Talking Point: Looking Back, What Are Your Fondest Memories Of The Xbox One Era?

The Xbox one x.
Gears of war, Forza Horizon, Halo and Tomb Raider exclusive, just to name a few.
The days of the E3 shows, Phil Spencer making a difference in the right direction.

I bought an X1S bundled with Forza Horizon 3. As with the Series S it had a lovely white finish to it. A very handsome console I always thought.
I never bought that many games for it, but I had fond memories of playing above said game along with The Division 2 and Ghost Recon Wildlands online with friend, Recore and State of Decay 2.

Eventually sold it to a works colleague before buying a Series S some time later. Was, of course, happy that FH3, The Division 2 and a handful of other digital titles I purchased transferred over - but I had no doubt they wouldn't, including some coming over to my PC. This is the one aspect that Microsoft has gotten absolutely right.

I stand by that the One X was the last good Xbox console.

It was my main console after the PS4 Pro disappointed me and Jim Ryan's era began.

Xbox One is the only console I have right now and I use it pretty much everyday and I don’t plan on buying another console to upgrade as I’m happy enough to be honest.

Xbox One was like the time I went on a long hike from the top of a mountain down into a deep valley. At the very bottom I stopped and looked back longingly to the top of the mountain in the distance, remembering how great it was up there. The view was better, the air was cleaner, I was on top of the world. Down in the valley it was hot and humid, mosquitos were everywhere and it was a lousy experience. It makes you appreciate the good you had, when you may have taken it for granted at the time.

@Techno92LFC My condolences.

Good launch games. Backwards Compatibility. That's all.

I was an Xbox one owner, as a 90's kid as soon as I saw that a new killer instinct game was coming I was sold.

I loved the Xbox one, despite all the negativity around it, it actually remains one of my favorite consoles to this day. I don't actually own an Xbox one anymore because I have a series x but I still play a lot of Xbox one games

I can't remember the exact timeline but towards the end of the generation Xbox suddenly pulled backwards compatibility, the Xbox one X and game pass on the gaming world and it looked like they were setting themselves for a true challenge to Sony.

The studio acquisitions were nice additions too and seemed to cover a broad church of interests.

It looked really exciting and I was so happy to have the majority of my library on Xbox.

Shame they just didn't make anything more of it.

I'm a big fan of the Xbox 1. I remember waiting in line at best buy to pick it up at midnight on launch. So many great games throughout it's life.

I will die on the hill that the kinect and all in one concept was sweet when i still had cable/satellite tv and a netflix subscription.

The best moment from the Xbox one era was just before don mattack ruined the Xbox brand forever at e3 at the announcement of the console such bliss before he gave us an underpowered (always online) console bundled with the amazing Kinect everyone just wanted to throw money at that was my favorite moment 🧎

None I didn’t have one.

Yea, Xbox One was a bit of a disappointment for me after the 360. I also went over to PlayStation 4. Series X brought me back but honestly it feels like the highs of the 360 era are well over.

Held out until 2018 and got a One S with two controllers and three games as a gift. It is a cracking system and I enjoyed loads of games: Resident Evil 2&3 remakes, Far Cry 5, Ori games, Dishonoured 2 and Death of the Outsider, Doom and Doom Eternal, the Wolfenstein series. I got a Series X two years ago, which to all intents and purposes is just a more capable version of the system. It’s a pity that the One S is just gathering dust on a shelf now. If I hadn’t upgraded I reckon it’d still be getting used alongside my Switch.

RYSE Son of Rome still blew my mind of how good the graphics were for that console.

All I can ever think of is this:

Seriously though the good era was when the One X launched and Xbox seemed to be coming back swinging. Sadly that lasted, what, 2.5 years? It was a great 2.5 years though.

@Balaam_ Is the Series era like the 3rd world bus terminal in the desert you have to go through after you got out of the valley, then?

Scalebound getting cancelled

Halo the MCC & backwards compatibility , that’s pretty much it. the ps4 carried 8th gen for me

i hate the Xbone for what it did to xbox . it’s actually the first & only console i hate 😂

Using my "xbox one s" at all times...
Do not have any remorse... Solid console worth more than what I paid for it...

My memories were of not owning any Xbox till the Series X.

The launch games which were underrated (Ryse/Dead Rising 3) and that 2015 backwards compatibility announcement with Rare Replay. Chills!

Ahh yes the console that made me switch back to Playstation for the first time since the PS2…so I would have to say my fondest memory was…when it was over

I was still using my Xbox One until about...7-8 months ago? Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8, they were like, we're not even bothering with the Xbox One, it's only on Series X. That's when started to get the message that it's time scan that card and get a Series 😂

Jurassic World Evolution 2, Alien is Dark Descent, Armored Core 6, Age of Wonders: Planetfall, etc? Those are my Series X games transfered over and upgraded from Xbox One.

Tekken 8, Iron Harvest, Classified France '44, Company of Heroes 3, Sonic X Shadow came after the Series X.

Xbox One...wasn't quite the "revolution" to my gaming habits that 360 was. 360 was, " get over that corpse that is Sega, that the Sony monopoly operation left behind, and you're a strategy gamer now." 😂.

360 had a giant influx of, what was at that time strictly a PC genre. Halo Wars, Command & Conquer, Universe at War, Supreme Commander, Red Alert, on and on. Microsoft at the time probably just thought it as a content dump 😂. But it introduced console players to awesome game genre that they had limited access to at that time.

Xbox One kicked it off with Halo Wars 2, Gears Tactics...it was basically the system where I continued my transformation into 90% Strategy. It was also the birth of Gamepass.

Personally, I think Series X is gonna wind up being more fondly remembered than Xbox One! Granted it's been slow in ramping up 😂...but Series X is looking to have a furious finish!

Playing Overwatch 1, Sea of Thieves and Forza Horizon 3 online, with my kids. Wonderful memories. Even if one kid only wanted to get drunk and shot out of cannons.

@nomither6 id include Forza bit yeah xbox one was the beginning of the end and we're in the death throws now sadly.