Microsoft Reputation Manager's Guide To Xbox One 611
symbolset writes "In the wake of a disastrous E3 product reveal Microsoft has purportedly distributed a confidential internal 100-point 'FAQ' for the Xbox One that reads like it's from the Ministry of Truth. It was of course immediately leaked on pastebin. Kotaku has the story and an amusing online poll. In the discussion below make sure to line up the FAQ entries with the AC comments for extra 'Informative' moderation."
Re:Damage control (Score:5, Informative)
Must connect to the internet once a day or locks you out, extreme limitations on lending or buying used games, etc. An excellent reason to play Steam games under Linux overall.
Re:Beware Internet Echo Chambers (Score:2, Informative)
If I could mod this up to an 11, I would. Just because Microsoft has failed miserably here doesn't mean we should all flock to the PS4. I'll never trust Sony after the OtherOS fiasco. Considering how many people are commenting about building gaming PCs, I don't expect a lot of people will, either.
In this generation, we've seen Microsoft release the biggest abomination in console gaming, Nintendo release a machine cobbled together from parts they found in the garage, and Sony trying to look innocent while they have filed for patents on worse DRM schemes than Microsoft's. This console generation is going to be a drag.
Re:Spin it all you like guys ... (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Ignore the FUD, here's the truth (Score:5, Informative)
3-4=-1.
Re:XBone Fake FAQ (Score:5, Informative)
It's a bit too long for a troll document, and a just sufficiently corporate-speakish to be real. Teen trolls don't have the language skills to produce a document like that, while adult trolls don't have the time and patience to get over that many points.
It also doesn't look like a collaboration because the writing style stays the same throughout the document.
All in all, it has a very good chance of being a real thing.
Re:Which $400 gaming PC? (Score:5, Informative)
You can get a gaming PC for about $400 but it will be entry level, when it comes to PC's better to spend at least a little bit more and get something that will last a while.
This one is $529 and is more than a match for the new generation of consoles.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229285 [newegg.com]
The biggest thing about investing in the price difference on a gaming PC is that when your not playing games, you can do a LOT of other things on a PC. So the price difference is more than made up for.
All this being said, I am lucky and have enough money to do both, I tend to buy 2 consoles from each gen and keep a gaming PC around. This will be the first gen I do not buy at least 2 of the consoles at launch. I own a Wii-U and I don't plan on getting a Xbox One, I also do not trust Sony enough to pick up a PS4 at launch my PS3 was not a good experience for me... Always seems like I spend more time updating the firmware than actually playing it.
Re:Which $400 gaming PC? (Score:4, Informative)
"Which $400 gaming PC that can play games with comparable graphics to forthcoming PS4 games would you recommend?"
One built yourself.
A10-5800K with 8GB RAM costs me.... $247.90 free shipping and before taxes.
Barebones System [portatech.com]
8GB RAM [portatech.com]
If I decided to drop the extra $150 on a better GPU than the 7660D included in the A10, then you could get a GTX560 [3btech.net] and be set to go. Or snag dual GTX460s for the same price.
$400 too much (Score:4, Informative)
Since I don't game much any more, mainly because I have nothing to prove to 14-year-olds who would mow me down, the only aspect of Xbone that remotely appealed to me was the promise to revolutionize TV.
Luckily, TV and "sparts" were most of what they talked about! Oh joy. Just the same old TV repackaged. Wow this is totally what everyone wanted. Um.. yeah.
The thing is, I already have several TV gadgets that do most of that, or at least the parts I care about. One is a Roku box. Microsoft should get one. It was $90 at Costco and ranks up there among the best decisions I've ever made in electronics. The thing OWNS my TV on the weekends. Key points: it was under $100 and I already have it. Two of them, actually. Roku in the kitchen over wifi is like wireless cable. Now what am I missing again?
Another gadget is the new Dish Hopper with Sling. The box they tried to ban. Sure, I have to pay every month for it and it only gets "a whole lot of channels" mostly in HD, for not a lot of money. But it does a very good job at it the one thing it does. It also happily feeds ALL of that content to my phone, wherever I might happen to be. Or a PC or tablet or whatever.
Wait, RDB. What about playing pirated video files? What about porn files!? Roku doesn't do that very well! Nope. But the Hopper can play some and I also have an old WDTV Live box which can play nearly anything. It plays some things VLC won't touch. The WD box doesn't do much else but it does do file playback. A perfect companion device. It, too, was cheap.
So I am not feeling the need to drop $500 on another STB. What I have works. Nothing Microsoft demoed or talked about poses any threat at all to these devices. And even if they did, the price tag still kills it.
Re:Damage control (Score:5, Informative)
Uh huh. Steam is DRM and requires Internet too. If your Steam gets closed down or whatever, then you lose all your games. Also, you can't sell/transfer your games too.
56k modem (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Damage control (Score:2, Informative)
That poll was all over reddit trying to get people to vote for PS4 to show their Xbox hate. I am surprised they only got 38K people to vote.That actually shows how small the online vocal minority raking up hate on twitter, reddit and forums like this one.
Re:Damage control (Score:4, Informative)