Xbox One

[RCBH928]

So its XBO launched day and no one shared with us his inputs/thought , no one got the console?

I have not seen any XBO games but judging from people's reaction , I am afraid it might take the current Wii U spiral . Not Enough sales -> publishers not interested -> even less interest from the consumer due to lack of games ->even less sales

This isn't a correct assumption. Tye Wii U is more unique to create games specifically for. The XB1 and the PS4 and PC are going to share so many games as it is. It is very easy for them to make he games multiplatform. There is no reason for them not to unless it they are 1st party.

You make a very good point. If making a gaming for the PC/PS4 and then making an XBO one version is easy (Save as XBO button?) , I think that spiral will not be happening. But I have lived on the assumption that taking one game from one platform to another is a troublesome task and hence there was some special love to certain game ports or releases. For example, some games play better on ps3 than 360 or the opposite.

@pulsar_t

Nintendo has a better recognition its not much helping with the Wii U . I can be wrong, but looks to me like the Xbox around my region is almost dead, it used to be king in '06-'08 , especially online. Also I do not hear much excitement for the XboxOne but I have seen a PS4 already! Some of my friends plan to get the XboxOne just for Forza , because they are so into cars and they feel that Forza is way better than GT (one of them was a serious GT fan, in fact he got ps3 for it as far as I remember) .

@General_Norris

I never understood this, how can a company continue investing in a losing business unless its run by goverment or has political agenda and money is not their aim. For example, my country has a national airline carrier that has been losing money for maybe 20-30 years but they keep feeding it more money , why?
1) Its shameful not to have an official airline carrier (the only airlines company based in my country)
2) It employs a significant percentage of the population , no company no jobs -> unemployment

In Microsoft's case, a private company, why are they doing it?

@BoringSupreez

Having product in stock has reverse effect on the "sold out" stock . When people see "sold out" they believe the product is good and they want to jump on the bandwagon . On the opposite , when they see a lot of it around , they will think "something must be wrong with that thing , I won't buyt it" . At least thats how I think

[Snatch1414]

So I got the system. Setting it up is kind of laborious. I wasn't sure which email and password I used for my Xbox Live account so I guessed and guessed wrong and instead of stopping me it took it upon itself to create a new one complete with random new gamertag (EvilCoast27836236). Once I figured out what happened I jumped on the laptop and figured it out, though I'm not yet sure how to delete this other profile. An anomaly no doubt but I just don't get why it works that way.

I started freaking again because Forza was at 13% after like 5 minutes of installing but then all of a sudden it finished. Still, it's funny what the media doesn't tell you. I liked the 360 because I couldn't stand the installs on the PS3, now here they are on MS's new console. Maybe I just don't know enough about tech and should've assumed this, but I'm not happy about it.

The dashboard is utilitarian and extremely similar to the 360's for better or worse. They do have a nice suite of short tutorials/videos on each aspect of the system. I guess the question is whether or not you think that's a good thing or that this is all just too complicated.

[Stark]

So I got the system. Setting it up is kind of laborious. I wasn't sure which email and password I used for my Xbox Live account so I guessed and guessed wrong and instead of stopping me it took it upon itself to create a new one complete with random new gamertag (EvilCoast27836236). Once I figured out what happened I jumped on the laptop and figured it out, though I'm not yet sure how to delete this other profile. An anomaly no doubt but I just don't get why it works that way.

I started freaking again because Forza was at 13% after like 5 minutes of installing but then all of a sudden it finished. Still, it's funny what the media doesn't tell you. I liked the 360 because I couldn't stand the installs on the PS3, now here they are on MS's new console. Maybe I just don't know enough about tech and should've assumed this, but I'm not happy about it.

The dashboard is utilitarian and extremely similar to the 360's for better or worse. They do have a nice suite of short tutorials/videos on each aspect of the system. I guess the question is whether or not you think that's a good thing or that this is all just too complicated.

The thing with it at 13% and then "all of a sudden finished" was it probably wasn't finished. Both the PS4 and XB1 allow you to start playing it after a certain amount is downloaded/installed. Which is a great feature to have if everything has to be installed to disk.

