did somethnig today I thought i swore off doing

so today I ordered an Xbox series S via a scalper (Price was a few dollars short being 100 over MSRP ($394+tax free shipping) so i feel mixed about it cause i adamantly said i'd never contribute to the scalper problem and yet here i am did the complete opposite
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Hells Malice
Rip I keep seeing Series S pop up for 12~ hours on amazon in Canada

Nobody wants 'em here. Not even worth scalping, you make like $50 profit.
 
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FAST6191
Are there any games on the series s (or indeed PS5) at this point that make it worth the effort?
 
AkiraKurusu
@FAST6191 From what I've heard, Spider-Man: Miles Morales looks absolutely spectacular on PS5, as does Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart.
I highly recommend the former; the latter would've been worthwhile, if Rivet wasn't a thing - or, at the very least, had some actual goddamn gameplay differences to Ratchet, so switching between the two (despite it being, y'know, a RATCHET & Clank game) would actually mean something. She's basically just a female skin over the same body rig - waste of potential; why does she exist?
 
WG481
I'm slapping a big F in the chat.


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@FAST6191 If anything is worth the scalping it's PS5 because of how it is with specs and new games. I would buy a Series X|S for the emulation.
 
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Scarlet
Damn, Series S is pretty widely available in the UK. Pretty sure it's been consistently in stock for more than a month. Is it really that hard to get in the US?
 
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Hells Malice
@FAST6191 Well it can play basically all xbone games and a huge chunk of 360/original xbox games. So if you're already an xbox gamer it's 100% worth getting even the S because all of the games will run better or at least be playable on one machine.

There's pretty much no reason to ever get a PS5 though. It doesn't do anything except play Demon's Souls. Weird they released an entire console for one game. Microsoft def won this starting sprint.
 
chrisrlink
@Scarlet apparently it is i have twiiter drop feeds for xbox S/X both sell out instantly in 2 hours (Presumably less)
 
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chrisrlink
I just hope it isn't just a S box with rocks in it going through my bank card for a chargeback is such a pain
 
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Xzi
Oof. I guess it is at least an upgrade over a One S, if nothing else. But yeah, I too am surprised it's getting so much attention from scalpers, what with it being the weakest option hardware-wise among next gen systems.
 
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chrisrlink
reading the reviews apparently the only thing missing is the game pass ultimate card(?)cheap bastards
 
yusuo
What, really there is loads of them in the UK, I got one nearly new for £175 yesterday, for context new they sell for £250 so mine was £75 below retail.
 
chrisrlink
I used my 2nd dev slot on it and just went ahead and subbed back to ultimate so I'm ready to go btw Gamertag is the same as my gbatemp ID so feel free to add
 

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