Upgrading The Xbox One...10 Years Later

Today we are looking back on the turning point for Microsoft after a disastrous presentation at E3, but were they actually right and just too early?
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[@HCUK677]

Lots of people freaked out about the Kinect 2, then proceeded to buy Alexa's and Ring doorbells years later that capture everything and package up your data to amazon for it be sold. lol

[@christian6911]

Nows the time to buy those kinects 2s. They're a good camera for pc and I bet they'll get collectable in the future

[@nathanbraun2067]

lots of people freaked out about always online, now ps5 slim requires always online to play discs and nobody complains

[@HCUK677]

@@christian6911 A really good and cheap way for doing 3D scans too, or attaching to a robot as it's sensors.

[@theo5675]

I still have my Kinect it works great still

[@Destron5683]

@@nathanbraun2067it doesn’t require online to play discs, it requires online to register the drive and pair it with the system. Once you’ve done that it’s plays discs offline just fine.

[@roberttaylr]

Having my game on the main screen with KZbin snapped to the side was amazing I hate that I was even reminded of such a good thing that was taken away

[@ivanexell-uz4mv]

I don’t know why they couldn’t make it work post Xbox one launch.

[@kevboard]

to be fair, most modern TVs can do this now

[@roberttaylr]

@@kevboard just bought a 2023 brand new samsung, definitely not Most

[@2toottoot]

😩😅 damn i forgot bout that too and used it all the time

[@kevboard]

@@roberttaylr well your Samsung can.. so...

[@Igor19485]

Microsoft didn't introduce XBOX as a gaming console, they intoduced it as an '' entertainment system '' which was just not it in 2013. They made a mistake that still haunts to this day when it comes to sales.

[@eternalgamers10]

And it didn't help the dude before Phill Spencer spit in the faces of the customer fan base with that dumb just buy a xbox360 comment.

[@alpha-boss]

I don't see the problem with them using the word "entertainment system" Wasn't the Nes called Nes entertaniment system? It shouldn't have been be that difficult for people to tell that it's a gaming console ..And to be honest;y Xbox One selling 50+ million units isn't bad at all. It's a decent number imo

[@Igor19485]

@@alpha-boss It's decent on it's own yeah and I actually like Xbox consoles but Sony absolutely outsold them since then. They took advantage of the poor marketing for Xbox One and really never looked back. Xbox completely lost its presence in Asia and Europe, as an European if you tell someone that you own a Xbox over PS they will just ask you '' Why?''. That was not the case in 360 era.

[@IaconDawnshire]

They lost their way

[@lotograves]

@@alpha-boss nintendo entertainment system

[@jonezy_34]

The snap feature was something I used so much back when it was still a thing. I then bought a PS4 & was sad to see it wasn't a feature there. I then tried to go back to my Xbox a couple of years later & found out it wasnt there anymore & was extremely disappointed, I would love to see a comeback & on both consoles!

[@josephhoalt6824]

I will never forgive people for getting snap taken away

[@mario7832]

Mann I loved the snap idc if my attention span is shot

[@BrotherKnowledge.]

@@josephhoalt6824 What's the story behind that anyway? From my view, EVERYONE loved that feature. Who the hell fought to get it taken away?!?!

[@roberttaylr]

@@BrotherKnowledge. developers so they could squeeze just a little more power out of the base XBONE

[@TheMysteryDriver]

@@BrotherKnowledge.they had data that showed almost no one used it

[@RocketRenton]

I can just about remember the E3, they had the idea, just the wrong time, now we see it in reality pretty much in 2023.

[@APeterson95]

It was actually before e3, they had their own event that you could stream just for this unveiling. I still remember bc I skipped school to watch it back then lol e3 is when PlayStation buried them with their unveiling

[@RetroRoninX7]

I played lots of great games on my old Xbox One. Killer Instinct and Rare Replay are still favorites of mine. Also Halo 5 had great fun multiplayer with Castle Wars being my favorite Playlist !

[@kottonmouthxkyd]

Bought am Xbox One just for KI, the Arcade Ports and Rare Replay.

[@foxhoundra64fr]

I've had this done on my xbox one S and X, and I think it really really modernizes the console, its great. I have a 2tb in my X and a 500 in my S. Even the S feels great. Nice vid jon wave

[@Vicvines]

then really the only reason you would have to upgrade to Series X would be ray tracing which isn't even implemented fully, and maybe a bit more 4k power but not enough to warrant a purchase.

