Soldato
Cracking little game to be fair and highly addictive.
*** The Official Xbox One Thread ***
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Cracking little game to be fair and highly addictive.
Like many others, I'm struggling with the XB1 vs PS4 decision.
None of my mates have gone next-gen yet, but most are starting to think about it. I had both last generation, but used Xbox as my main console. Seems like PS4 is winning the day at the moment (certainly on OCUK, looking at the number of people playing Destiny on PS4 vs XB 1, anyway).
However, mates who are looking to make the shift to next-gen soonest are leaning towards XB1. I'm happy to go either way, but I was just wondering what your thoughts were on Kinect? Is there any point in having it now that it has been unbundled? I'm assuming that any focus there was on developing games for it has been dramatically reduced?
TLDR - if you were buying an XB1 today, would you bother with Kinect?
None of my mates have gone next-gen yet, but most are starting to think about it. I had both last generation, but used Xbox as my main console. Seems like PS4 is winning the day at the moment (certainly on OCUK, looking at the number of people playing Destiny on PS4 vs XB 1, anyway).
However, mates who are looking to make the shift to next-gen soonest are leaning towards XB1. I'm happy to go either way, but I was just wondering what your thoughts were on Kinect? Is there any point in having it now that it has been unbundled? I'm assuming that any focus there was on developing games for it has been dramatically reduced?
TLDR - if you were buying an XB1 today, would you bother with Kinect?
Soldato
Personally, yes, I would be extremely dissapointed if I no longer had my Kinect. Do I use it for games? Very very rarely. Do I use it for other stuff? All the time.
It might not sound a lot, but all of the little things you can do just make the whole experience so much easier/better. I got home from work the other day and turned the console all, searched for a demo, and started the download whilst I was getting in the door and feeding the cats.
Navigating the OS using your voice is a hell of a lot easier, and I'm still not bored of saying 'Xbox Record That' when something awesome happens.
It might not sound a lot, but all of the little things you can do just make the whole experience so much easier/better. I got home from work the other day and turned the console all, searched for a demo, and started the download whilst I was getting in the door and feeding the cats.
Navigating the OS using your voice is a hell of a lot easier, and I'm still not bored of saying 'Xbox Record That' when something awesome happens.
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I'd still buy the version with Kinect, as ScarySquirrel - it makes the whole experience better. I'll admit I was a bit skeptical of all the voice control stuff thinking it wouldn't work very well but it's absolutely brilliant and then I've also got it for any enhancements some developers put into their games for it.
I'd say get the version with Kinect, or buy the Kinect separately to save a bit of money, I think cex still sell them for about £20-£30.
Soldato
The only thing I use Kinect for is for Skype. Use it weekly with the parents who are in Spain but apart from that it doesn't get used and to me it isn't necessary. The voice control sometimes doesn't work, so it gets frustrating.
Soldato
You should calibrate it again if it's not working properly, it really should be working almost all of the time.
Agree, my Kinect always picks up what I say.
As mentioned above, Kinect isnt too useful for games, but once you've used it to navagate the OS etc it would be hard to go back
New Preview Update
Xbox One System Update Preview: Improvements to Snap, TV experiences
This is a big month for Xbox One as we launch some of the features you’ve asked for most including better multitasking while gaming, more ways to stay connected with friends, new options for accessing your media, and more. Over the past couple months, we’ve been rolling out some great new features to Xbox One through our system updates, and we have been thrilled with the positive feedback we’ve received from all of you. Keep it coming! There’s more new features rolling out to Xbox Live members in our preview program starting today, and over the next week or so, in two major themes.
New Snap and Friends functions
o Snap Updates – We’ve updated the Snap Center to include quick access to many of the things our fans wanted faster access to when playing a game – Friends, Messages, Game DVR, clock, and battery indicator – as well as making it easier to close and open new snap apps when playing a game. A double tap of the Xbox button on your controller will bring up a menu that allows you to open a new app in snap mode, close the current snapped app, or switch focus between your game and your running snapped app. Additionally, two apps have been optimized for Snap mode:
Friends Snap App – Access your friends list without leaving the game. Quickly check your friends list to see who’s online right now and take actions like send message, invite or join.
Messages Snap App – You’ll be able to open, read and respond to messages in Snap mode, and messages will now be displayed in a threaded conversation view.
o Achievements App – Updated to enable sharing of achievements you’ve unlocked with captions, see a list of friends who have unlocked specific achievements, and an updated achievements Snap landing page that that shows Achievements on recently played games, when a user is not actively playing a game.
o Friends section – The new Friends section enables you to see at a glance what’s going on with your friends. You can stay up-to-date with their current activities, the most popular games your friends are playing, and a Gamerscore leaderboard to see who has improved their Gamerscore over the last 30 days. The new Friends section has been available for select preview members for a few weeks and now we’re bringing it to everyone in the program, with plans to roll out this feature for all Xbox One owners with the October system update.
o New SmartGlass features – You can now see a list of your top games in your profile. You can also see a list of your friend’s most popular games in the Friend’s section of SmartGlass.
