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Those prices are awful! :shocked:

I was thinking of taking my old Kinect and Wii to GAME... don't know if I'll bother now.

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Was that £10 on the Game website? If so it's a placeholder price because they don't accept at least launch and 80GB PS3s, same with Grainger Games.

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game just scrap them fella it not worth it anyone used play asia for game looking 40 quid for xbox one games

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Ok i have messed around with things and i still have the problem which makes watching TV unusable through the console, i haven't contacted MS yet as i wanted things to settle down first and give them a chance to fix this issue with a possible update, also looking at this thread there are loads of people with the same issue and some of them are in the states.

I have again gone back to the old way of viewing TV.

http://forums.xbox.com/xbox_forums/x...t/1625661.aspx



Things i have tried:

Snapping an app while watching TV = picture still freezes

Swapping HDMI cables around = Picture still freezes

Turning off 'Instant On' = Picture still freezes

Changing my cable box to 720P output = Picture still freezes

Swearing at it = Picture still freezes

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Yeah, same here, Matt. Nobody would listen to the noise mine makes and say "that's loud!", but being able to hear it when the console is turned off is a bit annoying.

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Someone has created this pretty good community feedback site:

http://xboxfeedback.com/

I've added mine to the Comments page.


According to the associated reddit thread, majornelson has already passed the address on to the relevant people.

http://www.reddit.com/r/xboxone/comm...of_issues_and/

I'm glad I'm not the only one.

My paranoid OCD has been making me worry I need a new PSU.

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For those who got Forza 5 via the Day One Edition:

The card with the QR code actually gives you the game plus a "Day One Car Pack"... but the QR code only seems to add the game to your account (at least for me and various other people), so you may need to also manually enter the second code listed on the card to obtain the car pack.

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Yes i happened to notice that the other day that you had to use that code card twice. :)

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Im gutted the Xbox Store version of Forza 5 isnt Day One edition. I thought that the Day One edition was not only exclusive to Game but would also be via the Xbox Games Store

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The Day edition was for someone pre-ordering Forza 5 for day one.

I think Game were selling the Forza Limited Edition pack which included the 'Day One cars' it was different from the day one cars version of the game, see the bottom of this link.

http://www.forzamotorsport.net/en-US...M5_LE_Announce

edit

Actually looking at the game site it does look like they say exclusive to the day one pack, however this probably didn't include the fact that all day one forza edition consoles got the Forza car pack too, and you could buy the Forza edition console from anywhere.

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Oh ok that explains it. I was under the impression Day One editions were exclusive to Game and MS but seems that was incorrect. Oh well

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I am really hoping they reduce the price of digital downloads as £55 is too much but that is cheaper than on the PS4 where they're are priced at £60 after Sony reduced them buy £3s.

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You may have been right about the game itself see my edit, however not if the game came in the console box. :)

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Well i had been having severe freezes while watching TV through the HDMI pass through making TV unusable so i had given up and connected it up the old normal way, however last night i decided to try again so i took the HDMI lead out the back of the TV and connected it to the HDMI IN on the console and i can't believe it, it has now been working perfectly without any freezing so i am a very happy bunny and don't plan on unplugging anything for a while!

Also while playing Forza racing i needed to turn the volume up but the controller was out of reach, so i thought i would try 'Xbox Volume Up' and it worked, i had not tried that before and didn't even know the command.

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I agree about the DD prices.

Im not sure on the game now as i brought mine from Xbox store and doesnt mention it and the car packs are showing a price.

I have connected my TV back to my amp due to the refresj rate issue

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Anyone know of a way to get my Xbox One to control things like volume, as my TV isn't recognised during the setup. I have a Samsung ES8000

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Have you tried to add it manually n the settings? Thats how i got it to control my AMP

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Yes and unfortunately it displays several versions of the same TV in the list

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Try each 1 until something works.

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For any of you guys with the panning stuttering problem when watching TV through the xbox did you manage to fix that by turning off 'auto film 1' in your TV setting for a Sony TV and a similar command on other makes?

