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Microsoft has never made any money on the Xbox. Maybe a little bit during one or two quarters once in a while but overall it has been nothing but losses. The problem is they spend far too much on buying exclusives, buying timed-exclusives, buying DLC, serving warranty claims (Xbox 360), and marketing ($500 million on just promoting Kinect). Just search the internet and one can find several articles and reports. Here are just few of them.

3918d ago 18 agree17 disagreeView comment

The term "best" is subjective when it comes to gaming experience because the enjoyment you draw from a game depends upon your tastes and preferences. If you do not like shooters and racers then will Xbox One still be the "best" gaming experience this holiday for you?

Seriously if you remove just two genres: shooters and racers from Xbox One lineup, you have got barely anything left to play. How can the "best gaming experience this holiday" and &q...

3919d ago 16 agree15 disagreeView comment

@dcbronco

Really poor attempt at damage control and downplaying PS4 sales. There is no sense in that comment; only anger, salt and bitterness just like in the bottom one where you resort to petty personal attacks and insults for the sake of defending your beloved Xbox One. Is a piece of electronic hardware so important to you that you resort to insult a human being for its sake and defend it at all costs?

Sales success is judged according to the market size a...

3919d ago 4 agree0 disagreeView comment

I just want them to release DX12 asap so we can get this over with. People have been debating and arguing for at least a year about what DX12 will do for Xbox One. Once it is released we will finally know the truth.

3920d ago 21 agree5 disagreeView comment

AAARRRGGGHHH! Spoilers man! Dont post spoilers! I am yet to play the game for God's sake! Stopped reading your comment as soon as I read the word "parasite" but now I know to expect a parasite to be involved some how in the plot! >_<

3923d ago 9 agree8 disagreeView comment

Thank you for the suggestion but cartoony games with anthropomorphic animals and gaudy music just do not appeal to me anymore regardless of their quality. Moved to Sega Genesis and later Playstation during the 90s and discovered a lot of other games and genres other than platformers. Have never looked back at Nintendo since then. That leaves very few games left to play on the Wii U such as Fatal Frame 5, Legend of Zelda (still MIA), Xenoblade X and Bayonetta 2. Just 3 or 4 games at most are n...

3923d ago 3 agree8 disagreeView comment

SSO? LoL. It might be a decent game but not GTOY material. Forza? Man they arrive every 6 months. Nobody cares except the die-hard Xbox fanboys. Try playing something other than a Halo, Gears and Forza once in a while. There are much better games out there.

3923d ago 10 agree18 disagreeView comment

@XBLSkull

You always seem to find ways to spell doom for Playstation and its games, dont you? The majority of the sales are still for the Playstation platforms and PS4. It is the Xbox gamers that are not much interested in anything other than shooters and racers. Name a AAA shooter or a racer and they suddenly start jumping in joy and buy in droves. Name a game from any other genre or with a lower budget and the reaction is "meh." Hence there is no increase in the M...

3923d ago 4 agree2 disagreeView comment

Yeah, the difference isnt as big as last gen but that is a compromise we have to make for affordable hardware. We would not be paying $350 or $400 for the consoles if they had put 5TF GPUs and core i7s in there. Console manufacturers have to strike a balance between cost and price unlike PCs where customers can custom build according to their budget. Nobody would buy $1,000 consoles.

3925d ago 1 agree6 disagreeView comment

Well, yeah the jump wasnt as big as compared to last gen but it isnt as small as some make it out to be. Screenshots can be very deceptive as it was revealed in the recent MGS5 analysis by DF. The last gen versions look great in screenshots but they actually run at sub-720p resolution with poor anti-aliasing, texture pop-in, poor draw-distance, low resolution textures, sparse foliage, and sub-30 frame rate. You can never notice those kind of performance issues in screenshots. The same (probab...

3925d ago 6 agree3 disagreeView comment

Microsoft are really pushing their lineup hard in the media this fall. This is the best chance they are probably ever gonna get to make a dent in PS4's lead and they know that. Halo 5, Forza 6, Tomb Raider, Gears of War Ultimate.
Unfortunately, the variety is a little lacking since most of the Xbox One exclusive games are basically a shooter or a racer. They will really tempt the fans of those genres but they wont be attracting a wide range and large number of gamers by offering m...

3926d ago 5 agree17 disagreeView comment

Looks like you are the only smart one here. Have a bubble. People are forgetting that the required size is always double the actual size as a precaution for future updates and patches. The update will also rewrite a lot of existing data. In the end, the game will take only half the space.

3931d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

Same here. Destiny: The Taken King Legendary Edition is such a good deal. You get $140 worth of content for JUST $60! I know that the existing customers might be feeling ripped off for paying that much since launch but the new customers are getting an awesome deal. I knew they would release something like this so I waited too. I love RPGs and Destiny is the right kind of FPS for me. As an RPG player I am already used to grinding and farming and putting 10s and 100s of hours into a game.

3931d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

It depends upon how the developer chooses to use that extra power. For example, Driveclub, Horizon: Zero Dawn and Order 1886 are light years ahead of anything on last gen hardware. There is massive difference in graphics between current gen and last gen Dragon Age Inquisition; I played both.

In case of MGSV, the main difference is in the display resolution and frame rate. They devoted all of that extra next-gen power to increase the number of pixels on screen by 225% and fram...

3932d ago 4 agree2 disagreeView comment

I agree. The game was definitely not a grind or a drag in any way. He just does not seems to be fully familiar with the mechanics. I love FFVIII and wish there was an HD Remaster or better yet, a Remake for the game so I could play it on my TV form the comfort of my couch. The soundtrack and locations are so soothing and relaxing. Taking strolls through Winhill is still a joy for me. The romantic story is so moving and heartfelt. The junction system is so flexible and effective. Putting pain ...

3932d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

Oh yes! Have been waiting for this for so long! Just bought Child of Light at 70% discount!! Only $4.50! I loved that game on my PS3 and wanted it on PS4 but did not want to pay the full price. Now I can finally play it again and listen to that beautiful soundtrack! :D

3936d ago 1 agree0 disagreeView comment

Man you have been trolling so hard but so poorly since you made this account yesterday. You are posting like 5 comments within a single minute downplaying Playstation games especially Until Dawn. One look at the comment history is enough to know that this is an alternate trolling account for an Xbox fanboy but you arent doing a very good job.

The game is awesome by the way and so are many other Playstation exclusives.

3937d ago 6 agree0 disagreeView comment

I want to see a badass looking Bahamut with an earth-shattering megaflare! I also want to see a traditional hot looking shiva in a tiny bikini! :D Not the Moto GP Sisters that we got in FFXIII! >_<

We do know that Leviathan is a graceful, beautiful and elegant woman in her human form.

3938d ago 1 agree1 disagreeView comment

The game looks nice especially the characters models and lighting. They have been greatly improved. Always wanted to play GoW when it launched back in 2006. It took the gaming industry by storm.

3939d ago 20 agree1 disagreeView comment

It all depends upon personal tastes and preferences. Xbox One first party lineup is mostly shooters and racers. Moreover, it is the same Halo, Gears and Forza combination that they have been using for more than a decade. Naturally, people who are only interested in those genres and franchises have bought the console and are happy with their choice. On other hand, the same games are obviously unappealing to others; hence, the lower Xbox One sales.

There are many genres missing...

3939d ago 90 agree29 disagreeView comment