Imagine taking the ice with 18000 people screaming, you line up at centre ice and you look up at the opposing centre, Joe Thornton. The referee skates over to drop the puck, in the background you hear the legendary commentators Bob Cole and colour commentator Harry Neale talking about todays match up and you realize you are playing NHL 2K7 on the Xbox 360 in High Definition. Now imagine you are in the third period in your favorite rink with the score tied 1-1. There is 2 minutes on the clock. You need to decide whether to you want to head for overtime and put your defensive players on the ice or go for it and mix up your lines to get the best players on the ice to win. You decide to head for overtime. You line up to take the face off and you hear something you have never heard before, the strategy from the opposing bench saying get it deep they are pulling the goalie. You call a time out adjust your strategy and decide to go for it.
Will Xbox One allow players to play used games or not? Will there be fees to do so, and how much? While not having all the answers, Microsoft’s Major Nelson made an official statement on his blog that at least provides hope of a reasonable solution.
Unfortunately, while your Gold Membership will carry over to Xbox One, your Xbox 360 Headsets, including your fancy surround sound Turtle Beach or Tritton cans, won’t, at least not without some sort of adapter.
It’s now been clarified that Xbox Live Gold Memberships will not only transfer back and forth seamlessly between Xbox 360 and Xbox One, they will also allow multiple users on the same Xbox One to share one account -- perfect for family scenarios.
15 games are coming to Xbox One in its first year, and 8 of them are exclusive to the Xbox One platform. Of course, there are many more in the works.
Come one, come all (unless you are Friend #1001)!
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.
