Xbox One Console Thread

[Plissken]

Because you need the mic to differentiate between a command and just random background conversation.  Hence "Hey Cortana" or "OK Google".  Otherwise you would just say "Cortana" and the console would be trying to do something.

[K]

Saying "Xbox" is impersonal enough to make it not feel so weird that you're talking to an inanimate object. Saying "hey Cortana" feels like some Microsoft engineer expects me to pretend to talk to a fake computer person, and that makes me feel weird and self-conscious. 

[Jazz Glands]

Cos I'm always dropping 'Cortana' in my everyday conversation.

[Hitcher]

16 minutes ago, Plissken said:

Because you need the mic to differentiate between a command and just random background conversation.  Hence "Hey Cortana" or "OK Google".  Otherwise you would just say "Cortana" and the console would be trying to do something.

And how often do you say 'Cortana'?

[Plissken]

In the context of Xbox I would say most people would quite a bit.

[Kryptonian]

2 hours ago, Plissken said:

In the context of Xbox I would say most people would quite a bit.

 

Really? Really!?

[SnoopZakaDaVe]

https://store.xbox.com/en-GB/Xbox-One/Games/LIMBO/3cc55383-1ab0-46c9-bd04-0d4bb5921d6a

 

limbo is currently free on the xbox one store

[Plissken]

9 hours ago, Kryptonian said:

 

Really? Really!?

 

Yes. Really, really.

[Revival]

You can play the first level of Doom for free this week:

https://store.xbox.com/en-GB/Xbox-One/Games/DOOM-Demo/53a111b0-0cc3-420d-b8db-ec0f7216f2ad

 

And WWE 2K16 is free to play from June 16 – 19:

http://news.xbox.com/2016/06/10/wwe-2k16-free-play-days/

[Cosmic_Guru]

RIP Smart Glass; the Xbox app has been rolled out to phones and tablets - at first glance it looks a big improvement at least in the organisation of information.

[Yoshimax]

[SeanR]

4 hours ago, Cosmic_Guru said:

RIP Smart Glass; the Xbox app has been rolled out to phones and tablets - at first glance it looks a big improvement at least in the organisation of information.

 

unless you're on windows phone, in which case

 

Edited June 13, 2016 by SeanR
negged for having a windows phone...

[Kryptonian]

Can you stream to it?

[jcafarley]

9 minutes ago, Kryptonian said:

Can you stream to it?

 

That would make it useful.  So no.

[Lothar Hex]

Question about the latest update. I haven't received it yet, but when you do, am I right in thinking it said you can use Cortana without a kinect? Does this includ the standard Xbox Live one?

[Super Craig]

Yep, apart from being able to turn the Xbox on.

[Lothar Hex]

48 minutes ago, Super Craig said:

Yep, apart from being able to turn the Xbox on.

 

Cheers for that.

[Guest]

I haven't really followed this Cortana stuff and colour me stupid but, how does the Xbox hear you without Kinect?

[TehStu]

Like the PS4, it'll need a headset. Unless this new model has a vanilla microphone in the console and/or pad.

[Alex W.]

Maybe that's one of the things that's streamlined about the pad.

[rafaqat]

They should stick it in the new pads and in the new consoles so kinectless old xboxOwners can use the pad and the new console owners can use the console and not need to turn the pad on.

 

 

[gooner4life]

Wouldn't be a bad Xbox conference so far if it wasn't for the fact everything they've shown has been on PC.

 

 

[evilashchris]

They've updated Cortanna, it's instant with the old Xbox commands now. Yay!

[T Pot]

Amazon page for the Xbox One S

 

I've signed up for info and will grab a pre-order asap. They don't charge till shipping so can always cancel.

[Cosmic_Guru]

£249 for the smallest memory S SKU is an incredible price for a replacement box if you've already got a big HD in play.

[Revival]

It's probably better to put actual conference content in here now onward since the e3 topic is full of PC talk and piss poor trolls.

 

This hasn't been mentioned anywhere yet:

 

Halo Wars Definitive edition is an extra included with Halo Wars 2 (not sure if it's all versions or just deluxe etc)

 

Halo Wars: Definitive Edition is an enhanced version of the original Halo Wars that runs natively on Xbox One and Windows 10. Halo Wars: Definitive Edition includes improved graphics and all of the DLC created for the classic real-time strategy game.

[Mr Do 71]

 

 

[Revival]

Playground are magicians.

 

 

If they can pull this off on the Xbox One imagine what they'll do on the Scorpio.

[Yoshimax]

Design your own controller here :

 

https://xboxdesignlab.xbox.com/

[Bojangle]

Horizon 3.