The Xbox One Impressions!

It’s Pixel Show time! (When is it ever not?)

The video is being uploaded and will be enabled above when it’s done.

-Kit

The Xbox One, taken at face value

The Xbox One, eh? Well, at least they called it something we didn’t expect.

That checkerboard half-matt, half-gloss style is very sleek indeed, but it’s not doing an exceptional job of hiding the fact that we’re looking at a black box. If the size of that disc tray is anything to go by, it’s a big black box, too – it reminds me of the Compaq desktops we used to have in my school.

It could perhaps have benefitted from more accents of other colours, most prominently that distinctive Xbox green. As it stands, it’s not got a lot of presence on my future desk, aside from its gigantic footprint.

As for the controller, it seems it got redesigned purely because it needed to not look like the old one – the odd placement of the Guide button on top of it and the beefier look overall just seems like a bit of an afterthought. Without actually holding one, I can’t pass judgement on how it feels to hold versus the 360’s pad, but I have no issues with the latter so I’m skeptical about the changes to the One’s.

Finally, the Kinect 2 needs to stop. If it’s bundled with the console, it will drive up the price, and it somehow manages to look less sleek and friendly than the original Kinect. I had hoped Microsoft would have abandoned their idea, but my only hope now is that the technology’s been drastically improved if they plan to stick with it.

-Kit

Points of view

Have you seen the latest Pixel Show? Get on that!

This particular episode was one that was incredibly hard to find the words for. Field of view is hardly an interesting topic, and I hope I was able to convey it effectively.

What’s your stance? And was it a good episode?

-Kit