Xbox One

[Artman22]

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I am thinking about upgrading to a 1080p TV currently using 32 inch 720p. Is it really THAT much of a difference?

Yes it's a very noticeable difference..


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[ubernoob]

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I'm upgrading to about 42 inches 1080p obviously. That's good to know, thanks.

Yeah... In terms of consoles we have out now, you'll possibly notice a small upgrade but that may be more due toto the size than anything. Most games are developed and played in 720 that gets upscaled.

If you were to play a game developed in 720 and then play that same game developed natively for 1080, you would notice a large difference just because there are more than double the pixels in 1080 vs 720. Obviously more demanding to render (which is why current gen would struggle) but the clarity/visual quality is striking to me. It all depends though. As other things, some say it doesn't matter. TV quality plays into it a bit as well, but less so than when 1080p sets were just hitting the market.

[Trapper700]

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Please, correct me if I'm wrong. I'm on my phone so going completely from memory with nothing to reference here.

Isn't MS reserved memory basically broken into 3 1GB chunks for the OS and two separate hypervisors running, meaning that stuff is already "spoken for" so they'd have to allocate even more space? While Sonys is much more flexible in terms of the devs can eat up a large chunk of that "reserved" memory if they so choose?

I believe that it would be the same. Games are given 5GB on the Xbox One and that's the part that's fixed, because you can't take more memory from this otherwise games that would expect there to be 5GB of available RAM would fail to run. They reserved the 3GB for non-gaming specific functions, because it can't be increased in the future, but it could eventually be decreased.

If at some point, they are able to optimize it enough so that they're only using 1GB for example of this reserved memory, they can always give an extra gig to games, bringing it to 6GB and still having an extra 1GB reserved "just in case."

[DanH35]

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I think there are supposedly still problems with online/XBL in general, so this would only benefit those who play offline.

Good thing I was able to get a PS4 Battlefield 4 bundle that caused me to cancel my XBO BF4 preorder. The only game I have currently preorderd for XBO now is NBA2K14, which I won't play online.

[PantherBeast_OS]

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Xbox One OS and XBL Issues??

http://doddscientifics.com/2013/10/2...proach-launch/

Don't you just love rumors right before the launch of new consoles. I for one am taking this newest rumor with a grain of salt. I'm sure both systems with have some launch problems and both companies will be on top of these problems day and night to fix them. This rumor doesn't both me. If it was hardware then I would be very worried. But it is software. So with software a simple update can fix these problems. Yes it might take a little time. But not worried and still looking forward to the release next month.

[bigfnjoe96]

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Did you ignore all the other post about the OSers saying it's true?

No I didn't.. Just cause this has happen at some kiosk or tour runs doesn't mean it won't be fixed if it's that major by launch

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[Holic]

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What a blow for the Xbox One IF true.



Maybe I'm wrong but I can't see MS having these type of issues this late in the game. Hopefully it gets debunked at some point today.

[Holic]

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Just found this reply to the "breaking" news overnight.

This is 100% false. Yes our OS had this problem, but months ago. I am talking E3 months ago even before the DRM. You’re right when you say we “changed the way it worked” and that did cause problems. DRM removal (your fault and a late decision upstairs due to the numbers) pushed us back even further. It wasn’t as easy as a patch, flipping a switch. It was built into the system. The online check went through more than the games. There were features that had to be redone including our sharing system and some other features we did not get to announce that we plan on adding on. Everyone is working their *** off 24/7 until launch. Yes it’s buggy but after you install the 2GB day one update, the UI will work just fine and also expect the console (if connected) to auto update when you’re offline, or in the background at night. This will happen throught the life cycle and the cloud enables us to patch In things remotely. If games were pushed back you’d hear about that. Actually XBO games have gone gold and are running fine. COD Ghost is 900p, RYSE. 900p, DR3 720p, FORZA 1080p, BF4 900p, KI 720p, ZOO TYCOON 1080p, TITANFALL running from 900-1080 (not finalized of course), Halo 1080p (they’ve been working on this for 2 years now and can fully take advantage like Turn10. ) To be truthful I can’t wait until the 22nd because when our system runs fine, you won’t be very popular in the industry. You and your friends at NeoGaf have some sort of anti Microsoft agenda that we get tired of reading. Also, Titanfall is a Microsoft exclusive. Not Xbox. Respawn can leave EA at any time and we can publish it after the first year. Enjoy.

