I'm glad you gave a one sided argument. fortunately majority of the issues you face is user error.

Xbox one is louder than ps4 slim but ps4 slim is a newer model, xbox one s is a lot quieter. The xbox one dashboard is about 30% advertisements floated to the right with application ect 70% to the left.

You can pause downloads and click on something else to download first!
You can also choose to install/auto update whilst turned off or shut it completely down i configured mine to do the first.

Batteries? Really? majority of people buy battery backs anyway and i use batteries as they last longer than ps4 controllers and they are rechargeable so it's never an issue swapping them to put others on charge so we dont have to plug it in with a cable (like the ps4)

Im my opinion the ui on xbox is much easier to use than the playstation but who am i too judge.

If you or your friend need assistance using the console then just ask :smile:

Be warned zavvi have a habit of cancelling console purchases when codes are used

I've been playing this on xbox one and I haven't experienced this blurring?? maybe get a better TV?

That BIGSPENDERZ code seems to work for another £10 off. Good deal but Zavvi lol

Not in stock though says when received from supplier

Be warned zavvi have a habit of cancelling purchases

Consider myself warned.

For any TCB and Flubit users you might want to consider the info from this thread I created tonight.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/misc/tcb-limited-time-flubit-offer-for-info-2531077?p=28997811

Heat FD.

Folks, I have been watching BF1 online, both in live streams on Twitch and Youtube Gaming in the past 24 hours and also recorded lived streams on both sites, and I am very disappointed how blurry BF1 looks on the Xbox compared to the PS4.

Turns out that the Xbox plays BF1 at 720P as opposed to the PS4 which does it at 900P.

I have only ever owned Xboxes and wanted to buy the Xbox S purely for BF1 but, as of tonight, I am seriously reconsidering what to buy.

Don't take my word for it - go and have a look for yourselves.

bf1 is a let down all round. yeah, it's not sharp at all on Xbox one...but that's the least of its problems. The framerate in mp is all over the place. it's also riddled with bugs and glitches at the moment. The single player starts off really well...the first mission uses a cool mechanic to give a sense of just how unforgiving war is, and it looks stunning. After that first mission though it settles for the uninspired, and bores quickly. Visuals also turn quite muddy.
The whole thing is rather boring tbh, and there's plenty far superior games out for the xboxone to make one worth the purchase and show it off in a more flattering way - forza horizon 3 for one.

Oos

OOS because its not released yet.

Availability: Stock will be despatched to you as soon as we receive it from our supplier.

do cex or game buy down load codes.....real want new console reading comments above they are putting me off battlefield a bit

£206 here http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/xbox-one-s-500gb-with-battle-field-one-206-99-with-code-zavvi-2531231

That's more like it but you can bet your top euro that the £199 offers will be back come Black Friday

I am really shocked just how blurry and a lack of detail BF1 has on the Xbox. Seems that an awful lot of those superb looking youtube videos are from a PC or a PS4 rather than the Xbox.

I did some more investigating again last night - watching live streams - and the game does look great on the PS4 but I felt as if my eyes had gone out of focus watching some of the Xbox videos of it. I was fully intending to buy a new Xbox with BF1 tomorrow night just to play it but not any longer.

I'm glad you gave a one sided argument. fortunately majority of the issues you face is user error.

Xbox one is louder than ps4 slim but ps4 slim is a newer model, xbox one s is a lot quieter. The xbox one dashboard is about 30% advertisements floated to the right with application ect 70% to the left.

You can pause downloads and click on something else to download first!
You can also choose to install/auto update whilst turned off or shut it completely down i configured mine to do the first.

Batteries? Really? majority of people buy battery backs anyway and i use batteries as they last longer than ps4 controllers and they are rechargeable so it's never an issue swapping them to put others on charge so we dont have to plug it in with a cable (like the ps4)

Im my opinion the ui on xbox is much easier to use than the playstation but who am i too judge.

If you or your friend need assistance using the console then just ask :smile:

I've been playing this on xbox one and I haven't experienced this blurring?? maybe get a better TV?

Got my one s on Tuesday and I love it! Looks amazing with gears 4!

Fanboy alert!

I've just moved to the Xbox One, but I have to say....the Xbox One UI is absolutely awful compared to the PS4's. I was trying to redeem a code for Xbox Gold Membership and I swear, it must have taken me 5-10 mins to find out where to go. And even then I don't think I did it the "official" way. The UI is a mess as far as i'm concerned. Maybe i'll get used to it though!

Goto store where else would you think to go? Haha some really odd negative comments in this thread

Like all things when you first use something. Humans don't like change lets face it. I game on xbox and pc when i redeem codes i typically do it on the phone application which then auto installs! :smile: seriously though you will get used to it, it's nice - i hates the play station for UI when i brought one and i sold it within a week!