[Snatch1414]

So I got the system. Setting it up is kind of laborious. I wasn't sure which email and password I used for my Xbox Live account so I guessed and guessed wrong and instead of stopping me it took it upon itself to create a new one complete with random new gamertag (EvilCoast27836236). Once I figured out what happened I jumped on the laptop and figured it out, though I'm not yet sure how to delete this other profile. An anomaly no doubt but I just don't get why it works that way.

I started freaking again because Forza was at 13% after like 5 minutes of installing but then all of a sudden it finished. Still, it's funny what the media doesn't tell you. I liked the 360 because I couldn't stand the installs on the PS3, now here they are on MS's new console. Maybe I just don't know enough about tech and should've assumed this, but I'm not happy about it.

The dashboard is utilitarian and extremely similar to the 360's for better or worse. They do have a nice suite of short tutorials/videos on each aspect of the system. I guess the question is whether or not you think that's a good thing or that this is all just too complicated.

The thing with it at 13% and then "all of a sudden finished" was it probably wasn't finished. Both the PS4 and XB1 allow you to start playing it after a certain amount is downloaded/installed. Which is a great feature to have if everything has to be installed to disk.

Yeah that was it and I knew that for some reason I didn't key in

[pvt_awol]

Man, there seems to be a big shortage of news around the interwebz regarding this launch today.

I'll say it before someone else does, "It's because everyone is playing the XBONE!"

but no, seriously. The PS4 launch had tons of info. The general reaction I'm getting from the XBONE launch is... meh. What the heck? Speak up guys? Review this ish!

[Hazerd]

I played the new Killer Instinct at local game shop today, im pretty impressed with it.

I mean the game is initially free but all you get to play as is Jago and one stage, its $40 to unlock everything out currently.

With Fulgore+ other characters unlocked in early 2014.

They got the original guy to voice the combo's, its pretty epic, but i cant justify buying a Xboner just for this game and not to mention its digital only.

Oh and the "console pass-through" is really nice, you can switch between the PS4 and Xboner at the touch of a button and even have both displayed on one screen. (shop owner had a PS4 setup also)

[Forlorn Drifter]

Man, there seems to be a big shortage of news around the interwebz regarding this launch today.

I'll say it before someone else does, "It's because everyone is playing the XBONE!"

but no, seriously. The PS4 launch had tons of info. The general reaction I'm getting from the XBONE launch is... meh. What the heck? Speak up guys? Review this ish!

I honestly think all the hub-ub pre launch was Microsoft shooting themselves in the foot. Although they went back on their decisions, for people with my mindset, they really made what little trust was there evaporate very quickly.

[MrPopo]

So Killer Instinct Ultra Combo edition comes with the arcade version of the original, which lets you select between the 1.4 or the 1.5 versions (which indicates that 1.4 includes some beloved player glitches) and has decent graphical options (scalar, including none, stretch vs. pillar boxing). It's a very solidly done port, and now I'm hoping they release the arcade port of KI2 at some point.

[Phades]

As an insane person who purchased both new consoles, I'm struck by how much higher the build quality for the Xbox One seems to be over the PS4. Yes it's much bigger, but it also just feels solid. Even looking at the connectors on the back they seem to be better integrated. The PS4's ports look kind of cheap and it just feels a bit flimsy overall. It really doesn't matter I suppose, but the Xbox One definitely feels like a more premium device (and I suppose at $100 more, it is).

[jay_red]

As an insane person who purchased both new consoles, I'm struck by how much higher the build quality for the Xbox One seems to be over the PS4. Yes it's much bigger, but it also just feels solid. Even looking at the connectors on the back they seem to be better integrated. The PS4's ports look kind of cheap and it just feels a bit flimsy overall. It really doesn't matter I suppose, but the Xbox One definitely feels like a more premium device (and I suppose at $100 more, it is).

I was curious as to how each console "felt" thanks for that. I have to say though, after seeing the tear down videos on each console, the internals of the ps4 look better than the xb1.

While in Wal-Mart this morning, I asked the guy how many consoles they had, and he said outside of preorders they only had 10 to sell, and were all sold out.

Edit: Just being curious, I checked Target's site for stock in local stores, and like more than 10 stores have stock, cant say the same for the ps4