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Video Games: Next XBOX: A New Generation Revealed - XBOX ONE REVEALED
Member Since: 6/28/2012
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I can't with Microsoft making the same mistakes Sony made with Ps vita
PS4 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>< Microsoft
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I want...
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Member Since: 8/1/2012
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Originally posted by Goombario
I can't with Microsoft making the same mistakes Sony made with Ps vita
PS4 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>< Microsoft
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What were the vita mistakes?
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Member Since: 1/27/2006
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Member Since: 3/6/2011
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I love how sleek and simple it looks
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Member Since: 4/24/2011
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Originally posted by Rigalo
Girl stop
I got an iPhone for music, TV for movies, computer for social networks, and will have the PS4 for obviously superior gaming.
Microsoft is doing the exact opposite of what they should be doing. Feeding into all of this gimmicky multimedia crap and instead putting gaming on the back burner.
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Clock it to it's senses, they are focusing on CABLE TV WHEN IT'S DYING, Internet TV is replacing it. They are doomed, the graphics don't even hold water to PS4 and the PS4's graphics aren't that great.
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Member Since: 9/3/2011
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When you really think about it, the fact that you can't play used games without paying retail again is CRAZY. Like, this has been done for DECADES, and now Microsoft ruined it. Once E3 happens and the Xbox One really gains publicity, it'll be DOA because of the restrictions. I can't picture any sane person supporting this console.
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Member Since: 10/13/2009
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The PS4 remains superior.
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Member Since: 2/6/2012
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Well.... I will not be owning a Xbox this gen. May buy a Ps4 eventually.
Have to get a Wii-U for Zelda/Mario/Pikmin though.
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Member Since: 3/14/2013
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Wired: I’ve heard that if your Xbox One does not connect with Xbox Live at least once a day, the machine becomes inoperable and you’re not able to play any of the games that you’ve paid for. Is that true?
Harrison: I don’t think that’s what was said. Let me try and clarify what is happening.
So, there is a lot of anxiety about “what if my Internet connection goes down” and you don’t have connectivity for a period of time. There are a host of features which will be usable without an Internet connection — watching movies, playing certain single player games… all of which will operate offline. We expect most of the more advanced experiences, like online multiplayer games, or games which have a lot of connected features… those games won’t operate if you don’t have an Internet connection. We designed the system to take advantage of a connection to the cloud, and all that that means. But no, it’s not required that you are connected all the time, every second of every day.
There is some technology about how often, or how frequently the device has to ‘ping’, but that has not been… we have not talked publicly about that yet, but it will be very user-friendly.
Wired: What’s going on with used games? What about borrowed games? There’s a lot of speculation today. Can you clear some of that up? For example, we have multiple Xboxes in my house and trade games all the time. If we have multiple Xbox One consoles, can we still do that?
Harrison: Absolutely, just like you can today. You take the disc, install “the bits” on every machine you have in your house from the same disc, and anybody in your household can play that game. You have exactly the same restrictions that you have today, as in only one of you can play that game at a time because you only have one disc. But anybody in that house… well, the Xbox Live account… it goes for both the Xbox 360 and the Xbox One, and any user inside that house.
Wired: So as another example, if I took my disc and went to a friend’s house, would I be able to play that game on his machine?
Harrison: Yes, you can. You can take your game around to your friend’s house just as you would today — that’s assuming you have a physical disc — and what we’re doing with the new Live technology is that… with the disc, it’s just a repository for “the bits”. You can put that disc into his drive, you can play the game while you’re there, and then you go home and take that disc with you. But actually, “the bits” are still on his drive. If your friend decides that he really likes to play that game, then he can go buy it instantly, and it doesn’t need to download again. It’s already there. Once he’s paid for it, it’s immediately there.
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Sidenote: There's two pages to this interview.
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An article I just ran across. Figured you guys might wanna see this. Although I'd take it with a grain of salt though since Harrison is a little vague.
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Member Since: 4/15/2011
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Well that was underwhelming. Plus it looks huge and horrendous. I understand that E3 is coming up but why wouldn't they focus more on exclusives, or even games in general. Microsoft has made it clear that the road they have taken is to create an entertainment system rather than an enhanced gaming console. Personally, I couldn't care less about voice control, doing 10 things at once or Kinect.
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Yall still here?
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Member Since: 4/24/2011
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The controller would look great with my gaming PC
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Member Since: 1/31/2012
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I like the look, but killing Used gaming is literally gonna hurt them so bad.
Staying with PS4
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Member Since: 8/6/2012
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He was being vague with a hint of dishonesty.
Yes you can take the game to a friends house but since games are tied to only one account you can only use it if you log into that persons account. If the friend likes the game they will have to buy it.
Even though they added a blu ray drive its not needed cause its basically just installing the game to your limited HDD. 500GB sounds nice on paper but when you have to install all your games it isn't really impressive.
Discs will be pretty much useless when it comes to the XBOX One so why add a blu ray drive when you wont even make use of the storage on the discs?.
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Member Since: 9/3/2011
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Originally posted by I Am Music
He was being vague with a hint of dishonesty.
Yes you can take the game to a friends house but since games are tied to only one account you can only use it if you log into that persons account. If the friend likes the game they will have to buy it.
Even though they added a blu ray drive its not needed cause its basically just installing the game to your limited HDD. 500GB sounds nice on paper but when you have to install all your games it isn't really impressive.
Discs will be pretty much useless when it comes to the XBOX One so why add a blu ray drive when you wont even make use of the storage on the discs?.
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Well if they want to become a media center they need to keep up with the times. And it gives them more space on discs so they don't have to use multiple discs for large games.
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Member Since: 8/6/2012
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Originally posted by Haus
Well if they want to become a media center they need to keep up with the times. And it gives them more space on discs so they don't have to use multiple discs for large games.
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You have a point but we are talking about blue ray discs which has no such issue like the DVD9 which the 360 used. Blue Ray can hold a lot of data for games and duel layer blue ray can hold even more.
There are games out right now which are 25 to 30GB in size not to mention movies and demos. 500GB is not gonna last for those who are really into gaming and mass multi media.
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Member Since: 5/18/2011
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Originally posted by I Am Music
You have a point but we are talking about blue ray discs which has no such issue like the DVD9 which the 360 used. Blue Ray can hold a lot of data for games and duel layer blue ray can hold even more.
There are games out right now which are 25 to 30GB in size not to mention movies and demos. 500GB is not gonna last for those who are really into gaming and mass multi media.
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The faq says that "the space for users will be lower than the 500 gb advertized" sonce it has to make space for system apps. So we're probably looking at 400ish.
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Member Since: 8/6/2012
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Originally posted by abdielol
The faq says that "the space for users will be lower than the 500 gb advertized" sonce it has to make space for system apps. So we're probably looking at 400ish.
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Mess.
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Just got the chance to watch the full conference… damn. I liked that they managed to add even more media features, but I also hated that they treated those as the main aspects of the "console". I mean, who the hell would reveal their new anticipated gaming machine, and then the first thing they talk about is TV? And Sports? Seriously? And those features won't even probably be available outside of the US.
Not to mention, the whole always online thing and no used games that turned out to be true.
The console itself looks ok, a bit dull.
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