6589

You would think publishers would welcome an opportunity to sell their games in a new store with essentially no changes to the software, with the only real cost being giving their earlier customers the right to use the games on a newer platform.

But publishers don’t think that way, essentially free money isn’t good enough if the price is NOT jamming someone for a bit more.

6590

I’m sure there’s a powerpoint somewhere at these publishers that has a projected release schedule with these old 360 games being repackaged and sold for $60, so they don’t want to let users who still own the game keep playing it on their new consoles.

6591

I’m having trouble trying to find an answer for this, but does anyone know if the Xbox One can be used with an Xfinity X1 satellite box? Not the main DVR unit, but the little, secondary non-DVR boxes that you use for other TVs in the house. You can record a show on the main DVR unit in another room and watch it on a satellite box.

6592

If the little box has an HDMI-out then yes, you can plug it into the XBO and it will be the “TV signal”. You can plug almost anything into it I think. Even a PS4.

6593

The original Borderlands has been added to the BC games. Plays smoothly as far as I have seen so far.

6594

For the first week after its 9th September release, Castle Crashers Remaster will be free to all Gold members who own the original, which will also come to BC.

6595

That’s really cool! I bought but never played much Castle Crashers on 360, but simply because of circumstances, not because of how much fun I had with it.

6596

November update stuff: http://news.xbox.com/2015/09/xbox-one-november-update-preview

•Play your Xbox 360 games on Xbox One. At launch you’ll be able to play over 100 Xbox 360 games on Xbox One with hundreds more in the months to come. This includes the added benefit of Xbox One features including screenshots, streaming, and game DVR – for your favorite Xbox 360 games. You can even play multiplayer with friends still using their Xbox 360.

•A new Guide lets you quickly access essentials with just one button press to save time spent weaving in and out of apps. You can access the Guide from Home by pressing left or double tap the Xbox button on your controller to instantly overlay the Guide. You can access Friends, quickly start a Party, get to Settings, see System Notifications, view your Messages, and more from Home or without leaving your game. These are the top tasks Xbox fans do most often, so we focused on making them faster and easier to get to without disrupting your game.

•We’re redesigning Home to make it faster and easier to get to the things you love. We’re introducing a faster and easier interface to provide access to games and apps you’ve recently used. At launch you’ll be able to more easily share your achievements and game clips with the Xbox Live community, see whether your friends are playing the same games and get one-click access to Game Hubs to get news and updates directly from the developers and community themselves.

•We’re introducing a new Community section to make Xbox One more social. Based on your feedback, this section is optimized to help you tap into what other gamers are doing on Xbox Live and directly contribute to the conversation happening within the Xbox Live community. Check out what your friends are up to or keep track of the games you follow in the redesigned Activity Feed. Explore the new Trending section to view the most popular posts from players on Xbox Live.

•The revamped OneGuide will be your single destination for TV, movies and video apps. From OneGuide, you can see a list of current trending live TV shows with the most viewers at that moment on Xbox. TV listings will now come up instantly and in full-screen, and we’ve added a picture-in-picture mode for TV so you can browse for other things to watch without missing what’s happening in your show. We’ll highlight a selection of the most exciting new movies, TV shows and deals from across the apps on Xbox One and the new App Channels area will show you the latest movies, TV shows and videos highlighted by the apps you care about.

•We’re optimizing Store to help you quickly find the content you want. To the right of OneGuide, you’ll find the new and improved Store with features including four easy to explore areas – Games, Movies & TV, Apps, and Music – and a new vertical gallery view to bring more listings at a glance. Browse through intuitive categories like Staff Picks, New Releases, Top played, Top rated, Coming Soon and Recommendations to discover new games, apps, and entertainment for your Xbox One.

6597

So, what’s the consensus on when the Xbone Slim is going to be released? Between Forza 6 and getting backwards compatibility for Rock Band 4, I’m on the verge of having enough justification to get an Xbone, but I really don’t want to buy one just before a hardware revision. If there’s going to be one by, say, next summer, I’ll regret it.

6598

My guess is next Holiday.

6599

The 360 slim version came out 4 and a half years after release (E3 2010), so if the Xbox One follow suit, it will be during E3 2018. Of course, it’s probably not going to follow the same pattern, but E3 2016 sounds a tad early in comparison.

On the other hand, the PS3 slim was released September 2009, which in comparison would be September 2016 for the Xbox One. And sales wise, if this Holiday season is bad, a slim version of the Xbox One may be the injection it needs.

But unless you really want a smaller Xbox, I’d get the current version since the hardware is pretty much rock solid (and quiet).

6600

Yup. I don’t think a form-factor revision is going to bring much to the table other than allowing Microsoft to jack the price back up temporarily.

6601

Yeah, maybe next holiday season, considering they are pushing to the 1TB versions first for this season.

— Alan

6602

I would be surprised if there was a rev soon. And, to echo what others have said, it is pretty quiet and stable as is.

6603

True, but it’s ugly as sin. And I don’t know where I’d put it in my AV stand.

6604

The PS4 was quiet and stable too, and it’s on its first revision already, consuming less power and lighter. They do it when it makes sense as a cost-cutting measure.

6605

Except, for some reason, the optical drives. I’ve had two in a row go bad. There was even a special link on the Xbox supporrt page for bad optical drives.

6606

I’m down to 20 GB of hard drive space. What’s the best per dollar solution to more storage?

6607

http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E3RH61W

Any USB3 drive will do, though. That 4TB external model just offers the most storage per dollar. If you don’t need all that, you could get away for $59 for 1TB, or $89 for 2TB in the same model. They are bus-powered also, so no need for a separate power cable.

6608

Yeah I just started using a 3 TB WD external drive. Works fine, it’s nearly as fast as internal storage. I moved nearly all of my games over to it, which was a little annoying as you have to do it one at a time and sometimes works a little weird, but generally that’s the best way. Using a memory stick works well too.

— Alan