Xbox One 'hasn't been rushed' to market, says Major Nelson

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Despite acknowledging a number of "challenges" in the run-up to this November's Xbox One launch, Xbox Live director of programming Larry 'Major Nelson' Hyrb insists the console hasn't been rushed to market.

Microsoft said last month that Xbox One's launch had been delayed to 2014 in eight European countries due to Kinect localisation issues rather than supply problems.

Xbox One will now launch in 13 markets this November, although Kinect voice commands will initially only work in five countries, while the console appears unlikely to support external storage upon release.

Responding to suggestions that Microsoft has rushed the console to market, Major Nelson said on Reddit: "The Xbox One program has been in development for years, so calling it 'Rushed' is incorrect.

"Did we have a few challenges between May and August? Sure. But we are working on our own schedule - not any one else's. At Gamescom, every game in the Xbox booth was running on final Xbox One hardware. Every. Single. One. That would paint a very different take on the being 'rushed.'"

Xbox One is targeted for a "late November" release, according to the terms and conditions section of an upcoming promo campaign for which PepsiCo and Microsoft have partnered to give away an Xbox One every two minutes. The Xbox One price has been set at £430 / €500 / $500.

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ODSTPosted:

JTxSyChO
Dr-J
ODST The console is most likely rushed due to the amount of changes to the the Xbone in the past couple months compared to the years of concept and development. I'm worried that the ones who originally said "specs don't matter" are about to eat their own words as they try to update their console more and more before launch. I'm worried that there is going to be a new, similar, problem wit the Xbone as there was with the 360; The Red Ring of Death


Notice how that was only on the original 360s no RROD on the slim. They wouldn't let that happen again of they can fix it.
just because their was change to a console dosent mean it was rushed. it was you can say improved due to the fact that they removed drm, which is software change, your a ps4 fanboy for calling it xbone, dont say you arent because the only fact you started was rrod which has not occured since 2006 so in the end dont try to act smart when your really not, with other people opinion


1st: You're saying I'm not intelligent in this field yet you can't comprehend the basic skills of a third grader grammatically (their=there, your=you're, started=stated, fragments, sentence fragments everywhere.)
2nd: RROD happens less frequently than before but don't forget that the Xbox 360 S didn't make it's appearance until 2010, 5 years after the initial release of the 360. Older (white) versions of the 360 still can have RROD, that's why even in today's market you can find deals at Gamestop and such to trade in RROD Consoles.
3rd: A console that's been in development for over a year now but has recently been changed from it's original concept in such a short period of 2 months is bound to have flaws. It's like turning an ordinary everyday fan (I'm talking like tower fans) into fan that's suppose to be installed in a computer case. I mentioned the RROD simply because it was the largest flaw that plagued the 360 for half a decade.
4th: I come from a point of view from which I'm planning on getting both consoles, not from a sided figure. I like how Sony has been the last few months compared to the PR ("Major" Nelson) on what the consoles will be like for launch day. I liked the PS4 simply because I didn't know if I could play with my brother over seas, in the U.S. Navy, based in Rota, Spain. Microsoft just said to go back to using the 360 back when it's DRM policies still had dominant control over the reason why to not get an Xbone.
5th: The "Xbone" nickname is based on the stupidity of the name chosen for the console by Micro$oft and not a nickname that PS4 community gives to Xboxs'.
6th: Now who's stupid? (Would you like some burn heal?)

ConsistentPosted:

Good, hopefully they make it more appealing.

Ted-Posted:

This is good to know that it hasn't been rushed at all.

JTxSyChOPosted:

Torrer Not rushed? That's why it doesn't support USB storage which the 360 has had for years...


have you ever thought that maybe microsoft had no reason to support eternal storage when people had unlimited cloud storage, and dont say well if i dont have internet, well the xbox one was announced with 24 hour online connection verification so all their plans fit in perfectly

JTxSyChOPosted:

Dr-J
ODST The console is most likely rushed due to the amount of changes to the the Xbone in the past couple months compared to the years of concept and development. I'm worried that the ones who originally said "specs don't matter" are about to eat their own words as they try to update their console more and more before launch. I'm worried that there is going to be a new, similar, problem wit the Xbone as there was with the 360; The Red Ring of Death


Notice how that was only on the original 360s no RROD on the slim. They wouldn't let that happen again of they can fix it.
just because their was change to a console dosent mean it was rushed. it was you can say improved due to the fact that they removed drm, which is software change, your a ps4 fanboy for calling it xbone, dont say you arent because the only fact you started was rrod which has not occured since 2006 so in the end dont try to act smart when your really not, with other people opinion

Dr-JPosted:

ODST The console is most likely rushed due to the amount of changes to the the Xbone in the past couple months compared to the years of concept and development. I'm worried that the ones who originally said "specs don't matter" are about to eat their own words as they try to update their console more and more before launch. I'm worried that there is going to be a new, similar, problem wit the Xbone as there was with the 360; The Red Ring of Death


Notice how that was only on the original 360s no RROD on the slim. They wouldn't let that happen again of they can fix it.

Dr-JPosted:

LWT im not going to get the xbox one. ill get the ps4.


Then why bother to comment on an Xbox news post? Lol

-InsanelyAwesome-Posted:

I cannot see how it has not been rushed, surely you would only release a console when it will work in all countries and have the voice commands work in every country.

ODSTPosted:

The console is most likely rushed due to the amount of changes to the the Xbone in the past couple months compared to the years of concept and development. I'm worried that the ones who originally said "specs don't matter" are about to eat their own words as they try to update their console more and more before launch. I'm worried that there is going to be a new, similar, problem wit the Xbone as there was with the 360; The Red Ring of Death

CHPPosted:

Gmlukens
Breading I think the console was slightly rushed


The release date sure isnt being rushed


yeah im sure if they wanted too they could release it now.