I bought one a few years ago because game pass looked like a good deal and I wanted a media player that could play BluRays. Now game pass isn’t such a great deal anymore, I cancelled it about a year ago, and there doesn’t seem to be anything drawing me to the system anymore.
So the console sits unused in my closet. But I’d hate all that compute power to go to waste. Is there anything I can do with it?
addendum: Some casual googling seems to suggest that hacking or jailbreaking it to expand its functionality is, for now at least, out of the question. The only workarounds I’ve seen, as suggested here, are getting a developer account to install unsigned software. I’m not going to do that.
I don’t want to ask permission to make a product I payed for work for me in the way I want. <angry Louis Rossman noises>
The Xbox Series X is apparently a bit of a best when it comes to emulation.
https://www.joeysretrohandhelds.com/guides/xbox-series-s-x-emulation-setup-guide/
Emby has a decent xbox app for media streaming. TBH I’ve just been using an HTPC lately though.
Not really. I’ve been in the same boat for awhile now and I’m thinking about selling it. Ever since I built my PC I’ve never touched the console
