purplerat wrote:apparently there will be an adapter so that 360 headsets will work with xbox one controllers.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/xbox-one-w ... er-6410800

In my experience most 360 gamers who really care about using the headset have a third party unit because the standard MS model is garbage. I'm guessing for those customers the availability of an adapter is preferable over being given a basic headset for free.

Mazille wrote:

purplerat wrote:apparently there will be an adapter so that 360 headsets will work with xbox one controllers.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/xbox-one-w ... er-6410800

In my experience most 360 gamers who really care about using the headset have a third party unit because the standard MS model is garbage. I'm guessing for those customers the availability of an adapter is preferable over being given a basic headset for free.

Or, you know, just use a standard jack.

As the owner of a small business, you find great value in your computer and your phone. Between the two of them you are prepped for presentations, up to date on your appointments and able to create documents with relative ease.

However, let me throw another device into that mix: The Xbox One.

What is being positioned as an excellent entertainment device can be just as enticing for you and your small business. In fact, it's entirely justifiable to make the Xbox One a business expense. The Xbox One, priced at $499, is an affordable option for small business owners, as there are many features built into the console that could help it rival even the most modest of video conferencing and networking platforms.

Fans have started a petition asking Microsoft to restore the Xbox One policies it reversed following E3.

In a petition on change.org, organizer David Fontenot asks Microsoft to “give us back the Xbox One we were promised at E3.”

“This was to be the future of entertainment,” the petition says. “A new wave of gaming where you could buy games digitally, then trade, share or sell those digital licenses. Essentially, it was Steam for Xbox. But consumers were uninformed, and railed against it, and it was taken away because Sony took advantage of consumers uncertainty. We want this back. It can't be all or nothing, there must be a compromise.”

Animavore wrote:What is wrong with people?

http://ie.ign.com/articles/2013/07/11/f ... e-policies

Fans have started a petition asking Microsoft to restore the Xbox One policies it reversed following E3.

In a petition on change.org, organizer David Fontenot asks Microsoft to “give us back the Xbox One we were promised at E3.”

“This was to be the future of entertainment,” the petition says. “A new wave of gaming where you could buy games digitally, then trade, share or sell those digital licenses. Essentially, it was Steam for Xbox. But consumers were uninformed, and railed against it, and it was taken away because Sony took advantage of consumers uncertainty. We want this back. It can't be all or nothing, there must be a compromise.”

purplerat wrote:

Animavore wrote:What is wrong with people?

http://ie.ign.com/articles/2013/07/11/f ... e-policies

Fans have started a petition asking Microsoft to restore the Xbox One policies it reversed following E3.

In a petition on change.org, organizer David Fontenot asks Microsoft to “give us back the Xbox One we were promised at E3.”

“This was to be the future of entertainment,” the petition says. “A new wave of gaming where you could buy games digitally, then trade, share or sell those digital licenses. Essentially, it was Steam for Xbox. But consumers were uninformed, and railed against it, and it was taken away because Sony took advantage of consumers uncertainty. We want this back. It can't be all or nothing, there must be a compromise.”

I'd sign that. What's the point (for consumers) of having the PS4 and XBox One essentially being incompatible clones of each other? I was excited to see one company make a bold move towards what it that the future of the industry would be while still having a solid fall back if that didn't work out. Now with MS changes it's just two of the same which is rather boring. Basically which one I would buy would simply come down to which one most of my friends buy and not what features one had over the other.

OnkelCannabia wrote:

purplerat wrote:

Animavore wrote:What is wrong with people?

http://ie.ign.com/articles/2013/07/11/f ... e-policies

Fans have started a petition asking Microsoft to restore the Xbox One policies it reversed following E3.

In a petition on change.org, organizer David Fontenot asks Microsoft to “give us back the Xbox One we were promised at E3.”

“This was to be the future of entertainment,” the petition says. “A new wave of gaming where you could buy games digitally, then trade, share or sell those digital licenses. Essentially, it was Steam for Xbox. But consumers were uninformed, and railed against it, and it was taken away because Sony took advantage of consumers uncertainty. We want this back. It can't be all or nothing, there must be a compromise.”

I'd sign that. What's the point (for consumers) of having the PS4 and XBox One essentially being incompatible clones of each other? I was excited to see one company make a bold move towards what it that the future of the industry would be while still having a solid fall back if that didn't work out. Now with MS changes it's just two of the same which is rather boring. Basically which one I would buy would simply come down to which one most of my friends buy and not what features one had over the other.

They didn't need the DRM for their system to work. Have a Digital copy with the system they want and a physical copy that works in traditional ways. There are tons of ways to implement such a system. They just wanted to sneak in a DRM and now they are butthurt.

