There would be a market for that.
I had to find a large version of a mouse I use constantly for someone, and while it’s only fractionally bigger, it makes a world of difference.
Yes it’s called third party - it’ll cost 3x more but it’ll last 3x longer. Thrust Master, Razer and Turtle Beach all make Xbox controllers. Not all stores stock them, which is a shame, because I like a store where it’s easy to refund.
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Facepalm They are not adding those decals cause they are not historical. Nor part of a Content Creator or similar programs.
I got some Logitech M 650 L, they are a fraction bigger than the M 650.
I dont think you really have normal adult hands…
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Buy a PC instead. It will last longer than any console
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Hopefully OP will take the time off to reassess his life choices in being a console gamer. This day and age, you can build yourself a PC that will play War Thunder just fine for not much more than a console would cost. Heck, with how much they want for a PS5 Pro in many countries, you can get a cheaper PC.
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better get a job than playing games if you are broke,
BYE!
the LAST thing you should get if you want performance and playability is a console.
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A console has both of those…
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And a PC has both of those for the same price.
The days are gone when a console was half the price of an equivalent brand new PC.
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Personally i just enjoy gaming on a console more than I ever have on my computer, but its all down to personal preference.
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It doesn’t? A $500 setup can put you ahead of most consoles without any VMware downsides.
A console has both playability and performance.
Although its not going to perform on par with a 800$ PC set up.
I play on a series X and i have no performance or playability issues in the slightest, also no Overheating.
I think Console is more suited for those that are more casual gamers, while a PC is better suited for those who like the optimization and upgradeability.
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It lacks a LARGE majority of games that would be open to any other standalone platform simply becuse of the manufacturing company’s greed, it struggle to handle quite a few modern games on a reasonable level due to the lack of configuration of said games, leaving specific models of console in the dust because the games are “fine tuned” to a far more higher end version, there’s a MYRIAD of reasons why playability and performance are worse.
Hell… I wouldn’t call something playable if VMware constitutes a 300ms latency on EVERY SINGLE INPUT I HAVE. It’s abhorrent.
It wouldn’t perform on-par with a $500 laptop, let alone an $800 pc.
Hell, through another month or two of saving into there and you can get yourself a $2k build that is twice as powerful as a “supercomputer” from 2018.
Congratulations, you’ve scraped the bottom of the barrel in the game industry while paying $600 for something designed for failure.
It isn’t an issue about being “casual” or not, it’s an issue of interfaceability and versatility. If my laptop can run War Thunder at 1440p at 240hz AND play standalone games? It’s immediately better than ANY console on the market. I can play Tarkov, I can play battlefield. Hell, I can play Rust, one of the most well known “survival” shooters out there and NOT be gimped by secondhand development.
You know what else I can do on top of that…? Listen to music. Open a calculator. Look up a country’s inflation rate.
I’m even typing this comment while in the middle of a spintires session (a game that isn’t available to any console on the market).
Console does nothing better while doing everything worse. It’s a cheap excuse to get something that openly exploits mainstream buyers while giving them far less than they’d have with ANY other system.
Somebody’s on a high horse.
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Yep, WT (and other things) plays great on my Series X, and no upgrades or compatibility issues (etc) to ever deal with either. Had the same original 2013 Xbox One for almost ten years before this, ran WT well enough until the next gen came out (certainly better than you’d expect for a ten year old console), all without having to do anything but let the console auto-update itself.
What?
Well my hands aren’t massive. The previous Xbox controllers were fine. Bad quality, break easy, become less accurate after 12 - 18 months of heavy use, but they were the right size. Ever since 2020 and the Series S/X consoles, the controllers have been smaller/weirdly shaped. I can use it but it’s awkward for some button combos and especially bad for shooter games.
I’d rather have Linux on my PC. Having a PC with windows = lol. Windows 10 is dead next year and if you’re on Win 10 you’re forced to pay a subscription or have no security updates. With Linux I get updates for life, it doesn’t cost. I can also run Linux on a CPU from 2018 and it still feels brand new. There is no need to install third party crap to optimise anything, because Linux is already optimised.
True but there are plenty of games on Xbox, including strategy, simulation and city building. I play Age Of Empires with a controller and I’m not in a hurry to get a PC and then bog it down with slow Windows software and have advertising in the orb menu or whatever. I’m not missing out on anything with Xbox. War Thunder gets great support and there are still many games I haven’t played yet. I’m not obsessed with marginally better performance or having a few extra RTS or sim games. I don’t care about cheaper games on Steam either. I got DOOM 2016 a few years ago for the price of 2 coffees.
The problem is that I have the weaker version of the Xbox. There’s nothing wrong with Series X. I even manage to play Cities Skylines with 70,000 population on Series S lol.
Windows bloat is pretty trashy, though some laptops do come with data expansions. I have 4tb in mine, though you can get 1-2tb for not much.