The XBOX One

Telefrog · 2015-02-16T05:50:47.000Z

The fact that a retail version of State of Decay is coming to the Xbox One isn’t mind-blowing. In fact, it’s sort of ho-hum.

But check out the black banner text at the top:

Razgon · 2015-02-16T06:31:27.000Z

I’m so buying this(For the 3rd time)! I do find your observation interesting, that its a sales pitch now, that its not available on the PS4.

divedivedive · 2015-02-16T08:30:18.000Z

I think he finds it interesting (or at least I do) that the banner says it’s only available on Xbox One and PC. I’ve never seen that on box art before, at least that I can remember.

sharaleo · 2015-02-16T08:31:17.000Z

Pogue Mahone:

I think he finds it interesting (or at least I do) that the banner says it’s only available on Xbox One and PC. I’ve never seen that on box art before, at least that I can remember.

But, but, but, it is just proof that MS is committed to PC gaming!

stusser · 2015-02-16T09:34:02.000Z

If that’s all they do to screw with PC gaming this cycle, I’m all for it. I’m dreading whatever new bit of unholy fucknuttery they present at GDC. I half expect them to try to get PC gamers to pay for xbox live.

RickH · 2015-02-16T17:00:22.000Z

RickH:

Xbone stopped reading discs, now it’s packed and ready to ship to McAllen, TX for repairs. Hopefully this won’t take more than a couple of weeks.

Number of MS consoles I have had to ship off for repairs: 6

Number of Nintendo, Sony, or Sega consoles I have had to ship off for repairs: 0

Eight days after posting this, my PS3 60gb unit dies. 7 years of light use was too much for it.

Coincidence? Probably. Let’s see how the used slim PS3 I just ordered from Cowboom holds up, though.

Rock8man · 2015-02-16T17:03:45.000Z

You went with the used slim right away? After my 60 Gb unit died (also very light use over the years), I went for a repair once. Then when it died again 14 months later, I let it stay dead. I do wish I could have finished Demon’s Souls though, so I do miss it sometimes.

Wendelius · 2015-02-17T01:22:26.000Z

Nice set of new features for Upload Studio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTVAxFcp-Xg

I’ve created a few clips for fun, and this is all going to make it much easier and much more powerful.

Wendelius

RickH · 2015-02-17T08:54:56.000Z

Rock8man:

You went with the used slim right away? After my 60 Gb unit died (also very light use over the years), I went for a repair once. Then when it died again 14 months later, I let it stay dead. I do wish I could have finished Demon’s Souls though, so I do miss it sometimes.

Yeah, from everything I read online, the slims didn’t have the overheating problems that the original systems had, likely due to a die shrink for the chipset. I tried the “hair dryer” trick and got it to boot long enough to eject my Resistance 2 disk, but not much longer. Hooray for cloud saves. Too bad moving over the hard drive won’t let me keep my stuff.

Maybe I’ll take it apart someday and see if redoing the thermal paste works (it did revive a laptop for me recently), but looking at the PS3 teardowns on the internet make me think that $130 for a slim and a Dualshock 3 was a good deal. I have too many unplayed PS3 games to abandon the platform.

Alan_Dunkin · 2015-02-17T13:03:56.000Z

Ultimate Game Sale now going on; DOA5 released.

— Alan

Alan_Dunkin · 2015-02-18T08:28:41.000Z

Looks like World of Tanks will be coming to the Xbone “later this year”. Couple of smaller games are now out, including Hand of Fate, which is an indie card battler of some kind (looks like).

— Alan

sharaleo · 2015-02-18T08:30:59.000Z

Wasn’t WoT announced way back before actual XBone launch?

Telefrog · 2015-02-18T08:32:12.000Z

Yes, it’s been a long time coming.

Alan_Dunkin · 2015-02-18T08:43:45.000Z

Well now it’s been re-announced. Or something. I dunno. Will have cross-server gameplay with 360 players, apparently.

— Alan

Alan_Dunkin · 2015-02-18T08:54:35.000Z

Oh, there’s also this newly released “announcement” trailer:

— Alan

Telefrog · 2015-02-25T07:34:52.000Z

Free Fast & Furious tie-in game coming to Xbox One and Xbox 360.

Quarter to Three – 25 Feb 15

Forza and Fast & Furious is the oddest tie-in since a dinosaur chased a Doritos...

Fast & Furious isn’t generally what you think of when you play any of the Forza games. Microsoft’s serious sim racer generally has a brightly-lit (some say bland) aesthetic that doesn’t mesh well with the neon high-five street hustling action movie...

Telefrog · 2015-02-26T08:25:33.000Z

It’s not confirmed yet, but the scuttlebutt is that the current $40 price for Xbox Live Gold is a permanent price change.

RickH · 2015-02-26T10:30:26.000Z

Telefrog:

It’s not confirmed yet, but the scuttlebutt is that the current $40 price for Xbox Live Gold is a permanent price change.

That would be a positive change.

Telefrog · 2015-02-26T10:46:56.000Z

MS Store support is telling people that it’s a “time-limited promotion” but with no set end date.

stusser · 2015-02-26T11:39:13.000Z

I’m very surprised. Never expected MS to be the first to blink. They really are aggressively going after Sony.