[Xbone] Retail to Devkit conversion!?

[DinohScene]

That's right, some folks at Logic Sunrise have figured out how to access the developer menu of the XBone.

Xbox One does not stop talking to her. After an announcement of a first nand dump and a software to change the hard drive of the console, this is a person wishing to remain unknown sharing this information: the method of activation Debug mode is now known! For the average user, this feature does you no good. But for devs, this can open a lot of doors. For those wishing to see the debug mode by themselves simply go to System One Xbox and press the four gates of the controller parameter (LB - RB - LT - RT) and "parameter Developer" menu will appear

Ofcourse this isn't of any use for the avarage consumer but it could help small indie devs who can't afford a full devkit with their games.

Source: Maxconsole

 

[pokefloote]

They didn't even try to hide it, did they? The four outer buttons/triggers? o:

 

[WiiUBricker]

I have the feeling this is exactly done on purpose by MS for indie developers.

 

[Forstride]

I have the feeling this is exactly done on purpose by MS for indie developers.

It is. They confirmed that this would be a thing back in July.

 

[DinohScene]

They indeed made it so that every one could be an indie dev basically.
But it being this easy...

 

[Taleweaver]

They indeed made it so that every one could be an indie dev basically.
But it being this easy...

Erm...why should they make it harder than that? I can understand how large gaming companies feel kind of cheated if they forked out lots of money for a dev kit, but since this was already known, they don't have much to complain about either...

 

[GHANMI]

I fear this will get patched out pretty quickly.

 

[Chaosruler]

Erm...why should they make it harder than that? I can understand how large gaming companies feel kind of cheated if they forked out lots of money for a dev kit, but since this was already known, they don't have much to complain about either...

maybe they didn't feel cheated, maybe they have SDK to work with unlike us, maybe their console is cheaper since it's not a gaming console per se, maybe they got an official M$ support

 

[Nathan Drake]

As a refresher, every retail Xbox One can be used as a development kit. As was previously stated, this is old news, and accessing dev mode is probably in the manual. This is far from an amazing discovery.

Edit: Do note that the news article is four months old.

Edit 2: Just to add to this, here is the original topic from July about the dev kit conversion being possible.

 

[Sakitoshi]

As a refresher, every retail Xbox One can be used as a development kit. As was previously stated, this is old news, and accessing dev mode is probably in the manual. This is far from an amazing discovery.

Edit: Do note that the news article is four months old.

Edit 2: Just to add to this, here is the original topic from July about the dev kit conversion being possible.

^This

no one remember that, really?? they put stress on that point and yet the only two things everyone remember is the online DRM thing that isn't even a problem now and big brother Kinect.
I don't like Xbox in general since the 360, but you can't ignore that they have done things to make game development more accessible for indies.

 

[The Milkman]

^This

no one remember that, really?? they put stress on that point and yet the only two things everyone remember is the online DRM thing that isn't even a problem now and big brother Kinect.
I don't like Xbox in general since the 360, but you can't ignore that they have done things to make game development more accessible for indies.

All of this too.

Stop being a bunch of bandwagoning morons temp, M$ is trying to get shit together.

The Xbox One is actually a viable gaming system.

People are actually buying this thing, and it may be behind the PS4, its still fucking selling.

Mircosoft isn't the fucking devil.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

All of this too.

Stop being a bunch of bandwagoning morons temp, M$ is trying to get shit together.

The Xbox One is actually a viable gaming system.

People are actually buying this thing, and it may be behind the PS4, its still fucking selling.

Mircosoft isn't the fucking devil.

*Skims through thread*

Who the fuck are you talking to? No one has been bad mouthing the XBone in here, nor in most of the XBone news posts. Microsoft fixed most of the stuff everyone was complaining about, hence no one is complaining anymore (besides those saying it has no games to get at launch, but that's true for every console, so that's hardly even a complaint).

Anyways...this is a nice feature, I haven't kept up with the XBone features or anything so I haven't heard about this before.

 

[Supercool330]

This is actually sort of interesting. While they announced that every Xbone would be a development kit (and as I understand it, the only development kit), I assumed that you would need some sort of activation from Microsoft. The fact that you can do it as a user is interesting in that it means it is likely possible for anybody to run unsigned code on their Xbone uploaded from a PC. Of course this doesn't immediately lead to a hack as I'm certain that games (especially unsigned ones) have limited access to system calls, and likely run inside some sort of hyervisor, but it is interesting none the less.

 

[Veho]

Does this mean the Xbone is more open than the Ouya?

 

[Obveron]

There is an ID@Xbox program organized by MS. Indie devs need to register before they can get any (authorized) use out the dev mode. The program isn't ready yet.
http://www.reddit.com/r/xboxone/comments/1rsnnt/all_xbox_ones_are_dev_kits/

I have no idea how far along the ID@Xbox program is. There are many concerns such as privacy, security, stability etc.., that need to be sorted out before we can allow anyone and everyone to simply sideload an app onto their box.

 

[Maxternal]

Does this mean the Xbone is more open than the Ouya?

Kinda, but I think you have to pay for the software side of the devkit (even if it is a whole lot cheaper than the devkit for other consoles.)

 

[lexarvn]

Since no one seems to have mentioned it, I'm just going to point out that MS said that doing this doesn't instantly give you a devkit and can in fact render your console unusable. But if your console does become unusable you can fix it with just a factory reset.
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/12/02/xbox-one-dev-settings-warning/

 

[The Milkman]

*Skims through thread*

Who the fuck are you talking to? No one has been bad mouthing the XBone in here, nor in most of the XBone news posts. Microsoft fixed most of the stuff everyone was complaining about, hence no one is complaining anymore (besides those saying it has no games to get at launch, but that's true for every console, so that's hardly even a complaint).

Anyways...this is a nice feature, I haven't kept up with the XBone features or anything so I haven't heard about this before.

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