Look at this one from an early edition video that someone has loaded up to youtube - it looks as if someone has smeared some vaseline across the screen. It would be certainly called 'soft' if that was a Broadcast TV image. It is certainly not sharp.

All the wonderful crispness and detail that we have seen in the promo videos is simply not there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ds9aj0uP-8

I got to admit that I am very disappointed. I had planned some great midnight charge tomorrow night to Game or Smyths or wherever to pick up an Xbox S and BF1 to replace my Xbox 360 and my BF3.

i think this is a poor video...look at this it looks better... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVEksCeAccM

Thanks - will take a look.

Edit:

Nah, it has the same softness and lack of detail/crispness throughout.

Unsure second video is better than the first one. I have only played battlefield 1 on pc though on ultra and it's amazing.

I have never ever played a PS4 in my life. So stop the fanboy comments as they are just nonsense. This is not about the console but about how the game looks on the console.

Side by side comparision here - comments below video says it all:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFZIiVQVj8w

​Just hold it up to your kinect...gawd.

No, the Xbox ui can be a little overwhelming at first if you're used to the more simple bare bones look of the ps4. But the Xbox os is far superior I think. Once you're used to it you'll find you can find things faster...redeem a code is a case of clicking the left bumper 3 times so you're under the store tab and selecting 'use a code'...where as on the ps4 you're waiting for the store to load up first. Turning the Xbox off is a case of holding down the Xbox button and selecting turn off...where as you have to go through menus first with ps4. Xbox being always on (select the feature) makes everything snappy from the start as you're signed instantly in.
Download times are faster on the xboxone too. And you can indeed prioritise downloads.

Your going hard mode at this? Have you seen the game run in the flesh lad? Looks stunning on Xbox one and PC anyway and can't see it being any different on PS4, Xbox is leading console for EA also so can't see them doing anything to make Xbox version lacklustre.

Hey the beta wasn't great by any stretch BUT the final build is very different and all for the better.

Erm sorry but some TVs do blur either as a feature or just cos it's tat.

​The only ads on the home page are generally showing you deals with gold, they're tucked in little boxes on the right of the screen and not very intrusive at all. These are the only ads I see...and easily comparable to the ps4 desktop ads. The other menus (store tab etc)dont have ads but have tabs showing pictures of the movies/TV shows and games that are out...unless you're classing those as ads? Again, only what ps4 does only you have to open and wait for the store to load first.

The Xbox os ive found super fast and responsive...I think people get a little overwhelmed at first because everything is out in the open as opposed to the ps4 Where all this is hidden in the store app. But navigating through the ps4 store and navigating through the same menus on the Xbox one the Xbox os is clearly superior.

I've an original Xbox one and it's silent...in all honesty probably the quietist console I've ever owned...and I have pretty much all of them. My ps4 sounds like a jet sometimes.

I think something may have been faulty with your friends Xbox tbh

I just bought a Storm Grey Xbox One S with Battlefield 1 for £249.99. Colour matters, white yuk. I have a feeling many others think the same?

​he's talking about the difference in the games resolution compared to the ps4 version. And comparing YouTube video. Neither of these suggests it's down to user TVs. Nor the TV mode being used.

Just been reading that the main problems with BF 1 are on PC and ps4, the latter has significant frame drops to 2-3fps (multiplayer) hopefully they will be a fix as I'm a massive BF 1 fan and don't want it to be getting bad rep :P

Have all three consoles, have to agree from above that the Xbox UI is pretty awful compared to the PS one but after you've gotten used to it then it's easy. Took me a while to find my own games library at first!

They've just published a new update and it makes my games buttery smooth in upscaled 4K, happy customer for £175.

what to do...

buy this for £230 from Zavvi,

or £250 in White, Blue (pre-order) or Grey (pre-order) at Microsoft Store but getting 50,000 Xbox Rewards points from Microsoft (worth about £40 now I'm guessing?).

I was told to get white by the wife as it was cheaper, I told her straight it was grey or I will hit the floor and thrash my arms and legs around in public till she says OK. She said OK providing her friends could come round for tea and watch bake off. Giving up the remote for the evening will suck, but at least I got my own way

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Hahahahahaham orders with zavvi.

Doh why didn't I think of saying something like that? !

