Josh64 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 8 minutes ago, Cube said: My console arrived, so I'll have a play with it tonight. Those demos seem like good things to start with. Have fun!! I wasn't planning on getting a new console any time soon but my XBOX One is my main current gen console and it chugs along so slowly through the menus and stuff now AND Forza Horizon is love of my life so I'm pretty sure I'll pick up an S or X around November ready for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandalore Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Microsoft will use cloud streaming to bring some exclusives to Xbox One. So that means Microsoft is working on more next gen exclusives than Sony now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cube Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Tested out the console last night. Controller feels really rough, such as the back and the rings on the sticks. I feel like I want to sandpaper them down, and no battery included is annoying (especially for the price of them and the lack of fancy features). I really like the clickiness of the D-pad, though. Also, the light on it is also very bright. Having to use an app to set up the console is a bit odd, but quick. I liked how you could choose to not install any media apps. Interface is fine, I guess. One annoyance is it takes two buttons to reach a menu that pauses the game (on PS4, it's quite handy that you can hit the home button to pause a game at any point, such at cutscenes). I quite like that screenshots upload automatically, but I need to see if you can turn the upload notification off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cube Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 I've tried a bunch of the demos from the Xbox Summer Fest thing, some of my thoughts: More Substantial Demos Lake Sable Lawn Mowing Simulator Smaller Demos Catlateral Damage Remeowstered Paint The Town Red Teacup Justice Sucks Recharged Strings Theory Faraday Protocol Battlecakes I definitely recommend trying out the Lake and Sable demos, and I found Lawn Mowing Simulator to be surprisingly pleasant to play. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero-of-Time Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 I’ve been looking at some of the Design Lab controllers that people are coming up with. This one is great. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aneres11 Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 3 hours ago, Hero-of-Time said: I’ve been looking at some of the Design Lab controllers that people are coming up with. This one is great. Speaking of Design Lab… I thought they’d taken it down to improve it, unless I dreamed that? It seems like there are less options now than before. Like no metallic options for the bumpers / triggers which they had before. Still, I love my original design lab controller I got years ago. It’s a great service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 I’ve been looking at some of the Design Lab controllers that people are coming up with. This one is great.It's only great because sometimes pasted the banjo kazooie logo next to it. If that was just a controller sat in your living room, it would look hideous. Like a fisher price toy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julius Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Kim Swift of Valve fame (Portal, Left 4 Dead) has made the move to become senior director of the Xbox Cloud Gaming team. VentureBeat and Jeff Grubb are saying that Kim Swift is coming in specifically to aid Hideo Kojima make his previously rumoured game for Xbox. Big move which could be part of an even bigger game, excited to see how this pans out. Kojima making a game for Xbox due to Game Pass would make sense (I mean, imagine everyone on Game Pass having access to a game like Death Stranding from the off), but him making something for the cloud specifically sounds even more intriguing a proposition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Kim Swift and Jeff Grubb sound like fake names. Are we sure they're real people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happenstance Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mandalore Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 I wonder if they'll stock them next to red ring doughnuts. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cube Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Xbox Marketing continue the trend of being the elderly person attempting to stay "hip" with the "kewl kids" and failing spectacularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cube Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 39 minutes ago, Ronnie said: I imagine this is stuck everywhere around their offices. Hopefully some day Microsoft will let them do some fun marketing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aneres11 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 1 hour ago, Cube said: Xbox Marketing continue the trend of being the elderly person attempting to stay "hip" with the "kewl kids" and failing spectacularly. It’s just a donut with the logo on? Doesn’t come off how you’ve perceived it at all. To me, anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganepark32 Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Microsoft have announced an Xbox stream for Gamescom, taking place in two weeks time: Got to imagine this'll be where they finally put a date on Halo Infinite. Spencer has more or less said that they're holding on to dodge releasing at the same time as the new Call of Duty title (though that game's release does seem to be up in the air for this year at the moment as rumour is hinting it might slip to next year but again its Activision, they'll happily ship a broken game to market to deflect from whats happening there at the moment). Expecting a late November date for the game. Hopefully we'll get some glimpses of the likes of Hellblade: Senua's Saga and The Gunk. They must have some news to bring to the table for some of their bigger titles so hopefully we'll hear that. This is following on from a new ID@Xbox stream thats happening on Twitch tomorrow from 5pm focusing on updates and new announcements for indie games as well as new announcements for Gamepass. Won't be watching that stream live. The last one in March dragged on a bit and wasn't a fan of the hosts so will catch up later in the evening so I can skip to the trailers and dev interviews. Hoping for a release date for the new game from Drinkbox, Nobody Saves The World. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Would be great to see a release date for Tunic. There's a bit of a drought on at the moment, especially on PS5 and Xbox. Struggling to think of much left this year that I'm hyped for apart from Metroid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cube Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 So it seams the main reason to play Halo Infinite (campaign co-op) has been delayed for at least six months. I'm expecting split screen campaign to be quietly shoved under a rug and never actually happen. Forge mode is also delayed for at least six months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinist Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 So sometimes whenever I turn on my Series X I get screen flicker, sometimes i don't even get a signal at all. It turns out it was the HDMI cable, whenever I change the cable everything works as normal. My TV must have a problem with the signal that HDMI 2.1 cable is sending >_> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dcubed Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 4 hours ago, martinist said: So sometimes whenever I turn on my Series X I get screen flicker, sometimes i don't even get a signal at all. It turns out it was the HDMI cable, whenever I change the cable everything works as normal. My TV must have a problem with the signal that HDMI 2.1 cable is sending >_> You probably weren’t using a HDMI cable with enough bandwidth for 4K 60FPS & HDR. If you’re getting cutouts like that? It’s probably a HDMI bandwidth issue, probably not your TV itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheikah Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 So it seams the main reason to play Halo Infinite (campaign co-op) has been delayed for at least six months. I'm expecting split screen campaign to be quietly shoved under a rug and never actually happen. Forge mode is also delayed for at least six months.Mad they're still releasing it when it clearly isn't ready yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aneres11 Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 53 minutes ago, Sheikah said: 5 hours ago, Cube said: So it seams the main reason to play Halo Infinite (campaign co-op) has been delayed for at least six months. I'm expecting split screen campaign to be quietly shoved under a rug and never actually happen. Forge mode is also delayed for at least six months. Mad they're still releasing it when it clearly isn't ready yet. Isn't that the norm these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cube Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Sheikah said: 6 hours ago, Cube said: So it seams the main reason to play Halo Infinite (campaign co-op) has been delayed for at least six months. I'm expecting split screen campaign to be quietly shoved under a rug and never actually happen. Forge mode is also delayed for at least six months. Mad they're still releasing it when it clearly isn't ready yet. Yet strangely a year ago, everything was nearly ready and it just needed some polishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinist Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 14 hours ago, Dcubed said: You probably weren’t using a HDMI cable with enough bandwidth for 4K 60FPS & HDR. If you’re getting cutouts like that? It’s probably a HDMI bandwidth issue, probably not your TV itself. I'm using the HDMI cable that came in the box. I'll see if i can find another sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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