[@MrJHarley17]

oh nice, I plan on picking up a series x soon, although I know it will just sit there most of the time compared to my switch and ps5, but I should drop one in my one x cause the kid will probably inherit it

[@XBX1MASTER]

⁠not true. I/I is much faster and performance is well worth it. Trust me, I come from a X1X with SSD.

[@danielfialaatwork8652]

@@Vicvines at this point his one X is easily better than a Series S

[@foxhoundra64fr]

I own both actually, and I can say 100% that the load times are only very slightly slower on the One vs Series S. The main drawback is limited to 30fps in some games and can't play new Series games in my opinion.@@danielfialaatwork8652

[@drakewaterston7447]

Selling my Xbone was the only time I ever fleeced Gamestop. It was at its peak used price and I got a release Switch with 3 games for its trade in. RIP you served me well lol

[@XxZannexX]

I was happy to see the push back for this all digital future where we don’t own anything. In 2023 it’s disappointing how much this is accepted. Losing consumer control and rights is going to haunt us in the future.

[@estignatic]

Back in 2020 I was thrifting a lot out of boredom and actually found a Xbox one vcr model for $40. It was marked broken but I could tell it was just a dead power supply. I took it home booted it up and it was still on the old OS with snap and it worked just fine. Played Ryse on it for hours no issue.

[@302toneranger3]

i just picked one up yesterday for $45 with no issues.

[@lpjunior999]

I firmly reject the all-digital future unless DRM is severely limited or eliminated altogether. I’ve lost an entire library of digital purchases more than once.

[@ashinigamirises]

Pirates life

[@garagegames2819]

for me

[@TheVHSReviver]

Glad to see someone else mention it's a DRM issue.

[@cryptocsguy9282]

@lpjunior999 How do you lose an entire library of digital games lol ?

[@TheVHSReviver]

@@cryptocsguy9282 On PC if you don't log into your Ubisoft account after 6 months it runs the risk of being deleted for inactivity. If you bought games on it there is no reason it should be deleted at all. Much less in such a short period of not signing in.

[@octaviocarranza4327]

Swapped out the drive in my old vcr a little while ago. Only use it at my parents' house since all my main consoles aren't there and so any family with kids have something to entertain them with while visiting. I didn't notice a huge change other than the really loud grinding sound of the old drive on startup was gone.

[@josh3684]

It wasn’t their “ideas” for the Xbox one that hurt. It was their massive push and arrogance for drm.. they ended up going back on that, but they really turned a lot of people away… never recovered since

[@TylerKhan]

what is hilarious now is that Sony and many third party games are that way now or are leaning into it. Nothing really wrong with DRM. Companies have always owned the game and the consumer has always only bought a license to play the game even with physical video games. You never legally own it. Just have a legal license to play the game.

[@maxnum1sgameclub263]

Xbox did recover and they are doing more then fine now, its a highly profitable division of microsoft. The drm and forced kinect did them in for that presentation. And while MS was the guilty party back then, MS is now the only one of the big with massive backwards compat without paywalls. Sony en ninty have a paywall for older gen (for ps down from the ps3) games you own. The tables have turned around on this topic quite a bit if we are talking about the big 3.

[@TylerKhan]

@@maxnum1sgameclub263 this exactly. All Sony did was tell people what they wanted to hear. They never cared for the consumer. Not saying Xbox(and Microsoft ) was perfect back then but they have turn themselves into probably one of the most pro-consumer entertainment company in the industry. Microsoft went gainst where the industry was going and it is finally paying off for them. Even if they have rocky development for some games especially because of Covid. Who cares! A lot of these games you don’t have to commit to buying! On Sony’s side if you want to play Resident Evil 4 remake in vVR. Well get ready to drop over $1000 for a PlayStation and VR headset. $550 if you already have one. Then this is the best part. Now After that. You FINALLY have the ability to pay another $60 for the game 😂

[@PrinsessePeach]

Didn’t Sony have the same DRM system planned for PS4, but changed it last minute after the backlash that Xbox got?

[@cryptocsguy9282]

@PrinsessePeach I think so yeah

[@lucasm20]

I've done an SSD upgrade on my One X, it does improve load times a bit, specially cold boot startup time. Funny that it seemingly has the header for an NVMe slot on the Scorpio motherboard but they never followed through with it. Guess they preferred saving SSDs as a feature for the Series generation.

