Xbox One

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Christian Lowe said:
This list gets worse and worse every month. Seems like they just put out a decent list for the Christmas console sales, and are going to put out 5 arcade games a month to say they didn't lie about it.
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Witcher 2 and Counterstrike are legit. But yeah, it's looking like one major title a month along with arcade and smaller titles. Better than nothing still.
 
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#1,382
Has anyone else had problems connecting their Xbox One to a 5ghz wireless network? I can connect to my 2.4ghz network fine, but it won't connect to my 5ghz no matter what I try.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
Yeah I don't think that's it. I was still able to connect to my 2.4ghz wireless.
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I've been able to connect just fine, it's just that half the apps and games aren't working unless you play them offline, and the store won't open for some people. It's 1 AM and still isn't working right. Pain in the ass!
 
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Huge grain of salt but it seems like MS is more interested in keeping the XB1 more like a PC and less like a console by allowing it to be "upgraded." Sounds great for backwards compatibility but not sure how the average Joe gamer will take to it (or even understand it).

When you look at the console space, I believe we will see more hardware innovation in the console space than we've ever seen. You'll actually see us come out with new hardware capability during a generation allowing the same games to run backward and forward compatible because we have a Universal Windows Application running on top of the Universal Windows Platform that allows us to focus more and more on hardware innovation without invalidating the games that run on that platform.
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This makes it sound like different boxes at different specs. All games will run on any configuration and the game will run better or worse depending on what version system you own.

Certainly more clarification needs to be made. The question is, would current boxes be upgradable (unlikely) or are you buying a new upgraded box (and if so, what's makes this any different from what we do now)? I do not want to see a Steam box style idea in the console space.
 
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Brave Volunteer said:
Huge grain of salt but it seems like MS is more interested in keeping the XB1 more like a PC and less like a console by allowing it to be "upgraded." Sounds great for backwards compatibility but not sure how the average Joe gamer will take to it (or even understand it).



This makes it sound like different boxes at different specs. All games will run on any configuration and the game will run better or worse depending on what version system you own.

Certainly more clarification needs to be made. The question is, would current boxes be upgradable (unlikely) or are you buying a new upgraded box (and if so, what's makes this any different from what we do now)? I do not want to see a Steam box style idea in the console space.
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I talked about something like this earlier. I like the idea of Steambox and think the Xbox PC hybrid could be great if handled correctly. Going up against Steam is impossible for the Windows game store though. They'd have to offer Steam on this new Xbox if they want any PC people.

The Xbox brought us internal hard drives and Ethernet ports on consoles and revolutionized online console gaming, so it's always sort of been the PCish one when compared to Nintendo and PS consoles. It was even named after DirectX. I think it could be a good idea to reembrace the PC side of things.
 
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If they manage to streamline the upgrading, updating, and patching process and make the OS work like it does on the Xbox One and not like a PC OS, then I would be behind this. I've always wanted to get into PC gaming again, but I've always hated to hassle when compared to ease of access with my Xbox and Ps4.
 
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Who knows what will happen but I like that Microsoft is trying to change things. I would have been happy to always be connected like they originally wanted back a few years ago.
 
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I don't think it will happen with Xbox One but I totally see MS releasing the next version of Xbox as more of an open architecture Windows 10-based "steam box" type of device that can be upgraded.

Then again, they could be looking at going the cell phone route where they release a new model every 2 years or so.

The real question I have is, does console gaming really need this? Why all of a sudden are companies exploring this idea? One of the reasons why I love console gaming so much is that a game that I buy in year 5 on a console runs just as well as a game I bought for it in year 1. Plus, The problem with consoles is the game development cycle. How long does it take for the average dev studio to put out a 'AA' game (as opposed to a AAA game)? 2 years? 3 years? If we then have hardware that is being upgraded every 2 years, how will this affect the game development cycle?

It could be argued that PC hardware upgrades every year or so, and that games are still constantly being made for the platform. The problem however, is that the majority of PC gamers don't have the latest cutting edge high-end PC's. Most PC gamers sit in the middle band of PC hardware.

It's great saying that games will be forward and backward compatible, but you will reach a point where a game is developed for a higher spec'd iteration of the hardware, and then inevitably runs terribly on the lower spec'd iteration of the hardware. This is the one constant problem I have with gaming on my PC, and it's a problem I don't want to start having on my console.
 
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So I'll be purchasing either a ps4 or Xbox one soon. Just trying to gather thoughts on which one to go with. I've never owned a ps before and have always been a Xbox guy, just not feeling it this time around. Plus everyone I know has a ps so online gaming would be better for me with a ps. Thoughts?
 
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volfan_89 said:
So I'll be purchasing either a ps4 or Xbox one soon. Just trying to gather thoughts on which one to go with. I've never owned a ps before and have always been a Xbox guy, just not feeling it this time around. Plus everyone I know has a ps so online gaming would be better for me with a ps. Thoughts?
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Aside from getting used to the controller, I don't see much difference aside from the exclusive games. If you play mostly online games, go with what your friends have. You'll need to purchase a PS yearly subscription though. About $50.
 
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G0 BIG 0RANGE said:
Aside from getting used to the controller, I don't see much difference aside from the exclusive games. If you play mostly online games, go with what your friends have. You'll need to purchase a PS yearly subscription though. About $50.
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I know. It used to be free from what I've been told. So I'm kinda bummed about that. If there's ever another mass effect title released I'll have to pony up and buy an Xbox one so I'll probably end up with both anyways.
 
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Speaking of controllers is the xbox ones smaller? I've played around with it some and I swear it seems slightly smaller.
 
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volfan_89 said:
Speaking of controllers is the xbox ones smaller? I've played around with it some and I swear it seems slightly smaller.
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It's not as wide, but only by a small bit, I'm pretty sure. I don't use mine though. I use my Xbox One controller with my PS4. They're definitely the best controllers each company has made though, I believe.
 
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volfan_89 said:
I know. It used to be free from what I've been told. So I'm kinda bummed about that. If there's ever another mass effect title released I'll have to pony up and buy an Xbox one so I'll probably end up with both anyways.
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It's worth $50 for the games you get each month and the PSN hasn't been knocked out for a month like it had been in the past. Probably due to the extra security they can provide from the subscription. Mass Effect Andromeda is on both systems, but I imagine they'll likely give away backwards compatible versions of ME 1-3, considering they've done that with recent sequels to 360 games (Dark Souls, Fallout 3, Gears of War, DOOM, etc.).
 
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volfan_89 said:
So I'll be purchasing either a ps4 or Xbox one soon. Just trying to gather thoughts on which one to go with. I've never owned a ps before and have always been a Xbox guy, just not feeling it this time around. Plus everyone I know has a ps so online gaming would be better for me with a ps. Thoughts?
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One thing you might want to consider is backwards compatibility. Do you still have a bunch of 360 games? If so then you might consider the Xbox One since they have BC with a lot of the big 360 titles.
 
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Brave Volunteer said:
One thing you might want to consider is backwards compatibility. Do you still have a bunch of 360 games? If so then you might consider the Xbox One since they have BC with a lot of the big 360 titles.
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I do. But I still have my 360 to play them on or I would get the Xbox one.
 
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