For whatever it is worth. IGN "sources" say the "Family" thing wasn't just PS+ 1hr rentals.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/06/...ly-share-demos
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For whatever it is worth. IGN "sources" say the "Family" thing wasn't just PS+ 1hr rentals.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/06/...ly-share-demos
According to this, Kinect is no longer required, however, it is also confirms that there will be no price drop as apparently it is still shipping with the console:
Uh, what? Link
Photo of the emails that are from that link:
http://i.imgur.com/Dx9lCOB.jpg
LMFAO so the two most "revolutionary" things XB1 was bringing (DRM and Kinect) are both now no longer required? So what was the point then? What is MS' vision?Quote:
Originally Posted by I OU a Beatn
Wow just wow I've never seen anything like this within a 1-2 week span. CRAZY!
It's been on 360 for 3 or 4 years now and no one even cares about it anymore. It was a joke they even had it as a requirement and if this turns out to be true, good riddance. Now give me my $400 Xbox One without the Kinect.
That's cray cray.
I don't think the pricing is gonna change.Quote:
Originally Posted by I OU a Beatn
If only price difference is the reason for the difference in pre-orders, then why did Microsoft change their stance? Surely not to please the internets.
Well at this point (if they have in fact dropped Big Brother Kinect) the only real difference left is PS4 has better memory/specs and price point. Does MS announce DDR5 and a $100 price drop by next Friday? 50/50 prop at this point. Perhaps it will be on SFTC. :nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by JBHuskers
No idea as it literally makes no sense. They're selling out of all their stock, meaning people really don't care about the 24 hour online check. I could understand the move if their stock wasn't being sold, but that's definitely not a problem. I don't really get the removal of the Kinect, either (even thought I'm glad it's gone if it's true), because if something is selling so well, why remove it?Quote:
Originally Posted by JBHuskers
I guess it was to improve their appearance. They've kind of become the poster boys for online requirements, so maybe they wanted to remove that? No idea.
XBox One Family Share was going to be as awesome as you hoped it would be...
http://kotaku.com/rumor-about-xbox-o...-fla-534484570
A dagger right through my heart. That would MORE than make up for the 24 hour check and pain in the ass used games. Oh well.
It is an interesting feature but again MS UTTERLY FAILED to sell it. They should have had videos, demos, explanations etc... on it publishers probably didn't like the concept but screw them your #1 job is to sell your console. (See PS4)Quote:
Originally Posted by I OU a Beatn
Yeah... had they used that Facebook group graphic that showed that you could essentially share it to 10 friends with few limitations, it would have won a lot of people over.
Thank the internet and CLW-type fanboys out there. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by I OU a Beatn
j/k CLW.
Yep I pretty much SINGLE-HANDILY took down a Fortune 500 company led by a bunch of evil liberal commies. Power to the PEOPLE! :nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by AustinWolv
Yeah but it seems really odd that they just pulled the features instead of trying to explain them. Even after they saw the preorder numbers, they are just preorders. People can back out of them. It just doesn't really make sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by gschwendt
Well yes/no. Maybe the pre-orders are even WORSE than the 60/40 U.S. split. Plus the U.S. is MS' #1 market if they lose the U.S. they are pretty much guaranteed to get HAMMERED in the EU and Japan.Quote:
Originally Posted by psuexv
You know there is always X% of wiggle room in people changing their mind but once you lose mind share (like PS3 did last gen due to its "too high" price tag and being late compared to 360) it was pretty much game over the entire generation. MS is in the same position here before the console even launches they are trying to change that but I'm not convinced they can pull it off as their PR/message is now COMPLETELY lost/confusing and now everything they announce you have to wonder will they retract it a week later and try something else.
I wouldn't be shocked at this point to even see a price drop to the same as PS4.
Like I said, it makes no sense. They're selling their allotment of consoles, so I don't know why they're drastically changing everything. Obviously, there's something going on that we don't know about yet. Why change everything when your console is selling just fine?
(1) Maybe its NOT "selling just fine". Maybe they've seen the #s from Amazon/retailers and they aren't good. (2) Maybe the DRM thing didn't work right and was causing a ton of problems i.e. Red Ring of Death like issuesQuote:
Originally Posted by I OU a Beatn
LMAO could you imagine going through all the bad PR then at launch having to address another RROD especially if its due to the DRM. That would KILL the console and I mean literally kill it like the Dreamcast.
