The Xbox One Thread - One X & One SXBOne

[LuckyPig]

People are talking about UI's here, nobody is being a "fanboy".

Personally I enjoy the Xbox's UI. I absolutely hate Windows 8 for anything other than touch screen but I have to say, it makes the console look more console and less desktop.

Yer but I'm saying they almost the same and yet someone is saying songs is bad an i feel that's a bit to over the top

 

[gtracedriver1]

Your forgetting the competitive gamers that are going to buy an XO for the online environment and their controllers. Kinect is great but it is not the only reason to get an Xbox, like you said in your previous post.

Hmm ... I am not sure those reason make much sense but if someone thinks it is worth it then fair enough

 

[LaBounti]

I've been gaming online since the days of Quake's Three wave Capture the flag(32 players mod on a 56k modem and the experience as been the same across any game I've play, you get online find people to play with the end. The Time I had Xbox Live felt no different than any other platform. Anything above the core elements of online play is purely subjective.

 

[Ddrizle]

x1 employees get exclusive white X1

 

[Ridox2JZGTE]

x1 employees get exclusive white X1

Nice move, promoting within the company, some kind of loyalty present or what, just acting all nice in front of everybody

 

[Imari]

I like how it says "I Made This" on the front. That's pretty cool.

 

[Ddrizle]

 

[Tornado]

Nice they aren't charging them all like they did with the employee version of the original Xbox.

 

[ussr]

http://www.joystiq.com/screenshots/mad-catz-force-feedback-racing-wheel-xbox-one/849271/#!slide=849276

New racing wheel for X1

Mad Catz 👎 do awful products. It's not in the same shelf with logitech awesome wheels. So this thing wouldn't sell any racing game. Mad Catz just wants to have first wheel that's decent idea for sellout.

 

[Badger-X-]

...And now Thrustmaster's entry:

thrustmaster-announces-xbox-one-ferrari-458-italia-racing-wheel

 

[wicken]

I find this hard to believe when it's less powerful than the PS4; most features are behind a paywall and Kinect 2 doesn't look so promissing.

Microsoft: Xbox One is worth $100 more than PlayStation 4

It’s up to us to prove that it’s worth $100 more. I think it is," senior director of product planning and management at Xbox Albert Penello told GameSpot today at PAX Prime in Seattle, Washington.

Penello said the suite of games and services Microsoft is offering with the Xbox One is stronger than the competition.

"I think we do more. I think our games are better. I think as people start to experience Kinect and see what it can do using voice, I think that’s better," he added. "I think the ability to have an all-in-one system where you can plug in the TV, that’s better. I think we’ll have a better online service."

"I just believe that we’re going to have a better system."

Ultimately, consumers want to buy the "best thing," Penello said. The Xbox One's stance as the most premium console this holiday season won't hold it back, he argued.

"$100, when you’re talking $400 vs. $500 [shrugs shoulders]. I don’t believe it’s going to be the deal-killer," he said."

 

[plate88]

^^^^This guy thinks and believes in a lot of things there. I don't think, he believes, in his product

 

[Darren.]

"I think our games are better"

This cracked me up! MS may be churning out all the exclusives on launch, but how many of these are going to become franchises? There's only one that will actually sell, and that's Halo. I like all of their exclusives, but at the end of the day Sony will be reeling in the money.

 

[HighSeasHoMastr]

This cracked me up! MS may be churning out all the exclusives on launch, but how many of these are going to become franchises? There's only one that will actually sell, and that's Halo. I like all of their exclusives, but at the end of the day Sony will be reeling in the money.

Honestly I agree with him. There are 3 xbone-exclusives that are "launch window" that I am really interested in, as apposed to... zero ps4 exclusives.
It's a case of different tastes.

I also agree that the $100 price difference really isn't that big. If you can afford to spend $400 on an entertainment device, chances are you can afford to spend $500 on an entertainment device. I realize that's not 100% true, but I feel like a lot more gets made of the price difference than really should be. I suspect there's lots of people decrying the price gap for whom it is actually totally irrelevant.

 

[Robin]

x1 employees get exclusive white X1

Love the 'who are still working at MSFT at the time of launch' bit, sounds pretty ominous! They will probably sell them on ebay for $1000's a piece 👎

 

[LaBounti]

Honestly I agree with him. There are 3 xbone-exclusives that are "launch window" that I am really interested in, as apposed to... zero ps4 exclusives.
It's a case of different tastes.

I also agree that the $100 price difference really isn't that big. If you can afford to spend $400 on an entertainment device, chances are you can afford to spend $500 on an entertainment device. I realize that's not 100% true, but I feel like a lot more gets made of the price difference than really should be. I suspect there's lots of people decrying the price gap for whom it is actually totally irrelevant.

You have't played any of the games to know what games are actually good. I choose a new system based on the hardware and system structure alone. Games will be there on both, I have a wide taste in games and I'm not limited in what what I want to play so I could go either way and find something I may like. I want games on both. But one literally isn't worth it to me. I do not have Xbox Live gold and its a terrible value for me.

New consoles are long term investments, we have no idea what the future will bring as far as games. A Launch line up should never be a determining factor in buying a new system, you're only getting a small picture. If you already have Xbox Live gold then it's a no brainer, the One already for you.

