Microsoft yesterday revealed that Xbox One will allow a total of eight, yes eight, controllers to be connected to the system at any one time. This is excellent news for the sociable gamer, until they contemplate the horrors of their television screen being divided into eight separate sections. I shudder even to think about it.
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.
I was wondering the same thing. IGN Q&A...?
In any case, this will have applications in sports games, party games, and possibly indie games or unforeseeable concepts. It doesn't necessarily mean dividing the screen into eight blocks.
Also... "Though there aren’t many games on current-gen that locally support more than one player"
This guy clearly isn't a gamer. I play splitscreen all the time. Most of my favorite games support split screen multiplayer, and it works great.
8 controllers connected to one X1 connected to 2 TV's. That's actually not a bad idea.
8 controllers means 8 devices could be any attachment like wireless headsets. just like PS3 had 7 for move controllers and stuff its just a future proof the console
Isn't this a bit of a jump. Supporting mutliscreen is a bit of an ask for a console that needs to push out a set amount of graphical fidelity/performance. It isn't like on PCs were performance can be scaled (which is why on consoles it isn't such a logical move).
The 8 players support is for party games (kinect and non kinect) or FIFA/sporting games of that type. You are not going to see multi screen gaming on the consoles. They are just not built like that.
What about 8 player castle crashers, or DOA, and everone has their own controller. Sounds great!