Obsidian Fire
Ahk Morn!
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- The Engineer
Might as well call it a social networking consol that can play games on the side...
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JBedford
Pro Adventurer
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- JBed
Games are tied to Live accounts, so you would be able to login with your account on any console and it will work fine.
Zee
wangxian married
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- Zee
to be fair both microsoft and sony are riding this social networking shit hard, but i guess i can understand why -- having one device that can do everything can be appealing and ensure the console gets a lot of use. i mean if it's a gaming/netflix/dvd player machine it's gonna have more widespread appeal than just a gaming console.
like remember when the wii decided to have the remote controller to pull non gamers towards their console and make it seem less intimidating?? this is kind of a roundabout way of doing it as well. someone in the house may not be a gamer, but can still find uses for the device and become familiar enough with it that they might transition easier into gaming on it.
not that i think social media should eclipse the gaming aspect of, y'know, the gaming console and they need to stop being so stupid because they're alienating their core userbase but idk blah blah im just a-ramblin'
that's worse, imo. if it was console locked at least you could get an xbox for the living room and install any games on there so it could be used communally.
damn if it's gonna be that way they should at least give you the option of sharing. "hey we're gonna do our dumb install thing would you like to share your game or keep it locked to just you" i mean IT'S MY GAME I PAID FOR IT LET ME DO WHAT I WANT
like remember when the wii decided to have the remote controller to pull non gamers towards their console and make it seem less intimidating?? this is kind of a roundabout way of doing it as well. someone in the house may not be a gamer, but can still find uses for the device and become familiar enough with it that they might transition easier into gaming on it.
not that i think social media should eclipse the gaming aspect of, y'know, the gaming console and they need to stop being so stupid because they're alienating their core userbase but idk blah blah im just a-ramblin'
that's worse, imo. if it was console locked at least you could get an xbox for the living room and install any games on there so it could be used communally.
damn if it's gonna be that way they should at least give you the option of sharing. "hey we're gonna do our dumb install thing would you like to share your game or keep it locked to just you" i mean IT'S MY GAME I PAID FOR IT LET ME DO WHAT I WANT
Kermitu Kleric Katie
KULT OF KERMITU
Good thing the Wii U has backwards compatibility. The Wii U already had me sold once they announced EarthBound would be released on Wii U VC, but now when I compare it to the XBoxOne it has me doubly doubly sold. Now here's a visual metaphor of what I think will happen in the future of gaming:
Just imagine the cactuar is Nintendo and Sony, and the grass is Microsoft.
Just imagine the cactuar is Nintendo and Sony, and the grass is Microsoft.
yes, I just wanted an excuse to use that smilie
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Ⓐaron
Factiō Rēpūblicāna dēlenda est.
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Also: Microsoft's Xbox head: 'If you’re backwards compatible, you’re really backwards' | The Verge
Good lord. It's like these people have never heard of emulation.
Lex
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Honestly, the only thing I thought the new XBox would have over the PS4 is backwards compatibility. It doesn't even have that. I'm not a console war type, my housemate has an XBox and I have a PS3, they both have their ups and downs (but I do personally prefer my PS3). But seriously, I don't know how they think they can pull this bullshit without people going "fuck this, I'll get a PS4 instead".
Laughing so hard.
Laughing so hard.
ForceStealer
Double Growth
X-SOLDIER
Harbinger O Great Justice
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This is literally the same link that I posted in the post that you thanked 4 posts up. xD
(but it doesn't make it any less fucking stupid).
X
Splintered
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"I'm a gaming console that sees access to an entire library of games as low priority. Instead watch tv."
If it's a business decision to push new games, then it's a business decision. I don't like it but it happens. However, don't fucking tell me that gaming is a low priority but social media function is the new future of gaming direction, jfc.
There is an option that you can play it on the same console though, right? I think I saw this brought up that you can play friend's games with your account, just only on their console. So at least there is that. But all of this is so unnecessarily complicated, like saying you can only listen to music on your ipod if it's constantly connected to the internet, or paying to watch a movie on a different dvd player, or books that only work in certain locations.
Yeah I know it's not exactly the same, but it's still freaking ridiculous, and they need to be really upfront about the limitations of the xbox and used game. There are tons of people who play games out there that don't watch these things and just buy new consoles, or parents that get these things for their kids. They'll purchase these things not understanding all the bullshit this is going to put them through.
