps4 and ps4pro but if the ps4 were a digital console only, and they came out at the same time so people could pick their preference and what they'd be happier paying for.

As it was to celebrate the xbox generations, could have unlocked parts for each generation (and versions) you had. Have a 360S if that counts 😉

Shame about time limit won't be getting the new one for a while, virus damage limitations taking priority atm.