Xbox One Ad Invites You to the Next Generation
As the Xbox One's launch date draws closer, Microsoft is ramping up its marketing campaign for the console. The company on Friday released a brand new commercial for the Xbox One that invites viewers to experience the 'new generation.'
The ad features Zachary Quinto as well as soccer player Steve Gerrard and is called 'Xbox One: Invitation." As we saw in Microsoft's Xbox One launch event, Microsoft is really playing up the all-in-one entertainment center aspect of the Xbox One. The commercial shows off the voice commands as well as the Skype integration and the TV and movies from the Xbox dashboard. Check it out for yourself below!
Announced in May and fully revealed at E3 in June, the Xbox One will cost $499. For that price, customers will get the system, one controller, a chat headset, Kinect, and a free 14-day trial for Xbox Live Gold (for new members only). Additional controllers will have to be purchased separately. Microsoft will also offer a limited-edition commemorative bundle for those who reserve their units ahead of time. This will guarantee you can get the Xbox One on launch day and will feature "premium" black packaging, a limited edition Xbox One Day One, and a commemorative Day One Achievement. There's also bonus content for those who reserve Ryse: Sons of Rome, Forza 5, Kinect Sports Rivals, or Dead Rising 3.
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Agree about the PS4 though. The news about Android support is making it look very appealing.
Agree about the PS4 though. The news about Android support is making it look very appealing.
An exclusive title's graphics can be impressive as far as consoles go, but then there's nothing to compare it to. Games like the Halo series, or a title like "The Last of Us" still use crappy, muddy textures for the majority of things but then use really detailed character models that you spend most of the time looking at, thinking wow the whole game has amazing graphics. No it doesn't. Most of the screen looks like crap and its only what has your focus actually looks half decent.
So you were expecting that a console, based on IBM proprietary hardware, that's older would have the games move forward with it?
And you don't think Sony didn't do the same thing?
Because guess what, the PS4 wont work with any PS3 games either. Both have IBM PowerPC based CPUs and are moving to x86 CPUs.
As for the 25% better power, that means nothing. The 360 had a better GPU than the PS3 but the PS3 had a much more powerful CPU. Its all about if they know how to utilize that power. And with more performance come more power usage and more heat and more potential problems.
The best way to gauge which console will be better is to wait a few months and see which has less issues and which has the better games.
Or just stick with a PC which can still play games from the early 90s.
I won't mention how big Microsoft screwed up when they showed the Xbox One for the first time.
Anyway, i preordered the PS4 without thinking twice. Actually i can't believe there's people supporting those idiots from Microsoft and trying to justify the price and everything.
The prices aren't the far off if you have kids interested in the motion gaming, the PS4 eye will cost $59.99 (so that brings the total to just $34 difference after taxes. And needs to have Controllers in order to pick up the "light bar" on the dual shock controllers for multiple people to play, so do the math by adding on $59.99 for how many controllers you want as-well.
I'd rather have to deal with a Kinect personally for my children, as to it can support up to 6 people at any time without an extra cost of controllers.
My gamble is safe. I also don't game for 10000 hours a day, I play a few hours at best if I'm lucky every few days. I's part of being busy with a job, and a family.