Both the PS4 and Xbox One have been out for about a year now internationally. Locally, we are only just getting our hands on the Xbox One now, but it’s a far improved console from launch. Major Nelson posted all the ways the Xbox One has changed in the past year, but I still have a niggling question.
Over on Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb’s blog, we get the full list of hundreds of features brought to Xbox One in the first year. These include a new achievements app, custom backgrounds and battery power indicators. TV was made more social, a new media player even includes DLNA support and even the updating and downloads systems were improved. With monthly updates, the console really is showing off some excellent features and is finally aligning with that “next generation console” promise.
However, I’m seriously curious about some of the functionality that was missing originally at launch. Why did DLNA support, or the ability to pause downloads, or even battery power indicators all have to be patched into the system after launch? Surely something as simple as knowing how much juice is left in your controller should have been an obvious consideration when the console was developed. Also, why is it possible to share videos through Xbox One but not screenshots?
Both consoles have made promises about capacity that have yet to be fulfilled. My PS3 is still permanently plugged into the TV simply because it is the best media center – the PS4 doesn’t even come close yet. By the time the Xbox One shipped in South Africa, we already had a ton of excellent new features, and now that PlayStation has fixed their latest patch, that system is also improved. They are fantastic tech and I don’t really like playing games on the older consoles anymore. They just aren’t what we were promised originally, and I wonder how long it will take before they can really deliver on the new generation experience that we were promised.
Then again, Xbox had a lot of fixing to do after initially promising an always online console. Fixing that mistake must have taken a ton of resources that would otherwise have gone towards battery indicators. It’s become an excellent console, even if it took a year of updates to get there.
Last Updated: November 6, 2014
MakeItLegal
November 6, 2014 at 10:35
its like an advert for the master race …win
PointMan
November 6, 2014 at 10:47
http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/839/623/310.gif
Hammersteyn
November 6, 2014 at 10:50
She left out torrents, the one thing that no Pc gamer ever supposedly does.
Admiral Chief 0
November 6, 2014 at 10:56
Oh man, that is funny!
Aries
November 6, 2014 at 11:09
Yip, cant stop watching this now, and i actually watched this series
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 6, 2014 at 10:44
Why would you need a battery indicator if it was supposed to be powered by always-online clouds?
RinceThis
November 6, 2014 at 10:57
I think she meant a battery indicator of love?
Admiral Chief 0
November 6, 2014 at 10:57
Every time I read “clouds” I think of farts
FoxOneZA
November 6, 2014 at 10:54
The problem both Sony and MS were faced with at launch is AMD left them to build their own mono-driver for the system and programming for an CPGPU system isn’t as straight forward as your traditional PC architecture. DLNA and MKV support on the other hand would require some sort of royalty to be paid to the rights holder and when you are selling that many consoles, the cost can be exponential.
The Xbox One surpasses the PS3 as the best media-center and mind you, the PS3 can’t do MKV and some MP4 files natively and the YouTube app is horrendous. it’s more than just a console, more than just a media player.
Aries
November 6, 2014 at 11:06
MKV is free
OVG
November 6, 2014 at 11:20
Loved that game. 😛
RinceThis
November 6, 2014 at 11:02
A year of updates to get there” Is that because of the obligatory massive day one patch you have to DL?
OVG
November 6, 2014 at 11:02
“far improved console from launch” lol I hope so.
If the Old people who run the gaming division at Microsoft even bothered reading a single comment on a gaming site I bet you all a Muffin that their product will still be large and in charge.
The snowball of hate started rolling when that dude told us to STFU and deal with ON-LINE DRM before the launch.
A pity Microsoft Studios had to close down as a result.
RinceThis
November 6, 2014 at 11:03
YES
Hammersteyn
November 6, 2014 at 11:06
Expectation vs. Reality(instead of potential)
http://i.imgur.com/pjDhlcb.jpg
OVG
November 6, 2014 at 11:08
So many lies. Little wonder the brand lost loyalty. As for the MANDATORY Kinect 2 that is required to run the X Bone CPU and cannot be removed with flip of a switch.
Admiral Chief 0
November 6, 2014 at 11:12
JUST GET A PC FFS!!!
