**XBOX ONE** Official Thread

[mame]

Ok a lot of us were on the fence after the PS4 reveal and said we'd wait till the Xbox reveal to make up our minds.

Was just wondering which way those of you are leaning now after the reveal? or is it still too early to call?

Personally i'm probably going to pre-order / order the PS4 given that i'm not really interested in the major features of the Xbox One.

I'll probably get the PS4. The only things that might change my mind are if there is a big price difference which looks unlikely or if the Xbox appeared many months before the PS4 and I give in. Again, both look to be coming late this year. Either way, I have £180 in Argos vouchers to soften the blow. They will be the same price everywhere.

 

[Chris1712]

Think of it as having a hand port towards the front like on a PC case, kinda like the 360, no faffing about at the back.

Also, was in work, I know its a bit early but any links to the presentation?

I thought that might be the case, but what a stupid place to put it. The rectangular design & horizontal orientation has clearly been aimed at sliding into an entertainment centers shelf, so accessing a port on the side will be a real pain!

 

[Robert1986]

I am sold.

http://www.giantbomb.com/

Live hardware/software discussion.

 

[djkav]

Really? What have you heard from Sky and Virgin?

I've heard nothing. I just know that they're both known for not being 3rd party friendly.

 

[<Dubz>]

i'm not sure the TV thing will work over here, in the U.S a lot of the time the cable goes straight into the TV where as we use set-top boxes and i can't see that changing unless sky / virgin create some kind of....uhhh i don't really know.

But not impressed, 1 hour of a new console and so gameplay what so ever, Ghosts looks no better than current MW3 and that after they have the nerve to say MW3 was at the edge of tech.

Also i don't mind the design, hopefully it's vented heavily to allow it to run quieter, not like a hurricane.

 

[stealthgeek]

Wow, the xbox one is crippled already. All that TV integration aint gonna work for British TV services. So theres ONE aspect of it useless. Its all USA orientated

Im guessing it will take an HDMI input and use that to control, then output its own HDMI which will show either games or your Sky Box/Virgin/whatever.

 

[TriedandTested]

shopto site says that it will have have pre-orders from 7pm but it hasn't so far. Maybe that will have a price.

http://www.shopto.net/video games/xboxone/XB1HW00-xbox-one-console

No price yet though.

 

[Moothead2]

Was there any mention of DRM/Always online or whatever? Missed the presentation so I'm waiting for the abridged version .

 

[stealthgeek]

Otherwise, how would your Xbox know which input to show? Or be able to control your TV?

 

[antijoke]

Don't be daft ghosts looked a million times better than mw3

 

[cu3ed]

I've heard nothing. I just know that they're both known for not being 3rd party friendly.

The ell?...Sky...NOT 3rd party friendly?....they have shown all broadcasters how a subscription based service should be working across all devices!

 

[antijoke]

The ell?...Sky...NOT 3rd party friendly?....they have shown all broadcasters how a subscription based service should be working across all devices!

Indeed what a bizarre thing to say.

Let's not forget sky is already on the 360.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Pretty good page here, showing photos of the design hardware and the final product:
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/05/xbox-one/

There are some internal pictures of the console in that article:

http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/gadgetlab/2013/05/20130514-XBOX-ONE-TEARDOWN-014-660x440.jpg

http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/gadgetlab/2013/05/20130514-XBOX-ONE-TEARDOWN-015-660x440.jpg

The SOC has 5 billion transistors and a 8 core AMD Jaguar CPU as part of the SOC:

http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/21/...utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget

The system also has 8GB of RAM.

 

[cu3ed]

I thought that might be the case, but what a stupid place to put it. The rectangular design & horizontal orientation has clearly been aimed at sliding into an entertainment centers shelf, so accessing a port on the side will be a real pain!

Maybe, but it would be a fluke of a neat fit, my USB sticks are pretty tiny to be honest, that or ill have it linked to a more practical hub.

 

[Macro]

I've heard nothing. I just know that they're both known for not being 3rd party friendly.

SkyGo on 360 already, not hard to imagine support for a next gen version.

 

[msmalls74]

Xbox One: live TV available in US only at launch, requires separate device

Xbox One’s live TV fucntionality will only be available in the US at launch, a press release from Microsoft has confirmed.

In a release sent to VG247 this evening confirms that Live TV with Kinect navigation, Live TV with One Guide, Trending, and NFL on Xbox will only be available in North America at launch. The release added that Microsoft anticipates a global roll-out over time.

As shown in the Microsoft reveal stream, and confirmed in the release, “Live TV will require a supported receiver device with HDMI output,” which is sold separately.

What do you make of the above then?

Not surprised TBH

 

[Sinny]

It seems at the start of every console release, they just try and get the best racing game out. I'm not sure what will be better. GT6 or Forza 5.

If only we could see more exclusives. Obviously both will be bought, which is bad times for my already dire bank account balance.

 

[ic1male]

Whatever happened to the wonderful world of IPTV that they were touting some moons ago?

 

[DELETED_63174]

Okay long post coming up...

Is anyone else genuinely worried about Microsoft? I feel everything they are touching at the minute is turning to rubbish. Windows Phone is way behind iOS and Android and has been for some time. Windows 8 has had a very poor reception, the Surface tablet is selling poorly and to top it off they seem to be making the XBOX brand worse year by year.

It seems to me they just don't know what company they are trying to be, Apple and Google are pushing them under the water at a very fast rate at the minute and I feel this could be a Nokia situation where they are a huge house hold brand then over a number of years just start to disappear.

I was in Currys last week having a look at some Windows 8 notebooks and I couldn't get over how poorly designed the OS was, now I know I like my Apple stuff but I'm not anti Microsoft by any means. I thought Windows 7 was a great OS. But 8, it was shocking. Even just browsing through the settings menu felt unnatural.

They need to scrap this horrible Metro UI and start to re organise there devisions ASAP. I wouldn't be surprised to see Ballmer get the boot soon.

Oh, and the Xbox One looks like a 1980's VHS player.

 

[cu3ed]

Okay long post coming up...

Is anyone else genuinely worried about Microsoft? I feel everything they are touching at the minute is turning to rubbish. Windows Phone is way behind iOS and Android and has been for some time. Windows 8 has had a very poor reception, the Surface tablet is selling poorly and to top it off they seem to be making the XBOX brand worse year by year.

It seems to me they just don't know what company they are trying to be, Apple and Google are pushing them under the water at a very fast rate at the minute and I feel this could be a Nokia situation where they are a huge house hold brand then over a number of years just start to disappear.

I was in Currys last week having a look at some Windows 8 notebooks and I couldn't get over how poorly designed the OS was, now I know I like my Apple stuff but I'm not anti Microsoft by any means. I thought Windows 7 was a great OS. But 8, it was shocking. Even just browsing through the settings menu felt unnatural.

They need to scrap this horrible Metro UI and start to re organise there devisions ASAP. I wouldn't be surprised to see Ballmer get the boot soon.

Oh, and the Xbox One looks like a 1980's VHS player.

lol....not enough "wuts" in this world