Xbox One System Discussion

[Centurion]

Cool. Thanks for the link.

 

[RagingBull]

Cool Vid. I prefer the Xbox controller to the PS. Except the the 1st Xbox controller, that thing was horrible

 

[Centurion]

Cool Vid. I prefer the Xbox controller to the PS. Except the the 1st Xbox controller, that thing was horrible

Ha! The Xbox launch controller was a beast. Thank goodness they released the smaller version later.

 

[lerath666]

The family plan might not have been all that it was made out to be. According to that supposed Microsoft employee who blogged about the features of the Xbox One, the "family plan" was just a timed trial for trying out games you didn't own. In other words, you'd be able to play the game for about an hour or so, before you're prompted to a checkout page to purchase the full game.

The concept souds very much like the timed trials offered offers by PS Plus (except without sharing features).

That's not what the official press package that micrisoft gave to retailors and buisness parnters said.

So i'm going to call the "supposed microsoft employee" a fraud.

the official release we got said that up to 10 xbox live members designated as "family" could all play together off one liscense. This was intended for multiplayer, as well as single player.

 

[Dead-Man]

well I guess that makes it in every Xbox Console release there was some sort of complain

Original Xbox = Controller

Xbox 360 = Red ring of Death

Xbox One = Everything from DRM, to always online, region locked.

 

[Solidus]

well I guess that makes it in every Xbox Console release there was some sort of complain

Original Xbox = Controller

Xbox 360 = Red ring of Death

Xbox One = Everything from DRM, to always online, region locked.

Who's to say that RROD will not return?

One Ring to rule them all,
One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them...
In the Red Ring where the Shadows lie.

 

[Shropt]

That's not what the official press package that micrisoft gave to retailors and buisness parnters said.

So i'm going to call the "supposed microsoft employee" a fraud.

the official release we got said that up to 10 xbox live members designated as "family" could all play together off one liscense. This was intended for multiplayer, as well as single player.

It doesn't exist anymore so why keep talking about it?

well I guess that makes it in every Xbox Console release there was some sort of complain

Original Xbox = Controller

Xbox 360 = Red ring of Death

Xbox One = Everything from DRM, to always online, region locked.

Xbox One = DRM is no longer required, isn't always online and is region free.

 

[Matt S]

AND NSA approved Kinect camera = nope!

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

AND NSA approved Kinect camera = nope!

who cares? if you're not jerkin' off infront of your xbox, then you don't have anything to worry about

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

does anyone elses xbox **** up when its vertical?

I've always had mine vertical. no problems here

 

[Fritz]

SOURCE

Microsoft may be upgrading the specs of the Xbox One before its release
By James Plafke on July 12, 2013 at 11:53 am

The Xbox One reveal was so disappointing that it’ll likely go down in history as one of the gaming industry’s most memorable high-profile blunders. Microsoft’s decision to revise its mistakes will also likely go down in gaming history as unprecedented. Now, in what may end up another unprecedented move, Microsoft might be revising the Xbox One’s hardware before it even releases.

For the uninitiated, Microsoft took a few enormous missteps when it announced the Xbox One. The new console would be bogged down by always-online DRM, a mandatory Kinect that is always watching, listening, and can see in the dark, a system to curb the sale of used games, and the same Xbox Gold paywall that currently plagues the Xbox 360. On top of all that, it turned out the Xbox One’s hardware wasn’t all too impressive when compared to its main competitor, the PS4 — and it would cost $100 more than Sony’s more powerful, not-bogged-down-at-all console. After a couple months of standing staunchly against almost everyone’s wishes to knock it off with these restrictions, Microsoft finally caved and removed the always-on DRM and the used games restrictions. So, the Xbox One would no longer have draconian restrictions, but still suffered from the problem of being an underpowered, more expensive console than its competitor.

Consoles don’t usually go through major hardware horsepower revisions during their lifecycle — they generally just lose some weight and use your power more efficiently. It’s also extremely rare for a console to undergo a hardware revision after its official announcement. After Microsoft relented and gave up on its dream of a locked-down, heavily restricted console, reports are suggesting that Microsoft will now give up on its hardware dream before the console even releases, and change its specs in order to not only better compete with Sony, but to better justify that $500 price tag.

Mattrick Xbox One

The Examiner is reporting that a source claims the Xbox One’s GPU will get a bump in clock speed, and the 8GB of DDR3 RAM will increase to 12GB. Additionally, the Xbone development team is asking designers what other changes to the console they’d like to see — which comes off as a little desperate, especially considering the hardware is supposed to release in around four months.

