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[LectureMaster]

Amazon Is Selling Its 'No Console Required' Xbox Bundle With a Major Discount for Prime Big Deal Days, But You've Got Hours Left To Claim It - IGN

Amazon has knocked $45 off of this Fire TV Stick deal with an Xbox controller and Game Pass Ultimate for Prime Day.

www.ign.com

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Amazon is offering a bundle that includes an Xbox Wireless Controller and an Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K, as well as a single month of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, for $90.18 - a price cut of almost $45.

One thing's for sure: It's an awful lot cheaper than the Xbox consoles now that a price hike has taken hold (the second this year), although the tradeoff is that you'll need some pretty great Wi-Fi speeds to handle playing games via the cloud.

 

[LectureMaster]

 

[Minari]

if you buy this you dont respect yourself as a gamer.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

They are on the right path to failure.

 

[Radical_3d]

I expected to see a pic of a PS5...

 

[ecosse_011172]

"Required" is a misprint of "available", nothing to see here.

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[lughnasadh123]

Is a pregnancy test an Xbox and can you play Doom the dark ages on it?

 

[DarkShadowXI]

 

[Topher]

What's an Xbox?

 

[Power Pro]

Do they think this is a flex? Only an idiot would see these words strung together and think that sounds good.

 

[DragonNCM]

You still need GP Ultimate to stream games.....no thanks, I'll pass 30$ monthly payment

 

[acm2000]

you need great wifi speeds for cloud gaming? nonsense unless you think 30Mb is fast

bigger question is what quality of cloud does the firestick get, 1080p or 1440p?

 

[Germuso]

They rally wsnt to fuck the industry even more.

 

[Imtjnotu]

What's an Xbox?

THis supposedly

 

[Darkkahn]

Amazon has been hilariously exposed for actually wanting Xbox to die.

 

[Kuranghi]

Average gamers see this sort of thing and go wow so I dont need a console? Just my Samsung TV? Then they try it...

Over the years selling literally thousands of TVs I think maybe a half a dozen people told me they use GamePass as their main way to play games, maybe not even that many.

Its not just them failing to mention it either, I didn't work for Samsung, so part of my job was to make sure they werent going to miss any things that were exclusive to Samsung's OS when they came over to my brand.

Cynically speaking it was to avoid them coming back to shout at me or the store over lost functionality in their new product.

When asked what my brand lacks over Samsung 100+ times I said well I dont have XGP/xCloud on my brand/OS, how often do you use that on your Samsung TV?

The amount of blank stares I would get or they'd say no no I have an Xbox (or other console) and maybe, very occasionally, they'd say they used XGP streaming but only really on their mobile/PC-like handheld or once when the wife was away and they realised they could stay in bed and play on their secondary TV that doesn't have the console attached.

I'm not sure how the processing power/performance of a standard 4K Firestick stacks up with a high end TV that runs the latest Samsung/LG/Mediatek chipset, I know its better than the lower end chips in the entry/mid level TVs at least since people use it as an escape from their poor (app) performance.

 

[spookyfish]

What's an Xbox?

EVERY. THING.

 

[BlackTron]

Average gamers see this sort of thing and go wow so I dont need a console? Just my Samsung TV? Then they try it...

How do we get lapsed gamers back? Maybe convince them to associate the brand with this feature that sucks

 

[DeepEnigma]

Amazon has been hilariously exposed for actually wanting Xbox to die.

 

[Karim]

Amazon Is Selling Its 'No Console Required' Xbox Bundle With a Major Discount for Prime Big Deal Days, But You've Got Hours Left To Claim It - IGN

Amazon has knocked $45 off of this Fire TV Stick deal with an Xbox controller and Game Pass Ultimate for Prime Day.

www.ign.com

---

Amazon is offering a bundle that includes an Xbox Wireless Controller and an Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K, as well as a single month of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, for $90.18 - a price cut of almost $45.

