* The Official Xbox One Thread *

spaceman · 24 Nov 2015 at 19:16

December's GWG --> http://news.xbox.com/2015/11/24/close-out-an-awesome-year-with-decembers-games-with-gold/

* The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing ($14.99 ERP): Available from December 1-31 on Xbox One

* Thief ($29.99 ERP): Available from December 16-January 15 on Xbox One

* CastleStorm ($9.99 ERP): Available from December 1-15 on Xbox 360

* Sacred 3 ($19.99 ERP): Available from December 16-31 on Xbox 360

* Bonus: Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising ($9.99 ERP): Available from December 16-31 on Xbox 360

Jae-So · 24 Nov 2015 at 20:15

^ not bad at all. Better than the PSN offerings. I seem to play my Xbone more than the PS4 because I get so many good games.

Nikumba · 24 Nov 2015 at 20:39

Looking forward to Thief enjoyed the demo when it was released, never got round to getting the full game.

NeilF · 24 Nov 2015 at 20:43

Is there any reason to get a 1TB version over the 500GB one?

When the drive gets filled up by say a dozen games, can you just plug in a 2GB passport USB3 powered external drive, and voila?

jamesy505 · 24 Nov 2015 at 21:29

NeilFawcett said:
Is there any reason to get a 1TB version over the 500GB one?

When the drive gets filled up by say a dozen games, can you just plug in a 2GB passport USB3 powered external drive, and voila?

No real need for the 1TB drive, unless it is the Elite Console with SSD or whatever the drive is.

I have the launch console and a 2TB drive. It works flawlessly.

Raymond Lin · 24 Nov 2015 at 21:30

Ignore...

NeilF · 24 Nov 2015 at 22:15

jamesy505 said:
No real need for the 1TB drive, unless it is the Elite Console with SSD or whatever the drive is.

I have the launch console and a 2TB drive. It works flawlessly.

Thanks! I'll get the 500GB version then and plug in a 2TB USB 3 passport drive when required

The Elite hybrid unit looks interesting, but can't say the extra speed will interest my son much, especially for all that extra money. And I've always been worried about adding more complexity to hard disks in the shape of hybrids as its more to go wrong!

On another question. If we've already got an XBox live account for a 360, I assume that cannot be shared/used with the XBone as well? So we'll need another account!

timmy85 · 24 Nov 2015 at 22:35

I believe it can be shared and you can be online on both consoles at the same time. Not 100% though.

Digital X · 24 Nov 2015 at 22:36

Oh, got a new dash in that update, nice and clean but gonna take some getting used to.

Edit: Anyone know where the EA Access app is now? I can't find it.

Ah found it, at the bottom.

maj · 25 Nov 2015 at 08:47

Been hoping for some cheap external drives on the river place sales as I'm close to using up my 500GB. Saw one the other day but it was only £10 of rrp.

House · 25 Nov 2015 at 14:39

timmy85 said:
I believe it can be shared and you can be online on both consoles at the same time. Not 100% though.

You can log on one of each console at the same time and pc as well.

But if you fire up a backwards compatible ga e on the one it will log you off the other 360.

If you log into more than one console it logs you out of the other which is why I had to disable Kinect sign in on the one in the living room in the you cause it would log me off in my office if I went down stairs and it saw me.

Family accounts don't get live access except on the home console either so my wife can only use the home console in the living room.

It all works pretty well actually.

POB · 25 Nov 2015 at 15:49

I can see myself having to get a PS4 as well but right now Xbox seems a better bet.

Is there anything to watch out for when buying a Xbox One? No new models or die shrinks etc etc.

Would the controller with the 3.5mm port ship in the box now?

Lastly would the bluray playback stream to my Surface Pro? Or is it just for game streaming.

Or if not would the 3.5mm port on a wireless controller work with bluray playback?

cu3ed · 25 Nov 2015 at 15:52

POB said:
I can see myself having to get a PS4 as well but right now Xbox seems a better bet.

Is there anything to watch out for when buying a Xbox One? No new models or die shrinks etc etc.

Would the controller with the 3.5mm port ship in the box now?

Lastly would the bluray playback stream to my Surface Pro? Or is it just for game streaming.

Or if not would the 3.5mm port on a wireless controller work with bluray playback?

The console is the same, only difference now is the 500gb version, 1TB or Elite SSHD 1TB versions, with or without Kinect.

All controllers now should ship with the 3.5 jack.

Streaming is basically whatever is happening directly on the XO screen, so don't see why not. Both picture and sound.

Mr Jones · 25 Nov 2015 at 16:04

POB said:
Lastly would the bluray playback stream to my Surface Pro? Or is it just for game streaming.

Apparently not...
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/...-what-it-is-what-it-isnt-and-whats-missing/2/

Can't say I've tried.

POB · 25 Nov 2015 at 16:15

Mr Jones said:
Apparently not...
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/...-what-it-is-what-it-isnt-and-whats-missing/2/

Can't say I've tried.

Thanks. Understandable I guess DRM protected things are often funny.

rdb2012 · 25 Nov 2015 at 21:39

Seriously playing Sunset Overdrive, this is such an underrated game. Absolutely awesome, the most fun I have had in a long time

Nodiggidy123 · 25 Nov 2015 at 22:39

I picked up gears of war ultimate today. Does anyone know how I get the other gow games that you can get free?

maj · 26 Nov 2015 at 00:02

Nodiggidy123 said:
I picked up gears of war ultimate today. Does anyone know how I get the other gow games that you can get free?

I received a message on the dashboard telling me my activation codes. I did have the game awhile before I received them though.

cu3ed · 26 Nov 2015 at 15:27

Does anyone know if you can charge Eneloop batteries in the XO controller via the USB?

NeilF · 27 Nov 2015 at 10:38

Can anyone recommend a headset for the Xbox One?

It should only plug into the handset, so no wires going across the room to the console.

At least it needs to be a mic + allow you to hear friends, but ideally allow you to also hear all audio too, which I think the XBox One can do now?

ie: These? - http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/xbox-one/accessories/headsets/stereo-headset#fbid=zQsz_mxGdx3

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