The RAM rumor seems to have originated from the Xbox One dev kits shipping with 12GB of RAM. However, the source claims that the retail kits do not pack that much RAM. The source also notes that the clock speed increase is the result of Microsoft “giving off the impression” that this took place.

While it may seem very odd for high-profile hardware to backtrack on its announced specs only a few months before its release, we wouldn’t be surprised by anything Microsoft does with the Xbox One anymore. Whether it’s a power boost, a price cut before release, or finally removing the Xbox Gold paywall, Microsoft still needs to clean up its image ever since it got tarnished from the console reveal. If there’s one thing Microsoft will surely retain, though, it’s that you can bet your Xbox One will have a lot of games that feature marines.

 

[Fritz]

SOURCE

Microsoft pitches Xbox One at small businesses

Part of the new way of doing things in Redmond
By Dave Neal
Fri Jul 12 2013, 11:50

SOFTWARE HOUSE Microsoft has spoken about the importance of its Xbox One console while announcing sweeping organisational changes.
Microsoft said the games console will be handy for small businesses to have around, and will be equally at home among cups of tea and laptops as it is around the house.
Marques Lyons, Microsoft Xbox MVP and the director of its Consumer Camp posted an open letter to the business community.
"What is being positioned as an excellent entertainment device can be just as enticing for you and your small business. In fact, it's entirely justifiable to make the Xbox One a business expense," said Lyons.
"The Xbox One, priced at $499, is an affordable option for small business owners, as there are many features built into the console that could help it rival even the most modest of video conferencing and networking platforms."
He touted Xbox One features like Skype calls and Skydrive for business, along with the rather vague "future applications".
"The app story of Xbox One has yet to be written, therefore it is entirely possible to find apps down the road that could be of benefit for you and your business," added Lyons.
"With the processing power, snap mode, and connection to a large screen, that the Xbox One has, this device is capable of going from the 'break room' to the 'board room'."
Separately, an email sent to staff by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has been reproduced in the Microsoft press room. Again it waxes lyrical about the Xbox One.
It is a crash course in marketing speak, and is entitled, "One Microsoft: Company realigns to enable innovation at greater speed, efficiency".
If you read it we suggest you play Buzzword Bingo. You can decide on what points are awarded for what buzzwords. Here's the introduction as a taster.
"Today, we are announcing a far-reaching realignment of the company that will enable us to innovate with greater speed, efficiency and capability in a fast changing world. Today's announcement will enable us to execute even better on our strategy to deliver a family of devices and services that best empower people for the activities they value most and the enterprise extensions and services that are most valuable to business."
Included in the email is talk about management changes, and a reshuffling that replaces business units with engineering centres. Engineering has been split into four areas, OS, Apps, Cloud, and Devices. The Dynamics division will be kept separate.
Ballmer mentions the Xbox One, the games console that is expected to start shipping before the end of the year, a few times.
Ballmer said that products will have "champions" that talk to him about their development, adding that he expects the Xbox and some other products to provide cash, fun, and meetings.
"We will also have outgrowths on those major initiatives that may involve only a single product group. Certainly, succeeding with mobile devices, Windows, Office 365 and Azure will be foundational. Xbox and Bing will also be key future contributors to financial success," he said.
"Our focus on high-value activities - serious fun, meetings, tasks, research, information assurance and IT/Dev workloads - also will get top-level championship."

 

[Dead-Man]

SOURCE

Microsoft may be upgrading the specs of the Xbox One before its release
By James Plafke on July 12, 2013 at 11:53 am

The Xbox One reveal was so disappointing that it’ll likely go down in history as one of the gaming industry’s most memorable high-profile blunders. Microsoft’s decision to revise its mistakes will also likely go down in gaming history as unprecedented. Now, in what may end up another unprecedented move, Microsoft might be revising the Xbox One’s hardware before it even releases.

For the uninitiated, Microsoft took a few enormous missteps when it announced the Xbox One. The new console would be bogged down by always-online DRM, a mandatory Kinect that is always watching, listening, and can see in the dark, a system to curb the sale of used games, and the same Xbox Gold paywall that currently plagues the Xbox 360. On top of all that, it turned out the Xbox One’s hardware wasn’t all too impressive when compared to its main competitor, the PS4 — and it would cost $100 more than Sony’s more powerful, not-bogged-down-at-all console. After a couple months of standing staunchly against almost everyone’s wishes to knock it off with these restrictions, Microsoft finally caved and removed the always-on DRM and the used games restrictions. So, the Xbox One would no longer have draconian restrictions, but still suffered from the problem of being an underpowered, more expensive console than its competitor.

