The Collection X is an absolute monster

I've been putting in every little thing I personal to make sure I nonetheless have entry to them sooner or later in addition to reduce set up instances. It took just a few weeks, however 22.8854/28.5639tb and 3808 video games (nicely above 5k items if you happen to add in dlcs) later, I'm now caught up. For some time, I believed the console wouldn't be capable to deal with it as a tough drive stored corrupting and dropping every little thing after hitting a sure variety of objects. It seems, it was the onerous drive itself. Even when the onerous drive meets the collection x minimal requirements (no less than 128gb, usb 3.0 or later) it could possibly nonetheless be a poor selection for the platform. Fantom drives aren't good. Stick to Seagates and Western Digitals.

It's already confirmed to be a very good factor as whereas doing this: 2 extra video games had been silently faraway from individuals's libraries so even if you happen to personal it, they not seem/could be downloaded, 3 extra video games had been found to nonetheless be within the libraries, however for no matter purpose can’t be downloaded (I've even verified this with different house owners and the dev groups, so I do know it's an xbox challenge and never a "me" challenge), and the primary occasion of software program incompatibility on the platform (2 video games refusing to be put in on the identical console on the identical time) was found and glued after notifying the builders.

I'm glad xbox is focusing extra on preservation and future-proofing video games, however they nonetheless have a variety of work to do. As of proper now, they’ll't even defend present libraries. Clearly I'm not advising others to do that and the overwhelming majority of stuff is protected. However since I'm doing it, others don't must. You continue to retain licenses for onerous delisted video games and sideloading them provides you with entry to them once more. I'm simply saying don't essentially belief xbox to totally defend your video games proper now. Plus, it's cool the console can deal with such a heavy load ought to it must and I simply wished to share that as most individuals may not get an opportunity to see it's higher limits.