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BrownTurd said:
I cant get my xbox one to power on with the voice command. Just like you I can power it off with no problem. But if it has been sitting for a while it will not power up using he voice comand
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I have the same issue after a prolonged period of being idle...
 
DiGeneral said:
I have the same issue after a prolonged period of being idle...
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I have tried everything and nothing works. I almost have to yell at it before it turns on. Once on I can speak in my normal voice and all the commands work. very frustrating.

Also Microsoft needs an update for the connect. The voice commands only work about 90% of the time which is not bad but needs improvement
 
earlier today my brother was playin bf4 and the kinect thought someone say xbox home and took him to the home screen. did the shit like 5 times.
 

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Sure, you can find lots of things on sale over the long Thanksgiving weekend, the traditional start to holiday shopping. But some deals are significantly better than others. To help ensure that you home in on the best bargains this year, we asked BFAds.net founder Michael Brim for his top picks for big-ticket doorbusters, pricey items that are deeply discounted but in limited supply.

Brim, who spends his days monitoring items that retailers plan to mark down and posting the details on his Web site, pinpointed several deals that will be hard to beat. This year, most will be available on Thanksgiving -- rather than Black Friday -- and will be offered in retailers' brick-and-mortar stores (unless otherwise noted). Some deals that kick off Thursday could still be around on Black Friday, if supplies last, but don't count on it. Shoppers should also check retailers' Web sites the day of the sales to see if they are offering any of their doorbusters unannounced online. Here are Brim's favorite doorbuster deals, in order of when they go on sale.

See Also: 18 Great Gadget Gifts for 2013
Dell Inspiron 15z Touchscreen Laptop -- $400 at MicrosoftStore.com. Although not technically a doorbuster deal because it's offered online, the markdown on this 15.6-laptop with 6 gigabytes of memory and an Intel Core processor is
dramatic because it regularly sells for $849. The sale starts Wednesday at midnight.

LG 55-inch 1080p 120Hz LED HDTV -- $499.99 at Best Buy. This big-screen TV is being marked down 50% from its original price of $1,000. Best Buy will be handing out tickets to customers who want this item (and other doorbuster deals) outside its stores two hours before they open at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving.

Amazon 7-inch Kindle Fire 16GB HD Tablet -- $99.99 at Best Buy. Although this isn't the newest version of the Kindle, it's still a great deal considering that it's 50% off the regular price of $199.99. It will be part of Best Buy's Thanksgiving sale starting at 6 p.m.

Apple iPad 2 16GB WiFi Tablet -- $299 at Best Buy. This iPad actually is marked down $100 from its original price of $399.99 and will be one of Best Buy's doorbuster deals at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving.

Xbox 360 4GB Console -- $99 at Walmart. Your kids may be clamoring for the new Xbox One, but you'll like the price on the Xbox 360 at Walmart much more. It's $80 off its regular price of $179 and $400 less than the Xbox One. It will be on sale from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thanksgiving.

Funai 32-inch 720p 60Hz LED HDTV -- $98 at Walmart. Sure, it's not a name brand, but you won't find a cheaper 32-inch TV. This set will be on sale from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thanksgiving and is a guaranteed in-stock item. If it sells out during the hour it's on sale, Walmart will offer customers in the store vouchers to buy it at the discounted price and pick it up when it ships to the store.
See More: 15 Gifts That Keep On Giving

Apple iPad Mini 16GB WiFi Tablet with Walmart $100 Gift Card -- $299 at Walmart. The gift card with purchase essentially means you'll get a $100 discount. It's one of Walmart's doorbuster deals from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thanksgiving.

Element 50-inch 1080p 60 Hz LED HDTV -- $229 at Target. A price so low on a TV with these specifications is unheard of, Brim says. It usually sells for $600. Target's sale starts at 8 p.m. Thanksgiving. Online shoppers can find the same deal at Amazon.com on a similar TV: the Seiki 50-inch 1080p LED HDTV for $230 (regularly $600). These TVs won't be as feature-filled as name-brand TVs. But Brim says that televisions, in general, have become so robust that even off-brand sets should satisfy most consumers and will last as long as name-brand TVs.

Apple iPad Air 16GB WiFi Tablet with Target $100 Gift Card -- $479 at Target. The markdown on this newly released iPad is only about $20, but the $100 gift card sweetens the deal. It's part of Target's 8 p.m. Thanksgiving sale.

Apple iPhone 5C with Walmart $75 Gift Card -- $45 at Walmart. You'll need to sign up for a two-year service agreement to take advantage of this deal, which not only offers a $35 discount on the phone but a $75 gift card that can offset the cost of your other holiday gifts. It's part of Walmart's sale that starts at 8 a.m. on Friday.
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SanDisk 32 GB Cruzer USB Flash Drive -- $7.99 at RadioShack. It's not as enticing as a big-screen TV, says Brim, but these flash drives can retail for as much as $49.99 (currently $24.99 at Amazon). Most RadioShack locations are scheduled to open at 8 a.m. on Black Friday.
 



