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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 8:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Xbox one thread |
That sucks, Nic. I hate not getting my new shiny. |
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| Author: | BikNorton [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 8:25 ] |
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Mine came from Amazon, I'm one of the lucky ones. I was told 'by 8pm' on the order page and 'by 9pm' on the details tracking page. Plus side I believe you're getting a £20 apology? It won't do 4k on my 4k monitor and hdmi/displayport adaptors apparently don't work either which changes my plans but it's a gorgeous thing and the pad is improved. |
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| Author: | Nik [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 9:24 ] |
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£20? No. I was told “definitely no compensation” at first. After moaning that the guaranteed delivery date didn’t have much of a guarantee, I was told a month’s free prime, but as my wife is the prime account holder, I was offered £5 credit instead. Later, the person I’d spoken to at 20:30 called back and offered £10 credit. So maybe £15 altogether, at best. But so far, only £5. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 10:11 ] |
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Nik wrote: I was told a month’s free prime, but as my wife is the prime account holder, I was offered £5 credit instead. Why does it matter that the account was in your wife's name? |
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| Author: | Nik [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 10:58 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Nik wrote: I was told a month’s free prime, but as my wife is the prime account holder, I was offered £5 credit instead. Why does it matter that the account was in your wife's name? No idea. The chap on the phone was not incredibly coherent. |
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| Author: | asfish [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 11:16 ] |
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Are all of you who bought this using 4K screens for gaming? |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 11:20 ] |
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Yup. |
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| Author: | Nik [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 11:48 ] |
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asfish wrote: Are all of you who bought this using 4K screens for gaming? Yes. Supposed to be of some benefit in 1080 too, though possibly not enough to justify the price hike over the normal Xbox One. |
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| Author: | asfish [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 12:06 ] |
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Nik wrote: asfish wrote: Are all of you who bought this using 4K screens for gaming? Yes. Supposed to be of some benefit in 1080 too, though possibly not enough to justify the price hike over the normal Xbox One. I've no plan to get rid of my Pioneer Plasma anytime soon, also don't use the console that much. But you do look at the hardware specs and think maybe I should 
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 13:01 ] |
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Did some reading about Scorpio. It appears to be a really nice console with no exclusive games I want to play and approximately none of the friends I want to play with. gg MS. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 13:05 ] |
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Of course, just because we all went PS4 doesn't mean everyone else did. I'm not sure what Microsoft could have done to magically make your friends be on XBox |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 13:09 ] |
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They could have given us all free consoles and made Doc pay 10 x the normal price. They should totally do that next. |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 13:12 ] |
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Cras wrote: Of course, just because we all went PS4 doesn't mean everyone else did. Sure, although I think what we all did wasn't uncommon, based on other forums and other gamers I know on the Internet and in real life.Quote: I'm not sure what Microsoft could have done to magically make your friends be on XBox "Not sucked out loud at launch", obv:* mandatory Kinect and associated extra price * hilariously stupid DRM scheme * muddled messaging about if it was even primarily a games machine ("TV! TV! TV! Sports! Sports! Sports!") * some actual good year-one exclusives We didn't get PS4s until a year or so in, so there was plenty of time for MS to make its case. It didn't even come close. The Xbox One was our default purchase, coming from 360; it was MS's game to lose. And lose it it did. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 13:25 ] |
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Ah right. It seemed like you were criticising the X1X specifically, rather than the x1 at release. |
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| Author: | myp [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 13:26 ] |
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Yeah, we were all heavily invested in Xbox at that point. They had to do something really stupid to make us all switch. And they did. |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 13:27 ] |
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Cras wrote: Ah right. It seemed like you were criticising the X1X specifically, rather than the x1 at release. Oh, no, except that the X1X exists within the wider context of the X1 of course. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 13:28 ] |
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote: Cras wrote: Ah right. It seemed like you were criticising the X1X specifically, rather than the x1 at release. Oh, no, except that the X1X exists within the wider context of the X1 of course. Indeed, but I guess what I'm inferring is that seemingly the only way back for MS is for Sony to massively fuck up the PS5 launch. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 13:31 ] |
