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Xbox One Launch Thread [Thread being archived 1/1/14]

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backflip10019

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sith ewok said:
Watching the livestream on IGN. Sounds like Ryse could be getting better reviews than people thought. They seem pretty positive about the story and combat. Said combat was comparable to Arkham games...
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Yeah, they did seem really positive about it. Even said the executions don't wear on you (which was one of my concerns) and that there's a lot more going on past the first two levels that have been shown.
 
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ParityBit

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Something tells me Friday XBL will be slammed. That's why I picked up Ryse on disk. Something to play while I am downloading the rest of the games I want.
 
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FrankT

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sith ewok said:
He/she is (was) the only person on my ignore list. There's a difference between discussion and drivel.

Watching the livestream on IGN. Sounds like Ryse could be getting better reviews than people thought. They seem pretty positive about the story and combat. Said combat was comparable to Arkham games...
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Nice.

Anyhow great reviews and solid launch lineup I'm ready to go.

With that said this what I would like to see from MS going forward:


1. HDD support
2. Twitter Streaming
3. Continuous flow of good games
4. Unlocking that box. Thinking back to the launch of 360 with games like Kameo to the graphical leap to Halo 4 I expect some great things out of this thing this gen. Ryse is certainly looking incredible and I'm hungry for more.

Been a lot BS leading up to this launch, but MS has really come a long way in a short span. Keep it up.
 
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Phat Michael

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Battlefield doesn't look very good fellas. Nothing like the pc but I guess that is to be expected. Textures aren't great and lots of jagged.

The bumper buttons suck big time!
 
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StoppedInTracks

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xXxDieselxXx said:
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Jesus.
 
Wishmaster92

Wishmaster92

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Phat Michael said:
Battlefield doesn't look very good fellas. Nothing like the pc but I guess that is to be expected. Textures aren't great and lots of jagged.

The bumper buttons suck big time!
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It's that nasty sharpening filter they implemented, the patch should've added some effects like ambient occlusion.
 
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MonkeyKnuckle

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Stinkles said:
The surface has a different texture than the black one. It's more rubbery. Not better or worse but different. We just did a blindfold pepsi challenge and everyone guessed white.
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That's a bit like the limited edition Halo 3 controllers that were released with the smooth casing, they were great controllers.
 
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Lee

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Azula said:
Got off the phone with Amazon (this is about those that ordered Xbox One's this morning). The rep told me that I 100% have a Day One edition. That I will get it 100% on Monday. But that, they also said it's very likely I get it Friday. That the estimated delivery date is wrong, and needs to be changed for some folks that ordered this morning.

So, either way I'm happy with that. Even if I have to wait until thanksgiving to play it (I'm busy with school all week. Only had Friday-Sunday off.
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Nice. I'm glad you finally got some clarity. I had some ass hat manager named Deejay who changed my Monday, Nov. 25th delivery to "standard" hoping that would fix it, only to have an estimated delivery of Nov. 27th - Dec. 3rd. He then claimed he wasn't able to change it back to one day. While on the chat, I opened another window, and changed it myself with no issue. He just said, "Great!"

This has been pretty frustrating. If it doesn't arrive Friday, I think I might try and get my annual prime fee refunded or something.
 
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cool_dude

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InaudibleWhispa said:
You don't have to say Xbox in front of every command, that's just to get it to listen or if you only want to do that one command. Once it's listening, as indicated in the top right corner, you can continue to say commands without saying 'Xbox' until it stops listening as seen in this video.
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OK, thanks for the clarifications and video link. Time to memorize the command list!
 
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DripDropDrippin

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I already regret not preordering the Xbox One the multiple chances I had. My girlfriend would have killed me if I jumped on that Amazon train this morning. I already bought a PS4, three games, and a new HDTV last week. I just need one though. I know I will get it eventually but the sooner the better.
 
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Smokey

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DripDropDrippin said:
I already regret not preordering the Xbox One the multiple chances I had. My girlfriend would have killed me if I jumped on that Amazon train this morning. I already bought a PS4, three games, and a new HDTV last week. I just need one though. I know I will get it eventually but the sooner the better.
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I did the same last week minus the HDTV. fiancé doesn't know about the pre order this morning. But I don't give a fuuuuckkk lol
 
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Iced_Eagle

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Not sure if this was posted, but here's the USB update instructions with the OS download.

http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/system/emergency-offline-update

May be a good idea to download these now and save them in case XBL gets hammered come Friday.

