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Microsoft Reputation Manager's Guide To Xbox One

symbolset writes "In the wake of a disastrous E3 product reveal Microsoft has purportedly distributed a confidential internal 100-point 'FAQ' for the Xbox One that reads like it's from the Ministry of Truth. It was of course immediately leaked on pastebin. Kotaku has the story and an amusing online poll. In the discussion below make sure to line up the FAQ entries with the AC comments for extra 'Informative' moderation."

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  1. Re:Damage control by Nerdfest · · Score: 5, Informative

    Must connect to the internet once a day or locks you out, extreme limitations on lending or buying used games, etc. An excellent reason to play Steam games under Linux overall.

  2. Re:Ignore the FUD, here's the truth by rrohbeck · · Score: 4, Informative

    3-4=-1.

  3. Re:XBone Fake FAQ by Luckyo · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's a bit too long for a troll document, and a just sufficiently corporate-speakish to be real. Teen trolls don't have the language skills to produce a document like that, while adult trolls don't have the time and patience to get over that many points.

    It also doesn't look like a collaboration because the writing style stays the same throughout the document.

    All in all, it has a very good chance of being a real thing.

  4. Re:Which $400 gaming PC? by JDeane · · Score: 4, Informative

    You can get a gaming PC for about $400 but it will be entry level, when it comes to PC's better to spend at least a little bit more and get something that will last a while.

    This one is $529 and is more than a match for the new generation of consoles.

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229285

    The biggest thing about investing in the price difference on a gaming PC is that when your not playing games, you can do a LOT of other things on a PC. So the price difference is more than made up for.

    All this being said, I am lucky and have enough money to do both, I tend to buy 2 consoles from each gen and keep a gaming PC around. This will be the first gen I do not buy at least 2 of the consoles at launch. I own a Wii-U and I don't plan on getting a Xbox One, I also do not trust Sony enough to pick up a PS4 at launch my PS3 was not a good experience for me... Always seems like I spend more time updating the firmware than actually playing it.

  5. Re:Which $400 gaming PC? by Khyber · · Score: 4, Informative

    "Which $400 gaming PC that can play games with comparable graphics to forthcoming PS4 games would you recommend?"

    One built yourself.

    A10-5800K with 8GB RAM costs me.... $247.90 free shipping and before taxes.

    Barebones System
    8GB RAM

    If I decided to drop the extra $150 on a better GPU than the 7660D included in the A10, then you could get a GTX560 and be set to go. Or snag dual GTX460s for the same price.

    --
    Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.
  6. Re:Damage control by antdude · · Score: 4, Informative

    Uh huh. Steam is DRM and requires Internet too. If your Steam gets closed down or whatever, then you lose all your games. Also, you can't sell/transfer your games too.

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    Ant(Dude) @ Quality Foraged Links (AQFL.net) & The Ant Farm (antfarm.ma.cx / antfarm.home.dhs.org).
  7. 56k modem by Roger+W+Moore · · Score: 4, Informative

    Before broadband there was a thing known as a modem which hooked up to a telephone line. I realise that you may not have heard of these existing, as they did, in that uninteresting bit of history between the late Cretaceous and yesterday. However posting on Slashdot is entirely possible through such a device. Some are still rumoured to exist out in the wilds, far beyond the sight of the last suburb, where the 3G reception icon on your phone starts to flicker.