[@jk-474]

I put a 2TB Micron SSD in mine, I can confirm games like RDR2 boot MUCH faster than the stock Seagate HDD, if I’m not mistaken it’s 5400RPMs

[@captureinsidethesound]

It would have been pointless because the full system wasn't fast enough to justify a faster storage solution than the standard SSD. Plus, optimization is based on the lowest performer so that would have been an HDD. Not many studios waist money on optimizing for faster hardware because its just a select few who might "upgrade". There is this common misconception that its optimized for Windows (AMD/NVIDIA) and then ported to consoles. NO, its developed for the SDK's then ported to the actual consoles they represent. Each SDK has its own API level optimizations. Xbox is Microsoft (DirectX).

[@lucasm20]

@@captureinsidethesound even if devs weren't encouraged to optimize for an SSD the speeds achievable with PCIe SSDs compared to SATA make a huge difference. Old PC games benefit so much from it that I doubt it wouldn't affect game load times. I have noticed load times on games has been slightly faster, specially for little things like UI or texture loading.

[@captureinsidethesound]

@@lucasm20 , you are right. But, I'm reffering to real-time gameplay in which faster storage speed has little, if any benefit because its memory/cache dependant. Especially, with DirectX 11 or older Engines. DirectX 12 does magic with newer storage solutions due to how insanely fast they have become.

[@lucasm20]

@@captureinsidethesound sure, but we didn't have that context back then. Even then there are many games which still benefit from an SSD (even a SATA one) without the need for special storage APIs. How much that applies to consoles compared to PC is another thing, but Microsoft being the developer of the console could probably have squeezed out some extra performance by tweaking the backend of APIs devs use.

[@DeadPhoenix86DP]

Still not liking the all digital future. Because none of your purchases are safe.

[@BasedSherpa]

I miss the snap feature. I used to snap the Blu Ray player or Netflix all the time while playing games. I actually switched to primarily PS4 for a few years and when I finally went to use my Xbox One again I was so confused what happened to snap 😢

[@sirwalterii_2nd]

I used Snap mode quite a bit especially on Sundays during the NFL season. I'd have a game on using snap while playing a game which looking back I'm surprised I did considering I like to focus my attention on my 1st playthrough. I was sad to see the feature get removed.

[@mart182003]

Had and have my launch Xbone, I didn’t have any issues with, I also enjoyed watching and playing at the same time. I still use it from time to time and still works great.

[@Edwoah_The_Legend]

5:05 just wanted to say; in case any of you want to disable the speaker sound but don’t want to take the Xbox apart there is actually a setting for it in the settings app! Unfortunately I forget the name but I will edit the comment when I find out

[@baptistechataing3365]

Have you found ?

[@SonGokuSann]

Thank you for this video on a rainy Sunday

[@MateusDrake]

A picture in picture with KZbin, Netflix, other streaming services would be very useful to me. And I think people aould like to use Twitch like that too.

[@royjackson8613]

I have a Xbox one vcr in my spare room with the classic consoles. Still play it from time to time.

[@GalacticPoisonX]

Holy shi* How has it already been 10 years since the Xbox one came out

[@GODCONVOYPRIME]

Doesn't it feel off that, a lot of people are coming to that realization? I mean why is that happening what caused it and what does it mean? Here's the thing, time feels like its off, time itself. maybe humanity knows something is off but they're just all collectivley playing dumb cause, they're afraid to say anything because we're too self con- This is some good weed.

[@ZackestTV]

​@GODCONVOYPRIME i think as you get older time accelerates for you because a month feels shorter relative to the rest of your life vs summer break feeling so long as a kid.

[@Jalex0021]

Covid probably made the last decade feel two years feel shorter anyway, let's be honest. Combine that with the paradox of time feeling shorter as you get older as well and you have one almighty head altering mind f*ck to overcome. 'Holy shi*' indeed..

[@suprxmefire9497]

2013 feels like 4 years ago

[@JackStavris]

I'm not gonna lie, I actually loved the idea of an all-in-one media center that did Blurays + DVDs, live TV (which I still cared about in 2013), streaming services, KZbin, Skype (again I used that a lot back then), and AAA quality games, and the Xbox One kind of did it all pretty well, not perfect by any stretch but it did it well enough. If it weren't for the forced Kinect, which should have been optional from day one and the always online DRM with the 24 hour check-ins that they initially were going to do, it would have been way more popular and maybe not outsold the PS4, but at least sold as much as the Xbox 360 did. I used to use media center PCs back then with Windows Media Center, as well as had a separate game console and a streaming box, combining that into one easy to use box was a dream to me in the early 2010s. The PS3 kinda sorta did some of it, as did the 360, but not as well as the original Xbox One did. Too bad they got too greedy with the DRM malarkey and ruined their sales for the entire generation despite the improvements with the One S and One X. I still have my original Xbox One, and once I move into a bigger place I'll put an SSD in it to replace the awful 5400 RPM hard drive and stick it in my bedroom as a media center, as I have a Series X that I'll use in my living room. That will keep it out of a landfill and will work great for streaming and media since as far as I know it's still getting current Xbox OS versions.

