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Microsoft Unveils Xbox One, an All-In-One Entertainment System with Revamped Kinect and Fully Integrated SmartGlass
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Bacon too!? Simply amazing. Is there anything the Xbox One can't do?
Omelettes.
You can't download an omelette maker, man. It'll probably be a hotplate add-on for the Kinect or something.
Maybe it will be a 3D printer add-on which will enable you to download the plans for an omelette maker (for a small fee, of course)? "Xbox, make me an omelette maker then make me an omelette!"
That would be cool.does the top tilt forwards quickly when the food is ready, flipping the food to you without having to stand up
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Is there anything the Xbox One can't do?
Yes, make people like its design.
Seriously, this design is getting made fun of a lot on Twitter. Sure it might meet all of the functional criteria but man can't something be functional and good looking at the same time?
But if the 3D printer can make the omelette maker, why can't it just make the omelette?
That makes more sense to me. Omelettes are a pretty flat food. All it has to do is roll off the little tray, and it's ready to eat.
That would be cool.
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Yes, make people like its design.
Seriously, this design is getting made fun of a lot on Twitter. Sure it might meet all of the functional criteria but man can't something be functional and good looking at the same time?
People have different thoughts on what looks good. I think the new design looks elegant and fantastic, but one of my criteria is that it goes onto a shelf with the rest of my AV equipment. This has an elegant face, and won't look out of place stacked in with an AVR. It looks like a large Blu Ray player, which is perfect for me. The worst system in recent memory for this is the PS3, with its impossible-to-stack curved design.
On the other hand, what makes the XBox One great in the above environment would make it look boring sitting out by itself. I can see the appeal of having a showy design in a console, but I'd prefer something more understated.
All that said, given how young their target market is skewed, I'm surprised they went with such a mature design.
The console market skews mostly towards late 20's - mid 30's males these days. Basically the Nintendo generation all grown up.
Plus the One is supposed to be a catch all multimedia device, not just a games console. Being understated works more in its favor in this regard. You won't draw in corporate dads and soccer moms with a bunch of useless neon LED bling pasted on the side.
Is it? Maybe it just doesn't feel that way when you hop on XBox Live and are instantly confronted with hordes of young teenagers (before I get lynched for making assumptions, you can tell by their voices).
If that's truly the case, the design's probably a good move. I'm more likely to buy one of these than a console that is loaded up with, as you say, "LED bling pasted on the side."
My god, you are a right! MS is going to change the video game breakfast industry forever!
Nope. They're actually fully grown men and women. It's just that being on Xbox Live does weird things to people.
Seriously. I once got called 16 racial slurs and had my sexuality questioned (this is putting it as kindly as I can around here) while playing Uno with a bunch of 80 year old grandmothers. And I don't mean over the course of a conversation. It happened all at once in one long string of gibberish sounding words.
Guess that little old lady didn't like me drawing the wild card...
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We have the technology. It can be done.
too late. Already done.
Nintendo did it first;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcayngErSMg
you're welcome. That'll be in your head the rest of your life
it's been in mine since a kid
you're welcome. That'll be in your head the rest of your life
it's been in mine since a kid
For some reason, I suddenly got this urge to watch Salute Your Shorts while checking to see if I put my homework in my Trapper Keeper.
too late. Already done.
Nintendo did it first;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcayngErSMg
you're welcome. That'll be in your head the rest of your life
it's been in mine since a kid
Yeah, I remember that commercial.
Never said I was buying the console to look at it. Just stating my opinion. The look and feel of the Playstation controller and console appeal to me much more.
Big Brother will protect you
The Xbox One kinect system knows more about you in a week than the FBI can investigate in a month.
It knows what you wear and will spam you with clothing manufactures coupons. It knows who you spend the most time with and it isn't your wife. It knows what you eat, when you sleep, listens on mobile phone calls and knows your paying more attention to an iPad. It even knows your heart rate, but won't do a thing if your heart stops!
At last year E3 it was all about hardcore gamers needs, but now it's TV, sports, movies, and more fees.
USED GAMES FEE: http://kotaku.com/you-will-be-able-to-trade-xbox-one-games-online-micros-509140825
DOES REQUIRE ONLINE: http://kotaku.com/xbox-one-does-require-internet-connection-cant-play-o-509164109
XBOX TV REQUIRES RECIEVER: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/21/xbox-one-live-tv-only-available-in-the-us-at-launch
The Xbox One kinect system knows more about you in a week than the FBI can investigate in a month.
