Xbox One - Questions & General Comments on Console

[JBHuskers]

It's not about the admins "needing to grow a spine" you guys are grown men and this site has been able to police itself for the four years it's been in existence.

Since in this case it's not working.....CLW, it's time to quit trolling. Post articles, fine....but you should know what is crossing the line. If not, then we can look at other avenues.

As for the invite, thanks IoU!

I just bought Powerstar Golf with my $20 credit I got in the Newegg deal for Arkham Origins. Really digging it. It has a ton of social aspects that lack in Hot Shots.

[AustinWolv]

By the way, during the last beta update for the April update, we were able to invite friends to be a part of the preview program. I invited Smooth, Austin, and JB, so if you guys get some kind of message, that's why. It's not a guarantee to get in, but once you're in, you'll be able to preview ALL future beta updates, presumably starting with the May update preview, which should be coming relatively soon. You do not have to accept it and if you do, you can always unregister within the app.

Just thought I'd give you guys a heads up. I sent it a few days ago so it'll be at least another few days before you get a message on Live, possibly even not until they start rolling out the new update. I figured some of you guys might be interested, so I just invited you all instead of asking.

Coolness, thanks. Definitely interested, but family and such the last few nights have kept me from getting online.

[bdoughty]

I guess that would be one way to solve the CLW problem. That said there is a pretty good deal at Newegg and I had no idea where to post it.

Newegg Deal

System plus Forza and Titanfall - $450 (knocking that price down lower than a PS4)

[JBHuskers]

So once external storage is enabled, I could hypothetically add a 3TB USB drive to use as a HDD and not suffer from any performance issues?

Wasn't sure how it worked on the MS side.

[I OU a Beatn]

So once external storage is enabled, I could hypothetically add a 3TB USB drive to use as a HDD and not suffer from any performance issues?

Wasn't sure how it worked on the MS side.

It depends on if they pulled the garbage they did with the 360. You could use external storage on the 360, but it was limited to 16 or 32GB, can't remember which. They've only said they're going to support external storage - they never said it would be without limits. I'm cautiously optimistic they don't limit it and allow us to use as much as we want.

But yes, in theory, as long as you have one that supports USB 3.0, it'll just be plug and play and you'll see no noticeable performance differences.

[JBHuskers]

Guess I'll just have to wait and see. Will 2.0 cause a performance problem? 2.0 can fit into 3.0 ports.

[JBHuskers]

This would probably be what I'll eye....

http://www.amazon.com/Passport-Ultra...nal+hard+drive

Edit: Or this - 1TB more and cheaper - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00834SJU8/...YG46XVAP&psc=1

[I OU a Beatn]

Guess I'll just have to wait and see. Will 2.0 cause a performance problem? 2.0 can fit into 3.0 ports.

Probably not, but if you can get 3.0, definitely go with that.

If there's no limits, I'm going with one of the Passport drives you posted. That Seagate seems like the much better deal, though. I might have to pull the trigger on that.

[JBHuskers]

Probably not, but if you can get 3.0, definitely go with that.

If there's no limits, I'm going with one of the Passport drives you posted. That Seagate seems like the much better deal, though. I might have to pull the trigger on that.

Yup. Ditto.

I have on the HDD right now, Powerstar Golf, Dead Rising 3, Titanfall, Peggle 2, Forza 5, Killer Instinct, and that's 30% of the HDD already. I bought CoD: Ghosts for $20 from the MS store, but that will be a quick playthrough and sell.

[I OU a Beatn]

Yeah, I have less than 40GB left. I don't understand how Microsoft and Sony make requirements that every game be installed and then give us puny 500GB hard drives.

Pretty sure the May or June updates will include the external storage for Xbox, though, so relief is in sight...hopefully.

[SmoothPancakes]

Yeah, I don't see why there would be any performance issue. I keep every one of my Steam and PC games on an external drive to free up hard drive space on my laptop. Never had an issue at all.

As for me, I have almost no free space left. I own Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag, FIFA 14, Madden 25, NBA Live 14, NBA 2K14, Dead Rising 3, Forza 5, Ryse: Son of Rome, Thief, Call of Duty: Ghosts and Titanfall.

Between that and various DLC for the games, hell. I doubt I have more than 50 GB still free.

Sent from my DROID Maxx using Tapatalk because I'm a lazy ass.

[JBHuskers]

Yeah, I have less than 40GB left. I don't understand how Microsoft and Sony make requirements that every game be installed and then give us puny 500GB hard drives.

Pretty sure the May or June updates will include the external storage for Xbox, though, so relief is in sight...hopefully.

Thankfully I upgraded to a 1TB HDD right away on the PS4. Still have over half left.

[souljahbill]

How can an external HDD not be slower than an internal one?

[bdoughty]

How can an external HDD not be slower than an internal one?

Liquid AI?

[I OU a Beatn]

Anyone get a message yet for the Xbox Update Preview Program? From what I've read, invites are only temporary, so if no one has received a message yet, I'll go ahead and invite everyone again just to be sure.

[SmoothPancakes]

I got an Xbox Live message with the invite at 8:18 PM EST tonight. I entered the code, downloaded the app and registered. It said I should know whether I was accepted or not within 48 hours, so I guess I wait and see. I would assume, even though they claim they "can't accept everyone", that anyone invited by them or invited by someone already in the program, that they'll be accepted in. Otherwise what the hell's the point of being able to invite people?

[I OU a Beatn]

Ah, good. Yeah, I'm guessing that's a technicality. If you got a code, you're definitely in.

[AustinWolv]

Anyone get a message yet for the Xbox Update Preview Program? From what I've read, invites are only temporary, so if no one has received a message yet, I'll go ahead and invite everyone again just to be sure.

I got the code.

[JBHuskers]

Got it!

Sent from my DROID RAZR Maxx since I'm too lazy to get to the CPU.

[I OU a Beatn]

Nice, glad you all got it.