[XB1] Official Xbox One Thread

[Nucking Futs]

 

[Primetime]

Turtle Beach has confirmed that the current-gen headsets will work with Xbox One. They will be releasing an adapter that is compatible with XB1's new audio technology.

 

[Primetime]

MOAR cloud abilities.

For a tangible, non-game example, we were shown some NASA data, rendering our galaxy. The Xbox One console can generate, locally, 40,000 asteroid positions. With the cloud enabled, the extra computing performed over the internet can generate 330,000 asteroids on your screen. Not the most thrilling example, I grant you, but the number crunching gives you an idea of the extra processing power.

 

[Twigg4075]

MOAR cloud abilities.

Yeah, but the PS3 was helping to cure cancer...:shifty:

 

[Primetime]

The more I read about the cloud, the more amazing it sounds. As amazing as dedicated servers are, it is so much more than that.

They've said nothing with the cloud will change with their u-turn last week...let's hope that holds true.

 

[Twigg4075]

The cloud has been, currently is and will be the future of basically all electronics. As long as MS utilizes it like they are promising to do it will be pretty awesome.

 

[Golden Taters]

Yeah, but the PS3 was helping to cure cancer...:shifty:

Don't forget about those 4D GRAPHICS

 

[Primetime]

The main cloud data center will be in Des Moines, Iowa and will cost 700 million. M$.

 

[jms493]

"Well if people want free headsets, we have a console for that.. it's called the 360"

 

[Primetime]

MS has been touting how great the kinect is at recognizing voice vs tv/game sounds. We'll see how it works out. It'd be great if there was no need for a headset at all.

 

[Swarley]

MS has been touting how great the kinect is at recognizing voice vs tv/game sounds. We'll see how it works out. It'd be great if there was no need for a headset at all.

The problem I see is the other person's voice coming through the speakers. I absolutely hate it when both game and voice sounds are coming through my speakers at the same time. It just drowns out the game sound.

Whenever I eventually pick this thing up, I wont be using Kinect for in-game chat.

 

[Primetime]

The problem I see is the other person's voice coming through the speakers. I absolutely hate it when both game and voice sounds are coming through my speakers at the same time. It just drowns out the game sound.

Whenever I eventually pick this thing up, I wont be using Kinect for in-game chat.

I have the game sounds play through my turtle beach headset. I can't imagine it'll be much different, if any at all.

 

[Swarley]

I have the game sounds play through my turtle beach headset. I can't imagine it'll be much different, if any at all.

It's very different. In the headsets (Astro, Turtle Beach, Tritton, etc.) the game and voice sounds don't come through the same way, so the voice doesn't drown the game sounds. But when you aren't wearing a headset and you'r playing a MP game, whenever someone speaks it completely drowns out the game sounds.

 

[jms493]

I can barely hear you marble mouth kids through the headset with the speakers turned down...no way I can hear you through the speakers combined with game sound.

 

[Primetime]

I can barely hear you marble mouth kids through the headset with the speakers turned down...no way I can here you through the speakers combined with game sound.

 

[Twigg4075]

MS has been touting how great the kinect is at recognizing voice vs tv/game sounds. We'll see how it works out. It'd be great if there was no need for a headset at all.

They also said you could scan a fucking skatebaord into your game like five years ago. And also said that you could use your gamerscore to buy stuff from the Marketplace before the 360 launched.

Bull...shit.

Zero chance you will be able to have any decent in-game chat using the Kinect 2.0. ZERO.

 

[killgod]

They also said you could scan a fucking skatebaord into your game like five years ago. And also said that you could use your gamerscore to buy stuff from the Marketplace before the 360 launched.

Bull...shit.

Zero chance you will be able to have any decent in-game chat using the Kinect 2.0. ZERO.

Gonna be poop.

Can you imagine being on a 32 player side in say, BF4, where all 32 are using their kinect as the headset? All that background noise? Dogs barking, mom's yelling, wives bitching, babies crying, shitty ass music.....kinect going to avoid picking up all of that stuff?

