Oh, oh, oh, I'm making a Ludicrous Claim®! Read the first post!

[R5]

that's just a rumour.

I watched it almost exactly a week ago and nothing bad's happe

no danny! No!

I've seen that tactic used by many adults quite a lot. I ran a store that rented items out, and I'd say about 60% of the time the customer didn't return the rental they blamed it on a deceased family member, and we usually have 400-600 people every year who didn't return rentals, so do the math, that's a lot of people without a conscious that would rather pretend a family member died than fess up that they forgot about the rental due date.

I know there's a small fee, but I can't believe anyone would sink so low.

 

[Small_Fryz]

Figured I'd post this up and feel the hate

But ya, Day One Edition shipped directly from Microsoft. As soon as a LCE is announced for Forza 5 I'll be adding that too.

An educated forum member claims to have pre-ordered a one!!

Surely its not legit?

 

[DustDriver]

He's just taking one for the team for research purposes

 

[Famine]

Or just trying to take the GTP Resident Hipster title away from Azuremen.

 

[Azuremen]

Or just trying to take the GTP Resident Hipster title away from Azuremen.

 

[daan]

I watched it almost exactly a week ago and nothing bad's happe

So who pressed submit?

 

[Small_Fryz]

Or just trying to take the GTP Resident Hipster title away from Azuremen.

Wouldn't that require the Xbox one to become cool at some stage though?

 

[TB]

I'm sure it will be nice and cool. Right before it STARTS ON FIRE.

 

[Joey D]

An educated forum member claims to have pre-ordered a one!!

Surely its not legit?

Nope it's legit, I can post a picture of the receipt to prove my claim or something.

 

[Jahgee]

Rule 32 is in effect Joey

 

[Joey D]

Rule 32 is in effect Joey

I mixed that up with Rule 34 and that confused me.

Anyway....

 

[Cano]

Needs "hello GTP" somewhere.

 

[Small_Fryz]

Clearly photoshopped

 

[Barra333]

I don't believe that you have an Xbox One pre-order, you have the Xbox One pre-order

 

[Small_Fryz]

Its called the One because thats all they will sell.

 

[Famine]

Wouldn't that require the Xbox one to become cool at some stage though?

No, hipsters eschew cool things on purpose, so they look cool for not going with the crowd. Until the crowd joins in and then they can say they like [x] before it was cool.

Currently the Crossbone is the most terrible idea in existence that doesn't involve explosives or chainsaws, making it desperately uncool. So buying one makes you look like you don't care, which makes you cool.

Because hipsters.

 

[Joey D]

I'm pretty non-hipster. I didn't buy it because it was cool/not-cool. I bought it to play games.

 

[Stevisiov]

 

[Famine]

I'm pretty non-hipster.

I'd swear you used to drive a brown MINI...

 

[FoolKiller]

I'm not a big fan of the online requirement and so I am taking their advice for people like me.






Seriously though, I'll probably give both systems six months to a year on the market (or when a must-have game launches) before buying one. Between system failures, control gimmicks that don't pay off, and seeing how other constantly online things have worked recently I'm willing to let the dust settle this generation.

Plus, I have a massive backlog of current gen games.

 

[Danny]

So who pressed submit?

Stop ruining things.

 

[R5]

No, hipsters eschew cool things on purpose, so they look cool for not going with the crowd. Until the crowd joins in and then they can say they like [x] before it was cool.

Currently the Crossbone is the most terrible idea in existence that doesn't involve explosives or chainsaws, making it desperately uncool. So buying one makes you look like you don't care, which makes you cool.

Because hipsters.

Famine: your guide to hipsters since 2013

 

[Famine]

Famine: your guide to hipsters since before it was cool.

Fixed that for you

 

[homeforsummer]

Calling ludicrous claims on this:

I bought [the X-bone] to play games.

Since everyone knows none of the next-gen consoles are really for playing games*

* Language warning

 

[Joey D]

I think it's kind of funny to see how much rage people get over a video game console*.

Honestly all I really want to do with the One is play Forza 5 and watch Netflix, HBO Go and the MLB Network. If the whole TV aspect is half as good as they're claiming I could probably do away with cable since I only ever watch it for a select few shows.

*Come to think of it would that be a rage against the machine?

 

[Pupik]

I suggest the wildly unpopular move of letting everyone else* buy these overpriced things, wait for them to complain that they break/overheat/really-want-an-updated-one 6 months from now, do the testing for us of what they can or can't do, and then make a wise decision, as shown by history.

Or just play arguing, crying, spouting fanboy.



* wait, that might be you.

 

[Beeblebrox237]

I don't get why it's a big deal that somebody bought a device to use it how the manufacturer intends it to be used. Seems pretty logical. I, for one, hope that you have great fun with your Xbox, Joey.

 

[Famine]

If the whole TV aspect is half as good as they're claiming I could probably do away with cable since I only ever watch it for a select few shows.

It's actually not a TV decoder. So to watch broadcast TV you'd still need the decoding equipment - the cable box if you watch TV through cable - and plug the output into the XBox. It just allows you to control the TV by asking it nicely, rather than a remote:

However, you can't cancel cable just yet. Watching live TV works through an HDMI pass-through, wherein the cable box or satellite box connects directly to the Xbox One, and then passes the signal to the console through an HDMI-out port. And because of the cable box pairing, you can get TV with as much or as little Xbox as you'd like. Want to use your normal remote? Fine. Want to swap over to Microsoft's entertainment guide and use voice and gesture controls? You can do that, too.

 

[FoolKiller]

Honestly all I really want to do with the One is play Forza 5 and watch Netflix, HBO Go and the MLB Network. If the whole TV aspect is half as good as they're claiming I could probably do away with cable since I only ever watch it for a select few shows.

If not for Forza, I'd say to get a Roku. You can even get a model that plays Angry Birds and similar games.

It's actually not a TV decoder. So to watch broadcast TV you'd still need the decoding equipment - the cable box if you watch TV through cable - and plug the output into the XBox. It just allows you to control the TV by asking it nicely, rather than a remote:

I think he means more about going the online streaming route. Cutting the Cable is a growing trend in the US. With Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon you can get nearly all the same stuff you can on cable/satellite for half the price, just not live. Since we almost exclusively watch our TV off the DVR and have no premium channels my wife and I are considering going this route. If the Xbox makes the UI very easy then it would be a great media device that also plays great games. A single piece of electrical tape will fix that Kinect HAL9000 fear. If its just another way to pick apps, then its not offering much more than current gen stuff.

 

[Famine]

Well quite. However Netflix - subscription fee excluded - is of no cost on the PS3 OR PS4, but the XBone requires you to have an XBL Gold account to use it in addition to the subscription fee...

Ultimately it's a voice-controlled channel guide that's quite neat and costs £430 and whatever the XBL monthly subscription is, PLUS an external decoder to watch any broadcast TV...

Edit: And 8 games. Forgot the 8 games. Just like MS did... [/burn]