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[Colombianlove41]

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8 CPU cores at 1.6GHz, with a custom 800MHz graphics processor in the GPU. There are 8GB of RAM on board, with 32MB of fast embedded SRAM at double the throughput speed, and a 50GB-capable 6x Blu-ray drive. Wireless connectivity protocols include both Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi Direct, and there’s still a Gigabit Ethernet port for gamers with low latency multiplayer demands. It’ll also come with USB 3.0 and HDMI 1.4a, which supports 3D over HDMI, Ethernet, audio return channels and 4K resolution.​

 

[Horhay]

I'll probably wait a while before considering. The last Xbox and their lack of care towards their design left me with sour taste for anything Xbox.

 

[hiratafabio]

Well, I'm a Sonyst, but I really got excited by this. Let's see what more they have to show during E3

 

[SlimJim24]

Xbox One huh? That's egregious!

I'll buy it though

 

[Frasr]

Hmm...
I was looking forward to this, but they seem far too focused on TV services, Kinect and other stuff I'll probably never use.

I just want to play games...

 

[dboy99]

This was a good showing of the console and games.This will make the choice of which console to have harder one.When i first saw the ps4 it was that but now the Xbox One is looking really good.It will come down to what's show at E3 on what console i go after.

i'm sure we will see Halo 5 and uncharted 4.

 

[hiratafabio]

Hmm...
I was looking forward to this, but they seem far too focused on TV services, Kinect and other stuff I'll probably never use.

I just want to play games...

That's what a firend of mine said. Moreover, using such services in Brazil seems to be impossible, so, no luck so far, lol.

 

[shadk27]

To sum it up, Xbox One is basically a TV cable box with DVR capabilities upon which you can't play used or 360 games.

 

[blumaster]

NFL on Xbox. F'n A.


I don't care what the price is or how long I have to stand in line. It's a day one purchase for me.


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I'm really excited about the streaming capabilities. Most likely I won't be using it with cable television, it's too expensive. Instead I'll be using at as my cable. My Xbox currently allows me the ability to watch MLB, NBA, ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN U, the stupid shows that are on the CW, I get national news, and with Netflix it's like subscribing to every cable movie channel for a lot less. Throw the NFL + Sunday Ticket in there along with a much improved & integral Kinect experience. This console is going to change things.

 

[Frasr]

One way to look at is is they were getting the boring stuff out the way now and are saving all the good stuff for E3 (we can only hope..)

 

[popculturefanatic]

Xbox One sucks. I'll be getting a PS4 instead.

 

[hiratafabio]

400 GBP @ Zavvi

 

[eynon]

I enjoyed most of it, especially the TV part of it.
EA sports and COD was predictable and wasn't it said out of 15 exclusives only half of them were new ?
But there's usually never amazing games in a launch line up anyway, they'll come later.
All in all I think it was a good reveal but as i had hoped E3 is a one console reveal this generation.

 

[BlueCali]

NFL on Xbox. F'n A.


I don't care what the price is or how long I have to stand in line. It's a day one purchase for me.


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I'm really excited about the streaming capabilities. Most likely I won't be using it with cable television, it's too expensive. Instead I'll be using at as my cable. My Xbox currently allows me the ability to watch MLB, NBA, ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN U, the stupid shows that are on the CW, I get national news, and with Netflix it's like subscribing to every cable movie channel for a lot less. Throw the NFL + Sunday Ticket in there along with a much improved & integral Kinect experience. This console is going to change things.

To use the Xbox One as a TV set you need a cable/satellite box.

Also, it has used games DRM...

You can tell they made this box for US only. The TV part is confirmed for US only. So what did Europeans get? Nothing, they got screwed.

I'm waiting until E3 for my final judgement, but I really wanted Microsoft to push the gaming industry, and all they did was push their agenda against Apple. They could care less about the gamers, they just want to rule the living room.

 

[Frasr]

@XboxSupport1 Do you have any more info on how the Xbox One will deal with Used/Rented games? Is the article on wired true about the fee?

Xbox Support ‏@XboxSupport1 58s
@littlejay2o02 The article is false regarding fee. You can trade in and resell your used games. Details soon!
http://xbx.lv/XBOFAQ
^EM



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@XboxSupport1
We are excited to share that we are expanding the friends list capability to 1,000 friends

^Finally.. the 100 limit was really annoying at times, having to go through my list and delete people to add someone else..

