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Xbox One Launch Thread [Thread being archived 1/1/14]

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Family Fry

Member
It is almost done.
Pre-ordered games, so I have committed.

Lego Marvel (was told GAME will honour the half price deal)
Forza 5
Dead Rising
BF4

Got all the pre-order slips, gonna pay it off on 20th and join quick queue at midnight launch.
 
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mrklaw

MrArseFace
Family Fry said:
It is almost done.
Pre-ordered games, so I have committed.

Lego Marvel (was told GAME will honour the half price deal)
Forza 5
Dead Rising
BF4

Got all the pre-order slips, gonna pay it off on 20th and join quick queue at midnight launch.
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what do you mean honour it? Have they pulled it?
 
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too much eslim

Member
LaserBuddha said:
I've heard this before and I think it's bullshit. I assume you mean they will both be getting 720p games or lower because developers will be pushing the hardware? That false equivalency would make sense if there wasn't a noticeable gap in power between the two consoles. A game that is 720p on Xbone will be 1080p on PS4, or it will have a better frame rate, or just better graphics in general, or a combination of those. Easily. A developer would have to pretty deliberately handicap their PS4 version to make both look the same.
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um you guys are trying to make this power gap bigger than it actually is. Development on xbox one will become better with time. Rushing for lainch is why things are the way they are. With the xbox one being more difficult to develop for it makes sense. If Forza 5 is 1080p at 60 fps and this is a launch title things will improve over time. It is just logical.
 
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UNCMark

Banned
Bgamer90 said:
Man, I love the thread title.

1. Because it's funny.

2. Because it's attracting trolls that (for some reason) don't take it as an obvious joke/sarcasm.
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Agreed on both counts. Gaming is serious serious business to some. Jealous of you Xbox One guys. Maybe if Amazon magically finds some more of them in their warehouse on launch night like they did PS4s, I'll jump in too. All the UI/OS videos are giving me boners for a quality UI.
 
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Amir0x

Banned
UNCMark said:
Agreed on both counts. Gaming is serious serious business to some. Jealous of you Xbox One guys. Maybe if Amazon magically finds some more of them in their warehouse on launch night like they did PS4s, I'll jump in too. All the UI/OS videos are giving me boners for a quality UI.
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There is nothing magic about it. Amazon recycles into their allotment units which were canceled at the last moment by people who had orders. Since this is guaranteed to happen with some XBO pre-order people as well, there will be refreshed allotments for a short amount of time.

So get your clicker ready.
 
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JaggedSac

Member
Damn, I was thinking Zoo Tycoon was a $20 title. That drops it from me possibly getting it.

And thanks internet, now I have to make a choice between wanting to be able to quick swap between games and having the ability to resale.
 
Xenon

Xenon

Member
UNCMark said:
Agreed on both counts. Gaming is serious serious business to some. Jealous of you Xbox One guys. Maybe if Amazon magically finds some more of them in their warehouse on launch night like they did PS4s, I'll jump in too. All the UI/OS videos are giving me boners for a quality UI.
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I hope you do. The only thing better than being part of a new console launch. Is experiencing two of them.
 
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ParityBit

Member
I wa thinking maybe I should get ONE game on disc just in case downloads are crushed or something like that.

What one game should I get on disk? Consider it a security policy for a Day Oner.
 
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Derrick01

Banned
I wouldn't mind going all digital but my internet speed isn't good enough to handle constant 30-50gb games. I put up with the odd 30gb PC game on Steam because it doesn't happen very often, but when it does it takes a good 7-9 hours to download :\
 
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Garrett 2U

Member
ParityBit said:
I wa thinking maybe I should get ONE game on disc just in case downloads are crushed or something like that.

What one game should I get on disk? Consider it a security policy for a Day Oner.
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I'm considering getting a game disc that I'd only play about one and a half times, then sell it back to GameStop.
So like Assassins Creed 4 or Ryse.
 
Alx

Alx

Member
XtremeXpider said:
Have you seen the Fighter Within video?

