hello everyone it's spawnpoint and
welcome back to another video and today
we're taking a look at some of the best
accessories that you can buy for the
xbox series x so if you're one of the
lucky ones who owns a series x or s
hopefully today's video will give you
some ideas for your own setup as always
if you see anything you like in the
video today i have linked to that below
so you can go check it out okay so first
up we need to talk about controllers so
obviously the xbox comes with a black
controller as standard or a white one if
you have the series s but there are now
loads of different colors and designs to
choose from we've got the official
colors from xbox including the red and
the blue then if you want something
special there is the 20th anniversary
controller that launched last year these
controllers don't add any extra
functionality over the standard
controllers but they look pretty cool
but if you want to really improve your
whole gaming experience maybe even have
a slight advantage over other players
you'll want to check out one of these
controllers and this is the instinct pro
controller from scuff which has
removable face plates swappable
thumbsticks and remappable paddles on
the back and this allows you to
customize the paddles to perform
different tasks in different games and
it's ideal for fps gaming and what i
like about the scuff controller is you
can completely change the look of it
just by swapping these faceplates on top
of that you can change the button
colours the rings thumbstick height
d-pad style and whether or not you wish
to have a rumble this is definitely a
pro controller and it will help improve
your gameplay overall but then there's
the xbox elite series 2 controller which
is probably the best controller you can
buy right now this is very similar to
the scuff controller that we just looked
at in the fact that it is a pro
controller but it's better and it feels
more of a premium product the carry case
is nice and it houses the controller
spare accessories charging dock and the
usb-c cable and that means this case is
useful for storing everything away or
just keeping it safe and as for the
controller itself well it feels awesome
it's got adjustable tension thumbsticks
trigger locks custom profiles four
paddles on the rear and a 40 hour
rechargeable battery not only does it
feel like a pro controller with the
rubber grips it looks awesome as well
and having used the scuf controller and
the xbox elite series 2 i can say this
is the one to go for now i've not done a
full review on this controller yet but
if that's something you wish to see just
let me know in the comments
next up is this little remote control so
the xbox can be used as an all-in-one
entertainment console for gaming
streaming movies and watching your
favorite youtube channels when it comes
to navigating the xbox you can obviously
use one of your controllers or instead
you can pick up one of these media
remote controls i think this is one of
the nicest and easiest ways to use the
xbox plus they are really cheap it's got
all the buttons that you need and would
use and that allows you to navigate your
apps like you would with your tv and
what's really cool about this remote
control is it's actually got a light up
panel behind that means all of the
buttons and the navigation you've got
will light up at night now you might not
class this next one as an accessory but
game pass is an absolute game changer
and if you want to make the most out of
your whole gaming experience on the xbox
you should definitely give this a go now
there are a few different options
available you've got the xbox live gold
which lets you play online then there's
game pass which lets you download
hundreds of games from the library and
finally you've got game pass ultimate
which combines the two services into one
so i'm using game pass ultima and it's
by far one of the best purchases that
you can make it costs around 11 pounds
or 15 dollars per month and it gives you
access to the entire library of games
this includes original xbox games 360
games xbox one games and obviously
series x and s but the thing that amazes
me the most is not just the huge library
of games it's the day one releases that
we get to play so games like forza
horizon 5 halo and flight simulator plus
some games that aren't even xbox
exclusives games like rainbow six
extraction and mlb the show on top of
that ea games are included so dirt 5
fifa f1 and with the recent acquisitions
we're going to see even more games added
this year but ah man i'll tell you what
just scrolling through this list of
games right now just makes me want to
sit down and game all day there are some
proper gems in here and definitely games
that are worth re-downloading for that
nostalgic feel
but if you do want to download more than
what seven to eight games you're
probably going to need more storage and
the xbox series x has a one terabyte
internal drive which gives us around 800
gigabytes of actual usable space i
filled mine up pretty quickly over the
first year so i did need more storage
and that's where this little thing comes
in handy so this is the official one
terabyte expansion card from seagate and
this slots into the back of the xbox and
instantly adds a one terabyte of extra
space but these are not cheap and if you
want to store and play your xbox series
