Xbox One - General Discussion (NO DISCUSSION REGARDING PS4 - MOD WARNING Post 6903)

Sarz91

Any idea if they'll bundle one for ~€400 without Kinect?

F1ngers

Sarz91 wrote: »

Any idea if they'll bundle one for ~€400 without Kinect?

No.

firestarter51

They wont relaease without the kinect.


http://www.vg247.com/2013/08/14/xbox-one-kinect-does-not-need-to-be-plugged-in/

Varik

Sarz91 wrote: »

Any idea if they'll bundle one for ~€400 without Kinect?

Bundle?

By taking something out

Sarz91

Varik wrote: »

Bundle?

By taking something out

You still get the sticker. In my mind that's a bundle

CatInABox

Sarz91 wrote: »

Any idea if they'll bundle one for ~€400 without Kinect?

No. It seems like they are going to differentiate by utilising the Kinect as a USP. Not entirely surprising considering the amount of money they are pouring into it,but a bit disappointing for anyone hoping they would compete on value.

Xenji

Looks like MS have decided not to live stream their Gamescom event on Wednesday

On Major Nelson Podcast, Spencer said, "Most of the time will be spent with the press getting time with the developers and their games. You should think about this as a room with a lot of hands-on.”

“The nice thing about the way the showcase is shaping up is people at home will have access to it. Streaming is probably not the way to do it because it will be like watching a party that you’re not at,” Spencer said, adding, “So what we’re going to do is, throughout the day, we’re going to take video snippets from the floor and release them on the Xbox Wire.”

http://www.gamepur.com/news/11702-xbox-one-no-live-streaming-microsofts-gamescom-2013-media-briefing.html

miralize

Streaming is probably not the way to do it because it will be like watching a party that you’re not at,

Every streaming presser ever. Microsoft wants to control their message though, curation is probably for the best given their PR disasters recently

Stone Deaf 4evr

miralize wrote: »

Every streaming presser ever. Microsoft wants to control their message though, curation is probably for the best given their PR disasters recently

yup, parcel me up a slick looking package that has all the mmms and ammms of geeks trying to be cool edited out of it and sell me the console already. otherwise you get tv tv tv sports sports sports.

hope they announce a release date this week - sony are announcing their launch plans.

GTR63

miralize wrote: »

Every streaming presser ever. Microsoft wants to control their message though, curation is probably for the best given their PR disasters recently

I think they should copy Nintendo Direct, they are far better than pressers + the bonus of no whooping Americans when something good happens.

jaffusmax

Is it just me or are Microsoft really trying to irk European customers off

'No Xbox Conference at GamesCom 2013 confirms Geoff keighley'

http://www.gamepur.com/news/11757-no-xbox-conference-gamescom-2013-confirms-geoff-keighley.html

calex71

jaffusmax wrote: »

Is it just me or are Microsoft really trying to irk European customers off

'No Xbox Conference at GamesCom 2013 confirms Geoff keighley'

http://www.gamepur.com/news/11757-no-xbox-conference-gamescom-2013-confirms-geoff-keighley.html

Irk people? Guess you haven't seen this http://www.xbox360achievements.org/news/news-15861-Report--Xbox-One-Will-Come-Bundled-With-a--Major-Game--For-Free.html

EU will get a free third party game bundled at launch.

jaffusmax

calex71 wrote: »

Irk people? Guess you haven't seen this http://www.xbox360achievements.org/news/news-15861-Report--Xbox-One-Will-Come-Bundled-With-a--Major-Game--For-Free.html

EU will get a free third party game bundled at launch.

Yeah I did see that but I would be more interested seeing what type of commitment MS are making in Europe and I'm afraid not having a big event just before launch in Europe does not fill me with confidence!

calex71

jaffusmax wrote: »

Yeah I did see that but I would be more interested seeing what type of commitment MS are making in Europe and I'm afraid not having a big event just before launch in Europe does not fill me with confidence!

I think it goes without saying Ireland will get a raw deal regards the TV and other stuff whatever about the UK and rest of EU, I'll be pleasantly surprised if it's otherwise though.

Varik

calex71 wrote: »

I think it goes without saying Ireland will get a raw deal regards the TV and other stuff whatever about the UK and rest of EU, I'll be pleasantly surprised if it's otherwise though.

