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by Lagamorph » Tue May 21, 2013 7:19 pm

HSH28 wrote:Anyone who was disappointed with that had completely the wrong expectations.

They showed the console, specs, talked about what it could do, showed 1 new exclusive game and confirmed they have lots more and confirmed its launching in 2013. Oh and they announced they are creating TV series out of their biggest franchise with one of the biggest directors in the world and I guess not important for here, but the link up with NFL is huge for the US.

Not sure what else you realistically could have expected.

I thought the multitasking stuff worked really well, the interface looks good.

Only two things really missing. Firstly with all that TV stuff and a 500GB HDD...why isn't the box a PVR. Secondly, price point. Other than that it was just about perfect.


They said next to nothing about specs besides it having a Blu-Ray drive and 8GB of an unspecified type of RAM. There was no mention of the graphic or processor technology which is exactly the kind of spec info this kind of reveal is for.
The Halo series will just end up on torrents or be eventualy shifted to Netflix anyway.
The NFL link up might be huge for the US but means sweet fa to the rest of the world. The US market alone is not enough to carry a next gen console.

If you don't think this reveal was incredibly underwhelming then you clearly weren't paying any attention whatsoever.

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PostRe: Xbox: A New Generation Revealed - live now!
by addsy0 » Tue May 21, 2013 7:19 pm

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/407912/microsoft-confirms-pre-owned-fee-for-xbox-one/

Microsoft has confirmed that all Xbox One games will require mandatory installation onto the system's hard drive and, to install the same disc onto another user's drive, a fee must be paid.

Individual games will be tied to Xbox Live accounts, Microsoft said, meaning that the software giant can detect whether a game has been sold to a retailer and repurchased, or handed from one friend to another. In such instances, the second user must pay a fee.

"On the new Xbox, all game discs are installed to the HDD to play," a Microsoft representative told Wired.

The company added that, once discs are installed on the hard drive, games can be played without a disc being in the tray.

The Wired article then elaborates: "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."

It added: "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."

Microsoft did not disclose what the second-user fee would amount too, and did not clarify further on the matter.

The article claims that there is no sweeping 'always-online' requirement for future Xbox One games.

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PostRe: Xbox: A New Generation Revealed - live now!
by Delusibeta » Tue May 21, 2013 7:19 pm

WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Anti-used game DRM confirmed! No backwards compatibility confirmed! That's two of the three negative rumours proving to be true.

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PostRe: Xbox: A New Generation Revealed - live now!
by SEP » Tue May 21, 2013 7:20 pm

addsy0 wrote:http://www.computerandvideogames.com/407912/microsoft-confirms-pre-owned-fee-for-xbox-one/

Microsoft has confirmed that all Xbox One games will require mandatory installation onto the system's hard drive and, to install the same disc onto another user's drive, a fee must be paid.

Individual games will be tied to Xbox Live accounts, Microsoft said, meaning that the software giant can detect whether a game has been sold to a retailer and repurchased, or handed from one friend to another. In such instances, the second user must pay a fee.

"On the new Xbox, all game discs are installed to the HDD to play," a Microsoft representative told Wired.

The company added that, once discs are installed on the hard drive, games can be played without a disc being in the tray.

The Wired article then elaborates: "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."

It added: "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."

Microsoft did not disclose what the second-user fee would amount too, and did not clarify further on the matter.

The article claims that there is no sweeping 'always-online' requirement for future Xbox One games.


Mandatory installs, and they're only giving you 500GB. I hope you only ever want 10 games.

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PostRe: Xbox: A New Generation Revealed
by Rik » Tue May 21, 2013 7:20 pm

Called that system ages ago 8-)

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PostRe: Xbox: A New Generation Revealed
by KK » Tue May 21, 2013 7:21 pm

So you can't take games to friends. Well done, Microsoft.

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PostRe: Xbox: A New Generation Revealed - live now!
by HSH28 » Tue May 21, 2013 7:21 pm

Somebody Else's Problem wrote:Mandatory installs, and they're only giving you 500GB. I hope you only ever want 10 games.


It'll probably just automatically go over the game you played the longest time ago if you run out of space.

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by Steve » Tue May 21, 2013 7:21 pm

addsy0 wrote:http://www.computerandvideogames.com/407912/microsoft-confirms-pre-owned-fee-for-xbox-one/

Microsoft has confirmed that all Xbox One games will require mandatory installation onto the system's hard drive and, to install the same disc onto another user's drive, a fee must be paid.

