Xbox One

Tarvis

Yeah, that's right.
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Nov 10, 2003
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Well that name will be confusing.

Someone post the images for me thanx
 

SuperAfroBoy

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Nov 10, 2003
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Xbox One Console | Galleries | Joystiq
 

scrappy

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Mar 9, 2011
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so sony is releasing playstation 4 and microsoft is releasing xbox 1. someone needs to play catch up
 

Oobs

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Dec 16, 2010
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I dont think its all terrible but E3 is judgement day. If they cant deliver on games then it will tank
 

Dave

We'll bang, okay?
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Oct 7, 2006
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The big issue they sidestepped today is for that instant switching between games and TV, Wired is reporting all games need to be installed to the HDD. What does that mean for the rental/used games market? How they will handle the game unlocks is something they are going to need to address at E3. Supposedly the games will be tied to an Xbox Live account to keep people from just passing around the disks. I suppose it wouldn't be an issue if they allow you to freely unattach a game from the XBL account, but verifying that has occurred would be a nightmare for Gamestop and next to impossible for game rental companies.

The whole "always online" thing wasn't really addressed either. Apparently it's a "it depends on the game" answer since Microsoft is giving developers the ability to offload some processing responsibilities to their cloud service, so games that used that feature would need to be always online.
 

SuperAfroBoy

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Nov 10, 2003
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i'll probably stick with PC and Wii U (once it gets some good games) for a while.
 

Chris

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Jan 15, 2011
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I dont think its all terrible but E3 is judgement day. If they cant deliver on games then it will tank

Xbox is pretty much guaranteed to deliver on games, it'll do fine.
 

scrappy

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Mar 9, 2011
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The whole "always online" thing wasn't really addressed either. Apparently it's a "it depends on the game" answer since Microsoft is giving developers the ability to offload some processing responsibilities to their cloud service, so games that used that feature would need to be always online.

Xbox One Does Require Internet Connection, Can't Play Offline Forever

plus i buy all my games and have no friends so i dont give a shit about all that player profile bullshit
 

Bayli

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Oct 15, 2006
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i was just about to post that video. i can't stop laughin
 

Tarvis

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So with the changes in the DRM and making it exactly like the old system, I have mixed feelings. Part of me thought the digital sharing of library to anyone was cool (sort of similar to the PSN implementation that they eventually got rid of) and the changes make the system somewhat boring. The other side of me thought the DRM was stupid and unnecessary.

They could have probably fixed the stupid 24 hour check, by only requiring it if the disc wasn't in the drive or just requiring the shared library requires you to check in once in a while (as this is the only viable reason I could think of for the DRM). I'm not sure they needed to get rid of every aspect of it.

Personally I think they should have kept the digital push but just eased some restrictions on the DRM. Now they made the system kind of boring - but then again, I'm not someone who trades my games in.
 
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