Xbox One - General Discussion Thread

GTA V will be running at 1080p and 30fps for both consoles. Great news since I planned to double dip, I just hope they didn't sacrifice anything to get it there.

 
Well just beat aw story and have to say wow best one since mw2. Sledgehammer hit home run with this game . Very impressive for their first main cod game other then working in mw3 mp.
 
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TimboSliceGB said:
Well just beat aw story and have to say wow best one since mw2. Sledgehammer hit home run with this game . Very impressive for their first main cod game other then working in mw3 mp.
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Will the multiplayer be frustrating for somebody who pretty much stopped playing it 5 years ago. Or will it be super frustrating against a bunch of 16 year olds who play nothing else and do it for 5 hours a night? Mines out for delivery now

 
el swordo said:
Will the multiplayer be frustrating for somebody who pretty much stopped playing it 5 years ago. Or will it be super frustrating against a bunch of 16 year olds who play nothing else and do it for 5 hours a night? Mines out for delivery now
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Jet packs bring new challenge to no. Have to watch rooftops and ground. I really like the mp very fast pace
 
el swordo said:
Will the multiplayer be frustrating for somebody who pretty much stopped playing it 5 years ago. Or will it be super frustrating against a bunch of 16 year olds who play nothing else and do it for 5 hours a night? Mines out for delivery now
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Yes it will. MP makes me want to rip all my hair out.

 
bestkeeper14 said:
Gamestop has guaranteed 40% until Nov 3rd
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Well it only launched on November 3rd. And 40% extra? Or $40 flat? Because I'd rather have bestbuy credit now that i have gcu. Man GCU is so much better then power up rewards. Last year all I really got for powerup rewards was enough points to renew my power up rewards.

 
el swordo said:
Well it only launched on November 3rd. And 40% extra? Or $40 flat? Because I'd rather have bestbuy credit now that i have gcu. Man GCU is so much better then power up rewards. Last year all I really got for powerup rewards was enough points to renew my power up rewards.
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Yea I like GCU better. Pretty much every game I buy, and trade in quick = another new release paid for. Plus the RZ certs help a lot.

 
I was looking at the tritton kama headset before buying the Microsoft headset. The Microsoft headset is pretty damn good for 50 bucks. It is on sale at Gamestop and picked them up with the sso bundle.

 
Here are some of the most popular new features added this past year, but also check out a recap of the full list of previously announced new features below. You may find a few surprises to help you make the most of your Xbox One. And rest assured, our commitment to continuous innovation remains strong.

Customization

  • Custom backgrounds. The #1 fan-requested feature, each account on your Xbox One can have a customized background. You can choose a custom color or achievement art as your background on Xbox One, with more customization options coming down the road, like personalized images from the media browser app.
  • Take system updates when you want. Take system updates as soon as they’re available if you prefer. When the system update is made available, you’ll find the option under Settings, then select System update.
New Friends, Activities and Achievements

  • New Friends section. See at a glance what’s going on with your friends. You can stay up-to-date with your current activities, the most popular games your friends are playing, and a Gamerscore leaderboard to see who has improved their Gamerscore over the last 30 days.
  • Activity feed updates. We added new ways for you to interact with friends in the activity feed. The interface changed to a single column scrolling list that is longer and includes more content. We added the ability to post text to your feed, and to “like” and comment on feed items. You can share game clips and anything else in the feed with friends either publically (to your activity feed) or privately (as an attachment to a message). You are also notified when anyone likes, comments on or shares your items. Each person gets a personal feed on their profile, so you can see what specific friends have been up to. And, with SmartGlass, you can see what your friends have shared to their activity feed and “like” specific posts.
  • A New Achievements App. Updated to enable sharing of achievements you’ve unlocked with captions, see a list of friends who have unlocked specific achievements, and an updated achievements Snap landing page that shows Achievements on recently played games, when a gamer is not actively playing a game.
  • Snap updates. We updated the Snap Center to include quick access to many of the things you wanted faster access to when playing a game – Friends, Messages, Achievements, Game DVR, clock, and battery indicator – as well as making it easier to close and open new snap apps when playing a game. A double tap of the Xbox button on your controller brings up a menu that allows you to open a new app in snap mode, close the current snapped app, or switch focus between your game and your running snapped app.
Second Screen and Accessories

