News & Rumors: Xbox One (codename Durango)

[RancidLunchmeat]

:smile2: If you want it, come and get it.

I am completely awed by the console. It was shipped in the morning and I shall try it later.

Launch trailer of the console from yesterday's launch event in the US -lots of surprising titles (that's where the Quantum Break gif comes from):

Nice trailer, but what exactly are you excited about playing? The only launch title that halfway interests me is Dead Rising 3, and I figure I might as well just keep with GTA V until I finish it rather than spend the $600 to buy the One with Dead Rising.

Project Spark not available at launch? Really?

Although I guess I could always grab Battlefield or CoD for the One since they won't be so hardcore heavy on the One at this early point.

ehh. Can't really talk myself into it and my checkings account thanks me.

 

[Bigus Dickus]

Miss-and-Hit commands is a bad user experience. Eventually people rely on something that consistently works even if few button clicks more required.

Not necessarily. Like so many other things, "it depends". I use voice recognition for 6-10 hours daily. Its far from perfect, but miles better than typing, even though I'm quite a proficient typist and it always captures my keystrokes perfectly.

I'm not sure how kinect will play out, but it doesn't have to be perfect to be an improvement or to be successful.

 

[RancidLunchmeat]

Oh boy:

XB1 owners are complaining about:

- Reading errors of the BD drive => many retries, strange sounds of the BD drive. See also here:

Well, that's what the fools get for trying to use physical media on a console that was designed to be DD. Why would these jokers (no offense to our Joker) be using physical media anyway? Aren't DD tax free?

Although that reminds me, I have no idea if the CD player in my 2012 mustang works. I have never attempted to use it. Huh.

 

[RudeCurve]

Not necessarily. Like so many other things, "it depends". I use voice recognition for 6-10 hours daily. Its far from perfect, but miles better than typing, even though I'm quite a proficient typist and it always captures my keystrokes perfectly.

I'm not sure how kinect will play out, but it doesn't have to be perfect to be an improvement or to be successful.

I've always wanted to try out that Dragon Dictation speech to text software for composing emails etc but was sceptical as how good it was.

 

[AzBat]

It's an interesting concept, though I'm not so sure if that's actually a good idea? Maybe I am getting the wrong idea what these apps are supposed to be or do - but for me, an app is something that I use as a tool or in a constructive manner. Like an app for reading emails or twitter feed. There's no incentive to try every single setting or configuration there is, because I use the app not as a challenge, but purely by function.

On the other hand - games have always been about a challenge. In the old days, people used to spend time and money at the arcades either for their own entertainment or by the purpose to leave their mark by beating high-scores and putting their name down. That is what achievements are about - to beat a challenge and take something with you, as proof or means to compare to others that you have achieved a difficult task.

Using apps (that if I understand correctly are by function not by challenge), I don't see the point in including into any reward/trophy/achievment system... or am I just not getting it?

Disclaimer; If Sony is going the same route - I'll be happy to copy this post to any console where it applies. I just don't see the point.

To see what kind of activities they are gamifying on the Twitch app check out the link I provided to read the achievement descriptions. It's nothing spectacular. Seems like normal grinding. Plus, they don't show you get any Gamerscore. So I'm thinking they are zero value. So in the end they're not worth anything, but for completeists(which the 360 had a lot of) it could be a fun past time. I don't buy that it cheapens gaming anymore than when Achievements were launched. I feel like a lot here probably could care less. Wavey might be the exception though. LOL

Tommy McClain

 

[RudeCurve]

it is kind of sad. Why cant people just be happy with what they have instead of being obsessed with trying to put down on other people choices?

Agreed it says so much about PS4 owners/fans...deep down they're not truly happy with their purchase. Ironically you see a lot of the same behavior on this very forum. I guess people feel threatened when they see equal or better games on the competing platform and continuously troll certain game threads.

 

[AzBat]

Anybody mind doing a quick survey of availability? I just checked this morning and the One is in stock at nearly every store anywhere close to me that sells electronics (the PS4 is as well, but I didn't want to make this a versus discussion).

Is that just my area or is availability pretty large everywhere?

..must refrain from buying one. ...must refrain from buying one.

yes you should... yes you would, because if I had that kind of money I might be driving to California instead LOL.

Tommy McClain

 

[AzBat]

I wouldn't call it amusing though, it is kind of sad. Why cant people just be happy with what they have instead of being obsessed with trying to put down on other people choices? That is just pesky.

+100

Tommy McClain

 

[AzBat]

Project Spark not available at launch? Really?

It was confirmed summertime. Beta should be out January, but that was back when the Windows 8 beta was supposed to be out late October & it still hasn't shipped yet.

Tommy McClain

 

[temesgen]

Agreed it says so much about PS4 owners/fans...deep down they're not truly happy with their purchase. Ironically you see a lot of the same behavior on this very forum. I guess people feel threatened when they see equal or better games on the competing platform and continuously troll certain game threads.

You can't be serious with this... The trolling has be equally bad on both sides.

 

[Steve Dave Part Deux]

You can't be serious with this... The trolling has be equally bad on both sides.

