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I have a question for a friend of mine. He's about to go buy an Xbox One, but he needs to be sure he can just use his gamertag, fill in the password and log in, just like on 360. Cause if for some reason MS sends a confirmation email to his mail adress...it won't work. His account still has a Lycos email and Lycos is dead. He won't be able to click on that conirmation email then. But surely...it works just like 360 right?

Plus when he tried to put a GwG game on the Xbox site in the queue for X1...he got this message:



Is this going to mean he won't be able to sign into his Xbox One with this account until Sep 20?

Correct, if his email account is dead he can't confirm anything with that email oc.

Always make a primary and a secondary email address,at two different hosts, and you can even make ad a phone number.

God luck
 
tell him to ring up MS

also if he can login to xbox.com i am sure you can change the email associated with your account. or even on his xbox 360

He can change email at Xbox.com, but he needs to confirm it at one of his old email accounts, for security resons.
 
Yeah, on the 20th of September he'll have that same account on a new email address. But if he buys Xbox One now, he should be able to log in with his current account, right? I mean he CAN after all sign into Xbox.com with that account too.

The dude has done all he can to make this work, MS Holland tries to help him but even they don't know it anymore. So the only thing he could do was let MS associate his gamertag with a new email address and apparently it has to take as long as a freaking month.
 
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Has Microsoft fixed the colour space issue by now? If not, it's best to keep it at TV, right?

On my 360 i got the reference level at expanded now and my tv is at hdmi dynamic range auto. And i love how it looks.
 
Has Microsoft fixed the colour space issue by now? If not, it's best to keep it at TV, right?

On my 360 i got the reference level at expanded now and my tv is at hdmi dynamic range auto. And i love how it looks.
MS have not fixed the colour space issue. so TV will result in less black crush

but it shouldnt matter really, just put your TVs black level apposite of the xbox and you will get the middle ground. problem is every TV seem to use different words for black level options so its hard to give advice lol. on a Sony

if Xbox is PC, TV = Full
if Xbox is TV, TV = Limited
 
Yeah, on the 20th of September he'll have that same account on a new email address. But if he buys Xbox One now, he should be able to log in with his current account, right? I mean he CAN after all sign into Xbox.com with that account too.

The dude has done all he can to make this work, MS Holland tries to help him but even they don't know it anymore. So the only thing he could do was let MS associate his gamertag with a new email address and apparently it has to take as long as a freaking month.

no need to worry - if he can log-in to Xbox live or xbox.com he can also log-in at his new X1. And he will also be able to play his games while he waits to associate his gamertag with a new email address.

Game on
 
The Xbox has a pretty insane exclusive line up for this fall/holiday....

Ori & the Blind Forest
Sunset Overdrive
Halo MCC
Fable Legends Beta
Forza Horizon 2
Project Spark
Killer Instinct

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The Xbox has a pretty insane exclusive line up for this fall/holiday....

Ori & the Blind Forest
Sunset Overdrive
Halo MCC
Fable Legends Beta
Forza Horizon 2
Project Spark
Killer Instinct

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From my perspective that is very weak. Only 1 AAA and 1 indie on my shopping list.
 
MS have not fixed the colour space issue. so TV will result in less black crush

but it shouldnt matter really, just put your TVs black level apposite of the xbox and you will get the middle ground. problem is every TV seem to use different words for black level options so its hard to give advice lol. on a Sony

if Xbox is PC, TV = Full
if Xbox is TV, TV = Limited

Nice, i got a Sony TV too. I really like the brightness on 360 games when i have the TV's dynamic range set at auto and the 360 at expanded. With the TV set to full, it's still a bit too brght for my liking. I will definitely be experimenting a lot with this. The downside of the 360 is that you have to quit the game each time you wanna change the reference level, but it seems you can just change this on X1 while in the middle of a game, right?

no need to worry - if he can log-in to Xbox live or xbox.com he can also log-in at his new X1. And he will also be able to play his games while he waits to associate his gamertag with a new email address.

Game on
 
Nice, i got a Sony TV too. I really like the brightness on 360 games when i have the TV's dynamic range set at auto and the 360 at expanded. With the TV set to full, it's still a bit too brght for my liking. I will definitely be experimenting a lot with this. The downside of the 360 is that you have to quit the game each time you wanna change the reference level, but it seems you can just change this on X1 while in the middle of a game, right?
yeah its likely you get crushed blacks but if thats whats you prefer then its all good

the other one seems bright because you are so used to the over darkened image. (which makes darks really dark and contrast really high)
 
5 of those are on my list. 4 AAA and one indie.

Thankfully third party are bringing there A game. Got plenty to buy and we got Below to look forward to as well, and I believe The Witness hits this year too, right ? or is PS4 first and then xbox later ?
 
Thankfully third party are bringing there A game. Got plenty to buy and we got Below to look forward to as well, and I believe The Witness hits this year too, right ? or is PS4 first and then xbox later ?
PS4 and PC timed exclusive for the Witness.
 
