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Major Nelson “work going on to make the console even better“

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Over at reddit’s Xbox One subsection there was a bit of a pat on the back post about how well the Xbox One is doing and how someone felt the console is getting a lot of negative media for no real reason.

Obviously since the subreddit is full of Xbox One fans most people agreed but what is interesting is that Major Nelson, the Xbox Director of Programming, jumped in and added some info about what is going on behind the scenes.

Nothing earth shattering but there is some good news for Xbox One fans in the near future.

He started off by stating

“Lot’s of good work going on to make the console even better – some you’ll see soon, some will show up later. But: it is all good stuff :)”

And then people started asking questions. The most exciting reveal really was that external game storage is coming soon which is vital as the Xbox One requires you to install the entire game and with only a 500Gb non changeable hard drive this means a lot of people are already having to uninstall games to make space.

Adding a 2Tb drive will definitely help and will not be a major expense.

He also goes on to state that the Kinect can never be used as a home security system as someone requested.

“There are a TON of issues w/ this..#1 being privacy. Some people (incorrectly) think Kinect is always watching them.”

Now what I want to know is how can the Kinect see me walk in if it isn’t always watching?

Anyway it’s nice to see the Major interacting with the community and while I give the Xbone a lot of flak I can definitely say it is still the console with the nicest controller and I’m looking forward to the local release. Only if because a local release surely means local servers and then I can play Titanfall properly.

Last Updated: April 4, 2014

59 Comments

  1. Admiral Chief Railjack

    April 4, 2014 at 10:12

  2. Kromas

    April 4, 2014 at 10:13

    Major improvements to my pc coming soon via 3rd party software and various pieces of hardware. It is good to be King!

    Reply

    • Admiral Chief Railjack

      April 4, 2014 at 10:14

      Upvote, you must have

      Reply

      • Kromas

        April 4, 2014 at 10:20

        And another thing. People always say Sony PlayStation or Microsoft XBox but it is my machine/beast/pc/lover/hog/pure extasy of awesomeness. Makes you wonder 😛

        Note that it is Friday and FFD has not come out yet so I am obviously trying to troll.

        Reply

        • Hammersteyn

          April 4, 2014 at 10:21

          Pc better than console? Good lord haven’t heard that in a while here let me help you.

          Reply

          • Kromas

            April 4, 2014 at 10:22

            To be fair. The console is better for watching sports online. 😛

          • FoxOneZA

            April 4, 2014 at 10:36

            To be fair, Nvidia is measuring the power of their upcoming GPU’s in Xbox’s.

            XD

          • Jedi JJ

            April 4, 2014 at 10:37

            With multiplication no doubt.

          • FoxOneZA

            April 4, 2014 at 10:47

            Exponentially!

          • Kromas

            April 4, 2014 at 10:38

            AMD makes Xboxes 😛

          • Spathi

            April 4, 2014 at 10:43

            I’m joining this unofficial FFD!

          • Hammersteyn

            April 4, 2014 at 10:56

            XD XD XD XD XD

          • Kromas

            April 4, 2014 at 11:46

            Ill take your joining and raise you MOAR!

          • Spathi

            April 4, 2014 at 12:02

            I’ll see your raise!

          • Kromas

            April 4, 2014 at 12:07

            Ill see your raise.

          • Gideon Carstens

            April 4, 2014 at 13:12

            That’s not really a good counter argument either. Manye would drive the bugatti if it weren’t for the price. The answer really lies in choice. Some people don’t know or care about specs – they just want to play. Some prefer the graphic fidelity.

          • Kromas

            April 4, 2014 at 13:20

            We are trying to troll. Logic does not fit up in here. 😛

          • Gideon Carstens

            April 4, 2014 at 13:25

            Alright then – continue 🙂

          • Kromas

            April 4, 2014 at 13:33

            Good,Good!

          • Tauriq Moosa

            April 4, 2014 at 13:32

            LOVE THIS (as both a non-beast PC owner & PS4 owner).

          • Rince

            April 4, 2014 at 13:47

            Winner. And DIK

          • Spathi

            April 4, 2014 at 14:19

            Very true! First time I load a game, I always load Fraps with. But it only remains fun if you see how good the game can look while running at a respectable rate. It isn’t fun anymore when you must struggle with what settings to change to get the game running in double digits and not look like something from 1999.

        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          April 4, 2014 at 10:25

          Why did you have to point it out? Oh…. right *cough*

          Reply

          • Kromas

            April 4, 2014 at 10:31

            Well as we all know historically peasants had no proper education and thus couldn’t comprehend things such as sarcasm or wit. Same goes for console peasants. 😛

          • Lira

            April 4, 2014 at 11:29

            As we all know historically the upper class/ master class were incestuous, cradle snatching, murderous dicks. I may be a mere peasant, but thankfully I can play my console knowing my mom is just that – my mom.

  3. Alien Emperor Trevor

    April 4, 2014 at 10:19

    You hope it won’t be a major (was that a pun?) expense.

    Reply

  4. Rince

    April 4, 2014 at 10:26

    Dat header!

