Rich Bloomfield of Nizulo writes: "Personally, I think that we as a community need to take a stand against such policies, and vote with our wallets. Otherwise, companies like Microsoft will continue to infringe on our rights more and more, using false enemies such as ‘piracy’ to justify and solicit their means.
To top it all off, Sony announced the opposite; the PlayStation 4 is free of limitations on used games, will not need an always-online connection — or any online connection for that matter — and, almost as if to deliver the final blow, the PlayStation 4 will be $100 cheaper than the Xbox One, and will be region-free.
Now, as much as I love my Xbox 360 and all of its exclusives — hell, I’d even label myself an Xbox fanboy — I have to admit Microsoft’s defeat. All loyalties aside and facts considered, Sony’s PlayStation 4 is not only superior in terms of hardware but is also much more consumer-friendly. That’s fact. Not opinion."
New Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma, who took over as the head of the Xbox business last week as longtime Xbox boss Phil Spencer retired, has confirmed the codename for Xbox's next-generation console – Project Helix – and also confirmed long-swirling rumors that the device will play Xbox and PC games.
Hm.
Selling to customers the benefits of Xbox Helix compared to a PC and Steam Machine will be the biggest task for Xbox' marketing, I suppose.
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The question will be if you have a PC, why buy a Xbox that plays PC and Xbox games… Unless they plan to have you buy a Xbox PC instead of a dedicated PC. Thats got to be the plan. Take some of the PC players and turn them into console PC players. They couldn’t give you full access to the PC/console like you can with a dedicated PC because you would think the piracy for the “dedicated” Xbox games would be crazy. Yeah, they are really going to have to explain who this is for. If you can install whatever you want then you would have Steam access. This directly copies the Steam box idea so I’m sure Steam isn’t happy about it. I guess time will tell.
Basically a PC with an Xbox logo slapped on, just like the so called Xbox handheld.
My guess is it won't play my Xbox games I have on disc 🤔
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Lmao at the titlr very classy.
More like got c**k blocked.
More like got knocked the F out.
MS should take note when hardcore 360 fans are complaining. These are the people supporting their console and if MS ignore them, then it's game over for you. Don't bet on the casuals buying many games for your console.
Whens the Xbox getting buried and Microsoft giving up on the gaming industry to go hide behind what is left of their even worse platform games for windows.