Why should they even have to say that?
Isn't a videogame console supposed to be about the games?
Why are they even forced to say such absurd things?
No they only showed the next gen games it runs.
The liquid black and the magic cloud showed Price is Right.
As an electrician, imagine all the money I could make everytime someone used the switchbank I installed or used a receptacle I put in?
Imagine a plumber receiving royalties for each flush of the toilet.
This is what's happening. Repeated payment for a single item, redefining the terms of what an acceptable transaction is. Some for services, others for a sole manufactured item. Why worry about overhead or production costs when we can keep charging and m...
Exactly.
we as consumers have to continually remind one another that the most successful business models are often the most unethical and anti-consumer.
We should remind one another as gamers especially since fanboyism, just like politics, leads some to blindly support what is in direct conflict with their own best interests.
Swimming in a sea of liquid black. Boy, Sarah Palin would love to be an Xbox One logo right about now.
Hahaha. Invisible energy!
Da Clowd, brah! 400 times tha powaa faw Calls of Duty, brah!
They know full well that used games aren't a problem. It s a fabrication. There is no loss in revenue. Only a projection of what revenues could be.
We are led to believe that publishers are poor victims and that they're losing everything.
Ironically enough, these new policies will indeed cause them to lose everything. These Gordon Gecko policies are going to be the undoing of Microsoft's Xbox division at the very least, and they will transform the land...
Whoever buys a PS4 will win because they get the more powerful exclusives and they can borrow their friend's games and play them. They can then return the game to their friend and there will have not been any ownership discrepancy or monetary transaction.
Of course we can predict.
Whether or not we predict accurately is another matter though.
Systematically charging more while offering less of what you wanted the console for in the first place, is not abandonment per se, but it is definitely insulting.
No they haven't literally abandoned gamers. What they have abandoned is the gamers wants and needs, which are what got MS into their strong US gaming position.
Alas......now it is that gamer that assumes the position.
Saving thousand of dollars so a gamer can rent from Gamefly.
17 a month and can play through up to 4 games. Lets say 3 for practical reasons, though I do go through 4 from time to time.
3 games 180.00
Gamefly 17.00
Difference 163.00
163.00 x 12 = $1,956.00
So just one year of Gamefly can save a gamer up to 2K.
Of course I still buy multiplayer games and the rentals are solely for 1p games, bu...
Who didn't laugh everytime that guy wad putting his hand in his pocket? Did he really think we wouldn't notice?
It would have been hysterical if not for the seriousness of it all. That and the fans who will support it makes it very serious. Our hobby is in danger if that thing succeeds. Halo isn't that great to throw it all away.
Right on!
Agreed 100% And I have shared many of your gaming experiences....although my shelves are nor currently bending under the weight of my games lol. I just sell them all back.
Great article.
You know the kid in the playground who takes everyone's money? That's Microsoft.
That and the lack of BC leads to many 360 gamers flocking over I think. There is no incentive, other than Halo, to buy a One.
Absolutely not!
we judge based on what we know.
http://m.officialplaystatio...
XO will require internet daily as to implement DRM and subscription fees.
How is any of that too early?
Based on what we know, the two consoles have vastly different views on how to take the gaming experience to the next level.
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Pretty good points there.
I think most importantly for SONY, is to continue to show us gamers that we are the ones who are dictating the direction. That they have been listening and that's why their new console was designed for devs and that they're continuing to make the console's focus on the games, not apps. Apps are ok, but they're standard now on any data connected device. Show us you are listening and continue to reiterate it.
Have so...
You hate the company which puts gamers first by not implementing mandatory DRM, making a more powerful console, and not having mandatory data or an always on camera.
I'm curious why you would hate a company that supports tour hobby and has the much better console and direction.
The most expensive rentals ever. You're right though, it radically rewrites the landscape in terms of how we use our physical games. Everything about it is bad.
Revenue.
No more.....no less.
MS are very very good at moving the goalpost when no one is looking. The have the veil of a superior online experience which offers x game chat. I don't think x game chat is worth a yearly sub as I never use it, but perhaps some do.
They also have a superb base of players who love Halo and Forza and Gears. Hell I may as well throw cod in there too since its so popular, regardless of your console preference...
Don't know why ppl see speaking to your tv to change channels as cool or wanted, but I love the remote.
Lets be honest. We all can use our remotes blindfolded and can surf tv like champs. Guide button, bounce around and look, find and watch. I really don't see needing to Facebook on my tv and do fantasy on my tv. Its not necessary and trying too hard.
I think MS is trying to get some of the Mobil market users to use their features in the living ro...
Exactly!
Keep it like Move and leave it as an expense for those who wish to use it.