Xbox One Driver Update - "Expect Great Things"

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NeoGAF user and industry insider thuway revealed recently about how he’s looking forward to the next update for the Xbox One’s OS in the coming weeks and that it “should mean great things”. The nature of those great things is up for debate, but what else could be expected aside from better voice command recognition and improved performance?
“I am trying to get a good read on when the next Xbox One driver update happens. Should mean great things. Sometime in the next few weeks,” he tweeted.

He also added that the team working at Redmond were probably some of the best OS programmers in the world, which is a given since this is the company that helped bring us Windows. “Make no mistake about it. The team at Redmond working on the Xbox OS are probably the best OS programmers in the world.”

Earlier today, thuway had spoken to a developer about the biggest bottleneck for the PS4 and Xbox One with the response being memory. Given that both consoles have been proudly touted as having 8 GB GDDR5 RAM and 8 GB DDR3 RAM (along with eSRAM) respectively, there is some limit on the RAM allocated for developer.

However, he clarified in some new tweets that it was a simple answer being given and nothing more. “I should leave a footnote: developer who made RAM comment was not complaining, only giving a straight answer.”

While developers may be satisfied with what the Xbox One and PS4, we shouldn’t assume that their ambition stops at any specific number. “Developers are very happy with these next gen machines, but let’s not delude ourselves into thinking developer ambition stops at 6 GB of RAM.”

What are your thoughts on the overall OS of the Xbox One? Is it superior than the PS4′s or does it pale in comparison? Also, what are your thoughts on the performance that devs will be able to get out of RAM in the coming years? Let us know what you think below.

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Source: http://gamingbolt.com/xbox-one-upcoming-driver-update-should-mean-great-things-xbox-os-team-best-in-the-world-insider

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GoosebumpsPosted:

Sound reaaly cool - Cant wait!

GossipPosted:

All I ask is more storage.

LeesPosted:

I guess we'll just have to wait and see!

JDXTPosted:

Sounds Awesome! Hope they pull this off.

HDITeRRoRiZeIPosted:

They still both have the power of the cloud yet. They haven't fully implemented it fully i don't think. I have sources which tell me that Halo(5) will be the first large attempt at processing large amounts of AI and lighting effects.

I don't know what Sony has behind the curtain but if they don't have something fairly similar to Azure, I think it's going to look dim in the future. Especially 5-10 years down the line.

Just my opinion though.

KatsumiPosted:

MrLane of course they better be getting new things if they wanna keep up with sony.

cannot wait to see the upcoming additions


Hopefully Microsoft will be able to keep up with, if not excel over that of sony in the coming years. I look forward to what they have in store for us consumers

FijiPosted:

Ps4 are still endgeing it Iam afraid

platyuiPosted:

XeXMarvik Omg you know what I'd think would be awesome if mac decided to make a console jeezus app store on a similar interface of an xbox like a Xbox Mac haha IBox


The console would cost $1000 just because its apple and you pay for the look and logo.

Ted-Posted:

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wonton all i ask they do is make it so we can set party's to invite only!

You have been able to do that since day one.


no you havent are you stupid?


Yes you can. You just have to press the Start Button and select "Invite Only". Now who's stupid?


I feel bad for the guy calling you stupid lol.

MrLanePosted:

of course they better be getting new things if they wanna keep up with sony.

cannot wait to see the upcoming additions