PC Gamer accommodating to console

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Well I have bit the bullet (yes I know, may GabeN have mercy on my sales) and purchased an XBOX One a couple of days ago along with a copy of Halo Master Chief Collection. I might be willing to purchase Evolve on the console as well when it comes out.

So far the whole "console" experience has been okay to say the least.

First thing I want to point out:

Visual Appearance of the Dashboard:

At first glance you have a some what disorganized and crammed UI that puts thing in places that you would normally like to see a dedicated tab for.

There are 4 main tabs:

Pins, Home, Friends, and Store

Sure you can solve the problem with Pins and organized your own home screen but this only applies to apps or games installed on the console. Instead why not give us the option much like the Modern Tiles on Windows 8?

Here is an example of what the home screen looks like:

Overall its not too bad but some basic customization options besides using a custom image as a background.

Now for how I go about getting my current peripherals to work with the console.

Unfortunately the console does not accept a USB mic unlike the way the XBOX 360 did. Not only can you not use a USB microphone, even if you managed to get it working, there is no way of getting audio through the speakers unless you use a Kinnect, but who would want to do that in the first place. I would like to emulate the Kinnect being plugged into the console to access voice chat through speakers, but as of now I still have no knowledge of how to go about doing so or if anyone has successfully done so.

So far my options are to use adapter that I have use in the past [LINK] and use a wired mic along with my IEMs.

This first option seems the easiest since I already own the adapter but I will still need to purchase the XBOX One Stereo Headset Adapter which retail for $24.99USD.

Currently my main choice is purchasing a DAC (which I have already done) with a optical audio input along with the cable to provide the sound. This option still requires me to purchase the headset adapter but I will only need to run the microphone through that leading to less cable clutter.

What ever the choice I pick I will update the thread and what works for me.

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You could have bought a 970 for that price. You can only pray that GabeN will forgive you. 

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Yes I know, I have used this to apply 20 lashes daily.

I am waiting for whatever AMD brings out then make my decision then.

I plan to build a PC for my niece and hand down my R9 270 to her and buy myself something nice.

In the end my buddy surprised me with a headset that is actually quite good and comfortable. I took it off the xbox adapter and had a listen to the audio. Not bad but I still prefer my IEM's.

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Where you used to play shooters with a gamepad already? I grew up playing shooters with mouse and keyboard and when I tried aiming with a controller later on I always felt like I am adjusting a 16th century cannon. I actually forced myself to play through Red Faction:Armageddon a few years back with a 360 pad and despite the ridiculous auto aim I was frustrated untill the end.

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Yes I started out as a console gamer and grew up mainly playing the games from the Halo Franchise. I adjusted quite quickly to the controller.

I am not the most skilled player but I have my amazing moments. I noticed an amazing improvement of my scores playing with the Xbone controller vs the 360 controller on Geometry Wars 3.

I still want the ability to use keyboard and mouse but the XIM4 is a $125 peripheral. I wont be buying it for maybe a month. Then again its more of a want not so much a need situation. The auto aim is another thing that upsets me, I am not as good with auto aimed disabled on controller but okay. Another reason to get the keyboard/mouse adapter.

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I do hope that you listen to Bolt Thrower

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Why Xbox?

Aside from the home entertainment portion, the PS4 seems like a better buy

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Yeah seriously. I own a PS4 myself and it is a better games machine than the 'Bone. More powerful hardware, more games, larger community and a better buy.

I suppose if you had to have an Xbox exclusive or your friends were on it then maybe. Or if you bought it when they were giving it away for $350 with a shit ton of games because no one wants the damn thing.

Otherwise PS4 all the way. Especially considering they didn't pull as much BS as Microsoft did at launch and no Kinect spying on you all the time.

Also, don't listen to the close minded PC Only "PC Master Race" crowd on here. I play PC and console. I prefer PC but I can afford to have both. I consider myself a gamer. I care about games. Not platforms. If I had my choice I'd buy a game for the PC but I'm fine with consoles. IDK why people think it is always one or the other.

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Well the main thing for was Halo, which has been my favorite since childhood. I never really cared for the PS4. I hardly have any friends on PS4 anyways. I purchased the Xbone mainly to play with my non-PC gaming friends. 

I've enjoyed PC for a quite a while now and will continue to enjoy it. I am not really chastising myself for owning a console, I quite like the humor the "PC Master Race" brings.

I take no offense to any of the posts.

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Mainly games, I don't care for the whole entertainment side of it.