Power up (and sign in) to #XboxOne with Kinect.

It’s happens faster than it takes to find your controller

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  • Jonathan Lee Kort

    Excellent! Very fast!!!

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  • Guest

    Is this from standby mode or completely powered off?

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    • Bert George

      thats from standby. from completely off to the dashboard takes about as long as the 360 does (or so i’ve read).

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      • JuanCabrera

        Makes sense. It wouldn’t be listening for the “Xbox On” command if it was completely off anyway.

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  • Guest

    PS4: MP3, and DLNA Support Coming After Launch!

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    • Guest

      YES, THIS IS ANOTHER THING THE POS4 CAN’T DO!

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    • JuanCabrera

      And you post this in an Xbox blog because…?

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      • Din Taylor

        Dont ruin the lifetime achievement for this person. :p. 10 points.

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    • GmailIsDown

      there is no timetable as to when CD and MP3 playback will be added.

      and PS4 does not support 3D Blu-Ray, period. and it does not support external storage. funny that Sony took away many features PS3 has.

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      • usrev

        most people don’t care for any of that stuff.

        who even uses CDs anymore? very few.

        3d never took off, so very few even care, those that do have a ps3.

        the only thing that I would miss is the ability to transfer a movie from my laptop to console and play it through my TV, but again, ps3 for that.

        it’s not as big of a deal as people are making it out to be.

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    • Pauperkiller2013

      How’s wobblegate turning out for the PoS4? It’s so funny that it’s supposed to be a better system, yet isn’t designed properly to stand on 3 legs, where it should have been 4.

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      • GmailIsDown

        there are more serious problems at hand for Sony than the wobbling issue and the unstable frame rate issue and the facebook sharing issue and whatever missing features issue

        http://www ign com/articles/2013/11/14/broken-playstation-4-systems

        it was a rocky start from the beginning but it looks like Sony’s “pre-launch” day self-destructed in a fireball.

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      • evilfangs .

        I’m sure we will see some X1 self destructing too. Both consoles have been rushed for launch. I got a feeling both Sony and Microsoft wanted their consoles to launch next year.

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      • GmailIsDown

        That is just your wishful thinking at this point. Whether the Xbox one launch will suck as much as the Sony ps4 launch, and whether there will be as many consoles with quality problems as PS4, we will see in a week. Sony doesn’t set the bar very high.

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      • usrev

        about 5/4000 consoles are broken. it’s going to be similar for xbox one. it’s impossible for 100% of stock to be working.

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      • usrev

        way to make stuff up there kiddo. it’s been said by multiple people there is no stability issue.

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    • Does Not Equal

      So what?

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  • evilfangs .

    Do you need to look at the Kinect Larry when you talk to it to say “Xbox on”?

    Also why did you shake your head in the reflection of the TV?😛 Was that just a normal tick or did you do that to get the Kinect to recognize you?

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    • GmailIsDown

      i think he thought he waited too long and started to think maybe the console glitched.

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      • http://www.majornelson.com Major Nelson

        Actually, I was trying to see if the console turned on. It’s really quiet, and due to the reflection from the lights in the room I could not see if the white Xbox logo was lit up indicating it was on.

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      • Byyys

        An Amazing TV.. but your not using it to its full potential.
        I Guess 900p native is higher than 720p native. Welcome to the next gen. Only 720p/30fps for Dead Rising 3? LOL!

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      • ElektroDragon

        30 fps max in a closed room with no zombiez.

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      • evilfangs .

        Clearly you’ve never experienced a new next gen system launching, and clearly fail to understand what this means.

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  • ElektroDragon

    White bread is bad for you…. so is using Sony TVs in Microsoft promotional material.😀 Reminds me of the “Your Ad Here” faux pas in the latest promotional video. Get on the ball, guys! The Internet notices everything.

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    • http://kasperholdum.dk/ Kasper Hjorth Holdum

      It said “Your Ad Here” because that’s the name of DeadMau5’s new song which they were showing in Xbox Music presented on the screen.

      And why is using another company’s product suddenly an issue? Microsoft is not producing TV’s and thus they are not competing with Sony in that area. Should Sony stop using Windows, Office, Skype etc. just because they happen to be competing with the in the console space?

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    • roozbeh, again

      And Sony uses what OS now on their laptops? Linux?

      Quit being so sensitive, everything nowadays is an ad.

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  • Arcona

    nice glossy tv. can see the reflection of everything in the room. damn why are all TV’s like this now? matt is soo much better

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    • Guest

      No, just $0N¥’s.

