Xbox One: What We Do and Don't Know - IGN

 

Looking like there will some form of a used game market for the games, but looks like an end to borrowing games from a friend. Unless they are nice enough to let you play on their profile.

After reading everything over the past 24 hours, its gonna have to be a huge showing at E3 from Microsoft. Gonna be tough to pull the trigger on the consol, at least right away. I'm more of a PC gamer anyways but I dont see anything really groundbreaking that will be coming from the new X1.

After reading everything over the past 24 hours, its gonna have to be a huge showing at E3 from Microsoft. Gonna be tough to pull the trigger on the consol, at least right away. I'm more of a PC gamer anyways but I dont see anything really groundbreaking that will be coming from the new X1.

 

 

Gaming wise they showed nothing ground-breaking. But my belief is that they wanted to show the specs, tv stuff, and entertainment that way they could focus on the games at E3.

 

IF Microsoft doesn't focus on games and answering the key questions that are plaguing the system right now then it'll be a failure.

Gaming wise they showed nothing ground-breaking. But my belief is that they wanted to show the specs, tv stuff, and entertainment that way they could focus on the games at E3.

 

IF Microsoft doesn't focus on games and answering the key questions that are plaguing the system right now then it'll be a failure.

 

Exactly. E3 has to be them showing off games. If not they are gonna lose to Sony and the PS4.

Gotcha. I'd looked it up, but hadn't seen the distinction.

 

Doesn't matter, I didn't buy that one at launch either. Maybe I bought it at $350. It's been long enough I can't recall.

 

All I know is that when you tell your wife you don't want to spend $600 on a vacation this year, it's probably not in your best interest to spend $400-$500 on a video game system.

 

Tell her you plan to use the new kinect work out stuff to get your beach body ready for next years vacation.

Alright here is some updated news from around the gaming web.

 

- Picture of Box art for the Xbox One

 

 

- Microsoft knows that games are important to any console and hasn't forgotten about them. Promises huge games at E3, fans will not be disappointed. Microsoft Investing $1 Billion in Next-Gen Games - IGN

 

- Kinect will be connected but will NOT always be watching/listening to you. You can turn it off.

 

- Current headsets will NOT be directly compatible with Xbox One (some figure 3rd party developers will create an adapter for them though).

Speculation is that the new Xbox will cost $399 and that the new PS4 will cost $349.

 

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57587456-75/analyst-xbox-one-to-cost-$399-playstation-4-priced-at-$349/

Speculation is that the new Xbox will cost $399 and that the new PS4 will cost $349.

 

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57587456-75/analyst-xbox-one-to-cost-$399-playstation-4-priced-at-$349/

 

Interesting on the PS4. Expected price by Microsoft.

 

 

Guess Sony is wanting to uppercut Microsoft by offering at a smaller price.

 

We shall fid out in a couple of days.

If the PS4 launches at a lower price than the XBox One, then this will be over before it begins. You can't let them have a system be more powerful with a deeper game lineup AND cheaper.

If the PS4 launches at a lower price than the XBox One, then this will be over before it begins. You can't let them have a system be more powerful with a deeper game lineup AND cheaper.

 

Not sure about any of what you just said other than cheaper...

 

More powerful system? The specs showed that they are almost identical in terms of power.

 

Deeper game library? Just because they may have more doesn't mean their games are better.

 

 

Now I'm saying if the prices are indeed true then it'll definitely hurt Microsoft but I don't think "it's over" is accurate in terms of the console battle. Simply being that $50 is not that big a difference and if Microsoft comes out and blows Sony out of the water in terms of games and everything else and they clear up some questions then I could see people paying $50 more for a superior product.

 

Now if Microsoft came out and priced it $499 and the PS4 was $349 then we'd have a problem. :lol2:

 

 

PS3 launched at $499 & $599. Ridiculous.

Not sure about any of what you just said other than cheaper...

 

More powerful system? The specs showed that they are almost identical in terms of power.

 

Deeper game library? Just because they may have more doesn't mean their games are better.

 

 

Now I'm saying if the prices are indeed true then it'll definitely hurt Microsoft but I don't think "it's over" is accurate in terms of the console battle. Simply being that $50 is not that big a difference and if Microsoft comes out and blows Sony out of the water in terms of games and everything else and they clear up some questions then I could see people paying $50 more for a superior product.

 

Now if Microsoft came out and priced it $499 and the PS4 was $349 then we'd have a problem. :lol2:

 

 

PS3 launched at $499 & $599. Ridiculous.

 

It is pretty acknowledged that the PS3 had a deeper and better gaming library, as the PS2 did before it. Sony produces more first-party games and exclusives than Microsoft does. The 360 often sold better in the multiplatform games, like Call of Duty and the like, but Sony has always had them when it came to exclusives in a big way. Unless Sony just forgets how to do business, it's not likely that these things will change.

 

As to the power, everything I've seen is that they're similar or identical at parts, but the parts that are different are slightly more powerful in the PS4. For instance, they have much faster memory despite having the same amount of memory in the system. The power may ultimately be less important in this scenario, but from what I've seen, the PS4 is slightly more powerful.

 

I think the XBox One is trying to differentiate itself by adding all the media capabilities and they have the Kinect, which some people like I guess.

 

One thing not to overlook as well is that whilthe XBox One is only $50 more for the hardware, you'll need a subscription to XBox Live to play online and access a lot of services, so really you're paying around $100 more when all is said and done.

