» Home

THE STREAM

• 

  

  Loading...

  ---

  Backwards compatibility a backwards notion, Xbox head says

  20 Comments
  • 

    Loading...

    ---
    Spartan-N7 Wow, Microsoft must love the taste of their foot, cause it's shoved in their mouth pretty tight right now.
  • 

    Loading...

    ---
    t_skwerl

    Call me... backwards, heh, but it's just another reason I'm not interested. The reason they're not doing it is painfully [...]

    Call me... backwards, heh, but it's just another reason I'm not interested. The reason they're not doing it is painfully obvious. The same reason Sony isn't doing it; so they milk us dry by charging us full price again for HD collections of older games. Or putting those up for digital download. Which do work on their latest system. It's all about the benjamins. As for PS4, I remain dubious.
  • 

    Loading...

    ---
    laurenhiya21

    I still use my Wii's, PS2's, DS's and GBA's backwards compatibility... To me it means I can play a bunch [...]

    I still use my Wii's, PS2's, DS's and GBA's backwards compatibility... To me it means I can play a bunch of games without getting another console. Sure a lot of those older systems are pretty cheap now, but I would prefer to spend that on more games (as I'm still missing a lot of gems). Also, if the PS4 had backwards compatibility, I probably would of been tempted to buy it at launch or near launch as I still don't have a PS3. I don't have a 360 either, but even if the XboxOne had backwards compatibility, there is no way I'm buying a console if you need to pay a fee to play used games :/ (it's probably going to be overpriced anyway because of all the fancy TV stuff that no one cares about)
  • View all 20 comments
  • 

    Loading...

    ---
    
• 

  

  Loading...

  ---

  Xbox reveals then and now - Xbox One vs. 360

  10 Comments
  • 

    Loading...

    ---
    death4us

    This doesn't even feel like a console release at all and on a side note what is with the puny [...]

    This doesn't even feel like a console release at all and on a side note what is with the puny 500gb hard drive. If you have to install all your games completely its going to run out of room fast.
  • 

    Loading...

    ---
    Eo1spy

    It could be rose-tinted glasses, but it all looked much more 'fun' back in 2005. In 2013 we got a [...]

    It could be rose-tinted glasses, but it all looked much more 'fun' back in 2005. In 2013 we got a dry, corporate presentation for both reveals. I suppose you could put it down to MTV though. I can't believe that reveal was 8 years ago, I'm getting old... Also, there is something wrong with your slideshows, and there has been for a while. Sometimes when I click next or the arrow key, the picture disappears but the text and page number stay the same. Then when I click next again it goes to the next slide correctly. I am using Chrome.
  • 

    Loading...

    ---
    J-Fid I have that same problem. I'm also using Chrome.
  • View all 10 comments
  • 

    Loading...

    ---
    
• 

  

  Loading...

  ---

  RadarPlays - Resistance 3

  2 Comments
  • 

    Loading...

    ---
    winner2 I could listen to the "SSSUUURRRGGEEE!!!!" war cries all day lol
  • 

    Loading...

    ---
    BlueScorpion91 Brilliant episode, if off-topic at times. Lol. Would love you to play a Yakuza title one episode.
  • 

    Loading...

    ---
    
• 

  

  Loading...

  ---

  Alan Wake Humble Bundle comes with sequel regrets

  5 Comments
  • 

    Loading...

    ---
    antiAntag0nist I just got Alan Wake through Games on Demand, I hope it turns out well.
  • 

    Loading...

    ---
    Unoriginal

    That is really nice and, dare I say, admirable of him to adress us directly like this and give such [...]

    That is really nice and, dare I say, admirable of him to adress us directly like this and give such a no-bullshit explanation. It's rare to see this kind of honesty and transparency from this degree of developer. Whenever Remedy decides to make Alan Wake 2, I'll be there.
  • 

    Loading...

    ---
    GamesradarsCamelToe

    --not sure why --but that kinda weirded me out -yeah --and yall can leave alan wake locked up for ever [...]

    --not sure why --but that kinda weirded me out -yeah --and yall can leave alan wake locked up for ever --that franchise SUCKED
  • View all 5 comments
  • 

    Loading...

    ---
    
• 

  

  Loading...

  ---

  Xbox One is the always-online, used-game-killing nightmare we feared

  38 Comments
  • 

    Loading...

    ---
    oryanbelt

    So I was gonna type this long, multiple paragraph piece about how I tend to be objective on these issues [...]