  • Mobile purchase. Using Xbox SmartGlass or on Xbox.com, you can remotely purchase games and Add-on content. No more waiting to begin downloading when you get home – if your console is set to automatically take updates, your console will begin downloading your purchase. And, you can also get Games with Gold and Deals with Gold on SmartGlass, so you can download free games wherever you are to your console.
  • Battery power indicator. We brought back the battery power indicator so that you can see right on the home screen how much juice is left in your controller’s battery. You will also get an on-screen notification when your controller battery is getting low.
System and Game Updates

  • Silent reboot after system updates and system update on demand. If your console is in Instant On mode, the update will happen automatically and return to standby upon completion. This means you won’t need to power on your console after an update moving forward. If you want to take future updates when available without waiting for your console to do it on its own, this option is under system settings. It will only show as available when there is an update to take.
  • Game and app saves and updates. A game save progress bar will show you the status of your game saves. You can easily tell what games and apps are being updated or have been updated recently.
More Ways to Experience Entertainment

  • Boot to TV. You can set your console to boot directly to television when coming out of connected standby.
  • Media Player, DLNA, and MKV support (and more!). A newly added Media Player app supports DLNA streaming so you can easily access and play music, watch photo slideshows or movies stored on home media servers and devices that support the DLNA server protocols. Additionally, you can playback tons of files – including MKV – stored on a USB device or a device on your home network that supports DLNA streaming.
  • Xbox One Digital TV Tuner and Steam TV to SmartGlass. This USB-attached TV Tuner, available in UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, enables you to watch TV on Xbox One, and pause Live TV for up to 30 minutes. If you have an Xbox One Digital TV Tuner, you can stream TV across your home network to your smartphone or tablet using the Xbox SmartGlass app. You can also pause, play, rewind and change channels, without interrupting gameplay.
  • TV Discovery Made More Social. New features were introduced for social discovery on TV, including Live TV Trending, Twitter TV Trending, Xbox TV Trending, and Tweets in MiniGuide.
Audio

  • Sound mixer for apps with Snap and volume controls when using Kinect with chat. With the Sound mixer, you can control the volume levels of two apps when you’re using Snap letting you decide which app is louder. In this same section, you can control the volume levels when you’re using Kinect for chat.
Here is a more comprehensive list of the more than 100 new updates we announced details on this year, in addition to the hundreds of additional updates made behind-the-scenes to make Xbox One even better this year:

February Updates

  1. See and manage your storage space
  2. Control your install lineup and more easily manage your download queue
  3. Separate My Games and My Apps lists so you can easily create separate queues for both
  4. Track how much battery life is left on your controller
  5. Support for your USB keyboard with your Xbox One
March Updates

  1. Friends list moved to front and center on the homepage of the Friends app
  2. Party chat turns on by default
  3. Chat with friends playing different games
  4. “Invite friends to game” option available in your multiplayer titles
  5. See a list of “Recent Players”
  6. Twitch live streaming support
  7. Optical out supports 5.1 Dolby Digital
  8. Support for Dolby Digital surround sound over HDMI
  9. Support for 50Hz output for TV
  10. Tailor the number of volume up/down adjustments
  11. SmartGlass updates: Receive notifications of Xbox Live messages, check out what your friends are doing, see their latest highlight clips, and unsnap apps with SmartGlass
  12. Support for new Xbox One accessories: Xbox One Stereo Headset and Adapter, Xbox One Media Remote, and third party headsets
  13. Browser improvements: Direct link to IE, new gesture and controller features for Bing and Google maps, and search improvements
  14. IR blasting of power and volume to TVs/AVRs for all regions
  15. Easy sound bar setup
  16. View Game Clips in Snap mode
  17. Passkey feature to protect user settings
April Updates