No it hasn't, but thanks for demonstrating the problem. Any ounce of enthusiasm for a non Sony product has been met with a barrage of criticism, skepticism, and then outright dismissal by the same group over and over ad nauseam since the reveal. There can't be a constructive conversation because every thread is stuffed full of rumors and false information perpetuated by the same people. It's beyond tiresome, and frankly I don't think it should be allowed to continue.

 

[Cyan]

I wouldn't call it amusing though, it is kind of sad. Why cant people just be happy with what they have instead of being obsessed with trying to put down on other people choices? That is just pesky.

It is happening everywhere it seems. Some people are creating fake threads on forums saying they have a Xbox One and that it didn't work for them. Yeah, whatever.

Very first impressions:

- It's my birthdays' gift. I am the happiest man on earth.

- Super high quality materials.

- High quality unboxing, a la Apple.

- Loved the screen with which you are presented the very first time you turn on the console. Great, great stuff.

- The interface is clearly Full HD from the get go, no upscaled text.

- High quality cables for everything.

- The power cable is a tad short for me but nothing major.

- It blends in with your TV and your whole living room just perfectly.

- This is clearly meant to be a console and a TV box, by factory design. Say it is like a Trojan horse.

- The Xbox logo to power it on is elegant, so it is the whole console.

- FIFA 14 for free!!!!!!! Yay

- 4 disc games: Ryse, Forza 5, Assassin's Creed IV, Need for Speed Rivals. I am just missing CoD Ghosts from my list of pre-orders.

- Free Xbox Live Gold codes in almost every disc based game (except NFS Rivals). I have Xbox Live Gold til 2016 and I am going to add a month or so after this.7

- The gamepad feels different than Xbox 360's. I can't tell which one I prefer for now, it's hard to tell.

- Gotta try testing the rest of the hardware (especially the Blu-ray drive, because everything else is working very smoothly and I just have to insert a disc)

- A very quiet machine.

The day one update has downloaded already.

See you later -quite late perhaps- with more quick impressions. :smile2:

 

[MrFox]

It's a conspiracy.
A dozen PS4 owners among a million are controlling the world. The illumin4ti.

 

[bkilian]

Anyone know how much power xbox one consumes when using the tv feature? I've seen numbers for BluRay and gaming, but not tv.

Just guessing, but it'll probably be similar to the idling power usage, since the TV app doesn't spin up the game VM.

 

[shredenvain]

I wouldn't call it amusing though, it is kind of sad. Why cant people just be happy with what they have instead of being obsessed with trying to put down on other people choices? That is just pesky.

I agree, it seems people spend more time talking smack about the other console that there is no way they are enjoying whatever they own. A real gamer loves games not consoles.

 

[shredenvain]

When i got home and powered mine on for the update it stated the update was only 565mbs.
Anyone else get this?

 

[joker454]

It is happening everywhere it seems. Some people are creating fake threads on forums saying they have a Xbox One and that it didn't work for them. Yeah, whatever.

One of the most useful things to me in life was playing Ultima Online back in 1997 when it first launched. That's because it taught me early on that the power of anonymity which the internet grants turns many otherwise normal people into vile life hating creatures that will prey on anything or anyone for no particular reason. I always thank Origin for making that game, it's helped me in both personal and business related ventures, and understanding/dealing with current plagues like that of the internet troll.

 

[RudeCurve]

I agree, it seems people spend more time talking smack about the other console that there is no way they are enjoying whatever they own. A real gamer loves games not consoles.

It could also be buyer's remorse...

One of the most useful things to me in life was playing Ultima Online back in 1997 when it first launched. That's because it taught me early on that the power of anonymity which the internet grants turns many otherwise normal people into vile life hating creatures that will prey on anything or anyone for no particular reason. I always thank Origin for making that game, it's helped me in both personal and business related ventures, and understanding/dealing with current plagues like that of the internet troll.

I'm guessing those are the same types of people to create multiple accounts on YT to troll in the comments sections.

 

[Cyan]

More quick impressions:

- I have a hard time getting used to the new interface, I can't find the System menu. It looks beautiful and sleek but the guide button on the Xbox One doesn't work as it used to.

- I can see what my friends have been doing, not only what they are playing at the moment, but what they have played and what apps they used in a certain interval of time.

- I downloaded Twitch. It was a 21MB download. I thought it didn't work? I didn't try it -most probably it won't work if I do- anyways, just sayin'.

- The disc drive is working well. :smile2: (that's the only report I heard about Xbox One's not working properly and I was worried)

- I don't like that now you aren't as free to choose a country and a language as you were on the Xbox 360. Since my mother's tongue is quite uncommon -only 2million people speak it- I always choose my actual country and English as my language. But where I live people don't speak English so I said I live in Ireland, lol. (hope it doesn't affect my digital downloads like it did with Halo 4 -long story-).

 

[Cyan]

When i got home and powered mine on for the update it stated the update was only 565mbs.
Anyone else get this?

Yes, that's the actual size of the initial update. Lots of updates everywhere. After 8 years of gaming on the Xbox 360 getting everything working on the Xbox One might take some time.

Games' updates are quite huge compared to your typical update on the Xbox 360. In fact I am checking everything out and getting things done because it is going to be a long setup.

TV calibration is next. I can calibrate the TV while a game installs, among other things.