You could argue that you are being selfish - but we don't yet know why they want always-online.
They wouldn't do it just to annoy people, so there must be something good they think they can do with it.
So by saying they shouldn't have it you are preventing those that do have a stable internet that cool new feature - which is selfish.
'I can't have it so you can't either' is not a very good attitude to take.
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Around 30% of Xbox consoles sold have never been connected. That was from Microsoft themselves.
So it isn't half, but quite a big percentage nevertheless.
However, don't forget not all of that 30% will be scenarios where it isn't possible to connect the Xbox to Xbox LIVE.
So for example a console in a childs bedroom would likely have no need to go online, so the parent would not set up Xbox LIVE on the console.
Other devices can do all of this for half the price. That is the problem with it.
Those devices admittedly do not come with a controller of the same quality as OUYA, but if you're intending to use a 360 controller then that obviously wouldn't matter to you anyway.
Don't worry. This article is pathetic (as usual from DSO).
This photo has been posted by IW before when they moved offices. Actually I think the photo at the time was them half-way into putting it up on the wall.
This absolutely does not give any indication about a new COD.
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Here is the original upload, from January 30. http://www.facebook.com...
Yeah they were boasting hard about next-gen for FB2.
People seem to think that version numbers mean instant awesomeness too.
They could call it Frostbite 2.0.1 and it wouldn't matter.
Negative. 100% NOT built completely from the ground up.
That would take years to do.
Unless the 720 has superior specs. In which case this would then be titled 'Xbox 720 has the most powerful console, wins next-gen'
How is he wrong? You provide a link where the aformentioned graphics card is in the 'High End' list and it is the 14th highest card.
Actually he is wrong in that it compares best to the 7870.
It actually sits somewhere in between the 7870 and the 7850.
The GTX 660 also occupies that space.
The GTX 660 is a high end card.
I think people here have no clue what a high end card is.
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So the article says DLC figures suck ass on the basis that they received some emails saying 'hey buy this DLC'.
So, I guess any game - or indeed any product - that advertises must be selling really poorly?
Or could it be that advertising and sending emails drives sales and therefore is a good idea to do...
More work to be done - takes less time to do the bits and pieces but there are more bits and pieces to do.
@sypher - you are right in a large amount of cost is in staffing, but this is calculated in man hours so Jobesy is right in his initial confusion over taking less time, but not costing less.
And Jobesy, on microtransations - Ultimate Team for FIFA is a huge, huge seller of microtransactions.
This is old news, already posted up on here maybe a month or more ago.
Except the 360 already does it and it doesn't work because they (c4eva) found ways to combat it.
@T3MPL3TON, no it won't be thousands but it will be a couple of hundreds dollars.
Looks like the Pringles man without the moustache.
I think they hired Chad Warden to run their ad campaigns.
Yeah the article is very misleading.
What they mean is from the ORIGINAL launch price, not a price drop from the current price, so in this case it'd be around 60% off $499 and $599. So around the $180 mark.
It means the retail Winter - Christmas holidays, November and December.
These are General Purpose Output lights. The PS3 dev kit had the same lights.
That is one of the earlier Wii dev kits. Google Image search NDEV.
Also, I quickly overlayed the current controller over the top so you can get a size perspective.
Looks to be the same height, the grips seem to be the same size, but rounder and the Move light takes up the space inbetween the shoulder buttons and is a lot wider.
http://i.imgur.com/jlOeXl1....
Which makes you think, they really need to show the 720 sooner rather than later just so they can clear this whole thing up.
On a personal level I don't care if it was always online. On an anecdotal level observing people I know, friends, work colleagues - they wouldn't either.
Those against it - certainly in countries where the most Xbox consoles are sold - are in the minority.
The trouble is, when you're selling 10s of millions ...