The Official Xbox One Thread

[EightySix Four]

Does it make it...dash faster?

Only double dash.

 

[purbeast0]

so i just tried to start my own party with no one in it, so that when playing online on killer instinct i wouldn't hear the people i was playing against because i'd only hear the people in my party.

well that didn't work - i could hear the people i was playing against, talking on their stupid kinect the entire time, even though i was in an empty part of my own. simply retarded.

 

[007ELmO]

lol

 

[sze5003]

so i just tried to start my own party with no one in it, so that when playing online on killer instinct i wouldn't hear the people i was playing against because i'd only hear the people in my party.

well that didn't work - i could hear the people i was playing against, talking on their stupid kinect the entire time, even though i was in an empty part of my own. simply retarded.

Does the party settings have a prioritize option? On ps4 sometimes I was annoyed playing with a good team on bf4 but I could only talk to my buddies. After some searching there is some option that lets you set it to prioritize private party or game chat.

 

[EightySix Four]

so i just tried to start my own party with no one in it, so that when playing online on killer instinct i wouldn't hear the people i was playing against because i'd only hear the people in my party.

well that didn't work - i could hear the people i was playing against, talking on their stupid kinect the entire time, even though i was in an empty part of my own. simply retarded.

Yeah, it won't let you party chat during games. The party system is the one thing I think is truly broken on X1.

 

[smackababy]

Yeah, it won't let you party chat during games. The party system is the one thing I think is truly broken on X1.

I don't know if that wasn't by design. How many times have I played COD or Halo and a few people on my team were in a party? Quite a few. How many times was it not annoying? Zero. There seems to always have been at least one numb nuts in a party that was not helping or dying because he was not communicating. Now, for a single player game or games without teams, I'm okay with them being in a party. I don't want to talk to people I play KI against; mostly, because they are awful at insulting me after I beat them.

 

[purbeast0]

Does the party settings have a prioritize option? On ps4 sometimes I was annoyed playing with a good team on bf4 but I could only talk to my buddies. After some searching there is some option that lets you set it to prioritize private party or game chat.

lol ... does it have settings. the x1 has like no settings that you can change haha.

it would be funny if the parties are better on ps4 than x1 right now (i haven't used them on ps4 yet) because that was one of the major features that people said the 360 did so much better than the ps3 did.

Yeah, it won't let you party chat during games. The party system is the one thing I think is truly broken on X1.

hah are you serious? what is the point of parties then?

 

[sze5003]

There was at least one time in bf4 that I'm in a party I started from the ps4 dashboard, I hear one or two guys from my team in bf4 saying something. It's rare but it has happened lol. Although I hate how bf4, the game you should be communicating in, has like no party invite system.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Wat? I have had very little problems with the voice commands and this "black crush" people are crying about.

The OS could be a bit snappier in a few aspects, and if you're confused by the layout, you are a moron.

I agree it isn't complete, but it is a new OS on a new platform, using new ideas (for console).

Well, the black crush is there. I got a new TV, an ultra high end LED based LCD. The Sony KDL55W900A. Anyway to make a long story short my Pioneer was washing out the image. This one is much more vibrant in the colors. Blacks are crushed in a couple titles and unless you make the image overbright and mess with contrast levels, it will be crushed. This probably is how the games are because I will be fair and say that Forza is not crushed nor is any Blu-Ray I have tried. However, Killer Instinct is a little and Dead Rising 3 is. Not terrible, but yes.

As for the OS. There are things the 360 did well in regards to friend lists and XBL. The new system does them poorly. Certain features shouldn't be put into an app that needs to load, it should be a core part of the OS and always in memory IMO. Maybe they couldn't do that, I dunno.

 

[cmdrdredd]

lol ... does it have settings. the x1 has like no settings that you can change haha.

it would be funny if the parties are better on ps4 than x1 right now (i haven't used them on ps4 yet) because that was one of the major features that people said the 360 did so much better than the ps3 did.



hah are you serious? what is the point of parties then?