  1. Support for 50Hzoutput for Blu-ray
  2. Controller and headset adaptor firmware updates that reduce audio static and improve wireless connectivity
  3. Silent reboot after system updates and system update on demand
  4. Improved GameDVR video quality through compression algorithm improvements
  5. Kinect voice and motion improvements for quality and reliability of Xbox One commands
  6. Game save progress bar shows the status of your game saves
  7. See what games and apps are being updated or have been updated recently
  8. Notifications to see when favorites and friends sign in to Xbox Live
  9. Friends who are in multiplayer are identified in the friends list
May Updates

  1. Sound Mixer for apps in Snap mode
  2. Volume control when using Kinect with chat
  3. Opt-in to help improve speech recognition
  4. Take the next system update when you want
June Updates

  1. External storage support
  2. The ability to add your real name
  3. OneGuide and Universal Remote Control added to SmartGlass
  4. Select an account for automatic sign-in
  5. For Xbox One owners in Canada and Europe, access to OneGuide and more TV, SmartGlass, and voice features
  6. Games with Gold & Deals with Gold
  7. All Xbox Live members can access popular gaming and entertainment apps without a Gold membership
July Updates

  1. Snap Mode for Achievements
  2. Double-tap to launch Snap Center
  3. Choice of spoken language in New Zealand, Ireland, and Austria
  4. Background updates for future digital bundles and compilation discs
  5. Ability to like GameDVR clips
August Updates

  1. Activity feed updates: New ways for you to interact with friends in the activity feed
  2. Mobile purchase from SmartGlass or Xbox.com
  3. Low battery notification
  4. Disable notifications during video
  5. Enabling 3D Blu-ray
  6. OneGuide in Brazil, Mexico, Austria and Ireland
  7. Last seen time in Friends list
  8. Pre-order and pre-download titles
September Updates

  1. Expanded Friends area on Home
  2. A new Media Player app for USB and DLNA playback
  3. Improved Party app with party leader settings
  4. New features for SmartGlass: Post status messages from the Activity Feed and comments, share items from both your Activity Feed and Game Clips, personalized Activity Feed added to your profile, threaded messages, record game clips directly from the Now Playing bar, What’s New page highlighting the features of each release
  5. “Xbox On” capabilities in Australia, Canada (French), Italy, Spain, Mexico and Brazil
  6. Boot directly to television when coming out of connected standby
  7. Manage controllers and other accessories under Settings – Devices & Accessories
  8. Bandwidth Usage shows users how much bandwidth their Xbox One is consuming over a period of time
  9. Choose multiple GameDVR clips to delete at once in the Upload app
  10. Save Avatar Gamerpics to users’ OneDrive
October Updates

  1. Snap Center updated to include quick access to Friends, Messages, Achievements, Game DVR, clock and battery indicator
  2. Friends Snap App
  3. Messages Snap App
  4. Achievements App
  5. See a list of top games in your profile and your friend’s most popular games in the Friend’s section of SmartGlass
  6. Improvements for TV and video
  7. Media Player DLNA and MKV support
  8. Live TV Trending based on your country and OneGuide settings
  9. USB-attached Xbox One Digital TV Tuner available in Europe (UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain)
  10. Stream TV to SmartGlass with the Xbox One Digital TV Tuner
  11. Live TV MiniGuide for markets where OneGuide is available
  12. OneGuide in 12 new countries
  13. Apps with live TV channels include their TV listings within OneGuide and other Xbox TV features work with these apps
  14. Universal remote control in SmartGlass
  15. Live TV initial setup experience
  16. Live TV cable & satellite box auto-detection
  17. Updated Devices & Accessories page
  18. Firmware updates
  19. Find my Controller to easily find (or identify) a controller by making it vibrate
  20. Hide Games & Apps on your console
  21. Password resets and added protection made easier
November Updates