    So I was gonna type this long, multiple paragraph piece about how I tend to be objective on these issues between game companies and their consumers and how the way Microsoft is handling their next console is pretty ignorant and what they should have done instead. But I pretty sure what I could say has already been said a couple different times in the is article and its comments alone, not to mention all over the internet as well. So I'm just gonna say this: If Microsoft wants my money for their console, they better change the way they are going about it. No matter how many awesome exclusives are coming to their console, how many partnerships they make with how many companies, how many functions they throw into their console; I will not support a console that completely hinders the way I and many others like to enjoy their gaming experience. I buy a gaming console for the games that come to it, nothing else.
  • 

    Loading...

    ---
    larkan

    Wonder how long it will be until the first news story pops up of a Microsoft employee watching little kids [...]

    Wonder how long it will be until the first news story pops up of a Microsoft employee watching little kids through the always on Kinect video feed?
  • 

    Loading...

    ---
    thefreakysurgeon So you need to "check-in" daily for it to operate? Who thought that was a good idea??
  • View all 38 comments
  • 

    Loading...

    ---
    
• 

  

  Loading...

  ---

  Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition hits PC this summer

  0 Comments
  • 

    Loading...

    ---
    
• 

  

  Loading...

  ---

  Call of Juarez: Gunslinger Livestream @3pm PDT

  0 Comments
  • 

    Loading...

    ---
    
• 

  

  Loading...

  ---

  6 ways Microsoft can win us back at E3 2013

  30 Comments
  • 

    Loading...

    ---
    julyfire94

    Kill the internet requirement (which they probably won't), let us play used games without a fee (which they probably won't), [...]

    Kill the internet requirement (which they probably won't), let us play used games without a fee (which they probably won't), change the fact that Kinect is REQUIRED to do anything with the console (which they definitely won't), and show off some creative, serious games for gamers, not Kinect shovelware crap like Dance Central and Kinectimals 2.0 (which, judging by MS's recent history, is unlikely to happen. MS hasn't had a decent, fresh exclusive in a while). Do all of this, keep the price reasonable, and I would be much more likely to buy. Also, throwing in a free Illumiroom would be icing on the cake, but that would never happen.
  • 

    Loading...

    ---
    shawksta

    Great list, but its not gonna be easy for Microsoft to pull off, 2 days and they kept pullings things [...]

    Great list, but its not gonna be easy for Microsoft to pull off, 2 days and they kept pullings things to make people more pissed.
  • 

    Loading...

    ---
    FoxdenRacing

    That's a lot more gentle than I would've been...three cheers for being calm and composed about it, Ryan! Then again, [...]

    That's a lot more gentle than I would've been...three cheers for being calm and composed about it, Ryan! Then again, I've been linking sources and calling BS all day; the astroturf army is under my skin. The more info that comes out, the more Microsoft seems to be frantically backpedaling, deflecting, saying 'uh, uh, uh, don't get mad, it's actually going to be, uh, um, crap (the pencil tore the napkin, how can I come up with Plan B now?), uh, let us get back to you on that', and not communicating with each other [conflicting statements from MS reps] in their mad scramble to contain the damage. At this point, expect some major policy changes before launch, along with a huge Day 1 patch to address the software that's being manufactured into systems as we speak [if it's launching this year, the run has to be underway]. Also expect Sony to quietly rewrite any policies that were similar, play dumb about abandoned plans never brought to light, and then pounce on this opportunity at E3 [if not sooner].
  • View all 30 comments
  • 

    Loading...

    ---
    
• 

  

  Loading...

  ---

  Call of Juarez: Gunslinger nuggets of truth locations guide

  0 Comments
  • 

    Loading...

    ---
    
• 

  

  Loading...

  ---

  Indies may not be able to self-publish on Xbox One

  8 Comments
  • 

    Loading...

    ---
    SnakeinmyBoot

    I can't believe indie devs still care about xbox. Valve, Sony, Android, and even Apple treat them better. Is it [...]

    I can't believe indie devs still care about xbox. Valve, Sony, Android, and even Apple treat them better. Is it even worth it for a team of less than 10 to release a game to the xbox audience while jumping through MS's expensive flaming hoops. Although, they probably have some fans who can only get their game through xbox and care enough about the fans to put up with this malpractice.
  • 

    Loading...

    ---
    TheDudeFromNowhere Oi, what are they thinking. Another bad move. Looks like Sony might win this chess game.
  • 

    Loading...

    ---
    shawksta

    Ouch, that's the most ironic thing I have ever seen, considering Microsoft welcomed Indies with open arms out of the [...]

    Ouch, that's the most ironic thing I have ever seen, considering Microsoft welcomed Indies with open arms out of the big 3 and gave them their own section to give birth to popular Indie games. Funny how the tables have turned, with Sony and Nintendo getting Indie support.
  • View all 8 comments
  • 

    Loading...

    ---