Microsoft XBOX ONE


Didn't you hear, the faster the processor the better the gaming experience, guaranteed. A game written for the PS4 will necessarily be absolute garbage on the XBone. Games were never fun before and they will never be fun in the future unless you are making the most powerful CPUs scream for mercy.

That's basically all I'm getting out of this comparison. Microsoft has missed yet another opportunity for advancement. They could have said "yeah, the PS4 is technically more powerful. So what? Fish AI?", turning the whole thing into a joke because that's what it is. They're both extremely powerful machines capable of performing beyond expectation, the extra 50% the PS4 may or may not hold should not realistically make any difference to the games that are being produced for them.
 
When there's a platform war, combatants will take whatever ammo comes their way!

ArsTechnica joined in a few days ago:

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/09/microsoft-exec-defends-xbox-one-from-accusations-its-underpowered/

If I was the book writing type, I'd be taking copious notes. This year's console war has the makings of one of those stories of hubris/failure/unintended humour that come along every other decade or so.

Example: Microsoft bought the 'xbone' domain name, so peeved were they with this entirely predictable nickname.
 
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The much touted ability to 'scan yourself' into a game, with the Kinect that the XB1 is supposedly 'built around' falls short of expectations:

http://kotaku.com/why-im-a-little-bit-worried-about-kinect-1381738496

‘if this is difficult with a Microsoft representative guiding me step by step, how difficult will it be for a ten year old in the comfort of his or her own home, or parents who’ve never used a console before?’

(...)

Then my avatar pops up. It looks vaguely like me. Vaguely. That’s being generous.

(...)

the disconnect between my movements in real life as replicated on screen is obvious. I feel it, instantly, and it makes playing any game with Kinect a frustrating experience.
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A couple of months from launch. If this is the general experience to be expected, legitimate questions will have to be answered about bundling this thing.
 
Asmo said:
Ian J said:
Hopefully whichever console is more efficient at running games will not be held back by the lower spec machine.
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Uh Oh!

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=687295


French Dev claims knowledge of 'Driver problems' and certain major publishers deliberately throttling PS4 versions to avoid embarassing MS by exposing gulf in performance....
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Sounds similar to the Amiga vs ST initial releases.

Hopefully sense will prevail and developers will take advantage of the hardware's full capabilities.

I'll not be getting one until at least 6 months after release so plenty of time for any issues to be worked out, if nor I'll just spend the cash on a more current video card for my PC.
 
Looks like they haven't learned that this 'feature' doesn't play so well -

"Xbox One's Data Treasure Trove Could Reshape Marketing"

"Device Can Work Like a TV That Watches Consumers In Their Living Rooms"

http://adage.com/article/special-report-ana-annual-meeting-2013/xbox-reshape-marketing/244605/

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=692225

But perhaps the biggest potential impact is one Mr. Mehdi only hinted at -- the possibility of making data from Xbox available for market research.

(...)

the technology could create the world's largest panel for measuring biometric responses to advertising.
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First they want to move away from being a software company,

Then they create a range of smart devices that no-one buys or understands.

Next they manage to shred the credibility of their only successful hardware product, as well as all of their online services.

Are they trying to lose money? or what?
 
Well, I had ZERO plans of getting this train wreck within the first few years anyways, but now the more I see, It's unlikely I'll get "ONE" ever!

Chris 
 
This backlash is just an unbelievable cluster of... something. There's a lot of potential in directed marketing. I recognize the privacy concerns but at the same time it would be really cool if my game console could, simply by knowing what I play and how I play them, recommend other games, movies, or TV shows. Maybe new drinks or snacks. Your favourite restaurants having some promotion. Remind me that I'm out of toilet paper or something. Who knows? There's an entire adventure of products that I might actually care about without zoning out on tampon or sports drink commercials.

During a half hour time slot on broadcast television there may be 2 or 3 commercials that are of any interest to you whatsoever, yet you need to sit through dozens of different (and often the same) ads to get more show. What if they knew what 2 or 3 commercials would actually be of interest to you, they show them to you once halfway through the show, but you're otherwise uninterrupted? Netflix could introduce a half (or lower) cost service which plays these targeted ads at the start of the show. There are so many cool ways that it could be put to use, but knee-jerk reactions against privacy means that absolutely none of these features will ever stand a chance of being seen to production.
 
WizardStan said:
they show them to you once halfway through the show, but you're otherwise uninterrupted?
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Why would they do that when they could show targeted adds as much (or more) than they currently show normal ones?
 
I really hope, that this capitalism-box one hits the floor very hard.

Companys rule the world way too much already.

I want socialism as seen on these boards.
 
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Why would they do that when they could show targeted adds as much (or more) than they currently show normal ones?
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They could do that too. They could take everything they learn about you and make your life a living hell. I was obviously pointing out potential benefits.The point I was going for was that there's all these good things that could have come out of, but before there's even a discussion about it knee-jerk fear about privacy concerns have completely halted progress in that direction.

Here's my take: let Microsoft do whatever they want. If they can't get the privacy settings right, if it's streaming images back home or recording voices or whatever, or any of these other things that are very legitimate concerns, then I just won't buy it. And if everyone is really so concerned about their privacy then they will also not buy it, and Microsoft (and Nintendo, and Sony, and everyone really) will learn a very valuable lesson about getting privacy right the first time. As it is, with people complaining before it is even out, all it does is give Microsoft the chance to remove all these features that could have been used for as much good as they could have evil leaving just-another-boring-old-console.
 
I've yet to see any benefits for UK users regarding the set-top box pass through on the XB1.

Does it even support anything like this in the UK?
 
Ian J said:
I've yet to see any benefits for UK users regarding the set-top box pass through on the XB1.

Does it even support anything like this in the UK?
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M$ were allegedly in talks with SKY about this, although SKY later stated that they weren't.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/06/07/will-sky-work-with-xbox-one_n_3401481.html

http://microsoft-news.com/report-microsoft-planning-to-sell-xbox-one-with-sky-tv-subscriptions/

Dunno, but I can see it happening once the price is right...
 
http://adage.com/article/digital/microsoft-cookie-replacement-span-desktop-mobile-xbox/244638/

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=696217

Microsoft is set to become the latest tech giant to develop its own tracking technology to replace the ubiquitous "cookie," which has become the focus of regulators and privacy advocates.

(...)

The company is internally developing the technology that would enable tracking across desktop computers, tablets and smartphones running Windows, as well as the company's Xbox gaming console and services including its Internet Explorer web browser and Bing search engine
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