Xbox One announced, launches with next-gen Kinect this year
Today at Microsoft's presentation, it announced the Xbox One.
Today at Microsoft's presentation, the company announced the Xbox One. Don Mattrick called it an "all in one system," and a sizzle reel accented its cloud capabilities, a new Kinect, and a revised "precision" controller. It will be launching later this year.
During the presentation, we saw the Xbox turn on with a voice command, and immediately recognize the speaker. The home screen looked familiar, but Microsoft's Yusuf Mehdi pointed out a few differences. They confirmed it as a cable box, and Mehdi simply said "live TV" to switch to the television input. He also showed "Instant Switching," which let him swap between TV, games, and music with voice commands. Further highlighting the multiple functions, he continued with "Snap Mode," which lets one function continue while browsing others. Finally, Mehdi showed the box running Skype to perform group video calls.
Moving onto TV functionality specifically, Mehdi showed ESPN and then went to the guide, which appeared similar to local TV listings. It let him browse with voice commands, and then responded to natural questions like "What's on HBO?" A Favorites menu pinned content in one place, and a Trending menu shows what the Xbox Live community is watching.
The presentation then moved into hardware specs, including a 500GB HDD, 8GB of RAM, and an 8-core CPU. It will use Blu-ray discs, and 802.11n wireless, with USB 3.0 and HDMI in and out. It runs "three operating systems in one." One is the Xbox OS for access to the hardware, the second is a Windows OS for web applications. The third OS connects the two for "instant switching."
The new Kinect sensor is a 1080p HD RGB camera, with more than 2GBps data. It runs in 30 FPS, and Microsoft calls it "time of flight technology." A teaser video showed the more precision Kinect sensing, and promised that when you're moving it will be able to read your heartbeat. The Kinect sensor is called the "binding power" between it and the other two input devices, the controller and SmartGlass.
The new controller will have an integrated battery, impulse triggers, wi-fi directed radio share, and a newly redesigned D-pad. The presentation also claimed that SmartGlass will be more closely integrated with the hardware since it was designed to be that way from the start.
The new Xbox Live will use 300,000 servers, as opposed to 15,000 for the modern Xbox Live. Data will be stored in the cloud, and the console will work as a "dedicated game DVR" to share moments. You can also asynchronously search for matches while you play another game or watch a movie.
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Today at Microsoft's presentation, it announced the Xbox One.-
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That makes more sense
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That's a product that is going to receive 1-2 releases per year. Game consoles aren't supposed to release very often (been 8 years since the 360) so a logical name makes sense.
Also we're trashing the Wii U because no one realizes it's the Wii 2. Now Microsoft goes and names their console that sounds like they're talking about the first one. Maybe it will work but it's questionable at least.
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HTC One
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Can't wait for mine.
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I love it when all the rumors are completely wrong.
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WHAT THE FUCK DO WE CALL THE XBOX 1 THEN?!?!
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Xborigine.
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Old Xbox
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Xbox Zero. Like patient zero in infectious disease investigations.
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Xbox which shall not be named.
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Xbox Prime
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Should've called this one Xbox Alpha...
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That's yer mom
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No, that would be the Ouya.
http://chattypics.com/files/Ouya_Console_zjbtw03i8j.png
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Ekkusubokkusu zenki (エックスボックス前期)
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The Xbox One is the most stupid name I've heard it. PS4 > xbox. Xbox is full of retards.
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OHHH SHIIII!!!
'Quantum Break' coming from Remedy (makers of Alan Wake and Max Payne)
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If you have any inkling on what the game is, I'll eat my hat.
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I'm guessing it's a tv show with a tie in game that takes advantage of the interactive xbox tv stuff. maybe they will unlock the game episodically in line with the show or something.
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What's with MS releasing a honking huge console? The thing is a flashback VCR from the 80's.
I wonder what the Slim version will look like in a few years.-
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My guess is smaller than Xbox One since Sony isn't going the "all in One" see what I did there route.
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Have you seen the Xbox One? Take another look, you might see a tow hitch next to the HDMI port. >_<
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yeah fuck google voice too
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what TV do you have exactly? because mine sure as hell sucks shit for watching cable.
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I think the WiiU has proven that names actually do matter to the average consumer, and the Xbox 1 will bring brand confusion. When the kids ask for an Xbox One for Christmas the parents will look for the cheapest deals and find the Xbox 1 for sale cheap in used stores and there will be a lot of tears shed.
Or it'll be like 'but I already have a 360, why would you want to downgrade?'-
I think it may not be as big an issue with the Xbox since every single one of their consoles have been effectively the same way to just say Xbox.
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And what will the next one be called? Microsoft X-Box Number Two?
