Xbox avatars going HD; 360 and One games to have separate Achievements

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Microsoft has revealed a number of new details about Xbox One, including a significant upgrade to avatars.

Chief Xbox One platform architect Marc Whitten told IGN that the company is upgrading Xbox Live avatars to allow for full-body HD gamerpics. In fact, the old 64x64 gamerpics are being ditched altogether in favour of a full-HD alternative.

“They are beautiful,” Whitten reckons. “You are going to see some really cool hero moments, like when you login to see personalized views of your games and other content.”

The exec also confirmed that Xbox One’s DVR functionality, which will constantly capture gameplay footage, records footage at 720p and 30 frames per second. This footage can then be edited and uploaded directly from the console.

There’s more too – Whitten has revealed that games released on both Xbox 360 and Xbox One will have separate Achievements on each platform. So for instance, an owner of both consoles will be able to buy Call of Duty: Ghosts on each and earn two sets of Achievements.

“But on the Xbox One version, you’re getting a much richer set of features, such as seeing your achievements progress on the Xbox One console, being able to unlock new achievements throughout the year, and earning real prizes inside and outside of the game,” he added.

“Xbox One also enables a new concept of challenges, where games will be offering special time-based opportunities to earn various goals and collect the rewards.”

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MitzzLIVEPosted:

CHP That would be cool to have gifs


yeah it would but then everybody will have them

CHPPosted:

That would be cool to have gifs

LuckyOtterPosted:

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LuckyOtter That's cool that their making achievements for each consoles. But who would want to get CoD Ghosts more than once? It's already going to be bad enough.


And what makes you say it's going to be bad? Have you played the game yet? Why make assumptions about a game when you haven't even played it yet?


It's called an educated guess, my friend, since the first Black Ops the Call of Duty franchise has gone downhill and since the company lied about the new "Engine" people are reluctant to believe any other "Great" things the Ghosts addition is planning to add, also with the continuous problems (The Wanted perk, unbalanced weapons and perk system and lack of originality) people are realising that the game is just Coke one year and Pepsi the next!

Bring on Dr Pepper!


Haha yes Dr. Pepper is my favorite. But yeah I'm assuming because I have played every single Call of Duty and it's gone downhill fast since Black Ops. Personally I liked Black Ops but it wasn't nearly as good as MW1, MW2, or WaW. MW3 was the biggest waste of money I have ever spent on a game. Then BO2 at least had zombies. If I was a gambler I would bet on Ghosts being a disappointment.

MitzzLIVEPosted:

related to this have you guys heard that pre-order the xbox one achievement is worth 0G haha

xSTaTiCBLuExPosted:

Why different achievments for the same game on different platfrosm? It's utterly ridiculous and absurd. Just because they don't want to manage the 360 and so aren't setting 'real-time' challenges on it like they are for the Xbone -.-

RageCreationPosted:

Leap pretty cool edition to the console


*Addition

RageCreationPosted:

Game DVR is only 720p? That's lame.

xSTaTiCBLuExPosted:

You mean when when I wait half an hour to sign in like I do on the 360...?

I-DA-KINGPosted:

Who really cares about what people avatars look like? In my 5 years of being on xbox live i have only spent liek $1 on avatar items

NodusPosted:

I think this might be a pretty bad thing :/


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