Really liked Season 1 and 2.
Can't wait for Season 3. Especially, after seeing the Arbiter trailer!
Gears of War 4 with Day One cross-buy on PC!
Yes and Please!
MS talks about an "hardware innovation" as the console generation continues...
PS fanboys in the press try to discredit it.
Sony talks about "VR" on PS4
MS fanboys in the press try to discredit it.
Both are good for gamers as long as they are done right. Let's move along.
I am perfectly fine with that, but it doesn't mean that only one company can be successful.
Selling consoles is simply one metric for success. All MS is doing is switching to a metric that more accurately tracks success.
Remote Play with PC is the highlight for me!
I think the MS view is:
1) XB Consoles will no longer have completely new OS' every time there are new consoles.
2) XB Consoles will all be backwards compatible back to X360 BC games.
3) XB Consoles will be forward compatible for some period of time (probably 7 years).
4) XB Consoles will continue to ship as a single unit... Not component upgradable because that would require modular design which is more expensive.
5) It won't matter t...
I don't get why people are so caught up on console sales.
They mean nothing.
Wii U was the best selling console last generation. Yet both PS3 and 360 had higher attach rates, game sales, and more music, video, and network services sold.
Would you rather sell the most consoles or most music, videos, games, and network subscriptions? Consoles make almost no money, the music, video, game, and network subscription sales make the money.
@MCTJim
I don't think MS will do component upgrades. But I think that they will ship updated X1 hardware.
If you think about it, the X1 Elite is an updated hardware... Elite controller + 1 TB Hybrid drive which makes the OS faster and game loads faster.
I have no problem with them changing the shipping GPU, CPU, and memory as well. As long as for a 7 year period I can play every game that ships for XB1. And I can play all previous XB1 games an...
@ocelot07
It is only annoying if you can't play the newest and best games on the old consoles. If they introduce a new console that supports 4K gaming and continues to let new games run on current X1s I don't see why people should get annoyed.
Why should they hold back hardware innovations for every 7-10 years? It is ridiculous that as the generation progresses, the gap between console games and PC games gets bigger and bigger.
I think the answer to your first question is E3 2016 will tell us what this means.
Yes, with any luck we are ending console generations and XBs will now be backwards and forwards compatible for a long time.
The way I look a it, a console should last 7 years of gaming without needing an upgrade. Then, I should be able to buy a new one, and it not only last 7 years, but it also run everything in the past.
It is marketing not opinion.
Just like Sony markets "For the Players" MS is marketing that they "Have the best games and platform experiences this spring".
All companies market as if they are the best or for the best positions... That is the whole idea behind marketing.
Trolls
I can't believe the comments in this thread about the disappointment in this n being a full conker traditional game.
People... This is part of a dev kit. It's focus is on helping developers understand the programming models and features of HoloLens... Not gaming for gamers.
This shouldn't even be news on this we site.
Best comment in the thread award!
The article title is misleading. It implies the games for the public release of HoloLens as we are on a gaming site reading about gaming news.
This article is about the development release of HoloLens. Things may change a 100 times before the public release.
When did I say DDOS attack?
I am simply happy that they poured a billion dollars into security last year. And that they are working to have their security teams work more together.
Not many companies pour a billion dollars into security alone. I am glad MS is doing that. It shows me they are taking this seriously.
It would be interesting to know how much the competitors are pouring into the security of their servers and networks.
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This article is completely misleading. They are talking about the dev release of HoloLens.
Nice to know they are willing to spend to keep my data secure.
Not one of those reasons benefit gamers.
1) Price of Hardware. I think they would make sure they have several price points to move hardware. For example, XB1 - 2013 may drop to $199 and Introduce XB1 2016 4K at $399. So, if price is your thing buy the cheaper one.
2) Games. Better hardware usually means better games which drive console sales. That's why as the generation gets into year 5-ish hardware sales decline.
3) Slim - Nothing ...