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

mickdw

Just opened the box on an xbox one last night to see if all was well for Christmas eve and spent all evening getting it to the point that someone could acutely pay fifa on it.
Out of the box, the console first needed a 500 mb update. That took a while. Then the fifa game needed a 500 mb update even with disc.
Next we check out forza 5 that came with the bundle. No disc, just the code to download the game. Looking on the net, it's days that download will be over 30 gb. Game says up to 45 gb.
These are stupidly big downloads when surely supplying it on disc is the more sensible option.
I can see kids going nuts on Christmas day and parents pulling their hair out just to get the thing up and running never mind downloading a 30 gb game.
Seems like a bad joke to me.

Varik

mickdw wrote: »

Just opened the box on an xbox one last night to see if all was well for Christmas eve and spent all evening getting it to the point that someone could acutely pay fifa on it.
Out of the box, the console first needed a 500 mb update. That took a while. Then the fifa game needed a 500 mb update even with disc.
Next we check out forza 5 that came with the bundle. No disc, just the code to download the game. Looking on the net, it's days that download will be over 30 gb. Game says up to 45 gb.
These are stupidly big downloads when surely supplying it on disc is the more sensible option.
I can see kids going nuts on Christmas day and parents pulling their hair out just to get the thing up and running never mind downloading a 30 gb game.
Seems like a bad joke to me.

it's cheaper for them to supply the code

mickdw

Varik wrote: »

it's cheaper for them to supply the code

Very short sighted considering the amount of customer dissatisfaction that creates.

Stone Deaf 4evr

mickdw wrote: »

Very short sighted considering the amount of customer dissatisfaction that creates.

Surely it's written on the box that they're download codes. And I'd imagine most retailers would make you aware of this anyway. And in fairness, the cost is so low at the moment that any dissatisfaction is surely offset by the savings

Browning

The economics of disc v download in terms of the overall cost is low when considered against the poor customer experience of downloading 30-80GB games. Its not such an issue for those with decent download speeds and unlimited data allowances. But for those of us living outside major towns/cities downloading is a less than joyous activity.

Mickeroo

I only have 3mb Internet and find downloads to be a pretty minor inconvenience tbh. Thankfully I have unlimited downloads of course but the speed isn't too much of an issue.

Lucious Sweet

Mickeroo wrote: »

I only have 3mb Internet and find downloads to be a pretty minor inconvenience tbh. Thankfully I have unlimited downloads of course but the speed isn't too much of an issue.

Yeah me too. I just let the console do the downloading over night. No hassle at all.

feelgoodinc27

Just make sure you know what your data allowance is and how much you are using. For mobile broadband data caps tend to be small, with an excess charge of about €20/GB.

mickdw

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

Surely it's written on the box that they're download codes. And I'd imagine most retailers would make you aware of this anyway. And in fairness, the cost is so low at the moment that any dissatisfaction is surely offset by the savings

The xbox we were setting up was a gift for nephews from another family member. The person who bought it would not be aware of the difference between a download and ac physical disc.The point I'm making is that I'm sure there will be more than a few families who will have an xbox under the tree and if it takes hours to get up and running there will be tears and parents pulling their hair out.
It took a couple of hours to do 2 x 500 mb downloads. I wouldnt even attempt a 40 gb download. My Internet is on the slow side but very much representative of most rural ireland connections.

CatInABox

Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays Everyone!!

Just wanted to say thanks for making the Xbox forum amazing. I think we've got a great little community here, and I have to say, with the Bargains thread and the Christmas thread getting pretty hammered, you guys have really pulled out all the stops to help some people.

I hope by now you're all snuggled up on the couch, your Xbox One on, enjoying the warm glow from your 1080p televisions!

Looking forward to 2015 with our growing forum!

CatInABox

dunworth1

CatInABox wrote: »

Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays Everyone!!

Just wanted to say thanks for making the Xbox forum amazing. I think we've got a great little community here, and I have to say, with the Bargains thread and the Christmas thread getting pretty hammered, you guys have really pulled out all the stops to help some people.

I hope by now you're all snuggled up on the couch, your Xbox One on, enjoying the warm glow from your your 1080p televisions!