One thing's for sure: It's an awful lot cheaper than the Xbox consoles now that a price hike has taken hold (the second this year), although the tradeoff is that you'll need some pretty great Wi-Fi speeds to handle playing games via the cloud.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Average gamers see this sort of thing and go wow so I dont need a console? Just my Samsung TV? Then they try it...

Over the years selling literally thousands of TVs I think maybe a half a dozen people told me they use GamePass as their main way to play games, maybe not even that many.

Its not just them failing to mention it either, I didn't work for Samsung, so part of my job was to make sure they werent going to miss any things that were exclusive to Samsung's OS when they came over to my brand.

Cynically speaking it was to avoid them coming back to shout at me or the store over lost functionality in their new product.

When asked what my brand lacks over Samsung 100+ times I said well I dont have XGP/xCloud on my brand/OS, how often do you use that on your Samsung TV?

The amount of blank stares I would get or they'd say no no I have an Xbox (or other console) and maybe, very occasionally, they'd say they used XGP streaming but only really on their mobile/PC-like handheld or once when the wife was away and they realised they could stay in bed and play on their secondary TV that doesn't have the console attached.

I'm not sure how the processing power/performance of a standard 4K Firestick stacks up with a high end TV that runs the latest Samsung/LG/Mediatek chipset, I know its better than the lower end chips in the entry/mid level TVs at least since people use it as an escape from their poor (app) performance.

I have a Samsung NeoQled, ready to use for streaming on Xbox... I've never used it in my life, it doesn't appeal to me like that, I prefer the traditional way.

 

[ReBurn]

They could have at least thrown in 3 months of GPU.

 

[PauloRoberto]

Average gamers see this sort of thing and go wow so I dont need a console? Just my Samsung TV? Then they try it...

Over the years selling literally thousands of TVs I think maybe a half a dozen people told me they use GamePass as their main way to play games, maybe not even that many.

Its not just them failing to mention it either, I didn't work for Samsung, so part of my job was to make sure they werent going to miss any things that were exclusive to Samsung's OS when they came over to my brand.

Cynically speaking it was to avoid them coming back to shout at me or the store over lost functionality in their new product.

When asked what my brand lacks over Samsung 100+ times I said well I dont have XGP/xCloud on my brand/OS, how often do you use that on your Samsung TV?

The amount of blank stares I would get or they'd say no no I have an Xbox (or other console) and maybe, very occasionally, they'd say they used XGP streaming but only really on their mobile/PC-like handheld or once when the wife was away and they realised they could stay in bed and play on their secondary TV that doesn't have the console attached.

I'm not sure how the processing power/performance of a standard 4K Firestick stacks up with a high end TV that runs the latest Samsung/LG/Mediatek chipset, I know its better than the lower end chips in the entry/mid level TVs at least since people use it as an escape from their poor (app) performance.

Last time i checked a Amazon Firestick 4k was a piece of shit to play 4k movies! Jesus H Christ, that UI was slow....

 

[NickFire]

They really, really, really need to get the hell away from the insulated little tech hubs and the people that populate them. It's the only way for them to get back in touch with their audience.

Sorry not sorry, but "let's target the types of people who don't care about graphics and framerate, but will spend at least 30 per month to rent games" sounds more like liquid farts splattering the sides of a Starbucks toilet than common sense.

 

[yogaflame]

To be honest, I hope this does not succeed because this will really kill the gaming industry especially on quality, innovation, gaming development, and income for game developers.

 

[Sooner]

Amazon has been hilariously exposed for actually wanting Xbox to die.

So has Microsoft.

 

[Bondo]

To be honest, I hope this does not succeed because this will really kill the gaming industry especially on quality, innovation, gaming development, and income for game developers.

Most things Microsoft has attempted have never been in the benefit of the gamer or industry. They don't care or even try to mask it anymore.

 

[Kuranghi]

Last time i checked a Amazon Firestick 4k was a piece of shit to play 4k movies! Jesus H Christ, that UI was slow....