    Reply

  5. oVg Errorist

    April 4, 2014 at 10:29

    A full Nelson

    Reply

    • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

      April 4, 2014 at 12:51

      Does that make Phil Spencer… COLONEL FULL NELSON?

      Reply

      • Rince

        April 4, 2014 at 13:48

        Or, Nelson’s full colon? 0-O

        Reply

        • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

          April 4, 2014 at 14:01

          LMAO!

          Reply

  6. oVg Errorist

    April 4, 2014 at 10:30

    JUST MAKE FCKING GAMES FOR GAMES SAKE..
    Stupid fcukers always changing SHIT.

    MAKE GAMES. HOW FCUKING HARD CAN IT BE?

    GAMES…. PRESS FUCKING START, PLAY.

    GAMES.

    Reply

    • oVg Errorist

      April 4, 2014 at 10:32

      OFFFFFFFF LINE FCUKING GAMES, GAMES THAT DO NOT REQUIRE A 30 MINUTE DATA FARM, GAMES THAT WORK, THAT WE CAN PLAY OFFFFFFF-LINE, THAT WE OWN.

      GAMES..

      Reply

      • Jedi JJ

        April 4, 2014 at 10:33

        :The voice of every gamer.

        Reply

      • HvR

        April 4, 2014 at 10:33

        TV!!!

        Reply

        • oVg Errorist

          April 4, 2014 at 10:39

          Shove your TV up your Assvert. Adverts adverts adverts adverts adverts adverts adverts… back to the film… adverts

          Reply

          • Jedi JJ

            April 4, 2014 at 10:40

            Don’t be ridiculous. They haven’t shown films on tv in years now.

          • Kromas

            April 4, 2014 at 10:41

            That ended round about the time Music Television (MTV for you younger ones) stopped showing music.

          • Jedi JJ

            April 4, 2014 at 10:44

            True dat

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            April 4, 2014 at 10:58

            You forgot Skype, AGAIN. More Skype adverts so he won’t forget!

      • Kromas

        April 4, 2014 at 10:35

        Like those choose your own adventure novels. Always offline and if your stuck you can cheat by choosing a different page. Also no CoD kiddies anywhere to be seen. (“Whats a novel?”)

        Reply

        • Jedi JJ

          April 4, 2014 at 10:36

          I think it’s a Norwegian Shovel

          Reply

        • oVg Errorist

          April 4, 2014 at 10:37

          FCKING THIS. HOW FCUKING HARD CAN IT BE?

          Reply

          • Jedi JJ

            April 4, 2014 at 10:40

            Your censoring is masterful.

          • Rince

            April 4, 2014 at 11:57

            No, that’s his rage spelling 😉

    • Kromas

      April 4, 2014 at 10:32

      Play. Don’t stop.Play

      Reply

      • Jedi JJ

        April 4, 2014 at 10:33

        Legend

        Reply

        • oVg Errorist

          April 4, 2014 at 10:34

          Crash… awaiting future patch.

          Reply

          • Jedi JJ

            April 4, 2014 at 10:36

            LOL.
            This is exactly what’s making me love my pc more these days. All those great indie games on Steam. And I’ve never had one of them crash, yet they’re tons more fun than the “AAA’s”

          • Kromas

            April 4, 2014 at 10:38

            Stay away from Project Zomboid then. But honestly don’t. It is a great game.

    • Rince

      April 4, 2014 at 10:32

      But what are you getting at! Be clear!

      Reply

      • oVg Errorist

        April 4, 2014 at 10:33

        LIKE THE NES. Press start, play, and if you need to continue where you left off, then enter the fcking code.

        Reply

    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      April 4, 2014 at 10:43

      Games? On a videoGAME console? MMMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAADDDDDDDDDNESS!

      Reply

    • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

      April 4, 2014 at 12:52

      What this crazy man said! GIVE HIM A BELLS!!! JUST MAKE GAMES FOR FRUIT SAKE! DON”T CARE ABOUT KINECT, VR, CLOUD BALLS, YOUR BALLS OR YOUR DOUCHEY FACE JUST MAKE GAMES MAJOR BALLSACK!

      Reply

  7. Spathi

    April 4, 2014 at 10:41

    I hate his face. That is all.

    Reply

    • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

      April 4, 2014 at 12:35

      He’s one of the sleaziest of the Microsoft execs. I call him Major Ballsack! I just can’t stop associating him with scummy used-car salesmen.

      Reply

  8. Rags

    April 4, 2014 at 10:49

    “Some people (incorrectly) think Kinect is always watching them.”
    He knows this because he saw those leave the living room.

    Reply

  9. Mark Treloar

    April 4, 2014 at 11:13

    Cant be used as a home security system? Enter Kinect for Windows. Developer creates software that lets you use Kinect as home security system. Done

    Reply

  10. Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

    April 4, 2014 at 11:21

    Sheesh… That subreddit sounds as much fun as a circle jerk. Far too many boneheads in one place stroking their xboners, while the major watches…

    Reply

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