Improvements for TV and video
o Media Player DLNA and MKV support – Members of the preview program who have also downloaded the latest version of the Media Player app will now have support for DLNA streaming. With this update, you will be able to easily access and play music, watch photo slideshows or movies stored on home media servers and devices that support the DLNA server protocols. Additionally, you will now be able to playback MKV files stored on a USB device or a device on your home network that supports DLNA streaming.
o Live TV Trending – Within the next week, you will be able to see what Live TV is trending based on your country and OneGuide settings. A new tab will be available in OneGuide that displays the top 10 most watched TV shows, with the list filtered down to the shows that are currently available to you based on your OneGuide settings. You will be able to tune to a specific show by pressing the A button. The Live TV Trending list will be updated approximately every minute, so you can easily discover shows that are popular with other viewers. This feature will initially be made available to preview users in the U.S., Canada and the UK.
o Xbox One Digital TV Tuner – Previously announced in August, this new accessory will be available for purchase in UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain on October 21. This USB-attached TV Tuner will enable users to watch TV on Xbox One, and pause Live TV for up to 30 minutes. There are a limited number of preview participants in this program due to hardware requirements needed for testing.
Stream TV to SmartGlass – If you have an Xbox One Digital TV Tuner, you will be able to stream TV across your home network to your smartphone or tablet using the Xbox SmartGlass app. You can also pause, play, rewind and change channels, without interrupting gameplay.
o Live TV MiniGuide – For markets where OneGuide is available, a new MiniGuide on the bottom of the screen will display details about the TV content that is currently playing. You can quickly change channels, see what’s on other channels, and tune to the previous channel or other recent channels.
o OneGuide in 12 new countries – Live TV listings and schedules will be made available to preview members on Xbox One and SmartGlass for Belgium, Chile, Columbia, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and Russia in the next few days.
o Internet TV Apps – Apps with live TV channels can now include their TV listings within OneGuide. In addition, other Xbox TV features such as channel changing using speech and Miniguide will work with these apps. These features are enabled automatically the first time you sign into a supported app. The first app to support this feature in preview will be Zattoo, a TV provider available in several European markets. We will be sharing more details soon with members of the public preview.
o Universal Remote Control in SmartGlass – If you are in one of those 12 countries, you will also be able use your mobile device to control your Xbox, TV, and/or Cable/Satellite box.
Other user requested features
o Updated Devices & Accessories page – To access the new page, go inside Settings, where you can Find, Assign, and Update Xbox One accessories. You can now more easily “assign” accessories to specific users, such as assigning a headset to a specific gamer.
o Firmware updates – You can update the firmware for an individual device. And, you can also more easily find (or identify) a controller by making it vibrate.
o Hide Games & Apps on your console – You can now hide items in the “Ready to install” list under My Games & Apps. This is a per-console setting and items will reappear in the list if they are installed again from the Xbox Store. To access the shortcut to temporarily show “hidden” items, press X while holding down both triggers and it will show all hidden items until you exit My Games & Apps.
These new features and updates are rolling out to all Xbox One preview program members starting today. We are looking forward to bringing Xbox One to new markets this month, and can’t wait to hear from fans in those markets who get to pick up and play Xbox One for the first time. Plus, these new features will be available in all of our new markets for Xbox One owners who join the preview program.
Xbox One System Update Preview: Improvements to Snap, TV experiences
This is a big month for Xbox One as we launch some of the features you’ve asked for most including better multitasking while gaming, more ways to stay connected with friends, new options for accessing your media, and more. Over the past couple months, we’ve been rolling out some great new features to Xbox One through our system updates, and we have been thrilled with the positive feedback we’ve received from all of you. Keep it coming! There’s more new features rolling out to Xbox Live members in our preview program starting today, and over the next week or so, in two major themes.
New Snap and Friends functions
o Snap Updates – We’ve updated the Snap Center to include quick access to many of the things our fans wanted faster access to when playing a game – Friends, Messages, Game DVR, clock, and battery indicator – as well as making it easier to close and open new snap apps when playing a game. A double tap of the Xbox button on your controller will bring up a menu that allows you to open a new app in snap mode, close the current snapped app, or switch focus between your game and your running snapped app. Additionally, two apps have been optimized for Snap mode:
Friends Snap App – Access your friends list without leaving the game. Quickly check your friends list to see who’s online right now and take actions like send message, invite or join.
Messages Snap App – You’ll be able to open, read and respond to messages in Snap mode, and messages will now be displayed in a threaded conversation view.
o Achievements App – Updated to enable sharing of achievements you’ve unlocked with captions, see a list of friends who have unlocked specific achievements, and an updated achievements Snap landing page that that shows Achievements on recently played games, when a user is not actively playing a game.
o Friends section – The new Friends section enables you to see at a glance what’s going on with your friends. You can stay up-to-date with their current activities, the most popular games your friends are playing, and a Gamerscore leaderboard to see who has improved their Gamerscore over the last 30 days. The new Friends section has been available for select preview members for a few weeks and now we’re bringing it to everyone in the program, with plans to roll out this feature for all Xbox One owners with the October system update.
o New SmartGlass features – You can now see a list of your top games in your profile. You can also see a list of your friend’s most popular games in the Friend’s section of SmartGlass.
