This really isn't as bad as it sounds, but from reading the comments it's not something the people want. They, MS, have designed the Xbox One to sit horizontally. It's not a flaw, they made it that way. Blu-ray, stereos, dvd players, they all have to do that same. Sure the 360 gave you the choice, but now there is no such option. The original Xbox didn't sit vertical either. If lacking the feature is a deal breaker, I can't see how the other things they did or didn't do hadn't bothered you more.
Microsoft Warns: Don't Stand Your Xbox One Vertical
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30%? I thought the failure rate of the first generation Xbox 360's was closer to 70%. Only statistic I can find was a Gamespot poll that used a pool of 5,000 subscribers. The result was a 54.2% failure rate. Hell the first 360 I bought died in 6 months, I actually ended up going through some 4 other systems after that too. None of them lasted longer than a year, truly shameful really. I was a fool to keep buying them but I did. I have a generation 1 PS3 I got second hand and it STILL WORKS FINE.Adam Jensen said:
OT: Good God, it looks like a top loading VCR and you are required to treat it as much now? How long until we get reports of this thing burning up due to ventilation problems I wonder...
Captcha: more better... not in this case.
Way xbone one has been handled sofar just seems to me ms decided they could toss anything out and the xbox 360 people would eat it up, hard not to blame them when so many trolls act like the 360 was some sort of god that could do no wrong.
Guess they found out wrong.
Bottom line at best it is a design flaw, at worst its just cheap parts in a cheap system that will have a bare minimum 30% fail rate every few months, phone microsoft to send them naked pics of you, and report you to the feds for smoking a doobie.
At lest this gen will be somewhat interesting with MS, that lets face it had a lock after last gen over its main rival sony, out of the gate shooting itself in the foot over and over, now lets see if sony can short ship another playstation launch and shoot itself in the foot.
Guess they found out wrong.
Bottom line at best it is a design flaw, at worst its just cheap parts in a cheap system that will have a bare minimum 30% fail rate every few months, phone microsoft to send them naked pics of you, and report you to the feds for smoking a doobie.
At lest this gen will be somewhat interesting with MS, that lets face it had a lock after last gen over its main rival sony, out of the gate shooting itself in the foot over and over, now lets see if sony can short ship another playstation launch and shoot itself in the foot.
Very cheap. Remember, the original idea was to use the drive just for installation purposes. After that you wouldn't need the disk. So they used the cheapest drives they could find. But when the time came to reverse the mandatory HDD installs, they didn't bother to change the quality of the drive. Even without putting it vertically, the drive is still a cheap one and I wouldn't be surprised if that's the first thing to go.Vie said:
I really think its just one of those "another thing about the xbox one". To me this isnt a big deal at all, my 360 is horizontal and i dont have much issue with space, most people are probably the same, but when Microsoft has announced so much shit, even the tiny little things like this are annoying as its adding some more wood to the fire (even if its a little twig)Arawn said:
It's all a ruse. They just don't want you to recognise it's true form:
/lame joke
Honestly, the DVD drive can't be as bad as the previous consoles. Both my original Xbox and 360 stuck something stupid, to the point where I have to bash my 360 quite hard to jump the tray out. One day it'll just cease function altogether.
/lame joke
Honestly, the DVD drive can't be as bad as the previous consoles. Both my original Xbox and 360 stuck something stupid, to the point where I have to bash my 360 quite hard to jump the tray out. One day it'll just cease function altogether.
Toasters didn't just go through an entire generation where either position was possible. Consoles did. This is no longer a given and so yes, they do need to specify it as 20% of gamers place their consoles vertically at the moment. That's no small number. That the Wii, WiiU(?), ps3, ps4, and 360 makes this a noteworthy step backwards from freedom of placement.Dragonbums said:
I mean, not noteworthy because it matters. Just noteworthy to let people know not to do it.
This just reminds me that the Playstation emblem on my PS3 can actually be turned so it's rightside up when vertical or horizontal. It's such a little thing, but the click it makes is kind of satisfying.
Anyway, I think maybe they might want to make this a bigger announcement so people don't end up bricking their console.
Anyway, I think maybe they might want to make this a bigger announcement so people don't end up bricking their console.
The NSA chip feeding kinect data to them probably doesn't work if faced vertical.Hazy992 said:
*this is just a bad joke fyi not to be taken seriously*
The Wii, PS2 & PS3 can load games vertically, so does the 360 (if you're very careful, because it can give your disc a very nasty scratch that renders the disc unusable), I'm honestly curious to know if the PS4 can let you stand the console vertically, because by the looks of it, it's very probable it does.
Are people seriously upset over this?
Come on, people, even fucking reddit is done with the ceaseless Microsoft vitriol, and I don't think they could bring themselves to beat a horse that's still breathing.
This is like complaining that you can't put it upside down.
Come on, people, even fucking reddit is done with the ceaseless Microsoft vitriol, and I don't think they could bring themselves to beat a horse that's still breathing.
This is like complaining that you can't put it upside down.
I don?t see a problem with this.
My own uneducated guess is that the majority of people don?t place their consoles vertical. I myself don?t.
Additionally to that before the Wii, Xbox360 and PS3 arrived it was pretty normal to have a console in its horizontal position as the hatches of the drives demanded.
Placing them horizontal also adds security since they can?t be knocked over or fall over.
All in all I consider the vertical stance a vanity option with little to no value.
This however doesn?t change that I currently have no desire to buy an Xbox One?
My own uneducated guess is that the majority of people don?t place their consoles vertical. I myself don?t.
Additionally to that before the Wii, Xbox360 and PS3 arrived it was pretty normal to have a console in its horizontal position as the hatches of the drives demanded.
Placing them horizontal also adds security since they can?t be knocked over or fall over.
All in all I consider the vertical stance a vanity option with little to no value.
This however doesn?t change that I currently have no desire to buy an Xbox One?
Which version of it are you referring to? I used to have a 360 Elite, which did cool better when vertical, as that was the best way to get airflow over the fans. When that red ringed, I got the 360 Slim, which cools a lot better when horizontal. This is because it has cooling vents (not sure if there are fans in all of them) on top, and both sides, but nothing underneath. Which means if I set it vertically, I block a vent.MinionJoe said:
OT: I don't see the problem here. At least they've told people, instead of people finding out because their drives freak out because they're placed vertically. I get that some people (especially students and such) might have space issues, but those can usually be overcome. I very much doubt I'll get an XB1, but this won't be a factor in that, there are enough other reasons to stick with my current consoles and PC, and consider a PS4 sometime in the future.
Arawn said:
It's not like standing consoles on their side is this new idea. It's been around for a while. The main reason that this has people up in arms is because it shows there is quite possibly a design flaw in the cooling system, so this is also showing design flaws before the console is released. Given the horrible failure rate when the 360 was released this has made some more people shy away from it too. It very well may not be the cooling system that is the issue but regardless there is still some form of design flaw there and The Xbox One really can't handle any more of those before they just start filling the shipping boxes with rocks.Ishigami said: