New Xbox Reveal at 10PDT/1EDT

[DontSayBanana]

Anybody besides me going to be watching the live stream?

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hub/reveal

[Syt]

It, like the PS4, will bring shinier graphics, but unfortunately not new gameplay.

[Grey Fox]

Anybody besides me going to be watching the live stream?

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hub/reveal

Yep but that's no surprise, I watch all these things. Sony, Google, MS, EA, etc Just not Apple, no way.

[Barrister]

It, like the PS4, will bring shinier graphics, but unfortunately not new gameplay.

I dunno - isn'
t it supposed to incorporate Kinect controls into the base XBox?

[DontSayBanana]

I dunno - isn't it supposed to incorporate Kinect controls into the base XBox?

Rumored; with any luck, they'll address some of these.

My checklist to watch for is:

• Performance
• Control format
• Price point(s)
• Launch titles
• Release date

[Barrister]

I have zero interest in buying a game system shortly after launch.  Peak prices, little to no game catalog.

[Grey Fox]

Reports are it's black & we won't see price nor date.

[DontSayBanana]

Biggest hope for this?  That the first line out of the gate is: "This will NOT be always-online."

[Barrister]

Biggest hope for this?  That the first line out of the gate is: "This will NOT be always-online."

They're going to fudge it and say "it's up to the game publishers".  But of course the publishers will all have DRM (which they well should).

[DontSayBanana]

"Xbox One" is the official name.

[DontSayBanana]

No big shockers on the controller, but I see "start" and "back" have given way to what looks like a window select button (multitasking?) and a menu button.

[DontSayBanana]

First launch title mentioned is a new Forza Motorsport.

Edit 1: Confirmed as a launch title by Phil Spencer (Microsoft Studio).  Turn 10 is still on board as the prime developer.

Edit 2: Teaser trailer for Quantum Break by Remedy.

[Grey Fox]

TV integration, now that's interesting.

[DontSayBanana]

TV integration, now that's interesting.

That is.  Voice powering on and the amount of voice control shown for TV are definite selling points.  Basically, Samsung just lost their monopoly on "smart TV."

[DontSayBanana]

Low-level API; that's a double-edged sword- devs can take full advantage of the Xbox hardware, but making cross-platform games function predictably the same will be harder.