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I hated the design of the Xbox One when i first saw it at the E3 reveal, but since having it under my TV i think it looks great kinda invisible and fits in perfectly, the only thing i don't like is the dust it collects, what do other people think?

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Glossy black is always bad for dust :(

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I have no idea why they do it as they know people hate dust.

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my mate told me if u owned 360 versions of games it only cost u 10 quid through xbox game store to get next gen version but i cannot find anything about it

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It's for a game or select games. It's either Battlefield 4. COD Ghosts or FIFA 14. I can't remember which.

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Possible work around discovered for TV judder in the UK, although may not be ideal.

I don't plan on trying it seeing everything seems fine since i adjusted my TV.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...e-judder-in-uk

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cheers i got 2 of them as i'm getting xbox one within nxt few weeks i hope so would save me a fortune any dates when it end

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I think it was battlefield and cod.

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I'm with you 100% mate. The prices are crap.

If I buy a digital download, the price should be a bit less than a disc-based game, considering I can't sell it, trade it in, lend it out or give it away. Publishers would rather people bought digital games for those very reasons, yet they are giving us almost no incentive to buy them by setting the prices way too high.

Microsoft's first party titles are £44.99, which I think is still too high by about £10, but it's not awful. Third party titles are around £55 though, which is expensive and as you said, it's even worse on the PS4 with some games being £60. I know we're yet to see any sales cos it's far too early, but I bet when they happen they won't be great.

Hopefully they will allow retailers to sell digital download cards and codes so that it introduces some competition. It would be cool if you were sent a QR code so you could just hold your smartphone up at Kinect.

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I dont have any settings like that on my LG TV

Ya i agree i like the look of it and its great. It does collect dust like crazy

I dont think i will try this as as its states it then causes issues with games. At moment i have my Sky box plugged back into my AMP for 2 reason. Reason 1 is of course because of the judder and reason 2 is due to the no sound sound via HDMI issue

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my mate said fifa 2 me aswell as it don't show on xbox site just says full price

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The Xbox One is doing really well in the reviews compared to the PS4, good news for X1 owners after all the PS fanboy rubbish that gets spat out on forums.

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I agree it is very good news but PS4 is only a few hours into its Europe launch so needs about a month or so to see which one is ahead.

On a side note, i have been a bit silly and put my Xbox One Day One edition, extra wireless controller and play and charge kit boxes on Ebay and put a buy it now price on it. I have made it clear its the boxes only as its in the title and description. Im not too sure what i would do if some one did actually fall for it

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I still expect the ps4 to sell more but it doesn't mean it is better.

Why did you put boxes on eBay I always keep mine.

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I agree with you.

To see if anyone will buy them without reading the description. People are doing it in the US and people are falling for it. If no one falls for it then good on them.

I keep my boxes as well this is just an experiment

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Ok so now i am really getting concerned with my Ebay listing, People have started bidding on the boxes and someone wants to know can he collect the item as doesnt trust the post office this time of year. I really am thinking about taking the listing off as i would feel bad if someone brought it

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Take it off mate, it'll cause you grief and it makes you look like you are conning someone in my opinion, i mean why would anyone put an empty box on ebay ? lol

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Ya i am thinking more and more of taking it off. It is clearly marked as empty boxes only

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For anyone that wants to take a look here is the link

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1212251921...84.m1558.l2649

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Not everyone reads all the info though. :)

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But surley thats not my issue if they dont? If someone buys it before i take it down i will more than likely offer a full refund

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Looking at it though you've purposely put huge gaps in the text so that some people may miss that it actually says it's boxes only in the description.

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Can they negative rep you or whatever happens on ebay? The way you have layed it out with spaces it does look like you're trying it on mate.

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Now you have highlighted that in bold that i guess could be read wrong. Yes the gap was on purpose. i cant get a negative rep as the info is in the description even with the gaps i havnt mis lead people

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Ok i have made my mind up im taking it off Ebay

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Its now off

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Good plan. ;)

Still loving your X1?

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I am indeed. I really do want to know when the update will be released thou as some of the bugs are annoying me. You still enjoying it?

