10 Things That Frustrate Xbox One And Xbox One X Gamers

The Xbox One has made great strides, but there are still problems it needs to fix.

[maybelovehate]

I can't say that I have been frustrated by or even experienced most of those issues. Downloads happen mostly overnight while the console is off, really like the way updates are handled in the background. And never once experienced the Game is taking Too Long To Start. Is this a real thing?

I do have some issues though. Here is my list of things that frustrate me.

1. No Dolby Vision support. This makes the UHD BluRay worthless to me. Nothing angers me worse than this. I have to buy a standalone BluRay because MS is too cheap to pay or even allow us to pay a cheap licensing fee.

2. Party Chat reliability. Can't tell you how many times we have had to restart or create new parties because one member will have issues with not hearing or able to communicate. Mostly the error says network settings are blocking Party Chat features which is BS since it was just working and works again if you create a new party.

3. Upload speeds. Why on earth does the network tester show my upload speeds are about 25% of what they actually are. I am hard wired. I can run multiple tests on my PC and they always show the full speeds, why is Xbox Throttling my upload speeds? This is true on 360 as well as the One. Or is this just a glitch in the tester. Either way, fix it.

4. Cannot buy UHD Content if you already own HD versions of the content. Seriously MS? I can't buy a new version of a movie because I already own an older version? Get a new QA team.

5. On screen Controller battery status isn't accurate. So many times I will check my battery and it will show I am at or above 50% and then 20 minutes later my rumble will stop working because I am too low. I have done my own testing and the battery is lasting as long as it should just the indicator seems to be broken. Fix it.

[whitesoxfalife76]

if you feel all these issues need addressing, then why are you here telling your story why not go to the feedback hub on ya console. Any issues I come across I makes sure to give them the feedback like I'm supposed to do. Also if you a preview member, then you know full well there's a detailed footnote breaking down what they fixed and also list the common issues.

[maybelovehate]

They are well aware, both through the Feedback Hub as well as discussions with support. When they fix them, I won't complain about them.

[darthv72]

I'd add... no user replaceable hdd. Even the 360 had user replaceable hdd's (with official ones) but the sealed design of the xbo (and subsequent models) prohibits that from happening which leaves the only choice of adding an external.

now, I like that you can add an external and it is also nice Sony adopted the similar practice but Sony also offers the ability to swap the internal drive at your leisure. the process itself is pretty painless but the time involved with backing up, replacing, then restoring is the big chore. Hence why it is more convenient to simply add-on instead of replace.

Still, the option would have been nice.

[threefootwang]

ClickBaitBolt is Click Bait.

I've had zero problems with my One X, minus having to replace the first one because of a power issue.

As for your concerns, just going to address the last one.

That's a problem with your batteries, NOT the controller or the Xbox. I bought Panasonic Eneloop batteries, not only do they last insanely long, getting an easy 3-4 days worth of usage, but they're %100 accurate when they run low.

Get some premium batteries and you can knock off that concern.

[maybelovehate]

Like I said, I have tested the batteries myself. They last the right amount of time, just the onscreen indicator is wrong. I am using the Microsoft Play and Charge kit. And I have replaced them recently. The batteries are working as they should. The indicator is not.

Every issue I have addresses are real issues.

[yumi76]

If xbox had an internal standardized battery this wouldn't be a problem for anyone ever.

[chiefJohn117]

It's your batteries. I had lithium battery for the 360 (had no clue what they do lol just wanted long lasting) and it was showing my batteries at 100% for weeks! And it just went from 100% to dead and I'm like.....wtf? I later found out it was the battery that runs at full power even when it's running dead so the indicator shows 100%

[kevnb]

Apple doesn’t let you buy uhd if you own HD, they just give it to you. Let that sink in for a minute, Apple is actually fighting for the consumer while nobody else cares.