 

[Cookster1]

Jury is still out for me,if I get one straight away,or wait for a while after its released

 

[BlueCali]

@XboxSupport1 Do you have any more info on how the Xbox One will deal with Used/Rented games? Is the article on wired true about the fee?

Xbox Support ‏@XboxSupport1 58s
@littlejay2o02 The article is false regarding fee. You can trade in and resell your used games. Details soon!
http://xbx.lv/XBOFAQ
^EM



Also:
@XboxSupport1
We are excited to share that we are expanding the friends list capability to 1,000 friends

^Finally.. the 100 limit was really annoying at time, having to go through my list and delete people to add someone else..

Don't know who I trust more, the press or Xbox Support.. both are bad. lol

 

[blumaster]

To use the Xbox One as a TV set you need a cable/satellite box.

Also, it has used games DRM...

You can tell they made this box for US only. The TV part is confirmed for US only. So what did Europeans get? Nothing, they got screwed.

I'm waiting until E3 for my final judgement, but I really wanted Microsoft to push the gaming industry, and all they did was push their agenda against Apple. They could care less about the gamers, they just want to rule the living room.

I know. Hence the reason why I said I won't be using it as a cable box because cable TV is too expensive. Instead I will be the using the Xbox as my cable. With the huge selection of streaming services it will save me a lot of money in the long run not having to pay $65 to $200 a month on cable television.

 

[Horhay]

Don't know who I trust more, the press or Xbox Support.. both are bad. lol

I read this on Kotaku earlier today:

The next Xbox won't require an Internet connection to function, but could very well block used games, unless you feel like paying Microsoft some extra cash.

UPDATE: Microsoft says in an official Q&A: "We are designing Xbox One to enable customers to trade in and resell games. We’ll have more details to share later."

Original post follows:

Wired got a look at Xbox One before today's big reveal, and they say that games will require installation to use. “On the new Xbox, all game discs are installed to the HDD to play,” Microsoft told them.

But games will be tied to an Xbox Live account, Wired reveals—or else you'd just be able to pass games around to everyone you know. And if you want to link a game to a second account, you'll have to pay a fee:

What follows naturally from this is that each disc would have to be tied to a unique Xbox Live account, else you could take a single disc and pass it between everyone you know and copy the game over and over. Since this is clearly not going to happen, each disc must then only install for a single owner.

Microsoft did say that if a disc was used with a second account, that owner would be given the option to pay a fee and install the game from the disc, which would then mean that the new account would also own the game and could play it without the disc.

But what if a second person simply wanted to put the disc in and play the game without installing – and without paying extra? In other words, what happens to our traditional concept of a “used game”? This is a question for which Microsoft did not yet have an answer, and is surely something that game buyers (as well as renters and lenders) will want to know.
Wired also asked what we've all been wondering: will the console be online-only? The answer: it depends.

And what of the persistent rumors that Xbox One games will be “always online” – that is, that single-player games would require a constant online connection to function? As it turns out, those rumors were not unfounded, but the reality is not so draconian. Xbox One will give game developers the ability to create games that use Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing service, which means that they might be able to offload certain computing tasks to the cloud rather than process them on the Xbox One hardware itself. This would necessitate the game requiring a connection.

Are developers forced to create games that have these online features, and are thus not playable offline? They are not, Xbox exec Whitten said to Wired — but “I hope they do.” So the always-online future may come in incremental steps.

So it's up to the developer. Some games may require an Internet connection; some may not. The future of always-online remains hazy.

Both concepts are terrible forms of DRM no matter what spin they put on it.

 

[blumaster]

The worst part of the always connected thing to me is, sometimes there's a storm or someone digs where they shouldn't and internet stops working for a little while. It would really suck if the Xbox became an expensive black brick at that point.

 

[BlueCali]

The worst part of the always connected thing to me is, sometimes there's a storm or someone digs where they shouldn't and internet stops working for a little while. It would really suck if the Xbox became an expensive black brick at that point.

The Xbox is not always on.. you can play single player games with the internet turned off. The rest of their features will not work... mostly.