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Xbox is 15 years old today! She is at that difficult age. Some announcements programmed. I've had 5 of these. - Xbox Crystal, my first console ever (December 2004 Halo 2 bundle) - Xbox 360 got it in November 2005, day one - Xbox 360 60 GB HDMI purchased a couple of years later - Xbox...

http://stevivor.com/2016/09/xbox-phil-spencer-brand-leadership/ The first of multiple articles based on an interview with Phil Spencer. This one covers: The motivations behind the decisions that led to the Xbox One - “The goal that the team had was to figure out how could we sell 200 million...

Microsoft have invented the gamer blanket robes. It features: Large pockets to place the gamepad, the remote and even the mobile phone Adjustable sleeves and legs in order to adapt them to the temperatures of the environment Adjustable rubber wrist to prevent slipping Extra large hood...

If you're not aware, the last Xbox One dashboard update made available Microsoft UWP which enables universal apps. One of the features includes background audio capability, such as playing music or podcasts while playing other games. Currently there are 3 Universal Apps with this capability...

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1257388 Now I'll be paying attention to A/V reviews of the XB1 S to see how it does with video performance. Good to see MS listening.

Of all the games shown at the E3 many people has said that it was the most fun. Rare is being Rare with this one. VG24/7 wrote a hands-on about it. http://www.vg247.com/2016/06/16/sea-of-thieves-surprise-hit-of-e3/

Is it cheating just film clouds in AU in HDR using a 360 cam for weeks and just have it play in the game? Who cares! FH3 in Australia!

Here's the official thread for discussing the MS press conference at this year's E3. Microsoft: 2016-06-13 09:30 PST, 17:30 BST XBox Site: http://www.xbox.com/en-us/e3 Twitch Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/xbox YouTube Stream: https://www.youtube.com/user/xbox Broadcasted live TV on SpikeTV...

Just a new thread to have a poll to see what the community thoughts are on Microsoft including HDMI IN functionality on future consoles.

Microsoft announced today they're cutting a bit less than 2000 jobs and taking nearly a billion dollar write-down to essentially nuke their "consumer" phone line from orbit. ZDNet article link Reportedly, this isn't the end of the MS phone, just their consumer line. I have to assume the only...

Translated by google: http://www.eurogamer.it/articles/2016-05-03-news-videogiochi-insider-conferma-esistenza-di-xbox-next

It's official folks, MS are going to stop production. http://news.xbox.com/2016/04/20/xbox-360-celebrating-10-years/ With X1 having pretty solid (and growing) BC and the price of the X1 now dropping down towards that of the HDD equipped 360s, I guess there's just no reason to keep makin' em...

I was just thinking how MS has a lot of good franchises; Halo, Gears of War, Forza, Minecraft and many others. They do good on console as well as PC possibly in the future. There are many Xbox and Windows fans all over the world. Everyone has a mobile phone, not many have Windows Phones. I am...

Note sure if there is another thread on this, please move if there is. Anyone bought one of these? I have, and although utterly frivolous, I've not felt a single pang of buyers remorse over it. I've only delved into the extended (configurable) features to the merest extent, but just picking...

Cancelled! :shock: Lionhead possibly closing.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/04/microsoft-monopolise-pc-games-development-epic-games-gears-of-war

Since our preview/beta posts were going into the old news thread I figured I'd start a new thread now that's it's closed. Here's the latest on the March Preview that has already gone out to Preview members...

http://news.xbox.com/2016/02/11/quantum-break-coming-to-xbox-one-and-windows-10-on-april-5/ http://www.quantumbreak.com/windows10

https://www.petri.com/microsofts-2016-more-hardware-software-and-cloud Can tell this guy doesn't really cover xbox1 or consoles in general. If MS released a XB super slim its most prominent features would probably be as an extender (local game streaming) and streaming movies, not the ability...

The purpose of this thread is to contain a list of news or rumors relating the the Microsoft Xbox One platform.