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Despite the lack of support to swap in different hard drives (especially ones of a larger capacity) in the Xbox One, this guy says he's gotten the two pieces of hardware to cooperate. Not only that, the console runs faster with a non-stock hard drive installed.

Booting to the main screen goes about 10 percent faster with one; loading a level in Call of Duty: Ghosts goes about 20 percent faster.

Of course, installing this drive (or any) is going to void your warranty. And, as he points out, he still needs to figure out how to partition the drive so that its full capacity can be used. But the video suggests it can be done, at least.

As for why the Xbox One wouldn't support such modifications, that should be obvious. Christ, they won't even expose how much space you're using on the OEM drive. You sell a lot more peripherals and create a lot more demand for future models this way. I can't upgrade the hard drive in my iPad 4 for example, which for some reason needs 1.2 GB of hard drive space to implement a 50 MB operating system update. Oh noes! I should buy a new machine rather than delete games from the old one.

He's showing more of his work here.

Xbox One Hard Drive Upgrade Alternatives With Benchmarks
 

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Proving yet again that our collective lust for savings cannot be contained, Best Buy and Amazon have spat in the face of logic, your calendars and even time itself by starting Cyber Monday deals today. Sunday. Because reasons.

Best Buy has a swath of Vita games on sale for $10 off, including Killzone: Mercenary, The Walking Dead, Uncharted: Golden Abyss and Tearaway. Rayman Legends on the Wii U is half off, Borderlands 2 for PC is $10, and Xbox 360, PS3 and PC versions of Call of Duty: Ghosts are $45. You can see all of the above and more at their <s>Cyber Monday</s> Cyber Week landing page.

Meanwhile, Amazon has plenty of lightning deals coming at your face every hour, and they even have a little tab to let you know which deals you missed out on. Isn't that nice of them? Anyway, here are some highlights from Amazon's gaming-related sales: Grand Theft Auto 5, Batman: Arkham Origins, Battlefield 4 and Skylanders SWAP Force are all 33 percent off, while Saints Row 4, Bioshock Infinite, Skyrim: Legendary Edition, and Final Fantasy 14 are 50 percent off. There are plenty more sales and those lightning deals don't last long, so if you want to stay on top of Amazon's Cyber Week offerings, head over to their landing page.

Amazon, Best Buy
 
The Best Cyber Monday Gaming Deals


Top Deals


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Splinter Cell: Blacklist | $25
The Last of Us | $34
WWE 2K14 | $40

Playstation Vita

Microsoft

Buy Ghosts, Battlefield 4, or Dead Rising 3, get $20 off a year of LIVE Gold

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Battlefield 4 review update two

Polygon 4/10

NEW! Update: 12/02/2013

After a brief period of reliability in the day or so before Thanksgiving in the US, Battlefield 4 has again succumbed to repeated and consistent issues on every platform. PC players are reporting crashes, while Xbox One and PS4 players are once again suffering from crashes to the homescreen of their respective platforms, as well as general matchmaking problems for the Conquest game type. More than a month after its initial release, Battlefield 4 is still barely playable for many players, and EA and DICE can't seem to fix the problem (though EA has informed us a new patch is going live on PC tomorrow, delaying our appraisal of that platform for at least a day or two). As such, it's difficult for us to recommend a game that otherwise may be the strongest multiplayer shooter of the year.


http://www.polygon.com/2013/10/29/5040656/battlefield-4-review
 
Battlefield 4 patches still MIA as problems continue
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Electronic Arts is still rolling out patches for Battlefield 4 across all platforms in the wake on going systemic problems, with some patches' drop times still unknown, according to various posts on Battlelog.

The Windows PC version of Battlefield 4 is the only one to have received the update thus far, alongside the first batch of DLC, China Rising, for Battlefield Premium members.

The PlayStation 4 update, which was scheduled to go live today, has been delayed for "additional testing" and will become available at a later date, according to Battlelog.

The last update for the Xbox One version of the game was made on Nov. 28, when EA announced the patch will drop the week of Dec. 2. The patch will address stability and performance issues and, like the PS4 patch, include a fix for the one-shot kill bug.

The patch for PlayStation 3, which will address the same issues as the PS4 and Xbox One patch, is also slated to launch this week. However, there is no further information at this time.

The Xbox 360 version does not seem to have a patch scheduled. The last update to this version of Battlefield 4 was made on Nov. 21 and tweaks stability and adds a few improvements to multiplayer mode.