[@TheMysteryDriver]

The Kinect was actually awesome and I used voice controls all the time watching TV and stuff. Really I wish they had put a coax in it and let us use it as a box top too and DVR for cable. Would have sold gang busters

[@BrotherKnowledge.]

The timing of this video is ridiculously eerie. I just started the process myself. But for the Xbox One X, though. I am putting a 2TB SSD in it. Figure I will free up some space on my Xbox Series X by putting all of my of my completed Xbox One games on the One X, save for a few favorites, of course. Plus, I have a Kinect that I want to keep hooked up as well. (Really wish the Series X continued to support the Kinect 2.0 - for the sake of preservation, at least.) This is going to be fun!

[@cdrick94]

I though the OneX wasnt compatible with the Kinect? 🤔 Only the OneS and OGXboxOne isnt?

[@BrotherKnowledge.]

@@cdrick94 Out the box, no. You are correct. But there is an adapter specifically for the Xbox One X|S that we can use for it to make it usable for the One X|S. I am going to use that for this situation.

[@AxelAlexK]

I'm still using my VCR Xbox one as my main console. I originally bought it as a refurbished unit have had it for 7 years+ and it's never had an issue. Very quiet. I'd totally throw an SSD in it if I wasn't awful with tinkering...I'd probably break something. I have never opened mine. I'll probably buy an Xbox series x at some point assuming they don't strip out the disc drive. I'm not ever buying a digital only console.

[@buschg7106]

Amazingly, the xbox 360 STILL works and plays wonderfully despite me having a ps5 and xsx. We always want something new, but if the 360 is a good console in 2023, he wasn't wrong about 2013

[@Nick-4K]

I pit an ssd in my one x a few years ago during the console purge and it worked great

[@JorgieTV01]

Great video, I'm upgrading my vcr Xbox one with ssd today.

[@henrickrw]

Ryse Son Of Rome was ahead of it's time. Underrated GEM and still up to standards.

[@ShadyPlatinum777]

One of the best launch titles ever

[@BoxiesAU]

💯 massively under rated title

[@lusa3002]

It plays itself, total garbage...

[@henrickrw]

ABSOLUTELY

[@spensep999]

MegaJon is your gamer tag. I love it!

[@sedasauce5030]

before i even start the video i literally took my original xbox one out from storage since i have my series x in the living room and then this video gets uploaded. the freakin timing man

[@ShadowFoxInfinite]

This is one thing I loved that every other 1st party should copy from Xbox- unifying the OS amongst previous and future consoles with updates so they are as similar as possible. The Series X transition from XBONE was so smooth it almost felt as if I still had the same system with my entire profile and games moving directly over in one fell swoop. Every future console should do this.💯

[@thatssomegoodpie]

The VCR model is really charming. Running an unpatched version of Callisto Protocol on it was a wild experience. Seeing just how much the console struggles with that game yet still pulling it off as I was able to fully beat the game really puts things into perspective.

[@cryptocsguy9282]

@thatssomegoodpie Probably runs like a 3d0 game lmao

[@Loathsome_Lynx]

Its already runs like a 360 game normaly. On this it probably runs like a ps1 game​@cryptocsguy9282

[@cryptocsguy9282]

@TDF_Lynx Just to be clear I meant running like a game from the 3D0 interactive multiplayer & not the xbox 360, that wasn't a typo lol

[@Dakobra_]

I rememeber back in the day Digital Foundry put out a video showing off that an SSD netted a pretty noticeable performance boost for Fallout 4. SSDs back then were so expensive though.

[@Adamtendo_player_1]

The Xbox One is the lowest point in the history of Xbox because of how Microsoft introduced it as an “entertainment system” with their DRM and their response to people that were angry was you can buy an Xbox 360 if you’re not happy and then there’s the price and being force to use Kinect, Microsoft basically handed PS4 victory with their blunders.

