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Xbox One: Microsoft's All-In-One Home Entertainment System
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#62Most people I know who own a PS3 consider it essentially a blu-ray player. Most people I know who own an Xbox consider it essentially a Netflix player. These people bought games, but they don't really play them. I've got naught but my anecdata, but I think attempting to bill this new console as an entertainment system that happens to also play some great games is a very, very good idea.
Why? They just alienated gamers while showing non-gamers that they've been overpaying for a glorified Netflix machine.
I've been a diehard Xbox fan since I first got my hands on the original, but this makes me want to switch back to Playstation.
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#63You can have two things on the screen at once. Such innovation.
For a video game console? Yes. Yes it is. GameFAQ's up right next to the actual game? Control panel where you can control your livestream?
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#64I was most interested by their Live TV offering. But does anyone have any details on how they get the TV stream? One of the slides mentioned HDMI In/Out - does that mean it's going the GoogleTV route? I have a logitech revue - and I absolutely hate it.
Most likely it will have to work with an external subscription. The guy on stage mentioned that he uses Comcast and then did the demo. So I imagine it will work like Google TV and just be a glorified channel changer without any content of its own.
I too have the Logitech Revue and it eventually just became a netflix box for my kids. We just switched back to having a dedicated laptop for our TV and never looked back.
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#65So now I can have a UI with ads overlaid on my TV ads? Fantastic!
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#66I'd like to be impressed, but it's really hard. I have friends that work at Microsoft and have worked on various bits of this platform. I know personally the incredible amount of hard work that gets put into this product. This presentation just feels... empty. It's largely middle-aged men (and a woman who worked at tv companies) dryly reciting a badly written script with significant intentional pauses intended for ap…
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...
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#67Most people I know who own a PS3 consider it essentially a blu-ray player. Most people I know who own an Xbox consider it essentially a Netflix player. These people bought games, but they don't really play them. I've got naught but my anecdata, but I think attempting to bill this new console as an entertainment system that happens to also play some great games is a very, very good idea.
I own both a PS3 and a 360 and had those same use cases. Then I bought a Roku on whim at Costco one day. As a result, I've used the PS3 once in the last year, I haven't used the 360 at all. I bought both of those consoles when they were new and collected a bunch of $60 games that I "don't really play". For several years now, the vast majority of gaming I do comes via games bought for a steep discount to console price…
I think it says something that a person like myself, who could previously be counted on to buy each new generation of console is unmoved by Xbox One.
Maybe you just got old? It takes a lot to get me to play a video game these days.
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#69So 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.
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#70As 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.
Yes, before I saw your comment, I was going to post something similar. I am also one of those weirdos who just wants a really powerful and reliable gaming console. No muss, no fuss, no "social", no voice-activated doo-dads, just really good games and not much else.
According to microsoft you are from a breed as rare as the dodo.
Seems like the real next gen gaming console will be i5 with low profile 7950 shoved in HTPC enclosure.
I want to play some games for fun. But seems we will be getting enhanced online multiplayer socially enabled jump controlled experiences instead.