Re: Miscellaneous Next-Gen Gaming thread

by LastNewtStandin Fri 14 Jun 2013 - 9:02

Kilroy8 wrote:Thought some bundle prices may have been released. Wouldn't mind an Xbox One with Forza 5 for £460.

Any news if we still have to use MS Points? I prefer the way Sony did it with just a price that you pay on your credit/debit card or redeemable code. I always have like 60 MS Points that I can't use.

http://support.xbox.com/en-US/billing-and-subscriptions/account-management/microsoft-points-retire-faq

by F4H bandicoot Wed 19 Jun 2013 - 21:52

Last week at E3, the excitement, creativity and future of our industry was on display for a global audience.

For us, the future comes in the form of Xbox One, a system designed to be the best place to play games this year and for many years to come. As is our heritage with Xbox, we designed a system that could take full advantage of advances in technology in order to deliver a breakthrough in game play and entertainment. We imagined a new set of benefits such as easier roaming, family sharing, and new ways to try and buy games. We believe in the benefits of a connected, digital future.

Since unveiling our plans for Xbox One, my team and I have heard directly from many of you, read your comments and listened to your feedback. I would like to take the opportunity today to thank you for your assistance in helping us to reshape the future of Xbox One.

You told us how much you loved the flexibility you have today with games delivered on disc. The ability to lend, share, and resell these games at your discretion is of incredible importance to you. Also important to you is the freedom to play offline, for any length of time, anywhere in the world.

So, today I am announcing the following changes to Xbox One and how you can play, share, lend, and resell your games exactly as you do today on Xbox 360. Here is what that means:

An internet connection will not be required to play offline Xbox One games – After a one-time system set-up with a new Xbox One, you can play any disc based game without ever connecting online again. There is no 24 hour connection requirement and you can take your Xbox One anywhere you want and play your games, just like on Xbox 360.

Trade-in, lend, resell, gift, and rent disc based games just like you do today – There will be no limitations to using and sharing games, it will work just as it does today on Xbox 360.

In addition to buying a disc from a retailer, you can also download games from Xbox Live on day of release. If you choose to download your games, you will be able to play them offline just like you do today. Xbox One games will be playable on any Xbox One console -- there will be no regional restrictions.

These changes will impact some of the scenarios we previously announced for Xbox One. The sharing of games will work as it does today, you will simply share the disc. Downloaded titles cannot be shared or resold. Also, similar to today, playing disc based games will require that the disc be in the tray.

We appreciate your passion, support and willingness to challenge the assumptions of digital licensing and connectivity. While we believe that the majority of people will play games online and access the cloud for both games and entertainment, we will give consumers the choice of both physical and digital content. We have listened and we have heard loud and clear from your feedback that you want the best of both worlds.

Thank you again for your candid feedback. Our team remains committed to listening, taking feedback and delivering a great product for you later this year.

by Duke of Bruno Wed 19 Jun 2013 - 21:59

Where did this come from?

by Texaspotatolord Wed 19 Jun 2013 - 22:02

http://news.xbox.com/2013/06/update

by Standaman94 Wed 19 Jun 2013 - 22:03

AND THE CROWD GOES WILD!!

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by **CQR Rogue** Wed 19 Jun 2013 - 22:08

LOL Sony over to you.......... well done microsoft Smile

by Texaspotatolord Wed 19 Jun 2013 - 22:08

Yay, no more crying!

by Standaman94 Wed 19 Jun 2013 - 22:10

Aha... Looking through the comments of these articles, there's loads of people going "Cowards" and "XboxOne80" etc. Is no one ever happy? I'm sold 100% now.

by Ax4x Kane Wed 19 Jun 2013 - 22:29

Ball is back in Microsoft's court now. I bet Sony's preorders will take a hit.

by CQR Myles Wed 19 Jun 2013 - 22:29

Great, sadly the kinect is still a mandatory attachment which is bolstering up the cost, it's enough for me to get rid of my Xbox One bashing Sig and start thinking about which one to get.

by theboomeranga Wed 19 Jun 2013 - 22:46

PRAISE THE GODS THEY LISTEN!!!!!!!! cheers

by **LMR DarthMario** Wed 19 Jun 2013 - 22:59

omg stan, your post had me Hilarious

by F4H Lotterer Wed 19 Jun 2013 - 23:12

sweet.

by LMR Zakspeed Wed 19 Jun 2013 - 23:18

Did anyone know that Elder Scrolls Online will be on X1?! Very Happy

by Hainesy Wed 19 Jun 2013 - 23:27

I'm actually a bit gutted about this news as for me the cloud was the big game changer for next gen. Developers are now going to have to choose to make a game that uses the cloud heavily but doesn't reach the whole audience or make a game that doesn't use the cloud but reaches everyone. For me this makes both consoles identical. Can understand why they did it though. Sad

by **Richy59** Thu 20 Jun 2013 - 8:58

Apart from the always online thing I didn't mind the Xbone's policies. I liked the idea of installing my disc based games to the HDD and not having to put the disc back in all the time to play. That was actually a pretty good idea, but taking the blocking system away then means we still do the same as just now. Quite glad to hear they removed the region blocking on games. Still not a fan of their watching everything policy.

Agreed Hainsey,however it's just in the same positions as some PC games now. The Xbone might not need to be online to play games, but some games may be online only due to the cloud infrastructure. For the Cloud AI to work on FM5 it may be an online only game. Elder Scrolls Online will be online only and they may make more online only games. The system always had the ability to be played offline, but now it isn't mandatory. I can see not only Xbone games being online only this generation, but PS4 games as well.

by theboomeranga Thu 20 Jun 2013 - 9:23

Richy59 wrote:Still not a fan of their watching everything policy.

so what's the actual deal with that??

by Hainesy Thu 20 Jun 2013 - 11:16

Richy59 wrote:The Xbone might not need to be online to play games, but some games may be online only due to the cloud infrastructure.

Fingers crossed that this is the case but if I was a developer I'd always aim for the bigger market share and that would now have to include an offline mode. Still can't wait though, new Forza, that's all it needed to convince me. bounce

by Standaman94 Thu 20 Jun 2013 - 11:29

Aha I love this

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by Ax4x Kane Mon 24 Jun 2013 - 0:12

For those who missed E3 or want a brief summary:

by **Matt** Mon 24 Jun 2013 - 15:34

CRA Erebus wrote:
Richy59 wrote:Still not a fan of their watching everything policy.
so what's the actual deal with that??

My advice?
Put a book infront of your Kinect. Job done.

by Ax4x Kane Mon 24 Jun 2013 - 16:55

Matt wrote:
CRA Erebus wrote:
Richy59 wrote:Still not a fan of their watching everything policy.
so what's the actual deal with that??

My advice?
Put a book infront of your Kinect. Job done.

Books? People still use them?