They may not die, but they do go on-sale.

D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die went on-sale for $3.74, down  from $14.99 - so I grabbed that and all 18 free DLC packs. Also found a sealed copy of Rare Replay locally for $10. Very impressed with the platform now that I'm spending more quality time with it; the continuity across generations is handled well, being able to set the old 1080p, non-HDR Xbox One to 10-bit RGB for my monitor is kinda neat, and there're enough exclusives on here to justify the sub-$50 prices I've been seeing for these units - add-in that you can upgrade to a Series X for ~$400 (only getting cheaper, too), and I'd say there's a pretty good argument over PS5/PC. I still need a controller though, and ~$63 for an Electric Volt Xbox Core controller seems to be the best deal right now.

Been meaning to wipe my Windows 11 23H2 desktop for a clean installation of 24H2 for a little while now, but the automatic Feature Update notification finally came through so I figured why not go with that in the meantime. It really does completely disable Windows Mixed Reality though... I figured it'd still work in some capacity, but nope; turns my headset into a brick. Went back to Windows 10 22H2 for now; HDR experience is a little worse, but I guess I've got a year to figure-out what I wanna do.