[@charlescarnage]

Sweet! a tech upgrade with a little history lesson👍

[@Danzig420]

I bought this system at launch, so I technically have the day one edition, and it’s been relegated to basically a streaming/movie machine the past few years but it still works flawlessly and has survived years and years of constant use without any cleaning. They built the VCR model to last lol.

[@Cheesehead302]

Would it have gotten the same backlash today as then? In the spaces I see, absolutely it would. People I know are constantly irritated by DRM in individual games, coming out and saying "our system has DRM for everything, is more expensive than PS5, used games won't exist anymore" would still create an uproar today, especially in a universe where a lot of people dont feel that they are really missing out on much when it comes to exclusive titles on those consoles.

[@just_delightful]

The History part of this video was great - you should really think about doing more history videos. News wave should probably be shorter and less "leaky"- but this history side feels fresh.

[@corruptedpoison1]

Biggest thing about the always online restriction then compared to now is internet availability, in 2013 if you didn't live in a big to medium size city you were stuck with either DSL or if you were really unlucky satellite internet which at that time was bearly even a connection. Smoke signals are better than something like Hughesnet. Now Starlink is available worldwide in countries that allow it and its 1-300 down 10 up with 20 ping.

[@kevingomez3051]

I know we are splitting hairs, but it's closer to 40 - 60 ping. Doesn't make that much of a difference. The only negative is sometimes there is a moment where the connection drops and when it does it will be out for like 3 - 60 seconds and it's life or death in an online game. I like it way more than my old DSL.😊

[@ZackestTV]

Holy shit i cant believe that was 10 years ago

[@Xxx_KittySlayer_xxX]

Fr time flies

[@herohunter81]

Ryse was the first game that actually looked NexGen to me at the time.

[@HeroFinn]

I think you can turn off the beep in settings, so no need to remove the speaker.

[@matthewburkett4678]

I got a Xbox one vcr that I’ve had since new. I use it as a traveling console when traveling for work so I can play halo infinite multiplayer. It chugs along but thinking about upgrading to at least an one x.

[@Lavoss05]

In today's times of SSD I would recommend any Xbox One or PS4 owners to get a external or internal HDD. I started with a external on my One X and figured just to leave the stock plater Internal HDD but after a year of seeing the difference there is a noticeable performance difference on newer and older games that stream data from the HDD, Games like Halo Infinite and Forza Horizon 5 showed excellent loading and streaming performance. Just as a example Metro Exodus when I played it I was using the external SSD and it also must be a game that heavily stream data cause while playing the SSD was pretty warm to the touch which means the game was giving it a work out, In my opinion mechanical hard drives are definitely one of the limiting factors of performance on last gen consoles.

[@Revan-]

Just fired up my Xbox One Today and bought a game pass! I'm so out of the loop, I went to the store looking for Xbox live Gold. Didn't even know game pass was a thing until a few weeks ago. Because of life getting in the way, I honestly don't game enough to warrant an upgrade to a series X. Still, I had a lot of fun! Glad to see that it can still hang with the newer generation, and pick up right where I left off. Gonna make an effort to play it until it goes the way of the Xbox 360.

[@christopherfoster1531]

I will say the one advantaged the VCR Xbox one has is it's usually the cheapest out of all 5 consoles mentioned though. I usually see them in my area on Facebook for $40 to $60 usd with the wires and a controller.

[@BrianFo]

Microsoft actually had an official SSD model (it was called the elite version or something but it was a hybrid SSD). I had it and I would always notice the when playing with friends as their would load in about double the time. I think i noticed it the most playing Destiny.

[@MADBADBRAD]

It was a hybrid HDD with a faster RPM rate.

[@BrianFo]

@@MADBADBRAD The Xbox One Elite console switches out the traditional 512GB of HDD space for a 1TB solid state hybrid drive

[@nickolassmith8759]

He said remove the speaker to get rid of the ding start up sound. When you can literally turn it off in settings 😂😅

[@Xedhadeaus]

I think nowadays it still needs to be expressed due to things like Amazon Luna or the Dead Stadia that Gamepass lets you play games locally. And with others in an already established ecosystem. Playstation 3 "Only Does Everything" is probably why they decided to take that point. After being a DVD / HD DVD system, they finally bit the bullet and tried to do what playstation 3 was doing. Backwards compatibility, multimedia capable, no extra fees for dvd playback etc. But instead of just doing it, they led with it. If your amazon fire stick cost 500 dollars, when a real one only costs 50, why buy it? Can't share discs? Kids most affected. Always online? Unheard of at the time, especially from a console that was the first and only to require money to play online. It was just consistently bad.

