A reader explains how he used the promise of an Xbox Series X to motivate his son and how long downloads almost ruined his birthday.
, Lego Indiana Jones, and other kids games. He also had a bash at some of my old back catalogue. Unfortunately, the Xbox really started to show its age and the ability to purchase new games was getting harder and sometimes what arrived was an unplayable scratched disc.
The other bonus was it was more powerful and around this time devs were complaining about the lack of power in the Xbox Series S. Now we can’t just go and buy a child a £500 games console plus the inevitable accessories for Christmas , as we’d already sorted his Xmas presents with one such present being a new bike. So we said he could for his birthday but – a big but – he would have to earn half the cost.
He worked so hard to earn that money in time for his birthday, the week before his birthday he managed to earn £250 stars . So, the day of his birthday I phoned the local game store to make sure they had stock. So we go and collect it, he’s beaming from ear to ear, telling everyone we pass it’s his birthday and he’s just got a new Xbox. We get home set it up and…We live in a village, the broadband is OK but not really suited to downloading thinks quickly, it’s barely fast enough to watch 4K Netflix.
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