Jesse is a wizard
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I think my Series S may be defective. As I wrote in before, Starfield crashes often every play session, and there is also a texture loading issue that occurs in a few games. The textures will appear with a super low resolution (frequently but not as often as the Starfield crashes), but the issue fixes itself after a reset. This issue turns Starfield planets and clothes into mud. The worst instance was probably in Batman Arkham City where all of the textures covering all of the buildings will turn into mud.
Anyone else experience these issues or heard about it elsewhere?
Idk if Iām going to wait for the X-Cylinder Series X or just bite the bullet to upgrade sooner. Shame, I never bought a defective console before (never had a 360 red ring). Iāve own the XSS for too long to return, but itās not a big deal. This series S got me through the console shortages, and Iāve been wanting to upgrade anyway.
I have about 40 hours played and donāt think iv had a crash yet, thereās definitely something off if itās happening that much
Of course it could be the game and some rare bug if causing an issue, especially if itās it only happening in Starfield and not other games but I canāt say iv experienced anything like that
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So you have problems with Starfield and Batman ? Doesnāt look good. Would try to factory reset the console before buying a new console.
And if you canāt wait, Black Friday is right around the corner for the XSX.
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Is it just the textures? If you go back to your dashboard is everything ok? I ask because I occasionally have a handshake issue with my Xbox and my tv where it only displays in 480 resolution and thereās no way to fix it without restarting the console.
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https://x.com/PostUp_SOG/status/1723040208575238546?s=20 Sony has a clear talent retention issue!
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Honestly, I think the NPC/enemies density in Starfield is too much even for Series X sometimes.
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I have had one or two crashes in other games, but those couple of crashes occurred over the course of an entire play-through of the story. In contrast, Starfield will crash multiple times every few hours. Yeah itās weird that itās only really a problem with Starfield.
Thatās a good idea. Iāll try the factory reset.
Yeah itās just the textures. The dashboard always looks perfectly fine. The texture issue only occurs in some games. For example, never had an issue with Preyās, Doom Eternalās, and Ori 2ās textures.
Yeah I think the issues are more pronounced when playing Starfield because of how the game needs more CPU/memory (I assume).
Also try a different HDMI cable and slot.
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Iāve had issues with Arkham Cityās textures before, but it was mostly them not loading in properly and looking super blurry. I canāt really hazard a guess as to what exactly is wrong but yeah, your console is probably defective.
I know you said itās out of warranty, but it might still be worth a try to complain to customer service if you have the time. I doubt theyād send you a new console for free but maybe you could get a discount or promo code or something if youāre lucky.
This isnāt the same thing but thatās what I did when my last phone broke out of warranty, and the Samsung CS rep hooked me up with a pretty huge discount on a new phone.
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I might give that a try. Thanks. Do you think I should contact Best Buy (who I bought it from) or Xbox?
In higher level planets because of how many enemies there can be, my game takes a couple of seconds to quick save. One time, it froze completely for over a minute and corrupted the save during a quick save.
Hopefully Bethesda will start resolving the issue with the next update. On reddit some people have been reporting on the steambeta and performance has improved on PC even without DLSS. With it I think someone said something about 180-200fps on 1440p, of course they said they had a 4080 so grain of salt for us on Xbox.
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Yeah saves and loading screens are particularly dicey for me. Thatās when the game is most likely to crash.
Vice President and Head of Technology of Naughty Dog leaves the studio
https://x.com/naughty_dog/status/1723037844149616645?s=46&t=sLPHwi-svbw7tQ-2pEq1_w
https://x.com/domthebombyt/status/1723063943201968244?s=46&t=sLPHwi-svbw7tQ-2pEq1_w
Bloomberg should make another article to shed light on whatās going on there
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Iād go with Xbox. Be polite and friendly, but firm about your disappointment. Try to convey that youāre an enthusiastic fan and your experience was soured by something outside of your and their control.
Note the name of the CS rep if you get it and pepper it in here and there, try to get them to empathize with your situation. Be subtle but try to name-drop the ways youāre a good customer: You were having a great time playing Starfield (through Game Pass?) with your Series S and now you canāt and itās a big bummer.
Donāt assign blame or imply youāll go to social media or anything like that. Tell them you appreciate their help even if all theyāre doing is running down their troubleshooting list. This varies per person and circumstances obviously but my Microsoft e-mail is a One Piece reference and the reps usually make a small comment about it, helps establish rapport.
Most of the time Iāve had success with this sort of thing was by being patient and letting them run through their script while being good-natured about it. Once itās been exhausted is your best chance. If they offer to escalate you or transfer departments, accept gratefully but get a case number first.
Iād jot down a few bullet points that summarize the issue, and get used to running through them often. Stress the parts about how it happened out of the blue (not because of anything you did) and how youāre eager to get back to playing games on your Xbox (implying āif this gets fixed to my satisfaction I will happily go back to spending money on youā). Donāt try to bribe them with a good review (you should always leave a good review regardless) but if they bring it up or ask be enthusiastic about it.
Thatās all that comes to mind right now, best of luck! Iāve never been on the other side of CS so I donāt know if any of this is counter-productive or more trouble than itās worth.
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Yong yeas voice for kiryu is horrendous. And its annoying because while i can play this game subbed i was looking forward to playing Lad 2 with english voices because ichiban and crew have great english Va
This is all great advice. Thanks again!
King david is gonna have a field day with this sunday
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