[Holic]

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Phil Spencer from MS

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/XBO_Truth">@XBO_Truth</a> Games are in certification now and we are playing SP &amp; MP nightly. Anyone can post &quot;stuff&quot; to the web.</p>&mdash; Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) <a href="https://twitter.com/XboxP3/statuses/394708616973803520">October 28, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[Scoop 24]

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Who is the rant above from?

[Trapper700]

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Just found this reply to the "breaking" news overnight.

This reply was posted onto the article from Pete Dodd's blog by a guy who called himself "MSoft XBO OS Dev"

Here's a summary from the blog comments that has since been deleted because the entire exchange was ridiculous:

This is 100% false. Yes our OS had this problem, but months ago. I am talking E3 months ago even before the DRM. You’re right when you say we “changed the way it worked” and that did cause problems. DRM removal (your fault and a late decision upstairs due to the numbers) pushed us back even further. It wasn’t as easy as a patch, flipping a switch. It was built into the system. The online check went through more than the games. There were features that had to be redone including our sharing system and some other features we did not get to announce that we plan on adding on. Everyone is working their *** off 24/7 until launch. Yes it’s buggy but after you install the 2GB day one update, the UI will work just fine and also expect the console (if connected) to auto update when you’re offline, or in the background at night. This will happen throught the life cycle and the cloud enables us to patch In things remotely. If games were pushed back you’d hear about that. Actually XBO games have gone gold and are running fine. COD Ghost is 900p, RYSE. 900p, DR3 720p, FORZA 1080p, BF4 900p, KI 720p, ZOO TYCOON 1080p, TITANFALL running from 900-1080 (not finalized of course), Halo 1080p (they’ve been working on this for 2 years now and can fully take advantage like Turn10. ) To be truthful I can’t wait until the 22nd because when our system runs fine, you won’t be very popular in the industry. You and your friends at NeoGaf have some sort of anti Microsoft agenda that we get tired of reading. Also, Titanfall is a Microsoft exclusive. Not Xbox. Respawn can leave EA at any time and we can publish it after the first year. Enjoy.

I don’t know who the hell that last guy was, but I’m an actual Xbox dev. **** is flying here and nothing is ready. XBL crashes like crazy, snap feature may not make it for launch, and smartglass is not even close to being cooked. I’m going to have to come in on the weekends for the next year with the way things are going. Thing is I was here when the Xbox 360 launched, and man that was a vision and a product that we had faith in. It was beautiful. Kinect had it’s detractors, but it rejuvinated the Xbox brand in a whole new way. And now this is all going to ****. There is no vision for XB1, just a lot of meddling from the higher ups and no clear goals other than TV TV TV. Most of this won’t be fixed at launch. I would quit now if I didn’t have collegues that would suffer because of it.

Also who the hell is Kevin Dent. No one has touch any retail kits here unless they’re a part of the MS team.

Okay, I don’t know who the other two guys are, but I’m a real Microsoft developer.
There are no issues. Everything is going swell. Day 1 online functionality is primed and ready. We are looking forward to an exciting launch. All that’s left for us is to behuhu the rub hive

Actual Microsoft developer here, I know the three guys above. They’re a bunch of [RABBIT POOPS] and the Xbone’s set to crash and burn.

There’s actually no parts in the One. The reason we made the box big and flat, is so that everybody can do lines of coke off of it. #Truthfact

Those last two guys are real *******s, but Im a real Xbox one developer. The building is burning and MS if out of business. Windows will cease working on all computers at 8am EST.

[Cyros]

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I chuckled at doing lines of coke off the Xbox One.

[VTPack919]

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That exchange is kind of hilarious.

[Boltman]

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I'm just waiting for posts in here from actual ms xb1 developers next.

[Trapper700]

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Phil Spencer from MS