It looks fun.
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Thanks for the video, I hadn't seen it yet. FW is one of my most anticipated games, mostly for the novelty. There seems to be a decent amount of fighters, and the gameplay seems leagues better than the first kinect fighters. Can't wait. :)
 
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StudioTan

Hold on, friend! I'd love to share with you some swell news about the Windows 8 Metro UI! Wait, where are you going?
hwy_61 said:
Man, that seems insane to me. With how fast these games drop in price?

Unless you're a baller, then carry on. Please excuse the haterade.
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I'm going all digital for 3 reasons:

1 - I don't like dealing with discs. I know it's petty but I rip all my blu-rays and put them on my media machine so I don't have to stand at my shelf for 5 mins looking for something to watch, I just browse through my digital collection

2 - I want to have the fast game switching

3 - I'm hoping the family sharing comes back and I can let my family who lives far away from me access my collection.

I have a 60Mb connection with no cap so I don't have to worry about any of that stuff.
 
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UNCMark

Banned
Xenon said:
I hope you do. The only thing better than being part of a new console launch. Is experiencing two of them.
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My heart can't take it. With the PS4 launch I went from being like a kid on Christmas eve to being the guy opening his AIDs test results. All the stories of bricked consoles and warnings of what to avoid, not do etc really took the joy out of launch day for me. Fortunately I got through it unscathed. I'll enjoy Xbox One launch day vicariously through you wonderful people, and I hope it all goes much smoother than the PS4 launch.
 
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LaserBuddha

Member
too much eslim said:
um you guys are trying to make this power gap bigger than it actually is. Development on xbox one will become better with time. Rushing for lainch is why things are the way they are. With the xbox one being more difficult to develop for it makes sense. If Forza 5 is 1080p at 60 fps and this is a launch title things will improve over time. It is just logical.
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I don't know who "you guys" are, but I'm primarily a PC gamer who preferred xbox so much last gen that I only have 3 PSN friends, and I wasn't even going to get another console until I reserved a PS4 on a whim November 3rd, initially intending to flip it. My PC games look better. So I don't think I'm emotionally invested in some "war" if that's where you might think I'm coming from.

It is logical that they will both improve over time. That doesn't mean that Xbone games will look the same as PS4 games, it means that games on both platforms will look somewhat better than they do now. The PS4 has better hardware and an easier memory architecture to develop for. At worst it should vaguely maintain the same gap we have now, at best the gap will widen because it will in fact be easier to work with for that purpose. There is no logical reason to think the Xbone will simply "catch up" as long as it's internals cannot magically upgrade themselves.

The Xbone looks like a fun console, but buy it for the dream of better games, not the dream of not being graphically inferior at some point.
 
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RedRooster

Member
Garrett 2U said:
I'm considering getting a game disc that I'd only play about one and a half times, then sell it back to GameStop.
So like Assassins Creed 4 or Ryse.
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Exactly. Games I know I'll love and play over and over like BF4 and Forza I might just get digitally. But stuff with no/little replay value should be physical and traded/sold asap.
 
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Bgamer90

Banned
hwy_61 said:
Man, that seems insane to me. With how fast these games drop in price?

Unless you're a baller, then carry on. Please excuse the haterade.
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I never trade in games. I'm expecting marketplace deals on games too but we'll see (haha). Overall, just the convenience of going digital is the main reason why I'm doing it.

*Save space (running out of room for all of my games/cases)
*Start owned games instantly with voice
*Go from apps into playing a game (or one game to another game) fast
*Buy games from any internet device & have them ready on my console
*Can play my games from any console -- just have to sign in/download; no need to carry games around
*I have an 80 Mbps connection
 
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danwarb

Member
LaserBuddha said:
I don't know who "you guys" are, but I'm primarily a PC gamer who preferred xbox so much last gen that I only have 3 PSN friends, and I wasn't even going to get another console until I reserved a PS4 on a whim November 3rd, initially intending to flip it. My PC games look better. So I don't think I'm emotionally invested in some "war" if that's where you might think I'm coming from.

