Xbox One Discussion

[Solkia]

Regarding the dpad

 

If it's still that stupid fucking "dpad shaped thingy screwed to a disc" thing, the controller can piss off too.

[KrazyBean]

Regarding the dpad

 

If it's still that stupid fucking "dpad shaped thingy screwed to a disc" thing, the controller can piss off too.

 

It's not...it's a 4-way D-Pad.

[C4k3]

 

 

What's happening here?

[MamboCat]

At least the controller looks alright.

 

Looks pretty similar to the original with a few obvious changed.  It looks like they improved the D-pad. Good, since the 360's D-pad is terrible.

 

The two things that interested me during the whole reveal were; this gamepad (it does look rather sexeh...) and that they used Prague as a backdrop for the Forza 5 trailer.

 

That was really nice, but yeah... not interested in racing games. *folds arms*

[Carbo]

What's happening here?

Xbox One specs are not good.

[Solkia]

It's not...it's a 4-way D-Pad.

 

Do we know this for sure?

 

This is how the 360 dpad works, including the "improved version" (at least from reviews of I've seen anyways):

 

 

And it sucks. I seriously hope they don't do this this time.

[SilentDoom]

 

More tasty gif action

[SuperLink]

What if all this controversy and awful-ness is an intentional way to get attention that MS will steadily backpedal over in the next few months in order to maximise attention to their improvements and end up with a system everyone likes the sound of and it was their plan all along, the most elaborate and controversial viral marketing campaign in console history?!?!?

[KrazyBean]

Do we know this for sure?

 

This is how the 360 dpad works, including the "improved version" (at least from reviews of I've seen anyways):

 

 

And it sucks. I seriously hope they don't do this this time.

 

Well, here is a video of the Xbox One's controller up close and personal.

 

 

It definitely looks 4-way (like Nintendo's D-pad) to me.

 

Another thing I've been thinking about. That rumor about hooking up a mini-360 to enable backwards compatibility for the new console is not happening, sure, but that idea is basically the same if you keep your 360. Since the Xbox One and the Xbox 360 will share the same account and everything, if you keep your 360 then you can still earn achievements from Xbox 360 and Xbox One games on the same profile...so backwards compatibility is not really an issue IMO (unless you're extremely hard pressed for space.)

Edited May 22, 2013 by KrazyBean

[Milo]

HOLY SHIT! Has this been posted yet!?

 

Don Mattrick: If you’re backwards compatible, you’re really backwards.

 

Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/05/22/microsoft-and-sony-diverge-on-gaming-cloud/?utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=buffer94b3f

 

 

Or as our good friend Adam Orth would put it if he still had his job:

 

Upset that there's no backwards compatibility?

 

 

Microsoft Xbox One: Because we didn't troll our consumers hard enough with Windows 8.

Edited May 22, 2013 by -Knuckles The Echidna-

[Emmett L. Brown]

I'd like to take this moment to sincerely apologise to anyone and everyone I've teased about the XBox pessimism in the months leading up to this. This was a deal-breaker. Even with its lack of backwards compatibility, the PS4 at least isn't trying to impress me with something I already own - a fucking TV. At least Sony isn't automatically assuming every customer is a pirate who must be kept on a tight leash. At least the new Playstation's lack of backwards compatibility isn't being delivered with an outright insult to my face.

 

Fuck you, Microsoft.

[Pelly <3's U]

What if all this controversy and awful-ness is an intentional way to get attention that MS will steadily backpedal over in the next few months in order to maximise attention to their improvements and end up with a system everyone likes the sound of and it was their plan all along, the most elaborate and controversial viral marketing campaign in console history?!?!?

 

Hahaha I was almost wondering this myself. I think a part is game companies just try and see if they can put as much shit out and there and hope it will slide under the radar of controversy, and when it doesn't then they actually have to go back and adapt their shit to reality. 

 

It's strange to see so many people jumping back on the PS4 wagon though since I remember the reception for that being so overwhelming negative. 

[Scar]

This is hilariously shit.

