[XB1] Official Xbox One Thread

[Garrett67]

http://news.yahoo.com/xbox-one-seen-selling-399-playstation-4-possibly-152001022.html

There are still several big questions surrounding the next-generation video game consoles from Microsoft and Sony, and pricing is somewhere near the top of the list. According to Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter, however, the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 will be priced in line with expectations. The analyst on Monday issued a note ahead of E3 that looks to pinpoint pricing for these next-gen consoles. Patcher believes the Xbox One has a bill of materials (BOM) totaling $325 and the console will launch at $399. Sony’s PlayStation 4 has a BOM of about $275 according to the analyst, and it will cost $349 when it launches ahead of the holidays this year.
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While the Xbox One is expected to be $50 more expensive than Sony’s PlayStation 4, the analyst expects a subsidized option from Microsoft that would drop the up-front cost of the console when users sign up for a monthly subscription plan.
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“We believe the ability to watch live TV from a cable, telco, or satellite set-top box through Xbox One could entice an MSO to drive subscriptions through a subsidised box in exchange for a multi-year contract,” Pachter wrote in the note, which was picked up by Gamesindustry International. “The ‘always connected’ requirement for the Xbox One likely means that a broadband connection will be required, suggesting to us that ISPs may have an incentive to offer a subsidy as well.”
He continued, “In addition, Microsoft could conceivably subsidise the Xbox One through prepaid Xbox Live Gold subscriptions (as it has done on a limited basis in the past) or premium Skype functionality as well. Similarly, Sony could subsidise the PS4 through prepaid PlayStation Network subscriptions, but unlike Microsoft, it does not have a history of doing so.”
Microsoft and Sony will both announce additional details for their respective consoles during the E3 conference next week, and both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 will launch ahead of the holidays this year.

This article was originally published on BGR.com

 

[Garrett67]

[h=1]Video: Stunning trailer shows off Xbox One, PlayStation 4 capabilities[/h]
http://bgr.com/2013/06/04/xbox-one-playstation-4-trailer-video/

 

[jms493]

fucking tech demos....ahhh

 

[Handleit_44]

Microsoft CEO Takes Xbox One to Hollywood

Honing in on Xbox One's marketability as a one-stop-shop entertainment system, Microsoft has taken its new console to Hollywood, where Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was escorted by his entertainment studios president, Nancy Tellam, on a visit late last week to lobby CBS, WME, and other companies in the TV business.

Deadline reports that these meetings are all part of Microsoft's effort to drum up exclusive content for Xbox One's sports, music, reality and scripted programming. Additionally, said one insider, it's "to reiterate Microsoft's commitment to transitioning its business to devices and services and to explaining that Hollywood entertainment is a big part of that. Microsoft in the past has just dipped a toe but now has a real commitment."

Tellam has been assisting with these negotiations in hopes of merging "the storytelling magic of TV with the interactive power of the Xbox One." Tellam, whose background is in Hollywood, arranged meetings with CBS chief Les Moonves, Sony TV boss Steve Mosko, and WME co-CEOS Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell to discuss the possibilities of creating new programming for Xbox One. Of course, the big TV project on everyone's minds is Steven Spielberg's live-action Halo series, which is likely a centerpiece topic at these meetings as well.

Time will tell if Ballmer's Hollywood tour was worth the effort. Deadline says Hollywood's major problem with Microsoft is that the company "moves slowly," and company watchers have already had mixed reactions to Xbox One (as have many hardcore gamers).

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/06...+twitter&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social






TV TV TV TV TV TV TV TV

 

[SethMode]

The focus on the TV shit isn't bad right now, IMO. The one message they have all seem to be consistent about is that E3 will be the gaming reveal. So whatever. They just really better actually floor people at E3...and I don't know if anyone alive aside from Major Nelson is confident that they can do that. So the TV shit might be crap in 2 weeks, when we're looking at an announcement of 2 Halo games and a new Kameo or something, but for now, this shit can't hurt.

 

[calgaryballer]

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20...-sacrifice-their-rights-to-save-industy.shtml

 

[SethMode]

Man...that writer is slinging around some serious righteous indignation for a dude who's entire argument is just swiped from a faceless forum poster.

Also, man, that title? One, it's terrible. Two, it's not even proven to be true yet, so it's just needless incendiary (its "proof" link, also from TechDirt, is a title saying we have more questions than answers). Gotta love the internet: where you can have a job that is making conjecture-filled arguments whose research evidence is the conjecture-filled arguments of other internet people.

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

:rofl:

 

[jms493]

5 moar dayz!!!!!!!!!!

:dance5:

 

[Handleit_44]

RUMOR: MS having eSRAM yield problems with Xbox One manufacturing http://t.co/IUDXXOfT8e

 

[PP]

RUMOR: MS having eSRAM yield problems with Xbox One manufacturing http://t.co/IUDXXOfT8e

I also just read bc of heat issues they have to underclock it 100-200mghz

 

[Handleit_44]

Microsoft Cancels E3 Post-Press Conference Roundtable with Media

Microsoft’s work with the press over the past few weeks has been less than stellar. Instead of delivering a single, cohesive message on the features that the Xbox One will supply players with when it launches this fall, we heard a litany of answers that seemed to paint dozens of different pictures for the future of gaming. For all we know, used games might only work if that always-on Kinect camera watches you do the Macarena right before inserting the disc. It’s obvious that Microsoft needs to work on its press presence, but it looks as if the company is cutting one of those opportunities right out of E3.

After the E3 press conferences take place, most console manufacturers carve out some time for the media. This portion of the show is known as a roundtable, where the press have an opportunity to get any and all questions that weren’t addressed during the event answered. However, it sounds like instead of dealing with all the tough questions head on, Microsoft will be skipping out on this type of conversation completely.

“Microsoft has cancelled its E3 post-press conference roundtable with the media,” said Sun Media reporter Steve Tilley. “Not sure what to make of that.”

If it’s true, we’re not too sure what to make of it, either. It’s possible that the Xbox maker just wants to avoid any more confusion, but you’d think that the best way to do that would be to come out with hard facts about the Xbox One. Hopefully, the press conference itself will be enough for everyone heading out to LA next week.

http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/...-post-press-conference-roundtable-with-media/

 

[jms493]

Microsoft Cancels E3 Post-Press Conference Roundtable with Media






http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/...-post-press-conference-roundtable-with-media/

that would mean to me that alot of shit is just not finalized yet...when is the impending console launch delay coming...olaklen:

 

[Swarley]

that would mean to me that alot of shit is just not finalized yet...when is the impending console launch delay coming...olaklen:

Either way I don't think that's coming. They'll launch that shit whether it's ready or not.

 

[Handleit_44]

Either way I don't think that's coming. They'll launch that shit whether it's ready or not.

Just like they did with the 360. :tiptoe:

 

[dope]

 

[jms493]

i rreally wish I could see all those PS3 exclusives...especially the bottom. I can hardly make any of them out.

 

[killgod]

I feel sorry for anyone who still buys the juan.

 

[Swarley]

It would be better if that graphic had all of the crappy Kinect and Move titles taken out.

 

[Houston]

i rreally wish I could see all those PS3 exclusives...especially the bottom.

Same here, quality over quantity.