Anyone remember when Sony advertised that the PS3 Will be a multimedia device?, many...including XBOX fans started joking how..."But does it play games??", or "People buy it for the Blu-ray". I remember clearly because Thats when I joined N4G. But now some of these same people are saying how the XBO and It's TV Stuff, always on crap is perfectly ok. Hypocrites.
What MS is doing far surpasses anything that Sony did with the PS3 in regards to All Media, ...
@ r1sh12
Ram and GPU, PS4 has a Modified GPU.
Also the PS4 Ram is much more than the PC Version that's in the XBO. over all 50% more powerful.
But right now the PS4 being more powerful than the XBO is the least of XBO's problems.
"They need to appeal to a larger audience than just those who play video games, they need to appeal to parents, grandparents and those who never thought they needed a gaming console" But WHY? Putting a Blu-ray player in it and allowing Netflix etc is one thing, Why WHY attach your cable Box to the XBO and your XBO to the TV?. Why try to branch out into all of this TV stuff?. Jack of all trades but master of none. Anyone who thinks that the gaming part won't suffer is kidding the...
Did you see the start of the PS3?, High price, Year late, Hard to Develop for, bad press, Hacked, Losing money and STILL it sold more than the 360.
One of the best unbiased well written Articles I've read in along time.
Wow, I won't touch this even if MS Paid me and Carmen Electra visited me nude.....actually....Scratch that last part.
Some people will sell there souls to the Devil for games. Not me.
@ dcbronco
Sure many companies do it, but there IS a line you don't cross, you can't put this shit in peoples living room man!. I Hate MS more than ever these days, that Skype stuff, This, Always on Kinect(Audio) I mean no way will I allow this in my house.
I'm glad MS Don't make food, They'd tell us to pay depending on how many people are eating it.
@ iistuii
but you're not allowed to SHARE it.
So when you buy a game from the store, there telling you that you are not allowed to share this with friends. I'd rather have freedom to share my game, underwear, umbrella or whatever the fuck I want with anybody I want, I paid for it, I'm not copying it.
@ iistuii
What if your buddy wants to borrow it??
I use steam on the PC, and if I were to play a game on steam, then my wife logs in from her computer It kicks me off my account.
Why change something thats not broken??, To me it comes out like this: Publishers, Corps, Developers want more control over what WE BUY.
Registering a game on a Console???...That's what computers are for, It's also Inconvenient and Online is required...
@ creatchee
That's assumptions, they could simply be keeping it under wraps...not like MS by mouthing off every tiny thing.
The only way I see Sony charging a fee for used games is if the PS4 uses FULL installs like the XBO does.
Could....but nothing backs that up.
It can be totally disabled by unplugging the XBO.
Kinect is required, Kinect is the ON Button of the XBO. Also to do certain things you need to talk to it or motion, can't do any of that without Kinect.
You have to use Kinect, no choice.
@ hellvaguy
My Wifes cam on her laptop is off, it only comes on when It is activated through skype or some other cam software.
I Don't even play Call of doody.
I thought Blockbuster went the way of the dodo, funny...Blockbuster gets more spotlight in this article then XBO. Blockbuster still existing is pretty news worthy.
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Yup PS4 and Wii U dont need publishers, they can self publish. So yup they can talk shit to MS if they want, they'll just go to PS4/Wii U.