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TDbank24 said:
Uh, maybe. What do you have? People actually buy electronic devices to Skype? That sounds lame unless you've actually got close family that's cross country. I do not. I don't have a camera for my PC. Maybe my laptop has a built in camera. Who knows?

Point was we would have never Skyped without Xbox One and Kinect. We would have just sent text messages across Live or chatted on Facebook like we've always done. I don't even talk to my friends on the phone anymore really. No point. Microsoft is bringing us the all in one set top box. There's no need for anything else.
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My iPhone, laptop, desktop can do Skype. Just asking.
 
DriedMangoes said:
My iPhone, laptop, desktop can do Skype. Just asking.
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Oh, okay. Well i'm sure my iPhone, desktop, and laptop probably can as well. But i'm not going out of my way to buy a camera or anything. Plus what would the experience be on an iPhone or even a PC vs. Skpying on my 39" TV? I know the PC fans will come in and say "just plug your PC into your TV you console noob" but i don't want to do that. I'm all about that simplicity.
 
TDbank24 said:
Oh, okay. Well i'm sure my iPhone, desktop, and laptop probably can as well. But i'm not going out of my way to buy a camera or anything. Plus what would the experience be on an iPhone or even a PC vs. Skpying on my 39" TV? I know the PC fans will come in and say "just plug your PC into your TV you console noob" but i don't want to do that. I'm all about that simplicity.
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If there are enough people that thinks Skype with a big screen (do TV even come with 39", a funny size if you ask me), then its a selling point for sure.
 
starseeker said:
If there are enough people that thinks Skype with a big screen (do TV even come with 39", a funny size if you ask me), then its a selling point for sure.
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Not all that funny at all. Many of the big name brands do that size. Samsung, Panasonic...etc.
 
TDbank24 said:
Oh, okay. Well i'm sure my iPhone, desktop, and laptop probably can as well. But i'm not going out of my way to buy a camera or anything. Plus what would the experience be on an iPhone or even a PC vs. Skpying on my 39" TV? I know the PC fans will come in and say "just plug your PC into your TV you console noob" but i don't want to do that. I'm all about that simplicity.
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With the iPhone 4 and up, you can Skype with its face camera. Well, I guess if you want to go for the simplicity reason, then I'll agree with you but Skype isn't anything new IMO.
 
starseeker said:
If there are enough people that thinks Skype with a big screen (do TV even come with 39", a funny size if you ask me), then its a selling point for sure.
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Yup, Samsung has every size and then some i guess. I went with the 39" to save myself $60 or whatever it would have been to get the 40". That's pretty much the max size TV that will fit in my room and the extra inch didn't matter to me. Big upgrade over my 32".
 
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First was a lot of fun but not sure what they can add to justify a sequel?
 
I'll definitely pick it up, I enjoy Fruit Ninja in any form. Plus, it would be nice to finally have a game to play on Kinect on X1.
 
Loved it, miss playing it so I'll be jumping on this one!! I still have my 360 hooked up but I disconnected the Kinect for it because it shares the same tv with my X1 and that kinect.
 
Bought this back when it came out on 360. Had fun with it, but I'm not sure if I'd pay full price again.

I might bite if they'd offer it at a fraction of the cost for people who bought it for the 360, much like Mojang/4J is doing with the X1 version of minecraft.
 
It should be much better with the new kinect. My son played the s*** out of the 360 verson.
 
I'm ready to bust out the Kung Fu on some fruit in my living room.
 
brighterdeathnow said:
Bought this back when it came out on 360. Had fun with it, but I'm not sure if I'd pay full price again.

I might bite if they'd offer it at a fraction of the cost for people who bought it for the 360, much like Mojang/4J is doing with the X1 version of minecraft.
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Yeah I doubt that's going to happen and unless its a straight port I don't really think people should expect it.
 
BDaddyK said:
My son would prolly end up breaking the TV...
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My daughter, while playing bowling on the PS3, accidentally let go of the controller and it slammed into the tv! Didn't break the tv but she was banned from bowling for awhile! :laugh:
 
MasterMama said:
My daughter, while playing bowling on the PS3, accidentally let go of the controller and it slammed into the tv! Didn't break the tv but she was banned from bowling for awhile! :laugh:
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That's my fear with using controllers or other objects in motion controlled games.
 
Not that Kinect was always safe. Remember seeing a kid elbowed in the face playing Joy Ride.
 
In an era where a single game occupies up to 50GB of storage space, the 500GB hard drives found in the new wave of games consoles just aren't going to cut it. We've already looked at potential PlayStation 4 upgrades, but until recently, owners of the Xbox One were left with few options - other than to delete content and re-download it. Thankfully, recent OS updates now finally allow for Xbox One users to connect an external storage device to the console via the system's USB ports, used in concert with the unit's internal drive.
External storage must be 250GB or larger and formatted by the console before it can be used. Once done the new drive is seamlessly integrated into the Xbox One's dashboard and content system. It is possible to install games and apps directly onto the external drive or copy them over from the console internal HDD. The OS also makes it possible to filter out content stored on both internal and external storage devices or simply group them all together seamlessly. The idea here is that games and apps can be played back from internal and external drives without impacting on the core Xbox One experience, and after many hours of testing we encountered no obvious issues, such as system crashes or game-related errors.


Better still the Xbox One's use of high-speed USB 3.0 ports also opens up the possibility of a genuine hard drive upgrade that could offer up benefits beyond just adding more storage space - faster loading times and texture streaming are two key areas that we've seen improvements in the past when using fast drives. The USB 3.0 spec features a maximum bandwidth around 300MB/s - more than double that of what traditional 5400rpm HDDs can achieve - and should allow for than enough throughput to make a difference in the day to operation of the console when gaming.
There are a multitude of drive options out there - the 2.5-inch "passport" drives are the best value option for the Xbox One, and in the UK at least we've recently seen a collapse in the price of 2TB USB 3.0 drives. We snaffled a Toshiba Stor.e Basics model from Amazon for just £69.99 - excellent value. But theoretically, can other forms of external storage offer up actual in-game performance advantages? We wanted to see whether standardising a test environment with a single USB enclosure but multiple drives could result in better gameplay - and we wanted to compare it to our 2TB bargain plus the standard stock drive. The idea here is simple: are there any worthwhile benefits to using an SSD or another type of fast storage medium over choosing a big mechanical HDD? And if so, is the difference large enough to justify the premium prices per gig these more exotic options cost?
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http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2014-xbox-one-external-hard-drive-upgrade-guide

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