[@vegetarey]

Funny to think that 10 years ago gamers were arguing about 720p, 900p and 1080p, and PS5 and Series X render games at the same native resolutions or even lower. lol Alan Wake 2 867p Remnant 2 and Inmortals of Aveum 720p Lords of the Fallen 648p Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty 900p EA Sports WRC 1080p

[@christiangomez2496]

I just noticed that the optical drive uses a sata cable for power and this....odd one for interfacing with the board. It's the original Xbox all over again, just with more drm and special hardware.

[@LgnShorty]

I just did this to my Xbox one last month. The bed was struggling as it aged . It’s much better now . The SSD was $40 , so it wasn’t too bad

[@andriodman1]

Hey Jon great video, you think you could try Destiny 2 on your upgraded ssd, the menus and loadout screens take forever when it's stock, just wondering if this would help. Thanks

[@chiwhitesox7]

I loved the Xbox One. I was an Xbox guy since the original but after multiple 360 consoles with the RROD, I switched to the PS3 for that generation. This system got me back into the Xbox. I still use my Xbox One X as my secondary console and it works well and in full 4k.

[@TheMysteryDriver]

See you need to do a compare. I can tell you the OS is slow and the apps take forever to load. I'm debating on whether or not to do this. I also have a few Kinect games that don't work on the series.

[@arrongamez1388]

The way the Xbox one hard drives were partitioned by default, there was 100gb or more unpartitioned. This was so the hard drive wouldn't get to 100% full and start throttling or slow down.

[@kipters]

I did this to my One X (and other consoles) one year ago, definitely worth it. Next step is to RGH my 360 and put an SSD there too. Also up until 2017 I was working on a sports app on iOS/Android. We considered a Windows 8/Windows Phone 8 port mostly to have a Xbox One version designed to run in Snap mode, when they killed the feature the entire port idea came to an halt.

[@bland9876]

Running an SSD in an Xbox 360. Ah one can dream.

[@kipters]

@@bland9876 AFAIK it's possible once you mod it

[@bland9876]

@@kipters see that's the stupid thing about this You shouldn't have to mod your system just to put a different hard drive in there.

[@kipters]

@@bland9876 I agree

[@twidisiscool]

Got a vcr Xbox one for Christmas in 2016 one of my favorite memories ever

[@JGKingCrusher]

I still have my 360 hooked up. Sad they didn't bring my Tron arcade game over with the BC updates. And I honestly wish they would make a Kinect 3. Completely under used, under rated piece of gaming.

[@DeadPhoenix86DP]

Kinect is dead. BC program ended in 2021.

[@FutureWorldX]

​@@DeadPhoenix86DPKinect is great for Just Dance and Kinect Sports. I miss those franchises.

[@freefalling2earth]

Why have you not got a link in the description for the USB download?

[@arsenalplayz825]

Man i still have a launch Xbox on my shelf with my ps5 and both get played fairly frequently ima have to do this upgrade

[@MazziBoi]

Don't you think you should have some sort of warning with opening a power supply? Touching capacitors and stuff is really dangerous and sometimes can be lethal. If your system has been in a box for years its most likely fine but if its still being used I'd avoid attempting to clean it.

[@Gr00t]

Yeah that's crazy to be suggesting that without a disclaimer... Jesus Christ.

[@ariyanadumon4549]

If you're watching a DIY Channel about fucking with electronics, you should already understand that it can kill...

[@MazziBoi]

​@@ariyanadumon4549don't you think its a stretch calling this channel DIY? It's not really explaining anything he's just filming himself tinkering. Also he goes mostly news lmao. He should stick to that. FYI not everyone knows how dangerous power supplies are, real DIY youtubers would explain that to viewers.

[@MazziBoi]

Lmao he posts a disclaimer finally after so many complaints to save his ass. This is just plain sad, sick of fake tech wannabes. Rookie mistake at best.

[@MazziBoi]

@@ariyanadumon4549 If that's the case why did he clip that part out of the video and remove his comment?? I told him he could get a huge lawsuit and look it's gone

[@AL1EN303]

I keep it because this model can run Kinect 2 directly. For the rest of the library I use SX unit

[@bruhhdahman]

I did this upgrade to my xbone over a year ago, and I love how snappy it has made it. gta6 might be what forces me to get a series x, if gta6 doesnt end up on steam right away that is.

