Hey there! I'm Gavin, a UK based designer who has had the pleasure of working professionally/independently in various places and ways over the years. I mostly work with LP/HP creation, but also UI design.
Occasionally, I talk sense (But always with typos! 👀)
Nice to meet ya!
And this kids, is why you do your rewards every day. (I decided to not break into another voucher and just pay the extra £9.99 myself.)
So just playing xbox every day paid for a brand new Series S for the upstairs bedroom.
You absolutely cannot argue with
@xbox
rewards! 💚
Say what you will about your console of choice, but god damn, its clear to see just how well made the series x is. The PS5 looks good internally for the most part don't get me wrong, but that Series X engineering is just on another level.
How are we all doing? I’ve decided to keep on with the tech posts but in a slightly different way. So, using updated and final info on what the new XSX and XSS are like, I wanted to talk about the big question right now: Is the Series S going to hold back next gen gaming? 1/41
Bethesda games are always amazing, but their scope and complexity means bugs. That’s fine.
However my worry is that the game will be hit with fanboy BS, and won’t be scored in its own merits but because it’s an Xbox game that isn’t on PS.
And that sucks.
There’s bias. Then there’s “bias”. Then there’s IGN. Nice cherry picking of words for clicks that doesn’t actually convey interview in any meaningful way. 🤦🏼
Xbox: “We found a way to inject HDR to games automatically which makes them look nicer!”
Media: Sniffs
PlayStation: “Our dash has HDR for no real reason.”
Media: Goes insane, reports like it’s the second coming.
Mad as a dog in a bungalow. This is why I don’t read those sites...
I’ve waited twenty years to play Metroid Prime on a proper handheld, and seeing as Nintendo are dragging their heels… Valve stepped in with the Steam Deck.
Absolutely blown away. Native games, emulation…
This is my new favourite toy,
You're going to hear a lot about why SFS (Sampler Feedback Streaming) is such a big deal and why its so important in maximising the potential of the
@xbox
Series X hardware with regard to its Velocity Architecture. So lets take a very brief and fast look at things. 1/1
Hey, kid, listen:
While paying the RE 4 demo on my series x and ps5, I had the exact same crash and text (text on SX), in the same spot, doing the same thing (jumping out a window onto several Ganado). Wasn’t in the final.
(Cont)
Can't lie, its pics like this that really do show just how amazing the Series X hardware is. Xbox absolutely outclassed the PS5 in hardware. The design is subjective, but I happen to think the PS5 is ugly as hell, and the xbox very classy. But just look at the size. Wow.
"MS files Patent for a method of externally validating ownership of game discs, which could let XSS players access physical games."
The single factor that is stopping me pulling the plug on an Xbox Series S is that I have hundreds of disk games.
@tomwarren
People need to stop with the talking… about the things they know nothing about.
Series S is being used as a scapegoat for an issue that’s not actually an issue with the Series S.
Let’s be real. The issue isn’t the XSS. It’s that it’s an Xbox at all. That’s people problem.
OMG I can’t believe they would do a 2 week timed free play of Outriders on Gamepass, I’m outraged! OUTRAGED! Wait, what’s that? It’s all bollocks? Yeah, of course it is. It’s almost as if certain people are a little bit sad and push lies to make plastic look good/bad. 🤷🏼
Upon taking my PS5 out to see if I can get the fins off and look at the fan for that *possible* fix, I noticed...
I too am getting a dark patch appearing in the middle.
This console man, FFS... 🤦🏼
I'm going to use this Twitter thread to post all updates to my
@xbox
4k dashboard concept, rather than spamming up my timeline.
I would appreciate people retweeting, for visibility, thank you.
@jronald
@XboxP3
@BondSarah_Bond
@aarongreenberg
4K Video:
On Trek To Yomi, the developer says that the Gamepass deal made more money than PlayStation sales.
And this is what it’s all about. The developer. Getting the game into the hands of many, while still being rightly “paid” as it were.
Imagine coming out as a development TEAM and saying the reason the game runs at 30 is the CPU...
Then one weak link comes out and says the Series S is a potato and is the reason for it (Despite the exact same CPU and profiles being available).
Sometimes saying nothing = better.
@tomwarren
You can totally see why a deal of this size needs to be examined, and dare I say it ANY size should be. But the CMS stuff is comical beyond belief, because it’s very, very clear they say things from a “protecting Sony” view and not “protecting gaming”. But then, UK is Blue…
So I’m in two minds about this discussion. One, who doesn’t love a fresh coat of paint? But two, who doesn’t hate a new barebones UI thats unproven and needs a shitload of time and fixes?
