The NEW Official Xbox® Thread: $399 system without Kinect coming in June

pre-orders usually occur about 6 months before a game is released.

It will be available to you earlier. The idea is that a game will be automatically downloaded and ready to play on release day, usually at midnight.

And the fact that digitally pre-ordering means companies can’t pull shit with pre-order DLC or exclusives that only apply to physical copies. Digital will get those bonuses too.

Digital doesn’t come with a free keychain tho

Not always. Bungie had Destiny available for pre-order when they announced it. No one knew what the game was suppose to be at that point and they were already asking for my money. The new Alien game is accepting pre-orders and it’s still in early development.

Looks like this is the first site to have a slashed price:

I’m returning my dust collector, I mean XBOX One. Would have loved to keep it, but hell had it over a month, and nothing I needed on it, and the next game I want is only on 360; Fable Anniversary. GG’s MS.

Its an easy choice, because its easy to find now, so when I need one, no problems there, and I still should have access to KI Ultra Edition, which I bought.

Just a heads up for the price cut n00bs, Best Buy will have 12 month Gold for $39.99 next week.

Edit: www.bestbuy.com/site/xbox-live-12-month-gold-membership/

which one of yall was this?

I actually found a obvious just pure obvious xbox shill on youtube

this guy usually has him v-loggin talking bad about certain people/other youtubers/products breaking down things left and right

then all of a sudden one video is him talking about himself trying out and buying xbox one the video was so obvious and even people in the comments are like WTF? why you so happy? no rage on this video?

the OP exposed:

MS just bought the gears of war brand from epic, new studio taking over.

http://www.polygon.com/2014/1/27/534…-rod-fergusson

http://news.xbox.com/2014/01/games-m...s-gears-of-war

Amazon has 12 month Gold for $39.99 this week also.

http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-Live-Month-Membership-Online/dp/B002VBWIP6/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1390779406&sr=1-1

Target, thank you for the month and half XBOX One rental.

Also with such a nice return policy, I REALLY wonder why anyone would shop for a system at Gamestop? I know my return time limit may have been because of the holidays, but still, I was able to go in and return that bad boy with the following convo:

Young guy at service desk, seeing the XONE box:

“Heh, was it not awesome enough? LOL.”

FMABB “Actually, it wasn’t.”

“…”

“So, yeah, I’m bringing it back, no real reason to own it. The hype is done.”

Well, in other news, time to check pre-order bonuses for Fable, if there are any.

RUMOR: Halo 2 Anniversary Due November '14; Crackdown 3 Is Really A Thing

New confirmed insider on GAF dropping some bombs. Collateral damage is that Halo 5 won’t be released until next year. Hopefully for fans of the series, this second anniversary game retains the multiplayer that made the original so very popular.

EDIT: A user complied a list of all the leaks from said insider throughout the thread.

-Forza Horizon: "Fall 2014, probably September. Super sexy weather system and… shit tons of co-op/social stuff. 1080P and open-world, so you can road trip with your bros."
-White Xbone incoming.
-Why all the leaks? Scared you might get caught? "I am incapable of fear. Plus, this is such exciting stuff, and me talking about it ahead of time isn’t going to hurt anything, truthfully. We’re all chomping at the bit for it to come out. This is not bad. "
-Halo Anniversary 2 will be 1080p, iffy on the 60fps, maybe not.
-Quantum Break is Holiday 2014
-Multiplayer confirmed for HA2, same devs as Halo Anniversary.
-Sunset Overdrive is Fall 2014
-Is not Phil Spencer
-Black Tusk cancelled project was called “Shangheist.” May have involved stealing stuff from the Chinese (though I think that may have been a reference to the name and maybe not the gameplay? Not sure…)
-Fable Legends is Summer 2015
-Halo 2 Anniversary includes beta for Halo 5
-Gears of War will probably need a 2.5 year dev time.
-First Titanfall DLC is 45 days from release, then another one 120 days from release.
-No Crackdown 3 news this year most likely, since it’s a 2016 title.
-A list w/dates of the rest of the Tier 2 and Tier 3 countries that Xbone will release in this year.
-No info/idea on what Rare’s up to, sadly.
-$399 XB1 this year? “Maybe one without an Optical Disc Drive.”

That optical disc-less SKU disappoints. With game filesizes being so large now, & MS still mum on using external HDDs for storage, the relevance of physical media is only greater this gen than last. The optical drive is a component I don’t think I could do without for either console.

if they can’t do 60 fps on a halo 2 remake…

My Kinect randomly stopped working. The XB1 does not recognized that it is plugged in… Honestly I dont really care, I never use the Kinect, but just in case I would somehow need it for a game, can I get this fixed for free?

As if anybody was asking for a Halo 2 remake :lol:. That game somehow managed to turn what was already a shit FPS, into an even shittier FPS.

If 343 can’t even utilize the hardware correctly to make an old shitty game run @ 60fps while rendering at 1920x1080, then the Xbone has no future for itself.

And don’t refute with the typical “gameplay matters more than graphics” bullshit when you Xbox-fags are known to adore streamlined cinematic games as opposed to real nigga shit :coffee:.

Should be able to get that fixed up - you tried calling in yet?

Lego Marvel Super Heroes looks pretty amazing so far. I’m about two missions in because 3D graphics drive my brain nuts. If Capcom made Lego skins for MvC4, I for one would be greatly pleased.

I bet you guys aren’t interested in the new Guilty Gear

Correct.