Looking forward to 2015 with our growing forum!

CatInABox

Merry Christmas to you also and the fellow xbox forum regulars and new comers

my tv is only 720p but i'm still in front of it feet up and a whiskey in hand
catcahing up on finishing alien isolation

calex71

CatInABox wrote: »

Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays Everyone!!

Just wanted to say thanks for making the Xbox forum amazing. I think we've got a great little community here, and I have to say, with the Bargains thread and the Christmas thread getting pretty hammered, you guys have really pulled out all the stops to help some people.

I hope by now you're all snuggled up on the couch, your Xbox One on, enjoying the warm glow from your 1080p televisions!

Looking forward to 2015 with our growing forum!

CatInABox

Bah humbug

Edit: I've been forced into a Christmas jumper at the threat of gifts being withheld so I'm a little on edge this year /send help!!!!!!!

CatInABox

calex71 wrote: »

Bah humbug

Edit: I've been forced into a Christmas jumper at the threat of gifts being withheld so I'm a little on edge this year /send help!!!!!!!

Have managed to avoid it this year thankfully, but there's still tomorrow to get through! That's when my nieces usually inflict a "gift" on me, along the lines of a dodgy Christmas jumper. One year they got me the most garish set of transformers pyjamas going, I thought my eyes were going to fall out of my head looking at them.

Lucious Sweet

calex71 wrote: »

Bah humbug

Edit: I've been forced into a Christmas jumper at the threat of gifts being withheld so I'm a little on edge this year /send help!!!!!!!

You poor bastard :-) Better get some good prezzies after that.
I nearly bought this cool street fighter one in Gamestop last week but it was €60

calex71

Wow that's almost wearable.... almost !!!!!

Stone Deaf 4evr

calex71 wrote: »

Wow that's almost wearable.... almost !!!!!

I'd wear it. To work even. Was at a concert last week and a fella had a mad heavy metal one. All upside down crosses, pentagrams and goats heads. It was awesome.

MiskyBoyy

You can watch Kim's favourite film on the Xbox right now. The Interview...

calex71

MiskyBoyy wrote: »

You can watch Kim's favourite film on the Xbox right now. The Interview...

not free though

MiskyBoyy

calex71 wrote:

not free though

I didn't post this in bargain alerts did I?

calex71

MiskyBoyy wrote: »

I didn't post this in bargain alerts did I?

Bah humbug :pac:

DARK-KNIGHT

calex71 wrote: »

Bah humbug

Edit: I've been forced into a Christmas jumper at the threat of gifts being withheld so I'm a little on edge this year /send help!!!!!!!

put that banhammer down whilst on edge calex

DARK-KNIGHT

I may be drunk but happy christmas gents........

murpho999

Lads, Happy Christmas to all.

Got my XBONE with Kinect today....woohoo.

Setting it all up. Does Voice Commands work for Ireland now or do I have to set region to UK?

miralize

murpho999 wrote: »

Lads, Happy Christmas too all.

Got my XBONE with Kinect today....woohoo.

Setting it all up. Does Voice Commands work for Ireland now or do I have to set region to UK?

Irish region, Uk voice works (mostly). Enjoy!

pleasant Co.

Thanks for reminding me, I must sell that Kinect of mine, it's a total paperweight :P

calex71

Live down guys? Not near my xbox to check but some family members with a new One called saying "it's broken already"

Status site shows all is well but that normally take a while to show any issues.

calex71

calex71 wrote: »

Live down guys? Not near my xbox to check but some family members with a new One called saying "it's broken already"

Status site shows all is well but that normally take a while to show any issues.

Never mind https://twitter.com/****crucifix :mad: oh the has a swear in it , Lizard squad delivering on their promise PSN down too I think.

Xenji

calex71 wrote: »

Live down guys? Not near my xbox to check but some family members with a new One called saying "it's broken already"

Status site shows all is well but that normally take a while to show any issues.

Both live and psn were hacked today by Lizard.

calex71

Xenji wrote: »

Both live and psn were hacked today by Lizard.

When I refreshed the twitter 3000 more have followed him in the space of 10 minutes :rolleyes:

vlad2009

Just went off for me too, god dammit lizardsqd