Plus... the Xbox UI was JUST changed.
Also, wear a shirt, FFS.
Like I said. People have totally missed the point of what gaming is about and no longer have any clue. It’s all about their box being better than yours, or slagging off Gamepass.
Some people have lost the plot completely 🤦🏼♂️
A lot of uproar about the price of the Xbox SSD. It’s a proprietary connection, XVA tech, in a tiny form factor complete with enclosure, with thermals a none issue, and is hot swappable.
Expecting it to be dirt cheap is just moronic. It’s priced fine for what it actually is. 👍🏻
Tonight sorted. Although I feel I’ve made the wrong choice, as I heard it drops frames 0.01% of the time in a single area, in a single map, and would much rather have 60fps 100% of the time at 44% lower resolution and lower quality shadows... Oh well. 🤷🏼
@PaulTassi
@Forbes
No. Should Sony release Spiderman on Xbox just to appear neutral? Also no.
The deal is about Activision.
This “do what I say not what I do” bollocks is getting embarrassing now and it’s mostly down to the media not holding Sony to the same accountability as MS.
I know an awful lot of people have trouble visualising the difference between XSX RDNA 2 and PS5 RDNA 2. So, as a true Brit, allow me to explain in a visual manner you may find easier. The next stop after this is crayon btw:
Don’t think
@CyberpunkGame
patch 1.05 is getting enough credit. The performance is fantastic and usually upper 60, the visuals damn good, and on XSX at least there are no issues that would be deemed game breaking. After just a week, that’s damn good.
Impressive. 👍🏻
It really is pathetic how people are no longer content with spreading lies and rubbish in written form, they are now uploading fake vape videos of their Xbox’s “smoking” even though that’s not what would happen in this way...
And of course websites are running with it...
🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼
I can’t stress just how forward thinking the Xbox team were with so many things. Every time I use my XSX everything is just there, working and ready. On my other console, it always feels like such an up hill battle to do even basic stuff. It’s really not even close. 🤷🏼♂️
If you've played
#APlagueTale
: Innocence and are about to dive back into your save on next-gen:
- PS4 to PS5: make sure to download the latest patch on PS4 before starting on PS5 to get your cloud save.
- Xbox One to Xbox Series: automatic cross-progression.
“Halo isn’t first party.”
“Xbox PROMISED every game ever at 60fps.”
“Fable girl looks ugly.”
“That show was 1/10, they didn’t show any gameplay.”
I can’t help but notice another emerging trend… strange huh? Wonder why…
@CMAgovUK
@Microsoft
@ATVI_AB
Heaven forbid a company actually wants to give its user base a better deal in the middle of a recession where money is short. Oddly enough you stand up for the company who is over charging though. Wonder why.
I expect no less from the UK government right now. Shameful.
There are so many issues with PS5, I’m actually a little worried about my console on Thursday. Xbox had a fair few but it’s being dwarfed by these PS5 ones (which are also not being reported by the big sites, but vaping consoles are fair game oddly. Funny that).
Damn shame 😢
Xbox really are the new PlayStation IMO. Massive vibes of older Ps1/PS2 adverts that were a bit weird and got you talking.
Love it, and love seeing MS go in hard with the marketing for once 👍🏻
Hey guess what? It’s an opinion, so you can’t say I’m wrong. Suck my thermos, trolls.
@GIBiz
If your average man’s penis “only” grew 38% larger, he would certainly be crying.
Crying tears of joy.
Also, the original penis growth target was set BEFORE the Halo delay.
This isn’t difficult. However, negativity towards the Xbox brand gets more clicks.
🍆
Had good calls this week with leaders at Sony. I confirmed our intent to honor all existing agreements upon acquisition of Activision Blizzard and our desire to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation. Sony is an important part of our industry, and we value our relationship.
Negative story about Xbox/Ms: Quick, this information must be released for all to see, guard it with your life and spread it fast fellow sites! Many Bothans died to bring us this information!
Negative story about PlayStation/Sony:
@shinobi602
People are “bothered” because it had the Xbox brand attached to it now. Nothing more.
It will be fantastic. It will sell amazingly well, or at least have massive engagement. It will also be panned by certain “types”.
Such is life sadly.
@HogwartsLegacy
No. A million times no. You went from a definite buy, to “do I really want to support a company who gives platform A less but charges the same at platform B”.
Bad move. Can’t defend this stuff.
That’s kotaku and gamespot both blocked. Fed up of this “one console to rule them all” narrative. I’ll take my news a little more balanced and less click baity cheers.
