The people who are saying Microsoft is back pedaling despite this being a good thing.
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Every Xbox One Includes a Chat Headset!! + Xbox One Day One Unboxing
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The people who are saying Microsoft is back pedaling despite this being a good thing.
Exactly. The idea that Sony is your friend is so laughable. How soon we forget that they were stealth-installing software on peoples computers that were sending data back to Sony every time you played on of their CDs.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Well yeah.
I mean, is it for everyone that buys an Xbox One on Day One? Or is it a Limited Edition with a weird name?
IE How does one get a "Day One Edition" over a "Standard Edition"
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
This type of passive aggressive post does nothing for the conversation.
I'm glad it's there now since that's one less accessory to buy.
LEGEND0F117
Banned
Come to think about it, Mattrick was a douchebag.
saying they're backpedaling doesn't mean it's a bad thing.
SuperSonic1305
Member
Microsoft is in the house tonight
Reversing policies left and right
All that's left is Kinect and price
Then everybody can have a good time
Everyday we're backpedaling
Reversing policies left and right
All that's left is Kinect and price
Then everybody can have a good time
Everyday we're backpedaling
Nightengale
Member
They are backpedalling.
Doesn't mean the people who said it are disappointed. Learn to take a joke.
its definetly good that they are including this...
whats next on 180 agenda? internet browsing and youtube/netflix FREE without gold?
RoadHazard
Gold Member
And the 180s continue. But this is good news for prospective buyers, of course. It just kind of makes it seem like MS really have no idea what they're doing and are just reacting to Sony's clearly more popular policies.
EDIT: Man, Kinect 2.0 is HUGE! The original wasn't quite as enormous, right?
EDIT: Man, Kinect 2.0 is HUGE! The original wasn't quite as enormous, right?
CambriaRising
Member
They ARE backpedaling, that doesn't mean this is a bad thing. It certainly doesn't mean someone is disappointed by this.
DigitalDevilSummoner
zero cognitive reasoning abilities
Am i the only one shocked at the lack of white gloves in this unboxing ?
sixteen-bit
Member
I don't agree at all. The option for user-replaceable AAs is very consumer-friendly compared to the alternative.
travisbickle
Member
That was about 15 years ago!! Some GAFers weren't even born!! And the rest don't even know what a CD is!
I highly doubt the Xbox One is incapable of doing 4K above 30fps, if anything, its the HDMI spec holding it back.
GrizzledGrump
Banned
What's so hard to understand? I personally don't like to deal with batteries and most of my devices have sealed batteries and I've never had to worry about replacing them.
But in the grand scheme of things, 'tis a small thing.
CassidyIzABeast
Member
As long as you were one of the first people to preorder at your store should have the day one edition.
Officerrob
Banned
Whelp, I'm down to only one complaint left, price/non Kinect SKU. Fix that Microsoft and you have me
It was about 5 years ago actually. I think it ended in 07 or 08.
GalacticMouse
Member
In fairness, he was most likely talking about the GPU rendering something at 60fps at 4K resolution. I'm sure the box can handle 60fps video playback at 4K.
CambriaRising
Member
Spend 25 to save 20.
Makes sense.
No way in hell are either of these consoles going to do 3840 × 2160 at more than 30fps if they could even hit 30fps in the first place.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Nice. Thank you.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Theres alot of post that does nothing for the conversation man chill out sheesh
GarthVaderUK
Banned
Excellent news, loving these 180s lol.
Nymphae
Banned
Yeah, if they stuck to their original shitty guns, they'd rightly get slaughtered. I don't see them being slaughtered now that they've changed plans, there seems to be quite a number of people here who are happy with the changes and are buying one. Personally I still haven't seen anything that makes me want to buy it as a second console, but I'm glad to see MS is taking steps to please their customers a bit more.
digoutyoursoul
Member
The console itself doesn't look that big
And this is great news.
I like it, reminds me of the NES
Certainly not AAA 3D games, but I'm willing to bet 2D games or simpler 3D games can pull off 4k 60fps.
You save more than that with Eneloops long term. I've been using the same couple of Eneloops for 3 years.
You're telling me that you don't have AA batteries already lying around your house?
xXxDieselxXx
Member
There's always the possibility that Hryb is actually a massive giant, rivaling NBA aces in height.The console itself doesn't look that big
And this is great news.
Also, white is the new green. The charge and play charge cable LED lights up white when the battery is full. The power button/indicator on the console itself also lights up white. I like.
I am starting to think that MS's Xbox strategy after E3 became to look like this:
-Balmer: "Read Gaf, and listen to what Sony does!"
-Xbox staff: " But Sir, we have a roadmap we were planning for the past 3 years, we know the future, we.."
-Balmer: "?"
Next step:
End of conversation. 90% of Xbox staff fired, and replaced by a guy with a win7 PC, a pair of ears and eyes.
Result: MS is back in business baby.
Seriously: I like what MS's doing, all the consumer friendlier attitude and stuff, but it feels so desperate sometimes.
-Balmer: "Read Gaf, and listen to what Sony does!"
-Xbox staff: " But Sir, we have a roadmap we were planning for the past 3 years, we know the future, we.."
-Balmer: "?"
Next step:
End of conversation. 90% of Xbox staff fired, and replaced by a guy with a win7 PC, a pair of ears and eyes.
Result: MS is back in business baby.
Seriously: I like what MS's doing, all the consumer friendlier attitude and stuff, but it feels so desperate sometimes.
The Faceless Master
Member
i wonder if this time its actual good battery pack or still just 2xAA in a plastic shell..
Nightengale
Member
This isn't a 'major decision' though. It's not a reflection of any 'vision' for the XB1 that they previously had unlike their DRM-vision, this was just a financial decision.
They previously thought they could get away with not including the headset and either reduce their losses/increase their margin. Consumers didn't like the Kinect voice-chat alternative, so they went back and saw that they could afford to reduce their margin/increase the loss.