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

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The Living Tribunal

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LowerLevel

LowerLevel

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Man, why did I watch that Killer Instinct Twitch stream? I think if Best Buy doesn't have my pre-order, I'm burning the store down! After the Surface Pro warranty debacle, they are seriously on my shit list right now...

EDIT: That's good shit, Living T!
 
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EBE

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Dynopia said:
From memory, when you take the big bulky black connected off that wall mount you kinda have two bits of plastic sticking out don't you? That might be a more study place for kinect to sit, you'd probably want to attach it somehow though (maybe rubber bands?)
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yeah. sounds like that might work, actually. could anchor it with some tape or rubber bands on the cable that leads to the system, like you said. i'll certainly give it a shot. willing to bet more than a few people have the same question in mind.
 
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PARANO1A

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I just remembered I get Fifa for being in Australia. That's five games at launch for me with DR3, Forza, KI and Crimson Dragon. Hoo boy!
 
PAULINK

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I microwave steaks.
Poker Face said:
University Village – Seattle, Washington.
Fashion Valley Mall - San Diego, California.
Park Meadows Mall - Lone Tree, Colorado.
Houston Galleria – Houston, Texas
Florida Mall – Orlando, Florida.
Burlington Mall – Burlington, Massachusetts.

Prizes



I'm not sure what time I should go to get in line, I just read that first 50 people get a gift.
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Damn, houston is so far away, and I'd probably get my ass kicked anyways lol. What day is the event?
 
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Iced_Eagle

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ParityBit said:
What's the exercise stuff people have been talking about?
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http://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/games/xbox-fitness

Essentially, it's workout DVD's like P90X that have Kinect integration so it can tell you when you're doing something wrong/right, track calories burned (new Kinect has a very detailed understanding of your muscle usage so it's way more accurate than the previous Kinect in this regard), tells you your heart rate, etc.

It's going to have a free selection of DVD's for free if you're a gold member (for one year) and if you're a silver member you can still buy the content you want.
 
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Rodelero

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Gary Whitta said:
It's funny, considering where we were after the reveals (PS4 - "For the gamers!" vs XB1 - "TV TV TV TV TV") that XB1 is actually looking in better shape games wise right now. It almost certainly has by far the stronger launch lineup, although Sony set that bar way low.
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On the company level though, it remains true as always. The Xbox One has a larger array of exclusive games at launch, but this is partially because a lot of games which were going to be on the 360 were pushed onto the Xbox One. They've cannibalised one console to kickstart another. Again.

Sony, on the other hand, have delivered many solid games this year which aren't on the PlayStation 4. They could have moved games, like Puppeteer, Gran Turismo 6, The Last of Us, God of War: Ascension, and Beyond: Two Souls to the PS4 - they didn't. That's precisely because they are 'for the gamers'. Yeah, Killzone and Resogun isn't the greatest launch ever - but let's not exaggerate the quality of Forza, Ryse, Dead Rising, etc. These are going to be pretty forgettable launch lineups.

Question is what will happen over the next year, two years, three years. Sony have the better hardware, a stronger first party stable of developers, and thus far the indie scene on near lockdown. I don't quite know how anyone expects Microsoft to keep up. 3rd party exclusives are, a short term solution. I expect Titanfall will be huge, but that will make it incredibly expensive to keep any sequels off the PS4. When Titanfall 2 is better on the PS4, what then?

Don't get me wrong, I've got tons out of my 360 and have never regretted buying it even though the last few years have been thin. Microsoft can win me back as soon as they can prove to me that core gaming is a long term thing for them. That, or somehow revitalising Age of Empires. Or 1 vs 100. Or getting Halo back to its best.
 
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ParityBit

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Iced_Eagle said:
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/games/xbox-fitness

Essentially, it's workout DVD's like P90X that have Kinect integration so it can tell you when you're doing something wrong/right, track calories burned (new Kinect has a very detailed understanding of your muscle usage so it's way more accurate than the previous Kinect in this regard), tells you your heart rate, etc.

It's going to have a free selection of DVD's for free if you're a gold member (for one year) and if you're a silver member you can still buy the content you want.
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Wow. Looks really cool!
 
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VRMN

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Rodelero said:
*snip*
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I always think it's a bad idea to buy into a platform for what you think it's going to be in the future. You have to go on what the platform is in the now. I'm sure Sony will have some awesome exclusive titles in the future, even if they have yet to show me anything to make me personally want to throw down the change.

Right now, in 2013, all I have to look at is the launch window lineups. That's where Xbox One looks like the better choice at the moment. If and when Sony has games that I want to play that I can only experience on their box, then I will get one. Until then, I'll be happy with the games that are available on Xbox One.
 