They have two updates. The 9781 is the one the console comes with, and is probably the one to use if you want to bypass the update being downloaded entirely. The second is for when you're on the launch build.

Also, for those of you who aren't familiar with Windows build strings, the final OS build was built at noon on Monday.

I guess I can see why they didn't want anyone on Live before then. They probably still had the beta bits up on Live.
 
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Mononoke

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Triplike said:
Nice. I'm glad you finally got some clarity. I had some ass hat manager named Deejay who changed my Monday, Nov. 25th delivery to "standard" hoping that would fix it, only to have an estimated delivery of Nov. 27th - Dec. 3rd. He then claimed he wasn't able to change it back to one day. While on the chat, I opened another window, and changed it myself with no issue. He just said, "Great!"

This has been pretty frustrating. If it doesn't arrive Friday, I think I might try and get my annual prime fee refunded or something.
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I just got an email from customer service saying this:

Hello,

I've reviewed our previous correspondence with you, and I'm very sorry about the misunderstanding information you received.

Xbox One Console - Day One Edition are not guaranteed to be available at release date. However, we will ship Day One Edition orders on a first-come, first-served basis as soon as we receive inventory.

To make up the inconvenience caused, I've waived the $7.99 shipping charge for your order.

We'll send you an e-mail when your order is shipped with your tracking number.

You can always check the status of your order in Your Account. Here's a direct link to the order details:
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Interesting that they are now claiming it's not guaranteed by the 22nd as advertised. I also don't like the uncertainty of when they will ship it. Starting to wonder if our estimated 25th and 26th dates are even going to happen.

I guess I'm just going to keep checking my bank account. If they charge me by Friday, then I know they are going to ship it. IF they don't, I'm going to hit up all the local stores and hope to get lucky and snag an Xbox One (even if its a standard edition). Can't really lose if I go that route.

And like I said, if they charge me tomorrow or Friday, then I know it's coming. So no need to worry.
 
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Sh0k

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Question, if you buy physical copies of the games instead of going all digital, do the games still need to be installed into the hard drive like the PS4 does to cache their games ?
 
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ekim

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Iced_Eagle said:
They have two updates. The 9781 is the one the console comes with, and is probably the one to use if you want to bypass the update being downloaded entirely. The second is for when you're on the launch build.

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Launch build? What do you mean? Which one should I download?
 
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backflip10019

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Azula said:
I just got an email from customer service saying this:



Interesting that they are now claiming it's not guaranteed by the 22nd as advertised. I also don't like the uncertainty of when they will ship it. Starting to wonder if our estimated 25th and 26th dates are even going to happen.

I guess I'm just going to keep checking my bank account. If they charge me by Friday, then I know they are going to ship it. IF they don't, I'm going to hit up all the local stores and hope to get lucky and snag an Xbox One (even if its a standard edition). Can't really lose if I go that route.

And like I said, if they charge me tomorrow or Friday, then I know it's coming. So no need to worry.
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Weird. I preordered this morning and was already charged for it. Apparently, my order is being prepared for delivery. I'll keep an eye on it now that I know this. Thanks.
 
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Mononoke

Banned
backflip10019 said:
Weird. I preordered this morning and was already charged for it. Apparently, my order is being prepared for delivery. I'll keep an eye on it now that I know this. Thanks.
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You are good to go tbh. It's only those that got a later delivery date than the 22nd. A handful of us got a delivery date of 25th and 26th, and Amazon is being very weird about it. I got my order 5 min after it went up (after it crashed, and was having issues). My theory is that, Amazon might have sold more than they had. That's 100% just a theory.

But it makes no sense why they would have Day One pre-orders sold this morning, that can't hit the Friday release (especially if you chose One Day shipping). But yeah, you are good. If you got charged and its shipping, it's basically what should have happened for us. No need to worry, I'm just posting this for those that are in the same situation (a later shipping date, and Amazon being strange about the situation).
 
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