I have recently picked up an Xbox One X for cheap because I wanted to move away from PC gaming to more casual console experiences. I really loved the controller design, GamePass and the large selection of classic games from backwards compatibility.
However I find the menu to be a really negative experience. Aside from the top bar showing recent games played and nice art work, everything below is stuff I don’t want to see. I’d rather customize the rows to show games I own or the community features I want to see, but instead it’s bloated with a bunch of gamepass recommendations and store recommendations that can’t be toggled. This cheapens the overall experience, and I end up feeling like I’m using an advertisement laden service rather than fully owning my console and media.
I’d love to see store recommendations and gamepass recommendations in their own respective tabs. However it just feels too intrusive when put on the main menu with no way to remove. Also non gaming media should seriously have their own tab.
Posted by ThereWolves
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You can add games you own, it adds hit the start button on a game and add it to home.
Never really thought of the gamepass tabs or the cloud gaming tab as an ad. They’re features already included in gamepass which most gamers already have seeing as how you need it for online gaming. I think they’re pretty nice honestly. Pops up new games that you can try right away on cloud gaming or new games on gamepass you might have missed and want to try out. I think of it as something more akin to spotify putting a new Playlist on the homepage than steam putting a game I don’t own on my library page so I might buy it.