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the correct answer is, TVSPORTSWIBBYWOBBY
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Any one else disappointed at the utter lack of attention to gaming on the console. They spent a good 90% of the event talking about smart TV , entertainment features, and media tie ins and less about the real appeal of the system. They totally neglected details like back compatibility or Xbox Live arcade titles or indie games. We get to see Windows 8 functionality on a TV and not much else.
I am hoping E3 shows has a better focus.-
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I already wrote this in the 'xbox live coverage' thread, but here it is again for fun
Isn't this exactly what Garnett was wanting in the wknd confirmed podcast a couple weeks ago. The Xbox One will be plugged into Input 1 on the TV, and then quickly accesses whatever you want from there. It's also really aimed at NFL fans (I am not one!) so Garnett will have to LOVE this device. I will agree that switching between inputs is a pain in the ass, and I do like what they are showing from that aspect.
Note that I'm still leaning towards a PS4 solely because I don't have a PS3, and want to access their current catalog through backwards compatibility, so that I can play journey, uncharted, last of us and other prior sony exclusives that I've missed. -
Cool announcement, very visible. https://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE%3ASNE&ei=b7ibUZDBLoSm0AHz7wE
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can i hook on my kinect 1 to the new kinect to create a mega-kinect? MEGANECT!
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You have it wrong. The new Kinect is Kinect 1. The old Kinect is just Kinect, even though it's the first one. So the 1 is 2, and 2 1. To hook your Kinect 1 to your new Kinect is like hooking your Xbox 1 to your new Xbox, which may sound like I'm talking about hooking the original Xbox to the 360 that I just bought, but I'm not.
I think.
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Soooo Sony and Microsoft switched roles this generation? The PS3 tried to do too much and suffered while the 360 was primarily for games. Now Sony says you know what we fucked up with the PS3 we are going to focus on games for the PS4 and Microsoft decided to pack the console with a bunch of junk.
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how did the PS3 try to do too much other than cram a bunch of dumb hardware in that resulted in it being too expensive? The PS3 was always focused on games. It's not like Blu-Ray was a complex feature. It's a disc, you put it in, it plays movies, just like your old consoles with a DVD drive. It just added a ton of cost and was less appealing than DVD was in the PS2 era.
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exactly, if anything it focused too much on games and hardware and underestimated how important the services around those things were.
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Both. Specific to gaming itself: Outside the game services like a good storefront where I can easily discover new stuff, try demos, quick and friction free OS/game updates, etc. Inside the game services like built in voice chat, cross game/app messaging, achievements, beacons, etc.
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No Xbone for me.
ABSOLUTELY SHOCKING.
"PREOWNED FEE" ???
I'M SO OUT !!!-
OH FUCK I'm calling it Xbone or XBone or maybe XBOne from now on...probably just XBone!
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https://twitter.com/AdamSessler/status/336935531877388288 - Sessler gets confirmation that the TV initiative is slated for 41 countries.
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It'll be a major flop if it ever comes over here. Set top boxes and external receivers are very rare here, unless you're on sattelite TV. Most people just use the built-in tuner in their TV and add a slot-in card reader if they want premium channels.
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meanwhile, i'm totally fine with it so far and would like one.... but probably won't own one till 2016 :(
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I'm not that interested anyway as I mostly play games on PC, so the focus on home entertainment stuff appealed to me. I mostly use my Xbox for iPlayer nowadays, and more cool video-y sort of stuff sounds good. It's sitting under my TV, so let's use it for more cool things.
Video games will be on the Xbox 360. Not many were announced today but that's okay. Others will happen. Video games will be made for this video games console. I don't need someone to tell me that.
The US-centric stuff means nothing to me but, you know, ideas and stuff.-
this is where i am. i love the home entertainment features with the additional ability to play a few exclusive titles while still gaming on PC quite a bit.
there's absolutely no way the xbox one will have fewer "traditional" titles than the 360, no way at all. it's x86, it's still primarily a games console, but they want to show what it can do besides game.
built-in kinect, 1080p/4k, voice commands, game DVR, sharing, they talked about a bunch of very interesting things here.
anyone worried that there won't be traditional hardcore games on xbox is just being overly negative and paranoid.-
I am interested to learn more about how the DVR will work for gaming... And so long, as Kinect comes packaged in the box, I will likely use the tv media features... even though that kind of thing doesn't really impress me.
My concern is the other part of your statement... I got the 360 b/c it came out first... in terms of exclusives, it reaaaally wasn't that impressive of a system. Especially compared to all the exclusives that came out on the PS3 or Wii. So I disagree... they HAVE to do more to show they are focusing on the core gaming experience.
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Yes, this is me. I'm a PC gamer who has never owned a console, but I find the XBox One compelling for the speed of the interface and the integration of all the media stuff. If they include (or add) streaming from own media collection via the network, (and if the price is right) then I'm sold since I'd have to build an HTPC to do the same things otherwise.
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I feel the same. I wonder how they'il integrate the DVR functionality from all those different devices around the world.
