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Every Xbox One Includes a Chat Headset!! + Xbox One Day One Unboxing
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Liquidsnake
Banned
C'mon man he works for MS, dude stop it.
FunkyMunkey
Banned
He's always sort of moved closer and closer to becoming one, and finally transitioned completely during the DRM crap. He's pretty much just a talking head doing advertising for MS now. His objectiveness is absent.
EDIT: And I mean to say he managed to put on an almost-journalistic mask in the past, but not too much nowadays. I hear he's a nice man in person though. A job's a job.
Companies like ms listen to consumers to get their money more then to give them what they wanted. They are looking at the bigger picture which is moving as many systems as they can. If they need to add a headset to get more pre-orders then they will and did. Its pretty obvious at this point with all the changes they are making that the decisions being made are fear driven of losing next gen but if fan boys want to believe the head sets are just a gift then by all means think away. I mean cmon we are talking about a company that made claims the cloud will make one xbox one as powerful as 3 xbox ones but yet they go out of their way to boost the gpu a whopping 53mhz and they did so not for gamers but to move systems.
shinobi602
Member
That makes a lot more sense. Would love to hear the story one day. Sounds....interesting
rakkadakka
Member
These threads are gold.
You should write a book on the process of bringing the Xbox One together. The book about making the original Xbox was fascinating and with all the craziness surround the Xbox One, it would tell for a good story.
Nightengale
Member
MS PR working overtime lately. Sony has been relatively quiet.
Sony's PR *coughShuheicough* doesn't cough out the details unless you prod him for questions.
Sony's always been a boogeyman when it comes to these kind of things, probably in due to their SCEA/SCEE/SCEJ structure.
Vire
Member
Overly aggressive and very loud. Comes off as a used cars salesman.
Be more casual about it, take your time and have a conversation with the customer.
Also, why does the Xbone have an external power supply when it is 1/3 bigger than the PS4 and is less powerful? Not only that... PS4's PSU is internal.
I'm guessing something along the lines of you guys completely forgot about some of the stuff that actually happens in online chat/games, and you were so focused on the overall feature set, you guys went "well we already have the things a headset provides, like voice chat can be done through the kinect, and the audio coming in can be done through the speakers so there's no problem not including a headset in the bundle."
Oh did he?! He works for Microsoft, please just stop that bs.
Product design choices. Simple as that. They don't want another RROD-like problem.
I'm assuming you know he works for Microsoft? If you do, it's impossible for him to be a shill.
This is a great video. I won't use the DVR functions because I'm a cord cutter.
Does anyone know when Microsoft will clarifiy their stance on recording features being a part of Gold subscriptions? Is it recording and uploading or just recording?
I'm not a fanboy or paid shill for etiher company and just want to know.
Does anyone know when Microsoft will clarifiy their stance on recording features being a part of Gold subscriptions? Is it recording and uploading or just recording?
I'm not a fanboy or paid shill for etiher company and just want to know.
GitarooMan
Member
The guy is an MS employee, I expect to hear information about MS products from him. I don't understand how anyone would expect objectiveness in such a scenario. It's not like he hides it or anything, he's a promoter for the Xbox brand
Larry is awesome. Played some BF3 a while ago with him and he was just really cool to talk to. I don't get the hate he gets from people
I think after this E3... some of those interviews and responses to all of Xbox's shit, man. Especially the "are you an engineer?" response to the "Why can't you just turn the DRM off" question... then of course, the DRM gets turned off. I just can't even begin to take him seriously anymore.
Those posts are both hilarious and sad. The offensiveness some of you put toward that man is really embarassing.
I'm guessing they'll go over more details in the gamescom showcase.
BruiserBear
Banned
Yup
shinobi602
Member
I love Twitter.
FunkyMunkey
Banned
If that's offensive to you, I really don't know what to say :/.
EDIT: Ah, I understand now.
That's cool, I recently got a Wii-U and simply being able to use the pad as an universal remote is actually really handy as it's virtually impossible to lose that thing.
What control will I be able to have over my regular TV if I'm not routing it through the Xbox one? as I don't think that service is available in my country to start with.
Not your post especially, but generally in this thread.
I love Twitter.
That's pretty awesome
BruiserBear
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The posts about Major Nelson being a "shill" are embarrassing to read. It's his job people.
Why does this even need to be explained?
Why does this even need to be explained?
