New xbox unveiled

[Cobraman]

Boohoo. I don't give two shits about all the new rules. I'll be buying it. Who cares if Kinect wants to watch me hold the sausage hostage? Who doesn't?

[Probie]

^ lol

[roliath]

Well, because I paid $7.95 for fallout new vegas, and if it was up to Bethesda, I would have paid $29.99 for it.

Couldn't have said it better.


To expand, i'm sure there are hundreds of thousands if not millions of people who have consoles and zero internet connectivity. With this new policy in place, they've pretty much fucked that market.

I like this quote.

Halo saved Microsoft at the start of their gaming career. It will not be enough this time.

[racrguy]

Couldn't have said it better.


To expand, i'm sure there are hundreds of thousands if not millions of people who have consoles and zero internet connectivity. With this new policy in place, they've pretty much fucked that market.

Yep, they've become the Abercrombie & Fitch of the console companies.

[ceyko]

Yes. What is their purpose when you're dealing with a console? There is none, they are obsolete. Steam makes sense for the PC, because there is no defined distributor, but for the console there is - microsoft. So developers/publishers can submit their content directly to microsoft, and microsoft acts as the distributor, allowing the developer/publisher to set the price directly.

Rgr, I get stuck on PC gaming and you were talking console.

[stevo]

I have never bought a Playstation other than the very first one when they came out, and have purchased every Xbox so far, but won't be buying another one.

Ex-Xbox phanboi here.

Stevo

[Ratt]

I put this in the other thread, but I'll put it here, too:

You know what bothers me the most, is that it feels like Microsoft is forgetting why they got into the console business with the xbox: the gamers. The reveal was such a fucking joke. Ooooh look you can watch TV with it, and we added new and different gestures for Kinect! Look, it's even fully integrated with ESPN and you can look at your dumb fantasy leagues while watching sports! You wanna see games at the reveal? Sorry, you'll have to wait until E3, because we are focusing more on the media aspect than the games on this GAME CONSOLE.

My laptop already does all that shit, minus the gestures, which I couldn't care less about. I don't buy a game console for fancy media features, so the fact that they are using this sort of DRM bullshit licensing method is really just the icing on the cake as to why I'm switching from xbox to the PS4.

[motoman]

Wow... just wow!

Xbox chief: we have a product for people who can't get online, it's called Xbox 360

[roliath]

Wow... just wow!

quote the source damn you!

http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/12/don-mattrick-xbox-360-offline/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzmVcasl3ZU[/ame]

[Forever_frost]

Why? When are you ever without internet?

Unless you are over in irag on a military base, I really see this as a non issue.

Even my 83 year old Grandma that lives in BFE has "high speed internet."

Quite a few rural places still have either dialup or other significantly slower internet access with many places having a cap on usage. An always on Xbox always downloading and uploading is going to eat that up quickly. With PRISM and the always listening system, I can't pull the trigger on this one. If they made it where I could turn off and disconnect the Kinnect, maybe.

[bcoop]

Data caps will prove to be troublesome as well. I've always been a PS3 fan. My son bought an XB360, and I picked up BF3 so I could play online with some friends from here.


I won't be buying the new XBOne, but I will purchase the new Playstation. Many people seem to agree. They (MS) are going to lose a drastic amount of market share over their arrogance with this new pile of shit. And Sony knows that. I hope all of this doesn't cause Sony to scale back on performance due to this.

[roliath]

Quite a few rural places still have either dialup or other significantly slower internet access with many places having a cap on usage. An always on Xbox always downloading and uploading is going to eat that up quickly. With PRISM and the always listening system, I can't pull the trigger on this one. If they made it where I could turn off and disconnect the Kinnect, maybe.

Their solution is to use a piece of tape. lmao

[mustang_revival]

These POSs are sold out everywhere for preorder.

[JC316]

These POSs are sold out everywhere for preorder.

For that same reason that people buy Madden games and COD games... People are idiots.

[lowthreeohz]

Their solution is to use a piece of tape. lmao

the mic bugs me more than anything. i suppose if someone really is worried about being spied on, they could just unplug it when not in use.


still on the fence about buying one.. if i do it'll be for bf4