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The system has some good Ideas and I like most of them , but they are all extras to me. The System must play games first and foremost and this system seems to be shooting itself in the foot. It does not play 360 games. Ok thats bad but maybe I could live with it, But not being able to play used games without some kind of fee! That is a Total Deal Breaker and a Dick move Microsoft. What about services like Gamefly ?!?! Or any rental service for that matter, red box etc.. Doesn't this fee thing totally kill said services! If Microsoft changes this I'll probably buy it but otherwise MS can stick it where the sun don't shine! And thats hard for me to say since I just bought a PS4 6 months ago and Have bought every Xbox at launch and have been a Live gold subscriber since the launch of the service! Oh well, Adios Xbox i'm more PC these days anyway.
Also they can have all the EA exclusives they want I'm done with that company.-
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I believe they just said 'the console won't stop used games' or something to that effect but didn't go into any further detail yet (since obviously that doesn't preclude them from working but only with a fee or other stipulations).
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Not really unique to Microsoft. All developers want this basically and used games aren't popular on PC are they?
I actually like it. If I was designing a content market it doesn't make sense that an instance of digital media could be passed along to 100 people which was only paid for once. Of course it mainly affects single player titles.
Steam works pretty well, since everything ends up getting discounted which makes up for the lack of used games, and ends up being cheaper anyway since there's only one middleman, while still funding developers.
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The System must play games first and foremost and this system seems to be shooting itself in the foot
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The A & F of the game industry.
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I forgot this was happening today. Ha! I guess I'm old now :(
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This may be a stupid question, but what was keeping Microsoft from supporting the Occulus Rift on it's new console / all of the XB One games? Is the Rift strictly a PC device at this point and time? Like I said, possibly a dumb question, but it seemed like if Sony or MS baked Occulus Rift support into it's new system, it would be the dealbreaker for lots and lots of gamers.
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the only thing the rift needs from the console is the head tracking input being passed to the game via USB. so the only thing stopping a developer from supporting the oculus rift is if Sony/MS allows the device to pass the input via USB.
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So that begs the question: Why hasn't Sony or MS thrown gobs of money at the Oculus guys to get exclusivity console rights/bundling?? This seems like such a forward-thinking yet obvious feature on the next-gen consoles.
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eh its still a niche, and its cool but its also $300.
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also, exclusivity? screw that, I wouldn't invest much money in it. its cool but i dont think its for the masses yet
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it's a completely unproven market for a $300+ peripheral that doesn't play well with > 1 person in the room. There's a ton of potential there but it's hardly a surprise.
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Why cause they haven't completely shown theirs yet?
Also the Blu-Ray part cost Sony a pretty penny to win that battle and though it is the new standard it never took off like DVDs of VHS and is loosing more and more to streaming so hallow victory. -
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normal people usually just call it Xbox or the Xbox because they're not intimately familiar with every gaming console and its various historical iterations.
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Everyone I know who discusses it IRL calls the console a "360". "I was playing blah blah on my 360"...
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Even on something like the bombast they routinely switch between calling it the xbox and the 360.
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OMG what a xbox. has my favs exclusives Call of Duty, NFL, Max Payne developer, next gen Forza and best controller design made better. 1st Day Buy!!!!
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Of course your post history reads like a Microsoft rep.
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But his name is obviously a Halo reference.
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I picture him looking like Valcan but with a goatee, a scar over one eye, and a giant nail sticking out of his brain. He comes from the darkest timeline.
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Xbone.. I like it. I'm sticking with that.
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I'm kind of surprised more people are not complaining about the actual look of the console. It looks like a square version of the Xbox 1 (Xbox OG now?) it's very 90's looking.
I kind of like really simple flat design but it just looks so .. gaudy and 90's looking. Why did they not add some kind of basic styling to the thing?
I don't know about any of the rest of it. It will sell lots and the trojan horse thing could really work out for them. It could become the iphone of consoles, people thinking "not a chance" but they may well take over the living room with this sucker long term, the MS app store, angry birds on the TV - that kind of penetration, who knows.
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i was about to ask this. How did this design happen? It is the worst looking piece of hardware I've seen in ages.
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I love generic, low key and agree it's somewhat A/V looking but it's really missing some basic syling to make it look appealing. I think the main issue is the top looks awful with the angled lines on the right side of the panel. It just kinda looks a bit cheap and nasty. Even just a nice silver bezel around the front might've made a huge difference.
A/V is fine by me - not chunky and gross 90's (although I just looked at some more pics and I don't detest it now, I just don't like it)
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we've got far more important irrelevant shit to argue about
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no I think the console looks fine. I have very few feelings about it. It's a black box, it sits under my TV and hopefully blends in with the blackness in that area. I'm gonna go out on a limb and predict the PS4 will also be a black box that is largely nondescript. The look of the console is pretty low on the list of things I'm concerned about. The PS3 design was dumb more from a functional perspective (just enormous and shaped in a way that stops you from even putting a game on top of it for a minute, adding size for ports out the wazoo for no good reason) than anything aethestic that I cared about.
