Xbox One

[gustavus]

Re: Xbox One

Whats a good external Hard drive for the Xbone?





Also my Xbox Live membership expires the end of March, any deals on a years worth of that as well.

Pretty much any USB 3.0 hard drive is going to suit you well. I can't remember the site that did a breakdown, but the result was that you really should consider price per TB. None of them are noticeably better. I bought a 2 TB Passport at Best Buy for around $90. One TB was around $60.



As for XBL, Microsoft is selling year subscriptions for $40 right now. It's unclear how long the sale lasts.

[mgoblue]

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Pretty much any USB 3.0 hard drive is going to suit you well. I can't remember the site that did a breakdown, but the result was that you really should consider price per TB. None of them are noticeably better. I bought a 2 TB Passport at Best Buy for around $90. One TB was around $60.



As for XBL, Microsoft is selling year subscriptions for $40 right now. It's unclear how long the sale lasts.

I think it was Kotaku, don't have a link though.

[zasbury25]

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Pretty much any USB 3.0 hard drive is going to suit you well. I can't remember the site that did a breakdown, but the result was that you really should consider price per TB. None of them are noticeably better. I bought a 2 TB Passport at Best Buy for around $90. One TB was around $60.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2014-xbox-one-external-hard-drive-upgrade-guide

[Candyman5]

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http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expans...e+for+xbox+one

This a pretty good deal?

[mestevo]

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ID @ Xbox games at GDC, via Major Nelson:

http://news.xbox.com/2015/03/games-idxbox-gdc-2015

• Bedlam (RedBedlam): Based on the novel by award-winning British author Christopher Brookmyre, this is a shooter for everyone who remembers gaming in the ‘80s and ‘90s!
• Beyond Eyes (Team17): How does a blind person navigate the world? This unique title might give you some sense of what it’s like to live in a world without sight, as you control a young girl in search of her lost cat.
• ClusterPuck 99 (PHL Collective): This competitive sports game features eight-player local competitive action.
• Cuphead (Studio MDHR): A run-and-gun adventure, with plenty of 1930s style animation to keep things interesting! It will make its console debut on Xbox One!
• Earthlock: Festival of Magic (Snowcastle Games): An exciting, nonlinear role-playing game.
• The Flame in the Flood (The Molasses Flood): A rogue-lite river journey through the backwaters of a forgotten post-societal America. It will make its console debut on Xbox One.
• Fortified (Clapfoot Games): An exciting new take on action-strategy games that combines shooter, real-time strategy, and base defense mechanics.
• Game 4 (The Behemoth): One of the weirdest turn-based strategy games you’ll ever play, with plenty of The Behemoth’s unmistakable style.
• Goat Simulator (Double Eleven): You are a goat, and you are on a rampage. What more do you need to know? More goat to the people!
• LA Cops (Team 17): This top-down strategy shooter celebrates everything awesome about ‘70s cop fiction.
• Magic the Gathering: F2P (Wizards of the Coast): The world’s most beloved collectible card game goes free-to-play! It will make its console debut first on Xbox one
• Mighty No. 9 (Comcept): This Kickstarter darling is the brainchild of acclaimed developer Keiji Inafune, the creator of Mega Man. True side-scrolling perfection!
• Pixel Galaxy (Serenity Forge): It’s one heck of a hectic shoot-’em-up, inspired by Katamari Damacy. Grow, make friends, and survive together!
• R.B.I. Baseball 15 (MLB.com): The legendary Major League Baseball franchise returns with fresh game modes, authentic ballparks, improved animations, and deep stat-tracking.
• Rivals of Aether (Dan Fornace): This fighting game challenges you to uncover the elemental mysteries of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth.
• Shadow Blade: Reload (Dead Mage): Guide a young ninja on his journey to seek the teachings of the last remaining ninja master as he embarks on a quest for revenge.
• Shovel Knight (Yacht Club Games): Steel thy shovel! The amazing retro sidescrolling adventure is coming to Xbox One!
• SMITE (Hi-Rez Studios): The next evolution in multiplayer online battle arena space. Assemble your team, choose your hero, and destroy your opponents. Stay tuned for details on the Xbox One beta, coming very soon!
• Submerged (Uppercut Games): You’re trapped in an ancient, half-submerged city, with next to nothing. Explore the flooded cityscape and scale its buildings in a fight to survive!
• Super Dungeon Bros (React! Games): A multiplayer dungeon-crawling extravaganza with a rock music theme. Get your bros together and get ready to rock out!
• SWORDY (Frogshark): In this multiplayer physics brawler, you will hit your friends until they explode. You really have to see this one to wrap your head around this craziness. We’re pleased to say Swordy will debut first on Xbox One.
• The Sun and Moon (Digerati Distribution and Marketing): It’s a platformer with a twist: You can dive into the ground, reversing your gravity while conserving your momentum. Winner of the Ludum Dare 29 competition!
• ZHEROS (Rimlight Studios): This 3D action brawler – set in an alternative future universe – is rife with engaging combat and outrageous characters.

