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Xbox One is quieter than the Xbox 360 Slim says Microsoft

According to Microsoft's Albert Penello, fans in Xbox One are dead silent, Quieter than the one in new Xbox 360 Slim.

golding893901d ago

it's dead quiet according to him.

Nice job MS

FamilyGuy3901d ago (Edited 3901d ago )

It has a huge fan that spins slower allowing it to be ultra quiet. A small fan spinning at really high speeds causes a much louder noise. This was actually discussed like 2 months ago. On top of that all games are fully installed to the HDD on the X1 so it spins disc a lot less often as well so less sound from that too.

When it was first discussed everyone was surprised with how quiet it was.

dale_denton3900d ago

anything xb1 ps4 can do better

UltimateMaster3900d ago

Now, if only Don Mattrick could have been as quiet...
lol ;)

B-radical3901d ago

Ign i think it was said its really quite to

Zuperman3901d ago

24 hours after purchasing the xbox one lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

IQUITN4G3901d ago

just so you know. it's spelt quiet rather than quite. It still catches me out occasionally as they're obviously similar

it was a quiet time
it's quite good

SignifiedSix913901d ago

Zuperman.

There's a fix for that...
Install the game. And no, the X1 won't sound like that because it uses a much slower bluray drive.

BallsEye3901d ago

How is that even possible =O. My slim doesn't make any sound at all...only if the disc is in but I install all the games.

kewlkat0073901d ago

I would hope so with the bigger heat-sink fan..

Does anybody know if you can change the Heat-sink fan for others?

SignifiedSix913901d ago

You most likely would be able to just as long as it has the same voltage requirement as the original.

They can detect if your console is using more power than it should be over LIVE and ban the console.

SITH3900d ago (Edited 3900d ago )

100% agree with signifiedSix91. I changed the fans on my original launch Xbox 36o, and added a temp monitor to it (admittedly sad I had to) but I knew of an incoming update from an article that said MS will be able to detect hardware modded consoles by by the voltage. So it was removed.

Oddly I also read how at Xbox live HQ, ms has modded consoles on display. Some with not just cosmetic mods but hardware.
To cool my Xbox 36o I took the electromagentic shroud off which is required by the FCC for consumer sold devices like consoles and PCs. My launch 36o lasted till the slim Came out. I played it virtually everyday and plenty of times from sun down to sun up. It eventually red ringed.

andrewsqual3901d ago

When the games install fully to the hard drive, how can it not be quiet?

JohnnyBadfinger3900d ago (Edited 3900d ago )

My original Xbox 360 from launch sounds like my neighbours are mowing their lawn... but behind my tv. It's impossible to watch a movie without having headphones on because the noise is ridiculous!

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theWB273901d ago

It's something about knowing a device is uber powerful without the noise.

mistertwoturbo3901d ago

What does the PS4 have to do with this?

theWB273901d ago

That'd be funny if there was any info on the PS4's noise factor. I won't get into the power debate though..games do the talking.

theWB273901d ago

I knew that..I have dry humor. Hard to get across on teh interwebz

JohnnyBadfinger3900d ago

Maybe you should wet it down a little then...?

THC CELL3901d ago

Good good my old one used to sound like a jumbo jet

mmj3901d ago

I'm not really surprised as it has a BD-ROM, the DVD-ROM was the loudest part of 360 by far.

Hellsvacancy3901d ago

Oldskool dvd players are quite loud

SuperLupe3901d ago

I even heard it has no physical body.

user74029313901d ago (Edited 3901d ago )

consoles dont have bodies. there plastic

bigfish3901d ago

I heard the PS4 has negative sound,, its absorbs the sound in the room.

VforVideogames3900d ago

I heard the eyetoy was blind.

CRAIG6673901d ago

I heard it has no launch line-up jk

PFFT3901d ago

LMFAO!!! Good one!

Seriously For now it doesnt. But im hoping that the Ps4's launch line up grows by the end of gamescom.

SIGNALS3900d ago

"Blindly in love", Micro Fantards.

CEOSteveBallmer3900d ago

i heard xbone will have the announced exclusive games spread throughout its lifespan. because that's all the games they will have. 15 plus sprinkle with multiplats

SITH3900d ago (Edited 3900d ago )

I heard it does not even come with a box.

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Bethesda Needs to Reduce the Gaps Between New Fallout and Elder Scrolls Releases

Waiting a decade for new instalments in franchises as massive as Fallout and Elder Scrolls feels like a waste.

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-Foxtrot5h ago

Microsoft have Obsidian but I feel it's Bethesda who just don't want to play ball as they've always said they want to do it themselves.

Once MS bought Zenimax in 2020 they should have put the Outer Worlds 2 on the back burner, allow Bethesda to finish off its own Space RPG with Starfield (despite totally different tone why have two in your first party portfolio with two developers who's gameplay is a tad similar) and got Obsidian for one of their projects to make a spiritual successor to New Vegas.

When the Elder Scrolls VI is finished Bethesda can then onto the main numbered Fallout 5 themselves.

The Outer Worlds 2 started development in 2019 so putting it on the back burner wouldn't have been the end of the world, they'd have always come back to it once Fallout was done and it would have been nicely spaced out from Starfields release once they had most likely stopped supporting it and all the expansions were released.

If they did this back in 2020 when they bought Zenimax and the game had a good, steady 4 - 5 years development, you might have seen it release in 2025.

We are literally going to be waiting until 2030 at the very earliest for Fallout 5 and all they seem bothered about is pushing Fallout 76.

RaidenBlack3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

Its not just only Todd not playing ball.
Obsidian have made a name for themselves in delivering stellar RPGs, but most famous once have always been sequels/spin-offs to borrowed IPs like KOTOR 2, Neverwinter Nights 2, Fallout: New Vegas, Stick of Truth etc.
Obsidian wants to invest more in their own original IPs like Outer Worlds or Pillars of Eternity with Avowed.
Similar to what Bluepoint & inXile wants to do or Kojima is doing (i.e not involving anymore in Konami's IPs).
So yea, even if New Vegas has the most votes from 3D Fallout fans, Obsidian just wants to do their own thing, like any aspiring dev studio and MS is likely currently respecting that.
But a future Fallout game from Obsidian will surely happen. Founder Feargus Urquhart has already stated an year ago that they're eager to make a new Fallout game with Bethesda, New Vegas 2 or otherwise. Urquhart was the director of the very first 1995's Fallout game after all.
And don't forget Brian Fargo and his studio inXile, as Brian Fargo was the director of Fallout's 1988 predecessor: Wasteland

KyRo10m ago(Edited 9m ago)

Obsidian should take over the FO IP. They're do far better with it than Bethesda who hasn't made a great game for almost 15 years

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El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron - Coming Back for a New Generation

Originally launched in 2011, El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is coming to Nintendo Switch, so It's time to look back at the original.

jznrpg1h ago

Still have my ps3 copies. Bought it at launch and another one when I found it cheap and in perfect condition about 10 years ago. I wouldn’t buy it on Switch but if they made a PS5 version I would. I still have one of my PS3 Fats hooked up so good to go either way.

darthv721h ago

Id play it again on the switch. I wished my 360 version was bc but this is still a good way to play.