 

The major advantages for XBox the last time around was a lower price (even with XBox Live factored in) but especially the year of lead time they had in getting the system out. This enabled them to get entrenched especially in the US, and as far as estimates go because they no longer release hard numbers for the US, the 360 never gave up the lead here. But worldwide, the PS3 eventually passed them, which is to be expected because the 360 and the XBox before it never did well overseas. Microsoft won't have either advantage this time.

 

E3 will shed some more light on everything, but Microsoft needs to up their game on what they've been showing if they expect to not be hurt by these factors. Or they can hope Sony drops the ball as badly as they did when they launched the PS3.

It is pretty acknowledged that the PS3 had a deeper and better gaming library, as the PS2 did before it. Sony produces more first-party games and exclusives than Microsoft does. The 360 often sold better in the multiplatform games, like Call of Duty and the like, but Sony has always had them when it came to exclusives in a big way. Unless Sony just forgets how to do business, it's not likely that these things will change.

 

As to the power, everything I've seen is that they're similar or identical at parts, but the parts that are different are slightly more powerful in the PS4. For instance, they have much faster memory despite having the same amount of memory in the system. The power may ultimately be less important in this scenario, but from what I've seen, the PS4 is slightly more powerful.

 

I think the XBox One is trying to differentiate itself by adding all the media capabilities and they have the Kinect, which some people like I guess.

 

One thing not to overlook as well is that whilthe XBox One is only $50 more for the hardware, you'll need a subscription to XBox Live to play online and access a lot of services, so really you're paying around $100 more when all is said and done.

 

The major advantages for XBox the last time around was a lower price (even with XBox Live factored in) but especially the year of lead time they had in getting the system out. This enabled them to get entrenched especially in the US, and as far as estimates go because they no longer release hard numbers for the US, the 360 never gave up the lead here. But worldwide, the PS3 eventually passed them, which is to be expected because the 360 and the XBox before it never did well overseas. Microsoft won't have either advantage this time.

 

E3 will shed some more light on everything, but Microsoft needs to up their game on what they've been showing if they expect to not be hurt by these factors. Or they can hope Sony drops the ball as badly as they did when they launched the PS3.

 

Now I agree with the games from the PS2 and PS3 and yes they work a lot more with first party developers but I think Microsoft is changing a bit. They are offering 15 exclusives in the first 12 months and 8 of those are brand new games. That's a big step for them, albeit a long overdue one.

 

IMO it all comes down to E3.

If the PS4 launches at a lower price than the XBox One, then this will be over before it begins. You can't let them have a system be more powerful with a deeper game lineup AND cheaper.

 

If I find the article later I will throw it in here but Microsoft announced that it plans to invest over $1billion in game creation and production.

Alright here is some updated news from around the gaming web.

 

- Picture of Box art for the Xbox One [ATTACH=CONFIG]40047[/ATTACH]

 

- Microsoft knows that games are important to any console and hasn't forgotten about them. Promises huge games at E3, fans will not be disappointed. Microsoft Investing $1 Billion in Next-Gen Games - IGN

 

- Kinect will be connected but will NOT always be watching/listening to you. You can turn it off.

 

- Current headsets will NOT be directly compatible with Xbox One (some figure 3rd party developers will create an adapter for them though).

 

If I find the article later I will throw it in here but Microsoft announced that it plans to invest over $1billion in game creation and production.

 

Here you go. I posted a while back. That's a huge investment up front by Microsoft.

It is pretty acknowledged that the PS3 had a deeper and better gaming library, as the PS2 did before it. Sony produces more first-party games and exclusives than Microsoft does. The 360 often sold better in the multiplatform games, like Call of Duty and the like, but Sony has always had them when it came to exclusives in a big way. Unless Sony just forgets how to do business, it's not likely that these things will change.

 

As to the power, everything I've seen is that they're similar or identical at parts, but the parts that are different are slightly more powerful in the PS4. For instance, they have much faster memory despite having the same amount of memory in the system. The power may ultimately be less important in this scenario, but from what I've seen, the PS4 is slightly more powerful.

 

I think the XBox One is trying to differentiate itself by adding all the media capabilities and they have the Kinect, which some people like I guess.

 

One thing not to overlook as well is that whilthe XBox One is only $50 more for the hardware, you'll need a subscription to XBox Live to play online and access a lot of services, so really you're paying around $100 more when all is said and done.

The major advantages for XBox the last time around was a lower price (even with XBox Live factored in) but especially the year of lead time they had in getting the system out. This enabled them to get entrenched especially in the US, and as far as estimates go because they no longer release hard numbers for the US, the 360 never gave up the lead here. But worldwide, the PS3 eventually passed them, which is to be expected because the 360 and the XBox before it never did well overseas. Microsoft won't have either advantage this time.

 

E3 will shed some more light on everything, but Microsoft needs to up their game on what they've been showing if they expect to not be hurt by these factors. Or they can hope Sony drops the ball as badly as they did when they launched the PS3.

 

Not so fast my friend. Keep in mind that you're able to keep your gamertag and transfer over all movies and music on to the new console. I just renewed my xbox live membership in April so I'm not paying anything again for about 6 months after the new system is released and I'm sure this will be the case for a lot of folks. Also I'd be surprised if microsoft doesn't offer 1-3 months for free with the purchase of the new system.