 

[Handleit_44]

Opinion: Why I'm Still Not Sold On Xbox One

After enduring no end of criticism during E3 for its always-online and used-game restrictions, Microsoft reversed course last week, adopting the offline-friendly policies Sony has planned for the PlayStation 4. While Microsoft's change of heart eliminates a key advantage of its rival, the Xbox One and PS4 are still very different consoles, and right now I'm still not convinced I need to buy the former. Here's why.

Extra Cash For What?
The Xbox One's $499 price tag didn't seem unreasonable when Microsoft first announced it, but when Sony revealed that the PS4 would cost $399 just a few hours later, it raised some valid concerns amongst gamers. Despite Don Mattrick's declaration that the Xbox One will provide "thousands of dollars of value" to gamers, the company hasn't given any indication of where that value will supposedly come from. Simply saying something doesn't make it true, and the unique Xbox One features that Microsoft has shared thus far haven't convinced me to shell out the extra cash.

Better With Kinect?
Most speculation points to the upgraded Kinect camera as being the cause of Xbox One's more expensive price tag, but support for the peripheral was virtually nonexistent at the show; the most impressive use of the camera we saw was Harmonix's Fantasia, which works just fine with the 360's Kinect. I'm not particularly thrilled about having to set up a mandatory camera in my living room just to play games, and the fact that I have to pay an extra hundred dollars for the privilege isn't sweetening the deal. Developers failed to come up with an engaging use for Kinect in core games this generation, and so far Microsoft hasn't shown any games to convince me that the next-gen Kinect experience will be any different.

Head In The Cloud
Microsoft has been championing cloud computing as a game changer for Xbox One, and recently invested $700 million in its Iowa-based server farm. That certainly sounds impressive, but Microsoft still hasn't explained how "the cloud" is going to make my gaming experiences better. Respawn's summary of how Titanfall is using Microsoft's Azure cloud boiled down to dedicated servers. I fully agree that dedicated servers are better than player-hosted servers, but it isn't exactly a next-gen game changer. Other proposed uses of the cloud, like Forza's "Drivatar" have yet to be demonstrated. Now that Xbox One can be used as an offline console, I wonder how Microsoft's cloud computing will be affected. Will developers be less likely to rely on cloud processing knowing offline gamers won't have access to it?

The All-In-One Xbox
Microsoft's unveiling of Xbox One was criticized for focusing too much on television, sports, and other nongaming entertainment. The company's strong title line-up at E3 proved the company is serious about gaming, but the fact remains that many of the console's features are geared towards a nongaming audience. Microsoft has dedicated 3GB of Xbox One's 8GB RAM to its nongaming functionalities. As someone who has no interest in watching television on my gaming console or pulling up Bing to search for information when I'm stuck in a game, these features are an unnecessary yet mandatory drain on the system's resources.

Still Undecided
Microsoft has done a good job shoring up impressive exclusives like Titanfall and Dead Rising 3 for Xbox One, which make me eager to hear more about the console. Likewise, the company showed off some promising uses of SmartGlass at E3, which add real gaming value to titles like Dead Rising 3 and The Division. However, Microsoft still hasn't provided similarly convincing examples of some of Xbox One's core features, and hasn't justified why consumers should pay an extra $100 more than the PS4. While some audiences may already be sold on things like Kinect and support for television programming, I'll remain on the sidelines until Microsoft shows me some real-world examples of why its vision of the future of gaming is the right one.

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[Twigg4075]

One of my main issues for the people like Primetime that are all but convinced Kinect 2 is the future of gaming, dis you already forget the generation we're still current a part of? M$ threw a ton of money in marketing behind Kinect and put it out in the wild and juts hoped third parties would support it because they sure as hell didn't. What games did we get that actually work with the thing? Dancing games, exercise "games" and more dancing games. This was MS's baby and they couldn't be bothered to release a fucking game for the thing that anyone gave a shit about. Oh, but hey, they did put all those completely bullshit "Better with Kinect" banners on games so that makes up for it, right?

 

[Primetime]

When did I say I was convinced that Kinect 2 was the future of gaming? I don't think I've even complimented the damn thing lol