  1. Custom backgrounds
  2. Share your location and bio as part of your profile and select a set of showcase items that are displayed
  3. Tweet about your favorite game clips
  4. Live TV Trending
  5. Twitter TV Trending
  6. Xbox TV Trending
  7. Tweets in MiniGuide
  8. Recents and Favorites in MiniGuide
  9. Store pages on Xbox One improved to quickly browse and find content
  10. Friends’ game activity on SmartGlass
  11. Games with Gold & Deals with Gold on SmartGlass
  12. SmartGlass Store improved to easily find and download apps for your Xbox One, and a Coming Soon filter for Games and Add Ons
  13. Easily snap from a full screen experience and move Internet Explorer into snap mode
  14. Internet Explorer featured sites
  15. My Stats shared in Preview dashboard
  16. Leaderboard added that shows how you stack up against your friends
 
I'm really enjoying the updates but it's murdering my bandwidth cap lol. One day it was 298 MB and I was going to do it the next day, then it went up to 1.9 GB!!!

 
Spybreak9 said:
I'm really enjoying the updates but it's murdering my bandwidth cap lol. One day it was 298 MB and I was going to do it the next day, then it went up to 1.9 GB!!!
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if there's more than 1 "200 mb" update that you've missed, you have to download the 1.9 GB update.

 
[quote name="Spybreak9" post="12214533" timestamp="1415226102"]I'm really enjoying the updates but it's murdering my bandwidth cap lol. One day it was 298 MB and I was going to do it the next day, then it went up to 1.9 GB!!![/quote]
Go to a library and download it on a flash drive. ;)
 
So what's so great about cod multiplayr again? Seems like its just a bunch of shooting people who happen to stumble across your path in the back vice versa
 
I'm having a problem with my Xbox One controllers. Both of them never turn on when I press the Xbox button on the first try. Always takes me 2-3 tries to find the sweet spot to turn them on. Is this normal?

 
What are some must have apps for this thing? I got all the video streaming ones like Netflix and etc and ones that allow you to play BR (really, why the hell is this an app) and CDs, what else is worth looking into?

 
[quote name="htz" post="12215328" timestamp="1415248479"]I'm just used to lightly tapping the PS button on the DS4 but pressing harder seems to be working now.[/quote]
You basically need to hold it until the light turns on. I think it is to prevent people from accidentally turning it on.
 
Navex said:
What are some must have apps for this thing? I got all the video streaming ones like Netflix and etc and ones that allow you to play BR (really, why the hell is this an app) and CDs, what else is worth looking into?
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I think the Blu-ray player is an app so that they can update it independently of the OS (this is a modern Windows thing seen in WP and Windows 8/10). Also, it allows people who wouldn't watch Blu-rays on their console to save a tiny bit of hard drive space.

 
It came early yay! Got through basic setup. Dumb question-where the hell are the netflix & hulu apps? I checked the store, didn't see them, seached bing, nothing.

 
[quote name="Erad30" post="12215799" timestamp="1415281911"]It came early yay! Got through basic setup. Dumb question-where the hell are the netflix & hulu apps? I checked the store, didn't see them, seached bing, nothing.[/quote]
App store. It's separate from the game store.
 
Erad30 said:
Yeah I checked the app store, got youtube & wwe, they don't seem to be there...
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You might be missing that each little subcategory in the Store has an ellipsis (three dots) symbol at the bottom that you can select in order to see the full list of products in that subcategory.

Also, you can always head to the console's Search feature by scrolling all the way to the right on the dashboard and choosing Search under Categories. Should find them that way.

 
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Yeah actually looking at the list from the website there's a bunch that don't seem to be on here-CW, comedy central, espn, amazon, cinemanow, etc. I go to the app store, and there's featured (which has vine,tenplay & machinima), popular and new, but nothin where I can look at a full list of the apps and again search brings up nothing

 
Yeah this update is going to upset a lot of people. Avg person has 5 mbs internet this thing would take hours for them to update

No reason they could not do two disc yet again 343 doing stupid things like always since they took over for bungie
 
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Yea, they really need to make this available ahead of time even if you are buying the disc version.
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Yeah I'm kinda pissed off about it now that I know it's an option. It doesn't even look like the digital version is available for sale anymore either. On a side note anyone have a seemingly random reboot after coming out of instant on mode? Mine played some weird noise from the speakers and after trying to launch cod it just started the system over again. It now seems fine. weird

 
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