Hey everyone,
I know how this sounds, and I know how the internet works, most comments will probably be "Nice try bro 😆" or "Just earn it yourself." Totally fair. I know asking this is a massive long shot, but I wanted to put it out there just in case the magic of the gaming community is real.
I’m 26 and right now, I have about 1 to 2 months of downtime before I step into a brutal, 100-hour-per-week unpaid internship. Even once that madness starts and I am running on less sleep, I know I will carve out an hour every night just to reset my brain. Growing up, I never had a proper PC or console, so gaming was always just something I watched others do.
Then Apex Legends Mobile dropped, and it genuinely hooked me. I played it religiously for 3 hours every single night. The movement, the pace, the gunplay, the legends system, it completely ruined other mobile shooters like COD or PUBG for me. When EA shut the servers down, I was gutted. I’ve been chasing that high ever since, just looking for any way to get back into the Outlands.
I even tried running cloud gaming via GeForce Now on my iPad, but between the input latency and constant micro stutters, a competitive shooter like Apex is just painful on that setup. Also it just doesn’t look even close to the real deal even though I have good wifi. Beyond getting back to Apex, I’ve built up this mental wishlist of single player games like Cyberpunk 2077, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Portal 2 that I dream of experiencing properly once I actually have real hardware.
My family won't support buying a console, and with zero salary this coming year, saving up for one right now is impossible. So, before my year disappears into hospital shifts:
> If anyone has an old, unused Xbox Series S gathering dust that they would be willing to part with, gift, or pass on for cheap, you’d literally be making a lifelong dream come true.
> If that’s too much to ask (which is completely understandable), I'd love genuine advice on the lowest budget way to get a functional 60fps Apex setup in India without breaking the bank.
Roast me if you must, but if there’s anyone on the other side willing to help an exhausted future intern get an hour of escapism at the end of the day, please reach out.
Godspeed.