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famousmortimer: Xbox One OS and Xbox Live issues bouncing about as we approach launch
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Deleted member 80556
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I will truly feel sorry for Dent if the XB1 releases with all these problems. He is totally going to look like an ass.
The short story is that Xbox Live and the OS, especially in functions that involve XBL, are a complete fucking mess. One source says we arent talking weeks until it works correctly but months. Things like parties dropping people when moving from one thing to another. Connectivity issues. Missed invites. Friend requests not working, etc.
Maybe this is what they were referring to when it was said that suits at MS screwed with some decisions?
Mort likes to hedge his bets in his read of the rumors he relays (and inject a bit of optimism too), but the actual info he relayed from those sources is a lot more significant than his own take.
Freudian slip?
Lol, probably. Stuck at my in-laws.....Wife is asleep with her baby brother next door...No fun allowed.
mysteriousmage09
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After reading that, what I get out of it is that pretty much every basic function for online play in this day and age is broken.
Try making a friends list? Broken.
Try inviting friends to a party? Broken.
Try joining game? Failed.
Playing game just fine? Dropped.
Improvements coming in at a snails pace to the point it can take months to get shit working as it should. Say it's a big deal or not but I predict a lot of pissed off people and a nightmare for MS customer service incoming.
Seriously, people not being able to party up with their friends and join COD and BF4 games without a barrage of problems isn't a "pfft, whatever" problem.
Try making a friends list? Broken.
Try inviting friends to a party? Broken.
Try joining game? Failed.
Playing game just fine? Dropped.
Improvements coming in at a snails pace to the point it can take months to get shit working as it should. Say it's a big deal or not but I predict a lot of pissed off people and a nightmare for MS customer service incoming.
Seriously, people not being able to party up with their friends and join COD and BF4 games without a barrage of problems isn't a "pfft, whatever" problem.
BruiserBear
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This please
This thread sure is hilarious today. http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=550584
"Sounds fishy!"
"Sounds fishy!"
Yes, please. Dude hasn't done anything worthwhile in this industry and acts like a complete sociopath.
infiniteheteroskdasticity
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It isn't. I have a PS4/PS+ for multiplayer. As I already said I'm not paying for XBLG. The only things I have lined up for my Xbox One are Ryse (I'm a sucker for singleplayer hack and slash games) and Crimson Dragon. The former comes on a disc and as long as I can download the latter I couldn't care less.
Colonel Nasty
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Derrick an Xbox fan? This place is a madhouse lately. Next you'll tell Derrick thinks the 360 had a ton of exclusives.
Yes, in the sense of things that were expected. Microsoft already had a huge head start with azure and a huge subscription base. If there was one thing I never expected them to fuck up, it was XBL.
Shots fired. CBOAT you need to defend your honor. You have my sword.
Absolutely no reason to. Kevindent is way beneath the boat for him to even bother. People like him and Geis are useless as they come
OT: I can't believe people think this is not a big issue if true :S Sounds like a really bad situation for early buyers. Hope they get it fixed for launch
and I guess this is what Proelite was saying too
well considering people pay $60 a year for party chat and the privilege to play a game they already bought, I'd say it's still a big deal.
They want to charge people for something, they had eight years since the 360 launched and their online infrastructure doesn't even work. I don't see how this is something you can just shrug off. It's kind of embarrassing and I'm kind of glad I decided to wait a year on the Xbone.
I can deal with 720p. Paying for shit that doesn't even work? That's a different story
Neuromancer
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I find this really hard to believe. Not because I don't trust Mortimer but because I just can't see how MS could fuck up something so badly that they had right before. What the hell is going on over there?!
Sword Of Doom
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It's the official console of COD and BF4. How is a buggy XBL not a big deal if it launches like that?
TheSpoiler
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@atPeteDodd @bessy67 you, cboat and all the other insiders HATE ms and xbox. we all know this. it's why you pushed ps4 so hard.
AHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
For some reason, the fact that this dude and the other popular dude (who's getting followers because of his stalwart defense) calling cboat a fanboy, even though he just spills it like it is, just has my sides in tears.
Like, there are people who sit on the computer and type out defense after defense on Twitter and "army up", and this guy's comment took the cake for me.
Fuck.
AHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
For some reason, the fact that this dude and the other popular dude (who's getting followers because of his stalwart defense) calling cboat a fanboy, even though he just spills it like it is, just has my sides in tears.
Like, there are people who sit on the computer and type out defense after defense on Twitter and "army up", and this guy's comment took the cake for me.
Fuck.
Shots fired. CBOAT you need to defend your honor. You have my sword.
LOL. He shouldn't talk.
Beginning of gen was so obvious because of xbox players being wired, and ps3 players primarily using garbage, packet losing, wifi.
As the generation went on and 360 got wifi, that playing field leveled.
From my countless hours of multiplayer on both consoles, Xbox Live is simply more reliable and lower latency overall. PSN has its moments of greatness, but the majority of games played are laggy garbage.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
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How many slaps on the back do you want exactly?
You do realize that's all game side code, right?
LiquidMetal14
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The surprise from some devs ( I say some because I haven't talked to 10000 of them) is that they can't believe MSFT is having these kinds of issues with their SW.
MSFT is a SW company!
MSFT is a SW company!
la flama blanca
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And more bad news.... Has the major even posted on Gaf yet?
Man. I hate threads like this. Just rumors and whispers and rumors that build into a frenzy of nonsense.
This could be bad. Or not. We don't know. Why don't we wait and see what the initial hands on say?
This is someone who has a ps4 preordered, not an Xbone. I just like to deal in fact, not crazy message board conspiracy and twitter rumors.
This could be bad. Or not. We don't know. Why don't we wait and see what the initial hands on say?
This is someone who has a ps4 preordered, not an Xbone. I just like to deal in fact, not crazy message board conspiracy and twitter rumors.
To be fair, you guys have been on point with a lot of these next gen rumours. On the hardware front too. So I didn't really doubt it, but it's obviously better to have more confirmation.
Don't Microsoft sort of hate you now? Lol.
If you're not with them, you're against them. Buckle up or share a rumor of your own. It's a party.
That's why he tweets!
graywolf323
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how the heck do they screw this up of all things?
SwiftDeath
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This will be a big deal if XBL is not up to snuff on launch. A less than stellar online experience will be far noticeable to the average buyer
And what's with all that hate for mort? Proelite was the first to leak this
And what's with all that hate for mort? Proelite was the first to leak this
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Deleted member 80556
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I believed you guys for what's worth. Although I didn't really comment much on that. This explains it now.
Damn!
TrojanBlade
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best part of the article :
We all know what will happen from MS PR
We all know what will happen from MS PR
M_A_C
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I agree, I can't believe they would make it like PS3 so devs have to come up with their own VOIP solutions. That can't be true. I thought Skype was going to do all of that.
Stop repeating this shit. This is how rumors get started and soon this thread will be locked. This isn't about multiplayer. Go re-read the OP.
On topic, the smart-glass stuff is pretty damning. MS was CLEARLY not ready to go this year. It's so painfully obvious.
Kazuma Kiryu
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Once again, gotta hand it to kotaku. You've been pretty much spot on this past year.
Nah. You don't seem to be a fan of anything really.
Kind of feel the same way, but they can't for obvious reasons..
SirMossyBloke
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Who is jschrier? Seems to be respected in here.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
legacyzero
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Fuck, I have to go to bed. FUCKKK
Shpeshal_Ed
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Did anyone read the reply from the "Xbox dev" in the comments? On phone can't copy pasta.
Does anyone actually care? This second screen nonsense is worse than 3d.
Jules Coast
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The past few weeks on gaming sites and forums have been incredibly unejoyable. Everything being a "megaton" news story is so tiring. The reactions are almost always made before knowing the full story (read: the truth) and almost always completely ridiculous. People spend too much time on this forum and not enough time gaming.
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