Xbox ONE, but wait isn’t there already an Xbox?
After
a long debate with myself in deciding which one of the two systems I would start
with, I decided to go head and vent some anger and um wait uh I mean, I decided
to go ahead and talk about the Xbox ONE, and see if I’m the only one who thinks
Microsoft REALLY WANTS TO LOSE the console war this time around.
I know there was a rumor going around about the X box One
having always online DRM in it. It set the gaming world on fire, gamers both
hard core and casual were out raged at this choice. It’s pretty easy to see why
they were pissed off as well. I mean The concept of a console that does not
work unless it is connected to the internet, and having data fed to the console
via Microsoft’s servers is absurd. What in the sam hell were they thinking,
well the good news is that it won’t require your console to always be connected
to the internet, if you intend to play video games on it. What do I mean you
may ask? Oh nothing other than the fact that the Xbox one isn’t really a gaming
console. IT’S A FUCKING ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM. An whats worse is it does
everything else exceptionally well, but we have NO FUCKING CLUE HOW WELL IT PLAYS
FUCKING GAMES. How do you reveal your console to the world and NOT BRING ANY
GAMES, feed your viewers BULLSHIT, and have them walk away satisfied and
actually wanting to throw money at you for you piece of shit system. I wouldn’t
know, but I’m sure if I sat down and studied under Microsoft I’d be able to sell
a flash light to a blind man. How about we stop reading my ranting and start
taking a look at what we do know, with some info I gathered from Kotaku IGN and Polygon. All
site reference’s will be listed below at the end of this post, so you can read
them for yourself.
HERE IS WHAT WE DO KNOW EH!
1.
The next Xbox
is called Xbox One (HORRIBLE NAME)
2.
It will be
out later this year
3.
It won’t be
Always-Online
4.
It will
restrict used games
5.
It plays TV
exceptionally well
6.
The Xbox one
looks like this
7.
The Controller
looks like this
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8.
The Kinect
looks like this
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9.
It is NOT
backwards Compatible (don’t throw out your Xbox 360)
Specs that we DO know
·
8 Core CPU
·
8 GB Memory
System
·
500 GB HDD
·
Blu-ray Drive
·
802.11n
Wireless with Wi-Fi Direct
·
HDMI In/Out
·
USB 3.0
Snap mode
A
new feature that allows you to connect your Xbox One to your TV to do things like;
Skyping with your friends while watching TV, watching sports and updating your fantasy team, watch movies
while talking to your friends. AND DO MORE SHIT WITH TV THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH GAMING.
Intelligent TV
If
there is one thing the Xbox ONE does exceptionally well, that we could see from
it’s reveal, is PLAY TV. It plays TV, it plays MOVIES, it plays TV WHILE YOUR
WATCHING YOUR FRIENDS ON SKYPE WATCHING THEIR TV'S. It Plays movies while you
TALK TO YOUR FRIEND ON SKYPE WATCHING YOU WHILE WATCHING A MOVIE, BUT WAIT with Microsoft's big partnership with the NFL YOU CAN NOW WATCH FOOTBALL ON YOUR XBOX
ONE! Wow what would I have ever done without this FUCKING BLOODY USELESS
FEATURE THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH GAMING… MOVING ON.
Used Games
Every
Xbox ONE game will come with a activation code, YAY DRM WOOOOO LOVE THAT SHIT
ehhh… You will need this code to INSTALL the game on your systems hard drive
before you can even play the game. So console gamers WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF PC
GAMERS, where you will have to install your games before you can play them. No
more are the days of having the convenience of just popping in your CD and playing your game, NO MORE
are the days of being able to let a friend borrow your game cause you
loved/hated it, and they wanted to try it. Gone, all gone, because now you have
to install and register the game ONLINE and CONNECT IT TO YOUR XBOX LIVE
ACCOUNT. Your family may be able to play the game that is registered to your
Xbox Live account, but if you want to let a friend borrow the game, or you
bring games over for a game night at a friends house, HE CAN’T PLAY THEM ON HIS
SYSTEM, HE LITERALLY HAS TO BUY THEM. Never mind that you spent your hard
earned money and have a legit copy, he has to buy the game in order to play it.
Microsoft says there will be a way to trade used games, but have not shared
much in the way of Details, and it’s kinda hard to blame them. I mean, after
locking down your console and blocking used games with SO MUCH FUCKING DRM, it’ll
be hard to come up with a system that doesn't sound like BULLSHIT. Who knows I might
be wrong, SURPRISE ME MICROSOFT…
Always-online
The Xbox One has been rumored to be an Always online console, yet at their
press site they stated “No, It does not have to be Always Connected, but Xbox One does
require a Connection to the Internet” Well which is
it, it was stated that the system requires you to connect to the internet at
least once a day. Well that’s bloody fantastic, and what if my internet is out?
Oh that doesn't matter, because this is just a potential scenario for
how the Xbox One will function. So in other words you haven’t a clue as to how
your bloody console is going to run gaming wise do you? MOVING ON.
Xbox Live
Noting getting into this, I don’t support Xbox Live, I
don’t support paying you for the privilege of using features that come with the
console, I don’t care what changes were made, they removed the price. I you do
there will be links down below where you can read the changes made and more.
The Biggest thing of note is that out of everything we know,
we acutally know very little, as almost everything is just a “Possible Scenario”
at best. Not much has really been finalized yet. Expect to see more about the
Xbox over the next few months starting with E3. Thank you for your time, and continued
support. The links will be listed below.
So, how about that PS4 guys...
ReplyDeleteYeah, PS4 is look much better then the Xbox One right now. I'll be doing my post on it in the next few days.
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