The Official Xbox One Thread

[purbeast0]

yeah i'm pretty sure i'm going to get sunset overdrive, however i might wait until i get back from san diego because i'm leaving next thursday and don't want to just feel rushed.

has anyone heard the length of the game? i saw the 30 hour time stamp that the ign review gave, but i'm pretty sure that is with all of the side mission stuff. i'm wondering how long the campaign mode is though.

 

[sze5003]

Are there any other Xbox exclusives coming out in the next couple of months? I don't think I would buy a console just for one game.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Are there any other Xbox exclusives coming out in the next couple of months? I don't think I would buy a console just for one game.

Halo collection and forza horizon 2 just came out.

 

[sze5003]

Ah I forgot to say I'm not into halo much and racing is meh for me ha maybe I should just wait a bit longer.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Doesn't the new timed exclusive tomb raider come out this year?

 

[Bill Brasky]

Anyone heard if Microsoft is planning to release a black Xbox MCC bundle (no kinect)? I saw rumors of a white bundle in brazil or something... but I really don't want a white console as everything else on my entertainment bench is black.

I desperately want the MC Collection, though. It looks so amazing.

edit: just saw the holiday sale link. That'll do!

http://majornelson.com/2014/10/27/xbox-one-available-349-us-holiday-season/

 

[Lil Frier]

Ah I forgot to say I'm not into halo much and racing is meh for me ha maybe I should just wait a bit longer.

Shoot, what DO you like? D4 came out recently, though the reviews weren't great. Project Spark is there. Killer Instinct hit Season 2 recently. Ubisoft's putting out Shape Up, you know that's a system seller!

There's still the current lineup of exclusives you could get cheaply, like Ryse, Dead Rising, Titanfall, and some indie titles.

After that, you're looking like someone who would be waiting kind of far into 2015 for exclusives, with the impending options being Quantum Break, Crackdown, Fable Legends, and Screamride.

Doesn't the new timed exclusive tomb raider come out this year?

That's the end of 2015, Rise of the Tomb Raider.

Anyone heard if Microsoft is planning to release a black Xbox MCC bundle (no kinect)? I saw rumors of a white bundle in brazil or something... but I really don't want a white console as everything else on my entertainment bench is black.

I hate the white console myself. That Brazil bundle is legit, and they've said it'll go to a few other markets, but I doubt they bundle their top franchise during the holiday season, because people will buy a bundle with a different game (CoD, SO or AC:U and AC:BF, depending on game/console color preference), then buy Halo separately.

 

[sze5003]

Shoot, what DO you like? D4 came out recently, though the reviews weren't great. Project Spark is there. Killer Instinct hit Season 2 recently. Ubisoft's putting out Shape Up, you know that's a system seller!

There's still the current lineup of exclusives you could get cheaply, like Ryse, Dead Rising, Titanfall, and some indie titles.

After that, you're looking like someone who would be waiting kind of far into 2015 for exclusives, with the impending options being Quantum Break, Crackdown, Fable Legends, and Screamride.



That's the end of 2015, Rise of the Tomb Raider.



I hate the white console myself. That Brazil bundle is legit, and they've said it'll go to a few other markets, but I doubt they bundle their top franchise during the holiday season, because people will buy a bundle with a different game (CoD, SO or AC:U and AC:BF, depending on game/console color preference), then buy Halo separately.

Besides sunset over drive and tomb raider I would play halo but probably not much of it on multiplayer. Same with cod I will rent it for the story mode but I won't play it's mp either. I've had quite a while to get tired of it. Bought every single cod so far and got tired of it.

 

[smackababy]

Well, if you like Fifa, Xbox One has exclusive legends players in FUT. I've yet to pack one, but they are all pretty amazing. And, it is the only time you'd ever be able to get Roy Keane and Patrick Vieira to play next to each other. >_>

 

[Lil Frier]

Besides sunset over drive and tomb raider I would play halo but probably not much of it on multiplayer. Same with cod I will rent it for the story mode but I won't play it's mp either. I've had quite a while to get tired of it. Bought every single cod so far and got tired of it.

Do you already have Best Buy's GCU membership? It's $30 with a $39.99+ purchase for the next 2 weeks. If you don't, here's my recommendation:

--Buy Sunset Overdrive and GCU, save $12 on SO immediately (the game and membership must be purchased together).
--Pre-order CoD and Halo, which will be $48 at release ($52 after tax, because of GCU discount)
--Get $20 in Best Buy rewards on your account ($10 per pre-order)

After that, you will have paid $30 for GCU to save $36 on those 3 games (plus 20% off any other new games for the next 2 years), and you'll have $20 in rewards certificates on your account to put towards your next game (which is also 20% off).

 

[smackababy]

Do you already have Best Buy's GCU membership? It's $30 with a $39.99+ purchase for the next 2 weeks. If you don't, here's my recommendation:

--Buy Sunset Overdrive and GCU, save $12 on SO immediately (the game and membership must be purchased together).
--Pre-order CoD and Halo, which will be $48 at release ($52 after tax, because of GCU discount)
--Get $20 in Best Buy rewards on your account ($10 per pre-order)

After that, you will have paid $30 for GCU to save $36 on those 3 games (plus 20% off any other new games for the next 2 years), and you'll have $20 in rewards certificates on your account to put towards your next game (which is also 20% off).