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The way I see it, the PS4 being more successful than the X1 is just the world going back to normal. The 360 was just a freak occurrence in the grand scheme of things. |
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| Author: | BikNorton [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 13:38 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Xbox one thread |
I should be but my monitor doesn't do the right kinds of 4k apparently. I kind of knew it but had thought a hdmi to displayport adaptor would work. None of them do. But until that gets fixed it can go in the living room because it's smaller, quieter, faster, prettier and has fewer LEDs than the one. |
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| Author: | Bamba [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 13:47 ] |
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Cras wrote: Sony to massively fuck up the PS5 launch. There's a pretty high chance of this, Sony are past masters are snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Also, which ever company is 'on top' always thinks they're bullet-proof enough to start doing some stupid customer-fucking corporate nonsense and they'll totally get away it this time round because when has that ever not worked? (aside from all the other times of course) No entity in the universe has a shorter memory than a massive corporation who've been recently successful. |
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| Author: | Mr Dave [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 13:57 ] |
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Bamba wrote: Cras wrote: Sony to massively fuck up the PS5 launch. There's a pretty high chance of this, Sony are past masters are snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Also, which ever company is 'on top' always thinks they're bullet-proof enough to start doing some stupid customer-fucking corporate nonsense and they'll totally get away it this time round because when has that ever not worked? (aside from all the other times of course) No entity in the universe has a shorter memory than a massive corporation who've been recently successful. But on the other hand, they aren't likely to have forgotten. They are, to my knowledge, the only console manufacturer to reclaim top dog spot. |
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| Author: | DBSnappa [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 14:34 ] |
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I’ll probably get one at some stage |
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| Author: | Bamba [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 15:35 ] |
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Mr Dave wrote: Bamba wrote: Cras wrote: Sony to massively fuck up the PS5 launch. There's a pretty high chance of this, Sony are past masters are snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Also, which ever company is 'on top' always thinks they're bullet-proof enough to start doing some stupid customer-fucking corporate nonsense and they'll totally get away it this time round because when has that ever not worked? (aside from all the other times of course) No entity in the universe has a shorter memory than a massive corporation who've been recently successful. But on the other hand, they aren't likely to have forgotten. They are, to my knowledge, the only console manufacturer to reclaim top dog spot. That's less to do with their own actions though and more to do with MS making such a cunt of the entire situation. I mean Sony rightly just focussed on selling their games console by talking about games, but had MS also not fucked everything up I doubt so many people would've made the switch. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 15:49 ] |
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That was my point. Their success was due to Microsoft fucking up. Is Microsoft's only way back to the top now if Sony do the same? |
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| Author: | Bamba [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 16:43 ] |
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Cras wrote: That was my point. Their success was due to Microsoft fucking up. Is Microsoft's only way back to the top now if Sony do the same? Probably. There's a lot if inertia involved in being on a technical platform these days--not least in this case due to the number of your friends that are also on it--so it's more like you need a specific reason to change away rather than looking for reasons to stay. If MS had announced backwards compatibility early on and not been dicks about everything else they'd have utterly and completely buried Sony. |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 11:44 ] |
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Xbox One X get. Damn it’s heavy. But most of all, it’s a damn sexy bit of kit and looks terrific. I’d say aesthetically it’s much better looking than the PS4/Pro for a black box. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 12:37 ] |
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Two days late? |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 12:38 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Two days late? I only ordered it Tuesday. |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 12:43 ] |
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What games are you looking forward to playing? |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 13:01 ] |
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Lonewolves wrote: What games are you looking forward to playing? I’ve got Halo: MCC, Halo 5 and Quantum Break so far. I’ll be getting that Cuphead an’ all. I don’t think it’s a bad time to try the Xbox OX and catch up on some of the games missed out on. Most of all I’d like some Halo 3 MP shenanigans again if more people took the plunge... but they probably won’t. 
