Xbox One Catch-all

Anybody try, ' Hind'?

Thanks for the advice regarding the xbox controller adapter.. being able to use any 3.5mm headphones (with a mic) is pretty great!

Dakuna wrote:

Thanks for the advice regarding the xbox controller adapter.. being able to use any 3.5mm headphones (with a mic) is pretty great!

The newer Xbox controllers have the 3.5mm jack as standard. Works perfectly. That was probably mentioned earlier. Sorry.

RawkGWJ wrote:
Dakuna wrote:

Thanks for the advice regarding the xbox controller adapter.. being able to use any 3.5mm headphones (with a mic) is pretty great!

The newer Xbox controllers have the 3.5mm jack as standard. Works perfectly. That was probably mentioned earlier. Sorry.

But no dedicated volume / chat volume / mute buttons. Those are pretty handy.

RawkGWJ wrote:
Dakuna wrote:

Thanks for the advice regarding the xbox controller adapter.. being able to use any 3.5mm headphones (with a mic) is pretty great!

The newer Xbox controllers have the 3.5mm jack as standard. Works perfectly. That was probably mentioned earlier. Sorry.

I am not going to rant about how difficult it is to use peripherals with the Xbox One. Bluetooth enabled or USB. Probably if I do, someone will tell me how there's a fix for that too, and I'll wind up looking foolish...

It's better to stand corrected.

Dakuna wrote:
RawkGWJ wrote:
Dakuna wrote:

Thanks for the advice regarding the xbox controller adapter.. being able to use any 3.5mm headphones (with a mic) is pretty great!

The newer Xbox controllers have the 3.5mm jack as standard. Works perfectly. That was probably mentioned earlier. Sorry.

I am not going to rant about how difficult it is to use peripherals with the Xbox One. Bluetooth enabled or USB. Probably if I do, someone will tell me how there's a fix for that too, and I'll wind up looking foolish...

Did you follow the proper USB instructions?
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Question:

What is the cheapest way to get Rock Band (the equipment) for the xbox 1? Is it better to get the 360 stuff and the adapter, or the xbox 1 bundle? I figure there's enough used stuff out there that I should be able to find a good deal on Amazon/Gamestop.

Iridium884 wrote:

Question:

What is the cheapest way to get Rock Band (the equipment) for the xbox 1? Is it better to get the 360 stuff and the adapter, or the xbox 1 bundle? I figure there's enough used stuff out there that I should be able to find a good deal on Amazon/Gamestop.

I picked up Rock Band recently and assumed the same thing but none of my local gaming shops had wireless guitars in stock. They could order them in but they were close to the same price as new. I was very unpleasantly surprised.

Just got the heads up that Gold users can also get Zoo Tycoon for free this month. For some reason, going to the store shows full price, but going to this link to the Japanese store while logged in, let me grab it for free:

https://www.microsoft.com/ja-jp/store/p/zoo-tycoon/brwjs8p512vf

The podcast version of the Giant Bombcast from E3 with the great Phil Spencer interview is up. "Nite 2" starts off with him. It really is a super insightful discussion.

They talk a lot about Xbox Scorpio, backwards compatibility, VR...

And Phil Spencer admits that Crackdown 2 "wasn't what it should have been", because it was rushed. Hopefully this bodes well for number three.

omni wrote:

Just got the heads up that Gold users can also get Zoo Tycoon for free this month. For some reason, going to the store shows full price, but going to this link to the Japanese store while logged in, let me grab it for free:

https://www.microsoft.com/ja-jp/store/p/zoo-tycoon/brwjs8p512vf

Whoa, thank you for the heads up.

WooHoo!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS is the E3 announcement I was waiting for

(although I would like to say there is a good deal of diversity/body type/shapes/styles on display here which I like a lot)

Hopefully they will restore an actual need for avatars.

So STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ Ultimate Edition is $10. Is it worth it just to screw around in local COOP?
I think my kids would get a kick out of the flying and some stuff, but not if they really need to be decent at playing.

omni wrote:

Just got the heads up that Gold users can also get Zoo Tycoon for free this month. For some reason, going to the store shows full price, but going to this link to the Japanese store while logged in, let me grab it for free:

https://www.microsoft.com/ja-jp/store/p/zoo-tycoon/brwjs8p512vf

Yay, thank you! I've been wanting Zoo Tycoon for FOREVER and was waiting and waiting and waiting to see if it would end up on Games with Gold or something!

