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Re: Xbox, A New Generation Revealed (livesteam)

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Post by nwh » Tue, May 21, 2013, 5:39 PM UTC

FreeBird wrote: post #15

From the web: "8 gigs of RAM, USB 3.0, Wi-Fi Direct, a Blu-Ray disc drive, 64-bit architecture and "practically silent operation." Super fast switching of TV inputs between TV, Gaming, Skype,IE etc. Runs the Windows NT kernel. Kinect 2.0 also gets a substantial upgrade. Whitten promised the integrated camera will have a wider field of view, and the sensor will be able to detect more joints, to include rotation of wri…

It's funny that they are advertising "64bit" as a feature. The Nintendo 64 took that flag in 1999.

Re: Xbox, A New Generation Revealed (livesteam)

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Post by rralian » Tue, May 21, 2013, 5:40 PM UTC

If they can really wrangle all of the other sources to come through and be controllable by the xbox, that would be very cool. Maybe my parents will be able to work our tv without us having to write detailed instructions.

Re: Xbox, A New Generation Revealed (livesteam)

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Post by mattvv » Tue, May 21, 2013, 5:40 PM UTC

who can i throw my money at to get this

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Post by roc » Tue, May 21, 2013, 5:41 PM UTC

archgrove wrote: post #11

princess3000 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think that's the point. They're trying to capture a market far larger than people who care about the next Halo, because those people are going to buy this anyway.

And these are precisely the people who won't be watching the reveal of a new console.

But they're the people who will be reading the vapid-to-us articles written by those who have no understanding of, or context for, gaming and will simply try to encapsulate what they see on that stage.

If Microsoft gave a 'core gamer only' conference as its reveal, the (e.g.) CNN article the next day would read very differently. And the mother with two children and a kinect would decide, in a paragraph or maybe two, that this next one is not really 'for' her.

And that may well be what core gamers want the message to be. But it is desperately not what Microsoft wants the message to be.

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Post by quackerhacker » Tue, May 21, 2013, 5:41 PM UTC

Durango sounded better than freaking xbox one! Come on Microsoft!

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Post by alt_ » Tue, May 21, 2013, 5:43 PM UTC

There's an alternative stream at GT: http://www.gametrailers.com/netstorage/xboxcountdown/live.ht...

The official one appears to have some bandwidth issues for me.

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Post by SonicSoul » Tue, May 21, 2013, 5:44 PM UTC

w1ntermute wrote: post #14

mikeevans wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That didn't stop Apple from naming the newest iPhone the "iPhone 5", despite being the sixth.

Or HTC from naming their newest flagship phone the "HTC One".

3 wrongs don't make a right?

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Post by stack0v3erfl0w » Tue, May 21, 2013, 5:44 PM UTC

Why couldn't they stream it on YouTube? This one keeps buffering every 5 seconds.

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Post by stack0v3erfl0w » Tue, May 21, 2013, 5:45 PM UTC

mattvv wrote: post #23

who can i throw my money at to get this

Microsoft.

Re: Xbox, A New Generation Revealed (livesteam)

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Post by james4k » Tue, May 21, 2013, 5:45 PM UTC

Is it just me or were the number of buzzword adjectives in this event absolutely ridiculous?