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I think they will accept design criticisms from abrasion and co if they get reactions like this from the press:
The console itself is more angular and practical looking than either of its two predecessors. Flat and rectangular like a cable box, you could almost call the design reserved. But it is by no means unattractive, and will probably sit tucked away in a cabinet anyways.
and Microsoft scored an instant win over rival Sony by actually having a working console to show off.
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I fully understand that these types of things are subjective but to me, at least, it's surprisingly not elegant or cool-looking, even. :(
And while it won't affect functionality at all (clearly), it's still something that lightly impacts my impression of the product. I understand and appreciate that others might not care at all.
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What a mess ?
Instead of discussing the system, now all the focus is on that used game thing.
PR disaster MS !
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Alex St John on the xbox one: http://www.alexstjohn.com/WP/2013/05/21/xbox-one-first-reaction
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also, anyone got a recording of the presentation?
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thanks, found it on ign
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i'm 27 minutes in, these poor guys need some presentation training, they're all stumbling over their words
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I haven't read through most of this thread, but reading other forums and just listening to online gamers talk about the conference and the system, the trend seems to be pretty negative.
Let me start by saying this conference wasn't for the ideal hard core gamer. I was at work when they priemered the show on Spike so I went into the break room and asked to change the channel.
There were about 5 people in the room, a 20 year old male teenager, two 25 year old females (who aren't gamers) and a 35+ year old lady with kids. And they were all blown away by the tv functions. I know it's not a gamers ideal, but everyone in the room was just in awe at how cool it was.
One of the 25 year old female employee mentioned how she's not into gaming really but has played games like mario kart and she really liked the whole xbox being the hub of all things.
Everyone in the room was in awe at Forza and Call of Duty. And for most gamers, they were nice but nothing impressive, yet their "Target" audience was in awe.
The system itself in my opinion seems very cool and I would love to just have one unit controlling everything and being able to change inputs at will. Games wise, nothing breathe taking, yes it is a video game system first and foremost, but i would wait until E3 before throwing it under the bus
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Lol apparently people who were watching the stream on their 360, the 360 would turn off the stream when the guy in the conference said Xbox go home
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the box looks awesome. sleek stylish and sophisticated. PS4 will be another foreman grill part 2. hahaha i just remembered how epic fail ps3 foreman grill was.
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The only good part of that hour long presentation was the fucking controller! The box itself is ugly as hell. And what the hell is up with calling it One??? No dummies, the first xbox was the xbox one. Dumbest name ever. And they emphasized a bunch of new features that can't possibly be attractive to anyone but casual gamers. The TV/Kinect stuff was kind of cool... but not worth buying your new next gen system cool.
I also like how they totally ignored the gpu and type of RAM powering the console. Because not only did the little gaming they showed not look like actually gameplay... nothing looked as good as the footage shown at Sony's conference (inFamous or Killzone). Although the pre-rendered stuff in Quantuum Break looked pretty awesome. It's nice to hear that they are focusing more on exclusive IP... but I wish they would have told us how much of that will be Kinect Crapware. I'll give them until E3, but so far I am not impressed. Maybe I'll change my tune when we see some real gameplay at E3 (hopefully).-
there was an hour long presentation on the specs and hardware architecture with distinguished engineers who worked on it. Shockingly that type of content doesn't play well on Spike TV.
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yep, agreed, it looked like a game still largely designed with the limitations of current consoles in mind. Standard fare for a year or two after the generation change though, Activision and others can't ignore the 100+ million 360/PS3 owners who aren't going to have a new console for awhile.
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I would agree with you except for the fact that Watchdogs still looks awesome although it's coming out on both current gen and next gen systems.
I am also pretty sure that Battlefield 4 will look significantly better as well... although we haven't seen any of the console footage yet to my knowledge.
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No, see, it's One because it's the One multimedia device you'll ever need!!!! OMG!!
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they certainly have no qualms with aping controller features at the last minute
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anybody notice there were ladies at the conference and sony had none? at least microsoft has a diverse workforce and management and sony only has males heading there conference.
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You mean those wooing and clapping at every single thing? They are Microsoft employees.
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That console is ugly as sin.
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Can we update this picture with the new Xbox?
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I only remember them ever showing conceptual boxes when they were discussing how they came to choosing the final look of the 360. That and Xbox were the same on release as when they were revealed.
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All you need to know: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbWgUO-Rqcw
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It is the crate because eggs boxes are crates.
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anyone here remember if Sony showed their GUI or features when they launched their console or did they just talk a lot on an empty stage to try and get a head?
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