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| Author: | TheVision [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 13:16 ] |
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I'd happily play Halo 3 with you! |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 13:31 ] |
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Yay! What’s this Xbox Games Pass about? Does it allow you to download the games? It ain’t a streaming service like PSN is it? |
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| Author: | Mr Dave [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 14:30 ] |
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Satsuma wrote: Lonewolves wrote: What games are you looking forward to playing? I’ve got Halo: MCC, Halo 5 and Quantum Break so far. I’ll be getting that Cuphead an’ all. I don’t think it’s a bad time to try the Xbox OX and catch up on some of the games missed out on. Most of all I’d like some Halo 3 MP shenanigans again if more people took the plunge... but they probably won’t. Rocket race, team blue vs team Pink... The likes of those days will ne'er be seen again. |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 14:32 ] |
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Mr Dave wrote: Rocket race, team blue vs team Pink... The likes of those days will ne'er be seen again. You say that but you've never experienced the glory of the updownbumpyramp. |
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| Author: | Mr Dave [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 14:33 ] |
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote: Mr Dave wrote: Rocket race, team blue vs team Pink... The likes of those days will ne'er be seen again. You say that but you've never experienced the glory of the updownbumpyramp. Yeah, me being me ain't always easy. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 15:26 ] |
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Play Killing Floor 2 Dave! Are we still playing Killing Floor 2? |
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| Author: | TheCookie197 [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 18:29 ] |
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Satsuma wrote: Yay! What’s this Xbox Games Pass about? Does it allow you to download the games? It ain’t a streaming service like PSN is it? It's like the EA Access thing - a big catalogue of games you can download and play whenever you want, though some games are cycled in/out every month. No streaming, thankfully. |
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| Author: | krazywookie [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 20:38 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: Play Killing Floor 2 Dave! Are we still playing Killing Floor 2? We're all playing gtav now. |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 21:10 ] |
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Gotta say, the image quality in Halo 5 was pretty darn nice at 4K. |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 21:13 ] |
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And I didn’t realise you got ALL the Halo’s with Halo: MCC! Score! |
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| Author: | BikNorton [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 21:15 ] |
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It's really good at YouTube. |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 21:28 ] |
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BikNorton wrote: It's really good at YouTube. To be fair, so is my TV. |
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| Author: | BikNorton [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 21:37 ] |
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I was lying, it's the same poopy YouTube app. How do I even know if something is updated? Does it do something for all games automatically? I researched this SUPER well. |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 21:48 ] |
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There’s a list of games with Xbox One X enhancements. It’ll download a 100 GB update so you’ll know when your internet crawls to a halt. |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Fri Nov 10, 2017 13:15 ] |
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Digital Foundry take a look at Halo 5 and think the Xbox One X is doing a marv job: https://youtu.be/aMqhO4cs09w |
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| Author: | BikNorton [ Fri Nov 10, 2017 14:47 ] |
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So apparently diablo 3, forza horizon 3 and GoW 3 and halo 3 on 360 are my enhanced games. |
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| Author: | Nik [ Fri Nov 10, 2017 15:40 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Xbox one thread |
Still waiting for mine to arrive. Not hopeful for today. Still, good job I pre-ordered it 7 weeks in advance to make sure I got a guaranteed delivery day! 
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| Author: | LewieP [ Sat Nov 11, 2017 7:22 ] |
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I've got a sealed Xbox One S going spare if anyone wants it before it goes on ebay. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Sat Nov 11, 2017 9:08 ] |
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LewieP wrote: I've got a sealed Xbox One S going spare if anyone wants it before it goes on ebay. Was that from that cheap deal/misprice you posted on Twitter? |
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| Author: | LewieP [ Sat Nov 11, 2017 11:11 ] |
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Yep. |
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