It is unclear if these updates are tied to the one that is required for players to launch China Rising.

http://www.polygon.com/2013/12/3/5171328/battlefield-4-patches-still-mia-as-problems-continue
 
Gemini said:
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Battlefield 4 review update two

Polygon 4/10

NEW! Update: 12/02/2013

After a brief period of reliability in the day or so before Thanksgiving in the US, Battlefield 4 has again succumbed to repeated and consistent issues on every platform. PC players are reporting crashes, while Xbox One and PS4 players are once again suffering from crashes to the homescreen of their respective platforms, as well as general matchmaking problems for the Conquest game type. More than a month after its initial release, Battlefield 4 is still barely playable for many players, and EA and DICE can't seem to fix the problem (though EA has informed us a new patch is going live on PC tomorrow, delaying our appraisal of that platform for at least a day or two). As such, it's difficult for us to recommend a game that otherwise may be the strongest multiplayer shooter of the year.


http://www.polygon.com/2013/10/29/5040656/battlefield-4-review
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Despite all the problems BATTLEFIELD 4 has (I haven't really experienced them) the shit OWNS COD this year. They finally got one. COD: Ghost is HORRIBLE dude and everyone knows I've been shitting on Battlefield for years cus COD has always been better but Ghost finally fucked up. Im selling my copy.
 
Both game were rushed. They need to let Treyarch handle all COD game's from now on. Titanfall gonna pick up a lot Battlefield and COD players next year. :itsawrap:And a game that's constantly crashing is not owning anyone, but the people who bought the shit.
 
sturmars said:
I only hope I live to see a SKYRIM 2. SKYRIM was the best game made in the history of video games
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i agree with this... after they finish elder scrolls online it will be fallout i guess, even though they use a different team for fall out
 
I got an itch today and probably would have bought it but everywhere is sold out.
 
"THE MAN" said:
Gonna respond with Coke vs. Pepsi on that one.
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Really? Fallout is in the same class as Skyrim? I never heard much noise about Fallout.

I guarantee if you were to make a poll now on which is a better game, Fallout wouldn't even come close Skyrim would get 80-90% of the votes
 
sturmars said:
Really? Fallout is in the same class as Skyrim? I never heard much noise about Fallout.

I guarantee if you were to make a poll now on which is a better game, Fallout wouldn't even come close Skyrim would get 80-90% of the votes
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Only because Skyrim was more recent and improved on the the previous engines. Fallout 4 or Skyrim 2 would just improve on what they started. Just the weapons and settings have changed. Do a GTA 5 vs. 4 poll and 5 wins every time. Yet 4 received perfect scores as Well.
 
"THE MAN" said:
Only because Skyrim was more recent and improved on the the previous engines. Fallout 4 or Skyrim 2 would just improve on what they started. Just the weapons and settings have changed. Do a GTA 5 vs. 4 poll and 5 wins every time. Yet 4 received perfect scores as Well.
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ONLY? You really think Skyrim is only better cus it was more recent? Not because the game was knee deep in content? Not because of the fun factor?

GTA 4 scores where Paid for I always said that. Rockstar bought them scores cus GTA 4 was trash.
 
sturmars said:
ONLY? You really think Skyrim is only better cus it was more recent? Not because the game was knee deep in content? Not because of the fun factor?

GTA 4 scores where Paid for I always said that. Rockstar bought them scores cus GTA 4 was trash.
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Knee deep in content by improving on the previous games that came before it. You make it seem like Fallout was a linear game. Just replace the caves with vaults and it's the same thing. I prefer Fallout over Elder Scrolls because that's just me. And I'm sure their are others who feel the Same. I never even finished Skyrim because it bored the hell out of me eventually by being too easy. This debate is GTA 5 vs Red Dead Redemption. No wrong answer. But I'm sure some want another Red Dead before GTA 6.
 
Late review

joystiq 2/5


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For years, EA has toiled away at revitalizing its basketball series. In 2010, this meant retiring the NBA Live brand and replacing it with NBA Elite, which would only get canceled later that same year after a demo introduced us all to The Pose – a glitch that saw a random player locked in a bizarre pose at half-court.

Three years later, EA has finally gotten around to putting out another simulation basketball game. NBA Live 14, however, is hardly indicative that those years were spent rejuvenating the flagging series – or even deconstructing the competition's formula for success. I can't rightly say how that time was managed, but the result is clear: NBA Live 14 is a mess.

NBA Live 14's foundation is built on the "BounceTek" dribble system, which allows you to perform various maneuvers by tapping the right analog stick in different directions. Timing it with the dribble speed of the player in question allows you to chain moves together, and a modifier button on top of that adds even more nuance via player-specific actions.

The main problem, however, is that NBA Live 14 does nothing to help you learn and embrace this system. The only tutorial for BounceTek, which is an entirely new system to any person who picks up NBA Live 14, is a brief video clip on the front-end menu. This video doesn't show stick movements or have any graphical overlays; you watch a player dribble the ball while a narrator gives a very basic overview of how BounceTek works. No specific directions are given.

