Will the Xbox continue to be the "America-box?" A huge amount of this conference focused on services that are irrelevant to those outside the US (even irrelevant to Canadians). This all looks great if you have a stellar cable package and live in the USA where you get ESPN, but what about everyone else?
Xbox One: Microsoft's All-In-One Home Entertainment System
111–120 of 165 posts
Re: Xbox One: Microsoft's All-In-One Home Entertainment System
#112So no XNA replacement?
This isn't the talk where I would expect any mention of developer stuff like XNA. It wasn't even core gamer targeted, with such a heavy focus on sports/Call of Duty. This was meant for a wider audience. E3 is the earliest I would expect them to publicly talk about the developer tools.
Thx for the friendly response!
Re: Xbox One: Microsoft's All-In-One Home Entertainment System
#113This thing is seriously ugly. Makes me think of the first XBox.
Re: Xbox One: Microsoft's All-In-One Home Entertainment System
#114Earlier quoted context omitted.
Microsoft said ahead of time that all software-related discussion would be saved for E3. This was a features and hardware-only event. http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/20/4347614/microsoft-reveals-i...
They should have said that at the beginning of the presentation, not announced before the event and/or somewhere else. That being said, there was almost no hardware talk today. I know there's some good hardware and engineering in that black slanty box. That's all I've heard hinted about for months, about how impressed we'd be with the hardware, etc. Next to nothing was said about it.
But it has eight gee-bees!
Re: Xbox One: Microsoft's All-In-One Home Entertainment System
#115 > 1080p camera... 60 FPS. Field of view increased by 60%....
> motion tracking... detect skin pigmentation changes related to heart rate
Seriously, imagine being able to measure consumers' emotional reaction to your advertisements... if you were worried about information being gathered about you, with google adwords targeting you by search, or facebook data-mining your social network, you ain't seen nothing yet.
Re: Xbox One: Microsoft's All-In-One Home Entertainment System
#116As a gamer living in Bolivia, 90% of the features peddled as REVOLUTIONARY will weigh in at ZERO for me.
I'll be getting a PS4. I read that you can't even play used games on the XBox One.
Re: Xbox One: Microsoft's All-In-One Home Entertainment System
#117Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, the Sony PS4 event was actually fairly well done, especially in comparison. There was a lot of noise about them holding off on showing the actual box, but they talked extensively about games, about the things you could do with the console like screen sharing with friends, and about what the new hardware meant for developers and the kinds of doors it'd open for games. It certainly wasn't without flaw, but it did…
Go back and re-watch the PS4 talk. It was mostly empty and mostly vapid. There were less details given than the Xbox presentation. They showed a controller and that vibrator-looking glowing thing you see in porn. The most interesting bit technology-wise was the old man head. I'll admit that was very cool but I wanted more info.
The screen streaming and sharing is a huge deal, IMO. The integration of the OnLive-like Gaikai service is also big. I just saw a lot more to be excited about.
And while they definitely spent time on the typical shooters and racers, they made a point of spending time on games more off the beaten path, as well.
Re: Xbox One: Microsoft's All-In-One Home Entertainment System
#118I know the voice features have been available in the Xbox already, but I am really excited about them in the new Xbox. I expect them to be light years beyond on what they are now and key piece of the devices functionality. If it works really well it could open a whole new way of interacting with computers. It could also open the door to voice activated home automation, by training the masses to use voice controlled devices.
Re: Xbox One: Microsoft's All-In-One Home Entertainment System
#119As someone actually interested in playing games (and I know that may make me a minority here), this was the best commercial there will likely ever be for the Sony PlayStation 4.
Uh, yeah, because Sony not even showing the console itself at their announcement is better, right? Wait till E3.
Re: Xbox One: Microsoft's All-In-One Home Entertainment System
#120As someone actually interested in playing games (and I know that may make me a minority here), this was the best commercial there will likely ever be for the Sony PlayStation 4.
Uh, yeah, because Sony not even showing the console itself at their announcement is better, right? Wait till E3.