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jbug617

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Rodelero

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Oct 27, 2017
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"May" is pretty deceptive.

On an Xbox One or Xbox One S you will experience performance issues which render the game pretty well unplayable. Pretty weak move from Microsoft to be honest, should be bolder.
 

LewieP

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Curious as to what the basis for the performance issues going away once it's updated is. How can Microsoft know how the patched version will run on Xbox One? Is that just based on CDPR's stated plans? The same company that planned to release this game in April?
 
Oct 27, 2017
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"May" is pretty deceptive.

On an Xbox One or Xbox One S you will experience performance issues which render the game pretty well unplayable. Pretty weak move from Microsoft to be honest, should be bolder.
It's probably best to avoid definitive statements for legal reasons. I'm imagining somebody out there who did a hardware overclock of their console and stuck it in a liquid nitrogen bath.
 

Xbox Live Mike

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"May the Frames be with you" -Digital Foundry

Yeah the whole situation is bad but at least they finally put a warning up.
 
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rras1994

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This is a "buyer beware" of letting people know that it can be a defective product so the risk is on them?
 

LewieP

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Xbox One X is apparently fine though, so it depends on which Xbox One you have.
Dunno what you're talking about because Microsoft said that Xbox represents gaming beyond generations.

Obviously I'm being somewhat facetious, but this idea does undermine the marketing messages of "play on whatever device suits you" if the experience is this flawed on this many of their devices for this game.

(I'm a very happy Xbox owner).
 
Oct 29, 2017
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I see this more of a CYA move than a "Microsoft, what a nice multinational corporation for looking out for the little guy."

With that in mind, this statement serves its purpose.
 

rras1994

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I see this more of a CYA move than a "Microsoft, what a nice multinational corporation for looking out for the little guy."

With that in mind, this statement serves its purpose.
I think this is just the warning that stores do when they sell a product that's defective so that it's on the buyer to be aware and they can't return it if is.
 

GJ

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Oct 25, 2017
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I mean, there was someone on Era who played through the game on a base Xbox One and loved it 🤷‍♂️. Iirc they didn't encounter a lot of bugs and not everybody cares about performance.

Seeing the Xbox One version I wouldn't touch that with a 10ft pole, but at least now potential customers are warned on the store itself.
 

EJS

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Oct 31, 2017
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This is standard verbiage.

They also are offering 100% refund. What's the problem?
 

That1GoodHunter

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"Fuck it, the marketing check cleared a year ago, the show MUST go on!"

Oh well, the marketing deal was always going to make this a horrible situation for MS to try to navigate, don't envy them
 

JustinH

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Oct 27, 2017
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The same warning also appears when buying through XBOXs I assume?
Just checked and yeah, it's front and center (I wish I could stream my Xbox to my PC again so I could easily get a screenshot).

resorting to blurry cell phone shot, lol.
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It says "installing" because it looks like there's an update out (damn, 15.9 GB...).
 
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EvilBoris

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Oct 29, 2017
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Performance is an entirely abstract thing and there will be millions who literally don't see it.

15fps goldeneye never stopped me enjoying it
 

Rodelero

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This is standard verbiage.

They also are offering 100% refund. What's the problem?

Assuming you can get a guaranteed refund, no questions asked, no quibble, no hassle etc, then it's not a massive problem. I still don't think any retailer should be selling goods they know are broken: You are setting your customer up for an incredibly disappointing experience and there is no guarantee they know about the refund availability.

Additionally I don't think Microsoft should be
(1) Using incredibly charitable language to describe the issues the game has
(2) Implying that the performance issues will certainly be resolved by updates

The language needs to be more visible and stronger:

"There are known significant performance issues on the Xbox One and Xbox One S versions of this game. There are also known significant bugs that affect all versions of the game. The publisher has announced patches aimed at remedying these problems during the coming year. Any purchaser of the game who wishes to have a free refund, no questions asked, can request a refund at www.placeholder.com"
 

leng jai

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Nov 2, 2017
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This "warning" should be on a bunch of other games on base Xbox one too probably. Control for one.