The Xbox One Thread

[Kabaal]

Originally Posted by Stephen

I still think people don't actually understand the way preowned games and sharing actually work.

I mean take for example books. You used to buy a book and once finished it you would pass it to a freind or give it away. Now with E-Readers you buy the book and you can't do either of those things but E-Readers have still taken off and increased in popularity. I think the One will be the same.

That's not really a fair comparison. eBooks became popular because of their portability, convenience and space saving, actual benefits to the people buying them. MS and their planned restrictions for the One have zero benefits for the consumer, they are restriction and nothing more.

Originally Posted by Stephen

I mean take for example books. You used to buy a book and once finished it you would pass it to a freind or give it away. Now with E-Readers you buy the book and you can't do either of those things but E-Readers have still taken off and increased in popularity. I think the One will be the same.

eBooks are basically always cheaper than physical books though.

[v0id]

Originally Posted by Stephen

I mean take for example books. You used to buy a book and once finished it you would pass it to a freind or give it away. Now with E-Readers you buy the book and you can't do either of those things but E-Readers have still taken off and increased in popularity. I think the One will be the same.

..once you've finished reading a book, you just make a copy of it and email it to your friends, while keeping the orginal on your e-reader

I don't think I have single legit copy on my Kindle

[adzii_nufc]

Don Mattrick comes to Microsoft and then this happens, I can't exactly say he's responsible for it but they hire a guy that headed EA for 25 years and now they want to stop you playing used games...

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Originally Posted by Stephen

I would hardly call the Wii U a flop, yes its not sold as well as Nintendo predicted but its still doing ok and the big releases won't be around will end of this year early 2014.

Also I definately do not think that the One will flop. Aside from the vocal forum users online I still think the majority of the general public will still go with the Xbox.

http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/wii...-casual-dream/

The original old Wii machine managed to sell more units than the Wii U

Nintendo’s net income for the year was a staggering 49.3 per cent lower than forecast

I've never played the console though so I just based it on it's sales. It could be a great console, I don't know.

Not sure whether this is true:

http://pastebin.com/uCmdh9jB

[Stephen]

It is a great console. I bought one a few weeks ago. I think where Nintendo went wrong was to give it the same name as its previous system but only add a U to the title. Most people I think initially thought it was the same console with a new controller that could be added to the old one and not a totally new more powerful HD system with an inovative new controller. Given a different name I think it would have been in a different position now. Also as stated in a previous post once its big titles arrive ie Pikmin 3, Mario Kart and Marioworld 3D then I see its sales picking up. Why they never have their big titles at launch I'll never know.

But back to the topic. I really don't think MS will fail with the One. Yes there is DRM but thats not really the issue, however preowned games will still work. That was confirmed. It just means that the retail stores taking part would have to sign up to an MS database linking the titles into the user database to remove the title off an account once traded. Not really that big a deal to be honest.

[MadGamer]

I've just had a chat with Amazon and they have said that all pre orders placed prior to today are automatically being upgraded from the standard edition to the day one edition console. I'm very happy

[nstokes]

Originally Posted by Stephen:35583644

But back to the topic. I really don't think MS will fail with the One. Yes there is DRM but thats not really the issue, however preowned games will still work. That was confirmed. It just means that the retail stores taking part would have to sign up to an MS database linking the titles into the user database to remove the title off an account once traded. Not really that big a deal to be honest.

I agree with you. None of the DRM or the connect to internet once a day bother me. Ive heard from my mate that you can tether your phone to it so it can connect to internet for the check and it uses 1KB of data

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Originally Posted by MadGamer:35583663

I've just had a chat with Amazon and they have said that all pre orders placed prior to today are automatically being upgraded from the standard edition to the day one edition console. I'm very happy

I think this is the case as Game have done same thing

[Bulky]

Originally Posted by nstokes

I agree with you. None of the DRM or the connect to internet once a day bother me. Ive heard from my mate that you can tether your phone to it so it can connect to internet for the check and it uses 1KB of data

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I think this is the case as Game have done same thing

It's not 1kb of data but its a very small amount , tbh I feel the same , the more I think about the DRM the less it bothers me, I keep putting xbox one in a cart for preorder then not pressing the button lol. I think xbox one has the better exclusives , the network is far superior at present , dedicated servers is a huge huge deal that people seem to dismiss , I'm gonna do it !!!

[colin25]

Originally Posted by Bulky

It's not 1kb of data but its a very small amount , tbh I feel the same , the more I think about the DRM the less it bothers me, I keep putting xbox one in a cart for preorder then not pressing the button lol. I think xbox one has the better exclusives , the network is far superior at present , dedicated servers is a huge huge deal that people seem to dismiss , I'm gonna do it !!!

Just do it. i did it today too

[nstokes]

Originally Posted by Bulky

It's not 1kb of data but its a very small amount , tbh I feel the same , the more I think about the DRM the less it bothers me, I keep putting xbox one in a cart for preorder then not pressing the button lol. I think xbox one has the better exclusives , the network is far superior at present , dedicated servers is a huge huge deal that people seem to dismiss , I'm gonna do it !!!

Press the button and order it

[colin25]

Originally Posted by Bulky

It's not 1kb of data but its a very small amount , tbh I feel the same , the more I think about the DRM the less it bothers me, I keep putting xbox one in a cart for preorder then not pressing the button lol. I think xbox one has the better exclusives , the network is far superior at present , dedicated servers is a huge huge deal that people seem to dismiss , I'm gonna do it !!!

If you don't do it, then you will be renamed balky

[nstokes]

Xbox One will support external storage via the USB 3.0 ports

http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/21/xbox-one-hard-drive/

[MadGamer]

Originally Posted by nstokes

I agree with you. None of the DRM or the connect to internet once a day bother me. Ive heard from my mate that you can tether your phone to it so it can connect to internet for the check and it uses 1KB of data

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I think this is the case as Game have done same thing

Got an email from them confirming it too

[nstokes]

Originally Posted by MadGamer

Got an email from them confirming it too

Good. I cant wait till it launches. If its 5th Nov (same time as COD:Ghosts) then its 145 days away. Ive got it on a day countdown on my phone

[MadGamer]

I saw an ad for that on Xbox one while round my sisters, me thinks its the beginning of November for the Xbox One launch