Yeah dude this is weird stuff. I was just playing some NBA 2k14 on PS4 in single player while in a party chat with my friend who was playing BF4 online. It worked fine. SO I don't really get how the XB1 can not work at all.

 

[blurredvision]

Put my console into standby, then folded a load of laundry and brushed my teeth. Went back into the living room and the power brick light was amber, indicating it had shut down. Maybe was a 15-minute time span so the download was super quick.

Booted up, got a small green progress indicator on a solid black screen that took about a minute to complete, then to the all-green Xbox One logo loading screen for about 2-3 minutes before booting to the dash. Easy process.

 

[cmdrdredd]

I think they need a way for you to manually check for an update somehow. I don't always turn off my consoles, just my TV and receiver.

 

[Arkaign]

Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeros will have an exclusive mission on xb1 and ps4. In one you play as the original snake (PlayStation version) and on Xbox out get a raiden mission. It is weird though cause now I will need to decide which one will be the better one based on that content.



Here is the worst thing and it only hurts the industry as a whole. A developer is being forced to delay a game on ps4, vita, and wiiu or Microsoft won't let them release it on xb1. That is the types of practices they employ. So next time someone says we pick on MS, it is because they sometimes use strong arm tactics such as this "parity clause" that states you cannot release a game on xb1 that is already out on another platform. You have to release it first or at the same time. This developer has the game completed on other platforms but cannot release it because that dont want to limit their audience too much.



http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/12/09/studio-must-delay-multiplatform-game-to-get-xbox-one-release

Well spoken, and I fully agree. I'm not up in arms about it by any means with pitchforks, but it just reeks of gimmicky corporate manipulation, the result of too many stuffed suits plotting away in boardrooms, and too little effort put towards truly making things better for their customers. I think modern corporate culture has seriously become sick, with a big disconnect between the top execs and the rest of the guys who have to do the actual work.

I know in Microsoft's case, during the Ballmer years things became very disjointed due to their ranking system. It actually created mini fiefdoms within the company that competed against each other, blocked each other, and tried to cut one another's throats. Sony being the behemoth that they are surely has similar but different issues of their own which we can see in idiotic things like proprietary memory cards, proprietary music standards, and other nonsense which is just reinventing the wheel to try to keep you stuck buying their brand of crap. At least Nintendo, monolith of the old age, lets you use SD cards and such these days

This is capitalism, and I don't begrudge them their success, but I do feel that the model is somewhat askew today, and may even create an eventual crash or 'gaming recession'. The model of trying to take over the living room in a single paywall zone is in many ways a solution in search of a problem. I can't really think of very many people in the past decade that bemoaned "I can't watch TV! I need help!", or "How do I watch netflix? It's SO confusing!", or "How will I *EVER* find a new song or game to play".

Of course, the good thing is that XB1 and PS4 will definitely move the bar higher for capabilities, the previous consoles really did try to squeeze blood from a stone as the years fell away. And I have absolutely zero doubt that massive improvements will occur with the UI and features, and ease of use. This will particularly help XB1 to fulfill the promise that right now is severely flawed. The pre-launch boasting about Twitch support and the 'obviously superior to PSN online gaming' seem truly silly now. It's almost ironic that the massive goodwill built up from the XBL experience on 360 is completely wasted on the XB1 so far. However, by the time most of the XB1 owners actually get their XB1s (years 3 through 6 seem to be the most vibrant in terms of install base growth, as we should see the magic $299 barrier surely hit by then), these issues will be absolutely irrelevant.

I have full confidence that they will hit their marks, and at the same time I think they both suffered from releasing 6-9 months too early. PS4 needed more games and a couple of features, XB1 needed perhaps a slight boost in horsepower and a ready for primetime OS/feature set. We are truly beta testers, lol

 

[Wingznut]

It is horribly broken right now.