Dude, he works for MS. He's gonna make apologies for what MS is doing, or avoid questions, and talk up the product. That's what employees do. Though I can say I don't like the way he comes off in presentations, but I'm sure he's a good person (heck even Angry Joe was saying that Larry's a good guy and all, he actually met the person rather than just watched him on 3-5 minute videos like most of us). Even I would probably come off that way too if I had to work with what he has had to work with the last few months.
Anyways, I haven't taken him "seriously" for a while though, and I mean pretty much since the beginning of this gen (just look at the ps3 vs 360 stuff he released back before the ps3 came out). He's going to play up MS and the Xbox as that is his job. Still enjoy some of the stuff he does, and he is a good source for official details for Xbox.
statham
Member
I love Twitter.
thats a good exchange!
I know right. Major Nelson is a paid shill, that's basically his job description as MS main PR guy. And there's nothing wrong with that imo.
GrizzledGrump
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If this is what I think it is, then this is absolutely killer! Talk about value! Al (I doubt people call you "Albert"), I know you can't say much, but I have a $200 Logitech Harmony remote in my Amazon wish list. If I were going to buy an Xbox One, can I remove that remote from my wish list?
Secondly, is the Kinect IR blaster programmable by the end user?
Coulomb_Barrier
Member
This guy Larry.
If you are not American, he just makes the whole Xbox brand even more alienating. I don't understand where he is coming from or have any reference point with guys that are similar to him.
He makes Xbox seem a million miles away from what I am as a gamer.
If you are not American, he just makes the whole Xbox brand even more alienating. I don't understand where he is coming from or have any reference point with guys that are similar to him.
He makes Xbox seem a million miles away from what I am as a gamer.
How can he be a shill when he states he works for Microsoft?
Well adding the headset is good news, I still think they should adjust the price a bit. 449.99 sounds good to me. Doubt they'll do something like that though. Honestly the $100 difference between PS4 and X1 is the only reason I'm still on the fence about which one to get. I'm a huge cheapskate.
All true but its kinda hard to tell if someone is a good person in 10 minutes and at a huge public event
TheLegendary
Member
The ir blaster is an absolutely awesome feature for the kinect
The personal attacks on Larry are so juvenile.
The personal attacks on Larry are so juvenile.
Proelite
Member
Consoles are judged based on the affability of its PR head and not on its line-up.
I think I've read it all.
MasterLeePhD
Member
People need to grow the hell up! Major Nelson seems like an nice guy.
I know it's frowned upon on these forums, but I can't wait to get my hands on my X1. Would love to see a Video on the UI now.
I know it's frowned upon on these forums, but I can't wait to get my hands on my X1. Would love to see a Video on the UI now.
DC1
Member
Nothing works with Harmony Remotes/Legacy receivers...
SEGAvangelist
Member
Agreed. Seemed like an awesome guy in person.
I really hope they do a vídeo about it really soon...
you must of met some very timid cars salesmen.
What do you expect him do be all quit and stuff.
He has to be clear and precise so people know what he's talking about.
he might have not of been as quiet as iwata in his unboxing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObtdKFuzCuA
but thats only because he is different as a person to iwata , who has different mannerisms, speech , language, personality etc.
If your dont like someones approach to something just because they are different to you or your liking, I think your going to come against many obstacles in your life.
This is really sweet.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
See this guy doesn't believe the bullshit he's being told say. Sadly the work of a PR representative.
I bet you're a million miles away from me as a gamer as well. The unboxing was to show you what was in the box and I didn't feel like there was anything offensive or shilling about it.
GrizzledGrump
Banned
This along with the fact that it's designed to be on as much as your AV equipment. This is a first for game consoles.
Alx
Member
That IR blaster feature is nice, I didn't know about that. There's some nice potential for living room control there, I hope it will be widely supported.
Oh and although I don't really follow Major Nelson, I'll still have a nice thought for him. He's doing a hard job indeed, and I wouldn't want to be in his place for all of Bill Gates's money, having to deal daily with the whole internet crowd.
Oh and although I don't really follow Major Nelson, I'll still have a nice thought for him. He's doing a hard job indeed, and I wouldn't want to be in his place for all of Bill Gates's money, having to deal daily with the whole internet crowd.
You know what would be awesome for the XB1 UI? A notification center which will allow you to look at specific number of custom app notifications, game invites, in-progess game achievements, messaging, quick control settings (kinect, sound, etc.), ms news, etc.
MS is supposedly implementing a notification center for the next WP platform/update. I wouldn't see why they can't add this behind the XB1 UI.