Console Monster writes: "Wednesday, June 19th, 2013. The day that Microsoft undertook the biggest backtrack in gaming history. Following a lot of critical feedback of the Xbox One’s DRM policies, the company dropped the 24 hour Internet check-in requirement and the restriction on pre-owned games.
While the news didn’t come as much of a surprise, it was a dramatic change that showed Microsoft was willing to listen to their consumers.
Almost a year on, Microsoft has made its second U-turn with the news that, from June 2014, the Xbox One will be available without Kinect for the first time. As a result, £80 has been knocked off the price tag since it first launched less than six months ago."
Gamerdeals:
"Grab Disney Fantasia: Music Evolvedicon for $2.99 (Xbox 360) or $4.99 (Xbox One) with free shipping at BestBuy.com Today!
This is one of their featured 'deals of the day'."
The Xbox One exclusive, Sunset Overdrive, has been discounted to $44.99. Disney Fantasia also dropped to $29.99 on the Xbox One and $19.99 on the Xbox 360.
'Why' are both on sale at 25% off? You must be out of touch with gaming, evidently so.
E: Nvm folks, just another troll that crept too far out from under their bridge B)
Really? Where. I haven't seen it or come across it
......... thinking back there was one time where I got caught in an infinite "Portal" respawn loop. I had to shut the console down and restart. But that was during the first few days after release. Haven't encountered anything since.
Last month I got this glitch- https://www.youtube.com/wat...
Even took the time to record it, even on the forms people are asking how to fix it.
I have put a 100 hours into Sunset Overdrive and the game is polished as hell. But there were some severe glitches in the DLC.
Keep the price drops coming, this holiday will be epic for new Xbox gamers (both new and old to the brand.) Seems my choice to wait was wise, sucks for those that paid $500+ on day one.
early adopters know what they are getting into and I personally think the kinect has been worth ever penny
Are you kidding me xbox people? Only 4 days ago you could hey Fantasia for 20 exactly and now a week later it's a penny less? That really grinds my mangears. I feel shamboozeled over a penny.
Neil writes "Running alongside the usual Xbox Live Deals With Gold sale is the Xbox Live Ultimate Games Sale. It's live now and contains an absolute shed load of discounted titles on both Xbox One and Xbox 360. But many of us don't have the cash to splash on the whole damn lot so which are the titles you really must borrow, beg and perhaps even steal for in order to get."
Lords of the fallen for me. Played/not interested in the rest. Had I not played most of these already there are quite a few games that are amazing deals.
Bought sniper elite this morning. Great game, and for a tenner I really can't complain!
Lords of the Fallen is not showing as a sale item at the moment for quite a few people if not all as of right now. So not sure whats up with that game and this sale, i dont even see the cover art for it just the title.
I see the discounted price but only when I go in to the game fully. Otherwise shows at the normal price.
I will check, i did that on my PC and it did not change. But i will try on the console.
Yah I tried and it still showed up as full price all the way to the buy screen
buy it on smartglass. just type it in the search bar on the home screen. that's how i did it this morning
Did they ever fix the multiplayer for Master Chief Collection? If not I'll probably just pick up Lords of the Fallen. At that price I can't pass it up.
Supposedly, there's a massive update releasing this month for halo mcc that's supposed to revamp online experience, sort of like the big update battlefield 4 received to kick its online play into high gear.
I had great luck over the weekend playing some big team battle matches. Couldn't get in to a match in the past.
If your any kind of Halo fan...
This game is a must have.
Great to play the campaigns in 1080p/60fps. You'd be surprised how smooth it runs.
I already played Halo 2 & 3 again with friends.
Will play Halo 4 right before Halo 5 drops.
Plus... We'll be getting ODST for free soon too.
Personally, I would have picked up Kinect even if it didn't come with the console (only if the price was right mind). I've had the Xbox One since launch and using Kinect to turn on the console and to open apps has been very useful.
I went with the camera for the PS4 and would probably have done the same if the choice was there on day one. You know, just in case :)
Kinect is a great tool, but forcing the price of their package up with supplementary hardware that iterates on something already designated as such in the last console generation was a massive blunder, particularly given the very reasonable and significantly lower price Sony were sending their machines out at. If Microsoft was ever to avoid getting egg on its face with this, more efforts should have gone into subsidising developer engagement with the hardware.