[Carbo]

Hahaha I was almost wondering this myself. I think a part is game companies just try and see if they can put as much shit out and there and hope it will slide under the radar of controversy, and when it doesn't then they actually have to go back and adapt shit to reality. 

 

It's strange to see so many people jumping back on the PS4 wagon though since I remember the reception for that being so overwhelming negative.

I would have called the PS4 reception "mixed" rather than negative, mostly because it left a ton of questions unanswered. That and Sony has a habit of promising a lot of things that sound too good to be true, only for it to fall flat on it's face. PS3 and Vita are some notorious examples. They're hitting the right buttons with PS4 so far but I'm skeptical for such a wide variety of reasons.

[Strong Bad]

Dunno about you guys but I have absolutely no interest in purchasing any of the Wii U, PS4, or Xbox One. Doesn't help that I don't play video games as it is, but yeah. None of them are interesting to me. I'm gonna go into this generation with just my 3DS, and I think I'm fine with that. I can play Pokémon, what more could I need?

[turbojet]

If you are buying this console knowing all of this, I'm sorry, but you are a problem. You are encouraging video game corporations to treat you like a child and/or thief.  I don't care how cheap this may be, but that is the end all be all of the scenario. Microsoft should not incur a profit from this endeavor and although they inevitably will because the mainstream gaming consumers find such things as invasion of privacy and consumer privileges as irrelevant, you as an informed customer should not buy this steaming pile of shit for any means. Do not reward Microsoft for their shitty business practices. You'd turn a blind eye to conflict resource wars and such, but do not encourage with your money this anti-consumerist bullshit. No corporation should be allowed to insult the consumer and that is that. 

[KrazyBean]

Here's another look of the Xbox One.

 

 

I think that its design is great.

Edited May 22, 2013 by KrazyBean

[Nix]

 

More tasty gif action

 

 

Truly the next generation of gaming.

[Solkia]

Can we take a moment to appreciate how awesome The Onion is?

 

http://www.theonion.com/articles/features-of-the-xbox-one,32543/

 

-Windows XP operating system

 

-Will offer new titles in such popular Xbox series as Ace Combat, Kane & Lynch, Crash

 

-Time, and Call of Juarez

 

-Xbox Hat—Say the words “Xbox Hat” out loud and a large image of a hat will appear on your TV screen

 

-92-Core x500 P2W (G4-Jig system), 2F3 DLX silver frame technology, 2/5/5/MP2s zoomnet capability, Zip control (TV/satellite/laptop), 3.1.8 optical input-output, 34V-876-ZZB, custom 2x cross-memory feedback, DVD

 

-Ability to capture live game play, edit it, and send it to your pathetic friends

 

-500 GB of added system memory you can buy separately for more fucking money

 

-Color green probably in there somewhere

 

-Kinect motion sensor capable of responding to what you consider movement

 

-Preloaded with episodes of Get Smart

 

-Gumball dispenser

Edited May 22, 2013 by y cant solkia crawl

[Thigolf]

 

Don Mattrick: If you’re backwards compatible, you’re really backwards.

 

 

So why did they make it a VCR, then?

Edited May 22, 2013 by Thigolf

[Badnik Mechanic]

Ok so gamespot have been running this tweet thing, you tweet if you're going to back Sony or Microsoft... the blue areas represent Sony, the green microsoft, the white is 'undecided/neutral/no votes.' This has been live since the moment the conference ended last night.

 

Here is what it currently looks like.

 

 

And a few more of my favourites.

 

 

 

 

 

And spoilering this because it's a huge image... if you 'google' Xbox One, you get pictures of that machines... However, if you use 'Bing' to look for Xbox One... you get... something else.

 

[Solkia]

I want to say something real quick to get this off my mind:

 

In the off chance that all of these reports are bullshit, it's still unacceptable that Microsoft aren't taking any form of damage control. 

[DarkRula]

That's helpful. That's Bing.

Because It's Not Google - The Enterprise of bringing bad search results to all.

[SuperLink]

I'm trying to figure out why no one has made a Soulja boy tell 'em joke about Nancy Tellem yet.

[Blue Blood]

 

 

Oh shit, I just lost it. Seriously cannot hold back my laughter right now.