In 1987, I got my first introduction to the Personal Computer' market; the Amiga. It was my brothers, and while we had heard of the Commodore and Atari, we had only experienced the joys of Pong (a massive TV hookup unit, I'm not kidding this thing was 3 feet across with dials on each end). We had friends that would showcase (see: tease us) with their gaming units but this was our venture into the world of pixel entertainment. Remember this was pre-286 days the computing prowess was not substantial but we still stood in awe as we stumbled through our favorite titles; The Kings Quest series, the Hero's Quest series, the Police Quest Series and more quest' type games. The entire quest series of games were quickly overshadowed by one game; Gauntlet (you thought I was going to say Alien Breed didn't you).
While it’s unlikely that most people will be able to afford TWO Xbox One consoles at launch, the possibility of starting a game on one console, pausing and then moving to another console to continue playing it will be possible, thanks to "The Cloud".
It also can read your heart rate and your emotions, see your body in high definition (even your fingers) and even recognize you based on voice alone, among other cool things. The potential of Kinect-enhanced gaming just got real.
Remember that weird, live-action TV show that you could stop and watch on almost any television in Alan Wake, Night Springs? Well, it seems that developer Remedy has taken the concept one step further, merging game and TV show in a fresh new way.
Forza 5’s long rumored appearance at the Xbox One reveal was hardly a surprise, but the fact that it is coming out this year AT LAUNCH and will look as good as the trailer and dashboard presentation suggested is enough to get excited about!
The more things change, the more things stay the same, but if you are loyal to both Call of Duty and the Xbox platform, then this can only be a good thing, as once again, you’ll be getting all Call of Duty: Ghosts DLC first on Xbox One.
As we all suspected, the new x86 architecture-powered Xbox One will not play Xbox 360 games -- in any fashion whatsoever. But once again, there’s a bright side, as the Xbox 360 will still have a future alongside the Xbox One...
Is it the all-in-one box that we’ve always wanted (and feared)? Yes. Does it come with and require Kinect 2.0 to function? Yes again. Is it a hulking mass of a machine? Bingo! But on the bright side, tech behind the console and Kinect look BADASS!