x optimized games this is the only way
that you can do it right now but this
thing is stupidly small and as it's
using its own dedicated card bay it's
not going to take up one of those usb
ports on the back but if the one
terabyte option isn't right for you it's
also available in a 512 gigabyte as well
as a 2 terabyte now you can also buy and
use external drives to store and play
your games from and i did this for the
first year but any games that are
optimized for the series x and s will
not play from this drive you have to
copy them back onto the console to play
them first and that's why i think this
expansion card is a far better choice
i'm back to the controllers quickly so
if you've got more than one controller
you might want somewhere to store them
and i've been using these wooden stands
from geek made designs which means i can
display my controllers in a different
way on my shelf or on my desk
unfortunately the ones i have here are
actually for the playstation 5 so they
don't fit this controller perfectly
however if you want something unique and
different i would recommend picking one
of these up plus they do them in
different styles and designs and pretty
much do every controller that you could
think of and if you want something a
little bit cheaper but still practical
there are these plastic stands that will
hold up to two controllers and these
will actually hold practically any
controller that you can think of not
just the xbox series x so although i
prefer the wooden ones these still look
really nice and another option if you
are limited on space is to use one of
these plastic brackets instead and they
clip onto the side of the xbox this clip
works on both the playstation 5 as well
as the xbox which now means you can
display your controllers on the side of
the console instead of laying them flat
on your table or your desk and
considering just how cheap these plastic
brackets are they actually look pretty
cool
now if you're using the xbox elite
controller well that comes with an
internal rechargeable battery and a usbc
cable and that means once you've charged
it up you're good to go but if you're
using any of the other official xbox
controllers you will need to think about
batteries as it doesn't actually come
with any i know a lot of people go for
the play and charge kit which gives you
a rechargeable battery and a usb cable
to charge it however i would actually
recommend going for the power a dual
charging dock instead this costs roughly
the same price as the other kit but it
comes with two battery packs and a dock
then all you need to do is fit the
battery pack inside the controller and
put the cover on the rear drop it into
the dock and it starts charging
instantly no cables are no messing
around it even lights up when it's
charging the one that i have here is in
black but it's also available in white
which means you could choose that one
for the series s and they also sell
battery packs separately so if you
wanted one dock but multiple batteries
you could also do that
if you're playing online or at a monitor
setup a headset is a must buy and
something i always use when playing with
friends we've got the official xbox
wireless headset which launched last
year and these sound great for the price
and they keep your setup on brand if you
want to stick with the whole xbox theme
they support dolby atmos have a cool
volume wheel on the side and a 15-hour
battery plus it can be charged via usb-c
now these can only be used wirelessly as
there's no 3.5 mil headphone jack but
what's great is you can turn the xbox on
just by pressing the power button on the
headset
another headset worth considering are
the still series arctis 7x now i use
these 7ps on my playstation 5 but i've
heard the 7x headset is just as good for
the xbox and if you want somewhere to
store your headset other than just line
them flat on your desk why don't you
grab yourself a headset stand so the
stand that i'm using here is from
grovemade and i often show their
products across different videos as
their quality is incredible now if
you're using the xbox elite controller
or the scuff controllers that we've
shown before you probably won't need
these but you can actually buy thumb
grips to attach over the top of the
standard xbox controller sticks and
these will completely transform the way
that you play and are especially helpful
for fps gaming either the extra height
or the different style of the grip means
your thumbs will sit slightly
differently when you play now there are
loads of different brands to pick from
i've used both the control freaks as
well as the satisfy grips over the years
and what's your favorite accessory for
the xbox series x for me it's got to be
game pass as you've got so many games to
choose from but a close second is
probably the xbox elite series 2
controller this thing is an absolute
beast and if you drop an xbox
accessories with a little green heart in
the comments i'll know you're here right
at the end and if you did enjoy today's
video why don't you check out my one
year review video next as it covers
everything that i do like about the xbox
series x thanks for watching and if you
haven't already please hit that like
button subscribe to the channel and turn
notifications on so you don't miss my
next upload you can also follow me over
on instagram and twitter
until next time