[@marenoglas7572]

Im still rocking my xbox one launch edition for my bedroom , i use the series s for my racing rig and the series x in my living room. But loading mw3 lobbies or forza motorsport 7 lobbies are just so slow, so i decided to upgrade with the ssd. And man I’ll be honest, if i knew it earlier it would run that good i 100% wouldn’t have the series s but just a second hand xbox one

[@timothypatch5080]

I remember replacing my Hard drive for the ps4 and it was a lot more simple than this, if I’m not mistaken all I had to do was slide the glossy plate off and unscrew one screw

[@smashpro1]

Ayy, I just did this upgrade a few days ago!

[@doobiescoo]

My plan with my old xbox one s discless is to swap out the 500GB hdd with a 2TB ssd, then enable dev mode so I can install retroarch. I'll have it be my dedicated HTPC for emulation.

[@SKNGame]

Still rocking my VCR XBO

[@Zachary_Sweis]

"Very easy to do" from a software perspective, but still a dumb physical process compared to Playstation.

[@chrisvw352]

Pretty fun tear down and look at the menu screen. The Xbox One is one of the only systems I did not like. I bought late in it's cycle so that could be a reason but regardless I did not care for it.

[@Kamen101]

Miss the snap feature 😢

[@LBSiUK]

Those "480GB" SSDs are the same as a 500GB and 512GB. They say 480 due to losing some from formatting. A "480GB" or "500GB" SSD will have 512GB of physical storage.

[@halcyondaystunes]

Not a good idea to tell people to open up the power brick without giving a disclaimer first about risk of electric shock

[@turismofoegaming8806]

I just recently got me a 40 inch 1080p LED TV And I gotta say, I am enjoying the bright more vibrant colors more than I was on my cheap $700 Samsung 4K TV!!! The only thing that looked better on the cheap 4K was that the games were sharper and things like leaves on the trees in the background were more discernible. Where is there slightly more fluffy looking going back to 1080p HD, but man if you ain’t got $5000 for an LG OLED or better, LED 1080p HDTVs look better for most console games!! I’m telling you certain 1080 P TVs, especially the LED varieties, looked way better than those cheap 4K TVs. They got us all buying today!! TVs that were being sold in 2013, 2014 and 2015 when they still had the stand in the middle and you could go into Walmart or target or Best Buy and they would have plenty of Samsung full HD 1080p LED TV’s, usually with some of the nicer models all having refresh rates of 120 Hz which at this point all of these damn things should be!?!?!?! But again, you’re only getting that if you’re rich and you’re spending a few grand or more on your 55 inch or better… Seriously it looks good- In some cases, things like water, deformity, as well as reflections from the water and mud and stuff, look far more realistic than they did on the 4K, because the 4K made it to where you could see all the fine little pixels and polygons that made up the image which makes it look fake- So basically what I’m trying to let anybody that knows, that might happen to read this comment is, until I’m a fucking millionaire, I’m going to LED 1080p HDTV’s because you can get a nicer HDTV that will give you a far better gaming experience. Then you can spending a little bit more to get a 4K TV that’s way bigger, but made with way cheaper components the whole reason I had to get the new LED TV is because, my 4K TV shit the bed and I’ve only had it since 2018, of course, right?

[@suprxmefire9497]

Would the Xbox one look good on a Roku tv

[@turismofoegaming8806]

@@suprxmefire9497 those things are really cheap and a lot of the colors look really washed out.. I had bought a 32 inch version from Walmart that was a 1080 P Roku TV and it was pretty ugly .. Playable yes if you set up the picture for the best of possible picture that it could produce, I imagine you could still enjoy it !

[@turismofoegaming8806]

@@suprxmefire9497 sorry to respond to your question twice but I know they make different variants of Roku TVs? The one I had got looked like crap and it was a 32 inch cheap $128 1080 P Roku HDTV … Plus, if you’re playing a lot of older games that are not HDR and all of that bullshit, they’re gonna look better on a 1080 P .. but like I said in my first comment it needs to be P from like 2011 onwards before 2017/2018 when they started making all those cheap 4K TVs and phasing out the LED 1080 P TV-

[@nothingbutcalmingandrelaxi1040]

not to mention smart tv's with mic and cam

[@markrung8051]

Love this video

[@jaydeebow6431]

Yea the 360 days of gaming was peak back and the day. I was just getting into PC gaming when this console came out, so I haven't bought a console since.