X-SOLDIER
Harbinger O Great Justice
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I know, I was just posting a quote from it to rag on how stupid it was and why it was stupid
It is MONSTROUSLY stupid, but I think that if Sony needed any extra motivation to get their Gaikai service working for emulation, that quote was it.
X
X-SOLDIER
Harbinger O Great Justice
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Zee
wangxian married
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- Zee
it's probably gonna come down to the same thing it did last gen -- price range and multiplayer. honestly as much as i'm bitching about this stupid thing i'm probably gonna end up getting it when the price drops because it's the console all my friends play on.
i'm hoping they (both sony and ms) focus on exclusives at e3 but the truth is most of the titles people look forward to are multiplatform or eventually ported anyway. the wii u would be the only console to buy if you really cared about exclusives, it's just too bad they can't be assed to make new ips while they're shitting out mario 820938509285 THIS TIME IN ~~~3D~~~
it all comes down to price imo. if sony learned from their $800 blunder i'll certainly consider it (as long as i can buy the xbox knockoff controller for the ps4 as well no seriously i cannot stand playing their fucking controller for longer than an hour before my hand cramps and i throw it across the room).
but at this point i'm seriously just considering fully converting to pc gaming at this point and taking steam out of the friendzone rather than going back to the abusive ex that is the console
X-SOLDIER
Harbinger O Great Justice
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- X
I must be the only person who will probably NEVER return to the world of PC gaming. I burned out on spending time at a computer after I started working tech support like... 6 years back. If I'm not online while I'm at work, or from my phone/tablet, I'm probably nowhere near a computer, because my internet travels with me and that access is really all I need.
I floated into the realm of being a non-hardcore gamer a LONG while back, but there're still things that I am really adamant about, so I wouldn't consider myself a casual gamer. I don't play games on my tablet or my phone, but I love my Vita & PS3, even though they don't occupy a lot of my time, gaming is something that I do loosely when I don't want to watch TV, but want to get into a story, or just blow some stuff up. I'm also not really big into the "doing 3-4 things at once" aspects of the new Xbox.
I'm more focused on the PS4 at this point, because it seems to be focusing on all of the reasons that I actually own a gaming console. I'm sure this is different for some people, but at this point, I still don't see my self ever owning an Xbox or a gaming PC.
X
I floated into the realm of being a non-hardcore gamer a LONG while back, but there're still things that I am really adamant about, so I wouldn't consider myself a casual gamer. I don't play games on my tablet or my phone, but I love my Vita & PS3, even though they don't occupy a lot of my time, gaming is something that I do loosely when I don't want to watch TV, but want to get into a story, or just blow some stuff up. I'm also not really big into the "doing 3-4 things at once" aspects of the new Xbox.
I'm more focused on the PS4 at this point, because it seems to be focusing on all of the reasons that I actually own a gaming console. I'm sure this is different for some people, but at this point, I still don't see my self ever owning an Xbox or a gaming PC.
X
Strangelove
AI Researcher
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- hitoshura
i was actually considering getting the new xbox so i could also play all the old 360 exclusives i missed by not owning a 360
my plans have now changed
my plans have now changed
Tennyo
Higher Further Faster
"Switching between tv is now as fast as changing channels on your remote."
...so is pressing the "Input" button on my remote.
X
Hey now, you guys shouldn't be hatin' on the new Xbox.
I mean, anything that will save me from having to use the source button on my remote to switch between TV and HDMI is a win in my book.
Joe
I KEEP MY IDEALS
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I'm not very good with American sarcasm. It seems to have its own very strange rules of conduct.
OT: The PS4 didn't look incredible when it was announced but after seeing all of this I am rather convinced that it won the competition between the two. Still, both new consoles are veering me steadily toward the PC.
OT: The PS4 didn't look incredible when it was announced but after seeing all of this I am rather convinced that it won the competition between the two. Still, both new consoles are veering me steadily toward the PC.
Carlie
CltrAltDelicious
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- Chloe Frazer
Kermitu Kleric Katie
KULT OF KERMITU
Wii U says hi.
I never understood all these PS vs XBox wars tbh. I've always thought Nintendo had the superior systems, mainly for having the best exclusives, which is the main thing I care about when it comes to gaming.