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MS is trying to take over living rooms so it wouldn't make since for them to spin off the Xbox. The Xbox is profitable and will sell millions of systems and games. Not to mention it is now part of the Windows echo-system. Which would even make less since to spin it off.

But, hell I don't sit in on M$ boardroom discussions and I don't claim to be an expert business man so I suppose it could happen. But, I don't think it will.

4655d ago 1 agree1 disagreeView comment

That's funny... b/c I guess you have missed all the articles in which, 3rd party developers say they are extremely close when it comes to performance...

So I guess that makes them both kind of Miley Cyrus like...

4658d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

Nice to see little boys and girls fighting over what's better. People have their reasons for buying what they buy yet people get so pissed off. If someone wants X1 that's their choice why get angry or call them stupid or say they have crappy games? Same goes for people who buy PS4 sure they have their reasons.

If someone buying an x1 over a PS4 get's you so enraged...All these people by the way you don't even know...I think you need to re-evaluate your l...

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The only reason EA is giving it away Fifa for "Free" is because M$ signed a deal likely costing M$ millions to secure.

3rd parties don't care if they piss gamers off with exclusive deals, timed deals or DLC. console manufacturers pay them a lot of money to secure those deals to try and entice gamers to buy their system.

Profit is what it's all about for companies like EA. The game business isn't for the faint of heart. It's a c...

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Gamers are the dumbest people on the planet if they think loyalty or what consumers want are really in the mind of 3rd party publishers. Because, it isn't. That is what you have 1st party publishers for.

3rd party is cut-throat and about profits only. That's the bottom line the mighty dollar. If that means M$ or $ony offers a better deal for an exclusive game or content that's all they care about.

EA doesn't need to explain anything. ...

4659d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

Minor detail, but if you look everything is -confirmed...Except the release date of the X1 so it could be nothing more than a place holder.

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Well just like a month ago a board member of Sony wrote a detailed letter/plan to spin off the Entertainment division from the playstation brand, b/c Playstation is currently losing money while the entertainment division (Movie division) is making money. So this happens more than one would think.

But, when it's a board member that holds about 1% I don't think they will be driving the agenda.

4667d ago 1 agree2 disagreeView comment

Finally Ballmer has tormented MS ever since his unfortunate rise to power. He failed at nearly everything he set out to fail in. From handicapping Xbox One with horrible policies to a $900 Million dollar write-off on the Surface Tablet programs. The only possible good thing he could have done was acquire Skype and invest in 300K servers for Azure and Xbox services.

Can't wait until the door hits his @ss on the way out. The only people who loved Ballmer were rival com...

4667d ago 2 agree0 disagreeView comment

That is putting a lot of words in the developers mouth he didn't say. I'm just saying a lot of PS4 fanboys may end up eating a lot of crow...

Besides he did say they will essentially look the same...For 3rd party this gen games looked better on the 360 esp. earlier on in the current gen, yet PS3 was more powerful. Just saying maybe people shouldn't jump to conclusions so fast.

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By not including it they pretty much are. Kinect 2.0 will have 100% attach rate, which means companies will be much more likely to build games around it or add features supporting it.

PS Eye will have a much smaller user base prompting companies to be much less likely to take advantage of the features, b/c there will be a considerably smaller user base for the PS Eye.

Not saying it's a bad device, but attach rates do matter for developers especially ...

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Most people already have an X360 or PS3 who really want one. It would take a pretty decent price cut to spur the growth again. There are only so many gamers in each country.

Once you hit a certain percentage of that group it will be hard to keep selling high volume numbers month after month.

Esp. when you have two new consoles about to launch.

4674d ago 0 agree1 disagreeView comment

So your point is.... there isn't one, b/c you don't need to anymore. Checking in once per day had nothing to do with privacy concerns and more with DRM issues.

You don't need Kinect connected anymore.

4674d ago 0 agree1 disagreeView comment

Oh my Goodness... Nobody said a thing about Kinect 1 or PS Eye... So what is the difference w/ PS eye 2 and Kinect 2? PS eye 2 is still controller based...But it is a camera that "Listens" for voice controls, same thing as Kinect 2.0, but no controllers involved.

You can turn both on and off and control the systems with them unplugged if you wish. So what is the big deal and why is this limited to Kinect privacy issues when the PS eye does the same thing?

4674d ago 0 agree1 disagreeView comment

@stuna1

sorry I was wrong their net worth is actually 230 Billon... http://www.theirnetworth.co...

Also of course MS has shareholders...But if they were onboard they could pour in so many resources that Sony could not match it.

Sony also has share holders so they cannot act on their "own accord either." Don't think your as intelligent as you think y...

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Well it's not really 1uping, but it is a nice feature b/c from what I understand is you can subscribe to it like Netflix. While the Xbox Verizon App you can't.

But, I wouldn't think for a second MS doesn't have something like this at least in the planning stages. If Sony can afford it you don't think MS can?

MS could buy Sony about 17 times over w/ tons of cash to spare.

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This is so funny b/c of all you PS fanboys are the ones saying that all you want your console to do is play games... But, as more and more "entertainment" comes the more you want it....Hmmmmm.... is there a double standard or do PS fanboys not no what that is?

Besides this is only a console war, because MS doesn't want to sink the resources necessary to destroy Sony.

MS Market cap worth 238.6 BILLION DOLLARS...
Sony Market Cap Worth 17...

4674d ago 6 agree10 disagreeView comment

The headset packed in the PS4 looks like a POS. X1 actually will pack a real headset in their offering not some $h1ty inline mic earbud.

But, overall I actually agree with Element X a few posts above on most matters.

4674d ago 9 agree43 disagreeView comment

umm... MS invested in over 300K servers, pretty sure that is way, way, way more than Sony and Gakai have combined. Sony also will not have backwards compatibility at least on disc. so this would be doing something different by allowing disc compatibility.

I for one hope they do it and should have been an easy decision to make.

MS makes it look like this is the 1st game console they ever released. But, it looks like they are starting to finally clean Don Mat...

4681d ago 3 agree3 disagreeView comment

Ohh geese...an article that has a hint of positive X1 news...this must mean the hugely insecure Sonyfag boys come out in full force.

PS4 must really suck if you have to keep reading every X1 article that hits the press...

4687d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

@trouble_bubble

Not everyone buys games at launch or even buys them if their popular. I am married have 2 kids and a full-time job...So to find time to play games isn't always easy...

I don't care how long ago a game came out. If it's offered for free (No matter if I keep gold or not) I can download and get around to playing it whenever I find the time even if I don't keep my gold subscription.

I haven't played AC2 which ...

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