The Official Xbox One Thread

[SAWYER]

Forza 6 looking good
http://www.gamersyde.com/hqstream_forza_motorsport_2_gc_brands_hatch_gameplay-35237_en.html

 

[purbeast0]

forza 6 looking exactly like one would expect forza 6 to look.

 

[Lil Frier]

Agreed, it pretty much looks like you'd expect, but it DOES also look good. I've got to get one of those controllers, along with the Halo 5 ones, they all look sweet, and will go well with my Titanfall one. Still salty I missed out on the AW one, though.

 

[smackababy]

forza 6 looking exactly like one would expect forza 6 to look.

I don't know, Forza 6 doesn't look like a complete game. >_>

 

[balloonshark]

Is it normal for an updates to happen in the middle of watching netflix? Or is it because I'm in the preview program?

When you finish watching a movie and it moves to the upper left hand corner rolling credits if you rate the movie at that point and go back to the main screen does netflix freeze sort of freeze up forcing you to quit the app? I'm trying to determine if this is a netflix or preview program issue.

 

[TallBill]

Is it normal for an updates to happen in the middle of watching netflix? Or is it because I'm in the preview program?

When you finish watching a movie and it moves to the upper left hand corner rolling credits if you rate the movie at that point and go back to the main screen does netflix freeze sort of freeze up forcing you to quit the app? I'm trying to determine if this is a netflix or preview program issue.

Doesn't happen on my normal software.

 

[balloonshark]

Doesn't happen on my normal software.

Thanks for the confirmation. I'll see if I can a bit more input before reporting the rating problem to Netflix.

 

[balloonshark]

Anyone else have problems grabbing the xbox360 free live gold games this month? I've been trying to grab the free 360 games in case they are compatible with the One later on. I now see this message when trying to purchase Crysis 3.

Sorry

Is this your first purchase? To ensure it is compatible, please sign in to Xbox Live using your console and try again.

 

[Lil Frier]

No problem on my end. I just do it from the website, no problem at all.

 

[balloonshark]

No problem on my end. I just do it from the website, no problem at all.

I was able to "purchase" them like you mentioned a while back up until Crysis 3 was available. I guess I should mention that I don't or have never owned a 360. Perhaps that is the difference? I may have to try again with IE instead of palemoon.

 

[Lil Frier]

It might be the difference. I had a 360, but don't now. I'm still able to buy them without issue, though.

 

[balloonshark]

It might be the difference. I had a 360, but don't now. I'm still able to buy them without issue, though.

I just tried again with IE and it did not work. It looks like I'm not the only person with this issue so maybe they changed their policy where you have to have or have had a 360.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Just got a message on XBL that XB1 users get double the games each month from GWG as from now on every 360 games with gold release will have backwards compatibility enabled so you can download and play on your XB1 console.

 

[Lil Frier]

Yeah, I think they announced this at Gamescom, that all GWG would be BC going forward. Took them a bit to make it happen, I guess.

The new UI is out on the 12th, which includes the widespread BC availability. They're going to announce the list of BC games for that on the 9th.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

OK, finally getting around to considering a One purchase. I have the original Xbox and the 360 (two in fact), but my friends and I all decided the movement of COD games going futuristic (ahem, silly) killed our willingness to play.

Being a household of means (no kids to share my toys), I was thinking of buying the One, but which one? Previously my paranoia induced state would say, "Fuck NO" Kinect, but now I might reconsider. Also considering their Elite controller even though my original days in FPS was on KBM (and god I miss that).

So, anyone know anything more formal about the M$ announced backwards compatibility and maybe the ability for those on 360's to play same games together with those on One's?

 

[cmdrdredd]

I'd go for the elite. The controller is just fantastic(not to mention the elite controller is sold out everywhere separately) and the 1TB Hybrid drive should be a slight bit faster for loading than the standard drive. That's my vote unless you want a specific game bundle. I do like the kinect but it's mostly abandoned. I use it mostly for convenience to switch apps and games without grabbing a controller, turn on and off the console via voice command, and turning my TV and AVR on and off with the XB1. I just feel the elite is a better package or one of the game bundle consoles.

As for BC, on the 12th there is an update that will offer backwards compatibility with 360 games. Prior to this, on the 9th they will announce which games will be in the first round(they will release updates all the time as new games become available in the compatibility list). Any publisher can have any 360 game run on the XB1 if they tell MS they want it to. Microsoft is doing 100% of the work to make the game compatible with the XB1 console. The publisher just needs to say "hey make this 360 game work on the XB1". If you are an Xbox Live Gold subscriber, every games with gold game released for the 360 will also play on an XB1 so that's 4 free titles per month(free in the sense you aren't buying them separately). Two for the 360 which will work on the XB1 and two for the XB1 specifically.

They did say that when you play a 360 game on the XB1 the network functionality will work. So you will be able to play a game on your XB1 against your friends if they only have a 360. You can also use the Game DVR and screenshot features from your XB1 on those 360 games you are playing on it as well. All 360 games that you purchased digitally will be available on your XB1 automatically as they become compatible. Disks and digital games will work.