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    • http://kasperholdum.dk/ Kasper Hjorth Holdum

      Matte is not better in any way. Otherwise we would be using them in all television. Manufacturers use glossy screens because matte screen reduce image quality and clearness.

      TV manufacturers are doing everything they can to reduce glossiness without ruining quality. We are starting to go below 1% reflection of the original light source which is very impressive.

      Please stop the incompetent random comments.

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      • LOLatWSHH

        I think manufactures use Glossy because it looks better. Glossy tv cabinets reflect alot more light into the viewers face.

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      • StudioMultimédia Gon'Interacti

        i think glossy help them produce better deeper color and better black because less light pass through the external glass. But yah, reflection are annoying

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    • Does Not Equal

      Who’s Matt?

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      • evilfangs .

        I think he just missed a “e”. Matte.

        Matte vs Glossy screens.

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      • Does Not Equal

        I knew that. I just wanted to ask about Matt.

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      • Vijayant Singh Saini

        HAHAHAHA!

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      • Arcona

        He’s Mattes brother. not too good at the spelly things with the wordings

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      • KnoxSe7eN

        I think he lives in a van down by the river.

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  • http://ninsci.weebly.com/ Ilovegoogleglass

    Nice Sony XBR 4K Ultra HD TV!
    Oh the irony too….

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    • http://www.majornelson.com Major Nelson

      They make pretty good 4k TV’s so we used it.

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      • http://ninsci.weebly.com/ Ilovegoogleglass

        Oh hey!!!!! Does the bing search app you were showcasing work something like siri?
        Very excited for the ONE!!!!!

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      • StudioMultimédia Gon'Interacti

        pioneer is coming back to the TV market, they had very nice one too. I was a big panasonic fan because of the plasma, too bad they didn’t win the battle against the rest of the world. good to know about sony becoming better at tv, i stop wondering with their initial flat screen (trinitron ?)

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      • DavidinCT

        Panasonic is releasing a SWEET looking 65″ 4K tv…. Looks better than the Sony,,, too bad it’s $6K….or I would buy one…

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      • StudioMultimédia Gon'Interacti

        good to know. But then again, we will have to change blu ray to 4k device, 4k compatible amplifier, 4k hdmi calbe, 4k tv…. it’s a gimic again for us to change everything every couple of years. If i had that money, definitly would change, in real life, no i’ll wait a few years

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    • Pete

      They’ve got one of those in the store just down the road, it is a fantastic looking TV.

      Credit to Major and his crew though, they’ve always been quite open and enthusiastic about ‘rival’ tech. Just listen to the podcasts, one of the guys (I’m bad with names and can’t be bothered to go listen again🙂 was talking about firing up his Vita to keep gaming through a power cut only last week. All kinds on non-MS stuff pops up all the time.

      I don’t think for a second they wouldn’t buy Sony TVs just because they make a rival console.

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  • Dennis Crosby

    I guess some people don’t realize that rival companies actually use each other products

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  • Billy Franklin

    EXCITEMENT as launch day approaches😀 cannot wait (“,)

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  • StudioMultimédia Gon'Interacti

    excellent speed, good improvement =) keep up those small video Major, they are really good.

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  • RoG JayRue

    Major nelson can we all get our Xbox One early I can’t wait. I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas the next day.

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    • GmailIsDown

      and i’m starting to worry if something will go wrong. what if UPS loses or damages my package? what if Amazon messes up and no longer has enough stock to fulfill my day one preorder?

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    • Lucas Sanches Cestari

      i know how you feel =D

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  • PawnSacrifices

    Just a question;
    With the 360s Kinect we were told to place it high.
    But this the X1 Kinect I’ve noticed in all the vids it’s below the screen.
    What is the optimal height or position for the Kinect 2.0?
    (I have a 60″ wall mounted tv with it’s height at 5.9′)

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    • EldritchWarlord

      They’ve said having the Kinect above or below the screen doesn’t matter as long as it’s centered and the camera is pointed at roughly where you are.

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    • Ivanx360xpira

      In Marc and Yusuf dashboard video the kinect was placed at the top of TV. I heard you should sit it somewhere between 1.97ft(0.6m) and 5.9ft(1.8m) above the floor.

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  • Spazicle

    As much as i’m super excited for the Xbox One and all the cool stuff this new Kinect can do, how are we supposed to remember all these voice commands? There seems to be dozens of them. Will the system come with a list of all the voice commands for quick and easy reference?

