[XB1] Official Xbox One Thread

[Atlas]

Xbox One System Update

I wanted to let you know that later today a required Xbox One system update will become available. This update works a little bit differently than what fans are used to on Xbox 360. Here’s what you can expect:




A. If you are using the Xbox One “Instant On” (the low power state that allows you to instantly power up your console by saying “Xbox On”), your console automatically checks for updates when it you turn it off. Once we make the update available (on Tuesday, December 10th, 5:00 PM PT) this means the following will happen:


Your console will automatically download the update after you turn it off. Once the update has been downloaded in the background, your console will power completely down. Please note: You will need to manually power your console back on after the update has been downloaded. Because the update will power your console completely down, the “Xbox On” voice command won’t be available until after the update is fully installed.
When you turn the console on you’ll see the update being applied. After that, your Xbox One will reboot. You’ll know the update is installing when you see the Xbox logo on the green background (like at the top of this post.) This can take anywhere from 2-5 minutes. Once the update has finished installing, you’ll boot to the Home screen and you’re all set.
Don’t worry, if you are out of town for the holidays, you console also does regular checks for updates and will download it in the background even if you have not used you Xbox One in a couple of days.
B. If you are not using the Xbox One “Instant On” feature, you will be required to download and apply this update after Thursday, December 12th at 4:00 PM PT.


This update addresses the following:


Addresses SmartGlass issues for some users when coming in and out of connected standby
Addresses multiplayer issues for some users when re-joining games
Addresses issues with inconsistent notifications for some users
Addresses dashboard performance for some users
Offers improvements for Xbox One’s TV, system update, and content update services for scaling over time
Updated wireless networking driver to improve connectivity issues for some users
We’ve got quite a few updates planned for the next year based on the community feedback we’ve been seeing, and I’ll have details on those in the future.


Thanks and I’ll see you online.


System Update, Xbox One By Larry Hryb, Xbox LIVE's Major Nelson


permalink: http://majornelson.com/2013/12/10/xbox-one-system-update/

 

[jms493]

in Before Handle posts

Since its launch 18 days ago, Xbox One is proving to be the must-have gift this holiday season with more than 2 million consoles sold through to consumers worldwide, averaging over 111,111 units sold per day – a record-setting pace for Xbox. Millions of fans around the world who have purchased Xbox One have shown incredible engagement with the all-in-one games and entertainment system, spending over 83 million hours in games, TV, and apps on Xbox One since the system launched on Nov. 22.

“We continue to be humbled and overwhelmed by the positive response from our fans. We are thrilled to see sales of Xbox One on a record-setting pace, with over 2 million Xbox One consoles in homes around the world. Demand is exceeding supply in our 13 launch markets and Xbox One is sold out at most retailers. We’re also particularly excited to see consumers engaging in a wide range of games and entertainment experiences on the platform, with more than 1 million paid transactions* on Xbox Live to date,” said Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president of strategy and marketing, Xbox.

Xbox One is also proving to be the most popular online multiplayer community for gamers with over 39 million Xbox One achievements unlocked and 595 million total Gamerscore achieved.

“Demand for next generation gaming continues to be very strong,” said John Love, director of video games at Amazon. “At peak demand, customers were ordering the Xbox One console at over 1000 units per minute on Amazon.com.”

“The Xbox One entertainment system is one of our hottest selling products this holiday season,” said Bob Puzon, senior vice president of Merchandising at GameStop. “GameStop is experiencing high demand from our customers for this innovative console and we are working closely with Microsoft to receive more units to fulfill our customers’ holiday shopping lists.”

“Xbox One is one of the hottest Christmas gifts this holiday season and was a top seller this Black Friday,” said Chris Nagelson, vice president of entertainment for Walmart U.S. “We are refreshing our inventory as fast as we can to ensure customers can give and receive the new console for Christmas.”

The Xbox team is continuing to work hard to meet consumer demand, delivering consoles to retailers as fast as possible this holiday season. To help people find Xbox One, Major Nelson recently shared some tips for consumers this holiday season.

 

[Handleit_44]

Both consoles selling well? Good news for everyone!