[maybelovehate]

Yep, they also support Dolby Vision with Apple TV 4K. And the 4K movies are considerably cheaper. Reason I got it. Shame they don’t get the Disney movies in 4K though. Guardians of the Galaxy for example is 4K hdr on Xbox but not on Apple TV. Not sure why. Guessing Disney is freezing Apple out for some reason.

[kevnb]

Apple was also trying to force equal pricing for uhd vs HD, Disney is probably just resisting that.

[ZehnDrachen]

I dislike the Xbox One UI.

[yumi76]

Yea, it's a cluttered mess. It's filled with tons of things that basically no one uses that just get in the way of doing what you want.

Not to make this PS4 vs Xbox. But the PS4 UI is SO much better everything is either vertical or horizontal playing a game is never more than a few clicks away. With folders my main menu is just six icons Store, Whats New, My Games Folder, My Apps Folder, The TV Video Folder and the Library. One press up and you have all the system functions Like friends and Trophies ect. It's very minimalistic, I greatly prefer it that way.

[chiefJohn117]

You clearly haven't used it or at least not lately cause it literally takes 1 step to get to most recent games and 2-3 steps to get to games and apps.
Home button, my games. Lol is the really hard and cluttered? The original u.i was cluttered and annoying. Now it's a home page with your pins. Hit the Xbox button and you have categories like achievement, my games and apps, settings, etc. You switch to, left and right. It's as simple as the 360 now.

[yumi76]

Yes, and compared to PS4 menu and really any menu it's very cluttered. Sorry I prefer minimalist where only the things I use are on screen.

Not only do I find it easier to find things and organize on PS4 with folders. The whole xbox menu just looks ugly and cluttered. It's like a computer desktop that no one ever organized with tons of stuff they have never even clicked. On my PC I turn off icons so the only thing I see is my desktop background and even there I hard to turn off Microsoft's ugly tiles on the start menu. I hate all that ugly animated crap.

And on PS4 where your just one row away at most of your game folder and all you have to do is use the directional buttons not clicking home and going though yet another menu.

[chiefJohn117]

It's called my pins. Nothing but the things you want can be on the home page lol so what are you talking about? I told you, you have used it in awhile that comment proved it. I think the word your looking for is preferred. Cause when it comes to simplicity you can't complain. You simply prepare the PS4 u.i. set up style. ;)

So how do you click on apps etc if you're removing them all on your pc?

Again it's called my pins you don't have to press home(unless youre in game) ya you obviously never used it lol. Everything is a d pad or if in game home/Xbox button+ dpad away. It's as simple as the 360 (in game wise) and even more simple when not in game than the 360 was imho

[yumi76]

No, you don't get it, pins don't make it less cluttered looking they just make it cluttered with the things you chose.

I prefer the simplicity of a single short bar and being able to put things into a folder so even the bar is neat and clean looking.

Note: this isn't my PS4 homepage I am not Cyber Salad

Look how clean this is even that Fallout icon could be in the games folder
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Add in a nice Dynamic Theme and PS4 Menu is clean and pretty to look at.

[EyeAmTJ]

I have both the PS4 UI is trash

[TheColbertinator]

The problem is there are too many great Xbox exclusives and I dont have time to play them all.

[yumi76]

LOL

[The Wood]

Lol. .

You ain't lying

[Elda]

LMAO! You still continue to have jokes.

[synistatha1]

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[Godmars290]

Opinions - or facts - that don't match the view that Xbox is #1 in gaming?

[Goldby]

Can you show us these facts that Xbox is number 1?

[Godmars290]

I said "view". As in the view flat Earthers have.

[pingthing]

Number eleven: made up articles that claim to be the opinion of Joe public.

[bluebenjamin]

Ps4 fanboys #1 issue with xbox hopefully a patch would release soon

[mynd]

Seriously is this a child writing this.
1/ Get your auto updates on dude.
2/ Multiple downloads will slow your donwloads down, not speed it up due to multiplexing.
3/ Updating games is more than just "online" most updates includes patches and fixes to the core game, it makes absloulte sense you shouldn't be able to run code that the game is patching.

