R3TRODYCE
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I'm pretty sure I'm a gamer(PC and consoles) Sir yet I'm amped for it so labeling people isn't really effective.
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TVTVTVTVTV! Xbox One Goes to Hollywood
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I'm pretty sure I'm a gamer(PC and consoles) Sir yet I'm amped for it so labeling people isn't really effective.
Neko Mimi Mode
Member
Opening 5 new game studios is meaningless? Are you aware how much that would cost?
E3 is 6 days away and you're jumping on the bandwagon to shit on Microsoft because you haven't seen their 15 first party published Xbox One exclusives yet? Bonkers.
dragonflys545
Member
Where's your proof they actually spent a million. Oh yeah there's none for both, other than from MS mouth.
AstroZombie
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lol first reply gaf is still killing it.
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
Can't. Stop. Watching. This. Jiff.
It very well may be BS. I was talking about the comments that it wouldn't be enough to match Sony. Hence those posters are going off the assumption that the 15 is real and still not enough. For all I know it could be 15 Kinect games with a marketing budget of $800,000,000 to get the billion dollar figure. All I said was the whole thing is interesting and I can't see any positivity coming MS's way any time soon. I go where games are so I don't care one way or the other.
bigboss370
Member
This would all be great if we still didn't need separate cable boxes though.
At one time we needed modems to connect to the internet as well...
Neko Mimi Mode
Member
Yeah, only those 15 are first party published exclusives and thus do not include third party games.
More and more, it seems like the Xbox One is an entertainment device first and a gaming device second. I wonder they will get around their claim that there will be no TV by saying that all of their original programming has some kind of mini game that can be played after finishing an episode.
Haha
Mess
Sweet Aunt Nancys Panties
Banned
I've spent far more time watching movies/tv on my PS3 than I have playing games. Ditto for 360. I welcome this.
Oh, man. I got good laugh.
RedAssedApe
Banned
clueless gamer reviews xbone...can't wait
So is he talking Kinect integration (voice command for menus, etc.) or actual shit where I have to stop using my controller, stand up and start flailing?
Uno Venova
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Might be the best xbone related gif.
Cerebral Assassin
Member
Is the rumoured Smartglass integration true as well(all 1st party games must have "core gameplay features" utilising SG) ?
NullPointer
Member
Well it was a decent run.
Impeccable
Member
Yeah that was about all I needed to see to confirm my suspicions on why things are going the way the seem with XBone. And meeting up with CBS execs too, I can see it now...
Ballmer: "The FUTURE of entertainment... is network television sitcoms and dramas! We're talking exclusive NCIS and Bones apps, behind the scenes views of Two-and-a-half men, and thanks to our investment with our new partners, we're bringing you something you've always wanted but never thought you'd get: All NEW episodes of Matlock and Murder She Wrote!"
Neko Mimi Mode
Member
Ok, thanks. Kinect I can live with(I like Kinect). The DRM blows.
That's not the point: Microsoft seems to focus too much on incidental stuff not interesting to gamers - the TV streaming functionality is going to be present on pretty much any device, that's expected nowadays. But the games are the differentiator from their competition - something Microsoft seems to have forgotten.
Instead, they seem to be trying to sell a "mass media entertainment box" to a wider audience.
LukasTaves
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Have you looked at the titles that image show? And you haven't noticed anything unusual?
Brilliant.
Hamster Plugin
Member
That Spielberg show is a Halo TV show. Halo is an intellectual property owned by Microsoft so they can make it Xbox One exclusive and they will.
Iced_Eagle
Member
To some people, yes, all they need is Netflix because they don't care to watch a lot of new television content. That's perfectly fine. When I was in college, I didn't subscribe to cable at all. It wasn't until last year that I subscribed to cable for the first time, and I still subscribe to Netflix as well. Netflix is great for catching up on some older shows you may have missed, or lately, to watch their original content that they've been producing. However, you can still only get things like HBO only with a cable subscription, which is a big reason why I subscribe. My girlfriend was also pushing me to get cable because she loves to watch live TV (she's a big fan of The Voice).
