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7 Xbox One Questions Microsoft HAS to answer

Important questions about Xbox One have gone unanswered since the Xbox One reveal presentation on May 21. How will pre-owned games work? What happens to the Xbox One without an internet connection? What about cloud tech? Here are the crucial pieces missing from the Xbox One puzzle.

Many of the vital details about the gaming experience on Xbox One will come out of Xbox One's showing at E3 in two weeks' time, so stick with us for those. Finally, we'll know whether Xbox One is the only next-gen console Mike can't play while sitting on the john.

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Kingthrash3603993d ago

only 7 o.O...I got 3 more to make it a solid 10....

8. how much are the used game "fees" gunna cost and will it cost customers or retailers?

9. will the TV cable fantasy football bs have a fee? or will the ads pay for that...because the ads didnt pay for my xbox gold membership on the 360.

10. will the cloud integration cost too...because lets face it MS charges for almost everything and I cant see them upgrading the console without charging you (plus upgrading hardware online was something I thought was impossible) and will this mean i must be online all the time then???

I could add more but.....hand cramps.

JeffGUNZ3992d ago

I thought their was an article up here a few days after the reveal that MS indicated their would not be a fee if the person sells the game back. I thought they said the fee was an incorrect statement? I could be wrong or the article could have been wrong but I know they will have to address it clearly and directly at E3.

CynicalKelly3992d ago

I remember seeing that. That if you buy a used game, there will be no fee but if you borrow a games friend and decide to install it to your console to play whenever, you need to pay the fee which will equal the price of the game.

Not sure if that is the way it works but I remember seeing it in one of the articles after the reveal.

JeffGUNZ3992d ago

Thanks CynicalKelly, that's exactly what I remember reading.

fOrlOnhOpe573992d ago

Im going out on a limb here to predict a "7 PS4 questions that Sony HAVE to answer" shows up tomorrow lol
I only have one - how much? - sure, no problem!

IBleedXbox3992d ago

i dont play in my living room

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No Man's Sky Is Easily One Of Gaming's Greatest Comeback Stories

Despite No Man Sky's rocky launch, Hello Games managed to turn it into one of the best space exploration RPGs out there.

-Foxtrot9h ago

I hate the whole concept of "comeback story" because at the end of the day it doesn't remove the core issue we had in the first place, that we were lied to, it was disappointing and it launched with bare content to what was promised for years.

Any bad game can have a comeback story if it's supported enough after launch but for me if you launch in a terrible state then you had your chance. I can applaud you for what you've done after but at the end of the day there's not much of a choice since most gamers would blank your next product if you ditched your last game so fast, it's not about repairing the game but spending your time repairing gamers trust before you launch your next product otherwise it would be dead on arrival.

With these stories and the games being updated, the only way is up most of the time so of course it's going to improve the game and feel better over all, getting better and better as time passes. No Mans Sky, Sea of Thieves, Fallout 76 etc but then you have games like Anthem, Suicide Squad, Redfall and The Avengers where the devs just clearly moved on, now if they have another product people won't be as exited for it, I mean hell Guardians of the Galaxy was a great game but because of the Avengers it didn't help its sales since people were obviously still sour at that point.

I still think despite the improvements to games like No Mans Sky and Cyberpunk along with being better now overall the games are still not up there to what was promised and hyped as for years.

If we keep celebrating these “comeback stories” then unfortunately it only strongly supports the concept that these studios / publishers can continue to push half arsed broken products out for the sake of quick sales instead of waiting until they are fully finished. We need to condemn this awful behaviour or sadly we lose all voice and power as consumers.

Sonic18817h ago(Edited 7h ago)

I feel the same way about Cyberpunk 2077. I'm glad you mentioned that. I'm not a fan of comeback stories as well. But No man sky developer was a small indie team compared to CDPR. It's worse when it's coming from a AAA developer

Nacho_Z7h ago

"Any bad game can have a comeback story if it's supported enough after launch"

You make it sound so simple and easy. It's not. After release Hello Games poured countless hours into getting their game closer to what they originally wanted, without charging a penny to anyone. That's not normal.

The reason NMS and HG are held in such high esteem and calling them liars is a weak stance is the amount of work they've put into it, for free. They're not chasing a quick buck, they've dedicated their lives over the last few years to giving their fans the game everyone wanted.

-Foxtrot6h ago(Edited 6h ago)

They are liars though...

We are not revising history here, I'm sorry but we're not

They built this game up for years and they launched it knowing full well it wasn't up to scratch to what they originally showed off or hyped it up to be.

"They're not chasing a quick buck, they've dedicated their lives over the last few years to giving their fans the game everyone wanted"

And like I said above most of that comes from the fact that if they had just moved on straight away nobody would have supported their next game. They've washed most of that sour taste away after supporting No Mans Sky so now they are doing a new game which more people feel like they can support and get excited for.

Anyway how can you say "You make it sound so simple and easy. It's not" and then make the point that "Hello Games poured countless hours into getting their game closer to what they originally wanted, without charging a penny to anyone"

This means that if a small team like this can turn a game around then big AAA games like Suicide Squad, Redfall, Anthem and the like should have been able to do it no problem, oh but that's right they didn't want to put the time or effort into it. They can do it but some people just decide not to.

thorstein8h ago

I really enjoyed it at launch and had every trophy by August 2016.

The experience I had is no longer in the game: It was just me and my ship. It was a survival game and the feeling of loneliness in the universe was pervasive. There was no way to ruin too far from your ship and, in an emergency, you grenaded a hole in the ground to survive.

I miss that aspect, but since then, I love what they've done.

Hugodastrevas6h ago

I'd say it's THE definitive comeback story

TheGamingHounds5h ago

Final Fantasy 14 takes that one imho

jwillj2k46h ago

Oh great another story about the cleanest shirt in a bin of dirty laundry.

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The Holy Gosh Darn: Ozan Drøsdal Talks Dialogue Skipping Mechanics And Why He Hates The Word Quirky

Ozan Drøsdal tells TheGamer about The Holy Gosh Darn, the final part of the Tuesday Trilogy.

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Hollow Knight: Silksong's Follow-Up to Grubs is a Logical Progression

Hollow Knight: Silksong’s new collectible that succeeds the popular Grubs has the potential to deepen the mysteries of the new world.

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