OVG
November 6, 2014 at 11:15
I do not know my arse from my elbow even when hooking up VGA cables let alone how to turn a PC on. I would probably end up buying a TITAN card to run Tetris.
Admiral Chief 0
November 6, 2014 at 11:15
Oh come now, if you can type a witty remark you can use a PC, its not rocket science
OVG
November 6, 2014 at 11:16
Said the interviewer at Incredible Connection 😛
Skyblue
November 6, 2014 at 16:51
Errr, okay that is funny but also not true.
L337J1MB0B
November 6, 2014 at 11:10
And somehow despite an extra year to prepare for launch in SA, the Xbox One wasn’t even properly localized at launch here with no TV channel integration and what not.
Johann
November 6, 2014 at 11:16
Yeah well channel integration is not really MS fault, Multichoice is being asses about it as they do not want to hand out their EPG to MS as it’s an “enabler” for their decoders.
Steven Fobian
November 6, 2014 at 12:52
Yeah Multichoice are to blame for that one. But at least I’ve heard that DSTV Catchup and Boxoffice apps are being made for Xbox One so we’ll get some form of DSTV soon
Steven Fobian
November 6, 2014 at 12:46
I got my Xbox One imported and I’ve had it basically since initial launch. While the monthly updates are awesome and do add extras, I don’t understand what the big fuss is all about? I don’t even use 90% of the features that have been added after launch. I get home put my Xbox on and play games, that’s what I bought the console for in the first place, all other features are an after thought.
Brady miaau
November 6, 2014 at 12:58
I play games, the wife watches Youtube training videos, we rip our BBC DVD’s (Doc Who, Doc Martin, that sort) to the home PC and watch via Xbox 360. We play to use Xbox One like that too.
Now, if the local supplier would just agree with MS website about the Assasins Creed bundle being available, then I would have one already.
Steven Fobian
November 6, 2014 at 13:08
Well in terms of ripping your DVDs to your PC and playing them through Xbox One, that will definitely work.
Unfortunately MicrosoftSA is completely and utterly useless so I’m not even sure if we’ll even be able to get that bundle here. But there are a few other bundles available at the moment, why not have a look at those?
Brady miaau
November 6, 2014 at 13:19
I want black flag, it looks awesome.
But I might just do that. Fifa 15, hmm, will be fun for a while, but, meh.
Steven Fobian
November 6, 2014 at 13:46
Black Flag was good but had it’s issues. Not my favourite of all the Assassins Creeds. Can’t wait for Unity though.
demderp
November 9, 2014 at 04:03
It’s just fanboy dickwaving, most gamers don’t care about those features.
Marek D
November 6, 2014 at 14:15
Xbox One has improved in its first year…great, so has the PS4…this aint news.
skyfox
November 6, 2014 at 20:50
No actually ps4 got worse only one game released by sonys studios…driveclub and it was a disaster. And their PSN online service…well that has gotten laughable.
demderp
November 7, 2014 at 05:37
Sony World Wide Studios have launched Multiple PS4 games.
Driveclub is a good video game. It got 41 75+ reviews on metacritic.
Both PSN and Xbox Live have similar amounts of unscheduled downtime or issues with friends lists, etc. PSN has been running fine through Destiny and CoD launches.
PSN is running fine aside from a few hours of unscheduled downtime a month. That’s unacceptable and unfortunate and Sony needs to improve, but some people blow it out of proportion.
PS+ subs doubled in September with the Destiny launch. Sony is upgrading servers to handle the increased load.
Driveclub’s issues have nothing to do with PSN. Driveclub online is mostly fixed as of Oct 28. Multiplayer races, clubs, leaderboards, etc. are working.
Stop spreading fanboy lies, ignorance, trolling, and blind hate. All of your lies and blind hatred only make you look deranged and sick to normal, sane people. You are sick and need help.
Mabenito
November 6, 2014 at 15:15
365 PS+ RSA cheap at Raru.co.za, going for R470.00
Marek D
November 6, 2014 at 15:35
mmmm all my posts keep getting deleted by Lazygamer…is this standard practice?
Xcalibersa
November 7, 2014 at 06:27
This site has really gone to #@!
Whosecter
June 22, 2015 at 13:21
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