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I am loving mine, especially now running the TV through it doesnt freeze the TV picture.

I want to be able to play my divxHD movies on it though via a network drive then i am happy, and i hope they tell us what is in any update.

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I hope so too

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I will take out the 3yr extended warranty in a week or so.

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Same here when i get paid next week. Its a shame it doesnt cover acc dam as well as break down

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House insurance may cover that though?

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I thought every game was meant to have a demo out?

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Yes i would but i dont plan on breaking it

Not sure but ive not seen any game demos in the store

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I know there's a Zoo Tycoon demo, I'm not sure about other games though.

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After using the X1 controller for a week now it feels so more comfortable compared to the 360s.

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It's good, but I still prefer the 360 controller.

Has anyone got Need For Speed Rivals? It looks very good, and I think I'd probably enjoy it more than Forza.

Oh, and a question for Sigma -

Are you the same Sigma who posted in X1 PSU threads at Xbox.com?

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Not got Rivals but it does look fun. :)

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Got it on origin. Not greatly impressed but I'd rather have had another burnout game from Criterion so I'm biased :D I'm also more of a sim racing fan than arcade too. 2014 for me screams Project C.A.R.S and hopefully than new destruction derby game.

I'd like NFS if we could redo Underground 1 today. Just another one off game where the best available cars are the likes of Skylines and a Supra. Was a great game based on street racing.

What I'm most looking forward for are Boxing and EAS UFC. Can't wait. They're console exclusives too so that better explains my decision to buy both consoles. We are without a doubt gonna get a Gears entry on X1 and already known Uncharted on PS4.

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Underground was good, but the original Most Wanted was better

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FREE Forza credits.

Get FREE credits if you have played other Forza games!

I 'think' i have just been given 1,000,040 million credits, it'll be a few hours before it shows up they say.

To get yours log in to their website using your xbox live details after giving permission and unlock some rewards, it let me unlock 3.

https://rewards.forzamotorsport.net/en-us/



Source: http://www.polygon.com/forums/xbox-o...ebsite-20k-crs

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Pretty much got all of them. Been trading my Forza 4 assets away lately. I've not even touched Forza properly yet. Does it still have a market front and AH? If not then any hope of making billions this time round are gone.

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I haven't touched forza much so I have no clue how it all works, but if I get my million that is better than my current 20k. Lol

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Thanks for that. Been on site on my phone and shows i had 3 rewards to redeem. I redemmed them and said will be in my Forza within 4 hours so ill check when i get home tonight

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Just checked my Forza 5 and i have been given the 1 million credits. :)

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EDGE - Xbox, why? The baffling incompetence of the Xbox One interface

I don't agree with it all, but I agree with the general gist of it.

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Edge always have a go on the X1 though ever since their PS4 front page.

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I don't regret buying mine, games will get better eventually and software will improve.

I did think about buying both consoles but I can't see the point as my life doesn't let me spend hours every day gaming, I have also grown out of it a lot now. I would almost certainly end up favouring 1 console where the other would gather dust.

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I checked my Forza and i got 3 mil credits

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I don't regret my purchase, but someone at MS really needs their head examined.

No quick and easy access to Friends, Messages, Parties, or Achievements via a Guide-like mini-dash, unlike the 360.

Parties are a mess, unlike the 360.

Friends/Followers is a nice idea but badly implemented. e.g. There are no incoming "Friend requests" (Follower notifications) unlike the 360; people you Follow but who don't Follow you back are still classed as Friends rather than being in a separate Following section (e.g. a section with pending outgoing Friend requests); full Friends are lumped in with your one-way Followers, etc.

There's currently no Dolby Digital, unlike the 360.

There's no support for browsing media servers, unlike the 360.

There's no support for media on USB devices, unlike the 360.

There's no support for USB external storage, unlike the 360.

There's no support for 3D BDs*, unlike the PS3. [* This may be deliberate, due to the Kinect 2 messing with active 3D glasses that use IR.]

