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

Carnegie

COYVB wrote: »

Consoles never use the latest hardware, it's impossible given the lead times for game development. If you want launch titles you need to use 12-18 month old hardware

but the technology they are using is much older than that

FlyingIrishMan

COYVB wrote: »

Not backwards compatible - confirmed

Was never a selling point for me anyway so no worries there.

Kxiii

COYVB wrote: »

Seems console linked, rather than account linked, but I've not had clarification yet

It would have to be otherwise no one in the house would be able to play any games unless they all signed in with the same profile.

super_furry

So that's why EA dropped their online passes - Microsoft are implementing them at a console level.

COYVB

Carnegie wrote: »

but the technology they are using is much older than that

No it's not

Myrddin

COYVB wrote: »

Ask Nintendo :P

Hard to believe MS would make the system so backward, why not tie content to accounts?

PhlegmyMoses

EnterNow wrote: »

Really?? So in the event of the inevitable console failure a few years down the road...that would be the story?

That's not how they do DLC now so I can't imagine why they'd change it.

COYVB

EnterNow wrote: »

Hard to believe MS would make the system so backward, why not tie content to accounts?

Why not show games at the unveiling of a games console?

super_furry

Interesting looking at the share prices of Sony, Microsoft and Gamestop over the last two hours.

COYVB

Trying to clear up the whole account/console tying thing. Might take a while. Still haven't gotten imagery through yet

NTMK

Carnegie wrote: »

but the technology they are using is much older than that

Its not 7970m is a great GPU
the 8(ish) core cpu is fairly new tech
8gb ram is a good standard

they also have to worry about the Thermal envelope of the console

Captain Chaos

Carnegie wrote: »

but the technology they are using is much older than that

Get the PC version of CoD Ghosts running on a 3 year old mid range PC then at 60fps at 1080p and to be fair with all the graphics on low.

Very hard to do. Consoles are designed for it.

Atomicjuicer

super_furry wrote: »

Interesting looking at the share prices of Sony, Microsoft and Gamestop over the last two hours.

Link?

senordingdong

Only home from work and am trying to catch up with the video from xbox.com.....but for the first ten minutes now it's just a load of spas talking bollocks.

Can anybody tell me at what point they actually reveal the new console?

super_furry

Atomicjuicer wrote: »

Link?

https://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE:SNE

https://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:MSFT

https://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE:GME

Sony shoots up by 9%, sizeable drops for Microsoft and Gamestop.

NTMK

senordingdong wrote: »

Only home from work and am trying to catch up with the video from xbox.com.....but for the first ten minutes now it's just a load of spas talking bollocks.

Can anybody tell me at what point they actually reveal the new console?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUw6z9Mh4sM

Atomicjuicer

senordingdong wrote: »

Only home from work and am trying to catch up with the video from xbox.com.....but for the first ten minutes now it's just a load of spas talking bollocks.

Can anybody tell me at what point they actually reveal the new console?

Some time in the 1980s by the look of it

senordingdong

NTMK wrote: »

vid

Thanks man, don't think I could have sat through much more of that ****e.

cherryghost

Meanwhile Nintendo's shares are up 2%

FlyingIrishMan

cherryghost wrote: »

Meanwhile Nintendo's shares are up 2%

Sony is up 8%

senordingdong

Jaysus, that thing is ghastly in all in anyway.

Arawn

No more picking up games for 5-10 finding a real gem, no more renting a game before you buy to see if you enjoy it. Gamestop prob wont be around by the end of next year

Tipsy McSwagger

cherryghost wrote: »

Meanwhile Nintendo's shares are up 2%

Nolars

Interesting does anybody have the share figures after sonys reveal? would be interesting to compare.

theteal

cherryghost wrote: »

Meanwhile Nintendo's shares are up 2%

was it that bad?

i've not been paying much attention to any of the new consoles up to now, my xbox gets used more for sky and streaming than games these days so I'm in no real hurry to upgrade

COYVB

theteal wrote: »

was it that bad?

It was worse than it sounds

COYVB

Installation is PER ACCOUNT, not console

niallon

It's not backwards compatible? Ah sure I guess I can deal with it, sure I'll just slot it I'm beside my XBOX3........SWEET MOTHER OF GOD! The bloody thing is horrendous! And huge! The physical look of the device is fairly irrelevant I know but the design of the One is that bad that it's actually bothering me. Not good

Apart from that I'm fairly happy, revealed more than Sony while really revealing nothing at the same time. I'll be perfectly happy to pick this one up.

PhlegmyMoses

theteal wrote: »

was it that bad?

i've not been paying much attention to any of the new consoles up to now, my xbox gets used more for sky and streaming than games these days so I'm in no real hurry to upgrade

You'd have loved it so.

Kxiii

COYVB wrote: »

Installation is PER ACCOUNT, not console

Well thats a fUckin stupid idea:mad: