Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Assassins Creed 2 is reported to be the next free game to download from July 16th.

http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/11...ve-gold-users/

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Wow, I sure hope I've finished Battlefield 3 and Saints Row 3 by then...

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Ive signed

http://www.change.org/petitions/micr...omised-at-e3-2

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

this crap is really annoying.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Just looks like a huge troll poll to me.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Assassins Creed 2 is now a free download for Xbox Live Gold members until 30th July.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Microsoft's Gamescom event set for Aug. 20

http://www.polygon.com/2013/7/26/456...m-event-aug-20

---------- Post added at 19:51 ---------- Previous post was at 19:30 ----------

Windows chief confirmed as new Xbox boss

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...-new-xbox-boss

---------- Post added at 20:06 ---------- Previous post was at 19:51 ----------

Seems Amazon already have put prices on for the games. 1st party games are priced at £49.99 and 3rd party games are being sold anywhere from £40-£54.99

Need for Speed:Rivals = £43.99
Fifa 14 = £40

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Need-For-Spe...words=xbox+one

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Electronic-A...words=xbox+one

---------- Post added at 21:36 ---------- Previous post was at 20:06 ----------

some good news about the PS4 well for us Xbox One fans anyway

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...33&postcount=1

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

MS has announced far better support for indie devs, including self-publishing:

http://www.polygon.com/2013/7/24/455...elf-publishing

Self-publishing is also coming to the 360 at last:

http://www.polygon.com/2013/7/26/456...says-developer



What this all means is that indie devs will no longer have to spend $$$$ having a proper publisher to be able to get their games on the XBLA.

I also read something related to this about MS improving the certification process for XBLA games.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Which is all very good news

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/07/2...rge-kit-priced

No headset included with the Xbox one.

Multiple years to create a rechargeable controller and have failed to do so. Typical attempt into duping people out of another £15-£20 for a rechargeable kit.

One step forward and ten steps back. £499 and no headset.. someone's having a laugh here.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

As long as it has a mute button, not too concerned

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

i am not buying it waste of money microsoft been charging for pad and battery on this gen don't expect them to change why bother having to pay for the extra stuff u be looking 500 quid to buy it who is incharge are idiots keeping my 360

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Hey, at least they won't be selling overpriced hard drives for the X-bone as the do with the 360, it doesn't have an upgradeable one. MS believe 500gb is futureproof

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

500gb will get used pretty quickly , I intend getting a 1tb external drive as well :)

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Maybe it is because they are promoting online storage/download?

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

They are, which makes the small hard drive an even stranger decision.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

If you can download your game anytime, anywhere, and you can play it while downloading, would that not mean smaller drive?

Only if you wanted to play games offline, and several games, would it cause issue.

But I am a simple soul, if it plays, I am happy :)

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Right you play while it downloads, but the data has to be stored somewhere. You don't stream the entire game.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

I don't have an issue with the size. If I run out of room, I can either use an external USB3 HDD or I can just delete stuff I don't play anymore... Anything you have downloaded can always be re-downloaded for free later on, anything you have installed can always be re-installed later on.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

The deleting was what i meant.

It would be an issue if you were using the storage and never deleting

---------- Post added at 16:00 ---------- Previous post was at 16:00 ----------

What he said above :)

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

In case you didn't see this
Microsoft overclocking Xbox One to crank up its graphical power

http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming...-power-1170690

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Great news

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Oh wow 53mhz! that's really going to make a difference.

I have not bothered overclocking the gpu's in my pc apart from when I run a benchmark since, overvolting and overclocking gpu's will reduce the lifespan quite allot.

My 680's when I first got them would do +200 on the core and +400 on the ram, now after they have been overclocked and benchmarked around 5 times they will no longer do more than +100/+300, and that is 5 times at around 1 hour's worth of 100% load.

