Xbox One: Thread 06 - Discontinued Edition

[charlesr]

I miss the faceplates. They were cool. I have a carbon one and a Deathsmiles

[Yakumo]

That does look pretty nice. The block design just looks like a slab of concrete.

[dataDave]

I miss the faceplates. They were cool. I have a carbon one and a Deathsmiles

I had a press-only "I love Amsterdam" one from some conference held there in 2005, I think. I ended up selling it for a high price.

[_SD_]

I miss the faceplates. They were cool. I have a carbon one and a Deathsmiles

I was sort of expecting Nintendo to go with faceplates for the Switch Mini...

[MartyG]

Another UI change is inbound:]

It's still slower than crippled tortoise for me. I suspect it's fine if you have a dozen or so games installed, but when you reach 500, it like scrolling through treacle.

[nonny]

It's still slower than crippled tortoise for me. I suspect it's fine if you have a dozen or so games installed, but when you reach 500, it like scrolling through treacle.

Seems ok for me. I've got an 8TB Seagate drive plugged in with about 380 games. After the initial spin up of the drive it's pretty good. Feels about the same as before tbh.

[MartyG]

I don't think it's a drive issue (I have 2 x 4TB Seagate portables), it's Microsoft's side. If I yank the Ethernet cable and run it offline I don't have any problems with responsiveness.

[Brad]

Mine is currently not net connected and seems quick but sparse. Is this the new ui? Like it shows the disc I have inserted and maybe 2 more games and an all apps button I think and that’s it. The top bar has gone.

[Neon Ignition]

https://mixer.com/xbox

MS's own stream show is on now. Currently discussing Atlas which comes out 08 October and is basically Sea of Thieves.

Edit - Ha ha, just saw on Era some gameplay etc and it looks awful in practice.

[teddymeow]

Just watched 30 seconds of dry middle aged man talk to dry slightly older man.

Made me sleepy. Time for bed.

[Neon Ignition]

Can't get past the expectation that gamers will forget xCloud exists as soon as it launches.

Also, am I right? Is Battletoads the only MS exclusive left for the console now?

[Team Andromeda]

Is Battletoads the only MS exclusive left for the console now?

Nope , and I think people are going to be amazed with the Xcloud

[EvilBoris]

Can't get past the expectation that gamers will forget xCloud exists as soon as it launches.

Also, am I right? Is Battletoads the only MS exclusive left for the console now?

This year?

The obvious ones are Ori and Ages of Empires

No doubt there are a bunch of others that will hit game pass or the store which are xbox only, but nobody ever wants to talk about those

[Neon Ignition]

What else do they have coming? I know there'll be something like Halo: Infinite and Forza 8 likely next year but they're effectively next-gen titles now. I've tried searching but it's all out of date lists or small indie titles coming up.

XCloud, I can see the value of the tech to MS but for gamers I just don't think there's an audience that cares about what it offers in terms of people carrying XBO controllers around to play on their phones chomping their data or battling with ropey wi-fi connections out and about. Well worth establishing itself, especially for non-Xbox purposes, but otherwise redundant.

[Neon Ignition]

Boris got in there before my post I'm assuming we're hitting the XBO's deathstrike year then where it'll have no major exclusives because of the next gen arrival and so hardware sales will finally completely collapse as a result?