After having only had Playstation and Nintendo (and PC) ever since I was a kid, I finally messed around with an Xbox the last two days.
First of all, the OS fucking sucks. It is basically one big ad screaming buy this or that. Fuck that. Why am I seeing Ninja on my personal homepage? Three of the four tabs are about buying stuff/commercials, and my homepage tab is basically half a commercial too. And then my own damn library is quietly tucked away under a small tile between the adverts/promotions. That said, it is not like I am going to hang around on the home screen for long, this thing is for gaming and multimedia and it does those well thankfully.
That out of the way, I enjoy the controller (but I already knew that going in) and the S console itself is really well built, way better than say the PS4 or PS4pro. And the backwards compatability program is great, one of the reasons I wanted one. As for the games, I tried some Rare classics and also Gears of War 2. I played and enjoyed the Original on PC back in the day and am in the mood for linear shooters, so I will continue playing this one. I also will likely go for Gamepass, as it is cheap and has a lot of the games I want tot check out that I missed over the years.
Oddly enough The Witcher 2 is not digitally available in The Netherlands. It is in the store front, nicely advertised and translated, but you can't buy it...? And it isn't an error, I actually contacted MS about it. They said "nope, you can't". So I have to track down a physical copy, which are rare here. I know it is an old game but they actually advertise it a X enhanced, so I don't understand this one at all.