Saw this post on Reddit that might help some people using the Xbox voice commands:
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I have seen a lot of threads on folks having trouble with kinect and having to say commands over and over. Here are two key tips:
-The first thing which is mentioned a lot is to calibrate it with your speakers very loud and yes this is a big part of making it work more often.
-The MOST important, which is hard for a lot of people, is to speak at a very normal talking voice. You can't yell at the kinect and you have to just talk to it, like it were a person right next to you. At first it will seem very weird because you are talking almost at a low voice, but it will understand. Yesterday I was at a 60 percent success rate with commands and I was talking loudly. No joke, tonight I am at a 100 percent, simply because I talked in a normal voice, with the speakers playing tv at a decent volume as well.
TL;DR the 2 keys of success with kinect, calibration with speakers loud and talking in a very normal (almost kinda soft) conversational voice.
Just kidding. I think chemgear mentioned that there are plenty of stores around the city with PS4s in stock.
That was a while back now (relatively speaking) and the odd time I have been to a FS/BB/EB it sounds like they're mostly out. Or maybe holding back stock as part of our version of Black Friday this week?
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Haha, so all the fans that just bit the bullet to pay for awesome cars in the first week get screwed by everything being drastically reduced in price almost immediately.
What a train wreck that whole thing is turning out to be.
Im starting to think there is no chance of tracking down a PS4 before Christmas (through a retailer that is)
I figured the same thing. Seems no one ever goes to Target for electronics down here. They had several of both systems in stock this afternoon apparently.
The wife happened to bring a Xbox One home for me today to get me through my time of need this 'murican thanksgiving weekend ( I got crunched at hockey on Monday and strained my right oblique and various other things in that area pretty severely. How severe? on the trip back from hockey on monday night I hit a pretty big bump and saw spots. Damn near passed out going 75 mph.
Of course i have to wait for her to set it up and that won't happen until later tonight.
Haha, so all the fans that just bit the bullet to pay for awesome cars in the first week get screwed by everything being drastically reduced in price almost immediately.
What a train wreck that whole thing is turning out to be.
Do you think the same thing for any other store in the world when someone buys something and then it goes on sale a week or so later?
It is really nothing different than any other store in the world that looks to see what is selling, what's moving slow and making adjustments.
Tryin to set my xbone up but it just shuts off right away
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This sucks that my Turtle beach headset wont work with the new xbox controller.
I just started it up and did one update, then it wouldn't do anything, just shut off right after turning it on. Now it's doing another update....
Hopefully this wont take forever like the first one
EDIT..
Apparently after the update the little green bar comes across and fills up then shuts the system down. Nothing after that... I try to use the controller to turn it back on and it wont connect to the machine, I try the front of the machine and it just shuts off right away.
I'm getting frustrated to say the least
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This sucks that my Turtle beach headset wont work with the new xbox controller.
I just started it up and did one update, then it wouldn't do anything, just shut off right after turning it on. Now it's doing another update....
Hopefully this wont take forever like the first one
EDIT..
Apparently after the update the little green bar comes across and fills up then shuts the system down. Nothing after that... I try to use the controller to turn it back on and it wont connect to the machine, I try the front of the machine and it just shuts off right away.
I'm getting frustrated to say the least
Are you plugged into a surge protector? Someone online had an issue with that.
Also read you can push power on the front, then once it starts hold the power button for 5 or 6 seconds and it will power down. Then unplug it for a few minutes... Try again..
i get past the download and it says it shuts down and does! that's it, nothing else.
I've downloaded the update 4 damn times already, I'm about to just take the POS back
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Do you think the same thing for any other store in the world when someone buys something and then it goes on sale a week or so later?
I think a lot of the complaints and angst is the "free-to-play model" (and concerns about "pay to win" and harshly gated content) being shoved into full cost retail games now. At least they are responding to all the concerns about it. Apparently the gaming controversy de jour - some gamer feeds about it:
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I will try it again and if it doesn't work I will take it back to target and get a different one
Sorry about the mess, the fiancé's dad is here and I couldn't do it in the living room
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so now the light is on, but the screen is black and nothing is going on...
I didn't turn it on either
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Anybody able to provide any insight?
