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Xbox One Amber Light of Death?

As many of you know, Xbox One has been selling well, and has even surpassed the PlayStation 4’s sales at one point. Xbox One is a great console, except for the reports of an amber light of death, which could be caused by overheating. Hopefully, this problem won’t be sporadic as the red light of death. Luckily, the reports are in very little quantity, so we know this isn’t that…

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Xbox One Costs More to Make Than the PS4

If you have bought an Xbox One for $500 be assured that you have got a good deal: It cost Microsoft $471 to make the new Xbox One with the new Kinect and everything else that was included in the box. After the retailers’ cut, Microsoft loses money on every Xbox One that is sold. At $471 the Xbox One costs around $90 more than the PS4 — a cost difference that is almost entirely down to the new Kinect, which costs…

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Xbox One Bootup Time

A while back I posted an article on here of a concept of what the Xbox One boot up time could be. Now we can finally see for ourselves and I recorded the exact time it takes. Remember that this is done under standby mode but that currently is the default setting for bootup.  

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Kinect Privacy Cover

The XBOX One comes out in a few days! With the new Always-On Kinect, some people are worried about privacy. Is Microsoft spying on me?!? Can they see everything that I do?!?

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Is Story Mode Important?

With the recent release of Battlefield 4 and the upcoming release of Call of Duty: Ghosts, there has been plenty of hype for the online modes in these games. But, where’s all the hype for the story mode? Although the multiplayer aspects of first-person shooters are very fun and exciting, the story mode also plays a role in how the video game is perceived. For example, by this time in…

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Battlefield 4: Next-Gen vs. Current-Gen

This video from IGN shows the visual differences between current and next generation consoles.  Two things in particular to look out for are the lighting and texture improvements in the next generation systems.  The video also gives insight as to how Xbox and PlayStation systems compare with each other. What do you think about the next generation improvements?  How does the PS4 compare to the Xbox One?  Let us know…

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The Surface 2: is it that bad?

The Surface 2, released by Microsoft on October 22. 2013 In this article I’ll be referring towards the RT edition of the Surface. Although, everyone has mixed feelings about it, especially when it comes to the age groups. When it comes to the youth, it’s not “powerful” enough. It’s “specs”  aren’t good enough. While in my head all that I’m thinking is, what are you going to be doing on this TABLET? It’s a…

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Xbox One Boot Screen Concept

A video has shown up on YouTube of what seems to be the possible boot up time on Xbox One. Remember, this is just a concept and nothing says this is in fact the real thing. With the Xbox One having 8GB of RAM and running on a core of Windows, there has to be no doubt that this is the real deal as far as how fast the console could boot…

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