Animavore wrote:

OnkelCannabia wrote:

purplerat wrote:

Animavore wrote:What is wrong with people?

http://ie.ign.com/articles/2013/07/11/f ... e-policies

I'd sign that. What's the point (for consumers) of having the PS4 and XBox One essentially being incompatible clones of each other? I was excited to see one company make a bold move towards what it that the future of the industry would be while still having a solid fall back if that didn't work out. Now with MS changes it's just two of the same which is rather boring. Basically which one I would buy would simply come down to which one most of my friends buy and not what features one had over the other.

They didn't need the DRM for their system to work. Have a Digital copy with the system they want and a physical copy that works in traditional ways. There are tons of ways to implement such a system. They just wanted to sneak in a DRM and now they are butthurt.

Exactly. Digital copies are already this way on PS3 and XBox. You can't trade your digital copy in. It doesn't even make sense to the medium. It's not like they can sell on the digital copy you traded in second hand.
Digital copies may be the way of the future, but not until they have reasonable prices. Why should I pay €10 more for a digital copy when I can by a hard copy for cheaper plus whatever extra saving I make trading a game in. Hell the last game I bought they had to give [img]me[/img]an extra €5 with the games I traded in.
XBox wanted to completely demolish this form of buy and sell. No wonder people weren't happy.

OnkelCannabia wrote:

purplerat wrote:

Animavore wrote:What is wrong with people?

http://ie.ign.com/articles/2013/07/11/f ... e-policies

Fans have started a petition asking Microsoft to restore the Xbox One policies it reversed following E3.

In a petition on change.org, organizer David Fontenot asks Microsoft to “give us back the Xbox One we were promised at E3.”

“This was to be the future of entertainment,” the petition says. “A new wave of gaming where you could buy games digitally, then trade, share or sell those digital licenses. Essentially, it was Steam for Xbox. But consumers were uninformed, and railed against it, and it was taken away because Sony took advantage of consumers uncertainty. We want this back. It can't be all or nothing, there must be a compromise.”

I'd sign that. What's the point (for consumers) of having the PS4 and XBox One essentially being incompatible clones of each other? I was excited to see one company make a bold move towards what it that the future of the industry would be while still having a solid fall back if that didn't work out. Now with MS changes it's just two of the same which is rather boring. Basically which one I would buy would simply come down to which one most of my friends buy and not what features one had over the other.

They didn't need the DRM for their system to work. Have a Digital copy with the system they want and a physical copy that works in traditional ways. There are tons of ways to implement such a system. They just wanted to sneak in a DRM and now they are butthurt.

mraltair wrote:Turns out RYSE isn't even a game.

:tehe:

tuco wrote:

mraltair wrote:Turns out RYSE isn't even a game.

Ryse Producer Explains How The Xbox One Game Will Be Different From The E3 Demo

[snip]

When I played Ryse I noticed, that when you fight multiple guys you can just press the A button to block without worrying about the direction an enemy was coming at you. It seemed kind of easy, since you didn’t need to change the direction Marius is facing when it came to blocking.

Michael Read, Producer at Crytek: No. It’s not on this demo specifically. When they come in at a specific range, Marius will go into a combat pose.

It you’d like notice, that’s also on the combat side too. I mean if you have two guys that are spread apart; much in a similar way like [the] Batman [Arkham series]. You are attacking one [enemy]. You know that guy is over there. You push the stick and start hitting him and he [Marius] will charge over to him and hacking him. We are working on the block mechanics.

[snip]

Read more at http://www.siliconera.com/2013/07/22/ry ... RFHoZVK.99

Pressing X will do your standard swing. Holding X down will do a heavier attack or heavy shield bash, for instance, with the other buttons. You also have shield bash and kick or block and kick.

When you enter into an execution state, we are going to remove the button prompts that you saw in this version. And they are going to be replaced with visual and audio prompts that people are going to have to learn over time. We have like a hundred executions in the game.

Xbox One Accessories Feature Large Price Tags
[...]
There are currently only five Xbox One items on the Microsoft Store: A smattering of controller options, a headset and a one-year Xbox Live Gold subscription card. The card is priced at $60, which is relatively reasonable price for that item. That $60 price point however, is also attached to the Xbox One's standard controller.

[...]

Key features of Microsoft's Xbox One console, which is expected to go on sale in November, will only be available with an annual subscription.

The requirement covers recording and sharing of gameplay videos, making Skype video calls and using a service that finds gaming opponents.

An Xbox Live Gold account that currently costs $60 (£40) will be needed for all these features.