I'm a Sony fan boy and even I think that's cool, as long as it actually works quickly and without hesitation.
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Xbox One: Built for the future
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I'm a Sony fan boy and even I think that's cool, as long as it actually works quickly and without hesitation.
Syphon Filter
Member
Hmm that cloud thing seems cool then. Witten redeemed.
Albert I have a question and sorry if this was answered before.
Is there Smart Glass functionality on the Xbox One that lets me boot up games or apps while it's Off/Sleep state?
Here's a scenario, I come back home from whatever and as I go in to my house I pull out my smartphone go to Smart Glass and select X game to load, so that by the time I get to my bedroom the TV is on and the game loaded, and if it's a multiplayer game its already in matchmaking.
link1201
Member
I like this.
Well it's just a tradeoff between convenience for you, or borrowing to a friend. You choose digital and you do the voice stuff. You choose physical and do it differently.
kel22harris
Neo Member
Wrong thread?
CassidyIzABeast
Member
Yep, that's XMB with a blue background.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
BruiserBear
Banned
So you'll need the disc, unless you don't need the disc. Got it.
Z_Y
Member
He is saying that before the 180 he could have bought the disc and still done diskless game swapping, and also still been able to trade it in afterwards if he so chose. Just throwing that last part in there.
travisbickle
Member
Is the console going to be more liberal with disk authentication?
If I can ask for a game to quick start, is it immediately going to ask for the disk? or can I begin the game and insert the disk within a set time (say 10-15 min)?
(I'm assuming all games next gen will be installed on the HD)
CassidyIzABeast
Member
Well obviously you cant switch discs with your voice but you can use your voice to go from disc to digital.
Yeah i couldn't sit through it. Voice kinda ruined it for me.
I get people have preferences, but man ... that looks like the UI of a modern DVD/Blu Ray player. They need to ditch the overbearing blue for starters.
Nightengale
Member
It's their brand colour, it persists across their product packaging, marketing, etc.
There's room for improvement, but it wouldn't be wise for them to use a,different colour. Consistency is key in brand association and retention.
Is there a non-FPS version?
chugen
Member
David H Wong
Banned
How much time do you spend using the UI? For me it's like 30 seconds to start the game then I never see it again the rest of the night.
I'm one of those weird people who think it's what happens after you tell the UI what to do that matters.
HarryDemeanor
Member
It's impossible to watch this video with the sound on.
As everyone saw from my comment, whoever's voice that is sounds like an ass. I made it about 30 seconds into the video before I gave up.
There is brand colour and then there is slapping it on everything, I don't see a boogey green background on the Xbox One UI.
You do realize you can change it to whatever you want, right? Not only that by highlighting a particular game it changes the background to that game's splash image.
njean777
Member
Really? You can change it in the themes menu.
Sony could do it as well, I hope this announcement forces their hand.
Do you have a pic video I could take a gander at? I've not seen much of the PS4 UI, the little bits I have it's just looked cluttered and messy, like the friends feed? I think it was.
njean777
Member
He has a point, though went off the deep end a bit. We have seen this kind of talk from EA with Sim City and that was a disaster, the cloud is great for some things, but off loading certain elements of games may have huge repercussions.
wapplew
Member
Web browser seem decent, but is it all time in "windows" mode? no full screen browsing?
Switch between app very snappy, Notification look a step up from vita, everything get categorize.Overall feel like XMB 2.0, I'm happy with that.
Xbone UI look great as always, I hope you can customize the background.
CassidyIzABeast
Member
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Does one has to say Xbox everytime if one would give voice command to Kinect?
njean777
Member
I think we are assuming this because the ps3 allows multiple colors. I would assume they would do the same with the ps4. Not 100% guaranteed, but do not see why they would not allow it.
Here we go with the "Sony too" stuff again
They can, do not know why you are trying to start an argument. They have Gaikai... Also they did it in the past with PS3 games. So yeah, they can do it.
Edit: Nvm. Question answered.
Salvor.Hardin
Banned
Eugh. That UI would put me to sleep.
Glorified G
Member
Seriously wondering if this is sarcasm or not. It's the equivalent of switching preorders because one system has a usb port on the side instead of the back.
Syphon Filter
Member
Got to give props to MS on the Ui aspect,they are really good in that department. sony's Ui i never like much, it seems ghetto.
Knack selected from the main menu:
This area seems to be pretty old and we haven't seen an updated version of it yet (activity feed you were referencing):
Controllers, they are so hard to use.
I just find it funny that everyone is now a Cloud expert and can tell Microsoft how they don't know what the hell they talking about
I just don't see Microsoft lying like this when its being touted as its main feature
Very different than the Kinect 1.0 promises that were not delivered until now
If Microsoft says this is what the XB1 is going to be about, I believe them
WordsintheWater
Member
Pretty sure you can make it full screen just like on the PS3.
Not sarcasm at all. It's way more important than "a USB port in the wrong spot". It's about the complete package. Same reason I'm an iphone user instead of an android. There are plenty of phones on the android side that have better specs, but the simplicity and elegance of ios just works for me. That's how I feel here. I don't use my consoles strictly for gaming, so yes I would use the UI more frequently. It's all opinions though. What works for me won't for others
njean777
Member
Well that is good that you believe them, but many of us have seen what happens when companies do this. That is why a lot of people are skeptical. We have seen it crash and burn before. MS isn't above lying. For instance: they said no ads would be on the Xbox One main screen, and guess what? There are ads on the main screen.
WHAT? Simple and clean is what you like? How in the world do you not like the XMB? it's whole point is to be simple and elegant... YOu have contradicted yourself in your argument.
DirgeExtinction
Member
It's not like you can't change it.
Syphon Filter
Member
those arent ads.