Francis makes me laugh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyD1VlQdj2s
OMG, why have I not seen him before?
OMG, why have I not seen him before?
Microsoft's Q&A page, which says that the Xbox One does require a connection, but does not always have to be connected.
So, from all the information we have so far can we determine if Xbox ONE is more power than the PS4?
Supposedly, Microsoft will be announcing a Rare title from a well-known IP at E3. Frankly, I'm hoping the IP isn't something like Viva Piñata, and we get something awesome like Killer Instinct awe:!!!) or Banjo and Kazooie!
You probably don't play Blizzard games.
http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/21/43...recurring-online-checks-even-for-offline-play
Thanks Microsoft, you made my decision easy this generation.
It's comments like these that crack me up. There's obvious misinformation going around about this, nothing concrete. Did you not even read the article?
lol http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/21/4353010/kinect-trouble-xbox-one-reveal
People that were watching the reveal on their 360 with a Kinect had the Kinect responding to commands the guy was giving during the demo. Cutting the stream off and launching stuff lol
the fact that the kinect didn't react to anything else that he was saying in the presentation makes me wonder if the whole kinect interaction was scripted/controlled behind the scenes.
that said, i was actually more impressed with the reveal than i had expected after reading all of the posts here. i think there are some really awesome features. and i now get how the whole tv thing works. basically just a pass through, but you can also control the guide of some sort from the xbox1.
basically just a pass through, but you can also control the guide of some sort from the xbox1.
If you're lucky enough to own a newer cable box, you'll get to change channels directly through the HDMI connection, but most people will find themselves using the One's included IR blaster to control their cable or satellite boxes — a failure-prone one-way communication system that stubbornly refuses to die.
Here's how the system works: when you buy an Xbox One game, you'll get a unique code that you enter when you install that game. You'll have to connect to the Internet in order to authorize that code, and the code can only be used once. Once you use it, that game will then be linked to your Xbox Live account. "It sits on your harddrive and you have permission to play that game as long as you’d like," Harrison said.
Other users on the console will be able to play that game as well, Harrison said. So you don't need to buy multiple games per family. "With the built-in parental controls of the system it is shared amog the users of the device," he said.
But what if you want to bring a game disc to a friend's house and play there? You'll have to pay a fee—and not just some sort of activation fee, but the actual price of that game—in order to use a game's code on a friend's account. Think of it like a new game, Harrison said.
"The bits that are on that disc, you can give it to your friend and they can install it on an Xbox One," he said. "They would then have to purchase the right to play that game through Xbox Live."
"They would be paying the same price we paid, or less?" we asked.
"Let’s assume it’s a new game, so the answer is yes, it will be the same price," Harrison said.
But that doesn't mean used games are dead. In fact, Harrison told us, you'll be able to sell your Xbox One games online.
"We will have a solution—we’re not talking about it today—for you to be able to trade your previously-played games online," Harrison said.
http://kotaku.com/you-will-be-able-to-trade-xbox-one-games-online-micros-509140825
Who knew they would be that idiotic after Sony said they would not block used games. Xbox One could well be dead on arrival, guys.
What about renting games? You have to pay full price if you rent a game from gamefly?
One other thing, where was any mention of indie dev support? Sony made a decent mention of it during their announcement but Microsoft didn't even touch it. Indie devs are important IMO and can definitely help your platform thrive even more so.
It's comments like these that crack me up. There's obvious misinformation going around about this, nothing concrete. Did you not even read the article?
nothing is concrete only because the console hasn't been released and now they have time to either backtrack and revise the software or step up the pr campaign before release. if release had been done blind without any of these pre-release shows, much of the "speculative" items most consider gloom and doom very likely would have been official.
Yea, but they need to make official statements that are clear and to the point. Their statement on always online is as vague as one can come.