Good news. Or at least better than terrible news. Finally spoke to a live person using the leave your number and we'll call you back service. They put a hold of $500 on my credit card and are shipping me an entirely new console. I'm to box it up and send it back. Guy said it will take two days to ship. Not sure…

Seems they want to force the Kinect. Or they designed it expecting it to be used and never went back and fixed it. I'm sure a quick patch/update will fix it, but it's pretty annoying either way. On a positive note, when using the Kinect feature, it's really cool to sit down on the couch and watch everything turn on…

From what I can tell, standby mode is enabled by default.

It would sure be nice if my console actually worked. Picked up a Xbox One day one, and the power brick crapped out day two. Apparently this is a fairly common problem from browsing the Xbox support forums. After 2 hours on hold waiting for a online chat representative, (Phone hold times are over 3 hours), the…

Similar to the PS4 launch, when you ship this large amount of product at once, there is bound to be a few defective units. It's unfortunate, but it's just the nature of, well life. The same thing happens when a new phone, operating system, large piece of software, etc launches. The only reason this is getting so…

Dead Rising 3 is a third-person action game in which you shoot, slice and sprint your way through a large open world, bypassing and vivisecting members of an ever-present zombie horde. The game is a race against time, with the story set on a clock that ticks forward slowly or terrifyingly quickly, depending on which…

I am in the beta aswell, and like Alnllam81, I had never played a card based game previously (Either digital or Physical), so I don't have anything to compare it to either.

Yes, you are quite clueless. Let me clue you in. "All the rage" is a term meaning "currently in fashion", or "currently very popular and highly discussed".

I agree. It's sad. Instead of celebrating that we are all passionate about the same hobby, so many people have to jump up and down and belittle each other, basically playing right into the stereo-type mouth-breathing nerd gamer. We are better than that guys and gals.

I've been wondering myself what is the deal with these white stickers? It is something specifically to track demo/beta units? Will my console on launch day have the same stupid sticker that I will be forced to remove, then spend a half hour cleaning off the sticky residue?

I never picked up a PS3, and the reason was, there simply were not enough exclusives. Outside of InFamous, God of War, Uncharted, and finally The Last of Us, there simply were not enough games to justify my purchase of the console. For the first few years, the 360 had all of the exclusives I wanted. And eventually…

Is that a tattoo of a T-Bone steak on your right arm? There's GOTTA be a good story to go along with that.

Game Name: Bioshock

How many applications could this person possibly have installed at this point. Didn't Sony just publish a list of apps that totaled what 15? There is no way Netflix and Hulu type apps are eating up any significant amount of space.

Microsoft attempted the multiple skus with multiple hard drive sizes with the 360 and it ended up in a nightmare of confusion and frustrated customers. You have to understand that the large volume of consumers still are unable to operate the cellular phones in their pockets. Hell, companies like Best Buy remain in…

Massive hard drives are already on the super cheap. Browse around Newegg.com and you can find hard drives in the 4tb range for under $200. That's not too bad really. The problem comes when Sony needs to purchase a VERY large volume of drives as cheaply as possible. Add to that they are looking to minimize the size…

So, any chance Kotaku will be finishing their reviews for CoD and Battlefield to include the online portion anytime soon? I decided to hold off on my purchase this year for my Xbox One to launch and considered giving Battlefield a try, but from what little I've heard both games are a nightmare online right now. I've…

I already use my "game" console to watch movies and Netflix. In fact, I use my "game" console more when I'm NOT playing games. This system is letting me expand that functionality. Now, I can have movie, internet, Netflix, games, and television all in one place, and I really like that. No more switching between…

Very much this. How about being able to look up a guide for the latest Batman game showing you where that 99th stupid question trophy is without having to leave the game. Or let me check out that sweet new The Division trailer while I queue up for the next CoD or Battlefield match. Use your imagination people! …

This is a common misconception. Microsoft is NOT marketing their own external drives. You can use any 3.0 drive you want.