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Xbox One: Preview Update August 2014 (1408)
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rokkerkory
Member
Wow so many great updates each month... by November the OS will be pretty uber.
Death Metalist
Member
I like how some people on here are making it seem like wanting 3D functionality is wrong or something that is not important.
FFS, Most if not all TV's nowadays have 3D. Adding to that, People who own many bluray movies like myself could benefit from this alot for example, I could finally rest my PS3 now because it's my primary blu player for blu's and 3D blu's.
smh.
FFS, Most if not all TV's nowadays have 3D. Adding to that, People who own many bluray movies like myself could benefit from this alot for example, I could finally rest my PS3 now because it's my primary blu player for blu's and 3D blu's.
smh.
yankeehater
Member
3D playback is huge. I can't disconnect my ps3 for good now.
Steelyuhas
Member
Fart Stink
Banned
Thank god. I've been waiting for 3D Blu-Ray support for forever. I can't believe Microsoft is beating Sony to the punch on this.
Death Metalist
Member
Yeah, If you are looking for a recent TV with really good blacks and contrast ratio it will most likely have 3D already.
This. I think background music is waiting for an entire os update which will be threshold windows 9...which will be next year
Ps4 is starts doing this in sept. Sure ms will not be far behind.
This updates seem to aim at matching ps4 features.
Stormwatch
Member
2D! I mean...3D!!!!!!! I can't believe we had to wait 9 months for something that was standard on the PS3. The PS4 doesn't even have 3D yet and they were the ones pushing the technology in the past.
Steelyuhas
Member
I recently bought one and know a couple friends that recently purchased new TVs. From my research before I purchased, there are certainly 3D TVs out there, but they are far from being the majority from what I saw.
sevenchaos
Banned
Fucking this! So excited!
Some of those things yes, but that doesn't excuse the increasingly long list of things the PS4 has yet to match the Xbox One on.
Death Metalist
Member
Here in the middle east where i live, You'd have to pray for a miracle if you wanted a REALLY good TV but without 3D. All the great top notch TV's here have 3D lol.
muzzymate
Member
This update looks good. While I don't have a 3D TV, 3D bluray support should be wonderful for everyone who keeps asking for it month after month. The Featured/Ad section creeps a little further to the middle. I don't like that my gamerpic is no longer displayed but the space in the Friends rectangle so much better now.
There's always a couple new small features that don't get announced in these updates. I wonder what these months will be. My favorite so far of those are the discrete on and off commands that came a few months ago.
There's always a couple new small features that don't get announced in these updates. I wonder what these months will be. My favorite so far of those are the discrete on and off commands that came a few months ago.
Sword Of Doom
Member
The PS3 and 360 came at a point where gaming consoles were going through a huge transformation in what we expected from them. Even on the previous platforms, most of the experience was "put game in, play game". Suddenly, consoles were also supposed to have a depth of online features, media options, digital stores, social elements, and plenty of other things that were relatively new to the space. Those consoles needing to find their way in what all of that means totally made sense.
At this point, a lot of that has been figured out, and does not or should not need to be re-learned. That features that are basic and core to the console experience were missing on both platforms was (and still is) pretty inexcusable to me.
Yes, making a new OS is hard, but that doesn't mean that you can just say core functions are something you'll get to later, or worse, expect people won't demand them from the start. It's like releasing a smartphone in 2014 that can't handle texting, or doesn't have a means for organizing apps, or has no options for media playback. "But we're just getting off the ground" doesn't work as an excuse at that point. Time moves on, and the expectation for what the minimal amount of functionality must be at launch does too.
Sooooony are failing so hard with post launch support of PS4. The very fact that Xbox One is getting 3D Blu Ray playback before the PS4 is a joke. Good job Microsoft, now I can finally sell my PS3
Different companies putting different things in different orders. PS4 already has friend activity and low battery notification, and remote purchasing.
supernormal
Member
That's it folks, this what you came for.
Backfoggen
Banned
Xbox One also had friend activity since Day 1 they're just adding features like being able to like and comment on stuff, which isn't possible on PS4 atm.
I don't even expect a lot from the PS4 because every Sony product I owned sucked software/OS-wise, but what they could do is fix the video recording already. Just have an update that does nothing but fix the video recording. It's still broken on a handful of big titles.
supernormal
Member
I can agree with this. At least with bigger TVs. A lot of new TVs over in 50 and 60 inch category will most probably have 3D.
ethomaz
Banned
You can like on PS4 since Day one... comments is a nice add.
Backfoggen
Banned
How? I just tried it to make sure I'm not talking shit, but the only thing I can do is press X on it then the "activity" goes full screen.
Edit: Found it, it's only on things you'd want to like not on everything.
Edit2: Weird it's not on every "x played" or "x got this trophy"
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
Woah, awesome stuff this month. Killer stuff, seems to be jam packed. I REALLY like being able to add text in your feed. Bring on next week.
Kurt Angle
Member
ms doing bluray updates before sony lol
what is this world coming to
what is this world coming to
Perfect timing. I sold my PS3 just last week to get an Xbox One knowing I'd had to give up 3D Blu-ray for a little while. Turns out it's only for about a week!
Hopefully this will push Sony to move quicker in adding features. Didn't they add a bunch of developers to their OS team recently?
Hopefully this will push Sony to move quicker in adding features. Didn't they add a bunch of developers to their OS team recently?
ethomaz
Banned
I think you can set privacy for what your friends can do... so I can allow or not allow that my friends like my stuff.
TheLegendary
Member
Can't wait to pop in a 3D Movie next week.
Even if pre-loading isn't available at least they added remote downloading so I can download while at work.
Even if pre-loading isn't available at least they added remote downloading so I can download while at work.
BruiserBear
Banned
This comment seems oddly out of place at this point. The OS didn't strike most people as "half baked" at launch, and it's most certainly not lacking features now. It's entering the phase where it's blowing past the competition at an increasing pace.
One would have thought Sony would have felt pushed to move quicker a long time ago, but that clearly hadn't happened.
Yeah I honestly would be all for that. Sony was forward thinking by adding the extra inputs on the DS4. A XB1 controller revision needs to have something similar to the share button for sure.
I think they should do that just to spite the complainers.
Make it $100 to be even more perfect.