So you’re saying selling off your western devs and only releasing games on certain platforms instead of ALL the ones people actually want your product on… isn’t financially sound?
Damn, who could have seen this totally out of left field problem arising
@SquareEnix
🤷🏼♂️
A lot of xbox load time comparisons coming out. I can already see people moaning about how they are quicker but still “slow”.
Keep in mind these are BC games which have NOT been changed, and so will not take advantage of the SSD as much. The same will happen for PS5 BTW.
As I said... The Xbox Series S may be cheaper and not as powerful as the Series X, but it’s a damn fine machine that will sell gangbusters, despite what some people may have you think.
A brilliant read from digital foundry:
Please… I beg you… I beg all of you…
Please stop with this absolutely stupid take. I thought now more than ever you would stop with this utter rubbish. This isn’t how it works… 🤦🏼♂️
@LukePlunkett
Wow, this is…
Wow.
I could explain that kotaku is known as a PS fanboys wet dream, and so yes of course you would get more Xbox fans having a go.
But while it’s quite obvious BOTH are toxic, it’s also very clear you have this the wrong way around.
I’ll say again…
WOW. 🤦🏼♂️
Lot's of people talking about how great
@XboxGamePass
is & I want to offer some criticism to balance this, because I don't want it to so one sided.
I think its absolutely dreadful that the service doesn't add more new hours in the day to play the games too.
There. Fair is fair.
Hey,
@xbox
The past few months have been devastating for my little girl and myself. But I'll tell you this, you can't take the gamer out of my kid, that's for sure... She really is a mini me alright! 💚💚💚
How about a little love for my little
@xbox
geek!
I personally couldn’t give a hoot if you are cancelling your
@xboxGamepass
. You do you. But doing it for clicks and likes… Bit sad really.
The grass isn’t any greener, just FYI.
Today has been an absolute eye opener. Post anything negative about Sony at all, and your entire timeline/inbox fills up with hate. Nobody can read past the first post, nobody can hear an opinion other than Sony being god. So here’s how it’s going to go down from now on.
Why are people like this? Like, how utterly pathetic do you have to be, to go to this length...? It’s not even a first party IP. This would be like using “Life of black tiger” as some sort of yard stick for Sony.
Seek help. Play the games. Stop being 11 year wank puffins FFS. 🤦🏼
While I do enjoy my XSX,
@XboxP3
can we take a look at the share and capture? You added a share button and I use it all the time. But HDR capture, clip length, uploading of clips... it’s dreadful. Really needs work, as some things don’t work at all, and some are under developed.
There’s far too much negativity on Twitter. So, regardless of Xbox or PlayStation, Trump or Biden, Ant or Dec... Hi! Hope you’re all having a great time and just enjoying life.l!
Except you guys that like pineapple on pizza... I have my eye on you. 👀
Hugs all round!
@Schwarzenegger
@TheSlyStallone
As a kid who watched you in the 80s/90s, most kids today will have no idea the amazing feeling this picture gives off ❤️
@Dachsjaeger
When I bought my PS5, I had to make triple sure the saves I wanted were backed up to usb, incase the ps+ transfer didn’t work. Then check they were even compatible, or not protected. I then farted around in the ui for ages.
When I got my XSX, I turned it on. 🤷🏼
I just tried Redfall after the update… it feels so much better. Like a new game even. Absolutely brilliant feeling to play, and if it came out this way it would have been much better received.
I enjoyed the game a lot at launch but this… it makes me want to pick it back up 👍🏻
Allow me to get out my miniature violin, which coincidently also came with exclusive marketing rights, exclusive betas and oh yeah, a whole god damn game mode, that other violins didn’t get.
Sony has told the UK regulator Call of Duty players are likely to switch to Xbox, even if the series stays on PlayStation, partly because of potential exclusive features on Microsoft's console.
A person's opinion is just that; An opinion. The site has given PS games bad reviews. It's also given them good reviews. Same for xbox.
This is BS. This is trying to set a precedent that only good reviews matter, when in reality, a review should discuss good AND bad.
"
@PlayStationAU
does not wish to provide
#GranTurismo7
review code to anyone intending to write about it for Stevivor. The manner in which this has been communicated [is] rather disappointing, but nonetheless is the company’s prerogative."
Our article:
Fallen Order next gen update, what a nice surprise. Great to see XSX taking quite a large lead here. If you haven’t played this... Do it. It was utterly fantastic, and it’s on Gamepass too, so no excuse.
One good thing about Sony adding more stuff to their controller... it seems developers finally woke up and remembered Xbox had impulse triggers (yes, not the same as PS5, but it’s nice to see it used for once).
