I might not hate microsft, but I'm still very cautious of their motives.
After all they did say they're still committed to their original vision. Does that mean they fully intent to bring back their DRM when they think they can get away with it?
Will they keep investing in 3rd party exclusives or will they do the same as they did with the 360 and stop half way through the generation?
I don't hate ms and Phil is doing a great job t...
I'm very surprised shareholders have great lighted another xbox after ms fumbled badly out of the gate with the xbone.
I mean, how many millions have been wasted on kinect 2.0 R&D alone for them to unbox it half a year later?
What about the millions spent of the Titanfall bundle advertising which still lost to the PS4 in the NPD report?
If they really are making another console, hopefully this time they will actually focus on games an...
I generally find that anyone that has a close minded view of video games has played little to zero themselves, so my first question to them is, how do you expect to to form an educated opinion on video games when you know almost nothing about them?
That's usually when defense mode kicks in and their lack of understanding really shines.
I'm officially hyped for this game again.
Did anyone else jizz in their pants?
I'm not usually one to immediate scream "DESPERATE!" at a time like this, but it seems like this is just another nudge in a long list of incentives for MS get get people buying the xbone ever since it released.
And this is coming just a month after the kinestless xbone has released. And $75 is quite a significant amount.
It seems MS are very unhappy with the numbers that are coming in and are trying really hard to get some sales back. I can'...
Oh Mystic, I admire your enthusiasm and positive thinking, but I suspect that statement of yours is just wishful thinking.
You know as well as I do the goal posts are going to be moved when the sales data comes around and most likely shows what most of us are predicting that have looked at past history.
I just really interested to know what possible thing they could cling to.
I wish we could just all enjoy our consoles of choice instead of h...
Well if we're being truly honest, MS 'forced' 360 owners to upgrade long ago. They've basically already dropped support for the 360, and how many years has the 360 been pretty bare bones on the exclusive front?
So many conflicting statements. Who do we believe?
I'd like to give a good high 5 with a chair to the face of all the greedy EA executives that don't give a dam about games and prioritise their shareholders instead of the gamers.
Here's a very radical idea for all those SJWs out there.
How about instead of focusing on someone's genitals, how about we hire people based of theirs skills. *mind blown* I know that simple idea won't be able to be comprehended by a lot of the SJWs, but try.
Some people need to understand equality of outcome is not going to be the same as equality of opportunity.
Definitely. I don't think there's a Platinum game I haven't enjoyed.
Still trying to beat challenge 6 on Vanquish... so fun though.
I don't think it's pathetic, it's just common sense business.
MS want to sell more consoles, so they give gamestop incentives to push their brand.
Although, if we look at amazon's best sellers the new kinectless bundle doesn't seem to be having an impact. MS are most likely disappointed with the numbers, hence the gs sale. Nothing wrong with ms trying to sell more consoles.
3 was definitely the worst.
Had none of the creepy atmosphere the 1st one had.
A great example of when catering to the casual market back fires.
The trailers looked absolutely amazing. not to mention the complex physics, weather systems, particle systems and accurate environmental damage which creates accurate shadows on the fly.
Sunlight was coming through bullets holes, for petes sake and you're telling me not to worry about a downgrade?
At this point I am ABSOLUTELY expecting a noticeable downgrade.
As long as the game's fun I don't mind, but I wish publishers would sto...
Remember it's vgcharts, so take it with a healthy amount of salt.
But we do know vg likes to over track ms consoles and under track sony console and this week in light of the price drop would have been a perfect opportunity to skew the numbers.
If the PS4 is still winning according to vgcharts then that's very interesting indeed.
I do hope to see a healthy bump in sales for the new SKU for ms. They've been very busy trying to win back the affection of the core gaming community and I think they deserve it, but I'm just not sure that's going to happen.
The Titanfall bundle was a great deal. It was only $50 more than the stand alone PS4, and it came with a hugely anticipated FPS and kinect. It also had a HUGE marketing campaign behind it. Even with all that the PS4 still beat it in the monthl...
I definitely want healthy competition, but I'm just not sure if I can consider ms HEALTHY competition. (key word there, healthy)
I understand businesses need to make money, but ms seems to go about that in a very pushy and sometimes morally questionable way.
Although with Phil recently put at the helm there seems to be good change happening. As long as that continues to happen and it's genuine I think it will help move the industry forward in a positi...
I just want media support, MP3 support, pause downloads, and the fixing of the game recording where it constantly records the last 15 minutes of the game, like sony stated it would.
Can't tell you how many awesome moments I've lost during my gameplay.
The great thing about the souls series is that most people if they are patient and smart enough can complete the game. You don't need a super fast reflex time, or need to learn complex button control sequences or combos. And for a lot of enemies you're given a very respectable margin of error with your timings. (unless you're trying to parry lol).
You can't just go around the game like a neanderthal and chucking a tantrum every time you die. In 99% of all deat...
I mostly agree with what you said except for the Nintendo being irrelevant part. They personally don't interest me much, but I know there's a smaller, but very passionate market for them and they would be heart broken if Nintendo went away.
I want competition, but I think Sony and Nintendo are all that's needed to keep each other in check. While MS has brought some good things to the industry, I feel their bullying tactics where greed is the only motivator has bro...