4/ I stopped reading.

[Vectrexer]

Article is written by an 8 year old Sony fanboy...

[pingthing]

Don't be ridiculous, this guy is 6 at best. :)

[sk8ofmnd]

Let's see... hardly no new i.p.'s, buying 3 consoles in 4 years, kinnect, 2013 e3, canceled games, Phillip Spencer underdelivering, pubg being 30 fps on the "beast", launch xb1x consoles bricking, And that's all I can think of.

[DaGR8JIBRALTAR]

PUBG being 30 fps hurt my soul man smh.

[sk8ofmnd]

Lol yeah that was fukt up...

[Vectrexer]

Ignorant and untrue article for the most part.....

[81BX]

I agree with sometimes and not often games take too long to start... wtf is That? Also 1st party support needs improvement. The rest of the list... Fake

[Gunstar75]

This article repeats the same points.

Of course games are gonna take ages to download if they have 4k assets.

It's a pain in the arse, but it is what it is.

[conanlifts]

A few flaws. Game sizes are always going to get bigger and ms are rolling out ways to address this.

Next

"you are playing a game and an update comes out for it, you can’t play it, any part of it, not even the single player component, unless you update"

Not correct. Go into settings and change your console to offline mode. Then you can play single player aspects without updating.

[BLKxSEPTEMBER]

What a surprise another Xbox bashing article over run with Sony fanboys on N4G...

[NeoGamer232]

1. Managing Downloads is awful... Ummmm I have been downloading to PS4 Pro and XOX for all my games and they both stink, but XO stinks less.

2. 4K games are much larger than 1080p games... People whine about this all the time... The internet keeps getting faster and storage devices keep getting larger. When X360 came out in 2005 they had a 50 MB limit for arcade games. Look how far things have come.

3. I agree with MS blocking single player games on update as well. There are many games that have flaws in single player that allow people to cheat. By blocking upon update they are shutting down the ability to cheat even single player. For example, I remember in L4D single player you could do insane difficulty by going to certain places in each level. The patches eliminated the ability to apply these cheats in single player.

4. Play games can be a crapshoot. I haven't had a problem. I just start the game again and it goes. Granted it is a bad user experience but it isn't like the system is dead. And I only found this happens on the first time I play the game.

5. I have yet to have an issue with Play Anywhere. I did Quantum Break almost switching chapter to chapter between PC and XO with no issues. Same with Forza Horizon 3.

6. The UI. I have been playing a lot of PS4 and XO lately, and I think the XO UI runs circles around PS4 UI. That is of course opinion. And perception. But I really like the XO UI now. It did suck for a long time though.

7. No offline achievements. I am fine with that. It avoids the ability to cheat the achievements system. I would rather be forced online then allow people to cheat the system.

8. Game Installs take too long... Yup.

9. Systems Updates take too long. Yup.

10. First Party Support. Yup. They launched XO and they failed. They had to change course which meant cancelling a bunch of games and re-jigging first party priorities. Although annoying as an owner. I would rather they fix it like they have then continue down the sorry path they were heading. Sea of Thieves looks good, I hope Crackdown rekindles the IP, Gears is probably due for a new game soon, Halo is due for a new shooter game soon, they will have a new Forza Horizon in 2018 hopefully, and I expect there to be some announcements about new IP as well. Spencer seems to be trying to right the ship... I want them to announce and deliver in the same year. I do not like any of the publishers approach to announcing then building the game up for many years. Last Guardian, Crackdown 3, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Kingdom Hearts 3, etc. All games announced and have taken over 2-7 years to deliver. Publishers... Do me a favour... Announce your games at E3 and deliver them within the 12 month period. Don't announce vaporware.

[Master of Unlocking]

Damn, 100 GB downloads for 4K textures... good luck with that.