"This "console war" is ridiculous and is going to end with one company having a monopoly in the industry. Why are we asking for less choice?"
I am sort of baffled on this myself. I don't think any reasonable person who enjoys videogames would want that.
Gamers aren't asking for less choice, only fanboys are.
1UP's Articles aim to create doubt and consumer fear, but fail hard to change anyone's mind.
What could they respond with? I don't think the next xbox will do that well at all.
The only reason they did good this gen was because of the great service that live is. And the new ps4 has will take care of that. Kinect might be enough to keep them alive for a bit but thats about it.
Next Gen goes to Sony.
We are the children...
Could you guys imagine if Sony pulls a Sega and says right there in the conference: And the PS4 is available RIGHT NOW in stores. Thank you. lol
I hope the next xbox is an amazing machine. But more than anything I hope that the next version of LIVE is free. I will not pay extra to play online on principle.
SONY TAKE MY MONEY NOW!!!!!!
"I need closers dammit!! Close the Sale!! CLOSE the sale! lets get that money!!" - dude running the place.
"You there! Make sure the Ads hit them until their eyeballs HURT!"
Chip tune music rules.
Homefront, even thou it's an fps was quite an original title and awesome game that just needed more time and content to be more compelling. The darksiders franchise while being great games are just generic god of war/devil may cry clones.
Next Xbox needs to bring the Sexy Back like Justin timberlake... hehe
Seriously, I like all consoles. Xbox just seemed to offer the least to me last gen but I hope they step up their game on the next gen. I actually like some of the MS's other ip's that are not Halo/forza/gears. They shouldn't give up so easy on new IP.
Hopefully next gen will be a serious war when it comes to amazing games, instead of the way too serious war of belligerent fanboys and gar...
Sony might be like this guy next gen:
I love steam. I have a pc some some great steam games that I enjoy. I buy all of my games on steam.
I'm kinda worried about the whole thing thou. Steam sure did great things for pc gaming but now that it's coming with it's own console, what says that most pc devs won't just make games based on the specs of that console instead of actual kick-butt pc hardware?
This is something that could be actually one of the biggest blows to a pc games indu...
This article was the real disappointment. It's completely funny how the people who say that vita has no games are precisely the people who don't have one to begin with.
The worst thing this whole industry has is S#it journalism.
This is something that's completely baffling to me as well. It's sad to say that gamers, in contrast to fans of other hobbies and entertainment fans seem to be quite cheap and whinny.
Ohh.. but they also want a beast of system with high production costs for just 200 bucks.
Just saying..
I bet most people who want new systems out here won't even have the cash for em when they drop. And when they do, then we'll hear the same "OMG my new system doe...
I wouldn't call this a stupid article, it's interesting. I'm sure the ps4 and the xbox will both be beasts. I'm mostly looking forward towards all the cool new implementations and new franchises coming next gen other than graphics. I already have a powerful pc and don't see any of these 2 systems beating it.
Sure it is moot. Because Valve is just going to ditch Windows altogether for Linux of all things right?
Right.
Steam's main platform is windows. All it does is run PC Games. No PC Game dev would EVER let go of Windows which holds more than 90% of all computers used in the world to dev for Linux only.
Were you actually serious?
@And whether Gabe want's to or not to run Steam on the next xbox console or not is not up to him at all.
Wind...
Of course not. They do make money on windows thou. That's MS's baby right there. All the Metro apps and games would work on your TV easy. Not to mention that would make the xbox more fully compatible with all PC'S like MS always wanted instead of using a spin-off UI like the current xbox one.
Steam games are really just PC Games. Steam is just a store and service. Steam even sells "Games for Windows" Compatible games.
It would harm steam more th...
Actually now that steam is coming as a console this might help Microsoft more than any other system out there.
You see.. all PC Games, and steam itself is running on guess what? WINDOWS.
What is MS Pushing hard right now? Windows 8.
Have you seen the thing? It's almost a given that the new xbox will be fully compatible or might even easily run the metro UI.
What MS has always wanted was the xbox to be the center of your l...
Thanks for the approval DragonKnight.
I know you were trying to help and that's perfectly fine. English is my second language but I do the best I can and hope to get better over time. Sure maybe the approach wasn't the best but it is alright. =)
On topic: I for one think that by focusing on the social aspect of gaming, this approach will bring the industry to be more of the socially acceptable form of entertainment it needs to be. Gaming will always need new ...