Consoles don’t usually go through major hardware horsepower revisions during their lifecycle — they generally just lose some weight and use your power more efficiently. It’s also extremely rare for a console to undergo a hardware revision after its official announcement. After Microsoft relented and gave up on its dream of a locked-down, heavily restricted console, reports are suggesting that Microsoft will now give up on its hardware dream before the console even releases, and change its specs in order to not only better compete with Sony, but to better justify that $500 price tag.

Mattrick Xbox One

The Examiner is reporting that a source claims the Xbox One’s GPU will get a bump in clock speed, and the 8GB of DDR3 RAM will increase to 12GB. Additionally, the Xbone development team is asking designers what other changes to the console they’d like to see — which comes off as a little desperate, especially considering the hardware is supposed to release in around four months.

The RAM rumor seems to have originated from the Xbox One dev kits shipping with 12GB of RAM. However, the source claims that the retail kits do not pack that much RAM. The source also notes that the clock speed increase is the result of Microsoft “giving off the impression” that this took place.

While it may seem very odd for high-profile hardware to backtrack on its announced specs only a few months before its release, we wouldn’t be surprised by anything Microsoft does with the Xbox One anymore. Whether it’s a power boost, a price cut before release, or finally removing the Xbox Gold paywall, Microsoft still needs to clean up its image ever since it got tarnished from the console reveal. If there’s one thing Microsoft will surely retain, though, it’s that you can bet your Xbox One will have a lot of games that feature marines.

aint that a bit late to ask developers what they want?

I mean seriously what were they doing the past few years? gathering a few morons who shouldn't be paid at all for bringing up those restrictions in the first place?

 

[Matt S]

who cares? if you're not jerkin' off infront of your xbox, then you don't have anything to worry about

well.....................................

 

[darthviper107]

I've always had mine vertical. no problems here

They recommend to have it vertical. Just make sure you don't move it around with a disc in the drive

 

[jye4ever]

aint that a bit late to ask developers what they want?

I mean seriously what were they doing the past few years? gathering a few morons who shouldn't be paid at all for bringing up those restrictions in the first place?

 

[Centurion]

If you need internet connection only to perform an initial update/configuration, why are people worried about the Kinect camera and people watching them play?

The console will probably have an option to turn off WiFi or you can disconnect it yourself.

 

[Fritz]

SOURCE - Gaming Blend

Xbox One Gets Booed Out Of EVO While Demoing Killer Instinct
Author: William Usherpublished: 2013-07-14 18:51:52

During this year's EVO tournament, some brand new media content has arrived for the Xbox One's exclusive fighting game from Double Helix, the same developers that brought you G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Green Lantern and Silent Hill Homecoming.

However, it wasn't all fake hype and press propaganda for Killer Instinct and the Xbox One. Interestingly enough, the Double Helix and Mad Catz guys were on hand at EVO 2013 this year to pimp the upcoming fightstick accessories and the highly anticipated fighting game, Killer Instinct, which made its debut at this year's largest video game trade show event, E3. However, the one thing the developers and peripheral manufacturer did not expect was to get booed clean off the stage once they mentioned the Xbox One.

As many of you know, the gaming community is not warmed at all to the Xbox One, especially core gamers. The real movers and shakers in our interactive entertainment industry don't like corporate butt stamping, and that's exactly what Microsoft aimed to do with the original Xbox One policies: You bought one, your butt belonged to them.

While Microsoft took measures to reverse their policies for the Xbox One, the damage was already done. Gamers turned their salt into righteous anger and they reversed the situation to make Microsoft salty by pre-ordering a bunch of PS4s and making them sell out like condoms during the Olympics.

Unfortunately for Double Helix and Mad Catz representatives, they were met with a lot of hostility toward the Xbox One, even though the gameplay for Killer Instinct itself looked pretty good, some of which you can view in the video below.

Despite the crowd being moderately accepting of Killer Instinct, the fact that they were booing the Xbox One at such a core-event like EVO 2013 speaks volumes about what gamers actually feel about the console. These weren't casuals, these weren't grandpas and grandmas buying consoles for little Timmy, these are the big Timmies. These are the first adopters and the ones that create market share for consoles during the holiday season and they are not digging the Xbox One at all!

That's not to mention that you had stream comments rolling in with a bunch of people saying “Xbox Off! Xbox Off!”... the next popular comment was “When is this launching on PC?”, obviously in reference to many of the Xbox One games at E3 running on PCs, although it should be noted that Killer Instinct was one of the few games that actually ran on an Xbox One dev kit.

 

[snappahead]

These are the same people that went nuts over the announcement of the nine hundredth edition of Street Fighter IV? Maybe Microsoft should take it as a compliment.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

These are the same people that went nuts over the announcement of the nine hundredth edition of Street Fighter IV? Maybe Microsoft should take it as a compliment.