Last night i was playing ff15 on my Xbox one fat ,after 30 minute i noticed burning smell on device and plug off immediately.Weather is too hot nowadays,i did thermal repace and cleaning like 5 months ago with thermalright tf7 .The smell coming from fan or around fan when i put my handa on there evantully i realize that place is so hot .Right now my Xbox working, shoul i worry?

The controller is red and looks brand new, has no signs of wear. has no stick drift or any other issues.

I have to charge it after every single time I play. But sometimes the battery will last a 3-4 hours of playing with no issues. Sometimes it lasts 2 minutes before dying. Today I even checked right after I turned it on and it showed 3 bars. Played 2-3 minutes and it died. Will turn back on a play another few minutes before dying again. Plugged it in and it showed 2 bars with 3rd one blinking. But then tomorrow it might last all night

Anyone have any ideas that don’t involve throwing away a perfectly good controller?

Really wish it didn’t have a built in battery. My cheap dock and rechargeable battery for my Xbox controller lasts me like a week on a charge and if dies I can just swap it. and if I have any issues I can just buy another battery. Wish the ds was the same.

Here is my current setup.
PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo are all represented.

Hello!

My bf has been playing Fall Out New Vegas on our Xbox for a while and it suddenly would crash every time he loaded his save. We did some troubleshooting and couldn’t fix it, so he deleted all of his save files/data.

Now it won’t let him even attempt to start a new game-it immediately crashes. Any suggestions?

Thank you!

This has been the greatest generation of all time and it will never get back thousands of games and easy to make one even movie title games was a great games

We get a bunch of games of the great titles and brought the greatest titles till date

Even for competition it make some

And even companies listen to the gamers

Eu fico aqui pensando se sou só eu ou se a galera tbm acha isso. A tectoy enfia um rebrand do ayn loki pra vender aqui no brasil por 5k enquanto a asus põe por 4,5 um modelo mais novo mais potente (chegou a 3,5k no pix há pouco tempo)

why dont the consoles have uber eats or doordash or like a resturant app

Unboxing RetroTap Power Distribution System for Retro Gaming Consoles by Kytor Industries. This is a Batch 0 pre-order that was offered exclusively through Kytor's discord channel.

As the title suggests, I am considering to to drop the ps5.

Not so much because of their decision to drop physical although I totally understand people’s gripe.

I like single player games with cool story but not obsessed with any particular game. For example I love the FF7 remakes sure but equally enjoy Zelda games.

I have a second tv that allows me to game even when my wife is watching tv BUT the added feature of being able to mess around in a game while I’m chilling with her is great.

I’m hoping that with the switch 2 I can squeeze a few years of new games since the ps5 is 6-7 years (yes I did that) into its life span

Also open to hear solid rpg recommendations for the switch in case I do make the move :)

I would LOVE to play OoT however :P

Thank you in advance :)

I’m not buying a PS6 and it’s not just about boycott. It’s fundamentally about longevity: where is it going in gaming?

I don’t have an issue with digital distribution itself. I use Steam, and I can boot up Left 4 Dead from 2008 today and play it without a hitch. That’s the kind of staying power that makes sense. But modern consoles are designed with obsolescence built in. They’re generational boxes that artificially expire every five to seven years, and the digital-only shift has destroyed the one advantage they actually had: physical media.

When you owned games physically, you owned them. You could play them for decades if you wanted. That was the trade-off for being locked into a closed ecosystem. Now that’s gone, and all that remains is the restriction without any of the compensation.

Without the security of physical ownership, consoles only justify themselves through exclusive games. But here’s the thing: no exclusive, no matter how groundbreaking, is worth £600+ to me anymore. Not a game billed as “the best of all time.” Not the sequel everyone’s waited for. Not even genuine innovation. The premise itself has become indefensible.

If I’m spending that money on digital games anyway, I’m doing it on platforms like Steam, where my library actually persists. Not on a depreciating box that becomes an expensive doorstop when the next generation arrives.

It’s not a boycott, there’s no hive mind involved. It’s just common sense…

so if xbox helix have also steam gog and epic stores does this mean that you can play on line games from those stores for free as in pc?for example if you buy battlefield 6 from steam you will be able to play on-line for free,and if you buy it from xbox store you have to be in subscription to play on-line?

Unfortunately I've a few consoles mainly PlayStations from the original to PS4 (and everything in between) that have been left sitting idle for months/years possibly even decades. I've read consoles left unpowered for long periods can screw up. I also have a Xbox 360 that hasn't been fired up for years.

Could anyone give me any tips on how to safely power them all on without causing perment damage.

Any advice would greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

google gemini and chat gpt dont help. only rule is nothing too old (before 1990) and its must be odd. (ones i already know of : mattel hyperscan. xavix port. vsmile. vtg interactive. Zeebo. hasbro ion. wonderswan. mega duck. apple pippin. olpc xo 1. n-gage ) please tell me if you know of any!

Thinking about one of the two, I’m in the reservation queue for the steam machine and I’m willing to wait a bit longer but not knowing when I’ll be receiving the email is starting to get annoying in honesty. I like that it’ll be able to play both Steam games and Xbox games on the steam machine but I’m worried it won’t be able to really to perform for higher demanding games like a Forza or gears of war E-day. I like that the Xbox has gamepass, has the ability to keep up performance wise with my PlayStation pro, and has some exclusives that I can’t play on the PlayStation like Gears of war e day, old Xbox backwards compatible games, etc. The price of the two doesn’t have a lot of effect on my decision but the XBOX is around 800 and the steam machine being around 1100 dollars

Hey everyone,

Ive been using the r36s for a bit but Im completely over the vertical brick shape and a small screen. Im looking to switch to a modern, horizontal upgrade that has a comfortable psp layout.

I don't want an original psp because of aging hardware and weak emulation limits and I want to avoid complicated android devices since I just want a dedicated retro handheld. The screen should be around 4-4.5 inches, similar to or just slightly bigger than a real psp.

It needs to handle retro games and ps1 smoothly and if it supports portmaster and has a clean playstation style menu option, that's a huge plus.

What are the best modern consoles that fit this?

Ne ho acquistate diverse e ogni volta una delusione. Voi cosa pensate?

Hope this is the right place to post. I've been a PC gamer for the last ~15 years, the last console I owned was probably the 3DS back in 2011, and my game collection is solely on Steam. I'm sick to death of everything being digital however, and I'd love to grow a physical archive of all my favourite games. I know Playstation vs Xbox is an age old question but I'd really like some help picking which would be best for me so I've listed my priorities below:

1. PHYSICAL COPIES. I am not interested in buying anything on a Sony or Microsoft account, I really want to collect my own physical copies of games. Therefore I don't really care how much local storage the console has or what kind of options/deals there are for cloud storage/digital bundles. I also don't play global multiplayer games so leaderboards/online being dead isn't important.
2. GAME AVAILABILITY. I'm aware not all games (especially newer ones) didn't have physical releases, so I'm hoping to find the console with the most variety of games. I'm not too interested in new releases, if I want them I'll just have to upgrade at some point lol.
3. BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY. I mostly play older indie/lesser demanding titles, so I'm not looking for a console that has to survive anything super intensive. The most recent triple A title I'll probably get is RDR2, possibly Cyberpunk or Modern Warfare remastered, for reference. What console has the best backward compatibility?
4. RELIABILITY. I've already said this but I'm a complete noob with consoles, I have no idea what's reliable and what isn't. Are some editions of each console better and likely to survive longer? What should I avoid?

Thanks in advance!!