Individual games will be tied to Xbox Live accounts, Microsoft said, meaning that the software giant can detect whether a game has been sold to a retailer and repurchased, or handed from one friend to another. In such instances, the second user must pay a fee.

"On the new Xbox, all game discs are installed to the HDD to play," a Microsoft representative told Wired.

The company added that, once discs are installed on the hard drive, games can be played without a disc being in the tray.

The Wired article then elaborates: "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."

It added: "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."

Microsoft did not disclose what the second-user fee would amount too, and did not clarify further on the matter.

The article claims that there is no sweeping 'always-online' requirement for future Xbox One games.


Jesus :lol: :fp:

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by Delusibeta » Tue May 21, 2013 7:22 pm

Friendly reminder: tomorrow, the main event will happen:
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PostRe: Xbox: A New Generation Revealed
by Eighthours » Tue May 21, 2013 7:22 pm

Geoff Keighley has been wandering around the MS labs. Kinect 2 actually looks quite good. The controller looks awesome, he had a good chat with the lead designer who explained why they decided to go with the design choices they did and not include a touch screen or speaker, etc.

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PostRe: Xbox: A New Generation Revealed
by Zellery » Tue May 21, 2013 7:22 pm

KKLEIN wrote:So you can't take games to friends. Well done, Microsoft.

That's a massive oversight right there.

Lots of kids play Xbox and to not be able to take a copy of a game to a friends house to show them the hot new thing is gooseberry fool.

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by mas22 » Tue May 21, 2013 7:23 pm

addsy0 wrote:http://www.computerandvideogames.com/407912/microsoft-confirms-pre-owned-fee-for-xbox-one/

Microsoft has confirmed that all Xbox One games will require mandatory installation onto the system's hard drive and, to install the same disc onto another user's drive, a fee must be paid.

Individual games will be tied to Xbox Live accounts, Microsoft said, meaning that the software giant can detect whether a game has been sold to a retailer and repurchased, or handed from one friend to another. In such instances, the second user must pay a fee.

"On the new Xbox, all game discs are installed to the HDD to play," a Microsoft representative told Wired.

The company added that, once discs are installed on the hard drive, games can be played without a disc being in the tray.

The Wired article then elaborates: "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."

It added: "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."

Microsoft did not disclose what the second-user fee would amount too, and did not clarify further on the matter.

The article claims that there is no sweeping 'always-online' requirement for future Xbox One games.


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PostRe: Xbox: A New Generation Revealed
by Photek » Tue May 21, 2013 7:23 pm

Day 1 :datass:

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PostRe: Xbox: A New Generation Revealed
by Squinty » Tue May 21, 2013 7:23 pm

Missed the conference. Why was it so terrible?

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PostRe: Xbox: A New Generation Revealed
by Lagamorph » Tue May 21, 2013 7:24 pm

We need to have just the one thread discussing this thing now.

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PostRe: Xbox: A New Generation Revealed - live now!
by Dblock » Tue May 21, 2013 7:24 pm

melatonin wrote:
HSH28 wrote:Anyone who was disappointed with that had completely the wrong expectations.

They showed the console, specs, talked about what it could do, showed 1 new exclusive game and confirmed they have lots more and confirmed its launching in 2013. Oh and they announced they are creating TV series out of their biggest franchise with one of the biggest directors in the world and I guess not important for here, but the link up with NFL is huge for the US.

Not sure what else you realistically could have expected.

I thought the multitasking stuff worked really well, the interface looks good.

Only two things really missing. Firstly with all that TV stuff and a 500GB HDD...why isn't the box a PVR. Secondly, price point. Other than that it was just about perfect.


Here he is. Look at him.

Look at his stupid face.


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PostRe: Xbox: A New Generation Revealed - live now!
by Herdanos » Tue May 21, 2013 7:44 pm

Fade wrote:what a stupid strawberry floating name


This.

So now we have the Xbox, the original Xbox, and the Xbox One. :fp:

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PostRe: Xbox: A New Generation Revealed
by Harry Bizzle » Tue May 21, 2013 7:44 pm

Doesn't this mean I can get games for less with a Blockbuster membership? Or do you need the disc in to run it?

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PostRe: Xbox: A New Generation Revealed
by Lagamorph » Tue May 21, 2013 7:45 pm

Why do we need 2 threads going for this? :fp:

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PostRe: Xbox: A New Generation Revealed
by Slayerx » Tue May 21, 2013 7:46 pm

Is the video up already to watch as I was out during the conference?


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