I can see this leading to another RROD issue.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Rumours on internet saying MS have set 5th Nov for release date. It was also on MS COD:Ghosts site whihc i have seen this

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Headset now included, please continue to have an uproar over anything MS does so we may get a console worthy of it's price.

Excellent news

Here is youtube link of unboxing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbrmAsxJPv4&feature=player_embedded

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

That looks really sweet. Must say I love the design of the new console.

The power button lights up, woohoo lol.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

I havnt had chance to watch it all yet but cant wait till i can later. So glad a headset is now included with it. I best cancel my order from Amazon for the headset

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Oh boy, a free sticker

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

I remember getting an apple sticker with my 1st gen ipod. Good times eh.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

They give you 2 now, happy days.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Must buy new ipod! despite having a Galaxy S3.

In topic:

http://i.imgur.com/eOnNJ2W.png

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Gold memebers can share digital ga,es and certain features

http://www.oxm.co.uk/60128/xbox-one-...n-subscribers/

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Reading that it is just on 1 console, but it is a well come thing for a family. :)

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Download games can already be shared with other accounts on the Xbox 360, so I should bloomin' well hope that you would be able to do the same with the XBone

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

However this is the main cause of content theft. I'm sure you're all aware of how it occurs so i won't go into any detail

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

I didn't know. :)

So is this plan for the Xbox One exactly the same as the Xbox 360?

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Unpluggable Kinect confirmed, sod the PS4, all aboard the U-Turn train!

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Link?

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

I just read that on neowin too. I will still likely go for a PS4 though.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Any link? Im at work so cant access when you post mind you so can you quote the text from the site

---------- Post added at 10:21 ---------- Previous post was at 10:08 ----------

Link

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/n...lugged-in.html

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

They're moving in the right direction, but until the kinect comes unbundled from the main console I'll be in the Sony camp

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Just flog it on eBay, one burke will always end up breaking it and need a replacement.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

It feels a bit like not next gen, i say this because all the things that made the Xbox One unique and great have all been changed and MS have backpedaled. The whole point of making Kinect part of Xbox one is that devs could make games with Kinect support and now this news means that devs may not even bother with Kinect

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Another reason why it would be wise to wait a month or so to get both consoles compared with each other and hear their strengths and weaknesses before deciding on which console to purchase.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Im still going to get mine on launch date i just hope nothing else changes except price of course

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

I don't think there is much else to change.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

The name, xbox 720

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

I know today they have announced that voice chat won't work between the X360 and X1.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

I don't see much appeal in either console anymore. They don't look anything like next generation if you're a heavy pc gamer like myself. I loved the online system on the 360 but there isn't going to be that many changes to warrant calling it next gen. Bigger console with some memory and graphics upgrades filled with false lies of live streaming and video capturing of which isn't the case anymore. Ships with a poorly made headset that will break after a month so they can charge you 20 quid for a new one. Wireless headset available but the 500 quid price tag isn't enough to ship it in the box so you'll be forking out 40 quid for that. Heavily rendered screen shots and trailers combined with game play that was actually produced by a GTX 780. A controller that runs on AA batteries despite being 1 upped by Sony last time round.

Naturally none of this matters when you have a fan base as delusional as Apple users that will lap up any piece of crap set in front of them.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

I'm amazed that this had to even be announced.
We already knew that there's no backwards compatibility between the two so what would be the point?

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

I think it lets you text message someone on an Xbox 360, not sure what the point is though if you can't play games with them?

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

It isn't a hard feature to implement. It essentially already exists. Xbox live works on both Xbox and Pc with both sides sending and receiving messages as well as a note saying playing w.e game on GFWL. Remember your gamertags won't be changing and should you still have them on xbox live whilst they're using a 360 you'll appear to them as using X1.

Smartglass. PC. Xbox One. Xbox 360.