Compared the the US maybe but I'd say that MS are putting in some effort to get a much as they can out when they're focusing on only a few markets, if they weren't then (ignoring stock issues) they wouldn't have limited the release countries as much.

Richard Dower

fifa 14 free with xbox one http://www.allgamesbeta.com/2013/08/rumor-fifa-14-free-with-every-xbox-one.html

xbox now has 50 games http://news.xbox.com/2013/08/xbox-one-xbox-one-games-list

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhu0MMS7RjY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEn3QIzQcFA

PhlegmyMoses

Richard Dower wrote: »

fifa 14 free with xbox one http://www.allgamesbeta.com/2013/08/rumor-fifa-14-free-with-every-xbox-one.html

Well, that's a pretty big deal.....

Sarz91

Dumb Question but I thought I'd ask it. If I have an Xbox Live pre paid card can I use it on Xbox One?

jaffusmax

Sarz91 wrote: »

Dumb Question but I thought I'd ask it. If I have an Xbox Live pre paid card can I use it on Xbox One?

Yes, even if you top up your 360 Gold the account carries!

Xenji

Fifa confirmed as being free

Harrison: All pre-orders for Xbox One will include a copy of FIFA 14 at no extra cost. Includes all pre-orders to date.

Harrison : CoD: Ghosts will be available as a "premium" Xbox One bundle.

Xenji

Live blog of Microsofts Conference

http://uk.gamespot.com/features/gamescom-2013-microsoft-live-blog-6413175/?tag=Topslot%3bSlot1

Mitch Connor

Was considering Fifa as one of the launch titles to buy - deligted to be getting it for free now. Happy with that.

Dedicated servers for CoD good news too - as is confirmation of self-publishing Indie games.

CatInABox

Got to say, the concerted effort that Microsoft has put in to turn around there terrible PR has been excellent. After the PR nightmare that was the reveal and E3, I honestly thought that there was no one in Microsoft that knew anything about PR.

They're still on the backfoot, but it's no where near as comical as it was.

Xenji

The four main pillars of the new publishing process: first two dev kits provided at no cost; full power of the console and services made available to developers; there are no certification and activation fees; a new discovery system for finding new games that ensures smaller ones don't get buried.

Richard Dower

fable: legends for x1 http://uk.gamespot.com/news/microsoft-announces-fable-legends-for-xbox-one-6413208

http://ie.ign.com/articles/2013/08/20/dont-worry-about-ryse-son-of-rome

cobalt for x1 http://ie.ign.com/articles/2013/08/20/gamescom-mojangs-cobalt-coming-to-xbox-360-xbox-one

Xenji

They did not release a price or release date for the COD Bundle

Microsoft also announced a Call of Duty: Ghosts premium console bundle, including an Xbox One, Kinect and the game, along with bonus game content. DLCs will still be timed exclusives. No release date or pricing was confirmed.

jaffusmax

CONFIRMED

FIFA Bundled with the Xbox One

https://twitter.com/majornelson

Greatest comeback since when losing the first seven frames of the world snooker final Denis Taylor went on to beat Steve Davis. The Crucible, Sheffield, 29 April 1985

pleasant Co.

CatInABox wrote: »

Got to say, the concerted effort that Microsoft has put in to turn around there terrible PR has been excellent. After the PR nightmare that was the reveal and E3, I honestly thought that there was no one in Microsoft that knew anything about PR.

They're still on the backfoot, but it's no where near as comical as it was.

Not the first time you've said this, but i'm not seeing what you are seeing.

Richard Dower

jaffusmax wrote: »

CONFIRMED

FIFA Bundled with the Xbox One

https://twitter.com/majornelson

Greatest comeback since when losing the first seven frames of the world snooker final Denis Taylor went on to beat Steve Davis. The Crucible, Sheffield, 29 April 1985

i saw that match live on bbc2 - as for fifa....its a big deal for the uk and europe. a clever move from microsoft.

i'm more interested in the COD bundle....if fifa comes free....will COD also incl. fifa.....two games and console for 550 would be a very good deal.

Mitch Connor

pleasant Co. wrote: »

Not the first time you've said this, but i'm not seeing what you are seeing.

they have gone from most people complaining about everything, to people complaining about the price and the external power brick.

For a good number of people now the price will be a little less of a factor with Fifa included for free.

Seems obvious they have come a long way in the last month or so.