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    • ae69ae

      The same can be said about all the button on the controller. After a while you just remember them all and I’m pretty sure the voice commands will become a standard.

      Major, make sure we can add Secret Pass phrases for system commands in case someone walks in (gf or family member) and yells Xbox Off… Then it should ask you [if you choose to] say your pass phrase.

      If ya’ll want other great ideas I’m willing to drop out from college like Bill Gates and work with Xbox🙂

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      • evilfangs .

        You need to be a registered member on your console for the Kinect to recognize you for you to be able to come in the room and say “Xbox off”.

        I’m sure only the first main profile signed in will be able to say “xbox off” too. So even if you was playing with your brother or sister together and he is a registered member on your console he / she can’t just rage when you beat them.

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    • AlahSnackbar

      Just think of it like computer commands. The only reason Linux users are so good with that particular OS is because they constantly are using the system and learning/using the commands needed to get around on the system. It’ll take some time but we’ll get used to it.

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    • arrow2010

      Some people can’t remember to press the iPad home button…

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    • evilfangs .

      When you’re on the dashboard and say “Xbox” green writing pops up on everything you can say. You can then say “Xbox play Halo 5” or “Xbox watch TV”.

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  • Steven

    I’m actually curious about this too, since with the current xbox 360 you need to actually have the cable TV tech come to your place and set it up.

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  • ryder4life22187

    Real question is how fast will it be to sign in after yearly updates. Look how long it takes to sign in and get going on the current 360.

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    • EldritchWarlord

      It’ll download the update while in standby mode and probably install automatically too, so it will probably be no different than normal unless you try to log in soon after the update is released.

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      • A. J.

        No, he was referring to the fact that it takes a while to boot the Xbox 360 now, compared to when it first launched. He didn’t mean immediately after an update.

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      • Nick Peck

        Yah mine used to be instant but now takes a bit to get going which is annoying😦 Not a huge deal though. Unplug it from the net and it’s on damn near instantly, then plug the net back in and it just logs in in the background (usually).

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    • https://live.xbox.com/MyXbox/Profile?gamertag=DarkGin87 Lee Rayson (DarkGin87)

      It like any device that you install updates on, over time the performance slows down, this should come as no surprise. however I find having less friends (25) I sign into xbox pretty fast. the more data link to your gamertag it seems it takes longer to load friends, undeleted messages, games and achievements.
      IMO delete all 0 G games from your gamertag loose some friends(if you no longer play/talk to them and even delete and re download your gamertag so it a smaller file
      back in 2011 my gamertag was upto 71MB (and I use to take 20 to 30 seconds to log in) now I keep it down to a 24 MB file size

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  • Vijayant Singh Saini

    Agreed! Matte screenstake poop on sharp glares.

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  • Ryan Harrell

    That’s the sony 4k ultra hd tv do I get one of those when i get an Xbox one?

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    • Slam_Shot_Sam

      I noticed that, using their direct competator’s hardware to show-off their own. I actually considered getting one, but as games won’t be using 4K anytime soon I thought it’d be a waste.

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      • Nick Peck

        There really is no point to get anything like that right now anyways. In a few years we will see.

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  • arrow2010

    Too bad I cancelled my Day One order due to a Kotaku report about bad Kinect voice recognition…

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    • Nick Peck

      Really? Kotaku is garbage. Not to mention that is the reason why? lol. Looks like the ps4 is having some good issues already and it’s not even launched yet. Ouch.

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      • WARLORD

        Far from the only early PS4 adopter to report PS4 problems, members of the games press have also experienced issues with their Xbox One rivals. That’s the gamble you take when you get new tech……

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      • Nick Peck

        Oh I know, I have read it all. IGN had a lot of issues which makes me laugh because greg is such an ardent sonybot and I could only see him saying to himself “ah great, what are you doing sony!!”.

        But for what you said? Yes, when you are a day one customer you have to know that you are helping test the product so that when things go wrong, they can learn what to do to fix them. It has to start somewhere😀

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      • usrev

        like 5 people have reported issues… woop-ee.

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  • roozbeh, again

    Seriously LOLing that toast.😀

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    • Nick Peck

      Yah I have seen several of those pic and they are all hilarious looking. The bear is great too, beady little eyes haha.

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  • SteveFNL

    So, do Avatars no longer exist with Xbox One?, I haven’t seen any in the brief videos posted by Larry.

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    • Slam_Shot_Sam

      They do, I just think they’re less prominent and hidden away somewhere. I’d rather they had gotten rid of them myself.

