Dealspwn discusses ten of Xbox One's lesser-known features, tips, strengths and weaknesses.
"One of the Xbox One's teresting features is currently in beta and not activated by default, but actually works to a degree. You can find "Resume Games Quickly" under "Power and Startup" in the settings menu, which allows you to turn off the console mid-game and pick up where you left off later on. In theory.
However, its use is limited since many games (especially third-party titles) require you to be signed into your profile at all times, so resuming the game will dump you back to the main menu rather than where you left it. Inconsistent, but very nifty when it works as intended."
Valve's official Steam Machine prototype isn't cheap, but it won't be the only Steam-powered video game console available come 2014. This morning, iBuyPower revealed a prototype of its own upcoming Steam Machine, which will go on sale for just $499 next year. For the price of an Xbox One, the computer will offer a multicore AMD CPU and a discrete AMD Radeon R9 270 graphics card that's a $180 GPU all by itself and come with Valve's Steam Controller as part of the package deal.
Players begin their exciting journey in the Eldevin Kingdom, where the mysterious Elemental Spheres of Power have corrupted the guardians tasked with protecting them, plunging the world into chaos. Now Tristan, the Emperor of the Infernal Empire and guardian of the Dark Sphere, will stop at nothing to satisfy his greed for more power and to conquer the remaining Spheres even if it means destroying his former homeland of Eldevin. During their quest, players will travel through countless areas, discover lost cities and artifacts, and encounter challenging bosses. With revolutionary real-time combat, Eldevin delivers an exciting adventure for gamers of any age and experience.
Players can ally with the Eldevin Army or the mages of the Arcane Council in an epic quest to protect the Eldevin Kingdom. The game promises hundreds of hours of content and features 14 gathering and crafting professions and several thousand items. Players can take on one of six unique roles Templar, Warrior, Assassin, Ranger, Mage, and Prophet but are completely free to mix and match in a classless system of abilities and talents. Adventurers can play solo, participate in group dungeons, and engage in exciting survival challenges. Optional open-world player-versus-player (PvP) combat and competitive game modes like Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, and Domination extend the experience
The firm has two models – codenamed Gordon and Freeman – which are identical in specification, with only the casing setting them apart. One model is clear/white, while the other is black when not illuminated by a central ring of light.
Internal components aren't confirmed, but iBuyPower says both with run all Steam titles in 1080p at 60 frames per second.
OEM, iBuyPower has unveiled their own vision of Valve's Steam Machines, the computer-based living room solution for high-end gaming without any of the nonsense (or Microsoft's operating system). The screenshots look pretty good, but at the same time you can't help but notice that the iBuyPower's Steam Machine looks a lot like the Xbox One and PS4's albino love-child.