It sold out on Amazon within 24 hours. They just recently put more up the past few days. It's also been sold out of all of my local GS stores for the past several days as well. It's also sold out on GS.com and has been for several days. Sales has nothing to do with it, IMO. Something happened that is causing them to do it, and I can't imagine backlash from the internet being the reason when their console is selling out everywhere. Makes no sense to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by CLW
Microsoft: 'We Feel Really Good About What Xbox One Is' [subject to change] :nod:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/06/..._medium=social
Goddamnit.Quote:
Originally Posted by I OU a Beatn
I would have definitely loved that. The rest already didn't bother me. My 360 is set to automatically log me into my account and sign into Xbox Live every time I turn it on. And outside of a few sports games a couple years ago, I don't sell or trade in my games, so that made no difference to me. I would have been fine with all of that if we could have kept the family share stuff.
My best friend from college and I could have actually played some games together for a change instead of constantly having to convince each other to buy one game or another. I've been trying to convince him to buy Halo 4 for a couple months now. Did at least get him to settle for Black Ops 2 though so we could fuck around in Custom Games.
Good to hear about the Kinect though. That's one more anti-Xbox One point killed, as now people can't bash it due to "privacy concerns".
At this point, I'm pretty well sold on the Xbox One. Just waiting to hear anything new about any potential overheating issues. If there are reports of issues come September or October, I may cancel my pre-order and wait until at least spring of 2014 to hopefully let them get any issues sorted out.
Yea not too many people come to our Best Buy, most go to the Galleria. I didn't even know it was here until two of my friends worked there and got me the job. I'm not sure about the allotment of systems. Hell we don't even know what's going on. They haven't told us anything. I'm not even sure pre-ordering is guaranteeing you a system lol. That's why I got mine from amazon. But I knew Microsoft was behind in production before they or Sony even officially announced they were making a next gen system. There were some reports online that the chip Microsoft used for something was only yielding a 25% usable rate out of production, which is terrible.Quote:
Originally Posted by CLW
To me selling out of your pre-orders means nothing. I can create a game console, but only give Amazon ten. Once those ten are pre-ordered they are "sold out". Thus giving the image that my console is selling well because you will never know how many actually sold, you just know that it sold out. In essence creating a false demand, creating a hypebeast, to try and get people to rush out and try and get my console. It's simple marketing. Nike knows this all too well. They come out with these shoe releases and only ship out 2-3 in each size creating a huge demand because of the limited supply.
Dude probably lives at home still .
Actually, no he doesn't. He's actually a very intelligent person with a lot of smart things to say.Quote:
Originally Posted by GatorfanStovy
ummmm....okay , if you say so.Quote:
Originally Posted by morsdraconis
Ill just have to take your word on that one.
No need, here is a video. A bit sad but it shows he is far different from the character he plays.Quote:
Originally Posted by oweb26
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HZ1cUup0ATg
Thank you man for linking to that. It's that type of thing that I'm talking about. The guy is a real life story of how Youtube can change people's lives for the better.Quote:
Originally Posted by bdoughty
Awesome video! It's hard not to like this guy. I wish him all the best.Quote:
Originally Posted by morsdraconis
Xbox One Will Not Include a Headset
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/06/25/xbox-one-will-not-include-a-headset?abthid=51c9f8e2cab633c72d000016
Good, wasn't a fan of the headsets anyway.
Even if it wasn't a fun headset at least it was free! But damn MS just keep on killing your self. Just gotta do what the opposite of what Sony does don't u .
Nothing is free. It would be rolled into the cost somehow. Try again.Quote:
Even if it wasn't a fun headset at least it was free!
I believe they announced it with a headset before and they have since taken it away yet the price remains the same?Quote:
Originally Posted by AustinWolv
http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-conte...ne-ringing.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by GatorfanStovy
Both basic headsets for PS4 and XB1 seem shitty. Sounds like my bluetooth will work on PS4 anyways.
Link? Or trolling?Quote:
Originally Posted by CLW
Or maybe they found out a different component was going to cost them more to procure and put the system cost towards that.
Or maybe they are pocketing the $2 that the headset probably cost to make and are laughing at you.
Doesn't seem like it was known one way or the other:
http://www.xpgamesaves.com/topic/760...-kit-detailed/Quote:
Headsets were included with Xbox 360, but Microsoft is yet to confirm whether or not the new Xbox One, priced at $499.99, will come packaged with a headset. There's no mention of a headset in a list of "what's included" on the official Xbox website, and the inclusion of the microphone-equipped Kinect has been suggested as replacement for the traditional headset.
YES!Quote:
Both basic headsets for PS4 and XB1 seem shitty.
Which is why I don't care that it isn't included with XB1.