News & Rumors: Xbox One (codename Durango)

[Cyan]

Ubisoft are very happy with the Xbox One price drop as it will happen before Far Cry 4 is released.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2458164,00.asp

What happened to the Kinect thread?

 

[Jwm]

Dumb thought of the month - what if the display planes are meant for AR or VR (each eye).

 

[Nesh]

Dumb thought of the month - what if the display planes are meant for AR or VR (each eye).

Actually thats what I thought too

 

[Arwin]

I always assumed the third display plane was for HDMI-in. But there have been suggestions games can use all three.

 

[Deleted member 11852]

I has assumed that the display panes was a hardware solution to composite three display regions (screen data) overlaid 1,2,3 for output.

Is it more flexible?

 

[Scott_Arm]

System update is rolling out.
http://majornelson.com/2014/05/02/c...ce-recognition/?linkId=8258955&linkId=8260138

External storage must be June or later.

 

[XpiderMX]

System update is rolling out.
http://majornelson.com/2014/05/02/c...ce-recognition/?linkId=8258955&linkId=8260138

External storage must be June or later.

May update is the "same" (talking about features) than current beta update. We will get a new update before kinect-less SKU launch.

 

[Cyan]

Phil Spencer pre-E3, he talks about old friends, plus there will be more announcements before E3.

He says his favourite Halo game is Halo 2! That's my favourite Halo game too, maybe 'cos it was the first, but it was the one I had the most fun with and completed more times than any other in different difficulty modes.

Someone wrote this on the matter (thx Nospheratux) (-:


Phil Spencer: "Launch pre-E3 tactical nukes."

MS Employee: "Yes Sir! Sunset Overdrive, launched! Halo Collection, launched! Halo 5, launched! $399 SKU, launched! External HDD Support, launched!"

Phil Spencer: "Disable app paywall for Xbox Live Gold."

MS Employee: "Paywall down in 3, 2, 1.....Paywall deactivated!"

Phil Spencer: "Confirm that!"

MS Employee: "Loading Netflix on Xbox Live Silver membership......Netflix loaded, streaming Breaking Bad!"

Phil Spencer: "Good. Prepare the larger nukes for E3 and initialize radiation clean-up protocols. They will be required, soon."

 

[Cyan]

This article talks about why the Xbox One has the most underrated launch lineup ever in the history of videogames! :smile2:Some excellent points there on the reasons why it happened.

Dead Rising, Forza, Zoo Tycoon, Ryse, Killer Instinct, and if you add to this the 3rd party titles...

http://www.brashgames.co.uk/2014/05/17/xbox-one-the-most-underrated-launch-lineup-ever/

 

[Steve Dave Part Deux]

A great launch.

 

[eastmen]

I thought the halo collection still isn't official ? Just leaks from multiple sources including engadget

 

[Rangers]

I thought the halo collection still isn't official ? Just leaks from multiple sources including engadget

Basically. It was first rumored by the GAF leaker (I call him that cause I can never remember the arrangement of letters in his name) who has proven pretty darn reliable although not foolproof. This turning out true would just really solidify his status, because this one was pretty hard to believe. (Not the H2A part, but the Halo 1-4 collection part).

I think Engadget reporting it just means many people are taking it as essentially confirmed now due to a higher credibility site reporting it.

 

[Billy Idol]

Phil Spencer pre-E3, he talks about old friends, plus there will be more announcements before E3.

He says his favourite Halo game is Halo 2! That's my favourite Halo game too, maybe 'cos it was the first, but it was the one I had the most fun with and completed more times than any other in different difficulty modes.

Someone wrote this on the matter (thx Nospheratux) (-:

Phil Spencer: "Launch pre-E3 tactical nukes."

MS Employee: "Yes Sir! Sunset Overdrive, launched! Halo Collection, launched! Halo 5, launched! $399 SKU, launched! External HDD Support, launched!"

Phil Spencer: "Disable app paywall for Xbox Live Gold."

MS Employee: "Paywall down in 3, 2, 1.....Paywall deactivated!"

Phil Spencer: "Confirm that!"

MS Employee: "Loading Netflix on Xbox Live Silver membership......Netflix loaded, streaming Breaking Bad!"

Phil Spencer: "Good. Prepare the larger nukes for E3 and initialize radiation clean-up protocols. They will be required, soon."

Ha ha ha, cool! Now I do wonder what they have for E3!!

 

[Rangers]

Rare layoffs hit as Kinect Sports Rivals flops

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-05-19-layoffs-hit-rare-following-kinect-sports-rivals-flop

I think this is a no-brainer I tried to point out to those defending Kinect. KSR was really the only high profile title for Kinect, and it could have changed the peripheral's trajectory. Instead it flopped terribly. Not a lot of people here really seemed to take note of it but I did.

I'd say at least it was another nail in Kinect's coffin.

 

[Scott_Arm]

My issue with kinect sports rivals was that they chose activities I had no interest in playing.

 

[XpiderMX]

Microsoft will do "something" never done before at E3:

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/mi...3-that-s-never-been-done-before/1100-6419733/

 

[joker454]

Microsoft will do "something" never done before at E3:

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/mi...3-that-s-never-been-done-before/1100-6419733/

Maybe they will force all the male people attending to actually take a shower.

 

[Deleted member 11852]

Maybe they will force all the male people attending to actually take a shower.

Be realistic!

 

[MrFox]

Smell-o-Vision confirmed.

 

[Jwm]

With tomorrow being a Surface event, I wonder what Xbox news we will even get this week.

-- Story was updated, it is just that Major was going to do something and not MS. So Major on stage?

Interesting that he notes he does not know all the plans.