48 Hours with the Xbox One! #Helpful Post

what's up Internet Kevin here would TLD

the Xbox one came out this past Friday

and just like we did with the ps4 we

wanted to give you guys a little tour of

its interface controls as well as our

thoughts on the system so far after

having a weekend to mess around with it

now one thing Microsoft really wanted to

stress about this system is the fact

that it is meant to be a multimedia

device rather than just simply a gaming

console how well does it accomplish this

goal let's find out so the new Xbox one

home interface is basically the console

version of Windows 8 and can always be

reached by pressing the Xbox button the

main home screen is condensed into three

main parts to the far left we have the

pins section where you can customize a

list of favorite apps for easy access in

the middle we have the main home screen

which includes the option to look at

your profile info currently running

application and the list of most

recently used apps this is also where

you can select snap options which we'll

talk about in a bit on the far right we

have the store whose main page directs

you to one of four subsections looking

at games movies music or other apps to

download like media streaming services

you'll notice that settings is no longer

a part of the home screen like it wasn't

360 and there's now only accessible from

the menu button now while at first

glance a lot of this looks very similar

to the 360s dashboard design a lot of it

is organized very differently which does

take some getting used to especially

when you want to browse games in the

store the pin section is great because

it lets you customize your options

though it's a bit odd that this feature

is disabled when you're offline even

when you're logged into an account that

you've set them up on overall this set

up is actually really good in handy once

you've taken the time to set it up and

customize but it's definitely not as

user friendly at first glance and not

nearly as intuitive for some of the

older layouts now as far as additional

services go on the console outside of

just gaming there's a lot of familiar

faces as well as some new ones including

Netflix Hulu Plus Internet Explorer and

Skype the big thing they really want to

emphasize though isn't the fact that you

have access to all these services but

how you can make use of them

simultaneously by using the system snap

feature which allows you to place one

app to the side of the screen alongside

another this allows you to combine two

things together that you might find

useful like running web search while

watching a movie having your TV stations

in the background or you play games or

if you have both systems you can play

the ps4 and Xbox one at the same time

not all apps are currently snappa Bowl

such as playing another game on the side

or running Skype though that one is

plans for the future so you can have

voice or video chats while watch

movie or playing a game now y-you can

run two apps simultaneously you can of

course only directly control one of them

at a time so choose between the two by

either double tapping the Xbox button or

using the voice command Xbox switch now

voice commands are of course another big

thing that Microsoft has really wanted

people to adapt to using while you could

use them on the 360 if you purchased a

Kinect the Xbox one really emphasizes

them a lot more throughout the entire

use of the system's interface it's

really important that if you want to use

these commands you make sure to

calibrate the microphone correctly and

redo so whenever you move the system

voice controls are performed either by

using a number of shortcuts which I'll

start by saying Xbox such as Xbox go

home to return to the home screen or by

saying out loud highlighted on-screen

keywords like what movie to watch on

Netflix they definitely need to make

sure that you speak loud and clearly to

your Xbox when you want to issue a

command as well as not have that much

background noise which can interrupt

what you're saying and cause the Xbox to

miss hear you you also need to make sure

to know exactly what you want to say

before opening my controls because a lot

of times the system stops listening a

lot sooner than you think it would not

all these voice commands are exactly

intuitive but once you've spent enough

time messing with them you can navigate

your system pretty easily without using

a controller just like with the 360 Xbox

one games can also have special in-game

voice commands for special abilities or

situations such as yelling over here in

Dead Rising 3 to attract zombies

attention and on that note let's talk

about the one main reason most people

want to buy an Xbox one in the first

place it's use as a gaming system we've

messed around with a couple different

launch titles Dead Rising 3 Crimson

Dragon and killer instinct to be

specific and I have to say that so far I

am personally enjoying the launch lineup

for the Xbox one more than the ps4

visually nothing has been eye-popping

just yet but it competes with a solid

gaming PC being able to easily switch

between and run multiple apps

simultaneously is really nice because

you can take a break from a game if you

want to make a Skype call or watch a

movie and resume right where you left

off the system also features some handy

recording options that not only let you

record the last 30 seconds of gameplay

you can also intentionally record clips

up to 5 minutes long to upload for other

Xbox users to watch and eventually you

can stream through twitch as well the

controller is a solid step up from the

360 triggers are just the right length

controller has a good heft to it grips

are comfy my only real complaint is once

again the bane of all Xbox controllers

it seems the d-pad while this one is a

step up from the default 360 design I

actually like it less than the later 360

controllers that have the adjustable

d-pad height

this one is really shallow and just

doesn't feel comfortable in games where

you might want to use the d-pad more

than the stick particularly fighting

games like killer instinct where I

really noticed it while trying to do

circle commands overall the Xbox one

achieves its goal of being a multimedia

device the ability to run multiple apps

at once and snap them together is really

useful whether you want to listen to

music while playing a game or have a

Skype conversation while having a movie

on the side personally I'm not a huge

fan of the system's interface it gets

the job done but it's not nearly as

intuitive as past designs and watching a

lot of the system's tutorials is

basically required if you really want to

get a handle on properly using voice

commands and special features like

snapping all that said it still does a

great job for gaming offering a better

controller a decent launch lineup and

handy additional functions like

recording gameplay or running useful

apps on the side well that's just some

of our early on thoughts on the Xbox one

after having played at this past weekend

if what you saw makes you want to grab

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