Xbox One games at E3 were running on Windows 7

[Veho]

Could anyone hazard a guess as to how much a rig like that would cost?

 

[EzekielRage]

Depends on your components and if you can build it yourself.
My current PC cost 500 bucks and has roughly the same power a PS4 has. Just that I use DDR3.
So far I have yet to find a game I can't play in the best possible graphical setting and I saw nothing at E3 my PC couldn't handle. I also run windows 7 btw.
the difference here is that I can always upgrade my PC for cheap instead of needing a new console.

I am an avid console gamer. I have a PS3, a wii, Wii U and a 3ds. I had a 360 until it got the RROD as well. As somebody who never plays online or multiplayer and prefers single player this setup works for me. if a game doesn't come to ps3 or nintendo systems I get the PC version. sure, I miss out on exclusives for MS consoles but since I LOATHE shooters there is nothing for me to miss anyway

 

[Öhr]

IMO, whats funny isn't that they used a PC to play these games (hw difference is minimal since the switch to x86 architecture), but that they used Windows 7 for it, not the new Windows 8. Guess even MS doesn't like its new OS xD

 

[The Catboy]

You know what makes this worse, the computers were running Windows 7 and not Windows 8!
Damn M$, if you are going to have faith in your products, at least use your latest products!

 

[PolloDiablo]

Could anyone hazard a guess as to how much a rig like that would cost?

$1200-$1500 maybe?

 

[loco365]

I find this pretty funny. At least Nintendo used hardwired Wii U controllers at E3 last year while they fixed the sync issues they had.

But hey - at least emulation is possible for the xbox one.

 

[Rydian]

I see proof that porting is easy.

Which is a good thing.

 

[Magsor]

At some point in the conference you can hear a windows error sound when he was playing his game.

 

[Metoroid0]

Depends on your components and if you can build it yourself.
My current PC cost 500 bucks and has roughly the same power a PS4 has. Just that I use DDR3.
So far I have yet to find a game I can't play in the best possible graphical setting and I saw nothing at E3 my PC couldn't handle. I also run windows 7 btw.
the difference here is that I can always upgrade my PC for cheap instead of needing a new console.

I am an avid console gamer. I have a PS3, a wii, Wii U and a 3ds. I had a 360 until it got the RROD as well. As somebody who never plays online or multiplayer and prefers single player this setup works for me. if a game doesn't come to ps3 or nintendo systems I get the PC version. sure, I miss out on exclusives for MS consoles but since I LOATHE shooters there is nothing for me to miss anyway

Can you tell me what are your PC specs?

 

[ferofax]

I'd rather have that emulator. They're obviously running an Xbone emulator if they're using different hardware.

 

[JoostinOnline]

I'd rather have that emulator. They're obviously running an Xbone emulator if they're using different hardware.

Not necessarily.

 

[UltraHurricane]

if you think "oh all games at E3 were running on PC one way or the other" think about it, the PCs used to run the Xbone demos where roughly 3X the power of the expected retail specs, usually dev kits aren't suppose to be that powerful, ps3 and 360 dev kits just had double the RAM over their retail counter-parts but me thinks either the games are abysmally optimized or they really were just slightly tweaked pc games these poor saps were playing at the show floor

 

[EzekielRage]

There is no Emulator and the idea that there is one is riddiculous. The XBone uses PC architecture, no emulator needed thats the whole point of the system...

Also, my PC specs without going into too much details:
Asus Mainboard (the oldest part in the PC not even sure which one)
Quad Core CPU (775 socket due to the mainboard being old)
Geforce GTX 570 (upgraded from geforce 9800GT which would probably still play MOST games perfectly)
8GB DDR3 Ram (upgraded from 6GB DDR2 - not a big push but i need it for video editing)
4*500GB SATA drives (cheaper than fewer larger drives, at least where I live)

i got an external USB audio device for editing my music so there is no soundcard here but most modern soundcards are very cheap and support surround. i listed a few of my older components i used until earlier this year. the only reason i upgraded was my video editing, for gaming my old components were fine for MOST games

 

[Rizsparky]

Poor Windows 8...

 

[FireGrey]

Something I find rather interesting, why did they have a window on the PC, it makes it so easy to identify the specs.

 

[Rydian]

I'd rather have that emulator. They're obviously running an Xbone emulator if they're using different hardware.

They're not using different hardware though. It's the same CPU architecture and modern-day consoles use graphical APIs instead of direct hardware calls.

Furthermore they're the devs, they have the source, they can just port it.

 

[Taleweaver]

Well...at least it didn't crash to a linux environment.


Also: is it me, or is E3 becoming more and more about lulz and drama than about actual games and consoles?

 

[Katsumi San]

http://mynintendonews.com/2013/06/1...rying-to-sway-people-at-wii-u-best-buy-event/

Perhaps they are adding salt to their own fail? Or digging their grave deeper?

I cannot imagine how more far they are dig lol

 

[WiiUBricker]

I'd rather have that emulator. They're obviously running an Xbone emulator if they're using different hardware.

An Xbox One emulator? Should I laugh or cry about this statement?

 

[EzekielRage]

Well if you can cry or laugh about a given situation, laugh. Because technically that is a little bit more healthy. And makes happy. And much more cynical