A new update for preview members is available and improves the party chat functions. There is a new update available for preview members, as of 6:00pm PST January 28th, per the Xbox One Preview Program App/Hub/Dashboard.
The update brings a few tweaks to the Xbox One Party Chat:
1)Chat connection status icons:
New icons have been added to let you know the current status of a chat connections in your Party.
-Clock icon: Means the connections is being made.
-Squawker Ring icon: Indicates the connection was successful.
-X icon: Means that networking limitations, such as, strict NAT or moderate NAT are preventing the chat connection from completing.
2) Improved connectivity between multiple users with Strict or Moderate NAT.
3) Fixes from Update: An issue where unsnapping the Party App quickly after joining a Party caused the chat to become inoperable.
Paul Thurrott in a recent episode commented on the on-going Microsoft fiasco hinting at more job losses and that "there's more to come".
There won't be no more acquiring game publishers from Microsoft in the future . Xbox has to pay Microsoft back. It might take two decades to do that.
There really needs to be a class action lawsuit here. You buy these companies just to put people out of jobs. And it’s not like something happened to derail their plans this WAS the plan. Microsoft has no business in this space at all.
Ninja Theory, Perfect Dark, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Wolfenstein 3, Dishonored, Prey, Doom, Quake... something tells me that bad things are going to happen to these entities under Microsoft.
The Xbox brand is expanding, as an Xbox mobile game store is opening this coming July where Microsoft will brings its "first-party portfolio."
“Bond adds that they will start on the web”
This will go nowhere.
Nice knowing you Xbox. This is what happens when the house never gets cleaned.
The only this MS is expanding is the amount of feculence it sprays on everyone who just want to enjoy gaming and make games.
The best thing MS can do for the gaming industry is leave and never return.
It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.
Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...
They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.
They're scum.
"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."
Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.
Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.
But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?
Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.
So will this update work about as good as the last party chat update?.....basically won't do shit!
I saw the chat connection status icon last night playing Dying Light, and didn't know what it was at first. I really do hope that they iron out the kinks in the party chat system, as it's probably been my biggest gripe with the Xbox One thus far. Up until now a hard reset seemed to be the only fix, and that had become very tiresome. My fingers are crossed.
I had a feeling we would be getting an update soon as my friend list has been up and down a bit today which in the past has meant new firmware incoming.
Damn shame how MS fumbled on so many Xbox One features which Xbox 360 users/adopters came accustomed to. Not to mention almost completely separating the 360 and XB1 live network. Since day 1 XBL party chat for me has been a ghost town thus far. A good example. During holiday my son chose an Xbox 360 over XB1. I asked why. He said most of his friends are still on the 360 and they can party chat.