• Single person posts about game pass price increase.
• Its bad news about Xbox.
• Sites are quick to talk about it because of previous point.
• Turns out price isn’t USD but is NZD, so wrong.
• Most don’t update info and its used in fanboy drama.
• Repeat tomorrow.
SPOILER: No. No it’s not, and anybody with even a little experience will tell you as such. I’ll go into more detail below as to why that is, but the most important aspect is that this is NOT a last gen console, I can’t stress that enough. 2/41
After watching
@Dachsjaeger
's excellent video explaining what was wrong with Halo Infinites lighting, I wanted to add a few of my own points on top, in another laymans terms style explanation with examples shown from my own indie title,
#OverDose
. 1/
Over 7,000 people are following this guy for this console war BS. Directly below he goes on about overheating despite it being well and truly debunked. And his followers lap it up, because like him they fuel the bullshit console war.
Use your head. Use facts.
Be better.
Oh how the mighty has fallen! MS removed any mention of Ray-Tracing from its site. Next up, Bots will say MS never promised Ray-Tracing! Just how they did with the “4K Uncompromised” talk with the Xbox One X.
This is one of the most pathetic things I’ve read on here all year. And that’s saying a lot, because I accidentally read a red dragon post the other week.
Shameful.
Notice the pop in and lighting fade? and this is on a near portal, so, it’s doing the same as, well, Portal. Nothing new. Yet still, that miracle cure SSD isn’t helping.
Food for thought...
As somebody who bought the game on Xbox, enjoyed the hell out of it, then made sure a lot of people knew about how good it was and secured you a good few more copies solid, I have to say…
Absolute rubbish move not supporting Xbox the same here, and it makes no sense
@Reef_Games
Fight for freedom. Fight for the future.
Terminator: Resistance ENHANCED is out now on PlayStation®5! Find out where you can purchase a copy here: ()
#TerminatorResistanceEnhanced
It's time to dust off the ol' Needler.
✅ Fully Optimized on Series X|S
✅ 120 FPS in Campaign & Multiplayer
✅ Split-screen improvements & up to 4K on Series X
✅ Available for free to existing owners or those with
@XboxGamePass
on November 17
One of these bad boys will find itself into my house in a few weeks. But this is a big ass box, and hope there’s a few hidden doubloons or a bit of cake in there too... Mmm... Cake...
@thegameawards
No Forza is a total blow. That’s bad. Stiff competition, but for me it’s a toss up between Psychonauts, Metroid and RE. R&C was dull as dishwater and over in no time at all, and sadly haven’t played Deathloop (waiting on XSX version) or It Takes Two (just not got to it yet)
@geoffkeighley
@BradSmi
I defend you more than I probably should Geoff, and posts like this rather than showing excitement for something being available to millions more proves I really shouldnt…
I, erm... thought Spider Man on PS4 was a bit average, a good game but full off so much filler and and boring side stuff. I also think TLOU2, while gorgeous, is a dull game that goes on twice as long as it should and doesn’t hold a candle to the first.
Sorry guys... 🤷🏼
So let me get this right... PS5 has no quick resume (just switcher for last played games i.e a fresh load), a 2/4/6 w/e hour controller battery, no native 1440p, slower loads on pretty much everything *ATM*, and you can’t even store PS5 games on an external...?
@tomphillipsEG
Just to clarify this bafflingly poor worded post, as some people are already trolling. The XSX patch:
• Greatly improves screen tearing to the point it’s far less frequent, just like PS5.
• If you want it “gone” use the 30fps mode.
• But 30fps (obviously) feels like ass.
The actual headline should read “Xbox bother to report what went wrong rather than just send report to Sony”.
These sort of click bait headline are bullshit. Borderlands is a notorious game that has a lot of crashes - even on my pc.
This hate propaganda again XSS is pathetic.
1/40 I haven’t done anything like this in a while for obvious reasons (READ: Fanboys and tripe). But hell, I have a few hours spare, so let’s have a little dive into the good, the bad... and the odd questions about the visual presentation of Halo Infinite's latest media.
"Xbox FIRST party games exclusive = BAD
-BUT-
PlayStation THIRD part exclusives = GOOD"
If you agree to this you are absolutely bloody bonkers, entitled as hell… and you are off my Christmas card list.
Good day sirs.
As much as I hate to give absolute shit gibbons like this an audience... These are classic examples of low IQ trolls who, rather than read, enjoy shit stirring for “likes”. These aren’t gamers. These are basement dweller low life’s.
If you follow them, unfollow me. Cheers.