Improvements for TV and video
o Media Player DLNA and MKV support – Members of the preview program who have also downloaded the latest version of the Media Player app will now have support for DLNA streaming. With this update, you will be able to easily access and play music, watch photo slideshows or movies stored on home media servers and devices that support the DLNA server protocols. Additionally, you will now be able to playback MKV files stored on a USB device or a device on your home network that supports DLNA streaming.
o Live TV Trending – Within the next week, you will be able to see what Live TV is trending based on your country and OneGuide settings. A new tab will be available in OneGuide that displays the top 10 most watched TV shows, with the list filtered down to the shows that are currently available to you based on your OneGuide settings. You will be able to tune to a specific show by pressing the A button. The Live TV Trending list will be updated approximately every minute, so you can easily discover shows that are popular with other viewers. This feature will initially be made available to preview users in the U.S., Canada and the UK.
o Xbox One Digital TV Tuner – Previously announced in August, this new accessory will be available for purchase in UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain on October 21. This USB-attached TV Tuner will enable users to watch TV on Xbox One, and pause Live TV for up to 30 minutes. There are a limited number of preview participants in this program due to hardware requirements needed for testing.
Stream TV to SmartGlass – If you have an Xbox One Digital TV Tuner, you will be able to stream TV across your home network to your smartphone or tablet using the Xbox SmartGlass app. You can also pause, play, rewind and change channels, without interrupting gameplay.
o Live TV MiniGuide – For markets where OneGuide is available, a new MiniGuide on the bottom of the screen will display details about the TV content that is currently playing. You can quickly change channels, see what’s on other channels, and tune to the previous channel or other recent channels.
o OneGuide in 12 new countries – Live TV listings and schedules will be made available to preview members on Xbox One and SmartGlass for Belgium, Chile, Columbia, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and Russia in the next few days.
o Internet TV Apps – Apps with live TV channels can now include their TV listings within OneGuide. In addition, other Xbox TV features such as channel changing using speech and Miniguide will work with these apps. These features are enabled automatically the first time you sign into a supported app. The first app to support this feature in preview will be Zattoo, a TV provider available in several European markets. We will be sharing more details soon with members of the public preview.
o Universal Remote Control in SmartGlass – If you are in one of those 12 countries, you will also be able use your mobile device to control your Xbox, TV, and/or Cable/Satellite box.
Other user requested features
o Updated Devices & Accessories page – To access the new page, go inside Settings, where you can Find, Assign, and Update Xbox One accessories. You can now more easily “assign” accessories to specific users, such as assigning a headset to a specific gamer.
o Firmware updates – You can update the firmware for an individual device. And, you can also more easily find (or identify) a controller by making it vibrate.
o Hide Games & Apps on your console – You can now hide items in the “Ready to install” list under My Games & Apps. This is a per-console setting and items will reappear in the list if they are installed again from the Xbox Store. To access the shortcut to temporarily show “hidden” items, press X while holding down both triggers and it will show all hidden items until you exit My Games & Apps.
These new features and updates are rolling out to all Xbox One preview program members starting today. We are looking forward to bringing Xbox One to new markets this month, and can’t wait to hear from fans in those markets who get to pick up and play Xbox One for the first time. Plus, these new features will be available in all of our new markets for Xbox One owners who join the preview program.
Caporegime
I still have reservations about the Dualshock 4 so am leaning towards Xbone for my purchase. Forza Horizon 2 is pulling me as well. More so than DriveClub.
Soldato
Can't wait for that update! Wish i was in the preview program like the 360Why didn't they just carry them over with gamertags !
Think I can send you an invite, add my tag in the sig and I'll see if I can still do it
Another vote for the Kinect. Outside of games I rarely use the controller at all. Must admit at the start I did feel silly shouting at the TV, but that soon wore off and now I find it so useful. Even in loud movies and games it works perfectly for me. Make sure you calibrate it properly.
I am also hoping that they will develop more games for it too. The Kinect for the 360 was the main reason my 360 was turned on at all. All the silly Kinect games that game out. Maybe when things settle down and Microsoft have a chance they will produce some more Kinect games.
Think I can send you an invite, add my tag in the sig and I'll see if I can still do it
Awesome thank you! I've added you same username as here
Another vote for kinect, as others have said being able to walk in the house and have it switch on, and load up a game while I get changed etc is great. And also liking "xbox record that" or snap whatever i find useful. I went down the second hand route at cex and was totally worth it.
Loving the updates, I know at E3 Phil Spencer said they had updates planned until around October, so be interesting to see what they got in mind after that.
Loving the updates, I know at E3 Phil Spencer said they had updates planned until around October, so be interesting to see what they got in mind after that.
Soldato