PAL DVDs are forced to 60Hz, unlike the 360.

The HDMI passthrough is active-only, plus darkens anything put through it, plus causes issues with 50Hz sources.

etc. etc.

Some of these have been acknowledged (e.g. Dolby Digital and also the external storage issue), but we don't know if/when they or the others will be fixed.




It's not all bad, as some of it is done very well, and it has some very good concepts in there, but overall? Hmm... Lots of work is needed...



Yeah, fine, it's a "work in progress" and has "only just launched"... but some of these things should have been there at launch. Some people say "Oh but the 360 took ages to get those features" but that is utterly irrelevant. It doesn't matter if the 360 took ages to get any of those features, it has them now and therefore to maintain feature parity the X1 should have them now too. To be missing features the 360 has enjoyed for ages is bloody stupid, as is having a UI that seems to have taken a step backwards regarding usability in some areas.

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Oh, and another thing:

The "Upload" app is not used to upload...It's just the viewing part of the GameDVR. To actually upload anything you need to use Upload Studio. Why not just call the Upload app GameDVR instead of naming it after something it doesn't actually do? :confused:

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I do think I probably should have got a Wii U with Mario 3D World and let a few months go by to see which console to get tbh! There aren't any games I really wanna play on the One.

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But aside from Mario, are there any games you'd want to play on the Wii U? ;)

I think the Wii U will die unless Nintendo gets its act together and realises it needs 3rd party support to survive. It can't rely on Nintendo fans willing to shell out just to play a Mario game.

The Wii U is already failing, and what should have been *the* Wii U killer app, *the* Wii U system seller, ended up pushing even fewer units than the PS4's "Knack", and is apparently the worst-selling 3D Mario of all time. It also can't have helped that Nintendo stupidly released it on the same days as Sony launched the PS4 in North America, and again in Europe.

But, I guess that's all something for another thread in a sister forum :erm:

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Zelda and Mario Kart :D.

The thing regardless of how much it sells Mario games tend to offer some of the purest gaming experiences you can have. Super Mario Galaxy was worth the console cost alone, it's one of the finest games ever made. It was fun from beginning to end, each level almost perfect, you didn't care about getting from a to b or the story, you just wanted to play.

The fact Knack sold more is depressing but I don't really care about units shifted or console wars. The Gamecube was considered a failure but it had Super Mario Sunshine, Wind Waker, and Mario Kart on it and it was brilliant.

If anything I think the sales figures suggest a increase in what I call 'Bro' gaming. Where games like Super Mario Galaxy and The Last of Us get deserved critical acclaim before being shunted aside in the charts and in mindshare to the upteenth, uninspired, iteration of a identikit franchise. :(

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there are plenty of games that are worth playing. Had my Wii U since May and use it just as often as my Xbox 360.

Ninty know they need 3rd party support but the other companies aren't willing to make games. Well AC4 and Batman Origins came out on it.

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I dont see much difference. Yes there is a small amount but you have to actaully look for it IMO

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/12/0...ource=facebook

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Yes i watched that earlier, not much difference at all, and i still think some textures maybe better on the X1. :)

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I think many of the Xbox One's games look slightly better than PS4 but am also surprised that the Wii U looks slighty better than PS3 and Xbox 360.

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My Kinect hears me alot better now, what you have to do is turn up the volume extremely loud when calibrating the microphone, i know longer have to shout.

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Was wondering what display settings are best , is there a big difference setting colour depth to 36 bits per pixel and the colour space to rgb full , I play on a monitor so would this be beneficial ?

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There is a TV calibration tool within the display settings, but I don't know how much use it would be for a monitor.

For the colour space, I think the setting does say that one option is best for TVs and one for monitors.

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O2 offer Xbox One with Fifa 14, 12 months Gold and a Nokia Lumia 1020 all for £99.99 on a 2 year contract and £52 a month.

http://www.neowin.net/news/o2-offers...-year-contract

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Great offer, shame I've got a mobile contract already :-(

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bugger i'm only just over 6 months into my contract with 02


also microsoft already no about the problems it on a forum, reddit i think and major nelson had sent what ppl want to right people at xbox it all over the net about it

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Did you edit that to make it unreadable ? :erm::erm::erm:

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i though it would do it separate

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For all you guys that pre-ordered Battlefield 4 that included the China Rising expansion, don't do what i did and forget to use the code in the box!

