Xbox: A New Generation Revealed

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Yea I guess they will have to do similar stuff for other regions otherwise it will just like Xbox 360.

Actually, since it looks just like TV passthrough then it doesn't really matter where it is in the world as long as it can find the TV listing/guide and channel list online, which it probably can since any cable/Sat service has that info up on their websites. It honestly should just work, it's not streaming like Netflix.

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Actually, since it looks just like TV passthrough then it doesn't really matter where it is in the world as long as it can find the TV listing/guide and channel list online, which it probably can since any cable/Sat service has that info up on their websites. It honestly should just work, it's not streaming like Netflix.

yea true - I meant to say stuff like the fantasy football thing with NFL (I don't really care though). I couldn't care less with live TV, I don't watch it much.

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Good luck getting hdmi pass through to turnover a sky+ box.

"Xbox show sky movies 1" I won't hold my breath. Fully integrated for US market and a half assed botch job for everywhere else. Hope i'm proved wrong tho :)

Completely agree. Unless MS can budge Sky into allowing Sky to work with the One. I'd like to think it's already in the works as they are a "partner" but I'm not holding my breath. Plus it will most probably require Sky Now which is LAME!

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In other words, the XB ONE doubles as a connectivity center - which IS a driver in home theater.

Let's be honest - most HDTVs of today don't have enough inputs to handle all the HD devices; you can have STB (whether it doubles as a DVR or not), DVD/BD player, and PC and (ooops), you're out of inputs. (I'm referring to HDMI inputs - the average for mainstream HDTVs is two or three HDMI inputs; if you want/need four or more, things get rather pricey.)

I don't have a gaming console at all because of two things - the sore-thumb factor (as in sticks out like), and the different media playback standards between XB360 and PS3. The media playback issue is now sorted - hence the "winning console" can, and should, replace my current standalone DVD player. If PS4 doesn't stick out, then the decision comes down to content and price. If the PRICE is identical otherwise, I admit that the PS4 has a slight advantage due to cross-platform content (not cross-platform play). XB ONE includes integrated Wireless-N (matching my router) - this is something PS4 must have to stay even.

I have a receiver that has plenty of inputs/outputs that compliment the TV. I don't need another thing that challenges my receiver, unless the Xbox also acts as a surround sound theater receiver.

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They didn't have anything else to show apart from a bunch of prerendered trailers.

Well Wired apparently got to play with the box. So it's running OS and running games.

Are we sure this is the final design and not a dev kit?

Wired mentions that it is about the same size as 360. It's not clear if they meant the original 360 and if it's smaller or larger. But there you have it. :p

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I haven't seen any information relating to built in wifi?

I presume seeing as the newer models of the 360 has this that it will be as standard?

For me personally, I was going to get the Xbox regardless.

Right now I have my Xbox in my lounge and like to flick between watching football and playing FIFA on weekends so it makes that a *BIT* easier.

I enjoy playing COD, Halo and FPS' and I can honestly say this current gen I've never been like "OMG I wish I had a PS3 to play that exclusive". My mates have PS3's and never find myself playing it but they always come to me to play Halo, GOW and other MS exclusives.

Kinect feature, its neat and it comes as standard, adding value, more for my money. Saves me getting it in the future but it was never a game changer.

Everything else is a bonus for a console that I was going to get purely for the game features anyway.

Also, I don't know why everyone was expecting more? It was fairly obvious they were going to show more than the PS4 event but save the major stuff for E3 where they can directly compete with the PS4 events at E3. It really is that simple.

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WTF is wrong with us?? WTF is wrong with you? Is everything MS does awesome, no questions asked?

MS is forcing what they believe the future of entertainment is going to be.

So, they're holding a gun to your head? No?

Then they're not forcing anything. If you don't want the XBox, don't buy one.

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She has to be trolling at a disastrous time like this

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Strange, was it not a woman that presented us the Halo TV series? How about the CBS woman who also presented?

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So, they're holding a gun to your head? No?

Then they're not forcing anything. If you don't want the XBox, don't buy one.

What a surprise, took you long enough to chime in.

What if you have a 360 and have bought into Microsoft but hated kinect and metro, boom shoved in your face and mandatory in the next xbox.

If you like and want to play the next iteration of exclusive franchises you don't have any choice BUT to buy Xbox.

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What a surprise, took you long enough to chime in.

What if you have a 360 and have bought into Microsoft but hated kinect and metro, boom shoved in your face and mandatory in the next xbox.

If you like and want to play the next iteration of exclusive franchises you don't have any choice BUT to buy Xbox.

Still have yet to see where they're forcing me to buy it. None of what you said comes close to me (or anyone else) being forced into the ecosystem.

Who knows, maybe you'll get lucky and they'll provide an optional Start Button...

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Still have yet to see where they're forcing me to buy it. None of what you said comes close to me (or anyone else) being forced into the ecosystem.

Who knows, maybe you'll get lucky and they'll provide an optional Start Button...

Who said they were forcing you, you used the old "don't like it don't buy it" moronic retort.

The fact is they are forcing their "vision" on people who want the console to play the freaking exclusive games they've come to know and love. Kinect was hardly a success outside of casual games and a few arbitrary motion/voice commands in some "better with kinect games", why force it on the next generation?

Don't bother replying, I don't expect an objective reply from a Microsoft apologist.

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What a surprise, took you long enough to chime in.

What if you have a 360 and have bought into Microsoft but hated kinect and metro, boom shoved in your face and mandatory in the next xbox.

If you like and want to play the next iteration of exclusive franchises you don't have any choice BUT to buy Xbox.

Apparently you've never gamed on a PC or Playstation?

I agree that most of this is gimmicky junk. I feel they are making a mistake with mandatory Kinect. But you do have (superior) options.

How's that Wii U doin' these days?

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Who said they were forcing you, you used the old "don't like it don't buy it" moronic retort.

The fact is they are forcing their "vision" on people who want the console to play the freaking exclusive games they've come to know and love. Kinect was hardly a success outside of casual games and a few arbitrary motion/voice commands in some "better with kinect games", why force it on the next generation?

Don't bother replying, I don't expect an objective reply from a Microsoft apologist.

but Xbox doesn't have exclusives worth playing and all it has are cross platform games.

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