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XBox One; Because Microsoft couldn't think of a better name.
Topic Started: Feb 12 2012, 10:55 AM (13,293 Views)
Sonia Chaud
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No one will know til it's formally announced. The one good thing about #dealwithitgate was they realized how fucked they'd be if they did make it always on.
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I don't think/know if they could change their plans for it with the system being announced so soon though.
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I don't think/know if they could change their plans for it with the system being announced so soon though.
Yeah they could, a DRM call can be changed at any time with a patch.
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Havoc The Tenrec
Apr 27 2013, 01:46 PM
This claims otherwise.
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Blacklightning
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I like it when people use the word "gay" in any context other than a homosexual one - it only proves that they have the maturity of a five year old, as if their obsession with shooters didn't already do a good job of pointing that out. It's also pretty amusing that he pointed out Skyrim considering the fact that, y'know, it's set in the bloody medival era and doesn't even have muskets, let alone generic modern firearms.

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Illumiroom rumoured to come as standard.

...doesn't this thing already cost 500 fucking dollars? The last thing anyone wants now is more expensive peripherals that might not even add much at all practical to its games media.
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What in the sam hell is that thing.

Like seriously, what does it do, I'm 6 foot frickin 4, I don't think there's a room big enough for that.
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Unlike Sony, Microsoft has a reputation for building console extras as standalone peripherals. There might be a plug at the back of the machine for Illumiroom but something that wild has to be separate. (EDIT: Actually read the article - it connects wirelessly and sits on your coffee table.)

Between that and next-gen Kinect, looks like we're getting dangerously close to living room holodecks.
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Dude, if holo-decks are in the future, fucking sign me up!
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I like it when people use the word "gay" in any context other than a homosexual one - it only proves that they have the maturity of a five year old, as if their obsession with shooters didn't already do a good job of pointing that out. It's also pretty amusing that he pointed out Skyrim considering the fact that, y'know, it's set in the bloody medival era and doesn't even have muskets, let alone generic modern firearms.

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game + gun = -gay
game + gun + Arem = ???


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Dude, if holo-decks are in the future, fucking sign me up!
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Apr 28 2013, 04:18 AM
Well they both claim stuff, so who knows.


Didn't Sony have a demo for something like this, except it worked for the entire room?
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We can now chill the fuck out for a second: a leaked email shows MS knows we don't want a DRM-Box.
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It also implies it's a fairly recent decision. As a commenter at Ars Technica put it:

"Of course, the existence of such a mass e-mail implies that this is a recent change in policy. My work never sends an e-mail to everyone to say, "Just FYI, the policy we've had this whole time is still the policy. Keep doing what you've been doing."
Of course it would take a massive PR nuking for them to realize how badly they were about to fuck up. It wouldn't be farfetched to assume they've already been building the entire OS around this before Adam Orth, so it must really suck for the coders to suddenly be told they have to locate and dessicate large amounts of code from their existing work and still make sure everything works, all within the launch window. EDIT: LOL NEVERMIND THEY'RE DELAYING IT TO 2014

I also don't think it's unfair to assume that the damage has pretty much already been done, frankly. Microsoft's got a lot of catching up to do if they want to avoid a PS3 launch syndrome, and while they've acknowledge the biggest problem I don't think that alone is going to be enough to save them.
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I have a feeling they'll pull a PS3 on people anyway; not in the sense of a terrible launch, but I have a feeling they're going to leave the coding for the crappy DRM/no used games business in the console and probably leave it dormant, activating it a few years later by citing some bullshit about how they tried to give consumers the benefit of the doubt, but used games/piracy or some other bullshit can't be tolerated.
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