Microsoft confirms day one update must be downloaded for Xbox One
While the requirement for the console to check in online at least once every 24 hours has been dropped, Xbox One buyers will still need to connect the web the first time they use their console. IGN spoke with Microsoft's Marc Whitten earlier today, who confirmed that users will need to download and install a required update at first launch.
"There was always going to be a day one update on the console," said Whitten, "and that's frankly just a difference in manufacturing schedules versus software schedules. We just wanted to be clear that that hasn't changed, that you have to go online to get the software for day one, then you wouldn't have to be connected after that."
While Whitten didn't reveal details of just what the update might include, or how large it might be, he did say that any web connection will do. In response to an enquiry about whether users will be able to download their update through smartphone tethering, he replied: "Sure. Any way that you can get connectivity to the Live service would enable that to come down to the console."
He added that Microsoft considers that that won't be an issue for the majority of customers: "We believe that most people, frankly, are going to continue to take advantage of the connected state and all that comes with it."
Whitten also noted that Microsoft hasn't changed its stance on Kinect, and that the Xbox One will still require the sensor in order to play games. "We still believe Kinect is a really critical part of the architecture," he said. "We think it changes the way you can interact with your experiences... and we want game and interactive entertainment creators to be able to know they can take advantage of it, and we want it to be completely consistent for our users. So we still are very comitted to how Kinect transforms that experience."
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Joe-Posted:
I like the way that microsoft is updating to please users. They're taking a approach that will keep customers coming.
AyrPosted:
Even if you don't have a stable connection this is fine.
Just tether your phones Internet to your console, update, and you're all ready to go.
Just tether your phones Internet to your console, update, and you're all ready to go.
DubleJayJPosted:
bryan123abcYin I don't understand why an initial update is needed. I like what they have done, but I don't understand it either way. He said there was always going to be one (with or without the DRM.) So what is that for I wonder? Oh well. I like this better than needing it every 24 hours. Great thing.
i dont know why ur ***** its just one update and if u dont have a web connection then dont buy the xbox one :)
Wow calm the **** down you little kid.
YinPosted:
bryan123abcYin I don't understand why an initial update is needed. I like what they have done, but I don't understand it either way. He said there was always going to be one (with or without the DRM.) So what is that for I wonder? Oh well. I like this better than needing it every 24 hours. Great thing.
i dont know why ur ***** its just one update and if u dont have a web connection then dont buy the xbox one :)
I'm not angry over it. I am just stating it just seems weird to me. Xbox 360 did have an update when you hooked it up, but it wasn't a mandatory one. It being a mandatory one just piqued my interest. I guess I may have overlooked the part that they claim is the problem. I do apologize for that. (manufacturing schedules vs. software schedules not adding up.) Just seemed a little weird to me, but all is fine.
bryan123abcPosted:
Yin I don't understand why an initial update is needed. I like what they have done, but I don't understand it either way. He said there was always going to be one (with or without the DRM.) So what is that for I wonder? Oh well. I like this better than needing it every 24 hours. Great thing.
i dont know why ur bitchinq its just one update and if u dont have a web connection then dont buy the xbox one :)
DiffusionPosted:
-Spaarky There's probably an update for the 360 aswell
They will be making a new dashboard similar to the X1 dashboard for the Xbox 360
Yin I don't understand why an initial update is needed. I like what they have done, but I don't understand it either way. He said there was always going to be one (with or without the DRM.) So what is that for I wonder? Oh well. I like this better than needing it every 24 hours. Great thing.
All electronic things have day one updates. I have no idea why, but they just do.
YinPosted:
I don't understand why an initial update is needed. I like what they have done, but I don't understand it either way. He said there was always going to be one (with or without the DRM.) So what is that for I wonder? Oh well. I like this better than needing it every 24 hours. Great thing.
FrogPosted:
This is one of the best things they could of possibly done in my opinion. Good job Microsoft!
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