The four ways to communicate throughout xbox live

As for voice communication indeed is restricted to its console but it's plausible Skype for XBL will solve that anyway.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

GFWL only has private chat though, not parties, which nobody uses since NXE.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Microsoft has delayed the launch of the console in 8 countries until 2014, luckily for the UK guys it is still scheduled for a November release.

http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft...ies-until-2014

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Strictly not Xbox One, but Dead Rising 2 and DR2 Case Zero are currently FREE for xbox live gold members to download until the end of August.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

It has just been announced at Gamescom 2013 that all Xbox One pre orders in Europe will include a copy of FIFA 14 for FREE whilst stocks last.

http://www.neowin.net/news/fifa-14-t...unch-countries

http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/20/x...les-in-europe/

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Excellent news. This was one of the first games i was going to buy but now i dont need to. Also to have FIFA UT exclusive to Xbox One is a bonus as well

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

So will we be given a code to download that? I'll cancel my FIFA order in that case

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Yes. There is DLC code in box from what i have read on Game and other news sites.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

That is good news :tu:


I don't understand, however, how it can be "while stocks last" if it's a digital download :erm:

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

As its with pre orders of the day on edition so will mean when pro orders on them run out

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

http://uk.ign.com/videos/2013/08/20/...e-demonstation

So excited about this game I could pop

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Yes, looks good

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Think the free Fifa 14 will sway a lot of people back to the One.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

I agree but then at same time its still cheaper to buy a PS4 and Fifa 14 than to buy an Xbox One

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Fifa 14 is released in September, many of the die hard Fifa fans will be getting it then for the 360.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

I wouldn't.

EA is in partnership with Sony/Microsoft, more Microsoft but still, EA's new ignite engine and it's features won't be available on PC/Xbox 360 or PS3. All three are capable of running the new engine and the PC is greater than any next gen console anyway.

So yeah, to effectively get FIFA 14 you have to be an owner of the new consoles otherwise you're getting FIFA 13 with some kit updates and a tiny amount of 'new' features, new meaning old rehashed stuff.

Here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignite_(game_engine)

Note that the Ignite engine seems to be a Next Gen exclusive.

On an Xbox note, I need to see more reasons to buy it for me to actually make a purchase, a new Gears trilogy would have me get it.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Dead Rising 3 ""definitely isn't a timed exclusive"" for Xbox One, says Capcom

http://www.oxm.co.uk/60879/dead-risi...e-says-capcom/

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Have we got a release date yet for the Xbox One?

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Not yet. It will either be today or tomorrow IMO.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Wow, i thought the xbox one wasn't coming out until November.

Damn, I won't be able to sleep now waiting :D

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Oops i meant the release date info will be today or tomorrow IMO :D:D:D

---------- Post added at 18:15 ---------- Previous post was at 17:51 ----------

No release date info on the COD even so hopefully will be tomorrow

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Swapped my PS4 for a Xbox One day one pre-order, along with Watch Dogs and NBA Live.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

What is your reasoning? as i am waiting to see which console proves to display better graphics if the hardware makes a difference so i am waiting to see them side by side. :)

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Better console and better exclusive games perhaps.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Everyone is entitled to their opinion i guess. My feeling is the PS4 is way better in hardware, it is just whether in the real world it will make any difference when the games are side by side.

Saying that there is always a small chance i may get an Xbox One but currently unlikely until i see the same games run side by side and this is coming from an Xbox 360 owner as you know. :)

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Controller. I'm going to be using it for more hours than I'd like to imagine and I just cannot happily use a dualshock after using a 360 pad.

Reason why I changed is the drop of the Kinect requirement, otherwise I'd still be with PS4.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

You play games purely to look at ? . So your telling me if you played shooters you would rather play call of duty ghosts with a minuscule difference in graphics than go for the better gaming experience with one platform providing dedicated servers. Games are about the gaming experience surely ?

Better graphics do not make a better console ;)

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Or a game.I've gone back to Settlers 2 because it's a better game than all the sequels..Not on the Xbox of course but I am making a point that the best graphics in a game don't give you a better gameplay..