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      • xbox_gamer

        They aren’t tucked away. The game pix is bigger than the 360 and snapped into the start up. you didn’t see the 10 min video that was up a few days ago showing how fast kinect is and the dash board . That’s when I saw the avatar and ask Major and he replied

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    • Nick Peck

      They are still there and you can use them if you want.

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    • xbox_gamer

      Major Nelson replied to my post directly about that. I saw avatars in the xbox1 demo and thought the same thing . Major said they are brought over but if you want to use a HD one you can also

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  • Maritox

    Having it on stand by mode wont make the console generate any kind of heat? I been always kind of scared when leaving the 360 doing downloads with the console off.
    Could you confirm this Larry? Wont damage the console having it on stand by mode? (if thats the name of the mode)

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    • DrToker

      It’s on low power connected stand by, just like a smartphone. You won’t even see it on your electric bill. Low watt means no heat.

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  • Slapshot777

    I would like an answer to this too!!

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  • DavidinCT

    Yea, nice tv…. Is that the 55″ ($4K) or the 65″ (at $6K)…can we get one of those for our Xbox one day ones ? I could use a new 65″….. BIG TIME…

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  • Dennis Fluttershy

    The system seems a bit slow. Making me sad. Should be instant and responsive.

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    • Greg Fellmer

      5 seconds to get up and going isn’t too slow. It’s not a toaster. These consoles, like your Smart TVs and HD DVRs are bit more complicated.

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      • Dennis Fluttershy

        If you watch other videos of the system, each menu takes time to open. It felt more instant on my Xbox 360 (except opening the Guide), but might be because I expect the Xbox One to be faster than it actually is.
        I’m not talking about the startup.

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    • evilfangs .

      Faster then Sony’s PS4 UI and maybe a little faster then Sony’s start up time too.

      But that’s a given, Sony have never been good with OS.

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      • Dennis Fluttershy

        I haven’t seen the PS4 in action, would like to, if you could share a link? But when they open stuff like Friends, or similar, it takes time. Wasn’t it more instant on the Xbox 360? If I’m going to the next system, I expect it to be faster and more instant, not getting that feeling right now.

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      • Dennis Fluttershy

        1st 2:50 – It seems to be very much faster than Xbox One.
        2nd 1:41 – again, almost instant
        2nd 5:03 – and instant. Sure, slow download speed, but the menu appears directly with no loading screen.
        The PlayStation Store was slow, but that’s downloading.
        The problem with Xbox One is these loading screens for built in standard menus. I would love it more if it wasn’t because of this.

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      • Thranx

        People who actually know and review tech have clocked the PS4’s OS, and start up to be slower than the X1’s. Do the research. If nothing else Microsoft is going to beat the PS4 on operating system and software.

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      • Dennis Fluttershy

        From what I’ve seen, the Xbox One seems to start up faster than the PS4, and I sure hope so. But the menu, after the startup. Why does to take so long to open the friends list on the Xobx One? Why is there a loading screen with the friend list-icon? It’s built in.

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      • evilfangs .

        What video have you seen? I haven’t seen the friends list with a loading screen.

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      • xbox_gamer

        Find out tonight for sure

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      • Getsuga_Tensho

        Take a look at Polygon, IGN or any other news site that posts videos. They’ve got videos where they run you through the UI to give you an idea of how everything works. On how quick and smooth the systems are to use, both the Xbox One and PS4 are much faster than current gen consoles.

        The Xbox 360 only shows a hint of being quick and smooth if you have next to no content stored on the device. If you’ve got a lot on your HDD or connected storage devices then it’s sluggish. It’ll take a few minutes for the console to start up and be in a usable state.

        Both next gen systems are undeniably significantly faster than their predecessors with their much better hardware and operating systems. I’d suggest turning on your 360, downloading some demos and stuff and then seeing how things compare. I can guarantee that it’ll be slower even with hardly any content.

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      • Thranx

        It’s already been confirmed that the PS4’s start up is quite a bit slower than the Xbox One’s (which should be expected given Microsoft IS the software company).

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      • Dylan

        And yet, you can play a game in 6 seconds on the PS4, installs while you play. Why can’t Microsoft do that?

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      • beardyman3218

        AFAIK xbox one installs games while you play. www dot joystiq dot com/2013/05/21/xbox-one-lets-you-play-immediately-during-installs-suspend-an/

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      • evilfangs .

        You can play games on the X1 while they install. 6 seconds? It took Killzone 13 seconds to start up, and that time came from a Sony fanboy at IGN.