So, it's Microsoft's fault that you don't know how to press Start and pause a download

There is also an actual queue available in 'My Games and Apps', sooo...yeah there is a queue

You CAN set it to dload in the background

Of course you can't in energy saving mode, because you are SAVING ENERGY, and therefore sacrificing some features to SAVE ENERGY, hence ENERGY SAVING (jeez)

The menu literally has like 3 small adverts on the right hand side, and one of them is for Games with Gold which gives you free, decent standard games, so I really wouldn't complain

The side bar is easily accessed and games auto pause when you just press the middle Home button

I'm not trying to fanboy the Xbox here, I just get frustrated when people chat utter nonsense, about half of what you said is completely untrue, and the other half is you not knowing how to work an Xbox

PS has some pros over Xbox, I admit that e.g. higher resolution on many games, but Xbox has ALWAYS been king of online (Gold is miles better than PS+ in my opinion) and the OS in the Xbox One is very easily navigated

Plus this is an S, which looks fantastic, nice and compact, runs very fast and is virtually silent, the fan is so good that if I put my hand on the top of it while playing, it's either cold or lukewarm

I should know, I have one. Please learn how to use an Xbox before slating it, common sense really.

On the matter of the deal, decent price, not the best price I have seen over the last couple weeks, but pretty good as it goes

Zavvi are a terrible company imo, ordered a headset, arrived broken 3 months later, took 1 month to get a refund
Seems to happen to alot of people, slow/never delivered/cancelled orders without notifying

Good physical price though

still think you're making a mountain out of a mole hill

Here is a video of some Xbox BF1 gameplay uploaded to Youtube in the last few hours - the entire game looks like it is viewed through some kind of blurry filter. The lack of sharpness/detail on walls, rocks, doorways, etc, etc, is obvious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thSF082xImo

Your still banging on about this? I've just played for a good few hours and honestly it looks stunning...

I didn't get kinect - I think kinect looks trash. I want to play games, not have a camera pointing at me ;-)

Anyway, all sorted now and i'm enjoying the Xbox.

Did you watch the side by side video? They both look great but there is no doubt that the PS4 is at a higher res. This is from someone contemplating buying a One S (not for BF1 though, PC all the way) so I am not a PS4 fanboy. Infact if anyone is coming across as a fanboy...

what are you trying to prove the ps4 is better? there could be other reasons causing this like poor connection any way I have played it on a massive TV and I personally haven't come across this yet.

Not trying to prove anything. Merely pointing out what is obvious for anyone with an open mind to see from the video evidence that is on youtube. If you cannot see it then, well, that is you. But if this helps others to investigate and judge for themselves then it has a purpose.

I will say it again - I was planning and looking forward to buying an Xbox S at midnight tomorrow with a nice new copy of BF1 bundled with it. I almost ordered the early enlister bundle this week from Simply Games.

But I am glad that I did not now as from the NUMEROUS Youtube videos freely available to view online the issues I have mentioned are clearly obvious.

Got emailed a code for 50000 points by Microsoft this morning.

Code is ogmvu4vro

Will post a pic of the email later if I get a chance.

Yes, I watched that BUT it is not gameplay. It is either just showing the different promo videos or just a person standing still in single payer mode.

The problem seems to be when you are playing the game and everything is moving. It is as if the quality of the rendering degrades in order to cope with all the processing that is going on re loads of players, moving through the landscape, etc.

FWIIW, I just checked some BF1 forums and there are lots of people posting about it now asking why the game is so blurred. There are even PS4 users asking about it such as the comment below:

never been ps4 guy its just preference if you dont like xbox dont comment on it, its a good deal just not to your taste i cant stand the cheap tacky ps4 controllers that break after dropping off a coffee table but i dont write on all the ps4 deals voting cold nd saying dont buy some people are just childish lol

Thanks so much for getting back to me : ) just received a unique code for 50.000 points if I buy an xbox one s before 31st December

​​I ordered one this morning from the other HotUK Deals link, used the code to get 10% and my order was despatched an hour ago with dpd tracking info happy days..

The ps4 sounds like a jet afterburner and the xbox one s sounds like a hyperactive grandfather clock ticking for all it's life is worth. Both sound awful and am currently trying to sort a replacement one s and have no idea what to do about the ps4. Dunno whether to try a slim or just wait for a deal on the pro.

The fact neither seem to be able to create hardware that doesn't simply work without some sort of physical issue is frankly laughable at this point.

Nice deal. Can't seem to get any of the codes mentioned here to work though. I get the message "Unfortunately the discount code you have used is not applicable to the contents of your basket." Is the deal working for anyone else or have Zavvi put a stop to it?

Bickering over slight differences in resolution is pretty trivial when you consider both versions run like junk in the big game types, owing to their weak CPU's. In fact I wouldnt be surprised if XB1 runs better in 40 and 64 players games due to higher clock speeds.

Not really. If it looks like CR*P then it looks like... That is important to me but perhaps you cannot see the difference between a quality image and a rubbish one. I can.

I play on PC on a 1440p 165hz monitor so as far as I'm concerned the game blurry on both consoles.

Soz but that's a silly comment, as they don't get quieter than cartridge consoles, eg n64 etc

God forbid any of you playing games back 20+ years ago. Must be some form nightmare for you lot. Get a grip people, please. We've come a long way.

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