It is logical that they will both improve over time. That doesn't mean that Xbone games will look the same as PS4 games, it means that games on both platforms will look somewhat better than they do now. The PS4 has better hardware and an easier memory architecture to develop for. At worst it should vaguely maintain the same gap we have now, at best the gap will widen because it will in fact be easier to work with for that purpose. There is no logical reason to think the Xbone will simply "catch up" as long as it's internals cannot magically upgrade themselves.

The Xbone looks like a fun console, but buy it for the dream of better games, not the dream of not being graphically inferior at some point.
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You mentioned 720p versus 1080p. That's only true for CoD (720p on PS4 too until late) . Even 900p to 1080p is stretching it as tools improve for the Xbone. We know the spec so it's silly to pretend there's a 100% difference.
 
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UNCMark

Banned
Bgamer90 said:
I never trade in games. I'm expecting marketplace deals on games too but we'll see (haha). Overall, just the convenience of going digital is the main reason why I'm doing it.

*Save space (running out of room for all of my games/cases)
*Start owned games instantly with voice
*Go from apps into playing a game (or one game to another game) fast
*Buy games from any internet device & have them ready on my console
*Can play my games from any console -- just have to sign in/download; no need to carry games around
*I have an 80 Mbps connection
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Should also be hoping that Amazon has an XBL digital store in the works similar to what they did with PSN.
 
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N7Commander95

Member
I hope amazon uk start shipping soon, might make me feel a little less nervous about it arriving on release.

Any way, what's is everyone's first game they're going to play? Probs Crimson Dragon for me!
 
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Bsigg12

Member
So I'm hoping for Redbox to get going on Xbox One games so I can rent games Install them and then buy the digital copy and be set. Hopefully digital games get some solid sales this gen as well.
 
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MaGlock

Member
LaserBuddha said:
I don't know who "you guys" are, but I'm primarily a PC gamer who preferred xbox so much last gen that I only have 3 PSN friends, and I wasn't even going to get another console until I reserved a PS4 on a whim November 3rd, initially intending to flip it. My PC games look better. So I don't think I'm emotionally invested in some "war" if that's where you might think I'm coming from.

It is logical that they will both improve over time. That doesn't mean that Xbone games will look the same as PS4 games, it means that games on both platforms will look somewhat better than they do now. The PS4 has better hardware and an easier memory architecture to develop for. At worst it should vaguely maintain the same gap we have now, at best the gap will widen because it will in fact be easier to work with for that purpose. There is no logical reason to think the Xbone will simply "catch up" as long as it's internals cannot magically upgrade themselves.

The Xbone looks like a fun console, but buy it for the dream of better games, not the dream of not being graphically inferior at some point.
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I don't doubt there will be a gap in IQ, but if resolution is all were talking about I'm confident that once developers get some time with this hardware under their belt they will reach 1080p
 
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hwy_61

Banned
StudioTan said:
I'm going all digital for 3 reasons:

1 - I don't like dealing with discs. I know it's petty but I rip all my blu-rays and put them on my media machine so I don't have to stand at my shelf for 5 mins looking for something to watch, I just browse through my digital collection

2 - I want to have the fast game switching

3 - I'm hoping the family sharing comes back and I can let my family who lives far away from me access my collection.

I have a 60Mb connection with no cap so I don't have to worry about any of that stuff.
Click to expand...

Bgamer90 said:
I never trade in games. I'm expecting marketplace deals on games too but we'll see (haha). Overall, just the convenience of going digital is the main reason why I'm doing it.

*Save space (running out of room for all of my games/cases)
*Start owned games instantly with voice
*Go from apps into playing a game (or one game to another game) fast
*Buy games from any internet device & have them ready on my console
*Can play my games from any console -- just have to sign in/download; no need to carry games around
*I have an 80 Mbps connection
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These are actually very good reasons. Maybe it's something I have to try once, then I'l be hooked.
 
D

Doffen

Member
Derrick01 said:
I wouldn't mind going all digital but my internet speed isn't good enough to handle constant 30-50gb games. I put up with the odd 30gb PC game on Steam because it doesn't happen very often, but when it does it takes a good 7-9 hours to download :\
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Same thing for me at the moment. But I've been promised fiber next summer, might change my method then.
 
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