        Both the X1 and PS4 can near enough instantly switch from the dashboard to back in game, but that isn’t starting the game up, that is just resuming game play.

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      • Dylan

        Yeah the times are different for each game. Takes something like 15 min to install 7 games and the day 1 patch and stuff.

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    • Jason

      That was slow? C’mon. What other console/pc is instant on even from a sleep state? Exactly.

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      • Dennis Fluttershy

        Of course it won’t start up instantly. But I’m more into when it’s started, when opening menus like Friends. Why does that takes several seconds? Wasn’t that menu faster on the Xbox 360?

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      • Jason

        So far I have only seen the videos that have been on Major’s blog and everything seemed instant to me. Is there more video out there?

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    • Nick Peck

      Not seeing how that’s slow and unresponsive lol. Not sure what you are expecting but that’s pretty quick from being in standby. My PC is on an SSD with 16gb of ram and it isn’t that fast from sleep mode.

      As for app switching, it’s very quick from a cold boot. I’m sure once you have “X” number of things open it will be a tad quicker than opening it for the first time like every other device on the planet. I’m sure 3-5 seconds won’t kill you😀

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      • Dennis Fluttershy

        The system as a whole, not the startup.

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      • Getsuga_Tensho

        The system as a whole looks very smooth and responsive from everything shown thus far. Xbox One is taking a Windows 8 like approach where it’s very app centric. An app will take a few seconds to launch but after you’ve done that you can swap between open apps instantly without any loading times.

        Take a look at Windows 8, it’ll work very similar to that.

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      • Dennis Fluttershy

        I’ve used Windows 8 myself and apps are instant, as soon as the animation is finished, the app opens; Contacts, Email (almost), Music, Wikipedia (almost), Calculator, Desktop.

        My quick guess is that; because the friends app and other apps aren’t built in, the OS can start up much faster, as it’s shown here. With the drawback that it takes time to open apps (that feel as core apps) now.

        The Xbox One must be quicker opening these apps, as the apps opens very quickly on my, not so powerful computer.

        It feels wrong if I have to open Friends, or Settings and… 1… 2… 3… now I can use it. Switch away, switch back and use it directly again. While on PS4, I can open it and use it right away.

        I do want to own a Xbox One, and I hope these apps are instant in the future.

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    • Thranx

      Time your current gen console’s start up from the moment you hit the button to when you actually get to the menu. Literally grab a stopwatch and time it. Go ahead, do it. Come back and tell us how long it took. I can tell you already it wasn’t this fast.

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      • Dennis Fluttershy

        Well, I’m talking about how long it takes to bring up the Friends menu, for instance. Now we have a loading screen? What? When I’ve used the Xbox 360, sure it downloaded it from the internet, and took about the same time, but I have slow internet! It’s much faster when having better internet. But the Xbox One is slow…

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      • usrev

        I’d hope not the 360 is slow as hell ever since they started the ad filled metro dashboard the console takes 3 times longer to get to the dashboard.

        it still looked pretty slow, the camera slowly panned over and still took about a second or 2 to get to the dashboard.

        faster than 360 doesn’t make it fast. doesn’t mean its slow either though.

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    • Getsuga_Tensho

      The load time is because the friends section is an app this time around. It’ll have to load up then fetch gamerpics and statuses for each profile on your friends list. It should result in a much faster to use friends list this time around though once it’s loaded.

      On the Xbox 360 it lags and freezes a lot, especially just after you’ve started the console up or returned to the dashboard. There’ll be short loading times for apps because they need to startup before you can use them but after that it’s smooth sailing. It’s just like how apps work on Windows 8.

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      • evilfangs .

        It loads every friend and follower in that app? We can get like 2000 friends now can’t we? With “unlimited” followers.

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      • Dennis Fluttershy

        We can have 1000 friends, the PS4 has 2000 friends. Unless Microsoft has changed that?

        Still, it should stream the information and open the app (friends-menu) as quickly as possible. Something like most programs and apps already do on Windows. I hope the time it takes to open it is lowered when it finally is released. And the whole system is more instant.

        It’s nice that it’s startup time is fast however. Games can be launched pretty fast.

        Xbox 360 requires a full sign in with established connection before you are allowed to use the system. With my slower internet, it takes about 7-10 seconds. I hope this is addressed on the Xbox One and I can sign in more instant and it connects in the background.

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  • Jason

    Interesting. I wonder if the day one update will fix that or if they have a real problem on their hands.

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    • Brian Evans

      From todays news looks like you have to send your ps4 in to Sony, takes bout 3-4 weeks

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