Iridium884 wrote:

Question:

What is the cheapest way to get Rock Band (the equipment) for the xbox 1? Is it better to get the 360 stuff and the adapter, or the xbox 1 bundle? I figure there's enough used stuff out there that I should be able to find a good deal on Amazon/Gamestop.

Somewhere around here I have a new in box adapter. Got it for a present and promptly found out that my instruments were broken. I haven't used it (and likely won't) so it's yours (or anyone else who needs it) for the cost of shipping. PM me if you want it.

lunchbox12682 wrote:

So STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ Ultimate Edition is $10. Is it worth it just to screw around in local COOP?
I think my kids would get a kick out of the flying and some stuff, but not if they really need to be decent at playing.

My eight year old son plays split screen coop with me. He freaking adores it. Personally i do not much like flying, so we do survival and skirmish. He HATES me shooting him...so coop only

We have it through EA access.

Iridium884 wrote:

Question:

What is the cheapest way to get Rock Band (the equipment) for the xbox 1? Is it better to get the 360 stuff and the adapter, or the xbox 1 bundle? I figure there's enough used stuff out there that I should be able to find a good deal on Amazon/Gamestop.

You can find brand new Rock Band Rivals Band Kits for $100 at Gamestop. It's a little harder to find the extra guitars, but they're going for $40 there.

omni wrote:

Just got the heads up that Gold users can also get Zoo Tycoon for free this month. For some reason, going to the store shows full price, but going to this link to the Japanese store while logged in, let me grab it for free:

https://www.microsoft.com/ja-jp/store/p/zoo-tycoon/brwjs8p512vf

Amazing! Thank you.

I don't read Japanese, so I just kept clicking the first button that looked like it might be the purchase button. I'm pretty sure it worked. I just need to check my games list.

Does this happen often? I feel like Gold members are secretly missing out on some good swag.

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Roo wrote:
lunchbox12682 wrote:

So STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ Ultimate Edition is $10. Is it worth it just to screw around in local COOP?
I think my kids would get a kick out of the flying and some stuff, but not if they really need to be decent at playing.

My eight year old son plays split screen coop with me. He freaking adores it. Personally i do not much like flying, so we do survival and skirmish. He HATES me shooting him...so coop only

We have it through EA access.

The short answer is YES. Get it. At $10 it's a steal.

I'm not entirely sure how often it happens in 'other regions'' MS stores. I stumbled upon it ok a UK hotdeals site while I was unsuccessfully searching for a good price on live renewal, mine is up at the end of the month.

It should be noted that there's also a deal on the JP store for Forza 5 for about $5, but people on that thread said while 'buying' free things are fine on out-of-region stores, paying money for things can be more trouble then it's worth.

After finding the Zoo Tycoon deal on there, I will definitely be checking it out more often!

omni wrote:

I'm not entirely sure how often it happens in 'other regions'' MS stores. I stumbled upon it ok a UK hotdeals site while I was unsuccessfully searching for a good price on live renewal, mine is up at the end of the month.

It should be noted that there's also a deal on the JP store for Forza 5 for about $5, but people on that thread said while 'buying' free things are fine on out-of-region stores, paying money for things can be more trouble then it's worth.

After finding the Zoo Tycoon deal on there, I will definitely be checking it out more often!

Omni can you share the link to the hot deals site?

Sure thing, just didn't because it's pretty heavily UK based deals.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/gaming

The site itself hosts deals for all sorts of things, but sometimes has harder to find gaming deals than the likes of Slickdeals and JellyDeals have, who tend to stick to more mainstream 'This Store is having a sale!' type of entries.

Managed to get Zoo Tycoon through my phone...freaky. Thanks for the free game.

Yes, thank you for finding Zoo Tycoon. My kids are thrilled.

You're all more than welcome! Just glad to help.

Just picked up Halo Wars 2 - anyone play this?

SallyNasty wrote:

Just picked up Halo Wars 2 - anyone play this?

Not yet, but you'll have to let me know how it is. I keep eyeing it whenever it goes on sale.

ClockworkHouse wrote:
SallyNasty wrote:

Just picked up Halo Wars 2 - anyone play this?

Not yet, but you'll have to let me know how it is. I keep eyeing it whenever it goes on sale.

Ditto~

SallyNasty wrote:

Just picked up Halo Wars 2 - anyone play this?

I play it, just much less since Tekken 7 dropped.

EDIT: took so long to post, I missed 2 posts. If you guys are interested, I can post some impressions when I get home tonight.