However, MS' goal is NOT to be a cable channel and directly compete with Comcast and the like. It says that in the article. MS is focusing more on their own original content that can only be done on their platform, which means that it will use things like Kinect and Smartglass in some way, or it will tie in directly with the games. We just don't know the specifics at this point. Those technologies were not available in the early 2000's. There's new tech, so MS wants to try something new. However, if you want to watch The Voice, or any content that Comcast creates, you'll still have to subscribe to cable, and view it through their service. MS is just creating content that appeals to their specific audience, and Comcast probably doesn't care that they have that (such as Halo and Quantum Break).
To your first question, yes they are. That's what Xbox Entertainment Studios is all about. It's not going to be a huge production company like Sony Pictures or anything like that, but it will probably grow over time. They already proved that they can make a great movie with Halo: Forward Unto Dawn (it's on Netflix btw - worth checking out if you haven't seen it).
And as I said previously, MS is not competing directly with Comcast. They are not turning into a cable company. They are not going to host tons of shows that Comcast has On Demand through a separate subscription, and with their own original content (ala Netflix). That's not their intention. It's actually possible that Comcast will push the Xbox One to its subscribers as well by offering it for a discount since that would mean people would get a next-gen console for cheap, as well as get a TV/internet subscription. Comcast is pleased because they can create an app for the Xbox One, just like they have on the 360 where everyone can still access their On Demand content, as well as having a great Live TV interface which goes through their service. And MS likes that because it encourages more people to get an Xbox, and to subscribe to Gold to get access to this new TV and Movie content they are going to start funding.
For the 46 million XBL subscribers number, it's the latest numbers MS released as of April: http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/...-live-subscribers-number-over-46-million.aspx
Not sure why you don't think the numbers matter? As you said, the content producers want to get their content out to the broadest audience possible. Well, the XBL audience is technically larger than the Netflix audience, and available in more countries.
As for the HDMI in concept, that's why they have the IR blaster as well. It's the crappier of the solutions for sure, but that will allow most people who get TV to have a way to make it work. This is probably one of the reasons why they are starting the Live TV push in the US first before rolling it out internationally. It's a very complex problem for any company to try to solve. Google has tried and didn't work out, Apple and Samsung are also rumored to be doing very interesting things in the TV space within the next year, and MS is also going to give it a shot with the One.
I have no idea how big of an impact this will have, but as someone who enjoys watching TV shows and movies, I'm all for MS creating geeky content that appeals to me as a gamer, which it seems like what they're going to start with.
Yes that's the point, for the box they try to get the best games and the best services.
"focus" for the main box in the living room, from a company like Microsoft doesn't mean much. It's not a matter of "or" but a matter of "and", they can afford to play on many fields and play well on all of them.
Yep. Anyone that has been following Microsoft since 2009 knows that this is what they were moving towards. When they cut down their first party releases to Halo, Forza, and Fable.
I just want a platforming Banjo back. I will get one eventually, but it seems like they are doing everything wrong right now.
The reveal of your console is what you want the focus of your system to be over the next 18 months. Microsoft's focus is on their entertainment properties and how they can tie in with traditional content.
Marty Chinn
Member
Yes, this. People are way overstating the non game aspects of it and we haven't even gotten to E3 yet.
This news doesn't mean they're not focusing on games. Business continues and things are being dealt with on all fronts. Balmer visiting developers is not what he should be doing. He's the wrong person to be doing that so it's a waste of time and resources where as his presence to talk to the head of a major media network that is by and far larger than any developer out there is a much better use of his time and stature.
NullPointer
Member
Who asked for this?
yup nothing but a number till we see the games
I don't think that you can expect those games to be untouched by this new focus. First party content will be worked to create synergy between all of their new initiatives to grow their entertainment console.