There's some epic level hyperbole there. I'm guessing you don't actually use an Xbox One, and are just parroting what you read on reddit.

I'll take simple controller control and 1080P games over 720P and frustrating voice controls that get old after a week.

Actually, they work quite well. Also, you don't HAVE to use voice controls if you don't want to.

 

[007ELmO]

are there any games coming out before christmas that are must purchases? ack we all buy consoles with nothing to really play on either. Should have paid bioware millions to get mass effect 4 out, xD

 

[cmdrdredd]

are there any games coming out before christmas that are must purchases? ack we all buy consoles with nothing to really play on either. Should have paid bioware millions to get mass effect 4 out, xD

Nah...everything is out now. I think the next big releases will be around march or april

 

[KaOTiK]

Well, the black crush is there. I got a new TV, an ultra high end LED based LCD. The Sony KDL55W900A. Anyway to make a long story short my Pioneer was washing out the image. This one is much more vibrant in the colors. Blacks are crushed in a couple titles and unless you make the image overbright and mess with contrast levels, it will be crushed. This probably is how the games are because I will be fair and say that Forza is not crushed nor is any Blu-Ray I have tried. However, Killer Instinct is a little and Dead Rising 3 is. Not terrible, but yes.

As for the OS. There are things the 360 did well in regards to friend lists and XBL. The new system does them poorly. Certain features shouldn't be put into an app that needs to load, it should be a core part of the OS and always in memory IMO. Maybe they couldn't do that, I dunno.

You are not getting crushed blacks in Forza and Blu Rays because the scaler is not being used there since they are native 1080 sources. The scaler is what introduces the problems.

 

[digiram]

You have to switch party chat on to get away from the pub chat and into the party chat. It's a pita. On 360, it would default you to party chat. Now, sometimes party chat won't turn on when you join a party. I find that a cold reboot, not just putting it on standby and powering on, will fix that.

 

[American Gunner]

Major Nelson reported that the Xbox One sold 2 million in 18 days worldwide, which is pretty awesome. Good to know the console business (outside Nintendo) is doing great right now.

 

[007ELmO]

it's a shame because nintendo has the best games right now

 

[Bman123]

I'm surprised to hear about the party chat. Xbox has a huge lead in that area and it worked great on the 360. I can imagine how bad it must be playing online tho since everyone has a kinect now. Loud TVs, music blarring, kids crying, wanna be thugs lol

 

[purbeast0]

2 million xbox one consoles sold in 18 days.

http://majornelson.com/2013/12/11/xbox-one-sells-2-million-units-in-18-days/

i still find it funny how both x1 and ps4 have outsold the wii-u by more than 2x now in less than a month, and they are both nearly double the price.

(oh i see american gunner has already mentioned this)

 

[smackababy]

2 million xbox one consoles sold in 18 days.

http://majornelson.com/2013/12/11/xbox-one-sells-2-million-units-in-18-days/

i still find it funny how both x1 and ps4 have outsold the wii-u by more than 2x now in less than a month, and they are both nearly double the price.

(oh i see american gunner has already mentioned this)

Has to be fake! There is no way anyone would buy the Xbox One, because MS hates gamers and our Lord and Savior Sony has a cheaper offering!

 

[sze5003]

Has to be fake! There is no way anyone would buy the Xbox One, because MS hates gamers and our Lord and Savior Sony has a cheaper offering!

It's no suprise both consoles sold well. They have been coming in and out of stock recently and with the holidays coming up all the kiddies want one.

 

[cmdrdredd]

I'm surprised to hear about the party chat. Xbox has a huge lead in that area and it worked great on the 360. I can imagine how bad it must be playing online tho since everyone has a kinect now. Loud TVs, music blarring, kids crying, wanna be thugs lol

Exactly...I hear people screaming cause they are losing. This is why I currently am not playing much online. Tried a few games and couldn't stand it.