[@blooder81]

I bought a used xbox one 500gb but 2015 matte black it looks better than previous glossy one. Some where having lag ui on xbox one even with a new hdd and a lot of shortcuts games/apps and went to sdd and become more ussable

[@Random1567]

Never had an Xbox One. I went from my 360 Slim (which I still own and works great) to Xbox Series X lol Which was a great upgrade, so I’m glad I held off back then. But true to what Phil said, a lot of my library is still on PlayStation, even tho I have built it up a bit more on Xbox since then. Guess that’s partly why Gamepass was a great idea for them, though.

[@mazter3c]

I use to love the snap feature, I would rock youtube on one side and the game on the other! Funny, the PS5 has the snap feature! Well, it only works with the browser, but it works!

[@fvckmylife]

I still miss the HDMI In port on the new Series consoles, that was so useful on the Xbox One and One S

[@lordeilluminati]

I dont miss it. It was only useful with set top boxes which I dont use at all. You cant use the HDMI in with a gaming device because the video lag was horrendous and they never improved this. Even though people hated the Kinect, I think keeping it on Xbox One S and X could be more useful than the HDMI in port.

[@fvckmylife]

@@lordeilluminati I never had problems with lag on HDMI in, sure there was lag, but not enough to bother me. Mostly used with older consoles like 360 or PS3 on single player games, also with a laptop and it was great. I'm aware not everyone used it, but I did and I would still use it if it was on the Series X. Also, the Kinect port should've never been removed on the One S and newer consoles, using an adapter for it is annoying.

[@lordeilluminati]

@@fvckmylife I wasnt trying to play online games, I tried to play Super Mario 3D World and it was awful how the image was clearly being delayed compared to my button presses. I think it is not perceptible on JRPGs...

[@alanpotter3640]

I recently got a forza edition xbox one fot nostalgia. Its hdmi port is loose so while repairing that i may ssd it!

[@juggernaut8791]

I used the snap feature like all the damn time I was actually really mad when they got rid of it as it was a feature I used daily.

[@Matt101905]

I didnt know how to replace the HDD with a SSD so I would install my games on a usb thumbstick and games would always load faster via usb stick than the stock HDD.

[@RolfWrenWalsh]

I assume this also applies to the Durango S as well? I am a Sega guy at heart, but the two main reasons I went with Sony for the 7th Generation was free online play (I don't play online, but if the option is there that is awesome since I don't have to pay for it), and being able to upgrade the HDD at will if needed. Same with the Orbis (though online play was now pay for). So are you saying that I can now just install a new HDD/SSD in my Durango S ala PS3/Orbis, and install the OS via USB offline? Did they officially announce this? I can't seem to find anything on the Microsoft Xbox website. Microsoft should have had it this way from the beginning in 2013, because surely they had known that PS3 owners were doing this since launch in 2006. Once again too late to the party, as with the June 2014 update to the 360 and Xbox Live that you didn't need Gold to access Netflix, Hulu, etc. That was always a HUGE deal breaker for me, and why I was a Sony guy during the 7th Generation.

[@MedalionDS9]

I still remember you putting liquid metal in your Xbox from years ago

[@johnnygreene4658]

Western Digital definitely makes the best hard drives. Way more dependable than Seagate.

[@Tokenq]

The PS4 won that console generation by far. But i will say, i NEVER in all my years had any problems with my XB1 Fat. Noise levels were always low i barely heard it, decent temperatures while all my friends PS4 sounded like jet engines.

[@Angultra]

Wish you could upgrade the series s/x ssd with a bigger size too, not just that one m.2 model

[@maxnum1sgameclub263]

Lets be fair even the most hardcore xbox fanboys must admit the one generation was “not the best” putting it lightly. I got into the one X when the gen was already over. And now i have the series x due to black friday (no way paying 550 for that!!). Xbox was ahead with the multimedia idea’s but they fumbled that E3 presentation. Glad they bounced back in the most positive way, new leadership did wonders!

[@dadlife9842]

How much faster are the games loading?

[@Audioremedy0785]

I always feel like Microsoft was ahead of the times at the time. It was a challenge as it needed to be introduced at this stage. But they really had a digital only vision in mind for the future probably 15 years ahead of large chunks of the audience being digital only.

[@unclefungus7395]

i still miss netflix party mode on xbox live.

[@ONIFIVE]

Can you do a video updating the One X with an SSD?

[@jasonhernandez730]

5:10 no need to just go to setting and turn off the sound for the Xbox button on the console.

[@jamesmoore7858]

Is there a way to replace a hard drive in the PS4 with an ssd? Cause I've been playing gt7 on mine, and honestly my only complaint is the load times.