Edit:

Some friends went nuts over this game on PC, Wasteland 2 announced for Xbox One.

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[NYGiants4Natic]

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Phil Spencer just announced that Direct X12 will boost the XBOX ONE GPU 20%

[mestevo]

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Such an arbitrary number, show me the money.

More excited for all the windows 10-Xbox stuff but have been too busy to post.

Most first party titles coming to PC and then cross-platform is huge.

[NYGiants4Natic]

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Such an arbitrary number, show me the money.

More excited for all the windows 10-Xbox stuff but have been too busy to post.

Most first party titles coming to PC and then cross-platform is huge.

Whatever the number is the belief is that going forward most multi plat games will be much closer then ever to being the same for both consoles. The days of getting 720p are done. I think if the game is 1080p it will be 30fps and 900p it will be closer to 60fps depending on the type of game of course.

I think this is going to be a great year with direct x12 and all the windows 10 additions for xbox one owners.

[Cyros]

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DF articles are going to be hilarious with the 20% performance boost.

[mgoblue]

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Such an arbitrary number, show me the money.

More excited for all the windows 10-Xbox stuff but have been too busy to post.

Most first party titles coming to PC and then cross-platform is huge.

Yeah...this sounds pretty cool. I really like what MS is doing to improve the gaming experience on Xbox One...they're really bringing it with the updates and all that. I don't know if I get the same feeling from Sony or not. Not bashing, legit question...I know they do updates, but doesn't seem to be on the level of Xbox.

[mestevo]

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So, skimming some of the news... my highlights:

• Cross buy coming to Xbox One and PC to along with being able to play across those two platforms. Buy one and play either location. Wow. I hope this has better adoption than Sony's cross buy/play programs.
• Elite: Dangerous coming to Xbox One this summer.
• DirectX 12 API resulting in 50% improvement in CPU performance and 20% GPU performance. As I said above, show me, don't tell me.
• ID@Xbox is coming to Windows 10, isn't just a console initiative (which then enjoys all the cross buy/play benefits w/ Xbox One hopefully, where applicable)

[mestevo]

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Madden 15 now in the EA Vault on Xbox One.

[NYGiants4Natic]

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Does cross buy for XB1 and PC mean that Madden 16 will be on PC as well?

[mestevo]

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Hard to say, no promises third parties will embrace cross buy/play the way first party titles are.

Sony didn't have much luck in that area, Windows is a bit bigger proposition and opportunity though.

[mgoblue]

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So, skimming some of the news... my highlights:

• Cross buy coming to Xbox One and PC to along with being able to play across those two platforms. Buy one and play either location. Wow. I hope this has better adoption than Sony's cross buy/play programs.
• Elite: Dangerous coming to Xbox One this summer.
• DirectX 12 API resulting in 50% improvement in CPU performance and 20% GPU performance. As I said above, show me, don't tell me.
• ID@Xbox is coming to Windows 10, isn't just a console initiative (which then enjoys all the cross buy/play benefits w/ Xbox One hopefully, where applicable)

Wow, that cross buy is awesome! I hope the DirectX stuff is legit, but like mestevo I'm hesitant.

ID@Xbox expansion is good, hopefully it'll just mean more games overall...