Xbox One Will Only Be Able To Lay Horizontally Due To Slot Loading Drive

Xbox One Will Only Be Able To Lay Horizontally Due To Slot Loading Drive

Today, Microsoft told GameSpot that due to the inclusion of a slot loading drive, the Xbox One won't support vertical orientation or it could damage the system. "We don't support vertical orientation; do it at your own risk." Check it out after the jump...

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By Abary - Sep 21, 2013 01:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Video Games



Microsoft's director of product planning for Xbox, Albert Penello, revealed to GameSpot at the Tokyo Game Show, We don't support vertical orientation; do it at your own risk. Penello says the risk comes not from ventilation, but the disc drive. It wouldn't be a cooling problem, we just didn't design the drive for vertical. Because it's a slot loading drive, we just didn't design it for both. However, Penallo states that Microsoft's figures show that 80% of Xbox 360 owners lay their system horizontally anyways. Xbox One is scheduled for launch in North America and Europe on November 22, and in Japan in 2014.
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PLUSH
PLUSH - 9/21/2013, 1:37 PM
PS4 FTW!
TheManFromMars
TheManFromMars - 9/21/2013, 1:45 PM
Only horizontally?!
marvel72
marvel72 - 9/21/2013, 2:05 PM
i don't know anyone who stands their xbox 360 up vertically.
WYLEEJAY
WYLEEJAY - 9/21/2013, 2:07 PM
@Venom. And what may I ask are some of these decisions you speak of?

@Mexican superman. The Ps3 had the same problem with overheating. Both companies fixed them. I know your jaded because of what happened, but neither system is better than the other.

It all comes down to what games I want to play. Halo is one of my faves. Also Gears of War. I like Killzone, but not enough to spend that kind of cash. I own both the 360 and Ps3, but I'm one of the few that enjoys the Kinect. So, another reason for me to get the X box One. The Ps4 will be cheaper, but no Kinect. So, no thanks.
Tajin88
Tajin88 - 9/21/2013, 2:13 PM
Prism is reason enough for me, so f*u*c*k microsoft!
3DWitchHunt
3DWitchHunt - 9/21/2013, 2:13 PM
Dont care
Getting a PS4 anyway for the better exclusives
MegatronLP9
MegatronLP9 - 9/21/2013, 2:17 PM
I don't really give a shit, but this thing gets worse worse
ATrueHero1987
ATrueHero1987 - 9/21/2013, 2:31 PM
No problem for me. Xbox One FTW!!
WYLEEJAY
WYLEEJAY - 9/21/2013, 2:33 PM
Did ya know, that the HDMI pass through doesn't just support your cable box? It will even support a Playstation 4! So if your one of those people that will get both systems, you could actually play both systems at the same time. With the Ones snap function, it will put your One into splitscreen with whatever is running through the pass through. So anything that runs HDMI. Split screen. Awesome!
CaptainObvious
CaptainObvious - 9/21/2013, 2:51 PM
@marvel72- I do. I stand all my video game consoles up vertically.

I got my Xbox 360 in 2007. It lasted until 2011 when the red ring appeared. I got a new one a couple weeks later and it now stands next to my PS3.
TelaVizion
TelaVizion - 9/21/2013, 2:56 PM
why would that be a problem when the PS3 can do it?
WYLEEJAY
WYLEEJAY - 9/21/2013, 4:06 PM
@Mexican superman. Burn ring on the discs is a pain in the ass. Thats why I over ride the return policy on scratched discs for my customers. I do what I can. I haven't had any complaints about that on the newer systems though.
Supes17
Supes17 - 9/21/2013, 4:07 PM
Im getting the PS4. [frick] xbox one
Supes17
Supes17 - 9/21/2013, 4:07 PM
Ps4 supports 4k bluray
Supes17
Supes17 - 9/21/2013, 4:17 PM
Ive never had any problems with my ps3 system. Got it right after my old xbox got the infamous ring of death
crowlers
crowlers - 9/21/2013, 4:30 PM
PS4 all the way.

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BlackIceJoe
BlackIceJoe - 9/21/2013, 8:24 PM
I will be buying both this & the PS4. I have my PS3 & 360 standing up. I even have the Wii U standing up even though it is not built that way. So I will be doing the same with this. If it breaks that is what a warranty is for. Every one I know stands their systems up. My brothers 360 fell over & it still works the only thing that got broken was Far Cry 3. So to make FC3 still work he had to store the game on the hard drive. So I will give this system a try standing up. Because I don't have that much room on my tv stand.
neoman101
neoman101 - 9/21/2013, 10:18 PM
@Venom706 only 1 and 5 are true unno about 6 but 2,3,4 are not true sorry bro
WYLEEJAY
WYLEEJAY - 9/22/2013, 6:21 AM
@Venom. Yeah dude they changed those things already. You do not have to be connected to the internet. You will be able to play used games. Neither system is backwarrds compatible. Nobody bought Ps3 versions of the games when the Ps3 was backwards compatible, so thats why they took it out. Good business decision. And like I said, the Kinect is the reason its a hundred dollars more. If you bought it separately, it would cost a lot more. Exclusives, well they haven't came out yet so how can you make that assumption? First day releases maybe. But we have no clue what either has planned all through next year.
kylo0607
kylo0607 - 9/22/2013, 7:36 AM
@WYLEEJAY
Sorry then, my mistake.
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