 

[MrBill]

2M for Sony and MS? Gamers win :yep:

 

[christguz]

Anyone looking to play battlefield, deadrising, or ghosts?

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[jms493]

He doesnt have to say "XBOX" when Kinect is in listening mode...how does he not know that? Or am I wrong?

How fast can you enter 50 Voice Commands with Kinect.

 

[Primetime]

He doesnt have to say "XBOX" when Kinect is in listening mode...how does he not know that? Or am I wrong?

How fast can you enter 50 Voice Commands with Kinect.

Some things still need xbox in front of it. Anything in green on the screen does not need the command.

 

[JimLeavy59]

 

[Twigg4075]

Ok lets end this...I am done posting about MTs. They are in this game and a lot a bunch others (NBA, FIFA, GT6, NFS, ect, ect). If you dont like them then go play NES games.

Listening to the end of the CAGcast from I guess it's two weeks ago now, reminded me of this comment. During their write in segement there were THREE separate questions regarding microtransactions and FTP models in XBone games. Not qyestions about PC, PS4 or WiiU games, or even third party games for that matter, specificially MS games. That would indicate to me it appears to be a lot more prevalent on that platform. Are they in other games? Sure. But they're apparently prevelant in MS first party and some third party games. I can't vouch for NBA 2K but I hear they're bad in that game as well. I couldn't care less about FIFA but that's EA so that doesn't surprise me. Although EA usually has what I would consider acceptable ones with Ultimate Team stuff and what I consider cheat codes. If you want to pay $10 to unlock stuff that would take you hours upon hours, like courses in Tiger Woods, so be it. I don't think that's the same as nerfing an entire game economy. GT6? I'd have to see an example because I don't have it, nor have I seen any outcry about it. The only things I've seen have said it's like the Tiger Woods model where if you want to save your time you can just spend money for a short cut. As far as I know they didn't completely nerf the GT6 economy. I think paying for basically what amount to cheat codes is lame as fuck, but if you're like Dave and would rather spend your hard earned cash on new clubs in TW, so be it. It doesn't affect my game one iota. Nerfed economies do. I have NFS and never noticed a single MT or anything remotely consistent with a FTP model. But I've only played a few hours of the game so maybe it hasn't popped up yet.
I haven't seen any of this crap in first party Sony games like Killzone, Resogun, Knack (from video, I don't own the game), etc. And people wonder why I prefer Sony and PlayStation.
Hell, even everyone's favorite angry internet guy Francis specifically calls out M$ regarding this practice:

Like Cheapy D said, M$ is whale hunting with these models. It's digusting. Like Francis said (and it's interesting because this is actually the first one of his videos where I haven't seen him scream), "it makes me feel like shit".

At least with Killer Instinct the game was free, so that model made sense. But when you pay full retail price it's just gross and ridiculous.

I'm done ranting about this and I would like to add that I'm super glad that at least with Forza they relaized that no one wanted this shit and weren't going to be duped so they seem to have reversed their policies. I hope they do the same with Ryse nad whatever other games they have and discontinue this crap going forward.

It's not like I need much convincing to buy this console. I like to buy everything gaming related. Hell, I received a $30 coupon code from Best Buy for no good reason and I have another $30 or so in RZ coupons, which would be a nice savings if I wanted one. And the two BB stores closest to me always seem to have these in stock. But it's shit like this that makes me think I should stick with my original thoughts and opinions on M$ and never buy this thing because it doesn't look like they're ever going to change.

 

[jms493]

lol...like I'm going to read that wall of text.

I support Microtransactions!

 

[ThomasTomasz]

I hate microtransactions as well, but there's two things to consider here. The first, they are here to stay as they a proven model. But, you personally still have the choice as a gamer whether to use them or not. For me, if I am already dropping $60 on a game, I will not be using microtransactions.

Second, they can be used to alter who is playing a game, specifically MMOs. The Old Republic was really down subscriptions a year into the game, and decided that they could do a Free-to-Play option that included micro transactions. As it turns out, it's worked for them and in an eight month period, they've released two big content releases- a new five level planet and a new gameplay mode.

Again, I hate them, as do many "hardcore" gamers, and I use that term loosely because it pretty much covers everyone here who posts at VSN. However, they do have value for some games, and they are certainly here to stay. It doesn't make much sense complaining about it.

