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XBox One; Because Microsoft couldn't think of a better name.
Topic Started: Feb 12 2012, 10:55 AM (13,251 Views)
Sonia Chaud
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Psycho Werekitsune
Nov 24 2013, 11:30 AM
I dunno, but it still sounds like a lot of people. On that note, it could be related to courier services and shipping and might not actually be an internal problem from Microsoft. Either way, it says a lot about shipping a product and having hardware malfunctions right out of the box.

One of the comments on that page brought up something interesting; could it be possible that, because the console was initially designed to be primarily a digital platform that the disc drive was thrown in later without much thought or maintenance put into it? Just food for thought.

EDIT: Oh, and if you need more to go on?

- Blank screens
- Missing pixels
- Spontaneous reboots
- Faulty fans
- Not powering on

Also, yes, I believe Sony should go out of the console business too, considering it has been stated multiple times that their engineers focus too much on bleeding edge hardware and shoving as much of it as possible into their console, regardless of how useless or unnecessary it is. These companies both produce and publish some quality games, but as console manufacturers, they've both done their fair share of damage control the past decade over things that should not need fixing if it was done right in the first place.
You will always hear the angry over the happy.

Now yes, this amount of crap isn't acceptable, and while courier services may be to blame, consoles should be a little more stronger than just breaking like this and the PS4, I don't see Microsoft or Sony shoving their fingers in their ears (RROD!) this time. And they seem genuinely shocked this is occurring. That may be bs but hey, it's their reaction in the face of this that will count.

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Nov 25 2013, 01:43 AM
POWER OF THE CLOOOOOOOOOOUUUUD

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Saw that on reddit before, it's unbelievable... but I've learned not to trust Microsoft promises. Just look at that first reveal trailer of the first Kinect... makes it look as if it's made for a third rendition of the Kinect. And Milo would have been the thing to actually get people excited for a Kinect game. Not continuing on that project was a huge mistake.
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Nov 24 2013, 12:31 PM
Yeah, that's more what I meant; Nintendo needs competition, but it needs competition from platforms that are completely devoted to gaming. As it stands, both Microsoft and Sony are software and electronics companies, respectively, with very comparatively small gaming divisions that they could easily amputate if things got out of hand for them. If Valve took up arms and released a gaming platform to compete, then there'd most likely be two competent platforms out there that will be attempting to outdo each other within their own market, as opposed to shovelling tons of needless hardware down everyone's throats.
I spent a very long time looking for one of the articles I saw, but since we're on the topic, it's worth mentioning that Stephen Elop, who was the previous boss of Nokia before Microsoft bought the company, is one of the potential new guys to lead Microsoft as its new CEO. It seems he has a great interest in getting rid of both the Xbox and Bing brands.

That's an old article, so who knows what's happened since. But that was the most recent chapter in this thing as far as I'm aware. Kotaku had nothing on it. The initial source is from Bloomberg.
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Nov 25 2013, 04:30 AM
And they seem genuinely shocked this is occurring. That may be bs but hey, it's their reaction in the face of this that will count.
This actually is something that seems to work in their favour regardless of whether or not they actually are just doing it to look good. From what it seems, if anybody has a messed up One they can bring it to their Microsoft store and get it replaced. Seems like a good idea on Microsoft's end if that is actually the case because they have many consoles in stock in many areas. Not including the MS store, 3/5 Target stores around me have them as well as some other stores. With Black Friday coming up, it helps to try and help instead of brushing aside the problem(s) because people will care enough to talk about this. Doubt it would drastically affect sales but they're not dumb enough to try and avoid the potential for getting more than losing more with this situation (at least I'd hope they're not dumb lol).

On a side note, I've found myself watching a crap ton of Killer Instinct videos and streams in my free time. I wanna try this game out sometime, especially when the Mad Catz KI stick comes out!
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Nov 25 2013, 10:07 PM
On a side note, I've found myself watching a crap ton of Killer Instinct videos and streams in my free time. I wanna try this game out sometime, especially when the Mad Catz KI stick comes out!
You'll have to pay extra for more than the starting character/stage.
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I'm willing to get the stick which costs $200. It's fine to assume I'll pay full price for the game and the content if I manage to get an XBox One.
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You can be banned from Xbox Live for swearing during an upload.

And as if that wasn't bad enough, you can be banned from XBL for swearing during a Skype chat. A PRIVATE FUCKING SKYPE CHAT. IN A NON-TEXT CONVERSATION. WHY THE ACTUAL FUCK WOULD ANYONE DO THIS.
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Fuck that, it's still personal shit and that just means that they're listening in on private conversations. Kids or no, what the hell does that say about these guys trying to be the next NSA?
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I think they work with the NSA, they were one of the companies supporting them.
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Nov 26 2013, 04:27 AM
Fuck that, it's still personal shit and that just means that they're listening in on private conversations. Kids or no, what the hell does that say about these guys trying to be the next NSA?
To be fair, Kinect 2 has speech recognition built in - and if they can use voice alone to browse menus they sure as fuck can use it to detect naughty words without the help of a human being. It is still nonetheless none of Microsoft's fucking business what I say to buddies over Skype, and it annoys the hell out of me that both they and Nintendo insist that I shouldn't be able to talk to people like a functioning adult.

I mean fuck, can I at least just mark myself as NSFW so clueless soccer mums with no concept of parental controls aren't bothered? Something as simple as that would solve literally everything.
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Psycho Werekitsune
Nov 26 2013, 04:27 AM
Fuck that, it's still personal shit and that just means that they're listening in on private conversations. Kids or no, what the hell does that say about these guys trying to be the next NSA?
To be fair, Kinect 2 has speech recognition built in - and if they can use voice alone to browse menus they sure as fuck can use it to detect naughty words without the help of a human being. It is still nonetheless none of Microsoft's fucking business what I say to buddies over Skype, and it annoys the hell out of me that both they and Nintendo insist that I shouldn't be able to talk to people like a functioning adult.

I mean fuck, can I at least just mark myself as NSFW so clueless soccer mums with no concept of parental controls aren't bothered? Something as simple as that would solve literally everything.
IN TODAY'S NEWS: All of the YouTube users known for excessive swearing have all been banned from Xbox Live after the update that activates the Xbox One's Twitch streaming feature went live.
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Psycho Werekitsune
Nov 26 2013, 04:27 AM
Fuck that, it's still personal shit and that just means that they're listening in on private conversations. Kids or no, what the hell does that say about these guys trying to be the next NSA?
To be fair, Kinect 2 has speech recognition built in - and if they can use voice alone to browse menus they sure as fuck can use it to detect naughty words without the help of a human being. It is still nonetheless none of Microsoft's fucking business what I say to buddies over Skype, and it annoys the hell out of me that both they and Nintendo insist that I shouldn't be able to talk to people like a functioning adult.

I mean fuck, can I at least just mark myself as NSFW so clueless soccer mums with no concept of parental controls aren't bothered? Something as simple as that would solve literally everything.
IN TODAY'S NEWS: All of the YouTube users known for excessive swearing have all been banned from Xbox Live after the update that activates the Xbox One's Twitch streaming feature went live.
No more pewdiepie?

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