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Neodegenerate on 11 August 2015
d21lewis said:
Not a bad review. I can respect your first impressions. I think, in about a week, a lot of your gripes will disappear.

Try the media functions, the "snap" functions, and if possible the preview program. I think you'll end up loving the Xbox One quite a lot.


I played with snap a bit when I was waiting for the Sunset installs.  Was frustrating at first because I was trying to launch WWE Network in it and kept getting a "go full screen for best experience" message that upon acknowledgement brought the program full screen.  Once I had a video actively playing though it was fantastic.  Really looking forward to being able to have a football game on up in the corner while playing during the season and not missing out on anything.



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ktay95 on 11 August 2015

Just picked up one recently myself and I totally agree about the UI, also its a bitch trying to find where shit is when your so used to a different platform



Neodegenerate on 11 August 2015
Hiku said:

Grats on the acquisition.
One thing I've been wondering about, out of the box, how do you charge the XBO controller?


It has AA batteries, just like the 360 controller.  Charger and pack sold separately and are optional.



Barozi on 11 August 2015

Why would the 360 port of Halo Anniversary be a showcase of the console?
You should've started with Halo 2 or Halo 4, even though that's just a port as well.

I'm not too fond of the UI either. Good thing it will change soon anyway.



Neodegenerate on 11 August 2015
Barozi said:
Why would the 360 port of Halo Anniversary be a showcase of the console?
You should've started with Halo 2 or Halo 4, even though that's just a port as well.

I'm not too fond of the UI either. Good thing it will change soon anyway.


My point is that none of those games would be a showcase of the console.  From that perspective, I feel that MS didn't put their best foot forward for new adopters for their latest console.  Missed opportunity on their part to include a game in the box to give a showcase to a new user.



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Neodegenerate on 11 August 2015
Hiku said:
Neodegenerate said:


It has AA batteries, just like the 360 controller.  Charger and pack sold separately and are optional.

I see. So when you bought that charger on Amazon, it included rechargable batteries, which you had to put into your XBO controller, and take out the batteries that came along with your XBO purchase?

Correct.  The batteries that come with the system are your standard run of the mill duracell batteries.  I opted to buy the chargeable pack so I wouldn't have to be replacing batteries every few weeks.



celador on 11 August 2015

Congrats on your purchase. I'm looking to get an X1 in the holiday sales, and the installs are what I'm least looking forward to.



MoHasanie on 11 August 2015

Congrats! I have the same problems with it too. Updates are too large and take so long to download. Fortunately they are updating the UI so it should improve.



    

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Barozi on 11 August 2015
Neodegenerate said:
Barozi said:
Why would the 360 port of Halo Anniversary be a showcase of the console?
You should've started with Halo 2 or Halo 4, even though that's just a port as well.

I'm not too fond of the UI either. Good thing it will change soon anyway.


My point is that none of those games would be a showcase of the console.  From that perspective, I feel that MS didn't put their best foot forward for new adopters for their latest console.  Missed opportunity on their part to include a game in the box to give a showcase to a new user.

So they should've waited even longer to release the first Halo game on the platform (ignoring Spartan Assault) and then include Halo 5 as a showcase? How much would a customer need to spend for this? $100 at the very least.

Remasters will never be more expensive to create than the original, so you shouldn't expect them to be equal to other graphical powerhouses.



Neodegenerate on 11 August 2015
Barozi said:
Neodegenerate said:
Barozi said:
Why would the 360 port of Halo Anniversary be a showcase of the console?
You should've started with Halo 2 or Halo 4, even though that's just a port as well.

I'm not too fond of the UI either. Good thing it will change soon anyway.


My point is that none of those games would be a showcase of the console.  From that perspective, I feel that MS didn't put their best foot forward for new adopters for their latest console.  Missed opportunity on their part to include a game in the box to give a showcase to a new user.

So they should've waited even longer to release the first Halo game on the platform (ignoring Spartan Assault) and then include Halo 5 as a showcase? How much would a customer need to spend for this? $100 at the very least.

Remasters will never be more expensive to create than the original, so you shouldn't expect them to be equal to other graphical powerhouses.


Never said they should've waited to release it either.  What I am saying is that, if they were looking to get a new user to react right out of the box with "wow, look how amazing the games on this system look and play!" then they shot themselves in the foot.  If the first 30 seconds of a game have noticeable technical flaws, it isn't doing anyone any favors.  I completely understand the reasoning why they included their most popular franchise in their new system release.  However, that is clearly aimed at an existing audience, not necessarily a new one.  If it is aimed at a new one, it might not be the best move they could've made.