It will. It won't.
It might. It might not.
It does. It doesn't.
This is insane and should not be going on. All MS has to do is say specifically what is and isn't the facts. They aren't. Which leads me to believe they are. It also leads me to believe MS knows these are restrictions their main user base wont like. They are going to dodge, dance and PR spin their way as far as they can hoping to get as many sales as possible. They figure once you...
Cutting out the middle man is exactly what MS and "some" publishers want. Job loss regardless is a bad thing and should not be celebrated or turned a blind eye on. I don't shop at Gamestop either but I told my wife the minute the X1 reveal was over that companies like Gamestop and Gamefly would be hit the hardest.
Now just imagine how many jobs would be lost if digital download was to eventually take over. Where are we going as a society? Are we going to never l...
@kneon
I didn't know that. That's depressing.
AGREED!
It's asinine that anyone would defend the direction MS is headed with the X1. We ALL should've seen the writing on the wall the way they up an abandoned the original Xbox and the way they handled the 1st DLC from Epic Games for Gears of War. Epic not wanting to charge for it and MS making it happen.
Now they want us to pay for everything including sharing or lending games out to family and friends. Yet you have a those that will get in line and defend ...
The gaming audience should dictate the direction the manufacturer goes, not vice versa. A gaming consoles primary focus should be "GAMING 1ST" and every thing else an after thought.
@morganfell
I think it's sad and obvious that 1 or multiple mods have it in for you. You have without question some of the most insightful post over the years yet you sit at one bubble regardless of how many times you have been marked with helpful or well said post. It just ...
Exactly.
Well said
Good luck with that when Infinity Ward is using an engine created over a decade ago. Most, if not all, of those issues will still exist since it's the same engine with some tweaks and modifications.
Disagreeing with a fact doesn't make it any less factual. Just makes the person disagreeing look petty and immature.
Because COD:Ghost is using a VERY old "modified" quake engine.
That's almost exactly what I was going to say. When were they ever? These sites focus mainly on cheap gaming phones instead of headphone amps and higher quality cans that can work with most gaming devices.
IMO, even though it falls in line with Turtle, Tritton, etc, Astro is the best gaming phones $300 and under.
Personally I own or have owned all the cheaper gaming phones but primarily use a separate headphone amp and Sennheiser HD 800 cans.
Bottom line Count.
Sony showed "Actual" game play footage and focused "primarily on gaming". MS showed only trailers and cutscenes and focused "primarily on tv, sports and social networking".
You can spin, defend and damage control all you want. Hardware analyst have made it clear MS sacrificed power on their console to make it a more efficient multimedia hub instead of a gaming console 1st and everything else as an after thought.
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So know matter how we slice it and serve it up the PS4 will have on par or better looking multiplats, more and better looking exclusive games and less fees (if any fees) to game in general (used n rentals without fees) or play online.
MS is clearly headed in a different direction than it's original user base. I honestly didn't think MS would repeat their arrogance of their 1st generation where they picked up their ball and moved on. This is worse. They have picked up ...
I had a feeling this was going to happen. I have been researching the Wii U since the X1 reveal. I have been contemplating picking one up ever since.
Hopefully MS sees the writing on the wall (Sony's stock goes up and Wii U sales pick up) and makes significant changes to their game plan before they release the X1.
Actually it's the same engine they've been using since the original Call of Duty. The engine is OLD. It's only been tweaked and modified along the way.
There is NO chance of an engine this old stacking up to newer engines no matter how they tweak or modify it. COD fans deserve better than what Activision is giving them. They have for a long time now and they are going to carry the same game plan into next gen. As little money as possible invested to coup the highe...
Considering Infinity Ward is using a modified Quake engine that is over 10 years old? You would think it would be 1080p @ 120fps. It doesn't look good at all and these are the cut scene graphics. The gameplay graphics will look worse.
Activision is going to continue with their spend as little as possible while raking in boat loads of money because of CODs popularity. Whether or not this will hold true next gen is yet to be seen. Personally I'm giving my money to compa...
As a gamer who has favored MS products in gaming for the past decade+ over ALL others. I will say without a doubt, as long as the consoles are similar in price at launch, Sony will strongly outsell the X1 worldwide BUT MS "might" hold on to North America since their X1 appears to be tailor made for this region and they have a big user base here.
I am not liking the X1 even a little bit. It appears MS made compromises to the X1 hardware to make it a more efficient mu...
And let's not forget we are comparing actual in-game graphics (Killzone) with cut scene graphics from COD:Ghost and Killzone still utterly smokes it.
No maniacmayhem, it's the same engine from quake only revamped. In actuality the engine is roughly 10 years old. Infinity Ward, during their interview, kept saying it was a new engine and than would correct himself and say, "it's not an whole new engine but it's been tweak and modified over the years. That is what we have done here with Ghost".
This is why next gen hopefuls are so frustrated with Activision and COD. They have made a cargo ship of money ...
BFH, after reading what you wrote, being a 360 fan I've been the past several years, I have to confess that everything you said is spot on. I myself have purchased 10 360 consoles this generation. I am one of those fools that was hoping the new revisions made would be the one that stopped breaking down and ran more efficient. I currently own 5 360s.
You did leave out one part. Batteries and recharge packs for controllers. I can't even begin to list how many I have lay...
This guy was ALL over the place and lying his ass off the entire time. It's the quake engine only modified. He kept saying new engine and then would instantly go back to "now we have to becareful when we say it's a NEW ENGINE when in actuality it's been modfied and extended beyond what it once was."
When he had the sheer audacity to pretend not to know where the original engine came from (Quake)? I knew everything out of his mouth from there on out was...
Oh snap.
Dark, being the 360 fan that you are, you are also against what MS is doing with the XBOX ONE? Now I know MS is in trouble. Hopefully MS will see these complaints are real and not just fans of the opposition giving faux outrage but actual 360 gamers that are not happy with the direction they are heading. In actuality I don't think they give a sh!t.
For every gamer like you and me there are people that will take our place. But will the yspend the coin w...
Jek, if MS succeeds we, the consumer, ALL FAIL. That is the point "some" are missing completely. Nickel and diming has gone to such an extreme, with Microsoft paving the way mind you, that now you and only you own what you purchase? This is nothing but greed and big brother looking over our shoulder.
This is just a step towards what they really want, Digital Download only. Seriously, why even have physical media at all if right out of the gate is loses value because...