The Xbox One has the NXOE (New Xbox One Experience) released to the public today, Thursday November 12th. It is optional to install until November 23rd when it becomes manditory to install. The version released is identical to the beta version released on November 9th. They should not have...

Is anyone going ? Rumored to be there are Lumia 950 rumored specs: 5.2 inch WQHD (1440x2560) OLED display Snapdragon 808, 64-bit Hexa core Iris scanner (infrared) for Windows Hello 3GB of RAM 32GB of internal storage with a microSD card slot 20MP PureView rear camera 5MP Wide-angle front...

So MS has done it and I'm baffled as to how so I'm hoping folks can clue me in. So far we know: Disc is inserted but title is downloaded Is not cloud leveraged and is running locally So IMO either MS has a s/w library that allows them to emulate the Power PC architecture on Jaguar or MS is...

Here's the official thread for discussing the MS press conference at this year's E3. http://www.xbox.com/en-US/e3/ -- Watch on Xbox, Xbox.Com, or Spike TV. Monday, June 15, 2015 World-Clock Event Times 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM PDT 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM EDT 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM UTC Watch Live Here...

haha, yes, a la American, bold and sufficient. :D Xbox One will have thousands of apps thanks to Windows 10. http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/xbox-one-to-get-thousands-of-apps-thanks-to-windows-10 And MS say that you will be able to run office on the X1...

AR concept being shown? Edit: Looked like an RTS showing up in the living room.

I really like the art design in this game, looks great. I'm going to pre-order first chance I get. Also made in Unity. I imagine Unity 4, as opposed to 5. http://ca.ign.com/articles/2015/01/20/ori-and-the-blind-forest-will-bend-your-brainor-break-it

They finally copied OSX Expose and Spaces (Task view, virtual desktops). Watching this full demo, Windows 10 looks really good. The way they're planning on switching for 2-1 hybrid devices is really smart, and really good. There's consistency between the interfaces. Hopefully it works out...

That Ninja Theory magic....

we've talked about it before. Best bet is to keep the xbox one till 2017 I believe and just go with the newest amd chips again. Perhaps 32 gigs of ram and an ssd will be viable . They should be able to make games that will work on both consoles

Microsoft created a console with multimedia being a primary focus for the system, since its release it has been moderately successful, proportionally, to the competition. In the months since release there have been several U-turns on the original strategy and the manufacturer has since targeted...

The new Halo is going to be designed exclusively for the Xbox One. There is a rumour going on which says that Halo Xbox One is a new story entry. The Microsoft Store outlined the plot already. The game is listed at 59,99$ and planned to be released 12/31/2014...

Confirmed? Check major Nelson's reply...

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6015/microsofts-major-announcement-in-la-were-there http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/18/microsoft-tablet-announced/ Another big design win for Nvidia. Congrats.

Thread Purpose: The primary purpose of this post is to create a running feed, in chronological order, of rumors relating to Microsoft's successor to the Xbox 360 (aka Xbox 720). A secondary purpose to to begin disseminating the rumors and creating a list of confirmed and/or busted rumors. These...

Here's an article describing how Japanese retailers are dropping the 360 due to lack of demand. They go on to finish: Two generations of XB haven't made a dent. What can MS do with XB3? Will that impact their desgin for the platform, making choices to favour the Japanese market? Or should they...

Well, didn't see a Reach thread on search, so might as well get it started... Neogaf has leaked offscreen Reach pics. What do you think? Personally, looks somewhat promising, but also a bit sparse and a lot like Halo 3 as well.

What do you think is the main and final goal of the Xbox brand for Microsoft? The obvious answer is that Microsoft wants to take over everyone’s living room with a single device that becomes a computer/games system/movie player/music player/web browser/Tivo/cable box, etc. The problem is...

(At least the side looking mainly at the Xbox) http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?section_name=pub&aid=3846 Good for number-referencing, though it doesn't show much of a change in the Xbox's division yet. (I'd love to see their internal breakdown, though.) Question: How...