Gorki247

Gorki247

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Gary Whitta said:
You won't, XB1 is the only device that is not getting the Netflix redesign because it's not
compatible with XB1's overall design language.
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What makes you say this? The original Netflix layout on 360 didn't fit either and it's not like they are going to design a different layout just for XB1. Especially now seeing as they seem to be using this new one on all devices (even 360). What's the app like on Windows 8? I'm sure it will be exactly the same as that (including snap mode if it has one).
 
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Miles X

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Rodelero said:
On the company level though, it remains true as always. The Xbox One has a larger array of exclusive games at launch, but this is partially because a lot of games which were going to be on the 360 were pushed onto the Xbox One. They've cannibalised one console to kickstart another. Again.

Cannibalised? Bit much. We all know why they ditched Xbox, it was the right thing to do. It made perfect sense to move Ryse to Xbox one, what was promised on 360 was weak. Other than DR3 what else is there that was moved to One?

Sony, on the other hand, have delivered many solid games this year which aren't on the PlayStation 4. They could have moved games, like Puppeteer, Gran Turismo 6, The Last of Us, God of War: Ascension, and Beyond: Two Souls to the PS4 - they didn't. That's precisely because they are 'for the gamers'. Yeah, Killzone and Resogun isn't the greatest launch ever - but let's not exaggerate the quality of Forza, Ryse, Dead Rising, etc. These are going to be pretty forgettable launch lineups.

So Puppeteer, GT6, Beyond ect are amazing but Forza, DR3, Ryse ect are all forgettable. They'll score the same and be around the same level of quality more than likely. The only big game out of those is TLOU.

Question is what will happen over the next year, two years, three years. Sony have the better hardware, a stronger first party stable of developers, and thus far the indie scene on near lockdown. I don't quite know how anyone expects Microsoft to keep up. 3rd party exclusives are, a short term solution. I expect Titanfall will be huge, but that will make it incredibly expensive to keep any sequels off the PS4. When Titanfall 2 is better on the PS4, what then?

Sony had the better hardware last gen too, as so far I've yet to see a massive gap between the two. You've not been keeping up with their first party initiative? Black Tusk, Victoria, Osaka and Redmond are all working on core games, to compliment that there are several small studios they've started for games like Project Spark.

Several second parties are working on MS IP. Remedy with QB, DH with KI, Frontier with Zoo Tycoon. MS has lots of IP that can be given to second parties.



Don't get me wrong, I've got tons out of my 360 and have never regretted buying it even though the last few years have been thin. Microsoft can win me back as soon as they can prove to me that core gaming is a long term thing for them. That, or somehow revitalising Age of Empires.
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Lots of hyperbole and cherrypicking here.
 
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antiquegamer

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*shrug* I rather have a lot of good games now for my new console than wait a year for games like I did with PS3. By the end of the generation, like now, I rather Microsoft push the new console while the old one can just get by with multiplatform and ports.
 
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VRMN

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Dynopia said:
Lots of hyperbole and cherrypicking here.
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Not to nitpick your corrections, but Crimson Dragon did start on Xbox 360 as well. Dead Rising 3 started as a brief on the Xbox 360, but from my understanding they moved it to Xbox One because they couldn't do what they wanted on the 360 and it was never in development for the old console.
 
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Miles X

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antiquegamer said:
*shrug* I rather have a lot of good games now for my new console than wait a year for games like I did with PS3. By the end of the generation, like now, I rather Microsoft push the new console while the old one can just get by with multiplatform and ports.
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Indeed. MS supported 360 with big exclusives for 8 years, that's crazy and well beyond what I think people should expect.

MS have shown they're serious by opening loads of new studios.
 
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miDnIghtEr20C

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Mmmmm... Have had a few beers, keep getting more and more excited for Friday! My UPS couldn't get here soon enough. Hell, I'm jumping in right now! MMMMMMMM.. Dat resolution feels so fine! I'll let 720 p all over me!
 
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Stephen_drewz

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For some reason I can see myself getting addicted to achievements this gen. Not sure why I have this feeling, it did nothing for me last gen. Mostly being a PC gamer and Steam's horrendous achievement system is probably why, but now I want to play this console as much as I can and that means 100% games!
 
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SegaShack

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No one has answered yet and since it's 20 pages after now, how do we get those slipcases that form the X? Is it a pre-order thing or can I just buy in store?

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Dueck

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Vestal said:
Reposting the TRAIN!!!!! HYPE HYPE HYPE
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Needs more "crow eating fries" ;)

Back to the Xbox One games though, I'm having a real dilemma between ACIV, Forza, and NFSR. I'm committed to Ryse, DR3, and Ghosts (as well as KI and CD downloads), but that last game has me stuck! I'm not really into racing sims like I once was, but I'm a sucker for exclusives...
 
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