'XBOX ONE' ANNOUNCED!

[Veho]

Is this Microsoft's new tactic for testing new features/policies? Spread a rumor about them, and if the reaction is negative, make an official statement denying everything?

 

[Lucifer666]

Is this Microsoft's new tactic for testing new features/policies? Spread a rumor about them, and if the reaction is negative, make an official statement denying everything?

My thoughts exactly.
Jeez M$ is going to rot this generation.

 

[Veho]

Jeez M$ is going to rot this generation.

It might fail as a console, but Microsoft could just repackage it as a Windows 8 HTPC and keep selling it.

 

[mightymuffy]

Hey, we all love a good title!
Apparently it's the store that pays the fee now - Link
So the shop that purchases the game from you then has to activate it themselves before selling on... assuming this [unconfirmed] news is accurate.
This is good and bad news if true really: what it means is your 2nd hand purchase actually gives money to those who created it rather than just the store you purchased from (I've read peoples thoughts on this recently so not gonna add my own since it's been brought up), which the publishers (& MS) will love, but on the flipside will surely mean both lower returns when selling your games, and of course higher 2nd hand prices....

 

[FAST6191]

It might fail as a console, but Microsoft could just repackage it as a Windows 8 HTPC and keep selling it.

Wouldn't that mean MS is making their own non peripheral hardware in the straight up PC world? I can not imagine that going down overly well with a lot of their OEM partner types.

 

[JoostinOnline]

Your title is wrong. According to your source, we still don't know. Current evidence suggests that it will be up to the developers.

 

[ElYubiYubi]

Why make it part of this thread?

 

[Bladexdsl]

mic has pretty much made a media PC

 

[Mythrix]

Wouldn't that mean MS is making their own non peripheral hardware in the straight up PC world? I can not imagine that going down overly well with a lot of their OEM partner types.

They already did with the Microsoft Surface (and Pro)?

 

[FAST6191]

I thought that was Windows RT? Given about the only compelling reason to have a windows HTPC is that it can double down as a general computer I can see that being a slight problem.

 

[Mythrix]

I thought that was Windows RT? Given about the only compelling reason to have a windows HTPC is that it can double down as a general computer I can see that being a slight problem.

Microsoft Surface uses Windows RT, Surface Pro however runs full Windows 8. I remember reading an article mentioning the OEM issue when the Surface Pro was announced, but I don't know if there were any actual "consequences" for MS in the end. *shrugs*

 

[chartube12]

I'm just gonna leave this other xbox one info here and walk away: LINK!

 

[Hop2089]

I'm just gonna leave this other xbox one info here and walk away: LINK!

It doesn't say it can't be bashed, so it's not a big concern.

Oh what a BS explanation for region lock

http://www.gamespot.com//news/xbox-one-will-be-region-locked-report-6408917?

This POS is also Region Locked, so not only it has draconian rules, spying 1984 style and unnecessary features that aren't gaming related, it's a closed off system on top of it.

 

[tronic307]

Graphics of the Xbox One looks amazing, it makes both the Wii U and the PS4 seem like last-gen

I hope you meant PS3, because the Xbone hardware has basically the same architecture as PS4, only with slower memory and a 33% less powerful GPU.

 

[RodrigoDavy]

I hope you meant PS3, because the Xbone hardware has basically the same architecture as PS4, only with slower memory and a 33% less powerful GPU.

I didn't know about that the time I wrote this. But the few Xbox One demos looked way more amazing than the PS4 demos in my honest opinion

 

[kumpandjill]

I didn't know about that the time I wrote this. But the few Xbox One demos looked way more amazing than the PS4 demos in my honest opinion

Just demos.. remember what we saw before this gen arrived?

 

[chartube12]

What Microsoft says isn't backwards with other claims by Microsoft.

 

[papermanzero]

A petition for backward compatibility:

https://www.change.org/petitions/microsoft-backward-compatibility-xbox-360-games-for-xbox-one

 

[the_randomizer]

What Microsoft says isn't backwards with other claims by Microsoft.

Backwards compatibility isn't something you can just add.

 

[GameWinner]

A petition for backward compatibility:

https://www.change.org/petitions/microsoft-backward-compatibility-xbox-360-games-for-xbox-one

I doubt Microsoft will care honestly.