I think it's always better to explain exactly what's in the box. Even if it means going a little overboard with your explanation.
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Every Xbox One Includes a Chat Headset!! + Xbox One Day One Unboxing
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I think it's always better to explain exactly what's in the box. Even if it means going a little overboard with your explanation.
Good news is good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRtTVivUWp8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRtTVivUWp8
Speaks volumes then on their silence when it comes to hardware specs
Syphon Filter
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This unboxing is making xbox one trend worldwide on twitter for a while now. Was a good idea from MS.
digoutyoursoul
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Those YouTube comments, Jesus, I feel mentally violated for reading some of them. I just hope a lot were in jest....
Buy some eneloops. They last longer, can be used elsewhere and are cheaper than the charge pack.
Brad Grenz
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A 1.3a cable is the same as a 1.4 cable. There are only three kinds of hdmi cables, standard cables that no one sells anymore, highspeed cables that support up to 4k resolutions, and highspeed cables with ethernet which are not that common because network over hdmi hasn't really taken off.
Technically you aren't even allowed to market hdmi cables as being "1.4" or "1.3b" because those spec revisions refer to devices, not cables. To avoid infringing on your hdmi license you can only advertise your cables as standard, highspeed or highspeed with ethernet.
Saying "we've included a highspeed hdmi cable" is as precise as they needed to be.
Garrett 2U
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Gaf would crash.
gaf will crash again like during E3 so there won't be a new thread
Silly.Mikey
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Should we thank MS or Sony?
What matters is that theyre making good decisions now. Haterz gonna hate.
Microsoft. They said they were considering putting one in the box some time ago. The headset is also better than the cheapo earbud Sony is trying to pass off.
CouldBeWorse
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Good news on both the wire and the headset. This will save me a few bucks and save us all from Kinect voice chat hell.
Is there a quick charge kit announced?
Is there a quick charge kit announced?
Garrett 2U
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I really can't imagine how the gaming community would react to that.
It would certainly be fun to watch.
If there is any chance of that happening, it is certainly a little greater now that the 12GB rumor is squashed.
Iced_Eagle
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Not yet. I assume that would come with time though.
Silly.Mikey
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Still, 360 had it in the box. It should have never been taken out to begin with. Sony doing well is the best thing to happen to MS. Theyre much hungier now and i like it this way. IMO, we would have never seen the headset included or the GPU bump if Sony had bombed at E3.
Competition is always great.
George Claw M.D.
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The way you emphasize "AND" makes it sound like still including Kinect would be an inarguably positive thing. There are some people who would be willing to buy a $500 Xbone without Kinect, but wouldn't buy it for $400 with Kinect and the requirement that it be attached for the console to function. Yes. Some people hate Kinect and its implications that much, that they'd be willing to spend more on a system that didn't force it down their throats. All Microsoft would need to do for some people to jump in, is simply say you can toss the Kinect in the trash and still use your console. Who knows? The way things have been going lately, that may be their biggest surprise yet to come.
MS said "November" at E3...
intheinbetween
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I thought I read somewhere it was expected to be released early november
No launch date, but rumor has it the PS4 will get a release date at Gamescom on the 21st, so I would guess Microsoft wouldn't be far off.
Regardless of it having a release date though, it will surely be out either on the 5th of Nov (COD day) or the 12th. One would assume anyway.
This promoted tweet is so bad.
@Xbox: What do you get when you unbox an Xbox One? A box full of win, thats what. #XboxOne http://t.co/BAXRfytMTz
@Xbox: What do you get when you unbox an Xbox One? A box full of win, thats what. #XboxOne http://t.co/BAXRfytMTz
A box full of win, who could resist buying that? lol
Yeah, not the best promo tweet.
Also some rumors of both consoles being launched in time for COD launch day (Nov. 5) as COD Ghost for Xbone and PS4 dated by Amazon and Gamespot for Nov. 5
Caayn
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Why? It's not a strange tweet for a marketing department.
Specifically, describing it as a "box full of win".
Lovegooder
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EXCELLENT QUESTION.
Gaf makes a bigger deal of these things than MS does. The entirety of that whole GPU upclock, finished driver optimization thread was spawned by like 2 sentences that someone on a 50 minute podcast said. You make a bigger deal of them than they do.
This is what I say this to my better half.
RIP Nguyen
Syphon Filter
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Do you think we will see a detailed walk through on the dashboard?
NoirVisage
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I'm talking about the device itself, there was value in what they were offering.
digoutyoursoul
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Hope so
I imagine at some point before launch we will. Hopefully Gamescom.
I remember J Allard doing a dashboard walkthrough at E3 2005 for the 360 and it being one of the highlights. So they definitely should do one.
Caayn
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well what did you expect "A box with some win and some fail?"? No company is going to be negative in their own promotion. Marketing 101.
All this Xbox 180 bullshit will blow over once the new gen gets going.
I've been thinking about all the revisions lately. Contrary to how others feel about this, it makes me trust MS more. It shows they listen to consumers when we get up in arms. I remember Sony pre-PS3 (and a couple of years after), and how stubborn they were about everything.
Only reason I would stick with PS4 is for my Uncharted and (to a lesser extent) Gran Turismo. Was able to get my hands on the PS4 controller at E3 and while it was SO MUCH better than the PS3's, it doesn't even touch the 360 in terms of comfort, let alone the improved One controller. That thing is bliss, especially the redesigned bumpers.
Halo eventually, Forza day 1, KH3 and FF15.
I sold my 360 this gen before Reach and Halo 4, hopefully they can find a way to re-release those games before Halo 5.
I've been thinking about all the revisions lately. Contrary to how others feel about this, it makes me trust MS more. It shows they listen to consumers when we get up in arms. I remember Sony pre-PS3 (and a couple of years after), and how stubborn they were about everything.
Only reason I would stick with PS4 is for my Uncharted and (to a lesser extent) Gran Turismo. Was able to get my hands on the PS4 controller at E3 and while it was SO MUCH better than the PS3's, it doesn't even touch the 360 in terms of comfort, let alone the improved One controller. That thing is bliss, especially the redesigned bumpers.
Halo eventually, Forza day 1, KH3 and FF15.
I sold my 360 this gen before Reach and Halo 4, hopefully they can find a way to re-release those games before Halo 5.
I like that they don't even care any more. It's just like "yeah, here's the brick. stick it behind the tv and shut up"
Again people making up their own narrative.
If you really thought that "magical" comment was some snake oil salesman PR, I don't know what to tell you. Good news is good news, and it's sad that people want to hang on everything for ammunition in this petty war.
How about you put down the rifle and just be in it for the games? Trust me, it's more fun that way.
Nah, a dev could say they maxed out a system just by using all the memory, GPU, and CPU cores but it wouldn't necessarily be the truth.
It's not always how much of the system you use, because devs will always use what's there, but instead how you use it.
digoutyoursoul
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Did you play PS4/One games? How do you feel both are shaping up, controllers aside?
Silly.Mikey
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Absolutely.
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