It may, it may not. Steam has shown a very profitable and viable market for PC gamers and they are more restrictive than the rumours we are hearing about the Xbox One.
Still, Microsoft may have an uphill battle trying to convince restricting games to your profile doesn't outweigh the benefits of physical media. If its convenience versus freedom they will have to convince us how that's better.
@DragonKnight,
So basically you will argue until the cows come home strictly from a consumers point of view while acting you know how the business should be run. If they could control the game through DRM and make it so that only your account has access during a set time period that could be the answer while still pleasing consumers because after that date it's a free market. The publishers would get revenues during that period and gamers can still have a choice to wait ...
@MysticStrummer
Since when did the better specs matter on consoles? If you want the best specs for gaming get a PC. Another thing, why must it be one or the other? People with money can actually buy multiple systems if they choose. You don't have to put one system down to make the other more appealing.
@HammadTheBeast
Wait for the whole story. You have months to decide.
@S2Killinit
That's like saying ...
You can still have a console that focuses on games and other things too. The Xbox 360 had over 900 games, I would tend to think it's main function was a game platform. I doubt the Xbox One won't have tons of games as well. Just because they are getting partnership deals with cable companies doesn't mean it won't be a game console. Games reach into the hundreds of millions of people, cable reaches into the billions. So does Facebook and Skype. It's no wonder they are branch...
The best way to actually have this work for everybody is to have the game DRM protected for a certain time (30 days or 3 months, or ?), then after that the game is DRM free.
That way they can control the release (no more early sales that some stores break the release date). It is protected from piracy for that duration as the DRM is locked to your account. You can then sell it after that time limit so no used copies until that date is over.
So if a street dat...
@DragonKnight
"Gamestop isn't the problem. Yes they push used games, but the profit they get from selling new games is pitiful. It's to the point where there isn't any incentive in selling new games for them because they make so little off the new games. Gamestop are guilty of many things, but they are in the position they are in because of publishers. If Gamestop didn't sell used games, there'd be no Gamestop at all."
So if Game...
After all the complaints of no games for the hardcore on the Xbox 360, no new ip's from Microsoft, no focus on games at the Xbox One event, no gameplay shown at the Xbox One event, all that will now change once they do show games at E3 and the commentary from all those who never said anything good about the Xbox brand for years will simply focus on something else to complain about.
Exactly as I had thought. Like I said before, some people need to simply move on to greener...
That's the brilliance of it. They are offering you free games that most would no longer buy. I still think it's a bargain for $50 for you're right, a lot of the games for free I already bought or played. I like a lot of the discounts too.
Anyone know if Portal 2: In Motion requires Portal 2 to play? Or is this a standalone? If it doesn't require the full game I'll but that.
This was actually something you could do years ago on Windows. You could (and can still do) let people take over your computer.
Maybe EA will charge for this feature on their games?
The basic model isn't selling very well, worse than the deluxe model. I expect a price drop of the deluxe model to $299 at E3 while dropping the basic.
Hicken,
"Sorry, but there's no way a console reveal that showed off almost NOTHING relating to what a video game console should do and be is better than a reveal that did everything gamers could have wanted."
Fine. So after E3 we can expect you to talk about the games then right? It will be interesting after E3 how much of the discussion is about Xbox One games and not something else.
@Godz Kastro
"Stop jumping into articles if its not your system of choice. Hell if PS4 is so awesome go post on those message boards...."
That's just too much common sense. You see, the reality of it all is some people crave attention or want reactions. It's like telling everyone I am going to mark you for trolling instead of just marking them for trolling. They want a reaction and want everyone else to see it.
@Hicken
"If Microsoft can't convince a significant number of core gamers to pick the thing up at launch"
Tell me, what is a core gamer? Because it seems to me you don't think the Xbox 360 offered anything to core gamers either.
"Families and casuals are not the ones who drive early console sales, but pick it up once the core has given it a base. That base is in danger of not existing by much at all."
Dramatize much? You...
"If I ran this site, people who support things so blatantly anti-gamer would be banned with top priority."
Well we can all be thankful that will never happen. Otherwise it would be full of people with unlimited bubbles who impose hate, anger, trolling and personal attacks. Try acting like this on NeoGAF. Instead what N4G should do is push gamers into sections of interest instead of continually conflicting with others because they have no interest in mature discussio...
@Brutallyhonest,
"If you don't have anything constructive to add to a conversation do us all a favor and don't hit reply."
You mean like this?
"In other words Activision is too damn cheap and greedy to invest any of the billions of dollars the COD series has made them to build or purchase a new engine for the next generation of COD gamers."
You don't have any idea how much they spent on this ne...
Considering their games mostly get above 85% from reviews I would tend to think they are doing something right. I guess it's just cool to hate on it more due to its popularity.
"Irrelevant. The end result is still the PS3 outselling the 360 every year."
Of course it's relevant. Seems to me that's all you care about is whether the PS3 sold more. The point is the Xbox 360's market grew while Sony's shrunk. Put two and two together and it doesn't take a genius to figure out some of them may have went to the Xbox 360 instead. I know it's rather difficult for you to praise MS at all for doing anything right but they did ...
Of course they did, the adoption rate for the PS3 was much slower than it was on the PS2 or PSOne. Many factors account for that, mainly stiffer competition. The Xbox 360 also outsold the PS3 in 2011. It's also taken over 7 years for the PS3 to surpass the Xbox 360 in total sales (something that has never been confirmed as Sony now amalgamates PS2 and PS3 hardware sales together), all while the Xbox 360 has had fewer price point reductions compared to the PS3 and Japan is a region that to...
If we could somehow know who actually had positive things to say about the Xbox 360 and are now upset with the Xbox One and separate them from the trolls who never say anything good about MS or the Xbox brand that would alleviate most of the problems on the forums. Same goes for the Wii and Wii U and the PS3 and PS4.
There are those who truly want what's best for the console and then there are those who have an agenda to make sure that system looks inferior. There have al...
Why would anyone preorder this far in advance without knowing the full details of each system, what games will be available or the price? Sure they may sell out but I can wait.