Convince me to buy an Xbox One

the OP should make up their own mind, their question is a loaded one and i can offer my own opinion, but that is just from my own experiences with the X1 and the OP wasn't even able to give any reference on what they want from a gaming system, what are the
things they love about the 360, what are the things they hate, what games do they play/want to play, what are they looking for in terms of an online experience.

with more details i bet they would receive more honest/informed opinions, so trying to answer the OP's question directly will just lead to a flame war.

edit: and let's not forget that the OP has been MIA since they posted.

 

Vaynel, it's a matter of principal really. Say we do convince him, he hates it then comes back to complain. Maybe the OP could just ask for pros and cons instead of what he said. Yea wording has a big part of it.

Most people don't need to be convinced of something they want. It's like "convince me to run across a busy street" Why? You are your own person, make up you're own mind. You want to know good and bad things about it? Well we can point that part out.

 

Sure the OP could have phrased the question better - You say could have... I say should have. This is not a subtle difference.

but he has come to the official forum for the Xbox brand to ask for advice, or experiences if you wish, from people who already own a Xbox One. -
"I'm a happy Xbox 360 user who has not "upgraded" yet. Is it time?" I see a single question that really doesn't ask for advice, per se, and certainly doesn't ask for experiences. "Is it time?" could not possibly
be more subjective. A loaded question [as someone has pointed out] indeed.

Instead he gets jumped on by people telling him to make up his own mind. - And I will repeat what I've already stated... if OP had not asked in a 'stand off-ish' way, my response
would have been much, much different.

This community can be quite hostile at times. - Perhaps it can, but first impressions are crucial. My first impression of this thread has already been explained in my previous
post, as well as above.

 

I do tend to look deeper into a question that just what is actually asked.

Really how is "I'm a happy Xbox 360 user who has not "upgraded" yet. Is it time?" someone not asking for advice? You shouldn't need to explicitly state 'experiences' because that is surely implied by asking on the official forum.

So the OP asked in a standoffish way, does that mean the people here should respond in kind? Are we children in a playground?

Yes first impressions are important. Yet so are how we respond to those first impressions.

 

I would rather the guy come ask here than head to You Tube or elsewhere to ask because you know how that's going to work out. At least here the OP can for the most part get honest feedback from actual gamers who have actually upgraded from 360 to One and
their impressions of it.

I can't help but agree with Vaynel here..if i was the op wanting to hear about peoples experiences from 360 to the One but instead read the "make up your own mind" and "why should i convince you" post than i probably wouldn't have come back either. I was
the op before Christmas reading all of your One experiences which made me jump to the One a lot faster but kind of glad i didn't jump on here to ask your opinions on should i get it.

I read his thread topic perfectly and the first thing that popped in my head was is the One worth jumping to from the 360 and why..which is a simple yes followed by some of your favorite things about it. At the end of the day your not going to make someone
rush out and spend $400 BUT you can peak someones interest with things you like ultimately helping someone feel better about spending $400.

I apologize guys not a bash post as i respect all of you regulars who are here everyday keeping it real and fighting the good fight but i see a new person wanting advice i want to bring them in and not push them away.

 

@L Burrito- Congrats!! You made a good choice, hopefully you'll enjoy it as much as most of us have.

 

It has more excluedives then PS4. Since SONY sold SOE.

 

I'm going to join Black Wolf in the congrat's as well Burrito..I didn't think i would be amazed stepping up to the One from the 360 but every night i am in awe in some way or other..believe that. While the One is still not quite 100% the experiences feel
200%..enjoy=)

 

...and thanks to everyone who pitched in...

 

Welcome to the team bro! [tag:TeamXbox]

I wish you well on your console choice! =) *one of us, one of us*

 

I don't own a One. The one of the One in the house belongs to my girlfriend. It's a great console absolutely no question.

Would I buy a One myself. No, I wouldn't.

My 360 is used for the media apps. I game onliine using my PC and I don't feel any loss by not using Live.

The big reason to buy the One is the pretty. The brilliant new graphics.

Honestly it is hard to see what the One brings to the table above the 360 beyond the previously mentioned graphics.

So if that is one of those things that matters to you, then then get the One. Though at the same time, if graphics are that important then save and invest in a gaming PC.

 

I don't regret my purchase as I've had a lot of fun with it and I've made more friends on the One than I did in the lifetime of owning the 360 (dunno why that is), but I am a little disappointed that some of the issues that were present at day 1 haven't
been ironed out 15 months later. Don't get me wrong, the console is vastly improved since it was first released, but certain core elements of it still feel a little flakey.

I use Windows 8.1 on my home PC and as the Apple fans say, "it just works". Sometimes I don't reboot or restart my PC for weeks and the performance doesn't degrade. It's rock solid. The Xbox One isn't like that as you will inevitably run into an issue that's
fixed by rebooting it. In fact "do a full reboot" is the first advice that I - and others - give to people on here when they have issues.

On the positive side, it's the only console that actually feels "next gen" to me, even if it's not as powerful as its main competitor, but part of that is based on having a Kinect. As an "entertainment centre" it is easily the best next-gen console you can
buy, but the experience is a little sullied by the OS and core features not being as polished as I'd like. For instance, the other day a friend invited me to a party. I joined, but I couldn't hear him and he couldn't hear me, even though we could both see
the icons flashing to indicate that we were speaking. We both rebooted our consoles and it worked fine. I never had to do that once with the 360 and I'm not saying that it happens all the time with the One, but it shouldn't be happening at all.

 

The problem is that consoles are becoming more like PCs. And the more like PCs they become the more PC like problems they are going to get.

Actual PCs though have matured to the point that those problems are easy to get around. A frozen program doesn't require that you reboot the whole OS for example.

Consoles need to stop aping PCs and get back to being consoles.

 

I don't agree with your assessment, as I don't think that that's really a problem. I think the only problem is the reasonably unstable nature of the OS (well, multiple OSes). Dave Cutler, an MS technical fellow, worked on this, so I expected it to be great.
What we've got is not great.

If Windows was as unstable as the Xbox One OS, nobody would use it. I appreciate that nobody is doing mission critical work on an Xbox, but that's not an excuse for it being as unstable it is, given the company behind it, the people that worked on it, and
how long the Xbox One has been on the market. The "it's a new product! You have to expect bugs!" thing can only work for so long. And I know that other consoles suffer from long-standing issues too and basic features are buggy with those systems as well, but
that's not an excuse.

 

Next gen isn't really next gen as of yet but in time it may get there. Reading possible new slim versions of next gen cpnsoles are on their way with 4K enabled.

Keep waiting as next gen was rushed to the market at gamers expense!