Because of their business decisions ;) that is after all the most important thing. Their decisions directly affect us gamers and usually in big ways. Replying to a few tweets does not absolve a company of poor decision making and is not a reason to respect/love a company. This sort of communication method is the norm, nigh on all gaming companies do it.
Really?:really: Can you name me another console maker that has a rep with a blog, Twiitter account, and Twitch live streaming, all of which he uses to interact with fans. Name me another console makers CEO that takes the time to interact with fans. Name me a another console maker that allows some fans to become official ambassadors. Name me another console maker that has not one but two available methods specifically built for fans to directly communicate what they want regarding their console. If you can prove that there is indeed another console maker that does all these things I will gladly concede that you are right.
 
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Really?:really: Can you name me another console maker that has a rep with a blog, Twiitter account, and Twitch live streaming, all of which he uses to interact with fans. Name me another console makers CEO that takes the time to interact with fans. Name me a another console maker that allows some fans to become official ambassadors. Name me another console maker that has not one but two available methods specifically built for fans to directly communicate what they want regarding their console. If you can prove that there is indeed another console maker that does all these things I will gladly concede that you are right.

So MS is the only one who communicates via social media :laugh: sorry, but :laugh::laugh:. You can keep claiming specific things all you want, no where did I state others were equal in quantity, but commenting on things like Social media very much is the norm...stating otherwise is ludicrous.

Stop being defensive and look at what I said( and what I responded to) One company doing a bit more than another in regards to social smoozing was not a point and certainly not the point.
 
So the main holiday lineup is comprised of Forza Horizon 2, Sunset Overdrive, and Halo MCC. I think I'll buy all of them. I know what to expect from them except for Sunset Overdrive, but still it's good to have nice, big games.

That said, I want Sunset Overdrive to do really, really well. That's basically what everybody needs. Insomniac needs SO to be a hit, Microsoft needs it, gamers need it, etc.
 
Lo and behold! After almost a month and a half of sitting unopened,I set up and played my X1 last night and...

Had quite a lot of fun playing Titanfall.

(sigh) Things will never be the same again,will they?
 
Microsoft: New Gears of War Shaping Up Well


The new Gears of War game currently in development at Microsoft's Black Tusk Studios in Vancouver is shaping up well, according to Xbox executive Aaron Greenberg. He visited the studio recently, and reports on Twitter that he left feeling "very impressed" with what he saw.

He adds that the Gears of War franchise is "in good hands with a very talented team." Microsoft acquired the Gears of War franchise from Epic Games earlier this year, and put Black Tusk Studios to work on the game, which will presumably be released for at least the Xbox One.

Though Cliff Bleszinski--an instrumental designer on the original trilogy--is not working on the new game (he has his own thing now), Microsoft has hired veteran Gears of War producer Rod Fergusson to lead development for it.

It is still early days for the new Gears of War game (it's in the concept/prototype phase), and no assets for the title have been released yet beyond some purposefully blurry concept art. Fergusson says, however, that the new game will retain the essence of the Gears of War series while also pushing the franchise forward. He also says that Microsoft's acquisition of the series allows Black Tusk to "expand its breadth and do a lot more stuff with it."

I am a huge Gears fan, and I want this game now. Makes me cry inside that it is still so far away :(
 
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First time on Xbox for pre download is Madden 15???

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I just checked the store, it does infact seem like you can already pre-buy and pre-load the game right now.
 
yeah its likely you get crushed blacks but if thats whats you prefer then its all good

the other one seems bright because you are so used to the over darkened image. (which makes darks really dark and contrast really high)

True man. It makes nighttime in GTA V look damn cool and realistic, very dark. At the same time it isn't looking good in all games, just a few. Plus i have to crank up the brightness ingame too much. Right now i got the 360 on expanded and the tv at full, in Darksiders 2 i like to have the dungeons look a bit...darker, so i go into the brightness setting ingame and just go one below recommended or where i see items that i should see appearing.
 
Nice, i got a Sony TV too. I really like the brightness on 360 games when i have the TV's dynamic range set at auto and the 360 at expanded. With the TV set to full, it's still a bit too brght for my liking. I will definitely be experimenting a lot with this. The downside of the 360 is that you have to quit the game each time you wanna change the reference level, but it seems you can just change this on X1 while in the middle of a game, right?
The PC option is for Monitors no tv will handle it right.

As for setting the picture use the HDTV Calibration to set it right and not have it too bright or too dark.

Going from 360 to x1 your brightness setting on tv needs to be lowered, but all that is explained in the calibration.
 
Sounds so far away. 2016 I'd guess.

I think that is pretty much a certainty. If you look at where they seem to be, and then take in to account the exclusives for 2015 already( Halo 5, Fable Legends, Quantum Break, and most likely a Forza 6) then it seems even more likely for 2016 :(
 
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