I haven’t owned a TV since 2018. I’ve never really had time to ‘dedicate’ to watching TV even when I did have one. I tend to watch something on a screen in the background while I am working on something else. However, Dune was due out in October this year so I got a 4K set because, well, I love my sci-fi. I wanted to move my console out of the office and hook it up to the TV in the lounger to have separate work and leisure rooms. I anticipated the Xbox 360’s native 720p wouldn’t do a 4K set justice so decided to get a 4K console before the TV arrived. I’m not going to go latest gen while the games are still £60 a pop so I settled on an Xbox One X. Incidentally, I was completely wrong about the Xbox 360 – it looks great on a 4K set.
Of course, I could have got my first Sony console and, in fairness, Xbox One vs PS4 was a tough decision. I stayed with Xbox because I’ve never gotten used to Playstation controllers but I think it’s probably more related to the same reason why I am still Canon and not Nikon – you just feel committed to one or the other. I’ve had the Xbox One X and TV for a month now, with the (excellent) Game Pass Ultimate, but barely played on it. Gaming has always been more of a Winter pastime for me: I tend to start around November time (hence the timing of this article) and finish the season around March. Well, the evenings are getting colder now so maybe it’s time to get this year’s gaming season underway.
I think the other reason I haven’t punced on the Xbox is evident when I consider my Xbox avatar. My gaming handle is RetroJimmyX and my avatar is wearing retro clothing. I post a lot of nostalgic content, particularly retro tech. Perhaps I’m just more interested in retro tech and gaming and these new fangled consoles are just my last ditch attempt to try and keep pace with gaming trends.
Certainly, you can look forward to me building a Raspberry Pi 4 retro gaming machine in future. I hope you look at some of my recommendations in this post and enjoy discovering some of the older and more modern games.