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rafaqat

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I thought the consoles and PC were all so similar these days that porting wasn't a big deal? What's with all these indies coming out on PC plus only one console if there's apparently no exclusivity in place?

Still takes time and effort to get it certified for each console. You still need to do specific things to make sure the game runs on each platform (button prompts being different, different logos, different ways of having to interact with online services. The core game might be easy to port technically but there's a crap load of differences that have to be taken into account and sorted out before you are certified.

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TehStu

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House is noisy so had to put my head right up to the Xbox, but there's definitely a whine of sorts from the power brick when in instant-on mode. I also noticed that the XB1 had a fan going and had some mild heat venting, but it disappeared a few minutes later. I guess that was the low power mode fetching updates or something?

Can't believe I haven't used this before, though. It powers on almost like a tablet and Battlefront was still running. Heh.

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MalevolentPanda

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I thought the consoles and PC were all so similar these days that porting wasn't a big deal? What's with all these indies coming out on PC plus only one console if there's apparently no exclusivity in place?

What makes you think there's no exclusivity in place? Timed exclusivity for indies is a thing these days. See Rocket League and the Witness for recent high profile examples. Everything's always NDA'd up so it can be hard to be sure but whenever something is out on one and not the other it's likely a deal has been struck. When they say something vague about how it may come out on other platforms in the future it seems extremely probable. Particularly when it's on a third party engine like Unity (as I believe is the case with Firewatch) so porting would be simple.
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Revival

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Some live gameplay of Raiden V: (should be available around mid-day)
https://www.openrec.tv/live/jxOpOBJMisw

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Release dates:

Rocket League - Feb 17th

The Flame in the Flood - Feb 24th

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A new release trailer for Quantum Break will be up at 2pm later today and the game is now available to pre-order digitally (£44.99)

https://store.xbox.com/en-GB/Xbox-One/Games/Quantum-Break/23630687-fad2-4cc8-8cfc-6f213b808b4f

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Some games recently confirmed as heading to the BC service:

Alan Wake - American Nightmare
Castlevania Symphony of the Night
Halo Wars
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
Red Dead Redemption

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Updated release list:

  

Release list for February 2016:
 
Cobalt                                        | 2nd February  | 
Fortifield!                                   | 3rd February  |
Agatha Christie – The ABC Murders             | 4th February  |
Bike Mayhem 2                                 | 5th February  |
Dad beat Dads                                 | 5th February  | 
Krinkle Krusher                               | 5th February  |
Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign               | 5th February  |
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4      | 5th February  |
Assassin's Creed Chronicles Trilogy           | 9th February  |
Dying Light: The Following Enhanced Edition   | 9th February  | 
Unravel                                       | 9th February  | 4th Feb for EA Access members
Factotum 90                                   | 10th February |
Arslan The Warriors of Legend                 | 12th February |
D/Generation HD                               | 12th February |
In Space We Brawl: Full Arsenal Edition       | 12th February |
Q*bert REBOOTED: The XBOX One @!#?@! Edition  | 12th February |
Layers of Fear                                | 16th February | FINAL VERSION (out of Game Preview)
Pixel Piracy                                  | 16th February |
Tron Run                                      | 16th February |
Rocket League                                 | 17th February |
Wondershot                                    | 19th February |
For Hono(u)r                                  | 21st February |
Far Cry Primal                                | 23rd February |
The Walking Dead: Michonne: Episode 1         | 23rd February |
Reagan Gorbachev                              | 24th February |
The Flame in the Flood                        | 24th February |
Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2           | 25th February | 20th Feb for EA Access members
Raiden V                                      | 25th February | Japanese store
The Solus Project                             | 26th February | Game Preview
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Colonel Red

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On ‎05‎/‎02‎/‎2016 at 8:32 PM, MalevolentPanda said:

What makes you think there's no exclusivity in place? Timed exclusivity for indies is a thing these days. See Rocket League and the Witness for recent high profile examples.

The Witness doesn't have exclusivity. Blow said on his blog that it was just a practical decision to launch on one console. Given the resources, it would be on Xbox One as well already.

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That he dared to insult Boozy's Microsoft. 

Eurogamer just published an article about lots of Xbox fanboys crying at an exclusive (Quantum Break) now being available on PC. Apparently it devalues their purchase or something. Pretty sad that they actually dislike other people being able to play the same game as them without having to invest in the same hardware. 

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Super Craig

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3 minutes ago, Boozy The Clown said:

Pretty much yeah. Jumped into bed with the PS4 and slagged off the Bone at every opportunity for 3 years now says he'll bring his game to it after seeing millions of dollars in "lost sales" because of PC piracy. Fuck Jonathon Blow.

You just made that all up.

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I'd love to play the Witness on my Xbox, so I hope he's made enough money to deem a port viable. I'm also not bothered that people will get to play Quantum Break on PC, but all the talk of PC specs in the QB thread is a bit boring.

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Revival

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1 hour ago, Dirk_Crisis said:

Is Play Asia the best place to be pre-ordering Raiden V or is there somewhere better?

You could change your system location to Japan and buy it from the JP Xbox store if you wanted it digitally but yeah if you want a physical copy with the first print ost then Play-Asia is the best bet.

Raiden V at Play-Asia - Region Free

With a bit of luck the other two shmups should be out this year too, Natsuki Chronicle from Qute and Shooting Love Trilogy from Triangle Service.

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