 

[Twigg4075]

I hate microtransactions as well, but there's two things to consider here. The first, they are here to stay as they a proven model. But, you personally still have the choice as a gamer whether to use them or not. For me, if I am already dropping $60 on a game, I will not be using microtransactions.

Second, they can be used to alter the way a game is played, specifically MMOs. The Old Republic was really down subscriptions a year into the game, and decided that they could do a Free-to-Play option that included micro transactions. As it turns out, it's worked for them and in an eight month period, they've released two big content releases- a new five level planet and a new gameplay mode.

Again, I hate them, as do many "hardcore" gamers, and I use that term loosely because it pretty much covers everyone here who posts at VSN. However, they do have value for some games, and they are certainly here to stay. It doesn't make much sense complaining about it.

I 100% agree that they make sense in FREE games, but not full priced $60 games. That's what makes me furious. M$ specifically is trying to use a model that has only been used by FTP up wo this point but they are incorporating them into full priced games. And they're doing nefarious things like blatantly throwing the shit in your face at every opportunity or purposely nerfing a game's economy to hopefully force you to spend more money. I still remember Forza Horizon ( a game that I throughly enjoyed btw) being brought down a peg or two because at every opportunity there was a load screen or a prompt asking me to spend actual money or M$ points to buy token to unlock more cars. Fuck you.

I also don't have an issue when games want to basically include cheat codes for a price. I, like you, would never buy them, but in every game I've seen them in they didn't alter the game if you chose not to. If you still wanted to play the game "as intended" so to speak, you could still get 100% out of it without having to be wallet raped. Dead Space 3 comes to mind. When that game came out all I heard about were the disgusting microtransactions. Well, after playing it the only time I saw them was in regards to the little salvage bot that you could send out and it only prompted a purchase in that wepon bench crafting menu. And I think it only prompted you once if I'm not mistaken. And I had no problem with that because I had no interest in that and played the game normally and earned more than enough salvage myself.

 

[PP]

I hate microtransactions as well, but there's two things to consider here. The first, they are here to stay as they a proven model. But, you personally still have the choice as a gamer whether to use them or not. For me, if I am already dropping $60 on a game, I will not be using microtransactions.

Second, they can be used to alter who is playing a game, specifically MMOs. The Old Republic was really down subscriptions a year into the game, and decided that they could do a Free-to-Play option that included micro transactions. As it turns out, it's worked for them and in an eight month period, they've released two big content releases- a new five level planet and a new gameplay mode.

Again, I hate them, as do many "hardcore" gamers, and I use that term loosely because it pretty much covers everyone here who posts at VSN. However, they do have value for some games, and they are certainly here to stay. It doesn't make much sense complaining about it.

I disagree. If nobody ever voices their opinion the game companies would just do whatever they want. Consumers who buy the products should complain and discuss. It helps the damn companies when consumers speak up.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

I disagree. If nobody ever voices their opinion the game companies would just do whatever they want. Consumers who buy the products should complain and discuss. It helps the damn companies when consumers speak up.

Except when the people complaining are clearly the minority. I get what you are saying, but if it wasn't a successful model, the companies would not include these in games.

 

[Primetime]

I don't get the MT beef. Not like the $60 games are behind a pay wall. It's just there for people with no patience that want the best stuff without accomplishing it. You never have to use it in retail games. Just ignore it and move on. A large percentage of the gaming population uses the MT. They're not going anywhere.

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[Twigg4075]

I also have an XBone question. As far as running your tv through the console, does it only work with cable or can you use a DirecTv receiver as well?

 

[StoneCold X]

I also have an XBone question. As far as running your tv through the console, does it only work with cable or can you use a DirecTv receiver as well?

I don't see why you couldn't use DirecTV as long as your receiver has HDMI out, which I am assuming it does

 

[PepperNY]

I also have an XBone question. As far as running your tv through the console, does it only work with cable or can you use a DirecTv receiver as well?

I have DirecTV and it works fine for me

 

[Twigg4075]

Cool, thanks.

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[Hitman]

Xbone support HDCP passthrough? May have some issues if you have Dish.