Luckily i hadn't thrown it out! Just got to wait for it to get released now.

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I forgot to use it before I upgraded but I was getting premium anyways so it's OK.

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i am getting rid of battlefield completely bored of my xbox now

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Loving battlefield and both consoles will improve overtime.

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Tbh it's the lack of games, not the consoles.

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how is it a great offer? the contract is stupid expensive you will be paying over £600 alone for the xbox one

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http://i.imgur.com/JbCoqa6.jpg

This is fake, it's spreading around. It will brick your console so be warned. It spread from 4chan typically. It wasn't going to get far until it was then posted to reddit and thus accidently the Streisand effect.

Posted before anyone comes across this on Facebook and think's why not..

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Defo fake.

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I can't afford a One just now, thats why.

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I'd hold off a bit. I'm 99% certain they'll run the same deal they did with the 360. A small fee followed by a mandatory Xbox live subscription. £99 I believe the X360 was and I can't remember the length of gold.

Although I say small fee when it's likely they'll ask for 200-300 up front for the Xbox one.

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Update:

As I said a couple of weeks ago, I quickly gave up on the Orb mount and just plonked the Kinect at the base of the TV. Hardly an ideal position...


I was browsing Amazon earlier this week seeing if any other mounts were finally available, and saw that they also sold this one and that it had some strangely mixed reviews. Some people had the same issue as me, where it didn't fit at all, while others had no issue at all.

A couple of reviews mentioned that they had contacted Orb directly, and that Orb said a small batch went out with incorrect top parts, and that they would replace the part for free.

So, I contacted Orb on Tuesday night via the email form on their website and via Twitter.

http://orbaccessories.com/

https://twitter.com/ORB_Accs

.. and received replies from both early on Wednesday morning. They were apologetic, and promised to send me a replacement top part. I gave them my address, and they contacted me again later that same day to tell me the replacement was in the post.

It arrived on Friday, by Royal Mail 1st Class Signed For.

I've just set it up (I was out when it was delivered so had to go pick it up today), and... it fits! My Kinect is now finally on top of my TV.

So, if anyone wants a mount and can't wait for the officially recommended PDP mount to finally be released, the Orb one is actually OK. Another bonus with the replacement part is that, as well as actually fitting, it also doesn't say "ORB" on the front like the original part did.

Excellent customer service from Orb :)

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Good you got it sorted.

Does it have that nasty Orb logo on the front facing the room? That would be something i couldn't live with.

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Unlike the original part there is no "ORB" plastered on the front :)

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That is good. :)

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My TV picture started freezing again through the Xbox today, however i managed to fix it by doing a hard reboot by holding down the power button on the Xbox for 10 seconds, i wonder how long this will be before it goes tits up again!

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I've yet to have an issue with anything but I'm solely using it as a console and not faffing around with the gimmicks. Works well and looks nice. Not really used much though but that's down to lack of titles rather than disinterest.

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Currently trying to find stock for xbox one so I can get one now :).

Does anyone know if GAME are still foing the game upgrades for a tenner?

Thanks

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Tried ASDA? my local had stock at the weekend.

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So whats the online multiplayer gameplay like, in particular on Call of Duty Ghosts. how bad does the lag get compared to the 360.

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yeah all out now.

Stock informer are doing real time updates. Literally mintues you have and websticks go to out of stock.

I have BF4 and Fifa 14 for the 360 and I can recall stores doing next gen game upgrades for £10 but not sure if they are doing them anymore.

Cheers

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u more likely gonna get one after xmas, that my plan anyway the stores will have regular stock by then

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they are but the catch is u have to bought the games from game itself

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sorted. got one reserved for today from Argos. Thanks to the stock informer website.

hmmm....got the games from tescos.