 

[HighSeasHoMastr]

You have't played any of the games to know what games are actually good. I choose a new system based on the hardware and system structure alone. Games will be there on both, I have a wide taste in games and I'm not limited in what what I want to play so I could go either way and find something I may like. I want games on both. But one literally isn't worth it to me. I do not have Xbox Live gold and its a terrible value for me.

New consoles are long term investments, we have no idea what the future will bring as far as games. A Launch line up should never be a determining factor in buying a new system, you're only getting a small picture. If you already have Xbox Live gold then it's a no brainer, the One already for you.

Largely, I agree with you. Everyone will decide based on their own preferences, which are determined based on many factors. I have had LIVE since it launched, so its no issue for me to continue paying for it, as I feel it's easily worth the cost. On the other hand, when I get a PS4, I will not be paying for PS+ as I feel there's no way it will justify the cost just for playing online on the few games I will actually buy for the PS4.

The only thing I have to say about the bolded part: how does it follow that one must play a game to be interested in it...? If that's the case, then why do developers bother to say anything about the game until release day? Yes, I haven't played them, but I've seen gameplay and read dev diaries and whatnot, and I am interested in those games. I've done the same thing for PS4 games, and they have failed to capture my interest.
I didn't say I knew that the games would be better, just that they actually interested me, whereas the PS4 launch lineup really doesn't.

Ultimately I will be buying both an Xbone and a PS4, but I will be holding off on the PS4 until there's an exclusive that I actually want to play.

 

[Com Fox]

I only decide by games (even if it is a powerful console, of it doesn't deliver the games that interest me then I'm not getting it.

That is why at the moment, I prefer the Xbox One over the PS4 (I prefer the games on Xbox One over PS4) but I won't be getting any at launch, infact I'll be waiting for a few years so they can deliver some great games.

 

[Ddrizle]

Forza 5 demo (incomplete physics) wheel with assists turned off initially.


Dan Greenawalt interview Part 1&2

 

[phillgt2002]

Man, I can only sift through so much garbage at a limit. Alot t of the things here that are being brought up here are negative. Sometimes I think people post in this thread to feel as if they're important or have a significant presence.

Generally you'll get the "Its not looking too good for M$" or the person who posts a long philosophical esque post on how they prefer the ps4. Its really hard to read gaming message boards without cringing or closing them out after taking in such single minded posts.

 

[katpeeler]

man, i can only sift through so much garbage at a limit. Alot t of the things here that are being brought up here are negative. Sometimes i think people post in this thread to feel as if they're important or have a significant presence.

Generally you'll get the "its not looking too good for m$" or the person who posts a long philosophical esque post on how they prefer the ps4. Its really hard to read gaming message boards without cringing or closing them out after taking in such single minded posts.

+1

 

[Ddrizle]

Master Chief! Halo 5 teaser trailer was made by Axis Animation. They do such incredible work!

 

[Ddrizle]

 

[Famine]

Eurogamer are reporting that, like the XBox360 was initially, the XB1 will be locked down for external storage (no backing up your saves/media on USB drives) and the 500Gb hard drive cannot be swapped.

They're also saying that you can't install games to an external HDD, but I'm scratching my head as to why that would be interesting/useful anyway.


Seems like a bad move to me. They were forced to climb down on the XBox360 when it was like this - first to official MS HDDs and external devices and then to anything that fitted. I'm kinda wondering who's going to fill up 500Gb to need to swap it - but then we all said that about the 60Gb in the PS3 at the start of its life and now I'm forever having to delete stuff

 

[ASH32]

Eurogamer are reporting that, like the XBox360 was initially, the XB1 will be locked down for external storage (no backing up your saves/media on USB drives) and the 500Gb hard drive cannot be swapped.

They're also saying that you can't install games to an external HDD, but I'm scratching my head as to why that would be interesting/useful anyway.


Seems like a bad move to me. They were forced to climb down on the XBox360 when it was like this - first to official MS HDDs and external devices and then to anything that fitted. I'm kinda wondering who's going to fill up 500Gb to need to swap it - but then we all said that about the 60Gb in the PS3 at the start of its life and now I'm forever having to delete stuff

Yes the 60gb is nowhere near enough and the same will end up happening with the Xbox One. I wonder if they'll do a U-turn again.

 

[ussr]

With the PS4 you get basic 500 gigabytes Hard Drive and you can swap it to bigger one like 1Tb or even 2Tb.

 

[Blitz24]

Does Microsoft enjoy the taste of feet? I mean, why make such a stupid decision yet again?

 

[ussr]

Hmm probably they think differently from customers point of view. I don't get it either. Only one thing i can do is to strongly congratulate to those gamers who decide to purchase Xbox One and support Microsoft policy. Maybe you all know what you are doing, who really knows.

Games what is really matters, right?

 

[Blitz24]

Hmm probably they think differently from customers point of view. I don't get it either. Only one thing i can do is to strongly congratulate to those gamers who decide to purchase Xbox One and support Microsoft policy. Maybe you all know what you are doing, who really knows.

Games what is really matters, right?

Its just comical. Its like in some ways we have two extremes:

PS4: We may implement some features but we will try not to piss off our fanbase and make stupid announcements.

XBOX1: We know you will buy the system, so we don't really care how many times we say something we have to take back, we still know you love us.

 

[Famine]

Still, let us remember that Sony chose to strip an advertised feature from their last console brute force...