TechRadar: The dust is starting to settle, meaning gamers can finally focus on the Xbox One features that matter.
The good news for everyone is that Microsoft has engineered a solid next-generation console, one we were thoroughly impressed with when we went hands on at E3 last week.
The Xbox brand has done a lot of good over the years, but their various blunders are pretty wild to look back on in their magnitude.
Ironically number 9 can save them at this point (releasing games on multiple platforms)
Phil Spencer is the worst that has happened to Xbox.
They built a respectable brand up to Xbox one. Then this guy took over and things became a joke
Really good video.
I remember the days with RRoD was big news on here, N4G.
Microsoft had it turbulence number of years.
Looking at the success of Sea of Thieves despite being 6 years old, time to release Halo, Forza horizon 4 & 5 on PS5. It'll help their revenue
I found this video painful to watch. Can someone list them out?
Top 10 for me from are:
1. 2013 reveal presentation
2. Bundling Kinect 2 with Xbox One
3. RRoD or why rushing to market with hardware is always a bad idea.
4. Buying studios only to close them.
5. Ads on the Home Screen
6. Letting Halo die.
7. Letting Geard of War die.
8. Every console name
9. Charging for Xbox Live on Xbox 360 when Sony let PS3 players play online for free.
10. Cancelling release of OG Xbox games after the Xbox 360 launched.
Microsoft recently revealed its plans to incorporate Copilot directly into video games, with Minecraft being the first showcased example.
F*** AI
"Hey Copilot, what's a good meme to prove I dislike AI".... https://giphy.com/clips/sou...
Two trillion dollar company that just can't wait to put as many people possible out of work as fast as possible.
It feels like every single thing they do is making gaming worse and destroying the industry.
Why all the hate? Im actually excited about this! Always wanted this kind of immersion, and an AI companion with me all the time helping me out knowing the status of my skills/inventory/progress and giving me tips on the best approach or how to craft something specific is game changing for the industry.
Hate all you want about AI, but this is just the start and I can see the potential already. You wont be complaining in the next 5-10 years about this, but rather complain if a game hasn’t implemented it.
Microsoft's Activision subsidiary announced today that it is opening a new game development studio to take advantage of the huge talent pool growing in Poland. It'll be the second Activision studio based in the region, joining Infinity Ward Krakow, although this studio is, in fact, not working on Call of Duty.
People dont over look these features. They just dont care.
And number 2... "why didn't anyone think of this before". Really?
1. Kinect is pretty incredible this time around
No its not its a cancerous piece of hardware.
2. Splitscreen seat-switching can be eliminated
People still play splitscreen?
3. Kinect included means 100% of people have it
Hope you enjoy being recorded 24/7
4. Xbox One gamepad tweaked to near-perfection
Disagree with you here, IMO the xbox 360 controller looked way better.
5. 15 first-party exclusives in the first year
And a majority of them look bad. You can have all the fire party exclusives you want but when its a piece of crap it doesn't count.
6. Still has Call of Duty DLC as a timed-exclusive
I don't give a crap about anything COD related.
7. Xbox One multitasking is slick
So is my android powered smartphone isn't more than 512mb of ram nice!
8. SmartGlass, Twitch integration are established
Gimmicks, 95% of people do not care.
9. Xbox One Cloud
Overhyped by Microsoft and it will never work right just like their kinect.
10. Achievements are carried over from 360
Also again I don't care about achievements nor does a large majority of people.
'3. Kinect included means 100% of people have it'
Huray for forcing your consumers to buy an add on that not everybody wants. Sony did the right thing in regards to their camera, give people a frigging choice.
The "power of the cloud" is nothing more than an overused buzzword that doesn't really mean much. The "cloud" isn't an Xbox feature. It's something PS4, PC and Xbox 1 all have and it won't change a whole lot. The fact that MS is even promoting this as a feature and making a big deal out of it is pretty ridiculous.
"The cloud" means having an internet connection, sending data to be stored/changed on the other side, and getting it back. No, they won't have a supercomputer in Microsoft HQ that will run all your games at 999 FPS through the cloud. All the cloud will give you are persistent game saves and stuff like that.
Your google account is an example of what the cloud really gives you
the multitasking (snap mode) is what i am looking forward to the most... gaming while watching sports or netflix or skyping without having to look off the same screen pretty good stuff