Xbox Series X survives a devastating house fire and still works!

The Xbox Series X is known to be a powerful console, but a recent story just proves its strength in a different way. A TikTok user says his Xbox Series X survived a house fire, and the video he posted afterward shows the console booting up and running games like nothing happened.

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The clips come from TikTok user @kai_doggett14, who says a fire recently destroyed his house for reasons that still aren't clear. Among the wreckage, he found his Xbox Series X mostly intact, though the shell was warped and charred in several spots.

In the first video, he plugs the console into a wall outlet and hits the power button. The Xbox logo lights up and the system boots normally, despite heat damage around the top vents and a disc drive that looks bent out of shape.

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The reaction online was mixed, with plenty of viewers assuming the clip was staged or that the console would die soon after. Kai followed up with a second video showing the cleaned-up Xbox running inside his car, hooked up to a small portable monitor he'd rigged up himself. It's a rough setup, but it works, and commenters started calling the scorched console "Xblob" for its new warped look.

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A third video was posted to convince the naysayers, and it provides definitive proof. Kai booted up Arc Raiders and played close to a minute and a half of continuous footage with no cuts, no frame drops, and no artifacting. For a console pulled out of a house fire, that's a convincing demonstration.

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This isn't the first time an Xbox has pulled through a fire either. A similar story surfaced on Reddit a while back, where an Xbox One S reportedly survived comparable damage and kept working. It's not clear what makes these consoles this resilient, though sealed internals and conservative power delivery probably help.

There's a sadder layer to the story too. According to an unverified post on X from user @PastorXbox, the Xbox Series X was the only item to survive the fire. Kai hasn't confirmed that himself, so it's worth some caution, but if true, it adds a rough edge to an otherwise fun story.

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Whatever happened at Kai's house, his Xbox Series X certainly held up far better than anyone expected. Microsoft's console lineup has had a rough stretch lately, with prices increasing again and Game Pass subscriber numbers still recovering from an earlier price hike, so a small, funny story like this is a nice change of pace for a brand that could certainly use some good press.