I get that naming it Xbox one will make it easier for the inevitable Xbox 2. That said, did they [...]
I get that naming it Xbox one will make it easier for the inevitable Xbox 2.
That said, did they learn fucking nothing from Nintendo?? I read a hilarious mock conversation on another website between your average uniformed customer and a retail employee.
Apparently, the average joe/jill is having a difficult enough time differentiating between the Wii and the Wii U......how many emails are they going to have to send to customers when people say "I already have that Xbox, my kid wants the Xbox 720 or Xbox 4....."
So what I am seeing is that you have to have your Kinnect on to use the Xbox One. Plus [...]
So what I am seeing is that you have to have your Kinnect on to use the Xbox One. Plus it needs to be connected to the internet to start and use. So it will probably be easiest to just leave it online while playing. Should we be at all concerned about privacy? I am turning my Kinnect towards the wall.
Well that's awful, My xbox is currently offline for a week (gaming room tv broke, had to move to room [...]
Well that's awful, My xbox is currently offline for a week (gaming room tv broke, had to move to room without connection). So if it was an xbox one I wouldnt be able to use it at all. I guess i will invest my next gen console money into a pc instead.
I love how people think that anyone that is going to play video games must live in an area with [...]
I love how people think that anyone that is going to play video games must live in an area with internet. Back home, I simply wouldn't be able to play this console. When I lived in the dorms at college, I wouldn't be able to after my roommate downloaded his weekly porn (I'm assuming) and our room got data capped.
Xbox, change browser to Firefox. Xbox, default search Engine Google. Xbox.... screw it, I'm going to my PC It may [...]
Xbox, change browser to Firefox. Xbox, default search Engine Google. Xbox.... screw it, I'm going to my PC
It may be that I like my TV experience simple, and my multi-tasking on one screen to be with precise input devices, but some how this seems silly, and overly complicated to me, a guy that has no interest in Fantasy Football
So at the event according to my count they showed a total of 6 multiplatform games, 0 exclusive games, 1 [...]
So at the event according to my count they showed a total of 6 multiplatform games, 0 exclusive games, 1 TV show/game hybrid and teased another TV series and 15 unnamed exclusives?
Wow...
It's official: Microsoft has become Wii-era Nintendo. That period was marked by the company throwing all of its effort into [...]
It's official: Microsoft has become Wii-era Nintendo. That period was marked by the company throwing all of its effort into wooing casual and non-gamers while throwing occasional table scraps to the dedicated gamers (aka "the hardcore," but I hate that term). This worked out awesome when the target market ran out and bought Wiis as fast as Ninty could make them and the system was profitable from day 1, but not so much when that same group bought maybe one more game for the system over the course of its life. Dedicated gamers, getting the message that their services were no longer needed, moved on to the 360 and the PS3, while Nintendo fans were lucky to get one AAA Nintendo game per year.
Microsoft, with this fancy DVR/cable box they're calling an XBOX, has done the same thing, but they're going after people who use the XBOX mainly as a Netflix box and Kinect machine instead of casuals (but I repeat myself). Just like its push with not-Metro and Windows 8, it's throwing away everything it has to chase a market that may not even exist. The company is clearly run by a legion of King Canutes who believe they are smart and clever enough to seamlessly transition a hardcore gaming brand and mindshare into a glorified set-top box.
I personally have no use for a fancy DVR, and since both of the new consoles are x86 based, there's a good chance that I may get games which I can actually show off on my quad-core Crossfire'd gaming rig, instead of crappy second-rate console ports that it can render with max settings and FPS in its sleep.
I think it is unfair thatyou need to have an internet connection. Don't get me wrong, I have internet access, [...]
I think it is unfair thatyou need to have an internet connection. Don't get me wrong, I have internet access, but to be required to login every 24 hours just to be able to play sounds like a slap in the face to the people who don't have web access. We buy gaming systems to play games, I know that sounds crazy, but it is true. Microsoft would be wise to remember that we were waiting for a gaming system, not some cool way to get on facebook or twitter.
$ony was smarter with their reveal - even though they didn't show their console, they - - showed games - [...]
$ony was smarter with their reveal - even though they didn't show their console, they -
- showed games
- showed features
- showed actual playable beta/alpha content - smart!
I get that MS had to show what their system can do but the approach was wrong - period.
Honestly, I am really digging the whole (running) water theme they have going on in that trailer. With the river [...]
Honestly, I am really digging the whole (running) water theme they have going on in that trailer. With the river quote, the multiple under/in/on (boats) water sense and all that, actually looks great. I just hope that maybe, just maybe, not all Call of Duty-related hope is gone... I think it looks pretty great so far, just saying...
Dude that dog is awesome. Anyways, the graphical fidelity is expected and more customization is expected. The one thing that [...]
Dude that dog is awesome. Anyways, the graphical fidelity is expected and more customization is expected. The one thing that did catch me off guard was the dynamic multiplayer maps... when Uncharted 2 did them in 2009