It knows what you wear and will spam you with clothing manufactures coupons. It knows who you spend the most time with and it isn't your wife. It knows what you eat, when you sleep, listens on mobile phone calls and knows your paying more attention to an iPad. It even knows your heart rate, but won't do a thing if your heart stops!
At last year E3 it was all about hardcore gamers needs, but now it's TV, sports, movies, and more fees.
USED GAMES FEE: http://kotaku.com/you-will-be-able-to-trade-xbox-one-games-online-micros-509140825
DOES REQUIRE ONLINE: http://kotaku.com/xbox-one-does-require-internet-connection-cant-play-o-509164109
XBOX TV REQUIRES RECIEVER: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/21/xbox-one-live-tv-only-available-in-the-us-at-launch
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You know how you can fix that, right?
A. Don't buy an Xbox One.
B. Throw a towel over the Kinect when you're not using it.
Also, (someone who isn't overly paranoid) correct me if I'm wrong, but the Kinect camera doesn't capture an image like a webcam, right? From what I know, it's only capable of identifying shapes and movements.
The new one can detect your heart beat. So yeah it does a hell of a lot more then see shapes. It will even detect the creases in your clothes.
And with MS idea of placing adverts everywhere, I won't be surprised if the new Kinect somehow lets you get custom ads based on your style etc.
Seems MS are doing some damage control at present and back peddling, E3 is going to be very very very very interesting. But Sony have already stated the PS4 does not need to be on the internet connection, and it's up to the devs if they require online registration but Sony won't need it.
http://kotaku.com/5985874/ps4-will-not-require-an-always+online-connection
UPDATE: More relief... At a roundtable this morning, Sony's game studios chief, Shuhei Yoshida, told reporters that any requirement for users to register a game online in order to play it would be left to game publishers. Sony won't require that.
So if Sony stick to their word, bye bye Xbox. Was nice knowing you.
I just went digging for some new Kinect info, and this is how it sees environments...
...which is nothing more than a higher res version of the old Kinect. It can detect wrinkles in your clothes and facial expressions, but it can't tell what brands your wearing, or who you're with.
Hell, you can't even use it for blackmail. The image is too mushy.
Yeah. The daily updates and having to pay a fee to register used games to your account does suck a little bit. It's a move made less for customer convenience, and more to appease high strung publishers, and they deserve to be called out for it.
The one biggest lesson that should've been learned from DRM schemes is that you should never treat your paying customers like they're criminals. Unfortunately, it's a lesson that's fallen on deaf ears.
haha, MS sold it in an entirely different way to that pic! Yeah, MS have SERIOUSLY underestimated the backlash they will get, i think Sony will just walk it, I'll get a PS4 in a heartbeat as the tech specs between the two is invalid as they are almost identical. So the next gen is down to services and exclusives. And with the exclusives I bet they are the same.
No, so far for me I will keep my wonderful Xbox 360 slim and get a shiny new PS4. Happy day's.
I even read the new Xbox won't work with the 360 controllers! They just did a complete Xbox to Xbox 360 and dropped it entirely. oooohh they have got me annoyed!
I was going to get the next Xbox.
Not sure where some of this info is coming from, but I watched the live presentation and and "always on" internet connection is not required.
This was stated during the presentation.
Older XBOX 360 game fee????
It can't play them, so how can you be charged for them?
The rental issue was never discussed, so it sounds like someone is making stuff up here.
It can take a regular picture too but VGA res. It's also motorized so if MS was trying to track your every move you'd be able to hear it
Exclusives mean they're console dependent. You're never gonna get Halo on a PS4. You're never gonna get Uncharted on an XBox. You're never gonna Mario on either.
I just went digging for some new Kinect info, and this is how it sees environments...
Image
...which is nothing more than a higher res version of the old Kinect. It can detect wrinkles in your clothes and facial expressions, but it can't tell what brands your wearing, or who you're with.
Hell, you can't even use it for blackmail. The image is too mushy.
Yeah. The daily updates and having to pay a fee to register used games to your account does suck a little bit. It's a move made less for customer convenience, and more to appease high strung publishers, and they deserve to be called out for it.
The one biggest lesson that should've been learned from DRM schemes is that you should never treat your paying customers like they're criminals. Unfortunately, it's a lesson that's fallen on deaf ears.
It can see you just fine with it's RGB camera, not only that it can see in the dark with an infrared lights, add this with 3D data and it extremely detailed.