The XBOX One

Brakara · 2014-11-03T07:51:01.000Z

Murbella:

I agree, but nothing indicates it will be a must have technology this console generation.

That’s my feeling as well.

mrbloo · 2014-11-03T08:08:17.000Z

Yet we’re all embracing the cognitive dissonance of this console generation lasting until 2023.

stusser · 2014-11-03T08:15:47.000Z

They’re using common PC components. There’s no reason to ever break backwards compatibility.

Like I said earlier, at some point they will need to break forwards compatibility, and that will look a lot like a new console generation, with a big flashy launch. But it will still run a version of the same OS, and all the old games will still work, just like today’s android and iOS devices.

Starlight · 2014-11-03T09:31:06.000Z

Jason McMaster:

I can’t imagine VR being the big thing this generation. It’s not even done THAT WELL on PC yet. I have a Rift, I like it and all, but it’s far from ready for primetime

Sure, which is why Occulus are working on the hardware still.
Depends how long “this generation” is, though.

PS2 was 2000, PS3 was 2006, PS4 was 2013…I can’t see waiting for 2020-2021.

A “PS VR” in 2018? Possible.

HumanTon · 2014-11-03T09:49:12.000Z

VR movies are much more problematic than VR games because VR completely undoes the visual grammar of moviemaking.* I doubt they’ll be anything more than a curiosity until long after VR games are mainstream. (Which will be in the next gen.)

*How do you frame shots when you don’t control what the viewer is looking at? How do you cut when cutting means teleporting the viewer around, disorienting him and possibly making him sick? How do you do close ups? Etc.

Telefrog · 2014-11-03T09:50:09.000Z

You could find out right now.

Zero Point - The movie made for Oculus.

Antistarshadow · 2014-11-03T10:10:26.000Z

Huh, Microsoft gave me a digital copy of Ryse: Son of Rome since I bought the Sunset Overdrive edition. It wasn’t something I was really interested in, but it’s worth a shot for free!

Brakara · 2014-11-03T11:05:17.000Z

Yup, US only though.

Windows Central – 1 Nov 14

Microsoft giving free Ryse game to lucky Sunset Overdrive console owners...

Earlier this week we reviewed the white Xbox One Sunset Overdrive Special Edition bundle, which launched first in North America followed by the UK a few days later. I found the bundle to be a very good value at $400, as it comes with a fresh and...

Jason_McMaster · 2014-11-03T11:20:00.000Z

Ryse is better than expected

Jason_Becker · 2014-11-03T11:21:41.000Z

mrbloo:

Yet we’re all embracing the cognitive dissonance of this console generation lasting until 2023.

That’s people being confused by Microsoft or Sony talking about the “10 year lifespan”. Those comments do not mean a new console won’t come along before that. These current systems are planned to go just like past consoles have. Its nothing new.

Rock8man · 2014-11-03T11:40:49.000Z

Jason McMaster:

Ryse is better than expected

It really is. My biggest problem with it is the way it started. Suddenly you’re thrown into battle with no context, no skin in the game. But luckily that comes later in the flashbacks. By the time I was a few hours in, I was surprisingly invested. Much more so than any other game from Crytek, that’s for sure. I was surprised that Crytek was even capable of making such a game.

Antistarshadow · 2014-11-03T15:03:15.000Z

That sounds promising, but Ryse will have to wait until after I finish with Sunset Overdrive.

Malderi · 2014-11-03T18:49:10.000Z

I was going to buy the Sunset Overdrive bundle yesterday, so went down to the MS store. Sold out yesterday. Okay, I’ll order online tonight. Nobody has it. Amazon doesn’t have it (third party, inflated price only), MS store online is sold out, Best Buy can’t ship and no nearby stores have it, Gamestop has one about 60 miles away. I live in Seattle, goddamnit, let me give Microsoft my money.

Alan_Dunkin · 2014-11-04T07:40:10.000Z

I take back what I said about install speeds; tried to do Call of Dooooty yesterday after I thought I had already pre-loaded it, but it was going so slow I think it’s still going this morning. There goes my double XP Day 0 crap.

— Alan

LMN8R · 2014-11-04T11:30:13.000Z

I think I’ll be ready to finally get an Xbox One next week. Planning to get the Assassin’s Creed bundle unless Unity ends up being crap…but even then, AC4 is supposed to be great and I could always sell the Unity code.

Also, after playing Fantasia at a friend’s house a couple nights ago, I think my wife really really wants me to get the Kinect version.

Pyperkub · 2014-11-04T14:16:48.000Z

Yeah, Fantasia is the reason I’d get one now. I also want my rock band investment to work.

Wendelius · 2014-11-04T14:45:10.000Z

I played more fantasia with visiting family members this weekend and it’s still a blast. It’s a very neat rhythm game.

Not a system seller and likely won’t reconcile your with Kinect if you hate it, but I really enjoy it.

Wendelius

LMN8R · 2014-11-04T16:27:27.000Z

Yeah. I was already leaning toward the Kinect version just for voice commands and such, but it’ll be nice to do living room Skype with family easily too, and the rare game which makes use of it.

Alan_Dunkin · 2014-11-04T21:58:31.000Z

LMN8R:

I think I’ll be ready to finally get an Xbox One next week. Planning to get the Assassin’s Creed bundle unless Unity ends up being crap…but even then, AC4 is supposed to be great and I could always sell the Unity code.

Also, after playing Fantasia at a friend’s house a couple nights ago, I think my wife really really wants me to get the Kinect version.

My roommate got the AC bundle yesterday. She was pretty happy with it, though if you’re bored before Unity comes out make sure you install AC4 first :)

— Alan

LMN8R · 2014-11-05T11:28:26.000Z

Yeah I’ll play AC4 first regardless, as I haven’t played anything since Brotherhood and heard AC4 is the best since that one. I guess I could always sell the Unity code too if it isn’t any good.