It's very unfriendly, and it puts the onus for learning how to master the system squarely on your shoulders. Even the game's built-in manual offers no aid, simply labeling the right analog stick as "Dribble Moves." Considering that successful play hinges entirely on grasping BounceTek, it's pretty disappointing that EA doesn't do anything to foster understanding and appreciation here.

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Rising Star mode, the typical career campaign we've been seeing in sports games for years, is the main time-sink in NBA Live 14. Rising Star is a barebones offering: You create a player, join to a team and try to outperform your match-up.

All of the narrative emphasis on actually rising as a star in the league is your own to imagine. You don't have the drama of trying to establish your place on a team or taking a franchise into the future, you just have a schedule for the season and your end-of-year option to be traded, re-up your contract or strike out on your own as a free agent. Rising Star has no semblance of presentation polish and, aside from improving your player's attributes through in-game performance until they're forced to retire, it offers no incentive to invest your time. It's lazy and lacks the grandeur befitting a professional sport, and it certainly doesn't stand up to the level of detail seen in the NBA 2K series.

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There's also the requisite Ultimate Team mode, which follows the same blueprint seen in other EA Sports games. In Ultimate Team, you collect cards to form a custom squad, which you can then take through a series of different scripted or online games. While it's fun to continually unlock new cards, manage contracts on established players and generally get stuff, Ultimate Team's overall worth as a mode is dampened by the fact that if you lose a connection to the EA servers during any of these challenges – which happened to me several times – you're instantly booted out and must attempt it again.

Lackluster modes might have been forgiven if NBA Live 14 offered a worthwhile basketball simulation on the court, but it fails here as well. The two major problems with NBA Live 14's hardwood game are its AI players and poor visuals. I was able to consistently throw long, off-screen passes across the court without interceptions. AI-driven players threw balls into other players' backs. I easily forced a lot of blocking fouls for extra free throws by clumsily driving the lane over and over again while holding down sprint. On multiple occasions, the AI would go into convulsions or just stand there dribbling, never acknowledging the other players on the team.

And it doesn't help that NBA Live 14 is far from easy on the eyes. Player models look like plastic renditions of real-life people, with chunky, embellished features and rubbery skin. You only have a handful of customization options when creating a player. Sometimes the basketball simply teleports to the correct position so a player can finish the required animation. Watch this full-court chain pass and see if you can spot the half-court ball teleport from the floor to a player's hands as he makes a pass – not to mention the blissfully unaware AI defense.

NBA Live 14 feels unfinished and, when compared to its only competition, NBA 2K14, is an unappealing retail product nowhere near deserving of your time or money. The BounceTek system is the only redeemable part of the experience, but EA does the bare minimum to introduce the mechanics, let alone teach you how to master them. BounceTek should clearly be the focal point of NBA Live's future, but the current state of the series is something I just can't recommend.

EA has a lot of work to do, and it already knows that. NBA Live 14 is a bungled attempt to produce a viable basketball simulation, and its failures are likely to linger in the minds of players for years to come. Let's just hope EA doesn't forget this flub as it attempts to move forward with its next game.
 
Round 3 :smh: Best beta FPS out :lol:

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Battlefield 4, the latest entry in Electronic Arts' flagship shooter series, has been plagued with issues since its November launch. Players are reportedly being dropped or booted from matches and find themselves unable to connect. A number of bugs, including one that caused single-shot kills, have been fixed, but others persist. The China Rising expansion for the game caused a myriad of new issues. And now the publisher is promising to put a halt to all future expansion development until EA Dice can fix the problems across all platforms. Stay tuned to this StoryStream to keep up with the latest news on the game.





Electronic Arts is done with Battlefield 4 expansions for now.

In a statement provided to Polygon, an EA spokesperson said that expansions are on hold until developer EA DICE fixes the problems that have plagued the game across platforms since its launch last month.

"First, we want to thank the fans out there that are playing and supporting us with Battlefield 4," the spokesperson said. "We know we still have a ways to go with fixing the game — it is absolutely our No. 1 priority. The team at DICE is working non-stop to update the game. Since Battlefield 4 China Rising expansion pack was already in the final stages of development by the time issues began with Battlefield 4, we decided to fulfill our promise to deliver it this week, but we're not moving onto future projects or expansions until we sort out all the issues with Battlefield 4. We know many of our players are frustrated, and we feel their pain. We will not stop until this is right."

The spokesperson advised Battlefield 4 players to visit the Battlefield 4 Control Room website, where EA will be posting updates about the game.

Since its launch on next-gen consoles, Battlefield 4 users have reported crashes on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Yesterday, the China Rising expansion launched, but players reported being dropped, booted and unable to connect to servers. Check out Polygon's Battlefield 4 review, which was recently updated to reflect the ongoing problems with the troubled first-person shooter.
 
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