Xbox One General Discussion - Part 2 (Please Read 1st Post)

TitianGerm

For anyone who has ordered Scorpio with Amazon I've just had a £20 credit applied to my order.

Amazon are running a £20 off with orders over £150 using the code VG20OFF150. I contacted support and they added the discount straight away. Scorpio will now be €475 at today's exchange rate.

eamo22

emmetkenny wrote: »

For anyone who has ordered Scorpio with Amazon I've just had a £20 credit applied to my order.

Amazon are running a £20 off with orders over £150 using the code VG20OFF150. I contacted support and they added the discount straight away. Scorpio will now be €475 at today's exchange rate.

Thanks for that going to contact them now aswell.

Turtyturd

gmg678 wrote: »

it will depend on the amount of preorders they have for each store. If a store has low pre-orders in store they wont bother.

Contacted them by email and apparently they won't be doing it.

MiskyBoyy

Turtyturd wrote:

Contacted them by email and apparently they won't be doing it.

For any store or just the store you asked about?

Gizmo55

Turtyturd wrote: »

Contacted them by email and apparently they won't be doing it.

Are you talking about Smyths? They have to surely if they're sold out.

Blazer

CatInABox wrote: »

Apparently Keyboard and Mouse support is in the new Minecraft Beta. Interesting if they allow this in all games, PUBG would be the main one I'm thinking of.

remember this conversation?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=87360100&postcount=6118


Nice to see I was proved right all along but then again this is what a x86 platform allows you to do.
Now just to collect my €50 from logiks

Turtyturd

MiskyBoyy wrote: »

For any store or just the store you asked about?

Gizmo55 wrote: »

Are you talking about Smyths? They have to surely if they're sold out.

I actually used the onsite queries option so can't remember if I asked about a specific store but the reply made it seem like they wouldn't be having one at all.

omb0wyn5ehpij9

Are there any Bomberman games available for the Xbox One?

CatInABox

BDJW wrote: »

Are there any Bomberman games available for the Xbox One?

No, there's not. A source of much frustration, Bomberman hasn't seen a console release since 2010, back on the Xbox 360. That changed this year with Super Bomberman R on the switch, but no news on a new release for Xbox or PS4.

It's like Konami don't like money.

While there's no Xbox One release, the Xbox 360 release Bomberman Battlefest is backward compatible, so will work on Xbox One

Kenjataimu

Hey all, I picked up a cheap Xbox one s 1tb today.
Not sure whether to keep for myself or give it to a nephew for Xmas as I already have a ps4.

What good exclusives do Xbox have that would tempt me over to the dark side?
The 4k bluray would be only beneficial for the future as I won't be buying a 4k TV any time soon.

Thanks in advance.

da4i's

Does anyone know where I can get my hands on a pre-order for the scorpio edition?

Have tried Smyths, Gamestop etc - all out

TitianGerm

da4i's wrote: »

Does anyone know where I can get my hands on a pre-order for the scorpio edition?

Have tried Smyths, Gamestop etc - all out

Microsoft sold out their stock of Scorpio pre-order on day one.

X pre-order are available in GameStop.

Jordan 199

Kenjataimu wrote: »

Hey all, I picked up a cheap Xbox one s 1tb today.
Not sure whether to keep for myself or give it to a nephew for Xmas as I already have a ps4.

What good exclusives do Xbox have that would tempt me over to the dark side?
The 4k bluray would be only beneficial for the future as I won't be buying a 4k TV any time soon.

Thanks in advance.

The Forza franchise driving/racing games are excellent. If you're a fan of EA titles, you can play many of their titles via EA Access for €25 a year.

qrx

Kenjataimu wrote: »

What good exclusives do Xbox have that would tempt me over to the dark side?

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Stone Deaf 4evr

qrx wrote: »

Tumbleweed emoji

Ah now, its not that bad. Close, but not quite.

Off the top of my head, I'd recommend

Sunset Overdrive
Halo 5
All the Forza Games
All the Gears of War Games
Halo Master Chief Collection
Quantum Break

Mickeroo

Ori and the Blind Forest is also well worth a look.

gmg678

have been having a few issues with the xbox app and not playing my most recent game captures. I get an error "this video cannot be played" any one else have this issue or know how to fix it?

runawaybishop

Kenjataimu wrote: »

Hey all, I picked up a cheap Xbox one s 1tb today.
Not sure whether to keep for myself or give it to a nephew for Xmas as I already have a ps4.

What good exclusives do Xbox have that would tempt me over to the dark side?
The 4k bluray would be only beneficial for the future as I won't be buying a 4k TV any time soon.

Thanks in advance.