And, if you pay for all that with a RewardsZone card, you get points towards more reward certificates.

 

[sze5003]

Yea that's not a bad deal. Thanks for the heads up on that. Have a lot of expenses coming up..New tires , New phone, but the best buy deal looks good because I rarely use their credit card so last time they closed it. Plus I usually go there to trade stuff in when I no longer want it.

 

[Lil Frier]

And, if you pay for all that with a RewardsZone card, you get points towards more reward certificates.

You don't need to pay with the card for points. You get MORE points paying with the card (1.5 points per-dollar more), but it's my dad's account I put my GCU sub on (so he and my little brothers can take advantage of it), and I mostly buy my games with trade credit from other games (like how I flipped Madden for Mordor and Mordor for Evil, and I'll probably flip Evil for Sunset).

 

[sze5003]

Now if I'm interested in the $349 sunset overdrive bundle I best wait until November, and just pre-order any game now to take advantage of the GCU stuff.

 

[mnewsham]

It's not a price drop, it's a holiday sale. Nice deal though.

Xbox One Available for $349 in the U.S. This Holiday Season

a 2 month sale that happens to be during the holiday season, it honestly might as well be a price drop, the holiday season is going to be a significant chunk of their total sales this year.

 

[smackababy]

a 2 month sale that happens to be during the holiday season, it honestly might as well be a price drop, the holiday season is going to be a significant chunk of their total sales this year.

True, but saying it is a price drop doesn't give that "limited time offer" feel to entice people to buy now, rather than wait. The idea that if you buy it today you get a deal and if you wait you don't will get people on the fence to buy.

Plus, it being cheaper is good for everyone. The larger the install base the more people playing online, the more games being multiplatform, the louder the voice for updates, etc.

 

[Lil Frier]

Now if I'm interested in the $349 sunset overdrive bundle I best wait until November, and just pre-order any game now to take advantage of the GCU stuff.

If you have GCU now, yes. If not, getting it now with Sunset Overdrive would let you reserve an extra game to get another $10 cert. If you're dead-set on the bundle, you could pick up a game you want for later like Shadow of Mordor. Then, you could pre-order the SO bundle for a $10 cert tonight, along with doing it for other cert-eligible games on the way, like if you want CoD (I did it for SO, CoD, and Halo).

 

[sze5003]

If you have GCU now, yes. If not, getting it now with Sunset Overdrive would let you reserve an extra game to get another $10 cert. If you're dead-set on the bundle, you could pick up a game you want for later like Shadow of Mordor. Then, you could pre-order the SO bundle for a $10 cert tonight, along with doing it for other cert-eligible games on the way, like if you want CoD (I did it for SO, CoD, and Halo).

I'll check out all their $10 pre order certificate deals. I already have shadow of mordor on ps4. I figured getting the SO bundle is cheaper than getting the game by itself and then the system on its own in November.

I could also wait until black Friday. I'm also ordering a nexus 6 this week so this is becoming expensive already haha.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Picking up my White XB1 Sunset Overdrive bundle tomorrow after work.

Does the XB1 save all your games online automatically or do I have to perform some type of backup operation to transfer my stuff?

 

[sze5003]

Picking up my White XB1 Sunset Overdrive bundle tomorrow after work.

Does the XB1 save all your games online automatically or do I have to perform some type of backup operation to transfer my stuff?

Is the game out today? I imagine it would save on your account? Ps4 does this but I think you need to tell it to sync your saves. Mine used to do so and I recently checked and games I have played are not on my ps plus save game list in their cloud.

There's nothing I want for $40 right now. I'd rather get the holiday console bundle as opposed to just the console for $349 because at least the bundle includes the game.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Is the game out today? I imagine it would save on your account? Ps4 does this but I think you need to tell it to sync your saves. Mine used to do so and I recently checked and games I have played are not on my ps plus save game list in their cloud.

There's nothing I want for $40 right now. I'd rather get the holiday console bundle as opposed to just the console for $349 because at least the bundle includes the game.

Well, I had to backup some of my saves to USB from my PS4 because a couple of them were too large and went over my online storage limit. I dunno if I have to do anything to tell my XB1 to backup my saves. I never did and never saw an option anywhere.

 

[BoberFett]

Anyone heard if Microsoft is planning to release a black Xbox MCC bundle (no kinect)? I saw rumors of a white bundle in brazil or something... but I really don't want a white console as everything else on my entertainment bench is black.

I desperately want the MC Collection, though. It looks so amazing.

edit: just saw the holiday sale link. That'll do!

http://majornelson.com/2014/10/27/xbox-one-available-349-us-holiday-season/

The Unity bundle at $350 might get me to finally bite.

 

[mmntech]

Be interesting to see what they do with the price here in Canada.

Back when the dollar dropped, Sony was quick to raise the PS4's price to $450, but Microsoft left the XB1 price alone. So this will make it a full $100 cheaper than it's rival. That's a big difference.

 

[SAWYER]

Titanfall is $25 and the season pass is $8.25 on sale until November 3rd

 

[cmdrdredd]

I dug around for info on save data on your console and found out some things. The XB1 will sync all your game saves to the cloud automatically. You can delete save files off the could servers and/or your local storage by using the manage game option when you select a game in the "my games & apps" menu. You don't need to do anything to transfer saves to a new console. When you log in it will automatically sync your saves.

http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/games/manage-cloud-saves