This guy on Twitter had his One shipped early by Target (much like the guy on eBay earlier today):
https://twitter.com/Moonlightswami
Imgur album of game sizes:
http://imgur.com/a/nbwZG
All of this extra stuff is filler for me. It's nothing I'll ever realistically use.
I'll admit the stuff is cool but I don't even watch cable. Only reason I have a couple channels is so that my internet is cheaper. Besides I don't even use an hd box as I don't have a huge tv and seems like Comcast did something with their Sd boxes where it looks fine to me, well for someone that rarely watches tv.
Lots of interesting stuff from that twitter. Games are playable once they are half downloaded, he can't hear the console over his air conditioner on low, and there is a 500mb day one patch.
Just read that they banned his Xbox apparently. So he will never be able to go online ? Is there a better article to read other than going through those twitter posts about what he tweeted?
Just read that they banned his Xbox apparently. So he will never be able to go online ? Is there a better article to read other than going through those twitter posts about what he tweeted?
Lots of interesting stuff from that twitter. Games are playable once they are half downloaded, he can't hear the console over his air conditioner on low, and there is a 500mb day one patch.
It doesn't really sound like the Xbox One is for either of you? I don't mean it in a negative way at all, and if there are some exclusives you want, then by all means get one, but the design decisions make it pretty clear that gaming is one of its functions, not its primary focus. It is an entertainment box.
Personally I am cool with that and looking forward to getting mine in, but if gaming is #1, get a PS4.
According to an article I read this morning they are banning anyone with an X1 and plan to let them back online on release day. It didn't cite a particular source so take it with a grain of salt. Makes sense though with all of the video features.
I wish this was a one place breaks the street date so they all break the street date situation.
I don't see your point. Most of this crap was on the 360 but I still had one for some time. So I don't plug my cable box in and I don't watch NFL much so now the XB1 is not the console for me? Are you sure you aren't Adam Orth or something?
This is a game console obviously since it has Killer Instinct, Forza, Dead Rising 3, Assassin's Creed, Battlefield etc. So I don't use some features...I didn't stream videos to my PS3 either but it had the functionality.
I am getting both consoles, something that I've said and I had thought was well known by the regulars. I only said that this extra stuff is filler for me. The Kinect, the TV stuff, the NFL stuff are things I won't be making much use of or using at all. Somehow that makes me and others who think as I do unworthy of an XB1 at launch or a lesser fan of the brand? All these things are added on to the console I am buying. I am not buying it to watch TV on and I am sure most of the day one adopters are buying it for gaming first as well. Whether you use the extras or not is irrelevant, this is an open discussion of what it can do and we have a few videos demonstrating the capabilities. Maybe one of these videos will change my mind on certain features but thus far it has not and I am still pretty set on never plugging in my cable box, never using the NFL app, never using kinect, and probably never renting a movie off the store. I will however be playing games on it and making use of Xbox Live for some online game features like multiplayer, game DVR etc.
No need to be defensive at all, and I wouldn't call myself a regular. I have a 4000 posts... in the last 9 years because I only stop by for discussion every 6 months or so. I also didn't say it made you unworthy or a lesser fan of the brand.
It just seems clear to me, minus a few exceptions (going to buy both, have specific exclusives you want, all your friends are buying X1) that the PS4 is a better pure gaming platform and I don't necessarily see any advantages to the X1 over the PS4 if you aren't interested in any of the extra functionality.
Just read that they banned his Xbox apparently. So he will never be able to go online ? Is there a better article to read other than going through those twitter posts about what he tweeted?
Wow. I think this Moonlightswami situation deserves more coverage. So, Target accidentally ships him (and maybe some others) an Xbox One early. He starts posting all kinds of coverage of the system online, nearly all of it positive, and generating a huge viral buzz for Microsoft. Their response? They ban his console and take down his YouTube video with a copyright claim.
Now, the ban may be temporary until launch day - I haven't found a definitive answer on that. But holy gigantic douchebags Batman! Just in case you thought Microsoft had reformed themselves after the initial DRM nonsense, here they are apparently showing their true colors again. It's not his fault that Target screwed up, he's helping their marketing effort, and they punish him for it. Screw you, Microsoft. You don't deserve our business.
The Verge article on Moonlightswami
to be fair I can't judge because I haven't played, used, seen the PS4 for myself. If its anything like the Xbox One, no one loses.
Latest word is his ban and video are only taken down until the Media NDA lifts on the 15th... That's pretty fair IMO.
How is it fair for Microsoft to deny him the use of a console he legally purchased? If it was me I'd return the damn thing and wash my hands of the whole thing.
This is a much more broad discussion about the rights people have with the products they own and such and there is no way either of us can change the other person's mind, but from my perspective this seems like a reasonable compromise. Block him from online functionality until everyone else that has the console is allowed to talk about it too.
Would I have gone about it differently than MS? Probably. Someone also probably got a phone call in the middle of the night saying "someone got the consoles early and is essentially doing a review of all the features on twitter, WTF do we do?"
Well someone on here I think purebeast won a ps4 through the tacobell sweepstakes and he is suppose to get it early. I wonder what Sony would do, most likely not let him update the firmware yet.
I'm suprised they banned it out of nowhere just because target messed up. Was he suppose to let it sit in his house until the 22nd?
I would not allow him to use online multiplayer but playing games should be fine. Besides he posted so many positive things. If he can get banned like this I wonder what else they can ban you for. And who knows maybe permanent bans too later. Then what will one do? It could be like a phone with a bad esn.
Went to Best Buy today and they had a Xbox One display up, running. And no controllers. WEAK.
Went to Target. Same thing. WEAK.
Who the F wants to watch demo reels? Nintendo did the same infuriating thing with the Wii U initially. I can watch videos online. Gimme a damn controller.
Neither store had a PS4. I have yet to see one in real life.
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Not sure if you actually read the whole story.They are already banning people. LOL!
Who believes Major Nelson anymore?