Bugger all exclusives. Best feature is game sharing imo, then the games subscription services.

tripperman

gmg678 wrote: »

have been having a few issues with the xbox app and not playing my most recent game captures. I get an error "this video cannot be played" any one else have this issue or know how to fix it?

That's happening this last week or two at least, some captures don't even show up, have tried reinstalling the app to some success but captures still not showing up tho and if they do you get that error code again

omb0wyn5ehpij9

CatInABox wrote: »

No, there's not. A source of much frustration, Bomberman hasn't seen a console release since 2010, back on the Xbox 360. That changed this year with Super Bomberman R on the switch, but no news on a new release for Xbox or PS4.

It's like Konami don't like money.

While there's no Xbox One release, the Xbox 360 release Bomberman Battlefest is backward compatible, so will work on Xbox One

I had a look for this in the store the other night and couldn't find it

Fingleberries

emmetkenny wrote: »

Microsoft sold out their stock of Scorpio pre-order on day one.

X pre-order are available in GameStop.

Scorpio Edition was a limited edition console.
In September they will be announcing pre-orders for the 'normal' Xbox One X editions.

The Scorpio Edition just has an extra skin and a vertical stand, otherwise it is exactly the same as a standard X.
(Didn't stop me preordering one, though )

TitianGerm

Fingleberries wrote: »

Scorpio Edition was a limited edition console.
In September they will be announcing pre-orders for the 'normal' Xbox One X editions.

The Scorpio Edition just has an extra skin and a vertical stand, otherwise it is exactly the same as a standard X.
(Didn't stop me preordering one, though )

I know. I ordered as soon as it went live on Amazon :pac:

wotzgoingon

emmetkenny wrote: »

I know. I ordered as soon as it went live on Amazon :pac:

I missed out on it. I even was on the smyths website ready to order but just said to myself. Ah I don't need it as I have a gaming PC so I have good graphics already on that.

I may get the normal X eventually just not on release date but that could change once I start getting jealous of everyone posting about how great it is etc....

MiskyBoyy

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I missed out on it. I even was on the smyths website ready to order but just said to myself. Ah I don't need it as I have a gaming PC so I have good graphics already on that.

I may get the normal X eventually just not on release date but that could change once I start getting jealous of everyone posting about how great it is etc....

144hz 1440p Gsync monitor running a 1080Ti and I still pre-ordered Scorpio edition the second it was available :pac:

CatInABox

runawaybishop wrote: »

Bugger all exclusives. Best feature is game sharing imo, then the games subscription services.

Yes, the game subscription services are a game changer. €25 a year for basically every EA game that they've released on the Xbox One. Sure, you get them about 8 months after release, but it's incredible value. You also get a ten hour trial for every new game in advance (which is how Mass Effect Andromeda got killed).

Then there's the Game Pass, €10 a month for access to 100+ games.

GBX

CEX Databreach - 2 Million customer details.

Its saying credit card data from 2009 - most will have expired.


"Data of up to two million customers has been stolen from games store Cex.

The store, which specialises in buying and reselling old games and electronic equipment suffered a large data breach at the hands of hackers.

Stolen in the breach is believed to be customers' names, addresses, telephone numbers, and old credit card information.

Also stolen were email addresses and passwords, so customers who have used their site are recommended to change their passwords across all of their accounts if they match similarly to the one used on Cex' website.
Cex operates 38 stores, all across Ireland, with over 300 stores in the UK, and even more around the world.

According to Cex, some old encrypted credit card information has been stolen, but due to the fact that Cex stopped storing credit card information in 2009, most of these cards should be expired.

According to a statement released by Cex, the information stolen appears to relate solely to the online store, with in-store data not appearing to be compromised.

Customers who have used webuy.com are advised to change their account passwords immediately, and then to change similar passwords across their accounts."

Sephiroth_dude

I was woken last night at 3am too the sound of my xbox powering up :eek:, I got some fright, I couldn't understand why it was so loud, so I powered it up and it was updating .

Mickeroo

Weirdly I've had my xbox switching itself on twice in the last couple of months. Plot twist, it's not in instant on mode.

qrx

Mickeroo wrote: »

Weirdly I've had my xbox switching itself on twice in the last couple of months. Plot twist, it's not in instant on mode.

Mine too. Good thing I packed away the Kinect or I'd be paranoid about it.

qrx

CatInABox wrote: »

Yes, the game subscription services are a game changer. €25 a year for basically every EA game that they've released on the Xbox One. Sure, you get them about 8 months after release, but it's incredible value. You also get a ten hour trial for every new game in advance (which is how Mass Effect Andromeda got killed).

Then there's the Game Pass, €10 a month for access to 100+ games.

Absolutely. Throw in backwards compatibility for 360 and original xbox games. It's all about the ecosystem. Apparently, its what the future console war will all be about and Microsoft are light years ahead.