I'm not personally vested in backwards compatibility, I abandoned my 360 long ago. That said, this will be a great way to get more people on the current gen console. They don't have to abandon their games library. Many of them will end up working on the XB1.

 

[Lil Frier]

OK, finally getting around to considering a One purchase. I have the original Xbox and the 360 (two in fact), but my friends and I all decided the movement of COD games going futuristic (ahem, silly) killed our willingness to play.

Being a household of means (no kids to share my toys), I was thinking of buying the One, but which one? Previously my paranoia induced state would say, "Fuck NO" Kinect, but now I might reconsider. Also considering their Elite controller even though my original days in FPS was on KBM (and god I miss that).

So, anyone know anything more formal about the M$ announced backwards compatibility and maybe the ability for those on 360's to play same games together with those on One's?

If you have a BC title on the One, I don't see why you wouldn't be able to play online via the 360 emulator. I've honestly just never tried, never had a reason. I guess I could fire up my One, install my 360 copy of Gears, and test it a bit later.

The console you get is going to be your preference, though. If you go to GameStop, you get a free game and a free controller (the basic black one). If you go to Best Buy, you get a free game and a $50 gift card (if you have GCU, that pays for almost the entire post-tax price of a second game). On top of that, if you're near one of the good Best Buys, they'll let you buy one of the $70 Locke controllers for $30 Saturday afternoon, on top of the other free stuff.

I like the Elite controller, but not to the tune of $150, it's not THAT much of a step up for me. It's also the only bundle that doesn't come with any games. I'd rather get AT LEAST one game with my console than a good controller upgrade. IF you have a friend with a One, you can also use the "Home Xbox" feature to share those free digital titles you get. I'm going to get the Halo 5 console at Best Buy, then my brother-in-law and I can both play off of the included digital copy.

Also, the only bundle including the Kinect comes with a 500-GB HDD and 3 free games--Kinect Sports Rivals, Zoo Tycoon, and Dark Dreams Don't Die. While the Kinect is convenient, those games all pretty much suck. You can get the bigger HDD and better games (1-3) in other bundles, and I recommend that over the Kinect. If you want the Kinect that badly, it's $100 on its own right now, I think.

If you like Forza or Halo, those painted consoles are probably the best options, they're very nice-looking. If not, the Tomb Raider or Holiday (Gears Ultimate, Rare Replay, Ori) are nice options. The Elite's nice too, but I can't get over the lack of an included game.

 

[balloonshark]

I'm in the preview program and the new UI update kicked in for me last night. I also got an update pushed to my controller. I kinda like the new UI so far and it seems fairly intuitive after using the normal UI.

If you have gold and grab the free 360 Dirt 3 game you can also grab the Dirt 3 VIP Pass for free. http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/VIP-Pass/728d4149-ef60-4920-aa76-925b68c7a441

Credit goes to SD.

 

[cmdrdredd]

List of conmfirmed working 360 games in the first update to release starting on the 12th of this month. 104 in total. Unfortunately Red Dead Redemption is not on the list

http://www.ign.com/wikis/xbox-one/X...nt page)&utm_content=4&utm_campaign=Spotlight

 

[Lil Frier]

That leaked list was 10 times better. There's NOTHING on that list that I want, except the Rare Replay and Gears: Ultimate stuff (well, and Fallout 3 that's in F4, but I beat that and have it on PC already).

There are only 3 games I can say I want: Halo: Reach, Need for Speed Most Wanted (the original), and Need for Speed Carbon. I was unimpressed with the new NFS beta, and Reach generally should be in there for the Halo story. Other than that, I can't say there's anything I'm missing from my 360.

And I wouldn't be surprised if RDR ended up with a remake like GTA V, given the rehash generation we're in.

 

[thegimp03]

It would be nice to see Call of Duty: Modern Warfare or MW2. Black Ops 3 is better than Ghosts and Advanced Warfare, but sometimes I miss the feeling of the old games.

 

[Lil Frier]

Yeah, BO3 just feels like the child of AW and Titanfall, but not a really good update. I'd be intrigued to play the campaign is I weren't about to get Fallout 4, but Halo and Fallout are enough FPS for me, and if they're not, I enjoyed Battlefront's beta more than Black Ops 3's.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Does the Xbox one support 4K video output? I know games won't but what about Netflix or Amazon prime video? Is there any plans for this? I know it won't do 4K/60hz but 30hz would be fine for movies at 24fps. Not that it matters as the tv has its own apps that support this but I was curious.

 

[007ELmO]

I read conflicting articles on their support, I thikn they can playback 4K/30 FPS movies.

 

[digiram]

I was thinking about recently about our XBLA games. If these same games come over to Windows 10, we should get it free on our Windows 10 machines, right? I mean for the stuff we already bought in XBLA, there's alot of good games on there.