Yeah exactly, now imagine even worse than that

 

[Kuranghi]

I have a Samsung NeoQled, ready to use for streaming on Xbox... I've never used it in my life, it doesn't appeal to me like that, I prefer the traditional way.

I remember, QN85B or C isnt it? Still loving those colours?

 

[Negotiator101]

Amazon Is Selling Its 'No Console Required' Xbox Bundle With a Major Discount for Prime Big Deal Days, But You've Got Hours Left To Claim It - IGN

Amazon has knocked $45 off of this Fire TV Stick deal with an Xbox controller and Game Pass Ultimate for Prime Day.

www.ign.com

---

Amazon is offering a bundle that includes an Xbox Wireless Controller and an Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K, as well as a single month of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, for $90.18 - a price cut of almost $45.

One thing's for sure: It's an awful lot cheaper than the Xbox consoles now that a price hike has taken hold (the second this year), although the tradeoff is that you'll need some pretty great Wi-Fi speeds to handle playing games via the cloud.

Great deal but posting this in a hardcore gaming forum not really the target audience for this. Just for the controller and the fire stick it's incredible value without a month of Gamepass.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

As Lloyd from Simba and Dumber said, "Xbox is one pathetic loser".

 

[DerivedDataCache]

Xbox derangement syndrome. Turning this place in Icon Era 2.

 

[UltimaKilo]

Great deal but posting this in a hardcore gaming forum not really the target audience for this. Just for the controller and the fire stick it's incredible value without a month of Gamepass.

The problem is you realistically have to play with wifi connection, which is not ideal. That and hope that you are close enough to a server and have a really good upload speed at home.

 

[Baemono]

What's an Xbox?

Phil don't hurt me, no more

 

[Topher]

Xbox derangement syndrome. Turning this place in Icon Era 2.

You've got diehard Xbox influencers turning on Xbox and Microsoft but NeoGAF has "Xbox derangment syndrome".

 

[RoboFu]

Now "Nothing's an Xbox" ?

 

[Baemono]

Last time i checked a Amazon Firestick 4k was a piece of shit to play 4k movies! Jesus H Christ, that UI was slow....

Exactly, when you turn this thing on it's already on its knees so good luck playing games with it

 

[DeepEnigma]

You've got diehard Xbox influencers turning on Xbox and Microsoft but NeoGAF has "Xbox derangment syndrome".

I noticed the marching orders shifted back to the victimhood complex and eXpOsInG pEoPlE tHaT wAnT xBoX tO dIe.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

At least Sega had the good sense to just pull the fucking plug at some point.

 

[Topher]

I noticed the marching orders shifted back to the victimhood complex and eXpOsInG pEoPlE tHaT wAnT xBoX tO dIe.

It never fails. When bad shit happens to Xbox, we've always get a few....

 

[Fake]

if you buy this you dont respect yourself as a gamer.

Generation Z really think they know what be a gamer is, so now, like 'everything is a Xbox', everything is also a gamer.

 

[DeepEnigma]

It never fails. When bad shit happens to Xbox, we've always get a few....

 

[Skifi28]

They could have at least thrown in 3 months of GPU.

The age of freebies is over, that much is clear.

 

[Negotiator101]

The problem is you realistically have to play with wifi connection, which is not ideal. That and hope that you are close enough to a server and have a really good upload speed at home.

Sure but I'm just saying the hardware alone is a fantastic deal.

 

[Negotiator101]

The age of freebies is over, that much is clear.

It's literally got a month free, what would you call that?

 

[DeepEnigma]

It's literally got a month free, what would you call that?

Coal in a stocking.

 

[Skifi28]

It's literally got a month free, what would you call that?

And not three like the user I replied to suggested, because they're only doing the bare minimum as they're tightening the belt, closing all loopholes and increasing prices across the board. You're very easily agitated these days, I wonder why.

 

[Sintoid]

Nice slogan for the future
"Gamepass? Nah, I'll pass"

 

[Unknown?]

Microsoft copying Stadia, let's see how it goes for them.