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Yes the controller is 1 thing that is bugging me especially now it has force feedback triggers, as i have always prefered the 360 controller so IF i was to go for the PS4 i would hope their controller has improved alot. :)

---------- Post added at 10:16 ---------- Previous post was at 10:07 ----------

I play games i enjoy, so if 1 console is able to make a noticeable difference in the quality of graphics and gameplay then i may be more inclined to buy that console.

Hmz, i hadn't really thought about the impact of not having dedicated servers, and if that is in every game then it may prove a problem for me if it is an issue, so that is something else to think about and weigh up the pros and cons of each console when people finally have their hands on both to review and compare. :)

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

anyone here would think you were arguing for the PC gaming platform ;)

---------- Post added at 10:25 ---------- Previous post was at 10:21 ----------

the difference between the 2 GFX chips being using will not be massive, I do not personally think the ram will make a huge difference either

If what happens is how I expect and PC gamers benefit from the consoles X86 architecture then the most powerful console will be a gaming PC lol

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

I know i am going to have to wait and see before buying as i don't want to jump the gun here and wont buy both.

The Xbox One is far more appealing now that you can unplug the Kinect crap though i must admit........ Only a few months left for me to decide what is best for me.

Are you going to buy 1 of them Tizme? :)

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

My killer point is online games. So i think it will be xbox one.

But not thinking to hold off, and wait and see.

I feel indecisive, I think. :D

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Not seen the live event but im guessing no release date info as nothing on web about it

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Is there a rumoured release date for the Xbox One yet?

After watching Titan Fall and other games and i also like the changes to the controller with the rumble, i may be interested in the Xbox One again. :)

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

No date yet. Im still waiting to see what the date will be

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

No date other than "November 2013" but it wouldn't surprise me if they make it within a few days of the PS4 launch

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

The inquirer seems to suggest 29 Nov
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/...d-availability

That (as vOid suggests) would put it the same as PS4.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Where is the recommended place to buy the Xbox One on pre order as i have finally decided to stay with Xbox? :)

And are the cost of the games likely to be cheaper than £50 when bought in the UK as that is a joke, surely they will be if we can import them for around £38?

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

I stopped my pre-order.

But equally, there might be trade-in offers going closer to the time. I have a PS3 or xbox 360 that I would happily trade in

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Where did you order it from though?

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Game

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

I don't really play football games but seeing it is free on this pre order while stocks last i thought i would snap it up.

Also i plan to import 2 games for around £38 each rather than buying from the UK too.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

It looks like i have missed the Amazon Day one edition as they're now out of stock, hope it comes back in stock soon as i thought it was good to buy from there seeing they're so big.

I am now looking at Tesco, is there a better option?

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

Well there's the option I'm considering which is waiting all the way up to about release day in hopes of seeing bundles offered by stores.

Hoping to snag at least 2 games, 2 controllers, wireless headset & P+P kit with the console.

Littlewoods usually offer these but at ridiculous prices.

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

I just ordered the Day One Edition with the free Fifa 14, all i paid was a £20 deposit.

As for games, i will always import them from places like Play Asia for around £38 rather than paying the £50-60 UK current prices.

All in all i am happy i stuck with the Xbox i think, i am looking forward to the new controller with the new impulse trigger rumble, and Titan Fall looks awesome. :)

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

There is an interesting technical post over at Neowin about the X1 architecture, which seems to point to it being far better than people had thought. The forum posts mean nothing to me but it is a good read, if it is accurate.

http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/11...-silicon-talk/

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

For the people that are getting games on disk you aware that smart match won't be too great as you will have to ether wait or change the disk when it's matched a game

Re: The Xbox One Thread
 

I don't know what smart match is, i won't be buying digital if those digital games cost £50-60 pounds, but if i can get them for £38 the same as an import disk then i would go digital. :)

Why would you need to change the disk when those disks are blu ray, so surely they will mostly be 1 disk games? :)